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The Ruling Class, a review by Antares

The Ruling Class (1972) 78/100 - A bit long and at times, a bit heavy handed, but there are moments of hilarity in its skewering of upper class, aristocratic dogma. Peter O'Toole does his bombastic best with a character that pivots between two extremes. In the beginning he believes he's Jesus Christ, and everything he sees and feels is based upon love. But after a radical treatment, he's "cured" and unbeknownst to those around him, becomes the devil incarnate, for he now thinks he's Jack the Ripper. I found this part most interesting because of the rumors that have circulated for decades that Jack the Ripper may have been an insane member of the Royal family. If you're going to skewer the upper classes, then you might as well go for the jugular... pun intended. The film is loaded with many memorable quotes and my favorite has to be when someone asks him, early in the film, when he first felt he was the supreme being and he answers... "I found that whenever I prayed to God, I was talking to myself." Such a priceless line, and as usual, O'Toole delivers it with ease and aplomb. I probably would have rated this higher, but the DVD I was watching, was from a library that's known for having scratchy discs, and this one was no exception. It stalled on three occasions, and one of those times was at the pivotal moment when he transforms into his evil persona, and I missed a key moment in the narrative.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on November 7th, 2013)

Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd., a review by Tom

Title: Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.
Year: 2007
Director: Reema Kagti
Writing: Anurag Kashyap (Screenwriter), Reema Kagti (Writer)
Rating: NR
Length: 125 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Arabic, English

Stars:
Shabana Azmi as Naheed
Boman Irani as Oscar
Ameesha Patel as Pinky
Karran Khanna as Vicky
Raima Sen as Milly

Plot:
Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. is about newly married couples on a package honeymoon to Goa. Exciting and cheerful, this vacation is a subsidized option for a lot of dreamers on the bring of their new life. Six couples, a guide, a driver and a handyman ride in a bus from Bombay to Goa with a mysterious man on a bike following them. The narrative humorously unfolds different stories that explore the nature of love and human relationships.

Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. is a quirky comedy about love, men, women and superheroes...

Awards:
Extras:
Music Videos
Scene Access

A nice movie. Nothing special. It came to my attention when I was looking for movies with Minissha Lamba in it. Here she is part of a newlywed couple who both are secretly superheroes without the other knowing. She is cute again in this role. Also the other stories are nice to watch. I was surprised that the subject matter of homosexuality is adressed here. Two of the men here are closeted gays. I was surprised to see this in a typical Bollywood movie.

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

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Enterprise
Season 2.16 Future Tense
Writer: Rick Berman (Created By), Brannon Braga (Created By), Mike Sussman (Writer), Phyllis Strong (Writer)
Director: James Whitmore, Jr.
Cast: Scott Bakula (Captain Jonathan Archer), John Billingsley (Dr. Phlox), Jolene Blalock (Sub-Commander T'Pol), Dominic Keating (Lt. Malcolm Reed), Anthony Montgomery (Ensign Travis Mayweather), Linda Park (Ensign Hoshi Sato), Connor Trinneer (Cmdr. Charles 'Trip' Tucker III), Vaughn Armstrong (Admiral Forrest), Cullen Douglas (Suliban Soldier)

This episode started promising, but I got bored with it about half-way through. Some scenes reminded me of Red Dwarf's great episode "Future Echoes".

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(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on March 27th, 2013)