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LolliLove, a review by Jimmy

Title: LolliLove (2004)

Genre: Mockumentary
Director: Jenna Fischer           
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h04
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles

Stars:
Jenna Fischer (The Office)
James Gunn (The Specials)
Peter Alton (Bohemian Moon)
Linda Cardellini (Freaks and Geeks)
Judy Greer (Jawbreaker)   

Plot:
James and Jenna Gunn (real-life husband-and-wife team, James Gunn, writer/director of "Slither," writer of "Scooby-Doo" and "Dawn of the Dead" and Jenna Fischer of NBC's "The Office") play a wealthy couple looking to give back to the homeless community through their new charity, Lollilove. The idea is simple: By giving out lollipops with inspirational artwork and cheery slogans on the wrapper, Lollilove will eradicate homelessness by transforming your average ''homeless person'' into an important and loved ''happy person''.



(From The little known movie review depot on June 20th, 2008)

West Side Story, a review by addicted2dvd

West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition (1961/United States) Wikipedia |IMDb |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Robert Wise (1914), Jerome Robbins Writing: Ernest Lehman (Screenwriter), Arthur Laurents (Original Material By) Length: 152 min. Video: Widescreen 2.20:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, French: DTS: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, German: DTS: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 4.0, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

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Stars:
Natalie Wood (1938) as Maria
Richard Beymer as Tony
Russ Tamblyn as Riff
Rita Moreno as Anita
George Chakiris as Bernardo

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Featurettes
• Storyboard Comparisons

This one I have mixed feelings about. In the one hand I liked the story a lot. But in the other I just didn't like the style of the music and dancing which took away from the enjoyment for me.



(From July Movie Marathon: Musicals (Yes... You read right!) on July 30th, 2016)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon, a review by Achim

13. Earthlings  Welcome Here
At a conference on UFOs, Sarah gets a clue that puts her on the trail of the three dots.  Riley has second thoughts about her mission.

My comments:
Wow, that was awkward. While most of the plot didn't really interest me that much (mainly that part with the UFOs...) it was still all put together very well. Then there is the two other story threads which are also very interesting and the story comes out on top in the end.

I mean, come on, Sarah follows a lead where she found three UFOs on the cover of a flyer, looking similar to her dots? In general I don't mind the idea that stands behind that (people found "future technology" and since they can't know that they assume it's alien), just they way it's introduced into the show didn't meet my approval (). Once that was over with there was one more obvious plot twist to deal with but the rest was fine.

Much more interesting to me was how they introduced Riley's back story (including "her" agenda) with a bang. No more hiding, no more guesses or hints. Kaboom, here is what it is, deal with it. That was intercut with interactions between John, Riley and Cameron which re-introduced the theme of jealousy.

Finally there is Ellison who, after initial hesitation, agrees to teach morals and ethics to John Henry. Well, technically we never see him agree, but we see him play chess with the artificial intelligence and discuss related topics.


(only because the, IMO misguided, use of the UFO theme)

(From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon on February 14th, 2010)