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May 14, 2024, 08:03:48 AM  | Ra.One (2011/India)
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Stars:
Shah Rukh Khan
Kareena Kapoor
Arjun Rampal
Armaan Verma
Shahana Goswami
Plot:
A father trying hard to 'fit-in' in his son's badass world a son trying hard to 'dude-up' his dad from 'aiiiyyo' yo 'yo!' and a mother lost in translation between her husband's 'ingeva' and her son's 'in' it!' while Shekhar was trying every trick in the book to woo his son, get 'dude-ified' and 'up his coolness quotient' his son had given up on him... just when the father-son duo hit a deadlock; Shekhar strikes gold when he designs one hell of a game... finally it all starts falling in place... as the family comes together... ...only to find themselves in the middle of a crash... not just a hard drive crash but a crash that would drive them to a disaster and make their lives go - kamboom!!!... all hell breaks loose when the game that was meant to be played with... starts playing them...
Extras:
- Scene Access
- Music Videos
My Thoughts:
A fun and enjoyable romp. Bollywood goes full-on sci-fi, loads of references to other science fiction films with plenty of thrills. One nit-picking point though
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Rating:
I did like this take on Ben E. King's Stand By Me
(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on April 3rd, 2012)
Member's Reviews
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), a review by Jimmy
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
Genre: Horror
Director: Marcus Nispel
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h38
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1:85.1
Audio: English and French
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Jessica Biel
Jonathan Tucker
Erica Leerhsen
Mike Vogel
Eric Balfour
Plot:
Prepare yourself for a level of fear like you've never experienced before...
A group of friends takes a detour while traveling through the back roads of Texas and encounter a chainsaw-wielding maniac. What happens next is beyond anyone's darkest imagination and will leave you speechless and horrified.
From filmmaker Michael Bay ('Pearl Harbor', 'Bad Boys II') and starring Jessica Biel ("7th Heaven") comes this year's most hardcore and terrifying film.
You've been warned.
My Thoughts:
First remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, it had the same flaws the prequel I've reviewed just before had and I won't repeat them. But it had more problem so I can complaint a little 
None of the protagonists are likeable, they are all a bunch of useless screamers from the first one to the last who can't take any logical decision. Some facts doesn't make any sense at all, by exemple why the slaughterhouse who is closed since 4 years always had pigs and hanged meats inside (I think the familly would have eat that a long time ago). But to be honest there is only two reasons to watch that film, R. Lee Ermey and the Jessica Biel's white shirt (common I'm a guy...).
Really nothing special here, I've seen worst but this is very average.
Rating :
(From Jimmy's - 2013 Ooctober Horror Marathon on October 14th, 2013)
Member's TV Reviews
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon, a review by goodguy
2x03 The Mousetrap
Synopsis: See Achim's post.
My Rating:
Another episode that I enjoyed more upon rewatching. The opening is especially great, with Charlie & Michelle on the desert road, making stop at a gas station. No words exchanged between them for several minutes, just a little country song playing along, but the emotions between them are almost tangible. TSCC has a knack for these moody and minimalist scenes and it is the main reason I like this show. Also notable just how gorgeous it looks most of the time, in an earthy and completely unflashy way. All things that are pretty untypical for an action show about killer robots - no wonder it got cancelled.
From the early kidnapping climax, we get to a single short scene with highly pregnant Kacy, whom I forgot to mention in the last episode. I've never seen Busy Phillips before and initially I thought it was Mercedes McNab (Harmony on Buffy/Angel) playing the character. Anyway, she again is wonderful here. Oh, and Beast Wizard 7 is hilarious.
Do terminators get bored? Cameron finds the center of the house, determines the timeframe for a paint job, and is eager to kill at least a bird (Maybe later?). That sounds like funny robot, but is has such a wry sense of humor that it doesn't feel out of place. Also noteworthy the perfectly timed "I don't swim" exchange with John much later in the episode.
Charlie's phone call to John and Sarah is another one of many excellent scenes. He is so completely and heart-wrenchingly lost. Top performance by Dean Winters.
Sarah gets to do the reluctant hero thing, angry and tired, lashing out at everyone in frustration. That's a fine line to walk, but mostly it works, even when Michelle is the target (Frankly, I thought it'd be easier. I thought you'd be dead).
After Cromartie's setup succeeds the plot gets a bit messy. Taking an injured Michelle with them doesn't make much sense, nor does the designated meeting point for Cromartie and John. As much as the show succeeds in creating atmospheric and dramatic scenes, it often seems that less thinking went into the plot mechanics. I can live with that most of the time, but sometimes it becomes a little distracting.
The funeral scene at the end, while moving, would be a bit generic, if it weren't for the two cuts to the dinner table at the Connor house, once with the VO from the priest and then again, silent. Great stuff.
As for Weaver and Ellison: I like that they take their time and advance that part of the story slowly. And Shirley Manson already seems much better here than in the first episode. Or it could be Richard T. Jones, who can make almost everything work, reflecting positively on her.
(From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon on February 2nd, 2010)