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Happy Birthday to Me, a review by Jimmy

                             
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Title: Happy Birthday to Me
Year: 1980
Genre: Slasher Movie
Director: J. Lee Thompson (Battle for the Planet of the Apes)         
Rating: R
Length: 1h51
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, Japanese and Spanish

Stars:
Melissa Sue Anderson (Little House on the Prairie)
Glenn Ford (Superman)
Tracy Bregman (The Young and the Restless)
Lawrence Dane (Scanners)
Lisa Langlois (Class of 1984)   

Plot:
Popular high school senior Virginia Wainwright (Melissa Sue Anderson) survives a freak accident, but suffers from memory loss and traumatic blackouts.  As she attempts to resume a normal life, something terrible is happening -- her friends are ruthlessly murdered one-by-one.  Will she be the next victim or is she the killer?  The terrifying truth is finally uncovered at Virginia's 18th birthday party...and you're invited.   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mKLMUnw2ag

(From The little known movie review depot on February 5th, 2008)

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, a review by Dragonfire

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

I watched this one after finding it on HBO.  It is a bit different from most of Steve Martin's other movies, but I ended up really enjoying it. 

The movie is a bit different with how things are set up.  It is in black and white, and sort of a spoof of noir or detective movies.  Martin's character, Ribgy is a detective who gets pulled into a case by a beautiful woman.  There are clips from several noir movies used, and the way they are done blends in well with the plot of the movie.  The clips are done to make it look like Rigby is talking to the characters from the other movies.  I could tell when clips were being used even when I didn't always recognize the movie the clips were from.  I liked the way the clips were used.  There is a bit of mystery to what is going on as well as some suspense.  I did think there was a decent amount of humor to what was going on even though I have seen funnier movies. 

I thought the movie was really entertaining and I think it is worth watching. 



I did get a review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look.

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

(From Marie's Random Movie Viewing on September 16th, 2011)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

The Office: Season Seven (2010/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Studios Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Writing: Length: 586 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:


Plot:VarietyGone Baby Gone), a cameo from Ricky Gervais (The Invention of Lying) and an unforgettable hour-long season finale with Jim Carrey (Bruce Almighty), Will Arnett (Arrested Development), Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond), James Spader (Boston Legal) and Catherine Tate (Doctor Who), all vying for Michael Scott's old post. Plus, see hours of bonus features, including extended episodes, deleted scenes, bloopers, webisodes and more, in this must-own five-disc collection.

Awards:
Won:

Primetime Emmy Awards (2009)

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series ("Stress Relief": Jeffrey Blitz)

Nominated:

Golden Globe (2009)		Actor - Television Comedy or Musical Series (Steve Carell)
Golden Globe (2010)		Best Performance by an Actor In A Television Series - Comedy Or Musical (Steve Carell)
Golden Globe (2009)		Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Primetime Emmy Awards (2009)		Outstanding Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Awards (2010)		Outstanding Comedy Series
Primetime Emmy Awards (2009)		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Steve Carell)
Primetime Emmy Awards (2010)		Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series ("The Cover Up": Steve Carell)
Primetime Emmy Awards (2009)		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Rainn Wilson)
Primetime Emmy Awards (2010)		Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series ("Niagara": Greg Daniels, Mindy Kaling)
Teen Choice Awards (2009)		Choice TV Actor - Comedy (Steve Carell)
Teen Choice Awards (2009)		Choice TV Actress - Comedy (Jenna Fisher)
Teen Choice Awards (2009)		Choice TV Show: Comedy

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes
• Webisodes

This season had a slow start, but it turned out great again. This is the season where Steve Carell left the show towards the end. The storyline they have given him to write him out of the show was the right way to go.
Also Ricky Gervais finally made two cameo appearances this season as David Brent. In the first he ran across Michael Scott and was joking with him.
The second was a Video CV where he applies for the manager job after Michael Scott left. I would have liked him interacting with the complete Office cast though.
Will Ferrell had a few episodes where he had taken over from Michael. He did a good job.
Sadly Pam and Jim didn't get a good storyline this season. I always liked their scenes together.

#	Episode	Rating
01	Nepotism
02	Counseling
03	Andy's Play
04	Sex Ed
05	The Sting
06	Costume Contest
07	Christening
08	Viewing Party
09	WUPHF.com
10	China
11	Classy Christmas
12	Ultimatum
13	The Seminar
14	The Search
15	PDA
16	Threat Level Midnight
17	Todd Packer
18	Garage Sale
19	Training Day
20	Michael's Last Dundies
21	Goodbye Michael
22	The Inner Circle
23	Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager
24	Search Committee

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