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He's Just Not That Into You, a review by Rich

He's Just Not That Into You





Brainless romcom that misses the mark in every department. Tedious and dull, it is basically a movie about a herd of desperate whining women bemoaning men and there ways. Are there really such naive and narrow minded people still in existence?
Too few laughs and up moments, overall a depressing view of love and dating in USA, one to avoid.
 


(From Riches Random Reviews on July 8th, 2009)

The Green Berets, a review by Rich

The Green Berets



They were crack troops skilled in the techniques of unconditional warfare, the soldiers of the Special Forces - and the focus of Hollywood's first feature film about the Vietnam War: 'The Green Berets'.
John Wayne stars in and co-directs this red-white-and-blue depiction of America's Vietnam effort, based on Robin Moore's novel. Wayne wrote to President Lyndon Johnson to request military assistance for the film - and got more than enough firepower to create an impressive spectacle.
Its soldiers fit the tried-and-true mold of earlier Wayne war classics like 'Back to Bataan' and 'Sands of Iwo Jima'.  Their heroics are timeless.

Flag waving support for the Vietnam war, totally unrealistic, ignoring the true horrors of the conflict, with Wayne acting like this was a Western.
The battle scenes were impressively shot and intricate, but alas again childish in there portrayal that people die heroically with little fuss and bullets miss the good guys.
Heavy going, lacklustre casting, crap dialogue, overlong and way too political for my taste.
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on June 23rd, 2009)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

3.06 Bounty Hunter (1997-10-19)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), George F. Walker (Writer)
Director: Steve DiMarco
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), Callum Keith Rennie (Stanley "Ray" Kowalski), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Tom Melissis (Detective Dewey), Ramona Milano (Francesca Vecchio), Gordon Pinsent (Fraser Sr.), Wendy Crewson (Janet Moore), Hugh Thompson (Bradley Torrance), Jared Wall (Robbie), Cecilley Carroll (Annie), Hayley Lochner (Suzanne), Dean McDermott (Constable Turnbull), Bruce McFee (Deadeye Fineberg), Cliff Saunders (Ansell Ford), Layton Morrison (Wild Bill Jackson), Paul Saunders (Harvey Lopez), Ray Alexander (Lester Rivers)

This episode is mostly about a possible romance between Fraser and the guest character, the female bounty hunter. It is not bad, but I did not really care for the storyline.
One of the great things about this season is, that we get to see Francesca more often. Also it is now to see that there is a genuine friendship between new Ray and Fraser developing.

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(From "Due South" marathon on January 1st, 2010)