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Made of Honor, a review by Tom

Title: Made of Honor
Year: 2008
Director: Paul Weiland
Rating: FSK-0
Length: 102 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.40
Audio: English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, German: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles: Arabic, Commentary, Dutch, English, French, German, Turkish

Stars:
Patrick Dempsey
Michelle Monaghan
Kevin McKidd
Kadeem Hardison
Chris Messina

Plot:
Tom loves his life, until he realizes he also loves his best friend Hannah. But when Hannah gets engaged to a dashing Scotsman and asks Tom to be her maid of honor, Tom faces hostile bridesmaids, bridal showers, and bad hair days, all in an effort to pull off the perfect wedding and steal the bride. He's maid of honor with a plan.

Awards:

Teen Choice Awards

2008

Nominated

Choice Movie: Romantic Comedy

Extras:
BD-Live
Bonus Trailers
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Scene Access

Boring. I didn't expect much, just your average rom-com fare. But even for that it didn't have anything of interest. Not a single original or even entertaining idea. It was nice though to see Kadeem Hardison again. I haven't seen him in many things since his lead role in the Cosby Show spin-off "A Different World".
Too bad that this was Sydney Pollack's last role before his death.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 9th, 2010)

The Conjuring, a review by Danae Cassandra

The Conjuring
Year of Release: 2013
Directed By: James Wan
Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Lili Taylor, Ron Livingston
Genre: Horror

Overview:
Based on true events, The Conjuring tells the thrilling story of ghost hunters Lorraine and Ed Warren (Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson), who help a family terrorized by an evil spirit in their mysterious farmhouse.

My Thoughts:
This was a really, really well done horror film.  It has everything I like in a horror movie - atmosphere, mood, a wonderfully realized feeling of dread with well-fleshed out evil.  A Ravenloft DM could make a great set piece out of this film.  It has a strong script and good performances from all the actors involved, and some solid jump scare moments that aren't expected.  There's no gore, no nudity, and no foul language, but this still deserves its R rating - and recommended for any fans of old school horror films.  Great movie.

Bechdel Test:  Pass

Overall: 4/5

(From The Conjuring on January 16th, 2014)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

Day Break
Did you ever have a day so bad you couldn't wait to get past it? The kind of day where nothing goes your way and everything turns out wrong. What would happen if you couldn't put this day behind you...literally?

Today, Detective Brett Hopper will be accused of shooting state attorney Alberto Garza. He will offer his rock solid alibi but will realized that he has been framed and will run. Then he will wake up and start the same day all over again. This time he'll do it differently - and will continue to - until he finds out who's framing him, get his gang witness to court to testify and save the lives of his loved ones. Hopper has only one advantage to his favor - he remembers everything he did the "day prior" that didn't work. It's a painful way to learn because he also carries the bruises and battle scars with him from every mistake-filled day.

Daybreak features Taye Diggs (Private Practice, How Stella Got Her Groove Back) as Detective Hopper in this action-packed thriller from director Rob Bowman (The X-Files, Reign of Fire) and writer Paul Zbyszewski (After the Fire). Also co-starring are Moon Bloodgood and Adam Baldwin. Along with all 13 episodes of this program are special features which include interviews with the cast and producers, behind-the-scenes footage and audio commentary from the cast and crew.

Day Break (Pilot)
When Detective Brett Hopper woke up this morning, he thought it was a normal day, a day like any other one, but he soon learns he has been accused of killing Assistant District Attorney Alberto Garza. Even after offering a solid alibi, no one believes him. When he wakes up the next morning, he finds out he is reliving the same day and his loved ones are in danger.

My Thoughts:
This a show I bought blind... I never even heard of it till I decided to order it. It is a short lived TV Series that only lasted 13 episodes (only 6 episodes originally aired before cancellation). But I got it cheap and decided to take a chance on it. I always liked the movie Groundhog Day... so I thought it would be a fairly safe purchase. Going by the pilot episode only it seems to be a pretty good series. I enjoyed it. Though I do have to wonder how much they can do with him for an entire series

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on November 29th, 2009)