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Big Daddy, a review by Tom

Big Daddy (1999/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Columbia TriStar Home Video (United Kingdom) Director: Dennis Dugan Writing: Steve Franks (Screenwriter), Tim Herlihy (Screenwriter), Adam Sandler (Screenwriter), Steve Franks (Story By) Length: 89 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85, Pan & Scan 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish

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Stars:
Adam Sandler as Sonny
Joey Lauren Adams as Layla
Jon Stewart as Kevin
Cole Sprouse as Julian
Dylan Sprouse as Julian

Plot:
Thirty-two-year-old Sonny Koufax (ADAM SANDLER) has spent his whole life avoiding responsibility. But when his girlfriend dumps him for an older man, he's got to find a way to prove he's ready to grow up. In a desperate last-ditch effort, Sonny adopts five-year-old Julian (COLE SPROUSE, DYLAN SPROUSE) to impress her. She's not impressed... and he can't return the kid. Uh-oh for Sonny!

Awards:
Won:

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000)		Favorite Actor - Comedy (Adam Sandler)
BMI Film & TV Music Awards (2000)		BMI Film Music Award (Teddy Castellucci)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1999)		Worst Actor (Adam Sandler)
MTV Movie Awards (2000)		Best Comedic Performance (Adam Sandler)
Teen Choice Awards (1999)		Film - Movie of the Summer

Nominated:

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000)		Favorite Supporting Actor - Comedy (Cole Mitchell Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000)		Favorite Supporting Actress - Comedy (Joey Lauren Adams)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1999)		Worst Director (Dennis Dugan)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1999)		Worst Picture
Golden Raspberry Awards (1999)		Worst Screenplay (Steve Franks and Tim Herlihy & Adam Sandler)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1999)		Worst Supporting Actor (Rob Schneider)
MTV Movie Awards (2000)		Best Male Performance (Adam Sandler)
MTV Movie Awards (2000)		Best On-screen Duo (Adam Sandler and Dylan and Cole Mitchell Sprouse)
Young Artist Awards (2000)
YoungStar Awards (1999)		Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Comedy Film (Cole Mitchell Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse)

Extras:

• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Production Notes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

I haven't seen this movie in years. I remember enjoying it much more. Now I find it mostly an unfunny affair. Interesting to see Jon Stewart in a rather big supporting part. I have a few other movies with him. Even one where he is the lead (Wishful Thinking). Recently I enjoyed it in his recurring role as himself on the Larry Sanders Show. I can't wait to have my faster internet connection so I can finally see his Daily Show more often via the official homepage.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on March 6th, 2011)

A View to a Kill, a review by Dragonfire

Roger Moore lends humour, elegance and lethal charm to his final performance as James Bond in 'A View to a Kill'. Bond confronts Max Zorin (Christopher Walken), who has devised a plan to corner the world's microchip market, even if he has to kill millions to do it! But before Bond can stop the madman, he must confront Zorin's beautiful and deadly companion May Day (Grace Jones).

My Thoughts

This one isn't one of the best Bond movies, but I do enjoy it overall.  Several aspects were more silly than anything, but everything still worked overall.  Zorin is fine as a villain, though not one of the best.  Given when the movie was made, it makes sense for computer chips to be involved in some way.  I'm still not sure what I think of May Day.  She made a good hench..person and there is something rather creepy about her.  The action scenes are decent, though some things are more over the top.  I could definitely tell in a few places that a stunt man was standing in while in the previous movies it wasn't as noticeable to me.  Moore is definitely showing his age and it isn't as believable that all the young women were jumping into bed with him.

I still have to watch the extras on my DVD.

 

(From James Bond Marathon on May 8th, 2009)

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: After being expelled from school, thrown out by her mother and having to kill Angel, Buffy has left Sunnydale and lives now in L.A. under her middle name "Anne". She's not the Slayer anymore, she's just a waitress in a diner. Meanwhile her friends try to fill her shoes and hunt Vampires at night. And Giles is looking in any place where rumours about a girl fighting Vampires exist.

My Opinion: What I really liked about this episode was that the decision was not forced upon her. She decided to help Lily and return to the fight she was born to fight. She had no contact with any kind of (obvious) demon until she decided to make it her business which then ultimately led to the decision to return home. But it was also funny to watch the attempts of the others to hunt Vampires on their own.

Synopsis: Buffy has returned to Sunnydale and while her mother and her friends are glad to have her back, nobody really wants to touch the subject of what happened in the last three months and in the final fight against Angelus. Additionally Buffy is still expelled from school. But everything (mostly) returns to "normal" when Joyce invites Buffy's friend to a Welcome Back party and a lot of (uninvited) Zombies also show up.

My Opinion: While I didn't care much for the "death mask" storyline I liked how the tension between all parties involved was building up during the course of the episode and how it erupted during the party. This air-cleaning storm was necessary and was nicely concluded by the fight against the invading Zombies. And I loved Xander's quote "Generally speaking, when scary things get scared, not good.".

Synopsis: There's a new Bad in town: Kakistos, a Vampire so old that his hands have formed into cloven and his associate Mr. Trick. There's also a new Slayer in town: Faith, successor of Kendra. But Faith is nothing like Kendra or Buffy. She's a free spirit, untamable. And she seems to take over Buffy's life. But she's also the reason why Kakistos is here and he wants her dead.

My Opinion: When I watched the show for the first time, I didn't really like or care for Faith. I can't really put a finger on the time when that has changed. Maybe when I watched her in Angel, maybe when I watched Eliza Dushku in Dollhouse. Anyway, when she appeared this time on screen I was delighted to see her again. And I liked it how Mr. Trick walked out on Kakistos with a comment on his lips that guys like Kakistos don't fit in this time anymore.

Synopsis: It's full moon again but Xander who was supposed to guard Oz slept the whole night and someone has let the window in Oz's "cell" open. As it so happens, a fellow student was mauled in the woods in that very night and Oz naturally fears that he might have done it. But something else happened, too: Someone rescued Angel from whatever hell dimension he was trapped in. But he's not really Angel, he's merely a wild animal.

My Opinion: While I don't mind that Angel is back I am a bit uncertain about this plot twist in general. It makes the concept of "death" a bit less irreversible. Many of the deaths in this show are great emotional moments and some of the dead remain that way but it gets a bit cheapened when you know that everyone can be brought back if the writers want it badly enough.
But still, I am glad that Angel is back because his return will make this season a lot more interesting.

(From "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Marathon on June 20th, 2009)