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Gulliver's Travels, a review by addicted2dvd

Gulliver's Travels (2010/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Director: Rob Letterman Writing: Joe Stillman (Screenwriter), Nicholas Stoller (Screenwriter) Length: 85 min. Rating: Rated PG : Brief Rude Humor, Mild Language and Action Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Jack Black as Lemuel Gulliver
Jason Segel as Horatio
Emily Blunt as Princess Mary
Amanda Peet as Darcy Silverman
Billy Connolly as King Theodore
Chris O'Dowd as General Edward

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• Closed Captioned

I went into this one not expecting much. When it comes to Jack Black it really can go either way... I have liked half the stuff I seen him in... and the other half I just couldn't stand. And the trailer really wasn't any help either. It looked like it could be right funny... but at the same time it looked like it could have gone the other way and been just stupid. After watching it... I have to say it had it's moments... but or the most part I really just wasn't impressed. Thankfully this is a DVD I got for free. But I wouldn't recommend wasting your time to watch this one.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on February 9th, 2014)

The Black Orchid, a review by James

Title: The Black Orchid
Year: 1959
Director: Martin Ritt
Rating: NR
Length: 94 Min.
Media Type: DVD
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Sophia Loren
Anthony Quinn
Peter Mark Richman [Mark Richman]
Virginia Vincent
Frank Puglia

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Closed Captioned


It seems to me that Paramount has dressed up this DVD package to try to sell it as something it isn't. The color cover is beautiful, but this is a black and white film. The back cover has pictures of the actors laughing and the overview calls it a comedy romance, but it's a serious romantic melodrama. It's a straight 1950's melodrama.

There's nothing wrong with a black and white romantic melodrama. I happen to love them. But don't be fooled by that gorgeous color cover.

Sophia Loren is a widow and Anthony Quinn is a widower. There's discussion that both of their deceased spouses had undesirable qualities, but in that era, it didn't fly to match up divorcees. The previous spouses needed to be good and dead for romance to bloom anew.

Anthony Quinn was hot off winning his second Oscar when this was filmed. Sophis Loren would win hers shortly after. The writer would soon pen Pscyho! And the director, Martin Ritt, was one of the most underrated directors, certainly a favorite of mine (The Long Hot Summer, Hud, Sounder, Norma Rae).

If you like the 1950's style melodrama, you'll enjoy the film. The transfer is fine and I think we're fortunate to have an anamorphic widescreen version of a film that isn't exactly a money-maker.

6 on the cellophane scale.



(From The Viewage of James aka m.cellophane on January 7th, 2008)

My PILOT Marathon, a review by Rich

The Vice - Series One

Daughters
Pt1 - DI Chappel has to contend with a dead prostitute and a turf war between two violent pimps. He needs a prostitute to give a statement, but she is torn between her her affection for the DI and her fear of the pimps.
Pt2 - Chappel renews his efforts to nail a pimp after her attempted murder, but when he fails to persuade her to testify, the squad is left combing the streets of London.



Ken Stott (FEVER PITCH) is Inspector Chappel in this gritty television drama. He and his colleagues in the Metropolitan Police's vice unit investigate the seedy London underworld of crime, prostitution and pornography.

Well-written detective series, this pilot was a 2 parter and quite a marathon watch.
On the whole the cast is pretty slick, but i am not a great fan of Ken Stott so this was aleays a challenge to enjoy. The storyline was fairly interesting and well developed, but there was very little in terms of suspense or drama as it plodded from one situation to another. Given the focus of the series - vice - it could have been made grittier and a bit more realistic, but I guess when this was originally broadcast on terrestrial TV they had to stay within specific boundaries.
Not a series I will rush back to watch further episodes.
 

(From My PILOT Marathon on September 19th, 2009)