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What a Girl Wants, a review by Tom

Title: What a Girl Wants
Year: 2003
Director: Dennie Gordon
Rating: FSK-0
Length: 101 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Stars:
Kelly Preston
Soleil McGhee
Colin Firth
Eileen Atkins
Jonathan Pryce

Plot:
Amanda Bynes (Big Fat Liar) and Colin Firth (Bridget Jones's Diary) star in this irresistibly funny comedy. Amanda stars as Daphne, an irrepressible American teen who impulsively jets over from the US to meet her aristocratic father for the first time. Determined to fit into her dad's world, Daphne stifles her vibrant personality to be the perfect daughter, plunging into a whirl of garden parties, fashion shows and more. Can good intentions and proper etiquette conquer all? Not if it means Daphne must also abandon who she really is. She's going to remain true to herself and she's going to do it with a courage and style every girl wants to see.

Awards:
Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Interactive Game
Scene Access
Trailers

As I recently watched and enjoyed two Amanda Bynes movies, I thought I revisit this one again. I haven't seen this one since I bought it about six years ago. I was a little bit disappointed then. I still think it could have been so much better. It is not the actors' fault though, but the weak screenplay. Amanda Bynes was very good here in my opinion. She saved this movie for me.

Rating:

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

Badder Santa, a review by addicted2dvd

Badder Santa
Hollywood favorites Billy Bob Thornton ('The Alamo'), Bernie Mac ('Mr. 3000') and John Ritter (TV's '8 Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter') kick it up a notch in this unrated version of the outrageous comedy hit 'Bad Santa'. You'd better watch out - Santa Claus Willie T. Stokes (Thornton) is coming to town and he 'doesn't care' if you've been naughty or nice. Willie's favorite holiday tradition is to fill his sacks with loot lifted from shopping malls across the country. But this year his plot gets derailed by a wisecracking store detective (Mac), a sexy bartender (Lauren Graham - TV's 'Gilmore Girls') and a kid who's convinced Willie is the real Santa Claus! You're sure to believe in 'Bad Santa - The Unrated Version'...once you experience this longer, funnier and more explicit motion picture!

My Thoughts:
When I first heard about this movie... all I heard was rave reviews. Today is the first time I ever seen it.... but I just don't see what all those reviewers saw. I didn't find it that funny at all.... maybe it is just not my type of humor. I mean... it was ok... and I probably will watch it again next season... but that is about it in my opinion. I normally like John Ritter... but I found myself not even liking his work in this movie. A shame... I heard that this movie was so good... and hilarious.... Maybe after I heard my expectations was up too high. Maybe I will like it better the next time I watch it.

(From My 25 Days of Christmas Marathon on December 5th, 2007)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. Judgment
Original Air Date: 9/26/2000
After a case of mistaken identity leads Angel to slay a demon protecting an innocent girl, karaoke is the only way to make things right. Meanwhile, Angel struggles with the discovery that he may not always be eternal and Darla recovers from her resurrection from Hell.

Guest Stars:
Christian Kane
Stephanie Romanov
Julie Benz
Eliza Dushku

My Thoughts:
Until I seen Lorne (The Host) on the cover I completely forgot about the karaoke bar. Now I am not looking forward to this season as much. The very first scene is Lorne singing a little. Then there was 2 more scenes in the bar through-out the episode. Including Angel singing (badly) Mandy. But other then that... it was a good episode... with some decent action. But I had to laugh at the end of the episode when Angel went to visit Faith in jail. And they were comparing how bad their day was... after listening to Faith say how she was attacked by another inmate with a make-shift knife and how she disarmed her but didn't killer her. Then she was beat by the guards. Angel came back with well I had to sing Barry Manilow... in front of people. We also get our first look at the old hotel that will eventually become the new home base for Angel and his team.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 1st, 2010)