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Rear Window, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Rear Window: Collector's Edition
Year: 1954
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Rating: PG
Length: 114 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
James Stewart
Grace Kelly
Wendell Corey
Thelma Ritter
Raymond Burr
Judith Evelyn

Plot:
None of Hitchcock's films has ever given a clearer view of his genius for suspense than Rear Window. When professional photographer J.B "Jeff" Jeffries (James Stewart) is confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg, he becomes obsessed with watching the private dramas of his neighbors play out across the courtyard. When he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife, Jeffries enlists the help of his glamorous socialite girlfriend (Grace Kelly) to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events...Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings in all of film history.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
DVD-ROM Content

My Thoughts:
This is the second time I watched this movie within the 9 months that I owned it. Before buying it  I have never seen it before. Since I knew the ending this time I was afraid I wouldn't like it as much the second time around... but that just wasn't the case. I enjoyed this awesome movie just as much this time as last... if not more so. So I will just repeat here what I said the last time.

Being fairly new to the classics I am not too familiar with any of the people involved in making this movie. But from what I have seen so far I do enjoy the work of Alfred Hitchcock as well as Jimmy Stewert. But I am almost embarrassed to say that this is the first thing I ever seen Grace Kelly in. After watching it the first thing I want to say is Wow! that Grace Kelly was more then adorable. She was one gorgeous (and at least going by this movie talented) lady. Rear Window is a fantastic movie. It had me glued to my seat for the entire movie. Sure there was some scenes in it that was a little on the slow side... but you know... it worked for this movie. It may have had some slow scenes... but they were still interesting. I have seen this story told over and over again in different movies and TV show episodes. But this is the first (now second) time I ever seen the original movie. And I must say... I can see why it gets so much homage. The story is great... everyone involved did a wonderful job... this movie deserves the right to be called a true classic. If there is anyone else like me here that has never seen this movie before I highly recommend it.



(From Addicted2DVD's Classic Movie Reviews on May 12th, 2010)

Valentine's Day , a review by Tom

Valentine's Day (2010/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United Kingdom) Director: Garry Marshall Writing: Katherine Fugate (Story By), Abby Kohn (Story By), Marc Silverstein (Story By), Katherine Fugate (Screenwriter) Length: 125 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Chinese, Commentary, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish

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Stars:
Jessica Alba as Morley Clarkson
Kathy Bates as Susan
Jessica Biel as Kara Monahan
Bradley Cooper as Holden
Eric Dane as Sean Jackson

Plot:
An all-star cast sparkles in this hilarious and heartwarming romantic comedy from the director of Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries. Stories crisscross, collide and boomerang in this look at a day in the life of love. There's a proposal. Flowers that didn't get sent. A big fat secret that's finally told. The "I'll show up and surprise him" that ended up surprising her. Fights, kisses, wrong turns, right moves and more. Whether new to love or through with love, you'll fall in love with this funny-side-up celebration of romance.

Awards:
Won:

Golden Raspberry Awards (2010)		Worst Actor (Ashton Kutcher)
Golden Raspberry Awards (2010)		Worst Supporting Actress (Jessica Alba)
Teen Choice Awards (2010)		Choice Movie Breakout Female (Taylor Swift)

Nominated:

Golden Raspberry Awards (2010)		Worst Actor (Taylor Lautner)
Golden Raspberry Awards (2010)		Worst Supporting Actor (George Lopez)
MTV Movie Awards (2010)		Best Kiss (Taylor Swift, Taylor Lautner)
Teen Choice Awards (2010)		Choice Movie Chemistry (Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift)
Teen Choice Awards (2010)		Choice Movie Hissy Fit (Jessica Beil)
Teen Choice Awards (2010)		Choice Movie Liplock (Taylor Swift, Taylor Lautner)

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Digital Copy
• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Outtakes
• Scene Access

Despite negative reviews I picked this up when I saw it really cheap. Mainly because of its cast and that I generally like "Love Actually" kind of movies.
Among the stars are Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts and Jessica Biel.
Though this movie is nothing special, I enjoyed it. Not necessarily a must-see, but if you want to complete your collection of one of your favorite actresses, you could do worse.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 26th, 2011)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Frasier: Season One (1993/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 544 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:Frasier
1.01 The Good Son (Pilot)
Writer: David Angell (Writer), Peter Casey (Writer), David Lee (Writer), Glen Charles (Original Characters By), Les Charles (Original Characters By)
Director: James Burrows
Cast: Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Jane Leeves (Daphne Moon), David Hyde Pierce (Dr. Niles Crane), Peri Gilpin (Roz Doyle), John Mahoney (Martin Crane), Linda Hamilton (Claire (voice)), Griffin Dunne (Russell), Cleto Augusto (Delivery Man), Gina Ravarra (Waitress), Moose (Eddie)

I started watching Frasier since the beginning, because I was fan of "Cheers". At first I was a little disappointed that they chose to go into a completely different way in this spin-off. But it worked out well. The series lasted 11 seasons just like Cheers did.
The characters are already well-established in this first episode. As a consequence there isn't really much growth for the characters throughout the series, which lessens the rewatch value slightly.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 19th, 2011)