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Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, a review by Tom

Title: Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
Year: 1999
Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Rating: FSK-6
Length: 188 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Salman Khan
Ajay Devgan
Aishwarya Rai
Zohra Sehgal
Vikram Gokhale

Plot:
When Salman asks for Ash's hand in marriage her family refuses. They have already chosen a husband for their daughter. Salman returns to Italy. When Ajay, Ash's new husband realizes that his new bride has been in love with someone else, he is prepared to sacrifice his love for her and take her to Italy to be reunited with her true love, Salman.

Awards:

Filmfare Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Actor Award	Ajay Devgan
Filmfare Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Actor Award	Salman Khan
Filmfare Awards	2000	Won	Best Actress Award	Aishwarya Rai
Filmfare Awards	2000	Won	Best Background Score Award	Anjan Biswas
Filmfare Awards	2000	Won	Best Choreography Award	Saroj Khan
Filmfare Awards	2000	Won	Best Director Award	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Filmfare Awards	2000	Won	Best Male Playback Award	Udit Narayan
Filmfare Awards	2000	Won	Best Movie Award
Filmfare Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Music Director Award	Ismail Darbar
Filmfare Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor Award	Ajay Devgan
Filmfare Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor Award	Salman Khan
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Actress	Aishwarya Rai
IIFA Awards	2001	Won	Best Background Score	Amrik Gill
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Choreography	"Nimbooda": Saroj Khan
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Cinematography	Anil Mehta
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Dialogue	Amrik Gill
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Director	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Male Playback	"Chand Chhupa": Udit Narayan
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Movie
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Screen Play	Sanjay Leela Bansali
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Sound Recording	Jeetendra Chaudhary
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Sound Re-Recording	Sushmita Sen
IIFA Awards	2000	Won	Best Story	Pratap Karvat, Sanjay Leela Bansali

Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Karte
Music Videos
Poster
Scene Access
Trailers

I had high expectations for this. Not that I would think it will be a masterpiece, but I thought for sure that this will be a movie I will enjoy. It has won a lot of awards and it is written and directed by the same guy who has written and directed "Black".
But I was disappointed. The characters were flakey and rather unlikable in the beginning. And even though I enjoy the music in these films, there was too much of it in this one. There was more focus on it than it usually is. Because of this there wasn't really much story. It got better towards the end, but I don't think this will be a movie that I can watch again and again.

Rating:

(From Tom's Alphabet Marathon Reviews on July 8th, 2010)

The Lords Of Flatbush, a review by KinkyCyborg

The Lords Of Flatbush



Title:The Lords Of Flatbush
Year: 1974
Director: Stephen Verona, Martin Davidson
Rating: PG
Length: 84 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: Chinese, English, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Other

Stars:
Perry King
Sylvester Stallone
Henry Winkler (1945)
Paul Mace
Susan Blakely

Plot:
Before "Rocky" was a knock-out, before "the Fonz" was TV's "leader of the pack". two unknown actors named Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler starred in their first major screen roles. Soon they'd rule the box office and the airwaves, but before they were kings, they were THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH.

Clad in blue jeans, black leather jackets and bad attitudes, Stanley (Stallone), Butchey (Winkler), Chico (Perry King) and Wimpy (Paul Mace) are a 1950s Brooklyn "gang" of four cool, sexy rebels. Despite their tough appearance, these boys just want to have fun, but reality - a.k.a. adulthood - rears its ugly head when Stanley's steady informs him they have to get married, and bule collar Chico falls for a beautiful blonde (Susan Blakely) from the right side of the tracks. A high-octane cruise down memory lane. THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH is "immensely appealing, often hilarious, suprisingly touching and superbly acted." (The Hollywood Reporter)

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Production Notes
Closed Captioned


Don't light a match near their heads... you'll start a grease fire!! 

My wife decided to watch this with me as she always liked watching Happy Days with 'The Fonz'... Henry Winkler looked exactly like the TV character he would portray for many years but really had limited screen time in this film as it followed two parallel stories centered on Sylvester Stallone and Perry King.

It was dated but entertaining, much like an extended episode of Sha-Na-Na with all it's doo-wop music. My favorite line from this one... "Stanley... I'm pregnant. The rubber band didn't work."  I was laughing my ass off.

They don't get much more macho than these slick, rough and tumble 'Lords'. Hell there was so much testosterone exuding from this movie by the time it was over my wife was growing chest hair.

I'm so glad she doesn't read my reviews... 

KC

Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on February 21st, 2011)

Smallville Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

7. Rage
Clark discovers the Green Arrow was shot while trying to save a couple from a carjacking, but Oliver denies he was injured. However, when Oliver starts displaying erratic behavior, Clark and Chloe investigate and discover he is taking a super-drug that causes his body to heal itself but has severe side effects.

My Thoughts:
This was a good episode... I enjoyed it... even though it did have the underlying message "Don't Do Drugs"... they did it in a way that was not aggravatingly preachy.

8. Static
Clark learns a Zoner has landed in Seattle and slaughtered the entire crew of a working ship. Upon investigation, Clark comes face to face with a horrifying Phantom who sucks the bones out of people.

My Thoughts:
Another episode I enjoyed a lot... This is one of the episodes they decided to use a professional wrestler in an episode... using Dave Batista.... which I find extra interesting... as my last name is Battista.  I don't know too much about the wrestler as I haven't watched wrestling in years.

9. Subterranean
An illegal immigrant from the nearby McNally farm seeks help from Clark, who soon discovers a sinister secret buried in the farm's cornfield, which had been bombarded during the last meteor shower.

My Thoughts:
This one is a decent episode... but nothing really too special in my opiniion. Just a decent stand alone episode.

10. Hydro
A Daily Planet gossip columnist uses her special power to overhear a conversation between Lana and Chloe, and publishes the conversation... where Lana admits having doubts about marrying Lex. While Chloe investigates the reporter, Lois asks Clark to help her investigate the mysterious Green Arrow bandit when she suspects he may be Oliver Queen in disguise.

My Thoughts:
This episode I enjoyed.... a freak of the week type episode guest starring Tori Spelling. One of the reasons I liked this one is because even our lovable little Chloe gets into a fight in it. And now Lana knows that Chloe not only knows... but is frantically protecting Clark's secret. This episode is just fun.

The only extra on this disc is a Deleted Scene for the episode Hydro... which was no real loss to the story line... but still fin to watch.

(From Smallville Marathon on September 23rd, 2007)