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Shadow of a Doubt, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Shadow of a Doubt: The Masterpiece Collection
Year: 1942
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Rating: PG
Length: 108 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Teresa Wright
Joseph Cotten
Macdonald Carey
Henry Travers
Patricia Collinge
Hume Cronyn

Plot:
Hitchcock collaborated with renowned playwright Thornton Wilder (Our Town) to create this psychological tale of family drama, suspicion...and murder. Joseph Cotton shines as Uncle Charlie, a seemingly charming man visiting his relatives in their small and peaceful hometown. But when his namesake niece, "Young Charlie" (Teresa Wright), suspects that he may in fact be the psychopathic Merry Widow killer, Uncle Charlie must plot the death of his favorite relation in order to remain one step ahead of the law in this murderous game of cat-and-mouse.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes

My Thoughts:
This is another movie I never seen before. While I enjoyed this one... it is not a favorite. It just don't rank up there for me as those such as Rear Window or Psycho. But it is definitely an interesting story that is well worth watching. I liked the character of Charlie (the niece) the best. Even when scared you could tell she is a strong woman... which is something I always liked... and a bit surprising going by the times this film was made. Teresa Wright, who played the niece, looks so familiar to me. But I must have been confusing her with someone else... as this seems to be the only thing I have in my collection with her in it. Joseph Cotten, who played Uncle Charlie, also did a fine job. I did get a kick out of the father and his friend always plotting each other's murders for fun. So as I said... this is a fine movie... but not the best Hitchcock movie I have seen.



(From Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection Reviews on December 27th, 2010)

The Hangover Part II, a review by Dragonfire

Since I liked The Hangover, I decided to see The Hangover Part II. 

Short review - It is basically the first movie again, just with someone else getting lost and set in in a different city.

I knew from the previews that the same basic thing would happen again.  I didn't mind that since the first movie was funny and entertaining.  Well, even though I expected similarities, I didn't expect so much to be practically identical, especially with how the story is structured.  The movie starts with Phil making the call to Tracey about how they screwed up and the wedding probably won't happen.  Then the movie jumps back to who what led to that situation.  Some of what happens is surprising, but overall, the movie is very predictable.  At the end, the guys end up looking at pictures from the wild night after swearing only to look at them once and delete them.  I knew that the guys had another wild party night and lost someone again, but I had thought that a little more would be different.  It was almost like someone made up a list of main points from the first movie and checked them off for this one.

This time Stu is getting married in Thailand.  He doesn't even want a bachelor party because of what happened the last time and he has to be persuaded to invite Alan, again for the same reason.  The guys, along with the younger brother of the woman Stu is marrying, meet on the beach to drink a beer and have a toast.  Well something goes horribly wrong and Alan, Phil, and Stu wake up in a crap hole hotel room with no clue what happened.  They set out trying to retrace their steps, again, just like in the first movie.  For some reason that still doesn't make much sense to me, Mr. Chow turns up again and is mixed up in what is going on.  The character worked in the first movie, but he's just out of place in this one.

The movie is entertaining and I did end up liking it overall.  I just think it could have been better.  Some of what happens is funny, but the movie isn't anywhere near as funny as the first movie.  Too much of what happens is more wild and outrageous....and that doesn't really translate into funny more often than not.  Some twisted, disturbing, or just plain gross stuff happens.  Again, I think that stuff was supposed to be funny, but it really wasn't.  Stu does another song at one point and while I did like it, it just wasn't as funny as the one in the first movie.  Some wild sexual stuff comes up as well.  It does seem like an attempt was made to be more wild than the first movie.  There is nudity - more male than female I think - and a lot of swearing.  This one definitely deserves the R rating and isn't family friendly by any stretch of the imagination. 

The guys have to deal with the same basic situation of losing someone and not having a clue what happened the night before.  A few more extreme things happen while they are retracing their steps or happened during the night.  Stu should really just go home, lock himself in the closet, and never leave again.  Phil gets hurt again, though in a different way.  Alan is still clueless about so many things. 

The movie can be enjoyable if your expectations aren't too high.  Following the same structure and telling basically the same story from the first movie didn't make a movie that was as good.  I've already been reading that the director wants to do a third movie.   I did read that the third movie would deal with a completely different story.  If another one is made, I'll probably see it at some point, though I'm scared to think what else can happen to Stu. This is definitely not a movie for everyone.



I did get a review posted on Epinions.

The Hangover Part II

(From The Hangover Part II on June 15th, 2011)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Just Shoot Me!: Seasons One and Two (1997/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 689 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
Your favorite Must-See TV is now a must-have DVD, as JUST SHOOT ME! SEASONS ONE AND TWO delivers all 31 hilarious episodes from this long-reigning fixture of NBC's classic comedy lineup. Nominated for six Emmy Awards and five Golden Globes, this acclaimed ensemble comedy spanned the hilarious gamut from catwalk to casting couch, chronicles the daily grind of the magazine's quirky staff, serving up all the laughter that's fit to print. Arriving on digitally remastered DVD for the first time.


Just Shoot Me!
1.01 Back Issues
Writer: Steven Levitan (Created By), Steven Levitan (Writer)
Director: Philip Charles MacKenzie
Cast: Laura San Giacomo (Maya Gallo), George Segal (Jack Gallo), Wendie Malick (Nina Van Horn), Enrico Colantoni (Elliott DiMauro), Chris Hogan (Wally), David Spade (Dennis Finch), Emily Procter (Anchorwoman), Dave Clark (Anchorman), Scott N. Stevens (Young Father), Shannon Maureen Brown (Lorena), Donna Ponterotto (Receptionist), Raphelle Hink (Raphelle), Joel Traywick (Intern)

I enjoy watching this series. I like the snarky one-liners, like the ones David Spade's character comes up with.
The first two seasons of this series were released in 2004. The third season five years later. I am still waiting for further seasons to be released.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 3rd, 2012)