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Coach Carter , a review by Silence_of_Lambs

Summary:
Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson), a successful sporting goods store owner, accepts the job of basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond, CA, where he was a champion athlete. As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both. He immediately imposes a strict regime typified in written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behavior, a dress code and good grades as requisites to being allowed to participate. The initial resistance from the boys is soon dispelled as the team under Carter's tutelage becomes a undefeated competitor in the games. However, when the overconfident team's behavior begins to stray and Carter learns that too many players are doing poorly in class, he takes immediate action. To the outrage of the team, the school and the community, Carter cancels all team activities and locks the gym until the team shows acceptable academic improvement...

My Thoughts:
Yet another movie on how discipline and a positive role-model (in combination with a replacement father) can solve all problems. I guess there has to be one for every sport.

This is a quite entertaining sports movie on Highschool-Basketball, not more, not less.
The story as such is well known and highly predictable, nevertheless it has some twitches that keep you interested.
The few occasions on which this flick begins to shine is when Coach Carter is meeting the disaffected faculty and tries to motivate them again.

A nice movie for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

My Rating: (out of possible 5)

(From Michael's random reviews on January 2nd, 2011)

Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision, a review by Tom

Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision (2003/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Steve Boyum Writing: Mike Richardson (Original Characters By), Mark Verheiden (Original Characters By), Gary Scott Thompson (Writer) Length: 81 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Jason Scott Lee as Ryan Chang
Thomas Ian Griffith as Brandon Miller
Mary Page Keller as Doc
John Beck as O'Rourke
Tava Smiley as Tyler Jeffers

Plot:
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision is the action-packed time travel adventure that takes thrill seekers on a wild ride through time - from Hitler's Germany to the Wild West and beyond.

Jason Scott Lee stars as Ryan Chang, the maverick Timecop who's assigned to prevent criminals from travelling to the past and altering the future. The clock is ticking – and Ryan must track down the evil mastermind Branson Miller (Thomas Ian Griffith) who's bent on using history as the ultimate weapon. Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision is packed with non-stop action, special effects and thrilling martial arts sequences!

Extras:

• Featurettes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

Definetely worse than the first part. Not recommended.

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on January 5th, 2008)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Enterprise

Writer: Mike Sussman (Writer)
Director: Roxann Dawson
Cast: Scott Bakula (Jonathan Archer), John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox), Jolene Blalock (T'Pol), Dominic Keating (Malcolm Reed), Anthony Montgomery (Travis Mayweather), Linda Park (Hoshi Sato), Connor Trinneer (Charles "Trip" Tucker III), Randy Oglesby (Degra), Tucker Smallwood (Xindi-Humanoid), Rick Worthy (Xindi-Arboreal), Tess Lina (Karyn Archer), David Andrews (Lorian), Tom Schanley (Greer), Steve Truitt (Crewman #1)

A nice episode, although nothing really new. The premise is a mix between Voyager's "Deadlock" and DS9's "Children of Time". A second version of the Enterprise appears, which had been thrown back in time over a hundred years and was now helmed by the descendants of the crew.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on October 17th, 2013)