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The Shop Around the Corner, a review by Tom

Title: The Shop Around the Corner
Year: 1940
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Rating: NR
Length: 99 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono, French: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Margaret Sullavan
James Stewart
Frank Morgan
Joseph Schildkraut
Sara Haden

Plot:
Tell bickering Budapest gift-shop workers Alfred and Klara that they love each other and they might call you crazy. No lovers can compare to the romantic, secret pen pals each knows only as Dear Friend.

What Alfred and Klara don't know, or course, is that they are each other's Dear Friend. In the third of their four luminous screen pairings, Margaret Sullivan and James Stewart star in this valentine to love wrapped in the ribbon of director Ernst Lubitsch's trademark touch: wit instead of buffoonery, sentiment instead of sentimentality, affection instead of attitude.

As enchanting as it was yesterday, The Shop Around the Corner was breezily updated to the electronic age when Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan clicked together in You've Got Mail. In any age, your patronage will be cheerfully rewarded.

Awards:

AFI	1940	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
AFI	1940	Won	100 Years... 100 Passions (2002)

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Featurettes
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

This movie was the inspiration for the remake "You've Got Mail". I enjoy both movies. I think this was the first movie that I ever saw James Stewart in (could be that I saw "It's a Wonderful Life" before this one though). He did a great job here. For anyone enjoying "You've Got Mail" I recommend checking this one out. You will find many familiar scenes here, which found their way into the remake. I can definately see Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan during the restaurant scene, so similar was it.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on March 7th, 2010)

The Princess Bride , a review by Tom

The Princess Bride (1987/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Concorde Home Entertainment (Germany) Director: Rob Reiner Writing: William Goldman (Screenwriter), William Goldman (Original Material By) Length: 94 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: German

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Stars:
Cary Elwes as Westley
Mandy Patinkin as Inigo Montoya
Chris Sarandon as Prince Humperdinck
Christopher Guest as Count Rugen
Wallace Shawn as Vizzini

Plot:
When the lovely Buttercup is kidnapped by a ghastly gang intent on fermenting an international incident they find they are pursued by the Dread Pirate Roberts who just might be Westley, her one true love. Also after everyone is nasty Prince Humperdinck to whom Buttercup is now betrothed but who seems to care little for her continued survival. The stage is set for swordfights, monsters, and tortures - but will Grandpa be allowed to finish telling the story with all these kissy bits?

Awards:
Won:

AFI (1987)		100 Years... 100 Passions (2002)
Hugo Award (1988)		Dramatic Presentation
Saturn (1987)		Best Costumes (Phyllis Dalton)
Saturn (1987)		Best Fantasy Film
Young Artist Awards (1988)

Nominated:

Academy Award (1987)		Best Music, Song ("Storybook Love": Willy DeVille (Music/Lyrics))
AFI (1987)		100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
Casting Society of America Awards (1988)
Grammy Awards (1988)		Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television (Mark Knopfler)
Saturn (1987)		Best Actress (Robin Wright Penn)
Saturn (1987)		Best Writing (William Goldman)
Writers Guild of America Awards (1988)		Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (William Goldman)

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Scene Access

I was thinking about rewatching the movie after I recently watched Stardust, but never actually came around to it. After Peter Falk's passing I thought it was now the right time to rectify this.
This is a great fairy tale movie, with a lot of fun scenes. And Peter Falk's and Fred Savage's scenes with a grandfather telling the story to his grandson, bring just the right amount of variety to it. Peter Falk's character very much reminded me of Columbo. He has the same mannerisms.

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

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: Drawn Together: Season Three
Year: 2006
Director:
Rating: NR
Length: 308 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles:

Stars:


Plot:
All the blood, puke and boobs you love are back for the third and final season of Drawn Together. The dirtiest, deadliest, sexiest, and funkiest Drawn Together season ever features MORE animated blood, MORE animated vomit, and MORE animated nipples. Watch as Captain Hero tortures his 12-year-old self, Ling-Ling gets put into foster care, and Toot finally gets worshipped as the cow she is. It's what happens when cartoon characters stop being real and start being animated.

Awards:
Extras:
Closed Captioned
Trailers

It has been awhile since I saw the first two seasons, but I remember them being much more fun. It feels like they were doing the same jokes over and over again and were just trying to outgross themselves each time.
I enjoyed the Muppet Babies parody though. One of the reasons I didn't really enjoy it is, that Toots gets too much screentime. It is the one character I do not enjoy at all. Her sole purpose seems to be make jokes about her ugly body (which was still somewhat funny in season 1, but now is really tired) and the voice of hers just gets on my nerve.

#	Episode	Rating
01	Greeks and Freaks
02	Wooldoor Sockbat's Giggle-Wiggle Funny Tickle Non-Traditional Progressive Multicultural Roundtable!
03	Spelling Applebee's
04	Unrestrainable Trainable
05	N.R.A vs. Ray
06	Mexican't Buy Me Love
07	Lost in Parking Space: Part I
08	Lost in Parking Space: Part II
09	Drawn Together Babies
10	Nipple Ring-Ring Goes to Foster Care
11	Foxxy and the Gang Bang
12	Breakfast Food Killer
13	Charlotte's Web of Lies
14	The Elimination Special: Part II: The Elimination

(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 9th, 2010)