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Q Planes, a review by GSyren

Title	Q Planes (US title: Clouds Over Europe) (5-027626-404949)
Director	Tim Whelan
Actors	Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Valerie Hobson, George Curzon, George Merritt
Produced	1939 in United Kingdom
Runtime	79 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles	None
Overview	Starring alongside Ralph Richardson and Valerie Hobson, Laurence Olivier portrays a test pilot engaged in secret experimental missions in this witty, cleverly plotted World War Two spy drama. Briskly directed by Hollywood veteran Tim Whelan and featuring typically innovative art direction from Vincent Korda, Q Planes is presented here in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements. The frequent disappearance of new bombing planes on their trial flights one off the coast of America, one off the French coast, another in Russia, and a fourth in England - has left the authorities perplexed. While there is no clear evidence of foul play, the authorities call in Scotland Yard, and Major Hammond is assigned to investigate the mystery. He is one of only three men who refuse to believe that the disappearances are not the result of sabotage - much to the resentment of Mr Barratt, head of plane manufacturer Barratt and Ward...
My thoughts	Q Planes Bride of Frankenstein. A fun little film, but nothing special. Worth seeing for Olivier and Richardson rather then for the actual story.
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on March 3rd, 2014)

Iron Man, a review by Critter

Iron Man



Year: 2008

Director: Jon Favreau

Cast: Robert Downey Jr, Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow, Leslie Bibb

Plot: When wealthy industrialist Tony Stark is forced to build an armored suit after a life-threatening incident, he ultimately decides to use its technology to fight against evil.

My Thoughts:My Rating:


(From Critter's Random DVD Watchings on January 17th, 2010)

"In The Beginning" TV Pilot Marathon, a review by Rogmeister

Roger's "In The Beginning" TV Pilot Marathon

I've enjoyed reading the other TV Pilot marathons so I basically have decided to start my own...so here we go...



Everybody Loves Raymond

This popular sitcom starred Ray Romano as a married sportswriter with 3 children and his relationships with his parents and brother who live across the street from him and who constantly drop by uninvited.  This obviously infuriates his otherwise understanding wife (Patricia Heaton).  Ray's parents are played by Doris Roberts and Peter Boyle and his brother is played by Brad Garrett.

Today I watched the pilot to this series twice...listening to the audio commentary featuring Ray Romano and creator/writer Phil Rosenthal.  The plotline from the pilot could pretty much be any episode...it introduces the characters and we have a simple story of Ray's wife Deborah wanting to spend her birthday without Ray's always present parents showing up so Ray lies to his mother and tells them he's taking her away.  So they show up anyway as Ray is hiding in the house with his wife (unaware of his lie).  There's also a funny bit where Marie is very upset when Ray gives her a "Fruit of the Month" club...what's she going to do with 12 pears?  And there's more fruit coming next month???  And his dad Frank has again cracked their phone-answering machine code and is listening to their phone messages.  A funny first episode to a series that would wind up lasting nine years.

The audio commentary is informative, telling us about the changes such as recasting the twin boys, the changes to the set and how Brad Garrett wound up losing something like 50 pounds around the time of the 3rd season.

(From "In The Beginning" TV Pilot Marathon on October 25th, 2009)