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Ever After: A Cinderella Story, a review by Tom

Title: Ever After
Year: 1998
Director: Andy Tennant
Rating: FSK-6
Length: 116 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Spanish

Stars:
Drew Barrymore
Anjelica Huston
Dougray Scott
Patrick Godfrey
Megan Dodds

Plot:
Once upon a time...

'a dazzling rendering of the Cinderella story' (The Washington Post) brought new life to an age-old legend and made us believe in the strongest magic of all: the power of the human heart. Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston star in this enchanting adventure about having the courage to make your dreams come true.

A 'modern' young woman of the 16th century, Danielle (Barrymore) is as independent and wise as she is beautiful and kind. Against remarkable odds, she stands up to her scheming stepmother (Huston) and works miracles on the lives of everyone around her, including the crown prince of France (Dougray Scott)!

Now you can relive this captivating contemporary retelling of the classic fairy tale. No matter what you're looking for, 'action, romance, adventure...'Ever After' delivers it all!' (ABC-TV)

Awards:

AFI	1998	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Passions (2002)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	1999	Won	Favorite Actress - Drama/Romance	Drew Barrymore
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	1999	Nominated	Favorite Male Newcomer	Dougray Scott
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	1999	Won	Favorite Supporting Actress - Drama/Romance	Anjelica Huston
Satellite Awards	1999	Nominated	Best Costume Design	Jenny Beavan
Saturn	1998	Won	Best Actress	Drew Barrymore
Saturn	1998	Won	Best Costumes	Jenny Beaven
Saturn	1998	Nominated	Best Music	George Fenton
Saturn	1998	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress	Anjelica Huston
Teen Choice Awards	1999	Nominated	Film - Choice Breakout Performance	Dougray Scott
Teen Choice Awards	1999	Nominated	Film - Choice Drama

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers

One of my all-time favorite movies! Definately my favorite Cinderella adaption. I loved this movie since I first saw it in the theatres. It made me a fan of Drew Barrymore.
It is a take on the Cinderalla story without any mystical help of a fairy godmother and such (if you do not count Da Vinci as a godmother).
Also nice to see that it is not Prince Henry who saves Danielle at the last moment, but that she saved herself. Her expression on her face when he comes for her rescue is a "What are YOU doing here?!"

Rating:

(From Tom's Alphabet Marathon Reviews on July 5th, 2010)

The Simpsons Movie, a review by addicted2dvd

The Simpsons Movie: Widescreen (2007/United States) Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Director: David Silverman Writing: James L. Brooks (Screenwriter), Matt Groening (Screenwriter), Al Jean (Screenwriter), Ian Maxtone-Graham (Screenwriter), George Meyer (Screenwriter), David Mirkin (Screenwriter), Mike Reiss (Screenwriter), Mike Scully (Screenwriter), Matt Selman (Screenwriter), John Swartzwelder (Screenwriter), Jon Vitti (Screenwriter) Length: 87 min. Rating: PG-13 Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: DTS: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Dan Castellaneta as Homer
Julie Kavner as Marge
Nancy Cartwright as Bart
Yeardley Smith as Lisa
Nancy Cartwright as Maggie
Nancy Cartwright as Ralph

Plot:
When Homer accidentally pollutes the river with toxic waste from the nuclear power plant, he gets fired from his job, and everyone has to evacuate Springfield, possibly forever.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Gallery
• Closed Captioned

Not terrible... but at the same time nothing really special here. But then while I did like the cartoon... it was never really a favorite. And this movie felt more like a long episode more-so then a movie. Nothing in the movie really popped to make it feel any more special. But it is entertaining for what it is. While I can see myself watching it again... not one I will watch all that often.




(From What Movies I Been Watching on September 23rd, 2011)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon, a review by Achim

1. Samson and Delilah
Rocked by the Jeep explosion, Cameron reverts back to her original mission: Terminate John Connor.  Will he be able to save himself?


My opinion:
After a rather brief summary of season 2 the episodes picks up exactly at the moment where season 1 ended. I highly enjoyed the first 5 minutes, where the dialog-free action on screen was edited to a song (which I liked, guess that helped). The main chunk of the episode is about the chase and the question if they will kill Cameron or be able to get her back on their side; and the related internal group conflict. Somewhere else a new character is introduced which puts that "Turk" storyline right back into gear.

With a good amount of action this episode is a good starting point and makes me look forward for more. Summer obviously had fun being the bad guy (liked the scene where she fixes her face). Only problem I (still) have is, that Thomas Dekker somehow looks too old for the role. As some point they refer to him as a teenager which he is clearly not.

Rating:

(From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon on January 25th, 2010)