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Definitely, Maybe, a review by Tom

Title: Definitely, Maybe
Year: 2008
Director: Adam Brooks
Rating: 12
Length: 107 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hungarian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Arabic, Commentary, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese

Stars:
Ryan Reynolds
An Nguyen
Matthew Mason
Ricky Jay Derby
Sakina Jaffrey

Plot:
It's definitely never too late to go back... and maybe find a happy ending.

Ryan Reynolds stars as Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad in the midst of a divorce when his 10 year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), starts to question him about his life before marriage.

Will relates his romantic ups and downs to her, from girl next-door Emily (Elizabeth Banks), to the best friend and confidante, April (Isla Fisher) and the free-spirited Summer (Rachel Weisz)... three romances... three broken hearts. Maya puts together the pieces of her dad's romantic puzzle, she begins to understand that love is not so simple or easy... and Will realises that it's never too late to get a second chance in love.

Awards:

Teen Choice Awards

2008

Nominated

Choice Movie: Romantic Comedy

Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Scene Access
Trailers

Not a laugh-out-loud comedy, but a charming movie. I liked the frame story with Ryan Reynold's character and his daughter (played by Abigail Breslin from "Little Miss Sunshine"). Also the ending was the one I was rooting for

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on March 20th, 2010)

Bay of Blood, a review by Jimmy

Title: Bay of Blood (1971)

Genre: Horror
Director: Mario Bava
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h24
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None

Stars:
Claudine Auger
Luigi Pistilli
Claudio Camaso
Anna Maria Rosati
Chris Avram

Plot:
What begins as a simple giallo about greed and murder at a secluded bayside estate soon explodes into an odyssey of carnage that would single-handedly trigger the entire 'body count' genre. Claudine Auger (THUNDERBALL), Luigi Pistilli (THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY) and Laura Betti (HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON) star -- along with nearly a dozen landmark gore effects -- in Bava's epic of cruelty that remains as reviled as it is acclaimed. But to brand this legendary shocker -- best known under its alternate title TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE -- as merely 'The Granddaddy Of Slasher Films' is to dismiss its impact as a nihilist tour-de-force that stands as one of the greatest movies in horror history.

Like I've said the first time I've reviewed this film I don't consider it as a Giallo, since this isn't a murder mystery but clearly a serial killer on the loose film. This movie is the most violent of the Bava's movies I've seen and none of the characters can't be seen as a good or innocent person. Everyone is more or less involved in the initial murder and the participation of each is reveal throughout the movie by flashback or hint phrase. The special effects are particularly well done (at least 2 of the killing way will be stolen years later and used in the Friday the 13th serie). The camera works is interesting too and use mostly the killer point of view trick (a way that will became usual in the eighties slasher movies). An interesting fact to notice is that the little girl at the end is played by Nicoletta Elmi who will appear later in Who Saw Her Die? and Deep Red. Contrary to Achim I don't find the end "almost laughable", for me it means that no one is innocent even the one who look the most (they commit the most dispicable act in this film). Sure it's possible that my explanation make absolutly no sense...

The only deception is the fact that we don't get the Italian track on the disc and that no subtitles are included (I've no problem to watch an english movie, but it's easier for me when they are present)

Rating :

(From Mario Bava marathon on July 13th, 2009)

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

Sliders



What's the show about?
Quinn Mallory and his friends travel through alternate universes. But there are a few catches. But they cannot control when they have to "slide" or where they are going to land. Nor do they find the way to their own homeworld. Every universe can be totally different from what they know or it's really close to their own reality.

"Pilot"
Quinn Mallory tried to invent an anti-gravity machine but came up with something totally different. Without knowing where his jump would end he jumps through a wormhole and ends up in his basement - right where he started. But he has soon to learn that this is not his basement - at least not his-his. After having successfully returned to his own reality he invites his professor for physics and his friend Wade for another trip...

My Opinion
I really liked the show until the season where the professor died and Wade disappeared. After that the show lost it's touch especially with the Kromaggs.

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