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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a review by Dragonfire

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Now you can catch America's favorite green teens in their first live-action blockbuster film! After wading in a puddle of radio-active waste, these radical reptiles are transformed into New York City's greatest crime-fighting quartet. Featuring a soundtrack by M.C. Hammer, this film will captivate adults and kids alike with its blend of humor, camaraderie and martial arts action. Don't miss this blockbuster movie. You'll have one shell of a good time! My Thoughts I only first saw this movie a few years ago.  I didn't really know anything about the characters other than their names at that point.  The characters actually first appeared in comic books and from what I read, the plot for the movie comes mainly from the comics instead of the cartoons.  The plot is a bit silly, but it works for the movie and things are entertaining.  There is a decent amount of action to what is going on and that does help to keep the pace moving.  There is a little bit of violence that isn't that graphic.  The movie works well as an entertaining family friendly movie.  Children may enjoy it more than adults.  Most of the characters are animals who can talk.  There are costumes for the turtles that were created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.  The costumes do look a bit odd, but they work well. The movie is a bit silly, but it works as a fun, entertaining movie. I did get a review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

(From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on May 31st, 2010)

Never Been Kissed, a review by addicted2dvd

Never Been Kissed (1999/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Director: Raja Gosnell Writing: Abby Kohn (Writer), Marc Silverstein (Writer) Length: 107 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Sex-Related Material and Some Drug Content Video: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: DTS: 5.1, Spanish: DTS: 5.1, German: DTS: 5.1, Italian: DTS: 5.1, Japanese: DTS: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Korean: Dolby Digital: Mono, Polish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Turkish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Russian: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

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Stars:
Drew Barrymore as Josie Geller
David Arquette as Rob Geller
Michael Vartan as Sam Coulson
Sun-TimesMolly Shannon as Anita
John C. Reilly as Gus

Plot:
Eight years ago she was a total geek; now she's back to get it right! "Drew Barrymore is brilliant!" (Jonathan Foreman, New York Post) in this hilarious, heartwarming comedy about that wacky "wonderland" of homework, hot lunches and raging hormones known as high school.

Newspaper reporter Josie Geller (Barrymore) is going undercover as a student to learn about today's teens. At first she's thrilled...until she remembers her nickname: "Josie Grossie." Can a former clueless nerd navigate the hallways of high school without tripping over her own feet?

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers

This is a pretty good one. Though I will admit you need to stick with it a little before getting into it. It is a bit of a slow starter. It is a decent story with a few laughs. I would have liked to seen a little more comedy in it though. I liked both Drew Barrymore and David Arquette in it. And I was a little surprised to see Jessica Alba in a somewhat smaller roll as one of the "popular kids." Anyway... this one is definitely worth the time put in to watch it.



(From The Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition on July 2nd, 2014)

My PILOT Marathon, a review by Rich

BONES - SEASON ONE - PILOT



In the series premiere, Dr. Temperance Brennan (or "Bones" as she is often referred to as), a forensic anthropologist, is met with the task of uncovering the identity of a set of bones which have been deliberately hidden in a lake. However, after identifying the bones, imprisoning the murderer turns out to be a politically sticky business. Bones gets help from FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth, who convinces his boss to let Bones be his partner, since she's an expert in her field.

I viewed this with high expectations having read a lot about the author. Sadly this is definetely not one of the best pilots I've ever seen, I didn't expect to see the main lead punching half the cast and being so 'angry'. I have been informed though this does not continue into the series. The episode was predictable and less dramatic than I anticipated, albeit the ending was good.
Acting was slightly stiff and David Boreanaz's quips didn't work for me, on initial assessment I would classify him/his character as a weakness.
However, despite the overall disappointment, and bearing in mind it was only the pilot episode, I will give the series a chance and watch a few more episodes in the future.
 






(From My PILOT Marathon on May 16th, 2008)