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March of the Wooden Soldiers, a review by addicted2dvd

March of the Wooden Soldiers (1934/United States) (United States) Director: Gus Meins, Charles Rogers Writing: Glen MacDonough (Original Material By), Frank Butler (Screenwriter), Nick Grinde (Screenwriter) Length: 77 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles:

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Stars:
Stan Laurel as Stannie Dum
Oliver Hardy as Ollie Dee
Charlotte Henry as Little Bo-Peep
Felix Knight as Tom-Tom Piper
Henry Brandon as Silas Barnaby

Plot:
Imagine an enchanted fantasy world of timeless characters and magical moments where nothing goes right for the clumsy toymakers, Stannie Dum and Ollie Dee. When notorious scoundrel Barnaby demands to marry the beautiful Little Bo Peep, guess who secretly emerges as the bride. Based on the original 'Babes In Toyland', this movie is a dazzling spectacle of 6-foot wooden soldiers, Mother Goose characters and the beloved team of Laurel & Hardy.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Closed Captioned
• Colorized Version, Cartoons, Short Films & Toy Commercials.

While I am sure this is considered a classic in it's own right... I found it to be uninteresting and over acted. Sure there was some entertaining scenes in it. But for the most part I found myself watching the clock and waiting for it to be over with.



(From Christmas 2017 on December 5th, 2017)

Rachel Getting Married, a review by Tom

Title: Rachel Getting Married
Year: 2008
Director: Jonathan Demme
Rating: 15
Length: 113 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Spanish: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Subtitles: Commentary, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Stars:
Sebastian Stan
Roslyn Ruff
Anne Hathaway
Bill Irwin
Anna Deavere Smith

Plot:
When Kym (Anne Hathaway) returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel (Rosemarie DeWitt), she brings a long history of personal crisis, family conflict and tragedy along with her. The wedding couple's abundant party of friends and relations have gathered for a joyful weekend of feasting, music and love, but Kym – with her biting one-liners and flair for bombshell drama – is a catalyst for long-simmering tensions in the family dynamic. Filled with the rich and eclectic characters that remain a hallmark of Jonathan Demme's films, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED paints a heartfelt, perceptive and sometimes hilarious family portrait.

Awards:

Academy Award	2008	Nominated	Best Actress	Anne Hathaway
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Nominated	Best Acting Ensemble	Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Debra Winger, Anna Deavere Smith, Bill Irwin, Mather Zickel, Anisa George
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2009	Won	Best Actress	Anne Hathaway
Golden Globe	2008	Nominated	Actress in a Leading Role - Drama	Anne Hathaway
National Board of Review Awards, USA	2008	Won	Best Actress	Anne Hathaway
Satellite Awards	2008	Nominated	Best Actress – Drama	Anne Hathaway
Satellite Awards	2008	Won	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Rosemarie DeWitt
Screen Actors Guild Award	2008	Nominated	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role	Anne Hathaway

Extras:
BD-Live
Bonus Trailers
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Interviews
Scene Access
Trailers

First of all, I don't like the camera work. It is shaky hand-held throughout. I am sick of those. I know they are going for a more "realistic" feel, but for me movie-makers going this route are just too cheap to use a steady-cam or a dolly setup. "Shaky-cam" just lets you never forget, that you are watching a movie. I can understand it when there is supposed to be a documentary crew there (like in "The Office") and the characters acknowledge there is someone standing there with a camera.
Also the family drama was just not for me. It was like watching a reality show, where we have to watch some uninteresting people doing their stuff.
Anne Hathaway was great though. But even she could not save this movie for me.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on April 25th, 2010)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

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Black Adder IV: Black Adder Goes Forth (1989/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 178 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles:

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Plot:
The Western Front 1917: There's disorder in the ranks when that numb-headed ninny, Captain Blackadder, stumbles onto the battlefields of WWI and discovers that people are trying to kill him. The British may be able to defeat the Germans, but it's unlikely they'll ever survive a comic assault by Blackadder.


Black Adder
Series 4.06 Goodbyeee
Writer: Richard Curtis (Writer), Ben Elton (Writer)
Director: R Boden
Cast: Rowan Atkinson (Captain Edmund Blackadder), Tony Robinson (Private S Baldrick), Stephen Fry (Gen. Sir Anthony Cecil Hogmanay Melchett), Hugh Laurie (Lt. Hon. George Colthurst St. Barleigh), Tim McInnerny (Captain Kevin Darling), Geoffrey Palmer (Field Marshal Haig)

The fourth and last series of Blackadder is also good. Although I like the second and third better. But this series has a very well done ending. Probably the best of all series.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on February 17th, 2013)