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Monsoon Wedding, a review by Tom

Title: Monsoon Wedding
Year: 2001
Director: Mira Nair
Rating: 15
Length: 109 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Naseeruddin Shah
Lillete Dubey
Shefali Shetty
Vijay Raaz
Tilotama Shome

Plot:
An exuberant family drama set in Mira Nair's beloved Punjabi culture, where ancient tradition and dot-com modernity combine in unique and perfect harmony.

As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi.

Monsoon Wedding traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality. The film celebrates a contemporary India never seen before.

Awards:

BAFTA	2001	Nominated	Film Not In The English Language	Caroline Baron, Mira Nair
British Independent Film Awards	2002	Won	Best Foreign Independent Film - Foreign Language
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2003	Nominated	Best Foreign-Language Film
European Film Awards	2001	Nominated	Screen International European Film Award (non-European)
Golden Globe	2001	Nominated	Foreign Film
Satellite Awards	2003	Nominated

Extras:
Commentary
Featurettes
Scene Access
Trailers

As soon the movie started, I was reminded of "Rachel Getting Married". It has a similar style and theme. The cinematographer is even the same in both movies. Looking at a few reviews on the internet, "Rachel Getting Married" is even often compared to this movie.
Personally I enjoyed this one more. I liked the characters more.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 25th, 2010)

Disturbia, a review by Eric

Just finished watching Disturbia.

Very good movie.  I was hook within the first few minutes
Although it's a bit of a teen movie, it's still very well thought and well done, not like your typical teen stuff where you can see things coming 5 minutes in advance and watch them happen with no surprise.

Overall a very good movie, I don't regret breaking my 10$ rules on this one.

Gonna make pop-corn and watch Fracture now.

(From Touti's Horror/Thriller Movie Marathon on September 3rd, 2007)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Chuck: Season One (2007/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (Germany) Length: 555 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Hungarian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: Croatian, English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovenian, Turkish

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Plot:
When a twenty-something computer geek inadvertently downloads critical government secrets into his brain, CIA and NSA assign two agents to protect him and exploit such knowledge, turning his life upside down.

Chuck
1.01 Pilot
Writer: Josh Schwartz (Created By), Chris Fedak (Created By), Josh Schwartz (Writer), Chris Fedak (Writer)
Director: McG
Cast: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Grimes), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Adam Baldwin (John Casey), Wendy Makkena (National Intelligence Director), Tony Todd (Graham), C. S. Lee (Harry Tang), Jim Pirri (Father), Dale Dye (General Stanfield), Matthew Bomer (Bryce Larkin), Ryan McPartlin (Captain Awesome), Vik Sahay (Lester), Julia Ling (Anna), Scott Krinsky (Jeff), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Tasha Campbell (Daughter), Lyn Alicia Henderson (Large Mart Associate), Mieko Hillman (Young Woman #1), Diana Gitelman (Young Woman #2), Odessa Rae (Young Woman #3), Kristine Blackport (Young Woman #4), Nicolas Pajon (Ominous Customer), Mel Fair (News Anchor), Bruno Amato (Security Agent), Jordan Potter (Stoner)

This is a series where I first thought the premise was run boring pretty fast. Until now I have seen the first three seasons which I enjoyed from beginning to end. This pilot is a good introduction to the series.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on March 31st, 2011)