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Bonnie and Clyde, a review by Achim

Bonnie and Clyde (1967/United States) Warner Home Video (United States) Director: Arthur Penn Writing: David Newman (1937) (Writer), Robert Benton (Writer) Length: 111 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Spanish

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Stars:
Warren Beatty as Clyde Barrow
Faye Dunaway as Bonnie Parker
Michael J. Pollard as C. W. Moss
Gene Hackman as Buck Barrow
Estelle Parsons as Blanche

Overview:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes

I had last seen this more than 20 years and I liked it even more today. The overview is correct in praising the actors; everyone portrayed their roles very well and I only found the mother to be exceptionally wooden in what was otherwise one of the best scenes of the film. Penn does a good job in having the viewer somewhat sympathize with the murdering couple (like the scene when Bonnie realizes that her mother just explained her that they will never meet again) yet always makes sure we understand just what these two are. Just as the police bringing them down at the end are clearly not portrayed as heroes.

At the time infamous for a few rather bloody scenes (this was still before The Wild Bunch!), those moments might have lost their impact on today's audience, but not their intensity.

Looking forward to see the documentary tomorrow, hoping they'll explain a little just how much artistic license was taken... (I wonder whether the poem was actually written and much the impotency was exaggerated either way).

Rating:

(From The Movies from Within My Lifetime on April 16th, 2011)

Hancock, a review by Tom

Title: Hancock
Year: 2008
Director: Peter Berg
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 102 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.40
Audio: English: Dolby Digital TrueHD, Other: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital TrueHD, Russian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Other: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hindi, Norwegian, Other, Swedish, Turkish

Stars:
Will Smith
Charlize Theron
Jason Bateman
Jae Head
Eddie Marsan

Extras:
Featurettes
Scene Access
Trailers

Luckily, when I first went to watch this movie, I already heard, that this movie goes in a different direction than the trailer promises. And I enjoyed this movie. The only thing which really bothers me a little (the first time around and now) is the ending. I like the ending, but I thought the camera stayed too long on Will Smith and Charlize Theron (alternating) and combined with the use of slow motion, it was a little over-dramatic. I think the scene would have been much better, if it were faster cut. But other than this, I thought it is a fun take on the superheroes genre. I like the "origin story" of Hancock. A little different than most of the recent Superhero movies.
I just remembered another thing, which I do not like. It has been added to this extended version (luckily there is also the regular version on the Blu-ray disc). It's the scene, where Hancock has sex with the woman in the beginning and is having some "super sperm". This is a scene which belongs into movies like "Scary Movie" and not here.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 17th, 2009)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

American Gothic


Pilot
A traumatized young girl dies mysteriously, and some suspect the town's charming sheriff, who was the last person to see her alive.

My Thoughts:
This is a show I discovered on DVD after it was recommended to me by several people about 4 years ago. And I enjoyed every minute of it when I watched the series. This is the first time I re-watched an episode since then. And I must admit... I enjoyed it just as much this time as I did then. This is another one of those series that after watching the pilot here today I could watch the entire series again! A great horror/suspense series.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on November 1st, 2009)