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Zatoichi, a review by Tom

Title: Zatoichi
Year: 2003
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Rating: 18
Length: 116 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.85
Audio: Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Japanese: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Takeshi Kitano
Tadanobu Asano

Plot:Awards:
Extras:
Featurettes
Interviews
Scene Access
Trailers

I had some fun watching this movie. It is a little slow at times. Takeshi Kitano ("Battle Royale") did a good job as Zatoichi and as the director of this movie. It is very similar to Ichi, the sequel. Though I remember I enjoyed the subplot and the supporting cast in that one more than in this one.

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(From Tom's Alphabet Marathon Reviews on July 3rd, 2010)

The Phantom of the Opera, a review by Danae Cassandra

The Phantom of the Opera
Year of Release: 2004
Directed By: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Miranda Richardson
Genre: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Musical

Overview:My Thoughts:
I love Phantom.  I'm not sure that this is my favorite version of the story - I think that's still the 1990 TV movie - I still think this is an excellent version.  I love Lloyd Webber's music.  I listened to the Broadway soundtrack for years before this came out.  This is a beautiful, lush, romantic film, with gorgeous costuming and sets.  I enjoy all of the cast, even if Gerard Butler's voice isn't quite as good as it probably should be for his role.  The Phantom here is manipulative and cruel, and it's creepy when you think about him knowing Christine since she was a child.  He's also still quite a sympathetic character, and you feel quite bad for him in the life he has led.  I don't find Christine or Raoul to be as well-developed, but the Phantom is the central character of the story no matter how you look at it. 

Recommended with the caveat that this is almost entirely music, so if you don't like Lloyd Webber's sound this is not a film for you.  I thought the story would be enough to carry Pete through, but we lost him an hour into the film.

Bechdel Test: Fail
Mako Mori Test: Fail

Overall: 4/5

(From July Movie Marathon: Musicals (Yes... You read right!) on July 11th, 2016)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

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2 Broke Girls: Season One (2011/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Bros. Home Video (United Kingdom) Length: 495 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: Danish, English, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish

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Plot:
One's street-smart and working-class-born; the other's book smart and nouveau bankrupt. Together, unlikely roommates and unlikelier friends Max (Kat Dennings, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist) and Caroline (Beth Behrs, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love(Sex and the City), plus sweet extras!


2 Broke Girls
Season 1.01 Pilot
Writer: Michael Patrick King (Created By), Whitney Cummings (Created By), Whitney Cummings (Writer), Michael Patrick King (Writer)
Director: James Burrows
Cast: Kat Dennings (Max), Beth Behrs (Caroline), Garrett Morris (Earl), Jonathan Kite (Oleg), Matthew Moy (Han Lee), Brooke Lyons (Peach), Noah Mills (Robbie), Shoshana Bush (Nikki), Cale Hartmann (Hipster #1), Adam Korson (Hipster #2), Alex Enriquez (Hipster #3), Matt Cook (Band Member), Bill Parks (Band Member), Eugene Shaw (Band Member), Sergey Brusilovsky (Oscar), Greg Lewis (Customer), Cocoa Brown (Woman)

The pilot episode was the only episode I have seen before buying this series. I thought it was okay but nothing really special. Enough though to give this series a chance.
I am now over half-way through with the season and I think it is rather average and annoying some times. I am not sure if I want to continue this series.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 10th, 2013)