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Kes, a review by Antares

Kes (1969) 72/100 - The film shines when it delves into the relationship between the boy and the kestrel. Unfortunately, these scenes only occupy about 15 out of its 111 minute run time. The rest of the film deals with the crappy existence that this poor kid is being raised in, and while it's important to understanding why he becomes attached to the bird and detached from his environment, it tends to linger on certain scenes a bit too long. I felt there were wholesale segments that could have been edited out and the film would have been no worse for wear. This does have to be one of the best childhood performances I've ever seen. David Gregory was unknown and had little acting experience when he was picked to play the role, but he looks like he's a seasoned veteran of the silver screen. He's never over the top and every emotion he emits is true to life. I wish I liked it more than I did, for me, it came across as an English version of The 400 Blows, but at least it was more believable in its premise than that film.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on November 15th, 2013)

The Losers, a review by dfmorgan

The Losers

Year: 2010
Director: Sylvain White
CastOverview: An explosive action tale of betrayal and revenge, The Losers centres around an elite Special Forces unit sent to the Bolivian jungle on a search and destroy mission. But the team soon find that they have become the target of a deadly double cross by a powerful enemy known only as Max.

Now presumed dead, the group makes plans to avenge themselves and clear their names, joined by the mysterious Aisha, a beautiful operative with her own agenda.

The Losers stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Watchmen) as Clay; Zoe Saldana (Avatar, Star Trek) as Aisha; Chris Evans (Fantastic Four) as Jensen and Idris Elba (The Wire) as Roque, in an incredible action adventure that has to be seen to be believed!

Watched: 16th. Oct 2010
My Thoughts: I haven't read, nor previously heard of, the comics that this film was based upon so cannot compare them. However I found this to be an acceptable park-your-brain type of a film. A tad OTT in places and a little far-fetched in others but generally enjoyable.

My Rating: An enjoyable 3

Dave

(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on October 17th, 2010)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

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ALF: Season Four (1989/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Lions Gate Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 514 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
"Just think of me as a Melmacian babe magnet!" ALF is back for an encore! That smart-mouthed, always loveable alien keeps us laughing in this fourth and final season. With a special appearance by David Spade, ALF dreams he becomes the world's best comic and, in addition to his already unusual diet, he's addicted to cotton and triest to munch on Willie's pants! Finally, ALF can't resist the chance to settle a new planet with a couple of long-lost extra-terrestrial friends. Will we ever be the same without him? Well, of all the planets in the universe, we're glad he picked this one!


ALF
Season 4.24 Consider Me Gone
Writer: Tom Patchett (Created By), Paul Fusco (Created By), Steve Pepoon (Screenwriter), David Silverman (Screenwriter), Stephen Sustarsic (Screenwriter), Victor Fresco (Screenwriter), Ian Praiser (Story By)
Director: Nick Havinga
Cast: Max Wright (Willie Tanner), Anne Schedeen (Kate Tanner), Andrea Elson (Lynn Tanner), Benji Gregory (Brian Tanner), Richard Fancy (Colonel Halsey), Doug Ballard (Lieutenant Alden), Larry Poindexter (Sergeant Armstrong), Sherman Howard (Officer), Paul Fusco (Gordon "ALF" Shumway), Charles Nickerson (Eric Tanner)

This has a WTF ending. I always thought it was a ballsy move to do, and I am a little disappointed, that it was not planned as the series finale, but only a season cliffhanger. As a series finale you wouldn't have expected to end it this way. There was a TV movie resolving the ending years later, but in my opinion it didn't do it justice.

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(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on January 26th, 2013)