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Underworld, a review by addicted2dvd

Underworld


My Thoughts:
Werewolves, Vampires, Action, Romance... this movie has it all. I know of many people that don't care for this combination of action and horror... but I have always liked it. This is actually the first time I watched this movie in quite a while. I really enjoyed this movie. It has lots of great action and beautiful imagery. I especially liked the look of (as they put it) the Gothic metropolis. While I liked the look of the werewolves in this movie... I felt a little disappointed in the transformation. I mean the CGI effects for it is alright... but after watching movies with it done "old school" I much preferred the look of the transformations from 20 to 30 years ago. But over-all I really enjoyed this movie. I am glad I decided to watch it again.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Werewolves on May 10th, 2009)

The American Experience: Partners of the Heart, a review by Antares

The American Experience: Partners of the Heart





Year: 2003
Film Studio: PBS DVD Gold
Genre: Documentary, Special Interest, Television
Length: 60 Min.

Director
Andrea Kalin
Bill Duke (1943)

Writing
Andrea Kalin...Writer
Lou Potter...Writer
Rocky Collins...Multiple Episodes
Henry Hampton (1940)...Creator

Producer
Monte Achenbach
Skip Coblyn
Rose M. Compagine
Margaret Drain
James E. Dunford
Andrea Kalin
Susan Mottau
Mark Samels
Greg Shea
Rocky Collins

Cinematographer
Nicholas Blair
John Rhode
Chris Scianella
Paul Young

Music
Joseph Vitarelli...Composer

Stars
Dr. Denton A. Cooley as Himself
John Dryden as Newsreel Voice (Voice)
Dr. Koco Eaton as Himself
Morgan Freeman (1937) as Himself (Narrator) (Voice)
Christopher Haley as Dr. Vivien Thomas
Dr. J. Alex Haller Jr. as Himself
Beau James as Dr. Alfred Blalock
Jane Leuders as Dr. Helen Taussig

Review, he nevertheless grasped the opportunity that lay before him and forged a partnership that has never been matched in the history of medicine.
   
       Their first breakthrough came in the early forties, when they discovered the method for stabilizing a patient that had gone into for the blue colored tinge to their extremities, they rarely lived past infancy as they slowly suffocated as they grew in size. Blalock and Thomas theorized that by grafting an arterial Partners of the HeartSomething the Lord Made.


Review Criterion
- The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.
- Not quite an immortal film, yet a masterpiece in its own right.
- Historically important film, considered a classic.
- Borderline viewable.
- A gangrenous and festering pustule in the chronicles of celluloid.

(From The American Experience: Partners of the Heart (2003) on August 15th, 2010)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: The Office: Season Four
Year: 2007
Rating: NR
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 , Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Steve Carell
Rainn Wilson
Jenna Fisher

Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Music Videos
Outtakes
Trailers

Another season of The Office that I enjoyed very much. When this series started, I did not think that it would become a series which is not just a cheap remake of the original. But now in season 4 they are still going strong.

The documentary style is still enjoyable, but it has become really unbelievable. For four years this camera crew with multiple cameras has followed them around now and they never got in the shot of each other's cameras

Due to the writer's strike this season was a couple of episodes short. But five of the episodes are twice the runtime as usual which makes it like watching 19 instead of 14 episodes.
Also there are a lot of deleted scenes available. About 10-20 minutes per episodes. These were obviously cut for time and and not for bad quality.

Rating:

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