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Ugly Truth, a review by addicted2dvd

Watched On: 3/4/2013

The Ugly Truth (2009/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Wikipedia |Wikipedia |Trailer | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Director: Robert Luketic Writing: Nicole Eastman (Story By), Nicole Eastman (Screenwriter), Karen McCullah Lutz (Screenwriter), Kirsten Smith (Screenwriter) Length: 96 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French

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Stars:
Katherine Heigl as Abby
Gerard Butler as Mike
Bree Turner as Joy
Eric Winter as Colin
Nick Searcy as Stuart
Jesse D. Goins as Cliff

Plot:
Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler star in this wildly funny battle of the sexes from director Robert Luketic (Legally Blonde). Abby (Heigl), a successful morning show producer, is looking for a lot in a man. Mike (Butler), her obnoxious TV star, knows men only want one thing. Determined to prove that she's not romantically challenged, Abby takes Mike's advice during a promising new romance, but the unexpected results will stun everyone.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• Closed Captioned

This is one I recently got from the library... though it is one I have seen before. I believe I first caught this on cable.... but it could have been netflix. I enjoyed this one quite a bit. Not surprising... as I been a fan of Katherine Heigl for some time now. This is one I hope to add to my collection before too long.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on March 9th, 2013)

The Third Man, a review by goodguy

The Third Man (1949) Written by: Graham Greene Directed by: Carol Reed Starring: Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Trevor Howard, Orson Welles DVD: R0-US Criterion (1999)

Cover Blurb: Orson Welles stars as Harry Lime and Joseph Cotten plays his childhood friend, Holly Martins, in this all-time classic thriller scripted by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed. Martins searches for Lime through the seedy underworld of postwar Vienna and gets caught up in a web of love, deception, racketeering, and murder. 'The Third Man's' stunning cinematography, twisting plot and unforgettable zither score are immortalized in Criterion's pristine special edition, following the 50th anniversary theatrical re-release.

This is one of those movies that I can admire for various (and obvious) reasons, but only in a detached way. It doesn't "click" for me. I quite like the opening and, of course, I do love that last shot. And the baloon man. And the cat at Harry's feet. But everything else I don't much care for. Sorry. I know it is a great movie and I understand why, but I don't love it.

Criterion has re-released the DVD in 2007 as a 2-Disc SE with another new transfer and a bunch of new extras, including two commentaries. IIRC, a Blu-ray version is also in the works.


(From May 2008 Man/Men Marathon - Discussion Thread on May 19th, 2008)

Pilot Season 2014-15, a review by DJ Doena

Silicon Valley



Silicon Valley @ Wikipedia
Silicon Valley @ IMDb

Synopsis: Unlike AMC's Halt and Catch Fire, HBO chose to do a comedy based on today's Silicon Valley.
While working at a Google-like company and living in a start-up incubator, Richard almost accidentally develops a new super-compressing, lossless audio algorithm.
And now he has to make a choice: Sell it to his employer for a fixed sum and be done with it or go with an investor and create his own success story.

My Opinion: Unlike The Big Bang Theory this is not a laugh track comedy and it doesn't expect you to laugh or even just smile after every sentence.
The characters are funny just the way they are and I really enjoyed this whole first season.

Interesting side note: The Weissman score which is used on the show like a scoreboard of the home vs. guest team was developed just for this show. But it was developed by actual computer scientists at Stanford University and is currently adapted for the real world.

Gavin Belson: "It's weird. They always travel in groups of five. These programmers, there's always a tall skinny white guy, a short skinny Asian guy, fat guy with a ponytail, some guy with crazy facial hair and then an East Indian guy. It's like they trade guys until they all have the right group."





(From Pilot Season 2014-15 on September 9th, 2014)