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Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, a review by dfmorgan

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

Year: 2001
Director: Ashutosh Gowariker
Cast: Aamir Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley, Paul Blackthorne

OverviewWatched: 11th. Aug 2010
My Thoughts: An enjoyable film. I thought that maybe I had seen it before but was pleased to find that I hadn't. An over-bearing boorish English army officer, Captain Russell (Paul Blackthorne), takes pleasure in belittleing the locals. The local villages are in the middle of a long drought and Captain Russell decides to double the taxes (Lagaan). When challenged by the local villagers, led by Bhuvan (Aamir Khan), he decides to play them in a game of cricket with an important condition, the penalty being triple taxes if the Army win and no taxes for 3 years if the locals win. There is also a sort of love triangle for Bhuvan between Elizabeth (Rachel Shelley), the sister of the Captain, and Gauri (Gracy Singh) a local village girl.

My Rating: A very enjoyable 4

Dave

(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on August 11th, 2010)

Out at the Wedding, a review by Tom

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Out at the Wedding (2007/United States) IMDb TLA Releasing (United Kingdom) Director: Lee Friedlander Writing: Paula Goldberg (Writer) Length: 96 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Stars:
Andrea Marcellus as Alex Houston
Desi Lydic as Jeannie Houston
Charlie Schlatter as Jonathan Banks
Mike Farrell as Louis Houston
Mink Stole as Sunny Betts

Plot:
Did you ever tell a white lie that got slightly out-of-hand? New Yorker Alex (Andrea Marcellus) gets embroiled in a farcical web of mistaken identities - and sexualities - when she decides to keep her mixed-race boyfriend a secret from her family at her sister's wedding. All goes well until her loose-lipped gay best friend Fred (Charlie Schlatter) lets it slip that Alex is in a relationship...with a woman. As the rumour-mill goes into overdrive, Alex amps up the charade and enlists red-hot Risa (Cathy DeBuono) to pose as her lover. But things go from complicated to crazy when Alex's newly wedded sister falls in love with Risa! Full of laugh-out-loud moments, shifting sexualities and wild characters, Out at the Wedding is one ceremony you'll never forget...

Extras:

• Commentary
• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Trailers

Even though it is not laugh out loud funny, it has it moments. I enjoyed this movie, though it isn't one, which I will watch often.
It has Reginald VelJohnson (Die Hard, Family Matters) in a supporting role. It has been a while since I saw him in anything.
Sadly the video is non-anamorphic. A pet-peeve of mine.

Rating:

(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on February 12th, 2012)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Happy Days: Season One (1974/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 409 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles:

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Plot:
Poodle skirts... jukeboxes... cars with soaring tail fins... and rockin' and rollin' all week long.
Those Happy Days are here again, on this three-disc, must-have DVD set! Join one of America's best-loved TV families - the Cunninghams - in the premiere season of this top-rated television series. Richie Cunningham (Ron Howard), "Potsie" Weber (Anson Williams), Ralph Malph (Donny Most) and "The Fonz" (Henry Winkler) head a brilliant comedic cast in this nostalgic, smash-hit TV sitcom. Arnold's Drive-In is their local hangout and meeting place, and lots of hilarious, memorable and classic adventures are the result. Take a trip back to a simpler time and relive all the fun, music and laughs of those good ol' Happy Days - with this complete first season DVD collection.

Happy Days
1.01 All the Way
Writer: Garry Marshall (Original Characters By), Rob Reiner (Writer), Philip Mishkin (Writer), Garry Marshall (Writer)
Director: Mel Ferber
Cast: Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham), Marion Ross (Marion Cunningham), Anson Williams (Potsie Weber), Tom Bosley (Howard Cunningham), Henry Winkler (Fonzie), Donny Most (Ralph), Gavan O'Herlihy (Chuck), Erin Moran (Joanie), Kathy O'Dare (Mary Lou), Danny Jacobson (Pat), Richard D. Hurst (Cook)

I caught a few episodes on TV in the early nighties or so. I picked up the first season when it came out but I never got past the first disc watching it. It isn't bad, but it didn't really keep me interested.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on July 5th, 2011)