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Guzaarish, a review by Tom

Guzaarish (2010/India) IMDb | Wikipedia ALIVE, Rapid Eye Movies (Germany) Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali Writing: Bhavanu Iyer (Screenwriter), Vibhu Puri (Screenwriter), Sanjay Leela Bhansall (Screenwriter) Length: 121 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: German

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Stars:
Hrithik Roshan as Ethan Mascarenhas
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Sofia D'Souza
Shernaz Patel as Devyani Dutta
Aditya Roy Kapur as Omar Siddique
Nafisa Ali as Isabel Mascarenhas

Plot:
A paralyzed Magician-turned-Radio Jockey files a Petition in Court seeking permission to end his life.

Awards:
Nominated:

Filmfare Awards (2011)		Best Actor (Hrithik Roshan)
Filmfare Awards (2011)		Best Actress (Aishwarya Rai)
Filmfare Awards (2011)		Best Director (Sanjay Leela Bhansali)
Filmfare Awards (2011)		Best Playback Singer - Female ("Udi": Sunidhi Chauhan)

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Scene Access
• Trailers

Hrithik Roshan did a great job playing a paralized man. Usually he is a very physical actor. The story is very emotional with his wish to seek to get euthanasia approved from the court.
This movie is directed by the same man as "Black", another great movie.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on November 12th, 2011)

Man of Steel, a review by addicted2dvd

Man of Steel (2013/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Warner Home Video Director: Zack Snyder Writing: David S. Goyer (Screenwriter), David S. Goyer (Story By), Christopher Nolan (Story By), Jerry Siegel (Original Characters By), Joe Shuster (Original Characters By) Length: 143 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Intense Sequences of Sci-fi Violence, Action and Destruction, and for some Language Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Mandarin: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Stars:
Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Kal-El
Amy Adams as Lois Lane
Michael Shannon as General Zod
Diane Lane as Martha Kent
Russell Crowe as Jor-El
Antje Traue as Faora-Ul

Plot:
A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Digital Copy

I decided to watch this one today. I been looking forward to seeing it for a long time. Over-all I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Sure there was things I disliked about the film. But there was a lot more good then there was bad. I liked the cast... thought they all did a good job. I didn't care much for the updated Superman costume. I much prefer the classic costume. I also not sure how I feel about how much Lois knows about Clark right from the beginning like this. Or how the fight between Superman and General Zod ends. Though it was kind of nice seeing a Superman movie that don't involve Lex Luthor.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on January 8th, 2014)

Smallville Marathon #2, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Jonathan has had an heart attack and Martha and Clark have brought him to the hospital. When they return from there, they nearly get hit by a car that is participating in illegal car races. The driver of this car is Pete who tries to emerge from Clark's shadow. Clark tries to warn him about the danger but when Pete realizes this danger, it's too late.

My Opinion: Episodes with illegal street races don't work for me because these "dangerous speeds" they are driving (100 mph in this episode) is my average cruising speed on the autobahn. Granted, I wouldn't drive that fast on a country road (and that would be forbidden even here) but still I am not really impressed. The other reason may be that I never was much into cars, for me they are a means of transportation from A to B.

Synopsis: During a visit of a LuthorCorp plant Clark is in an elevator with Alicia when the cable breaks and the elevator starts to fall down. Clark has to ram his hand through the wall to stop it. But Alicia has a secret of her own: She "beams" them out. Clark has finally found someone with whom he can be perfectly honest.

My Opinion: "To good to be true" would be the phrase here. I don't understand why Clark isn't allowed to be happy for more than one episode. I like Alicia and think they should have given her more time before she made her obsessed with Clark. But we will see her again and she will be an eye-opener.

Synopsis: Jonathan agrees to get a tripple bypass when Clark meets his friend Garrett in the hospital. Garrett's older brother is waiting for a new liver but then he dies. He is brought to Metropolis but suddenly reappears in Smallville - alive (sort of). But then he collapses again and Garrett takes hostages to get a liver for his brother.

My Opinion: Parents can be cruel. Garrett's actor's name is James Nichol Kirk. James Kirk. I don't want to imagine the childhood of that man.
As I said during my Stargate SG-1 marathon, I find it funny how you suddenly stumble over actors once you've come to know them. Back in Obscura Aaron Douglas (Chief Tyrol in Battlestar Galactica) played a deputy and now Tahmoh Penikett ("Helo" in BSG) played Garrett's older brother.
When I watched this episode for the first time (and the others before this) I had no idea that the serum could be connected to Clark's blood. Seems I am good at picking up details but making a line between two points is not my strong side.

Synopsis: Clark receives an emergency call from Lana but when he comes to the rescue she isn't in any danger at all. Clark didn't imagine it, there's a tape that proves that call was made. But who called if it wasn't Lana? Or from when did she call if it was (will be?) her?

My Opinion: None of the four episodes on this disc have impressed me very much. In this one I didn't really understood Adam's motivation to kill Lana.

(From Smallville Marathon #2 on May 31st, 2008)