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Presumed Innocent, a review by Rich

Presumed innocent



PRESUMED INNOCENT, like most of director Alan J. Pakula's films is also a complex character study. Based on a best-selling novel by Scott Turrow, the courtroom murder mystery tells the story of prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) who is accused of murdering his former mistress, the beautiful and ambitious Carolyn Polhemus (Greta Scacchi). All the physical evidence points to him, and Sabich's "golden child" character is in deep trouble. His marriage, too, is in jeopardy as new twists of events leave his wife Barbara doubting Ford's innocence, and Sabich's boss Raymond Horgan, who is running for reelection, simply wants the killer caught before his campaign suffers. Ford's performance (somewhat against type based on previous roles) is excellent as the beleaguered attorney who seeks an end to his nightmare, calling acerbic defense lawyer and rival (Raul Julia) to his rescue. Cinematographer Gordon Willis (THE GODFATHER) and Pakula, who collaborated previously on KLUTE, have created a film of shadow and darkness in which great performances keep the audience riveted right up to the unnerving ending.

Slightly dated suspense drama, with a satisfying plot twist at the end, albeit the killer was obvious after about half an hour. Ford has been in better films, this movie coming probably at the peak of his career, but a solid supporting cast and good direction aid in the endeavour.
This has all the right elements, but is missing a certain something to make it a truly memorable classic.
 


(From Riches Random Reviews on January 13th, 2009)

Mission Kashmir, a review by Tom

Title: Mission Kashmir
Year: 2001
Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Rating: 15
Length: 151 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Dutch, English, Hindi

Stars:
Sanjay Dutt
Hrithik Roshan
Preity Zinta
Sonali Kulkarni
Puru Rajkumar

Plot:
When 11-year-old Altaaf is orphaned during a violent attack on his home by state police hunting a rebel leader, he is adopted by Inayat Khan, the kindly officer in charge of the raid, and his loving wife Neelima, whose son has just died in a freak accident. Altaaf's dream life with his new parents is shattered, however, when he discovers the man whom he now call his father is also the task force leader who tragically gunned down his family. Fleeing Kashmir, the boy grows up under the tutelage of Hilal Kohistani, a brutal militant leader dedicated to a jihad seeking the independence of Kashmir.

After ten years, Altaaf returns as Hilal's instrument of destruction on a mission of annihilation, revolution and revenge. Unexpectedly, he reunites with Sufi, a beautiful long-lost childhood girlfriend, and finds himself torn between love and hatred, brutality and humanity, and forgiveness and vengeance in this thrilling action adventure where the past meets the present to decide the future of a nation.

Awards:

Filmfare Awards	2001	Won	Best Action Award	Allan Amin
Filmfare Awards	2001	Nominated	Best Actor Award	Sanjay Dutt
Filmfare Awards	2001	Nominated	Best Director Award	Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Filmfare Awards	2001	Nominated	Best Movie Award
Filmfare Awards	2001	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor Award	Sanjay Dutt
Filmfare Awards	2001	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress Award	Sonali Kulkarni
Filmfare Awards	2001	Nominated	Best Villain Award	Jackie Shroff

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers

A good action drama. This time though I thought, that the musical numbers didn't fit the type of movie. And Preity Zinta should have had more screen time!
But otherwise the conflict between the characters is done well.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 23rd, 2009)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

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Die Camper: Staffel 7-9 (2003/Germany) IMDb | Wikipedia AL!VE, Turbine Medien (Germany) Length: 858 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Die Camper
Season 9.13 Winterzauber

I only ever saw the first season of this series and stopped watching it in the beginning of the second season when the whole cast was replaced which really bothered me. I bought this DVD set with all nine seasons, because it is the only way to get the first season on DVD. And as the set cost me only as much as usually a single season sells, it was a good deal.
I decided to watch the final episode for this marathon even though I didn't watch the rest. This is a series, where you can watch any episode and not having missed anything. And as I doubt I will watch all the nine seasons any time soon.
The final episode is just an average episode. Not hinting in any way that this is the end of the series. It is nice enough to watch, but nothing special.

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(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on April 13th, 2013)