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Independence Day, a review by DJ Doena

July, 28th


Will Smith    ...    Captain Steven Hiller
Bill Pullman   ...    President Thomas J. Whitmore
Jeff Goldblum   ...    David Levinson
Mary McDonnell   ...    First Lady Marilyn Whitmore
Judd Hirsch   ...    Julius Levinson
Robert Loggia   ...    General William Grey
Randy Quaid   ...    Russell Casse
Margaret Colin   ...    Constance Spano
Vivica A. Fox   ...    Jasmine Dubrow
Adam Baldwin   ...    Major Mitchell
Brent Spiner   ...    Dr. Brackish Okun

Synopsis: July 2nd. Aliens come to Earth but they don't bring Elvis back. Instead they blow up the usual suspects (L.A., NYC and Washington D.C.). July 3rd. We take all our CGI F18s but these bastards have shields that can withstand a nuke. Dammit! July 4th. Aliens seem to use an operating system programmed by Microsoft since it is vulnerable to viruses written on an Apple notebook. A nuke under the banner of Jolly Roger takes care of the rest.

My Opinion: This time I decided to watch the theatrical cut again and I actually noticed (most? all?) the missing parts and I think they give this film a bit more depth (But what is depth in a puddle? ). It's still a very enjoyable film if you want to stress your subwoofer. The logic in this movie is as missing as in the Transformers movies but the jokes are not as mundane as the pee jokes. Until I read the name I never noticed that Jasmine was Vernita Green from Kill Bill. And I liked to see Mary McDonnell (President Roslin in Battlestar Galactica) and Margaret Colin (Eleanor Waldorf in Gossip Girl) again.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2009 on July 29th, 2009)

Fan, a review by Tom

FAN (2016/India) IMDb | Wikipedia Rapid Eye Movies, Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (Germany) Director: Maneesh Sharma Writing: Length: 138 min. Video: Widescreen 2.35 Audio: German: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Hindi: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Subtitles: German

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Stars:
Shahrukh Khan as Aryan

Plot:
Gaurav develops an obsession with a movie star who looks just like him. He goes to Bombay to meet his idol, but he refuses to grant him five minutes of his time. Gaurav is enraged and plots to destroy his hero.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Bonus Trailers

Shah Rukh Khan in a dual role. A fictionalized version of himself as a Bollywood superstar. And him as a fan who looks like a younger version of himself who first idolizes him but then gets disappointed after the superstar refuses to meet him and he plots a revenge. He tries to ruin the superstar's reputation by using his looks to impersonate him.
SRK did a great job in both parts. They used a mixture of make-up effect and VFX to make look SRK like his younger self like he looked in his 90s movies.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 23rd, 2023)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Sherlock: Series One (2010/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia 2 entertain Video (United Kingdom) Length: 266 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
The world's favourite detective has emerged from the fog... this is Sherlock for a new generation.

Sherlock
1.01 A Study in Pink
Writer: Steven Moffat (Writer), Steven Moffat (Created By), Mark Gatiss (Created By), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Original Material By)
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on March 25th, 2012)