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Larry Crowne, a review by Dragonfire

I'm going to say right from the start that this one isn't a typical summer big blockbuster type movie.  It isn't going to appeal to everyone.  The story is fairly simple, but I thought it was sweet and entertaining overall.  Some scenes do drag a bit, but that didn't bother me too much overall.  Most of the ones that were a little slower and less interesting were scenes in the speech class when they had to do speeches.  The fact that the speeches weren't that interesting is believable because I remember not being interested in the speeches when I had to take speech.  At least they didn't have to do longer speeches like I did. 

There is humor in the movie, though it isn't a hilarious comedy.  There are a few moments that are really funny.  The characters have some issues, especially Mercedes, but again, they seem believable and they end up being likable overall.  The cast is great and I do like Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in their parts.  I really like that Larry is interested in a woman close to his age instead of chasing after the ones young enough to be his daughter.

I did enjoy this one, but I know it isn't going to appeal to everyone.  It just has a sweet, if somewhat simple story.   



I did get a review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look.

Larry Crowne

(From Larry Crowne on July 8th, 2011)

The Shining, a review by Boomstick98

The Shining (1980) 

Plot: A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.

My O: This was the first time I have ever watched this film all the way through. I have seen small clips over the years, but never took the time to sit down and watch the whole thing. WOW, what an amazing movie. The movie lasted 142 minutes, but I didn't take my eyes off it the entire time. The suspense and creepy atmosphere just keeps building and building. I wonderful performance by Jack Nicholson. I truly thought he was going insane. There are a couple of scenes that will leave you thinking "What the heck did I just see". If there are any holdouts that have not seen this movie yet I highly recommend it.

(From Boomstick's 2009 Horror Marathon on October 3rd, 2009)

Pilot Season 2014-15, a review by DJ Doena

Halt and Catch Fire



Halt and Catch Fire @ Wikipedia
Halt and Catch Fire @ IMDb

Synopsis: Set in the early 1980s this is about three employees of a IBM PC clone manufacturer company who want to build a new kind of PC.
They start off reverse engineering the IBM BIOS and then go from there.
These three people are very different and yet excellent at what they do.

My Opinion: The real life's history of the show's name can be read on Wikipedia.
In the beginning I was a bit hard for me to actually care about the characters.
They appeared to be cardboard cutouts for Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak from Apple and an Angelina Jolie's Acid Burn from Hackers thrown in the mix.
But after a few episodes they really grew on me and towards the end of the first season I truly wanted them to succeed.
And it's very nostalgic to see them fight over every kilobyte of memory whereas nowadays? "8 gigs are too slow? OK, put in 16 gigs!"



(From Pilot Season 2014-15 on September 8th, 2014)