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Look Who's Talking, a review by DJ Doena

Director: Amy Heckerling

John Travolta    ...    James
Kirstie Alley   ...    Mollie
George Segal   ...    Albert
Abe Vigoda   ...    Grandpa
Bruce Willis   ...    Mikey (voice)

Synopsis: Mollie is in love with a married man who promised her to get divorced (which he doesn't of course) and one day she gets pregnant. Nine months later a lunatic cab driver brings her to the hospital where her son Mikey is born. The crazy cab driver becomes her babysitter ... and more. And even though he cannot express himself verbally, Mikey has an opinion about everything in this world and he will "tell" us it.

My Opinion: It's a very funny movie, mainly of course due to Bruce Willis's voice-over of Mikey but John Travolta and Kirstey Alley are a lot fun, too.
I bet the shootings were very exhausting (working with a number of small children and all) but the end product doesn't show it - if you exclude Mollie's birth-giving scenes.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2010 on January 24th, 2010)

Lonely Hearts, a review by Rich

Lonely Hearts



Based on a true story, Raymond Fernandez (Jared Leto) and Martha Beck (Salma Hayek) are two psychopaths with a passion for hot-blooded sex and cold-blooded murder. Placing ads in singles magazines, they prey on a series of rich, lonely women, whom they later swindle and kill. Leaving a trail of bodies that stretches from New York to Michigan, Raymond and Martha believe they're literally getting away with murder, until homicide detectives Elmer C. Robinson (John Travolta) and Charles Hildebrandt (James Gandolfini) pick up their trail. Co-starring Laura Dern, Scott Caan and Alice Krige.

Gritty fact based crime drama, with a stand-out performance by Salma Hayek as the psychotic lover. The pace isn't electric, but surely it mirrors the true story and as such any further editing would have left out key elements.
The period settings were convincing, and the cast all deliver excellent performances. I will look out for the Honeymoon Killers now, to compare that portrayal of the Lonely Hearts killers against this film.
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on May 13th, 2009)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: Voyager
2.01 The 37's
Writer: Jeri Taylor (Writer), Brannon Braga (Writer)
Director: James L. Conway
Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay), Roxann Biggs-Dawson (Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Lieutenant Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Lieutenant Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), John Rubinstein (John Evansville), David Graf (Fred Noonan), Mel Winkler (Jack Hayes), James Saito (Nogami), Sharon Lawrence (Amelia Earhart)

I have to admit, that I like this episode, even though it is not really good. sfdebris had a field day with it. But I always liked stories about characters confronted with the future.
What I don't like about this episode is the ending. The crew is given the choice to stay back on the planet and make a new life there or continue with Voyager. Many are thinking about it, but none actually stay behind. I find it hard to believe. It would have been more realistic if at least a handful of people decided to stay on the planet.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 27th, 2011)