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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, a review by Tom

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Simon West Writing: Partrick Massett (Screenwriter), John Zinman (Screenwriter), Sara B. Cooper (Story By), Mike Werb (Story By), Michael Colleary (Story By) Length: 96 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Commentary, English

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Stars:
Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft
Jon Voight as Lord Croft
Iain Glen as Powell
Noah Taylor as Bryce
Daniel Craig as Alex

Plot:
LARA CROFT, the world's most famous video-game heroine bursts onto the big screen in "... the most stylish and entertaining action-adventure movie in years!"*

Exploring lost empires, finding priceless treasures, punishing villians in mortal combat... it's all in a day's work for adventurer Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie). But a secret from her father's (Jon Voight) past is about to lead Lara to her greatest challenge: The Triangle of Light, a legendary artifact with the power to alter space and time. Lara must find the Triangle before it falls into the clutches of the Illuminati, a secret society bent on world domination. To stop the Illuminati, Lara will have to survive a cross-continental chase filled with unimaginable danger. But for the Tomb Raider, danger is the name of the game.

With eye-popping action and electrifying thrills, "Jolie doesn't just impersonate computer game heroine Lara - she 'IS' Lara"**

*Shawn Edwards, Fox-TV, **Neil Roberts, The Sun

Awards:
Won:

ASCAP Awards (2002)		Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures ("Get Ur Freak On": Missy 'Misdemeanor' Elliott, Tim Mosley)
BMI Film & TV Music Awards (2002)		BMI Film Music Award (Graeme Revell)

Nominated:

Golden Raspberry Awards (2001)		Worst Actress (Angelina Jolie)
MTV Movie Awards (2002)		Best Female Performance (Angelina Jolie)
MTV Movie Awards (2002)		Best Fight (Angelina Jolie vs. the robot)
Saturn (2001)		Best Actress (Angelina Jolie)
Saturn (2001)		Best DVD Special Edition Release
Saturn (2001)		Best Science Fiction Film
Taurus Award (2002)		Best Overall Stunt by a Woman (Eunice Huthart)
Teen Choice Awards (2001)		Film - Choice Actress (Angelina Jolie)
Teen Choice Awards (2001)		Film - Choice Drama/Action Adventure

Extras:

• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• DVD-ROM Content
• Featurettes
• Interactive Game
• Music Videos
• Scene Access

I only ever played the first Tomb Raider came for a few minutes. Never saw the others. I think they captured the video game world fairly well. Lara Croft seems like she just jumped out of a video game. If you want an over-the-top brainless action movie, this one isn't so bad. I enjoyed it.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on December 3rd, 2011)

Ta Ra Rum Pum, a review by Tom

Title: Ta Ra Rum Pum
Year: 2007
Director: Siddharth Anand
Rating: FSK-6
Length: 149 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital Stereo, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Saif Ali Khan
Rani Mukerji
Jaaved Jaaferi
Angelina Idnani
Ali Murtuza Haji

Plot:
This is the story of one man, his family and how they overcome the obstacles that life puts in their way, together. It is the story of human spirit and how it ultimately prevails.

Rajveer Singh (Saif Ali Khan) is a pit-crew worker in a racing team with a passion for driving who gets discovered by a team manager, Harry (Jaaved Jaaferi). The same day he accidentally meets a music student, Radhika (Rani Mukerji), who he falls for instantly.

He gets drafted into 'Speeding Saddles' - a failing race team and transforms from Rajveer Singh to 'RV' - the race car driver. While his racing career takes off instantly, his love life also blossoms after a whirlwind romance. A few months later, he is both a happily married man and one of the country's best racers. Fatherhood and greater success both follow and soon he is the Number 1 race car driver in the USA, as well as the proud father of two precocious kids - Priya (Angelina Idnani) and Ranveer (Ali Haji).

But as a result of a bad racing accident, RV is hospitalized for a few months. When he tries to make a comeback, he realizes that he has been mentally scarred by the accident and has lost his edge. His life now takes a turn for the worse and after a string of failures, he is forced to auction his house and move with his family to a run-down Bronx-style neighborhood. However, RV and Radhika decide not to tell their children the truth and construct a skillful masquerade of a reality show where they have to live a poor life in order to win a mythical grand prize.

The family struggles to survive a life that they are not used to, using a mixture of fantasy and cheerfulness to pull through in the face of adversity. But an incident forces RV to reclaim the life that was taken away from him.

Can he, once again and perhaps for a last time, face down his inner demons on the race track? Can the family remain together in the wake of what could perhaps be their biggest challenge yet?

Extras:
Deleted Scenes
Poster
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers



(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 19th, 2009)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

5.20 Spiral
Writer: Steven S. DeKnight (Writer)
Director: James A. Contner
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Emma Caulfield (Anya Jenkins), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Clare Kramer (Glory), Charlie Weber (Ben), Wade Andrew Williams (General Gregor), Karim Prince (Dante), Amber Benson (Tara), Justin Gorence (Orlando), Lily Knight (Gronx), Todd Duffey (Murk), Jack Donner (Cleric #1), Bob Morrisey (Crazy #1), Paul Bates (Crazy #2), Carl J. Johnson (Crazy #3), Mary Sheldon (Nurse)

A nice continuation of the season finale.

Rating:



5.21 The Weight of the World
Writer: Douglas Petrie (Writer)
Director: David Solomon
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Emma Caulfield (Anya Jenkins), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Clare Kramer (Glory), Charlie Weber (Ben), Dean Butler (Hank Summers), Lily Knight (Gronx), Bob Morrisey (Crazy #1), Amber Benson (Tara), Joel Grey (Doc), Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers), Todd Duffey (Murk), Alexandra Lee (Young Buffy), Paul Bates (Crazy #2), Carl J. Johnson (Crazy #3), Matthew Lang (High Priest Minion)

A good episode. Funny how Spike has constantly remind everyone of Glory's and Ben's true nature.

Rating:



5.22 The Gift
Writer: Joss Whedon (Writer)
Director: Joss Whedon
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Emma Caulfield (Anya Jenkins), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Clare Kramer (Glory), Charlie Weber (Ben), Amber Benson (Tara), Joel Grey (Doc), Todd Duffey (Murk), Craig Zimmerman (Minion #1), Josh Jacobson (Teen), Tom Kiesche (Vampire)

A great season finale. Even a great series finale like how WB has promoted it at the time (Buffy was switching networks after this season). Everyone gets their moments: Willow/Tara (Willow being bad-ass and restoring Tara's mind), Xander/Anya (proposal), Spike/Buffy, Giles (handling Glory/Ben) and of course Dawn and Buffy.

Rating:

(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on June 26th, 2010)