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The Notebook, a review by Tom

Title: The Notebook
Year: 2004
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Rating: FSK-6
Length: 124 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Russian: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital TrueHD, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Commentary, English, German, Russian, Spanish

Stars:
Tim Ivey
Gena Rowlands
Starletta DuPois
James Garner
Anthony-Michael Q. Thomas

Plot:
Behind every great love story is a great story.

As teenagers, Allie (Rachel McAdams) and Noah (Ryan Gosling) begin a whirlwind courtship that soon blossoms into tender intimacy. The young couple is quickly separated by Allie's upper-class parents who insist that Noah isn't right for her. Several years pass and, when they meet again, their passion is rekindled, forcing Allie to choose between her soulmate and class order. This beautiful tale has a particularly special meaning to an older gentleman (James Garner) who regularly reads the timeless love story to his aging companion (Gena Rowlands).

Based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks, 'The Notebook' is at once heartwarming and heartbreaking and will capture you in its sweeping and emotional force.

Awards:

BMI Film & TV Music Awards	2005	Won	BMI Film Music Award	Aaron Zigman
Casting Society of America Awards	2005	Nominated		Matthew Barry, Nancy Green-Keyes
MTV Movie Awards	2005	Nominated	Best Female Performance	Rachel McAdams
MTV Movie Awards	2005	Won	Best Kiss	Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
Satellite Awards	2005	Won		Gena Rowlands
Screen Actors Guild Award	2004	Nominated	Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	James Garner
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Breakout Movie Star - Female	Rachel McAdams
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Won	Choice Date Movie
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Won	Choice Movie Actor: Drama	Ryan Gosling
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Won	Choice Movie Actress: Drama	Rachel McAdams
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Won	Choice Movie Breakout Performance - Male	Ryan Gosling
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Won	Choice Movie Chemistry	Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Nominated	Choice Movie Dance Scene	Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Won	Choice Movie Liplock	Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Won	Choice Movie Love Scene	Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Movie of the Summer
Teen Choice Awards	2005	Won	Choice Movie: Drama

Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Scene Access
Trailers

A great love story! I had feared that this movie will be boring or too melodramatic, but it there wasn't a single minute where it wasn't engaging. Despite the two hour runtime the time flew by. I can recommend it.

Rating:

(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 20th, 2009)

The Tailor of Panama, a review by Rich

Intrigue in Panama...



Coerced into working for British Intelligence, a tailor living in Panama concocts a left-wing movement with the goal of luring the American military into an invasion of Panama, thereby nullifying the Panama Canal treaty

A spy film with Pierce Brosnan, but no James Bond. The story is intriguing and clever, everyone has their own agenda and it's funny to see what they will say and do to get things to work in their favour. Definitely an entertaining film, Geoffrfey Rush steals it as he does in most films that he appears. 7/10

(From Around the World in 80 DVD's on March 17th, 2008)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

12. The Eyes Have It (2/5/95)
Flying blind. A sceming optometrist develops an ultraviolet-ray device that renders Superman sightless. Then Lois is kidnapped - and Superman feels powerless to help her.

My Thoughts:
This is a good episode. They made it entertaining to watch a blind Superman.


13. The Phoenix (2/12/95)
With a little help from his friends, Lex Luthor returns from the dead. But he wants more than just life, much more - wealth, power and former bride-to-be Lois Lane.

My thoughts:
The return of Lex Luthor. This is also the (I believe) final episode that has Denise Crosby as a guest star... playing Luthor's doctor. An episode I enjoyed.


14. Top Copy (2/19/95)
"Clark Kent is Superman!" A hotshot television journalist, who's also an assassin for Intergang, discovers Clark's secret identity...and reveals it on nationwide TV.

My Thoughts:
This is a very good episode that guest stars Racquel Welch as the reporter that discover's that Clark is Superman. Lois and Clark is still dancing around whether or not they should take their relation to the next level. I forgot how long it took for those 2 to get together. And that isn't even including the troubles they had getting to their wedding.


15. Return of the Prankster (2/28/95)
The Prankster and the president. Armed with a ray that temporarily freezes people, the Prankster breaks out of jail. His diabolical goal: kidnap the president and hold him for ransom.

My Thoughts:
Bronson Pinchot is back as the Prankster. This is another fun episode. Looked like a lot of fun to me... being able to freeze people and then manipulate them anyway you wish. Once again Bronson Pinchot was great as the prankster.



(From Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Marathon on July 23rd, 2009)