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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, a review by Achim

My thoughts:
What can I say about this movie? I simply love it! It became my favorite movie of last year. Even though I saw it 3 times during the last 6 months I had to include it in this marathon. I like it how in the beginnings the time jumps are simply played for fun but it gets more serious as the movie goes on. Sadly there is no RC1 release yet, but it is said to be coming this year. I recommend to watch out for it! Also there is a Korean 3-disc release with English subtitles available (the German release has only German and Polish subtitles).

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo)

So, I finally had the chance to see this highly praised film (at least by Tom )... First off: :

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on April 12th, 2008)

A Night to Remember, a review by Tom

Title: A Night to Remember
Year: 1958
Director: Roy Baker
Rating: FSK-16
Length: 118 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: German: Dolby Digital Mono, English: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English, German

Stars:
Kenneth More
Ronald Allen
Robert Ayres
Honor Blackman
Anthony Bushell


Extras:
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

After the attempt from Hollywood a few years before, this UK production is obviously on a much bigger scale.
It passes on providing much backstory for the characters. Instead it chooses to dive right into the action. The iceberg is hit about 30 minutes into the movie (and most of the first 30 minutes is spent on iceberg warnings and other nautical stuff). That leaves about 90 minutes of showing the sinking. Just about the same time as in Cameron's movie, if I remember correctly.

The 1997 Cameron movie obviously has taken much of this movie as an example. Even re-creating a lot of the scenes. This movie's portayal of the disaster can easily keep up with the newer Cameron movie (especially taking its age into account).

Rating:

(From Titanic Marathon on May 31st, 2009)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

6. Billy
Original Air Date: 10/29/2001
Fred has a frightening encounter with Wesley and Gunn after they're infected with the blood of Billy Blim, the man Angel helped Wolfram and Hart free from the Powers That Be.

Guest Stars:
Stephanie Romanov
Daniel Dae Kim
Justin Shilton

My Thoughts:
A good episode. By this episode I am starting to remember how much I liked the character Fred. I am glad they revisited the storyline of when Angel helped Billy out of the hell declension. Showing the consuquence of his actions.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 12th, 2010)