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Terminator: Salvation, a review by Rich

Title: Terminator: Salvation

Runtime:110
Certificate:12
Year:2009
Genres:Science-Fiction

Plot:My Review:
Stylish and grim, in tune with the original Terminator, director McG breathes some life back into the franchise.
Christian Bale is ok, perhaps not my first choice for the role of John Connor, but does a fairly decent job with little charisma. Apparently he is signed up for 2 more of these films so will be interesting to see how he develops into the role. The introduction of new character Marcus Wright, without giving too much away, adds a new twist to the future and was an interesting addition to the story.
The effects are of course first rate, particualrly the clever human features of the new T800, and I definately want one of the bikes. The machines seemed to be less invincible than before, which was a pity, and some scenes were a bit too much 'paying homage to the original' than I personally liked.
In my opinion the Terminator run should have ended with Judgement Day in 1991, and nothing since has come close to changing my mind on this. With 2 new films due, lets see if they can make this special or if its just a case of cashing in on the franchise.


(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 7th, 2009)

The Right Stuff, a review by Rich

The Right Stuff





First outing for this commercial flop, I found some great moments of tension & excitement within this space race biopic, and a reasonable factual account of the Mercury project. As heroic pilot after pilot try to break the air speed and space records, good characterisation techniques are employed to help you understand some truly brave men, and their equally courageous families. Pretty standard Oscar stuff, overly long (3 1/4 hrs), it has all the elements to keep you watching - satire, adventure, human interest, tension and action.
Decent acting and generally impressive effects which stand the test of time (amazing cockpit shots), and a refreshing tongue-in-cheek approach to avoid the ludicrous patriotic macho BS often found in similar films, I think this is a majorly underrated film.
 



(From Riches Random Reviews on March 4th, 2009)

Tom's Random TV Episodes Reviews, a review by Tom

Psych
4.06 Bollywood Homicide
Writer: Steve Franks (Created By), Steve Franks (Writer), Anupam Nigam (Writer)
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Cast: James Roday (Shawn Spencer), Dulé Hill (Burton 'Gus' Guster), Timothy Omundson (Carlton Lassiter), Maggie Lawson (Juliet O'Hara), Kirsten Nelson (Karen Vick), Corbin Bernsen (Henry Spencer), Rachael Leigh Cook (Abigail Lytar), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Rajesh "Raj" Singh), Azita Ghanizada (Mina), Madhur Jaffrey (Dadi Singh), Lisa Ray (Sita), Liam James (Young Shawn), Jay Chandrasekhar (Jawarhalal "Jay" Singh), Sage Brocklebank (McNab), Bhavkhandan Singh Rakhra (Stagehand), Rosette Sharma (Raini), Hillary Jardine (Victoria), Beatrice Ilg (Gita)

I was looking forward to this one since I first saw the revised opening theme music in Bollywood style on Youtube. It made the impression to me that this episode is done with some affection to Bollywood. Also I thought it would take place on a Bollywood movie set (which would haven't been that far-fetched because Bollywood likes to go shoot abroad). But sadly, this all wasn't the case. They just called it "Bollywood Homicide" because Indians are involved. There was a Bollywood dance routine, but just a small rehearsal with some simple choreography. Not really worth of Bollywood. As was the music used (though you could faintly hear a song from Kabhi Khuchi Kabhie Gham in the background in one scene).
It would have been the perfect chance to invite some Bollywood actors (even if only from the B- or C-List), but instead we got some unknown American actors with Indian heritage. The only one known to me was Sendhil Ramamurthy from Heroes. But I never really liked him.
Also the mystery was nothing special. I knew from the first appearance of the perpetrator that she was the one.

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(From Tom's Random TV Episodes Reviews on January 31st, 2011)