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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Year: 2000
Director: Tad Stones
Rating: G
Length: 70 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles:

Stars:
Tim Allen
Nicole Sullivan
Larry Miller
Stephen Furst
Wayne Knight
Adam Carolla

Plot:
Buzz Lightyear, the ultimate hero from the smash hit Toy Story movies, is back as you've never seen him before! Now for the first time ever, be there as the world's bravest Space Ranger takes on the evil Emeperor Zurg in an intergalactic struggle of epic proportions - right in their onw backyard: the Gamma Quadrant far, far away. This all-new feature-length animated saga includes a special introduction starring Woody, Jessie and Rex. Join them as they cheer for Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen): hero, legend, movie star...and an action figure's action figure.

Urgent Message From Star Command
-MISSION LOG-
Zurg and his henchmen have just invaded the Planet of the Little Green Men in their diabolical quest to take control of the universe. Buzz and his fearless team of Space Rangers Cadets (the mystical Mira Nova, the brave but bumbling Booster and the experimental robot XR) are the only ones who can save the day...and the galaxy!
-END TRANSMISSION-

Will Buzz save the Little Green Men in time? Will he defeat the evil Emperor Zurg? Set your course for out-of-this-world excitement as everyone's favorite Space Ranger, Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command, takes adventure and heroism...to infinity and beyond!

Extras:
Scene Access
Bonus Trailers
Interactive Games
Closed Captioned
Digital Comic Book, Star Command Trivia

My Thoughts:
This one was the choice of my daughter Brittany. While entertaining... this is in no way in the league of Toy Story.  It is good enough to hold my attention through-out... but over-all it is just average. I did get a bit of a kick out of the little green men.



(From Sunday Mini-Marathon: Celebrity Birthdays - June 13th on June 13th, 2010)

P.S. I Love You, a review by Rich

P.S. I Love You



Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) is beautiful, smart and married to the love of her life - a passionate, funny and impetuous Irishman named Gerry (Gerard Butler). So when Gerry's life is taken by an illness, it takes the life out of Holly. The only one who can help her is the person who is no longer there. Nobody knows Holly better than Gerry. So it's a good thing he planned ahead!

Before he died, Gerry wrote Holly a series of letters that will guide her, not only through her grief but in rediscovering herself. The first message arrives on Holly's 30th birthday in the form of a cake, and to her utter shock, a tape recording from Gerry, who proceeds to order her to 'get out and celebrate herself!' In the weeks and months that follow, more letters from Gerry are delivered, each sending her on a new adventure and each signing off in the same way: P.S. I Love You!

Above average chickflick, an engaging cast and touching storyline keeps the film of interest and ahead of the typicaly gooey titles from this rom-com genre. Apparently it is a mile away from the original novel, which was set solely in Dublin, but fortunately I hadn't read it so this hasn't spoiled it for me.
Hilary Swank is unusually convincing in her lead role, and the chemistry with all the main cast works well. It is of course very sentimental and thought provoking, and will make you consider your own circumstances for a nano-second.
Did I cry watching this - of course not - but my partner did boo and thus directs you to the perfect target audience for the movie, and guaranteed to give all fellas brownie points if they sit through this with their better halfs.
 



(From Riches Random Reviews on April 30th, 2009)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Berlin, Berlin: Complete Series (2002/Germany) IMDb | Wikipedia Universum Film (Germany) Director: Writing: Length: 2150 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Extras:

• 5 Postkarten mit Bildern der Hauptdarsteller
• Bonus Trailers
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Interviews
• Photo Gallery
• Storyboard Comparisons
• Trailers

This series really surprised me. I enjoyed it from beginning to end. For some reason I had never watched it before, even though I heard good things about it and it is also often compared to "Mein Leben und ich" (another series I enjoyed). I have to admit that I even enjoyed it more than that one. Though I really liked the first three seasons of it but then grew tired of it.
"Berlin, Berlin" only has four seasons, but unusual for a German comedy series it doesn't only have 13 episodes per season, but it has 20. The first season even 26.
Through the bonus features I found out, that this series even won an international Emmy award for best comedy series (the first German series to do so). I didn't even know that the Emmies had an international award. And in my opinion it deserved it.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 24th, 2012)