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Lola rennt, a review by Tom

Title: Lola rennt
Year: 1998
Director: Tom Tykwer
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 73 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Franka Potente
Moritz Bleibtreu
Herbert Knaup
Nina Petri
Armin Rohde

Plot:
Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who works as a small-time courier for a big-time gangster, is in huge trouble. He has accidentally left the cash from a mob deal on the subway, and he has only twenty minutes to deliver the 100,000 marks to his unforgiving boss. Desperate, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), the only person who can rescue him from certain death. As the seconds tick away and the tiniest choices become life aftering, Lola must try to reach Manni before the line between fate and fortune begins to blur.

Awards:

American Cinema Editors Awards	2000	Nominated		Mathilde Bonnefoy
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	Film Not In The English Language	Stefan Arndt, Tom Tykwer
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Beste Nebendarstellerin	Nina Petri
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Bester Nebendarsteller	Herbert Knaup
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Bester Spielfilm	X Filme Creative Pool
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Kamera	Frank Griebe
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Publikumspreis: Film des Jahres	X Filme Creative Pool
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Publikumspreis: Schauspielerin des Jahres	Franka Potente
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Regie	Tom Tykwer
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Schnitt	Mathilde Bonnefoy
European Film Awards	1998	Nominated	European Film
Independent Spirit Awards	2000	Won	Best Foreign Film	Tom Tykwer
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Won	Best Film Editing	Mathilde Bonnefoy
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Won	Best Foreign Language Film
Satellite Awards	2000	Nominated

Extras:
DVD-ROM Content
Featurettes
Interviews
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

This movie has great editing. Also the "Groundhog Day" theme of a repeating day (or 20 minutes ) is used in an interesting way. Definately worth a look. And with it short running time it doesn't get boring.

Rating:

(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 4th, 2009)

Red, a review by Dragonfire

I know I'm behind on posting about this one..and the other movies I've been watching.  I'm going to try to get caught up ...or at least not as far behind. 

Red

This one is based on a comic book series that only lasted for a few issues...3 or 6 I think.  I haven't read the comic books, so I don't know what has been changed for the movie.  It follows Frank, a retired CIA agent and shows how he is dealing with life now that he is retired.  Things get interesting once it is clear that someone is trying to kill him. 

The action starts fairly early in Red and keeps popping up throughout the movie.  There are explosions and several shoot outs.  The action is a bit over the top and not believable, but it still manages to work for the movie.  And some of the action scenes are just cool.  A bit of humor does turn up throughout the movie and it blends in well with what is going on. 

The characters are interesting, though they aren't the most developed.  The cast does really well with their parts.  Frank isn't that different from other parts that Bruce Willis has played, but I still enjoyed the character.  I loved Helen Mirren as Victoria, a former MI6 agent who is deadly with a gun. 

Red is entertaining, though I can see it not appealing to some people.

I did get a longer review posted on Epinions after seeing it in the theater.

Red

(From Red on December 2nd, 2010)

Psych: The Complete Fifth Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Psych: The Complete Fifth Season (2010/United States)

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Stars:Extras:

• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• Never-before-seen extended version of "Dual Spires"

Last night I finished the fifth season of this series. I am still enjoying it quite a bit. Lots of good laughs and some interesting cases as well. This season also has a nice selection of extras as usual. And this season they dropped the montages. Which I have no problem with at all... as that is one extra I never seen the sense in. I mean all it is... is clips from different episodes in the season within a certain theme. I just watched the entire season... why do I now want to watch clips from the episodes I just watched?

Now that I am all caught up with the DVDs I need to see about watching the current season episodes that has aired... this way I can start watching this show as it airs.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on January 8th, 2012)