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Downsizing, a review by addicted2dvd

Downsizing (2017/United States) Paramount (United States) Director: Alexander Payne Writing: Alexander Payne (Writer), Jim Taylor (1963) (Writer) Length: 135 min. Video: Widescreen 2.39:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Czech: Dolby Digital: 5.1, German: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Italian: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Polish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Russian: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: Arabic, Bahasa, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Other

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I found this one to be no more then very average. All the best pasrts being shown in the trailer. No real laugh out loud moments. And a little on the long side for the story you get.Matt Damon was just fine in the lead.... not that it is saying much. Pretty much any actor would have been just as good in the role he was given. I actually feel asleep before it ended so had to turn it back on just to see how the film ended. Which was nothing that special and rather predictable.



(From 4K Marathon on March 22nd, 2023)

Old School, a review by Rich

Title: Old School

Runtime:92
Certificate:NR
Year:2003
Genres:Comedy

Plot:What's a guy supposed to do when he catches the early flight home and finds his girlfriend in bed with a room full of naked strangers? Return to college and start a fraternity! Before you can say "wild and wet wrestling," Frank "The Tank" (Will Ferrell, Saturday Night Live); Mitch (Luke Wilson, Legally Blonde) and Beanie (Vince Vaughn, Swingers) have their own frat raging with out-of-control antics. But when things get too wild, the dean sets out to shut them down. The laughs are top of the class (even if the guys aren't!) in the hit comedy from director Todd Phillips (Road Trip).

My Review:
Coincidence in my marathon, this older film directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover)
Perhaps the only film that I have been able to stomach watching Will Ferrell, there are some good laughs mixed into this bawdy American comedy. Yes it is fairly childish schoolboy humour, but mixed in is a pretty nice story and some decent enough performances, particularly Vaughn who is surprisingly adept in this flick. The streak in town had me in tears, as did the KY jelly wrestling.
Park your brain before viewing this, and get ready to excuse the wettest lead in Luke Wilson, and this should give you several belly laughs.


(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 10th, 2009)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

4. Untouched
Original Air Date: 10/17/2000
Angel unknowingly crosses paths with Wolfram and Hart when he comes to the aid of a young woman, Bethany , who possesses telekinetic powers far beyond her control.

Guest Stars:
Julie Benz
Stephanie Romanov
Sam Anderson
Daisy McCrackin

My Thoughts:
Not a bad episode. But not great either. While the storyline was entertaining to a point... I found I really didn't care for the Bethany character enough to really get into it.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 2nd, 2010)