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West Side Story, a review by addicted2dvd

West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Edition (1961/United States) Wikipedia |IMDb |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Robert Wise (1914), Jerome Robbins Writing: Ernest Lehman (Screenwriter), Arthur Laurents (Original Material By) Length: 152 min. Video: Widescreen 2.20:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, French: DTS: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, German: DTS: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 4.0, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

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Stars:
Natalie Wood (1938) as Maria
Richard Beymer as Tony
Russ Tamblyn as Riff
Rita Moreno as Anita
George Chakiris as Bernardo

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Featurettes
• Storyboard Comparisons

This one I have mixed feelings about. In the one hand I liked the story a lot. But in the other I just didn't like the style of the music and dancing which took away from the enjoyment for me.



(From July Movie Marathon: Musicals (Yes... You read right!) on July 30th, 2016)

Lola rennt, a review by Tom

Title: Lola rennt
Year: 1998
Director: Tom Tykwer
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 73 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Franka Potente
Moritz Bleibtreu
Herbert Knaup
Nina Petri
Armin Rohde

Plot:
Manni (Moritz Bleibtreu), who works as a small-time courier for a big-time gangster, is in huge trouble. He has accidentally left the cash from a mob deal on the subway, and he has only twenty minutes to deliver the 100,000 marks to his unforgiving boss. Desperate, he calls his girlfriend, Lola (Franka Potente), the only person who can rescue him from certain death. As the seconds tick away and the tiniest choices become life aftering, Lola must try to reach Manni before the line between fate and fortune begins to blur.

Awards:

American Cinema Editors Awards	2000	Nominated		Mathilde Bonnefoy
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	Film Not In The English Language	Stefan Arndt, Tom Tykwer
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Beste Nebendarstellerin	Nina Petri
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Bester Nebendarsteller	Herbert Knaup
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Bester Spielfilm	X Filme Creative Pool
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Kamera	Frank Griebe
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Publikumspreis: Film des Jahres	X Filme Creative Pool
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Publikumspreis: Schauspielerin des Jahres	Franka Potente
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Regie	Tom Tykwer
Deutscher Filmpreis	1999	Won	Schnitt	Mathilde Bonnefoy
European Film Awards	1998	Nominated	European Film
Independent Spirit Awards	2000	Won	Best Foreign Film	Tom Tykwer
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Won	Best Film Editing	Mathilde Bonnefoy
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Won	Best Foreign Language Film
Satellite Awards	2000	Nominated

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

This movie has great editing. Also the "Groundhog Day" theme of a repeating day (or 20 minutes ) is used in an interesting way. Definately worth a look. And with it short running time it doesn't get boring.

Rating:

(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 4th, 2009)

The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Alien Nation



What's the show about?
250,000 aliens from the planet Tencton are stranded on Earth. The aliens were bred to be slaves. They are stronger and often more intelligent than Humans and they have to adapt to the live among the population of Los Angeles. Five years have gone since their arrival on Earth. The Human cop Matthew Sikes and the Newcomer cop George Francisco solve cases both in the human and the newcomer community.

What happened before?
The TV show is loosely based on the movie, but the story of the movie is not connected to that of the show. In fact, parts story of of the movie are re-written for the pilot.

"Alien Nation"
The first "Newcomer", Sam 'George' Francisco, has become a detective and he gets assigned to a Human. Detective Matthew Sikes on the other hand has lost his partner, who was shot by a Newcomer. Together they have to solve a case of mysterious deaths that are somehow connected to Matt's old partner...

My Opinion
Can't wait to get my fingers on the five TV movies they've made afterwards. It was a really good show even when it lasted only one season.

(From The One Where It All Began: The Pilot Marathon on January 3rd, 2008)