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Moulin Rouge!, a review by Tom

Title: Moulin Rouge!
Year: 2001
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Writing: Baz Luhrmann (Writer), Craig Pearce (Writer)
Rating: PG-13
Length: 128 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: DTS 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Nicole Kidman as Satine
Ewan McGregor as Christian
John Leguizamo as Toulouse-Lautrec
Jim Broadbent as Harold Zidler
Richard Roxburgh as The Duke

Plot:Moulin Rouge!

Awards:

Academy Award	2001	Nominated	Best Actress	Nicole Kidman
Academy Award	2001	Won	Best Art Direction	Catherine Martin (Art Direction), Brigitte Broch (Set Decoration)
Academy Award	2001	Nominated	Best Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
Academy Award	2001	Won	Best Costume Design	Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
Academy Award	2001	Nominated	Best Film Editing	Jill Bilcock
Academy Award	2001	Nominated	Best Makeup	Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti
Academy Award	2001	Nominated	Best Picture	Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron (Producers)
Academy Award	2001	Nominated	Best Sound	Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics
AFI	2001	Won	100 Years of Musicals (2006)
AFI	2001	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Cheers (2006)
AFI	2001	Won	100 Years... 100 Songs (2004)	"Song": Come What May
AFI	2001	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Songs (2004)	"Song": Roxanne
American Cinema Editors Awards	2002	Won		Jill Bilcock
American Film Institute Awards	2001	Won	Composer of the Year - Movies	Craig Armstrong
American Film Institute Awards	2001	Won	Editor of the Year - Movies	Jill Bilcock
American Film Institute Awards	2001	Won	Movie of the Year
American Society of Cinematographers Awards	2002	Nominated	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases	Don McAlpine
Anatomy Awards	2002	Won	Best Nip-slip (unintentional nippage)	Nicole Kidman
Art Directors Guild Production Design Awards	2002	Won
ASCAP Awards	2002	Won	Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures	"Lady Marmalade": Kenny Nolan
BAFTA	2001	Nominated	Achievement In Special Visual Effects	Chris Godfrey, Andrew Brown, Nathan McGuinness, Brian Cox, Shrek, Ken Bielenberg
BAFTA	2001	Won	Actor In A Supporting Role	Jim Broadbent
BAFTA	2001	Won	Anthony Asquith Award For Achievement In Film Music	Craig Armstrong, Marius Devries
BAFTA	2001	Nominated	Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
BAFTA	2001	Nominated	Costume Design	Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
BAFTA	2001	Nominated	Editing	Jill Bilcock
BAFTA	2001	Nominated	Film	Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Fred Baron
BAFTA	2001	Nominated	Make Up & Hair	Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti
BAFTA	2001	Nominated	Production Design	Catherine Martin
BAFTA	2001	Nominated	Screenplay (Original)	Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce
BAFTA	2001	Won	Sound	Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics, Gareth Vanderhope, Antony Gray
BAFTA	2001	Nominated	The David Lean Award For Achievement In Direction	Baz Luhrmann
British Society of Cinematographers Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Cinematography Award	Donald McAlpine
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Actress	Nicole Kidman
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2002	Won	Best Director	Baz Luhrmann
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Picture
Casting Society of America Awards	2002	Won		Ronna Kress
	2001	Nominated	Meilleur Film Etranger	Baz Luhrmann
Cinema Audio Society Awards	2002	Nominated	Outstanding Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures	Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics
Directors Guild of America	2002	Nominated	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Baz Luhrmann
Empire Magazine Awards	2002	Won	Best Actress	Nicole Kidman
Empire Magazine Awards	2002	Won	Best British Actor	Ewan McGregor
Empire Magazine Awards	2002	Won	Best Director	Baz Luhrmann
European Film Awards	2001	Won	Screen International European Film Award (non-European)
Golden Globe	2001	Nominated	Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy	Ewan McGregor
Golden Globe	2001	Won	Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy	Nicole Kidman
Golden Globe	2001	Nominated	Director	Baz Luhrmann
Golden Globe	2001	Won	Original Score	Craig Armstrong
Golden Globe	2001	Nominated	Original Song	"Come What May": David Baerwald (Music/Lyrics)
Golden Globe	2001	Won	Picture - Musical or Comedy	Fred Baron, Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann
Grammy Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Compilation Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
MTV Movie Awards	2002	Won	Best Female Performance	Nicole Kidman
MTV Movie Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Kiss	Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
MTV Movie Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Musical Sequence	Nicole Kidman
MTV Movie Awards	2002	Won	Best Musical Sequence	Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
National Board of Review Awards, USA	2001	Won	Best Film
National Board of Review Awards, USA	2001	Won	Best Supporting Actor	Jim Broadbent
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Director	Baz Luhrmann
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2002	Won	Best Overall DVD
Satellite Awards	2002	Won		Ewan McGregor
Satellite Awards	2002	Won		Jim Broadbent
Satellite Awards	2002	Won		Nicole Kidman
Satellite Awards	2002	Won	Best Art Direction	Ian Gracie, Catherine Martin, Anne Beauchamp
Satellite Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
Satellite Awards	2002	Won	Best Costume Design	Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
Satellite Awards	2002	Won	Best Director	Baz Luhrmann
Satellite Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Film Editing	Jill Bilcock
Satellite Awards	2002	Won
Satellite Awards	2002	Won	Best Original Score	Craig Armstrong
Satellite Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Original Song	"Come What May": David Baerwald
Satellite Awards	2002	Nominated		Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pierce
Satellite Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Sound	Guntis Sics
Satellite Awards	2002	Won	Best Visual Effects	Chris Godfrey
Saturn	2001	Nominated	Best Costumes	Catherine Martin, Angus Strathie
Saturn	2001	Nominated	Best DVD Special Edition Release
Teen Choice Awards	2002	Nominated	Film - Choice Movie, Drama/Action Adventure
World Soundtrack Awards	2001	Won	Discovery of the Year	Craig Armstrong
World Soundtrack Awards	2001	Won	Most Creative Use of Existing Material on a Soundtrack	Baz Luhrmann, Craig Armstrong, Marius De Vries
World Soundtrack Awards	2001	Nominated	WSA Best Original Score of the Year Not Released on an Album	Craig Armstrong
World Soundtrack Awards	2001	Won	WSA Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film	"Come What May": David Baerwald
World Soundtrack Awards	2001	Nominated	WSA Best Original Soundtrack of the Year	Craig Armstrong, Marius De Vries
Writers Guild of America Awards	2002	Nominated	Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce

Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Closed Captioned
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Multi Angle
Music Videos
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
THX certified

I haven't seen this movie for nine years now. I enjoyed it then, but it never was a movie I had the urge to watch again. I still have this feeling after this time. The reason I popped in the disc today was, that I have read that it was inspired by Bollywood. I don't see it. Okay there are huge dance numbers, but they do not come close to a good Bollywood dance number. Even the Indian dance number towards the end seemed more like a mockery of Bollywood. And that song was also really short. But other than that the songs can be enjoyed.
For some reason I always saw Sid from Ice Age in front of me when John Leguizamo, who plays Toulouse-Lautrec, opened his mouth.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 8th, 2010)

Three Days of the Condor, a review by DJ Doena

September, 2nd


Robert Redford   ...    Joseph Turner / The Condor
Faye Dunaway   ...    Kathy Hale
Cliff Robertson   ...    J. Higgins
Max von Sydow   ...    G. Joubert
John Houseman   ...    Mr. Wabash
Addison Powell   ...    Leonard Atwood

Synopsis: Joseph Turner works for the CIA, but he is no field agent. He reads books from all over the world to find codes, patterns and new ideas for the CIA. But one day when he's out getting lunch for himself and his colleagues all of them are killed. From now on he's on the run from people who want him dead and he doesn't even know why. And they are not foreign agents, they are CIA, too.

My Opinion: That was a very interesting thriller from before the cell phone and computer age. I really enjoyed it how they conducted they spy work in this "old-fashioned" way. The drawback of modern day movies and shows is that whenever they need an information important for the plot they go to a computer, log into a magical database, type "open sesame" and whatever information they need appears immediately. Even face recognition from a bad surveillance camera shot takes no longer than a minute. And due to its age this movie was different, Condor needed more skill to get what he needed and he had to do actual footwork. Yes I liked it.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2009 on September 2nd, 2009)

Samantha Who?: The Complete Second and Final Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Samantha Who?: The Complete Second and Final Season (2008/United States)

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Stars:
Christina Applegate as Samantha Newly
Jean Smart as Regina Newly
Jennifer Esposito as Andrea Belladonna
Kevin Dunn as Howard
Melissa McCarthy as Dena
Barry Watson as Todd
Tim Russ as Frank
Cybill Shepherd as Paula Drake

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• Closed Captioned

This completes this series. It isn't a bad series.. I did enjoy it. But at the same time I am not surprised it got canceled as quickly as it did. There is far better sitcoms out there. The finale does a fairly good job at closing the series out... but at the same time it does set up a 3rd season... in case it got one. The way they put the episodes on the discs is a bit confusing. Instead of running the episodes as they aired... 1 through 20... they for some reason pulled 3 episodes out of the middle of the season. Numbered the rest 1 through 17... and then put the three they pulled under it's own menu option entitled "More Sam." No idea why they did this.... makes no sense to me what so ever. There is some decent (though all very short) extras added to the set as well.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on June 20th, 2012)