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The Beast & the Beauty, a review by Tom

The Beast & the Beauty (2005/South Korea) IMDb | Wikipedia (Taiwan) Director: GaeByok Lee Writing: JoYoon Hwang (Screenwriter), Tony Han (Screenwriter) Length: 102 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: Korean: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Korean: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Chinese, English

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Stars:
SeungBum Ryoo as DongGun Goo
MinA Shin as Hae-Ju Jang
KangWoo Kim as JuneHa Tak
KilKang An as DoSik Choi
YoungSook Lee as JaeJu's Mother

Extras:

• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access

A nice romantic comedy. A guy who isn't the best looking guy learns, that his blind girlfriend will get her eyesight back. Ashamed by his appearance, and because he described himself as handsome to her, he is hiding from her now. Added to that an old handsome school friend of his has entered the girlfriends life.
South Korea seems to be a nice source to get some charming romantic comedies. I have watched and enjoyed a few so far. I even ordered a few more recently.

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

Batman & Robin, a review by addicted2dvd

Batman & Robin
Chills and Thrills: Will Gotham City be put on ice? George Clooney is Batman as the Dark Knight battles his greatest threat yet: cold-hearted Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and venomous Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman). Batman has more than Gotham City to protect: the youthful eagerness of crimefighting comrades Robin (Chris O'Donnell) and Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone) puts them frequently in harm's way. New 'very' special effects include a wild sky-surfing sequence and Freeze's outrageous ice-blasting arsenal. It's state-of-the-art excitement from our Batfamily to yours!

My Thoughts:
George Clooney takes over the role in this one. First thing I notice when watching this one is I don't really care for George Clooney as Batman. I mean he did an OK job but I think  Micheal Keaton, Val Kilmer and Christian Bale all did much better. I know a lot of people feel this is a God-Aweful movie... and I agree it is not what someone thinks of when they think of good movies. And I can even see how it is considered a bad movie. Watching it tonight even showed me that it is not even as good as I was remembering it to be. But even with that... it is a movie I enjoy watching. I guess this is just a guilty pleasure type of movie for me.... even while watching it I am asking myself why am I enjoying this as much as I am? But that is OK... as long as I am getting enjoyment from it... that is all that matters.

(From Batman Marathon on August 30th, 2008)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: Haibane - Renmei: Ailes Grises
Year: 2002
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 330 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1 , German: DTS 5.1 , Japanese: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Ryo Hirohashi
Junko Noda
Akiko Yajima
Kazusa Murai
Eri Miyajima

A wonderful story about angel-like creatures - with beautiful animation work.
A girl finds herself, after having some strange dream, coming out of a cocoon with small wings on her back. She has lost all memories of her previous life and now must find out what it means to be a "Haibane" (this is how these creatures are called).

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=2n0hQ3igZtI

(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 13th, 2008)