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Friday Night Lights, a review by Rich

Friday Night Lights



A genuine stand-up-and-cheer movie about a courageous high school football team's fight to fulfill their destiny and live their dream, Friday Night Lights is "unforgettable and real" (Larry King). Billy Bob Thornton stars in a true American story of how one legendary Texas town made hope come alive under the exhilarating glare of Friday Night Lights! "One of the greatest sports stories ever told" (Sports Illustrated) is now "one of the greatest sports movies ever made" (Larry King).

(From Riches Random Reviews on June 18th, 2009)

Pixels, a review by addicted2dvd

Pixels (2015/United States) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Chris Columbus Writing: Patrick Jean (Original Material By), Tim Herlihy (Story By), Tim Herlihy (Screenwriter), Timothy Dowling (Screenwriter) Length: 106 min. Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Thai: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: Bahasa, Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai, Other

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Stars:
Adam Sandler as Brenner
Kevin James (1965) as Cooper
Michelle Monaghan as Violet
Peter Dinklage as Eddie
Josh Gad as Ludlow

Plot:
When aliens misinterpret video feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games like PAC-MAN, Donky Kong, Galaga, Centipede and Space Invaders as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (Kevin James) has to call on his childhood best friend, '80s video game champion Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), to lead a team of old-school arcaders (Peter Dinklage and Josh Gad) to defeat the aliens and save the planet.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Gallery
• Music Videos
• Digital Copy

I went into this one not expecting much at all. Matter of fact I expected to hate it. When I first saw the trailer for this film the only thing that piqued my intreset was nostalgia for the old video games I used to play. And to be honest after seeing it that is my favorite thing about the film. Though to be fair it does have a few laughs here and there to go along with all the idiocy. While I can not say this is a good film....I found I enjoyed it for what it is. Just idiotic fun. While I wouldn't recommend this one to anyone... I have seen worse.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on April 3rd, 2018)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

2.03 The Witness (1995-12-14)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), Peter Mohan (Writer)
Director: George Bloomfield
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Daniel Kash (Detective Louis Gardino), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Lee Purcell (Louise St. Laurent), Aidan Devine (Robert Kruger), Conrad Dunn (Sidarous), Silvio Oliviero (Edgar Torres), Sherry Miller (Commander Sherry O'Neill), Scott Gibson (Ovitz), Paulina Abarca (Rosanna Torres), Gordon Pinsent (Fraser Sr.), Nicky Guadagni (Judge Shore), Frank McAnulty (Fast Eddie), Garry Robbins (Carl), Vince Guerriero (Anderson)

A rather average episode. Some fun moments like Fraser trying to steal something.

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2.04 Bird in the Hand (1995-12-21)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), Paul Haggis (Writer)
Director: Paul Haggis
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Daniel Kash (Detective Louis Gardino), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Lee Purcell (Louise St. Laurent), Ken Pogue (Gerrard), Dick Anthony Williams (ATF Agent McFadden), Scott Gibson (Ovitz), Philip Williams (Lloyd P. Nash), Stewart Arnott (FBI Agent Borland), Dean McDermott (Constable Turnbull), Gordon Pinsent (Fraser Sr.), Christopher Thomas (Marshall #1), Brian King (Marshall #2), Matt Birman (ATF Agent #1), Branko Racki (ATF Agent #2)

A lot of great exchanges between Fraser and his father. Wouldn't it have been for that, it would have been a rather average episode. Also this episode introduces Constable Turnbull for the first time.

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(From "Due South" marathon on August 9th, 2009)