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The Three Stooges, a review by addicted2dvd


     The Three Stooges: The Movie (2012/)
IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer |
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Director:Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly
Writing:Mike Cerrone (Writer), Bobby Farrelly (Writer), Peter Farrelly (Writer)
Length:92 min.
Rating:PG
Video:Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio:English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles:English, Spanish

Stars:
Sean Hayes as Larry
Will Sasso as Curly
Chris Diamantopoulos as Moe
Jane Lynch as Mother Superior
Sofia Vergara as Lydia
Jennifer Hudson as Sister Rosemary

Plot:Extras:
  • Scene Access
  • Feature Trailers
  • Bonus Trailers
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes
  • Digital Copy


My Thoughts:
Felt like some silly comedy this morning... so decided to pop this one in. If you ever seen any Three Stooges short you pretty much know what to expect going into this one. Just like the shorts it isn't the type I can watch often... but is fun when you are in the mood. I think they did a pretty good job on it. They cast the stooges well... and the storyline keeps your interest. Definitely worth checking out!

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5


(From Weekend Movie Marathon: The Blu-ray Experience on July 7th, 2013)

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Faster, a review by GSyren


TitleFaster (5-051162-283676)
DirectorGeorge Tillman, Jr.
ActorsDwayne Johnson, Mauricio Lopez, James Gaines, Tom Berenger, Jan Hoag
Produced2010 in United States
Runtime94 minutes
AudioEnglish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Catalonian Dolby Digital 5.1, Thai Dolby Digital 5.1
SubtitlesDanish, English, Finnish, Hindi, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai
Overview
My thoughtsLike many of today's action stars, Dwayne Johnson is not much of an actor. But then again, films like Faster don't require a great range of emotions. Actually. it basically just needs on - hate. And Dwayne does that OK.

The story is pretty simple. "The Driver" (Johnson) wants to hunt down and kill the gang that killed his brother. He also wants to find the as yet unknown man who put them up to it. That man has hired a killer to stop The Driver.

Films like this needs a balance. The reveal at the end - who the top man is - shouldn't come totally out of the blue. But on the other hand it shouldn't be so obvious that it totally ruins the surprise. The director doesn't quite pull this off. The hint is not subtle enough.

The films isn't just mindless action, though. Billy Bob Thornton does quite a good job as the drug addicted cop on The Driver's tail. Jennifer Carpenter has a small role, but even that is too much for me. I just don't like her at all. She had some good moments in Dexter, but not here.

So, all in all a fair action/revenge movie that didn't quite work for me.
My rating3 out of 5


(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on July 28th, 2013)

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Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon, a review by Achim


9. ComplicationsMy comments:
After the fast paced episode 8 is=t was quite reasonable to have things pulled back a bit for episode 9, getting some more character and story development done. There is basically three threads running, one for Sarah (boring), one for Derek (intense) and one for Ellison (short jaw-dropping).

Sarah is having some sort of recurring nightmare involving Cromartie and three dots that even has her sleepwalking. I don't really understand what they were trying to do with this and it had me mostly bored. It was nice to have Dorian Harewood as Dr. Sherman back though.

Derek's story I found very exciting. The slow build up and twists and turns that bring us to the revelation at the end. Two really interesting things are achieved in this episode, one being the discussion about changing the future
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and the other how they basically got Derek's girlfriend Jesse off the hook "with a whip-pan"
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. The stuff under her bed shall not be forgotten though...

And then there is Ellison, who gives us a big jaw-dropping moment at the end.
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(From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon on February 7th, 2010)