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Deuxième vie, a review by Tom

Title:
Year: 2000
Director:Rating: FSK-12
Length: 96 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1 , French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:Extras:
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailers

A french time-travel comedy. A guy who is indecisive finds himself 16 years in the future after a car accident where he has become a person he doesn't like very much. Now he tries to go back.
A nice little comedy.

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on September 27th, 2008)

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, a review by Tom

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (Germany) Director: Leonard Nimoy Writing: Gene Roddenberry (Original Material By), Leonard Nimoy (Story By), Harve Bennett (Story By), Steve Meerson (Screenwriter), Peter Krikes (Screenwriter), Harve Bennett (Screenwriter), Nicholas Meyer (Screenwriter) Length: 117 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish

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Stars:
William Shatner as Kirk
Leonard Nimoy as Spock
DeForest Kelley as McCoy
James Doohan as Scotty
George Takei as Sulu

Plot:
To save Earth from a destructive space probe, Kirk and his fugitive crew go back in time to 20th century Earth to recover two humpback whales, who are the only Earth beings who can respond to it.

Awards:
Won:

ASCAP Awards (1987)		Top Box Office Films (Leonard Rosenman)
Saturn (1986)		Best Costumes (Robert Fletcher)

Nominated:

Academy Award (1986)		Best Cinematography (Don Peterman)
Academy Award (1986)		Best Music, Original Score (Leonard Rosenman)
Academy Award (1986)		Best Sound (Terry Porter, David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, Gene Cantamessa)
Academy Award (1986)		Best Sound Effects Editing (Mark Mangini)
American Society of Cinematographers Awards (1987)		Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases (Don Peterman)
Hugo Award (1987)		Dramatic Presentation
Saturn (1986)		Best Actor (Leonard Nimoy)
Saturn (1986)		Best Actor (William Shatner)
Saturn (1986)		Best Director (Leonard Nimoy)
Saturn (1986)		Best Makeup (Wes Dawn, Jeff Dawn, James L. McCoy)
Saturn (1986)		Best Science Fiction Film
Saturn (1986)		Best Special Effects (Ken Ralston, Michael Lantieri)
Saturn (1986)		Best Supporting Actor (James Doohan)
Saturn (1986)		Best Supporting Actor (Walter Koenig)
Saturn (1986)		Best Supporting Actress (Catherine Hicks)
Saturn (1986)		Best Writing (Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Harve Bennett, Nicholas Meyer)
Young Artist Awards (1988)		Best Family Motion Picture – Drama

Extras:

• Commentary
• Featurettes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

One of the best Star Trek movies further supporting that the Star Trek movies with even numbers are the better ones (that is, until Star Trek: Nemesis came along). Only the premise of having to get whales from the 20th century to the 23rd century I find ridiculous.

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on January 5th, 2008)

Birds of Prey Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. Pilot
Birds take wing. Oracle, Huntress an Dinah work as one against Quinn's 'New Gotham' power grab.

My Thoughts:
Even though I definitely enjoyed it... the pilot episode was not quite as good as I remember it being. In this episode Oracle and Huntress first meet Dinah... and take her in after she helps them with the case they are working on. It has someone preying on people's fears similar to the way the Batman villain "The Scarecrow" did... minus the costume and such. We also hear the story on how Oracle and Huntress gets together... and what happened to Batman. So that really is a lot of information to put into an hour long pilot episode.

2. Slick
Go with the flow. The Birds face a baddie who turns from solid to liquid. Meanwhile, the Helena-Reese attraction grows.

My Thoughts:
This was a good episode. The girls must stop a meta-human (think mutant) that can change from solid to water from stealing an armored car filled with military grade weapons. Dinah tries to get closer to Huntress to gain her trust.

3. Prey for the Hunter
Takes one to kill one? A slayer usurps metahuman talents - in order to murder metahumans. Dinah ditches school.

My Thoughts:
This was another good episode. In this episode a Meta-human that can mirror other Meta-human's powers goes on the hunt... killing off Meta-humans with their own powers. We also get our first look at No-Man's Land... a secret bar/hangout for the Meta-human population. Even though I enjoyed this episode... I have to admit that the ending (how they stopped him) was pretty obvious... I saw it coming early on in the episode.

4. Three Bird and a Baby
Big trouble in a tiny bundle. Helena rescues an infant, unaware that her good deed will lead to danger.

My Thoughts:
Once again... another really good episode. In this episode Helena (Huntress) rescues an infant baby boy... to discover he isn't what he seems. He was actually created in a laboratory... to go through an entire lifespan in 3 days. And is programed to become an assassin.... with a mission to complete. But can the girl's friendship overcome the programming and stop him in time?  Watching this episode... I came to a realization that some of these stories seemed to inspire episodes of Smallville... first you have the man that can transform himself into water. And now this one with an infant going through a complete lifespan in a matter of days. Both of these have very similar Smallville episodes. I know 2 episodes is not a huge sign... but it will be interesting to see if there are any more familiar storylines here.

(From Birds of Prey Marathon on July 17th, 2008)