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The World is Not Enough, a review by Dragonfire

The World is Not Enough My Thoughts I actually watched this one at the beginning of the month, but I only just though checking out the extras.  I was waiting to post about the movie until I got through them. The plot is interesting for the most and having oil be involved works well.  Things end up being a bit more complicated than they seem at first.  Some of what happens is a bit predictable, but there are also a few things that happen that I thought were surprising the first time I saw the movie.  There is a little bit of mystery to what is going on, though it doesn't take long for James to figure out that Renard is involved.  There is enough mystery to keep things interesting, though the mystery could have been stronger.  Once again, there is a good amount of action throughout the movie.  The action scenes are done well and do help to keep things interesting as well as keep the pace moving.  One of the gadgets is rather silly even though it does end up being very useful at one point.  The violence isn't too extreme, though one or two things are a little more disturbing. James has his way with a few women again, starting with a female doctor he seduces to get cleared to go back on active duty after an injury.  Elektra is one of the stronger Bond women and a very intriguing character.  Unfortunately, the movie also has one of the worst Bond women ever in the form of Dr. Christmas Jones, a nuclear physicist.  I have no problem with beautiful women also being smart.  She just doesn't seem believable at all as a physicist.  And Denise Richards definitely isn't a good enough actress to pull that off.  She is horribly miscast and the character is is an undeveloped mess.  I still like Brosnan as Bond and think he handles the part well. The DVD has all sorts of extras on it about the making of the movie that are interesting.  A few of them seem a bit long, but they are interesting.  There is a nice tribute to Desmond Llewyn, the man who played Q.  This movie has some issues - mostly Denise Richards - but I still enjoy it overall. I did get a review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look. The World is Not Enough

(From James Bond Marathon on July 1st, 2010)

Men in Black, a review by DJ Doena

February, 22th


Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Tommy Lee Jones    ...    Kay
Will Smith   ...    N.Y.P.D Ofcr. James Darrel Edwards III / Jay
Linda Fiorentino   ...    Laurel
Vincent D'Onofrio   ...    Edgar
Rip Torn   ...    Chief Zed
Tony Shalhoub   ...    Jack Jeebs

Synopsis: Officer James Edwards is a normal NYPD cop until he meets a guy who has two pair of eyelids (one of them are gills) and when he learns that the guy who fences stolen watches also fences alien weapons. After he passed a test, James Edwards ceases to exist. He becomes J, a Man in Black, working for the most secret organization on the face of this planet. And his very first mission is to help give birth to a squid. Ah yes, and his second mission is to save the Earth.

My Opinion: Remember the times when 90 minutes for a movie were standard? Now it feels short. The advantage is that it has no lengths; there is not one point where this movie is boring. It is packed with jokes and gags regarding alien visitors and Tommy Lee and Will make a great team because they are so different.
I also loved Linda as the coroner. I only know her from two movies (this and Dogma) and I'd love to see her in more. In both movies she has this nice dry sense of humour.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2010 on February 28th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Tru Calling: The Complete Series (2003/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Length: 1093 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English, Commentary, Swedish

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Plot:
What if you had the power to change the future by reliving the past? For Tru Davies, that's the question she faces after her internship to medical school falls through and she takes a job working the graveyard shift at the city morgue. Left alone her first night on the job, she's shocked when a dead woman opens her eyes and asks for help. Tru then awakens to find herself reliving the same day all over again, except now she possesses the power to change the fate of the people wheeled into the morgue the night before-if she can find them before tragedy strikes.

Tru Calling
Season 1.01 Pilot
Writer: Jon Harmon Feldman (Original Characters By), Jon Harmon Feldman (Writer)
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Eliza Dushku (Tru Davies), Shawn Reaves (Harrison Davies), Zach Galifianakis (Davis), A. J. Cook (Lindsay Walker), Jessica Collins (Meredith Davies), Kristoffer Polaha (Mark Evans), Hudson Leick (Rebecca Morgan), Heath Freeman (Cameron), John Haymes Newton (Aaron McCann), Vincent Laresca (Marco), Callum Keith Rennie (Elliott Winter), Brenda Campbell (Allison Evans), Ingrid Tesch (Carol Winter), Sherry Thorson (Mother), Victoria Anderson (Meredith (Age 15)), Victoria Tennant (Tru (Age 12)), Rick Tae (Card Player #1), Phoenix Ly (Mr. Chiang), Jacqueline Ann Steuart (Nurse), Kurt Evans (Priest), Chaka White (Lotto Woman), Woody Jeffreys (Gary), Robert Wisden (Dr. Green)

I still would have preferred if Eliza Dushku had done a Faith spin-off series of Buffy. But she chose to do this series instead. My guess is that she wanted to avoid being type-cast as a "bad girl".
The pilot is okay but not really exciting. Like the rest of the series. Though I haven't seen it completely yet. I stopped watching during the first season when it originally aired. I recently bought the complete series cheap and couldn't resist buying it anyway.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on November 12th, 2012)