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Believe, a review by addicted2dvd

Believe
When you mess with the dead, be prepared to pay the consequences! Ben Stiles loves to scare people. But he's about to get the fright of his life when the mysterious wailing ghost of Wickwire House beckons Ben and his friend Katherine into the eerie world of the supernatural. As he puts his life--and his sanity--on the line to uncover the shocking truth behind the haunting, he finds himself in over his head!

A hair-raising thriller that will leave you breathless!

My Thoughts:
This is a fun ghost story for the whole family.  One that I never even heard of until a friend told me about it a few years ago... telling me how much she loves the movie. So I just had to add it to my collection. The story of 2 teens having to solve the mystery of a ghost that is going between their 2 homes. That is the main storyline... but I have to admit my favorite part of the movie has to be where the 2 teens takes care of the local bullies by turning an old abandoned house into a haunted house to try to scare them off. That was just plain fun to watch them set up and pull the prank. Katherine is played by a young Elisha Cuthbert (TV's 24, House of Wax)... so that was also pretty cool to see. The dvd itself is decent but nothing special. Has average Audio/video quality and only a few extras. But overall... this is a movie I enjoy very much and feel comfortable recommending it to anyone.... adults and kids alike.

If you are curios about this movie... you can check out the trailer at Video Detective HERE.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 5/23-5/25 on May 24th, 2008)

What's Your Raashee?, a review by Tom

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Title: What's Your Raashee?
Links: IMDb | Wikipedia

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Year:	2009 / India
Director:	Ashutosh Gowariker
Writing:	Naushil Mehta (Screenwriter), Ashutosh Gowariker (Screenwriter), Amit Mistry (Screenwriter), Tagan A. Bhatt (Screenwriter), Madhu Rye (Original Material By)
Rating:	UA
Length:	213 Min.
Video:	Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio:	Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:	Arabic, English

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Stars:
Harman Baweja as Yogesh
Priyanka Chopra as Anjali
Priyanka Chopra as Sanjana
Priyanka Chopra as Kajal
Priyanka Chopra as Hansa

Plot:
Never before have the sun and the moon played such an important role in a romance.

What's Your Raashee? is the story of Yogesh Patel, a young man who in his heart has always wanted a love marriage. Till suddenly he is told that he must find his dream girl within 10 days to save his family from utter ruin.

Finding the dream girl is though enough. Finding her in a hurry is even tougher.

His solution is simple; he will meet one girl from each raashee - sun sign, as he feels that is the best way to make sure he finds a suitable wife, while also giving himself 12 chances to fall in love.

Two meetings per day gives him six days to meet them, three days to make a final decision and he can get married on the tenth day, or so he thinks.

Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Music Videos
Scene Access

This movie is directed by Ashutosh Gowarinder. So far I have seen from him "Jodhaa Akbar", "Lagaan" and "Swades". All movies which are rather epic and highly critically acclaimed. So I was surprised that this romantic comedy is one of his latest endeavors. I wasn't expecting him doing this kind of movies. And still he manages to make something rather epic. Clocking in 213 minutes I think it is the longest rom-com in my collection.
In this movie a guy must marry in ten days. He decides to let himself get set up with twelve different girls and will decide then, which one he will marry. The extraordinary thing in this movie is, that all twelve girls are played by the same actress - Priyanka Chopra. That all the girls look similar is addressed by the main character in case you are wondering. It is "explained away" in the movie (i.e. he sees the face of the girl he is looking for in all of their faces). Only for the main character all of the girls look the same.
I enjoyed this movie. I was not bored a minute. The long runtime is needed to give each of the twelve girls their proper screentime. I also enjoyed the song numbers.
Here is an interesting one to watch, where I think they did a great editing work. This is the final song where the main character reflects on all of the girls he met before having to make a decision. All girls appear on the stage with him at once. Remember, all girls are played by the same actress:



There were also one or two other instances, where two of the girls appear on-screen at the same time. Also in these instances they did a good job covering it.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 13th, 2010)

[Rerun Marathon] Spaced, a review by Tom

8/10

Another fun episode with zombies, guest-starring David Walliams known from 'Little Britain'.

Best line:
"Brian, you came."
- "No, I just spilled a drink"

(From [Rerun Marathon] Spaced on November 3rd, 2007)