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Cesta do pravěku, a review by GSyren

Title	Cesta do pravěku  (aka Journey to the Beginning of Time) (8-594159-070042)
Director	Karel Zeman
Actors
Produced	1955 in Czechoslovakia
Runtime	81 minutes
Audio	Czech Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles	English, Czech
Overview	This immensely popular educational film from 1955 tells the story of four boys who set out on a wooden boat back up the river of time into the prehistory of the planet Earth. This pioneering work includes a wealth of scientific facts, introduced as part of an exciting boys' adventure. Whole generations of children first learned about the prehistoric past of our planet from this film, with its long-extinct plants and animals, which come alive here thanks to the creativity and the artistry of Zeman's trick photography. This film is widely regarded as one of the best children's adventure films in world cinema.
My thoughts	Karel Zeman was a very inventive Czech filmmaker. He made films in very different styles. The Fabulous World of Jules Verne is perhaps his best known film, at least outside of the Czech Republic. Perhaps this looks familiar: Cesta do pravěku is not made in this style, though. It uses normal live action enhanced with various trick photography to depict prehistoric animals. The film elements used for this DVD are not quite in pristine condition, but still quite good, and probably better than most viewers have seen before. The story is somewhat reminiscent of The Land That Time Forgot, at least the beginning. However, this is a lot more pedagogic. For the most part the animals look better than those in Land, but the Tyrannosaurus Rex looks pretty pathetic. But then they looked pathetic in pretty much every fifties movie. This is far from the worst example. The film probably was quite exciting for young people in the fifties and sixties, but today it's more of a curiosity. It's an important part of film history, and I liked it fine. This film, and 4 other films by Karel Zeman is available on DVD from The Karel Zeman Museum in Prague.
My rating	4 out of 5

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on December 11th, 2013)

The Lake House, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: The Lake House: Widescreen Edition
Year: 2006
Director: Alejandro Agresti
Rating: PG
Length: 98 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Keanu Reeves
Sandra Bullock
Christopher Plummer
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Willeke van Ammelrooy
Dylan Walsh

Plot:
Dr. Kate Forster has finally found romance. Trouble is, it's a long-distance relationship. She's in downtown Chicago. He's in a remote lakeside suburb. And there's more: She's in 2006. He's in 2004.

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock team for the first time since Speed for this heart-lifting story of a love that transcends time. It begins when Kate moves out of her visually stunning lake house and leaves a note for the next tenant, architect Alex Wyler. They begin a correspondence and soon come to realize they are meant for each other...and that, somehow, they live two years apart. Can they ever meet? What would happen if they tried? Magical and emotionally rich, The Lake House is a love story for 2004, for 2006, for all times.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
This one is a very good... though a little weird story. I enjoyed it quite a bit. Though I must admit to being off my game because for some reason I just didn't see that ending coming. And looking back it is a pretty obvious one. I think Sandra Bullock did a great job... and Keanu Reeves to be honest I don't think this type of movie is his strong point... but I still think he did a good job. This is one I can feel comfortable recommending.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs on July 31st, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Mad About You: Season One (1992/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 489 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:As Good As It Gets, 1998


Mad About You
1.01 Pilot
Writer: Paul Reiser (Original Characters By), Danny Jacobson (Original Characters By), Danny Jacobson (Writer), Paul Reiser (Writer)
Director: Barnet Kellman
Cast: Paul Reiser (Paul Buchman), Helen Hunt (Jamie Stemple Buchman), Tommy Hinkley (Jay Selby), Anne Ramsay (Lisa Stemple), Richard Kind (Mark), Leila Kenzle (Fran)

I have watched the first two season about eight years ago and I enjoyed it. I have further two seasons in my collection, but for some reason I never came around watching it.
I think the writing and the performances by the two leads is great, considering they often have to carry almost all scenes by themselves.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 7th, 2012)