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Music & Lyrics, a review by Tom

Title: Music and Lyrics
Year: 2007
Director: Marc Lawrence
Rating: PG-13
Length: 104 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Hugh Grant
Scott Porter
Nick Bacon
Andrew Wyatt Blakemore
Dan McMillan

Plot:Two Weeks Notice) directing, Music and Lyrics is a witty, wacky romantic comedy that faces the music...and laughs!

Awards:

Casting Society of America Awards	2007	Nominated		Ilene Starger
Teen Choice Awards	2007	Nominated	Choice Movie - Chick Flick
Teen Choice Awards	2007	Nominated	Choice Movie Liplock	Drew Barrymore, Hugh Grant
Young Artist Awards	2008	Nominated		Jeremy Karson

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Music Videos
Outtakes
Scene Access

A good feel-good movie. And as I like Drew Barrymore rom-coms and also enjoy Hugh Grant's rom-coms, this was a no-brainer to get. This is the second time I have watched it, and I think this time around I enjoyed it even more than the first time. Hugh Grant is perfect as the has-been pop idol.
Drew Barrymore is as cute as she is always in romantic comedies.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on April 5th, 2010)

Hands of the Ripper, a review by Jimmy

Title: Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Genre: Horror
Director: Peter Sasdy
Rating: NR
Length: 1h25
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Eric Porter
Angharad Rees
Jane Merrow
Keith Bell
Derek Godfrey

Plot:The Hammer Studio was pretty much at the end of its run of success at that time due to the more graphics movies produced by the other studios. So it was in need of a new direction away from the vampire what he did that year with Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde, Twins of Evil and this one. I've already reviewed Twins of Evil last year and I've never seen Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (too bad it is OOP and way too costly as it sounds like a cool movie), but this year it's Hands of the Ripper.

This film is certainly the most violent and bloody Hammer's film I've seen, but too be honest Hammer isn't that extreme unless you compare them to the Hollywood studio productions of the time. The Jack the Ripper story is treated with an interesting angle since it's not about him but his daughter. The story countains a good balance between psychology and horror, even if it isn't scary per se. Strangely even if it deals with "demonic possesion" this is almost credible and you feel like it could be real. Evidently like most of the Hammer films you got a very good historical recreation. Angharad Rees in her first principal role give a very good performance in a role who requires a lot of subtility and Eric Porter isn't bad either. Also, and this is something I always like, there is no Hollywood ending for that story.

Strongly recommanded, even more considering the quality of this HD release.


 
Rating :

(From Jimmy's - 2013 Ooctober Horror Marathon on October 2nd, 2013)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: Red Dwarf I
Year: 1988
Director:
Rating: 12
Length: 174 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English

Plot:
A radiation leak wipes out the crew of the mining ship Red Dwarf leaving one survivor - chicken soup machine repairman Dave Lister. After three million years in suspended animation, Lister emerges to find he is the last human being in the universe. But he is not alone.

Extras:
Book Chapters
Booklet
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
DVD-ROM Content
Featurettes
Japanese Version of "The End"
Music
Outtakes
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailers

Having watched the series review by sfdebirs, I got into the mood to rewatch this series again. Initially I have planned to do a marathon thread, but today my brother said he wanted to watch them with me. So I plan to watch them series by series instead of episode by episode.

With "The End" the series is off to a great start. I still very much enjoy this episode. The character introductions are great. And who can forget the "Everybody's dead, Dave" delivery by Holly.

My favorite episode from the first series is "Future Echoes". These echoes are a nice concept and very fun to watch. Especially the scene with the conversation between Lister and the Echo-Rimmer followed by Lister and the real Rimmer when we finally understand, what the first conversation is about. This scene was it, which completely won me over to Red Dwarf when I first watched this show.

The other episodes are nice, but not so good as the first two. The final episode comes close though. It's fun having Rimmer have to live with himself. Also the episode "Waiting for God" is enjoyable, where Lister learns that he is a god to the cat people.

#	Episode	Rating
01	The End
02	Future Echoes
03	Balance of Power
04	Waiting for God
05	Confidence and Paranoia
06

(From Tom's Random Reviews on October 10th, 2009)