DVD Collectors Online

Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang, a review by dfmorgan

Nanny McPhee & the Big Bang

Year: 2010
Director: Susanna White
Cast: Emma Thompson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rhys Ifans
Overview: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang is the next chapter of the hilarious, magical and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.

Emma Thompson returns as the mysterious nanny who appears when she's needed the most and wanted the least. This time, she finds herself at a family farm where mayhem has broken out between some boisterous country children and their spoilt city cousins.

Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle to a tree-climbing piglet, Nanny McPhee conjures up just the right formula to teach her charges five new lessons.

Watched: 24th Jul 2010
My Thoughts: A fairly enjoyable romp. A decent retread of the original Nanny McPhee. Everyone seemed to play their parts as caricatures especially Rhys Ifans as the spivvish Uncle with shades of Flash 'arry from St. Trinian's, Minder's Arthur Daley and the spiv in Dad's Army. But overall enjoyable.

My Rating: An enjoyable 3

Dave

(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on July 25th, 2010)

The Hard Way, a review by Tom

Title: The Hard Way
Year: 1991
Director: John Badham
Rating: FSK-16
Length: 106 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, German: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish

Stars:
Michael J. Fox
James Woods
Stephen Lang
Annabella Sciorra
John Capodice

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers

I nice watch, but nothing really exciting. Michael J. Fox is fun to watch, but I think the movie could have been more.
For some reason I had remembered it being a Bruce Willis vehicle, so I was a little disappointed when pulling the DVD from the shelves. I think this movie could have really been interesting, if it starred Michael J. Fox with Bruce Willis' McClane type of character.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 25th, 2009)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Eureka: Season One (2006/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Pictures (Germany) Length: 533 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, German

---

Plot:
Eureka takes place in a high tech fictional community of the same name, located in the U.S. state of Oregon (Washington in the pilot) and inhabited entirely by brilliant scientists working on new scientific advances. The town is operated by a corporation called Global Dynamics (GD), that is overseen by the United States Department of Defense. The town's existence and location are closely guarded secrets.

U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon Eureka while transporting a fugitive prisoner (his own rebellious teenage daughter Zoe) back to her mother's home in Los Angeles. When a faulty experiment cripples the sheriff of Eureka, Carter finds himself quickly chosen to fill the vacancy. Despite not being a genius like most members of the town, Jack Carter demonstrates a remarkable ability to connect to others, keen and practical insights, and a dedication to preserving the safety of Eureka.


Eureka
1.01 Pilot
Writer: Andrew Cosby (Writer), Jaime Paglia (Writer)
Director: Peter O'Fallon
Cast: Colin Ferguson (Jack Carter), Salli Richardson (Allison Blake), Greg Germann (Warren King), Jordan Hinson (Zoe Carter), Joe Morton (Henry Deacon), Erica Cerra (Jo Lupo), Neil Grayston (Douglas Fargo), Meshach Peters (Kevin Blake), Matt Frewer (Jim Taggart), Debrah Farentino (Beverly Barlowe), Maury Chaykin (Sheriff William Cobb), Rob LaBelle (Walter Perkins), Gary Chalk (Col. Briggs), Jennifer Clement (Susan Perkins), Shayn Solberg (Spencer Martin), Zak Ludwig (Brian Perkins), Chris Gauthier (Vincent), Benjamin Smith (Oppenheimer), Ian Carter (Chief Marshal), Kwesi Ameyaw (Special Agent Hicks), Chris Burns (Soldier), Tyler McClendon (Corporal), Norm Sherry), Kevin Murray (Charlie), Keith Wilson (Baker Twin), Bryan Wilson (Baker Twin)

I saw this cheap while online shopping and read up a little about it. Sounded like a series which could be fun.
I enjoyed the pilot episode. Especially the first half, when our main character first sets foot in the city. The second half lost a little for me. The problem and the solution they had to deal with seemed a little contrived with nonsense technobabble. I hope the rest of the series doesn't rely to much on such plot devices.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on May 10th, 2012)