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Salaam Namaste, a review by Tom

Title: Salaam Namaste
Year: 2005
Director: Siddharth Raj Anand
Rating: FSK-6
Length: 152 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital Stereo, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Saif Ali Khan
Preity Zinta
Arshad Warsi
Tania Zaetta
Jugal Hansraj

Plot:
Falling in Love. It's very easy to do. Being in love - now that's the tough part!

Join us as we say 'Salaam Namaste' to Nick (Saif Ali Khan) and Ambar (Preity Zinta) down under in the city of Melbourne. He's a Chef; she's a Radio Jockey. They're young, they're cool, they're independent - and together they make the BEST pair!

Or do they?

Surrounded by quirky friends, bosses and landlords but far away from home, Nick and Ambar take a huge leap of faith as they decide to move in together. And now they must tiptoe towards getting to know each other!

They are attracted to each other - but they fight. They live together, but as friends, in different rooms. They're in a relationship - but then again they're not. They seem to want the same things, but it seems that they have very little in common.

So are they really made for each other? Are they actually compatible? Is this whole thing worth it?

After all, if a relationship is what happens when you're busy not thinking about it - then what does it mean when everything has to be such a 'decision'?

Salaam Namaste gives us a quirky take on life, love and relationships as it looks at a fairy tale with a bit of a squint. Full of color, humor and zest it is an endearing look at what being in love really means!!!

Awards:

Filmfare Awards	2006	Nominated	Best Actress Award	Preity Zinta
Filmfare Awards	2006	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor Award	Arshad Warsi
IIFA Awards	2006	Won	Best Comedian	Javed Jaffrey

Extras:
Scene Access
Music Videos

A fun comedy about a couple who start out with a private war, because he didn't show up for a radio interview he was supposed to do in her show. Later on they meet without knowing with who they are dealing with and fall in love. Despite learning their true identities, they decide to live together to see, if there is a relationship in the cards, because otherwise they wouldn't have time to see each other in their busy schedules. First everything is perfect, until she gets pregnant and he is not at all happy about that she won't abort the baby.
Their landlord is a strange fellow: An Indian living in Australia wearing cowboy clothes and always on about not "trusting any Indians"



Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 27th, 2009)

Casablanca, a review by Antares

Casablanca





Year: 1942
Film Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, First National Pictures
Genre: Romance, Classic, Drama
Length: 103 Min.

Director
Michael Curtiz (1886)

Writing
Julius J. Epstein (1909)...Screenwriter
Philip G. Epstein (1909)...Screenwriter
Howard Koch (1901)...Screenwriter

Producer
Hal B. Wallis (1899)
Jack L. Warner (1892)

Cinematographer
Arthur Edeson (1891)

Music
Max Steiner (1888)...Composer

Stars
Humphrey Bogart (1899) as Rick Blaine
Ingrid Bergman (1915) as Ilsa Lund
Paul Henreid (1905) as Victor Laszlo
Claude Rains (1889) as Captain Renault
Conrad Veidt (1893) as Major Strasser
Sydney Greenstreet (1879) as Signor Ferrari
Peter Lorre (1904) as Ugarte
S. Z. Sakall (1884) as Carl

Review
       Have you ever made such a horrendous mistake that you wished for a at Warner Bros. pictures, alongside James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson. He had reached a level of power at the studio that gave him first right of refusal for scripts that he did not like. In 1941, he turned down two seminal crime dramas, High Sierra and The Maltese FalconHigh SierraThe Maltese FalconCasablanca deserves its place in the upper echelon of film classics and will remain there as long as movies remain our top choice for escapism entertainment.


Ratings Criterion
5 Stars - The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.

(From Casablanca (1942) on December 17th, 2009)

"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Sam is accidentally catapulted into an alternate universe. There Atlantis has never been found, Landry is president and has declared martial law and the Ori are going to attack soon. Sam agrees to help them if she's allowed to return home after that.

My Opinion: The very first alternate reality we've ever encountered (There But For the Grace of God was overrun by enemies. Yet almost always the people in these alternate realities were as noble as the ones in our world or they've been extremely desperate (Ripple Effect). This time we've actually seen a world where the people had to make hard choices but these choices changed them dramatically. That we aren't immune to this was proven in Absolute Power, still I am glad that Sam's back.

Synopsis: SG-1 captures a Prior - it's Daniel. With the help of Merlin he was able to deceive Adria and could present to her a plan in which another plan is hidden. But for this to work SG-1 has to disable the Supergate - it all depends on whether Daniel is telling the truth.

My Opinion: This episode was well written, until the very end the question of Daniel's allegiance had remained open. The Prior make-up did look cool on Daniel and I had fun seeing Jack again. I believe Daniel is in the lead again when it comes to the "race" against Jack on whose body had to endure more (implanted symbiote, ascended, knowledge of the Ancients loaded into the brain, rewritten DNA, ...).

Synopsis: After SG-1 has sabotaged another crop transport, Netan of the Lucian Alliance puts a price on their heads. Although they are scattered all over the USA, they all have the same problem suddenly: bounty hunters.

My Opinion: I liked this episode very much, too. Especially Vala who spiced up the class reunion considerably. And who could be surprised by the fact that she knew the bounty hunter.
What I find interesting regarding series and movies is the fact that trains and busses either don't stop at all after they've ran something or someone over or they start to brake only after they've hit it. That leaves the question if they drive only by hearing. The bounty hunter was standing there for quite some time. I am of course aware that it is a stylistic device, but: A train that approaches a car standing on the tracks, blows a horn, runs the car over and drives away as if nothing had happened (Back to the Future III)?!

Synopsis: SG-1 is arriving directly in a museum that is visited by members of the administration. They are immediately mistaken for rebels. After the shootings have stopped they find themselves in the roles of hostage-takers.

My Opinion: Daniel shouldn't switch to taking hostages as a primary occupation that would be a very short career. Really cool was that Teal'c understood the cultural reference ("We've got ourselves a John McClane here.") better than Daniel. Such kind of knowledge doesn't find one in ancient egyptian scrolls. But I noticed that some of the team members aren't appearing for complete episodes. First Daniel has been gone for two episodes, then Teal'c and Vala haven't been seen in an episode and now Sam is away. On the other hand they have to create screen time for five people now.

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on May 3rd, 2008)