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200 Pound Beauty, a review by Tom

200 Pound Beauty (2006/South Korea) IMDb | Wikipedia CN Entertainment, Golden Scene (Hong Kong) Director: Kim Yong-hwa Writing: Suzuki Yumiko (Story By), Kim Yong-hwa (Screenwriter), Noh Hye-yeong (Screenwriter) Length: 116 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: Korean: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Cantonese: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Chinese, English

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Stars:
Ah-jung Kim as Kang Han-na
Jin-mo Ju as Sang-jun
Yong-geon Kim as President Choi
Dong-il Song as President Choi
Hyeon-shik Lim

Plot:
Hanna (Kim A-joong) is the ghost singer for famous Korean pop idol Ammy. But in real life, she is made fun of because of her weight and appearance. When Ammy's malicious jokes leaves Hanna humiliated and heartbroken, she makes a drastic decision to undergo full-body plastic surgery, thereby changing her life forever...

Extras:

• Scene Access

Even though the premise sounds like it would be the standard silly rom-com fare, I didn't think that it was. I think it was handled great how "Jenny" learns how she is handled differently after the plastic surgery. Also how the matter of plastic surgery is handled throughout is surprisingly well done.

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(From Tom's Random Reviews on September 18th, 2010)

Jonah Hex, a review by addicted2dvd

Jonah Hex (2010/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Warner Home Video Director: Jimmy Hayward Writing: Mark Neveldine [Neveldine] (Screenwriter), Brian Taylor [Taylor] (Screenwriter), William Farmer (Story By), Mark Neveldine [Neveldine] (Story By), Brian Taylor [Taylor] (Story By), John Albano (Original Material By), Tony Dezuniga (Original Material By) Length: 81 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Intense Sequences of Violence and Action, Disturbing Images and Sexual Content Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Josh Brolin as Jonah Hex
John Malkovich as Quentin Turnbull
Megan Fox as Lilah
Michael Fassbender as Burke
Will Arnett as Lieutenant Grass
John Gallagher, Jr. as Lieutenant Evan

Plot:
Out of the pages of the legendary comic and graphic novels steps Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin), a scarred drifter and bounty hunter of last resort. Jonah's past catches up with him when the U.S. military offers to wipe out the warrants on his head if he hunts and stops dangerous terrorist Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich).

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Digital Copy

Going into this one I was expecting pretty bad... because when I bought it sight unseen (never even seeing the trailer) I had several people tell me how bad it was and that they were sorry I wasted my money on it. So I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this film. It definitely could be better... but I found it to be above average. Maybe it was because my expectations were low... or maybe because I am not familiar with the source material as I never read the comics. But I found it was worth the time put in to watch it.



(From The Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition on July 28th, 2014)

Smallville Marathon #2, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Jonathan has had an heart attack and Martha and Clark have brought him to the hospital. When they return from there, they nearly get hit by a car that is participating in illegal car races. The driver of this car is Pete who tries to emerge from Clark's shadow. Clark tries to warn him about the danger but when Pete realizes this danger, it's too late.

My Opinion: Episodes with illegal street races don't work for me because these "dangerous speeds" they are driving (100 mph in this episode) is my average cruising speed on the autobahn. Granted, I wouldn't drive that fast on a country road (and that would be forbidden even here) but still I am not really impressed. The other reason may be that I never was much into cars, for me they are a means of transportation from A to B.

Synopsis: During a visit of a LuthorCorp plant Clark is in an elevator with Alicia when the cable breaks and the elevator starts to fall down. Clark has to ram his hand through the wall to stop it. But Alicia has a secret of her own: She "beams" them out. Clark has finally found someone with whom he can be perfectly honest.

My Opinion: "To good to be true" would be the phrase here. I don't understand why Clark isn't allowed to be happy for more than one episode. I like Alicia and think they should have given her more time before she made her obsessed with Clark. But we will see her again and she will be an eye-opener.

Synopsis: Jonathan agrees to get a tripple bypass when Clark meets his friend Garrett in the hospital. Garrett's older brother is waiting for a new liver but then he dies. He is brought to Metropolis but suddenly reappears in Smallville - alive (sort of). But then he collapses again and Garrett takes hostages to get a liver for his brother.

My Opinion: Parents can be cruel. Garrett's actor's name is James Nichol Kirk. James Kirk. I don't want to imagine the childhood of that man.
As I said during my Stargate SG-1 marathon, I find it funny how you suddenly stumble over actors once you've come to know them. Back in Obscura Aaron Douglas (Chief Tyrol in Battlestar Galactica) played a deputy and now Tahmoh Penikett ("Helo" in BSG) played Garrett's older brother.
When I watched this episode for the first time (and the others before this) I had no idea that the serum could be connected to Clark's blood. Seems I am good at picking up details but making a line between two points is not my strong side.

Synopsis: Clark receives an emergency call from Lana but when he comes to the rescue she isn't in any danger at all. Clark didn't imagine it, there's a tape that proves that call was made. But who called if it wasn't Lana? Or from when did she call if it was (will be?) her?

My Opinion: None of the four episodes on this disc have impressed me very much. In this one I didn't really understood Adam's motivation to kill Lana.

(From Smallville Marathon #2 on May 31st, 2008)