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It's a Wonderful Afterlife, a review by Tom

It's a Wonderful Afterlife (2010/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia Icon Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Gurinder Chadha Writing: Gurinder Chadha (Writer), Paul Mayeda Berges (Writer) Length: 96 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Shabana Azmi
Sendhil Ramamurthy as D S Murphy
Goldy Notay
Sally Hawkins
Jimi Mistry

Plot:
My Big Fat Greek Wedding meets Shaun of the Dead in this fun, heart-warming comedy about a mother whose match making efforts turn deadly when she tries to marry off her daughter Roopi (Goldy Nolay, Sex and the City 2).

A frighteningly feel-good comedy romp from the director of Bend It Like Beckham. Starring Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes), Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky), Jimi Mistry (East is East), Mark Addy (The Full Monty) and Shabana Azmi (Fire, Godmother, Arth).

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Interviews
• Scene Access
• Trailers

From the director of "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Bride & Prejudice". I didn't enjoy this one as much as those two. Nice idea and some fun scenes but overall they could have done more out of this. I wonder if the idea of the ghosts is taken from "Stardust". They have a similar look to them.
The movie stars the Indian guy from Heroes. I never really liked him on Heroes but here he was okay. Sally Hawkins also has fun supporting roles as one of the main character's best friend who just came from a vacation in India and now thinks she is Indian.
There was also a guy who I thought sounded and looked like the guy from "Ella Enchanted" who was trapped in a book. And it was him.
The mother who is doing the killings is played by an actress who I know from a few Bollywood movies. For example was she the star in "Fire", the only lesbian Indian movie I know of.

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(From Tom's Random Reviews on March 18th, 2011)

Bait Shop, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Bait Shop
Year: 2008
Director: CB Harding
Rating: PG
Length: 86 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Bill Engvall
Jim Coleman
Mary Rachel Dudley
Wilbur Houston
Richard Riehle

Plot:
SOMETHING FISHY IS HAPPENING at Bill's Bait Shop. Forced to come up with $15,000 or else witness his small-town bait shop become the one that got away, Bill (Bill Engvall) must rely on a comedic cast of friends and family to hook the "the big one." Putting his reel skill to the test, Bill enters the annual Bass Tournament against rival bait shop owner Hot Rod Johnson (Billy Ray Cyrus), who's determined to put his money where his large mouth is. It's Bill's last chance to prove that in this pond called life, he's still the big fish.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers


Piss poor comedy full of drab, phony performances. Even the fish looked fake. I always thought Bill Engvall was one of the funnier ones of the redneck goofs but his on stage comedy just doesn't translate to movies.

Billy Ray Cyrus, mullet and all, was extremely annoying. 

KC

Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on September 26th, 2010)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

7.01 Lessons
Writer: Joss Whedon (Screenwriter)
Director: David Solomon
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Alyson Hannigan (Willow), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Alex Breckenridge (Kit Holburn), Kali Rocha (Halfrek), DB Woodside (Principal Wood), Mark Metcalf (The Master), Juliet Landau (Drusilla), Harry Groener (Mayor Wilkins), George Hertzberg (Adam), Clare Kramer (Glory), Adam Busch (Warren), David Zepeda (Carlos), Jeremy Howard (Dead Nerd), Ken Strunk (Dead Janitor), Rachael Bella (Dead Girl), Ed F. Martin (Teacher), Simon Chernin (Student), Jeff Denton (Vampire)

A nice enough start to a new season. I especially enjoyed the ending where we get the chance again to see all of the old dead big bads of the series.

Rating:



7.02 Beneath You
Writer: Douglas Petrie (Screenwriter)
Director: Nick Marck
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Alyson Hannigan (Willow), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Kaarina Aufranc (Nancy), DB Woodside (Principal Wood), Tess Hall (Punk Girl), Benita Krista Nall (Young Woman), Jack Sundmacher (Ronnie)

A rather average episode with some good moments.

Rating:



7.03 Same Time, Same Place
Writer: Jane Espenson (Screenwriter)
Director: James A. Contner
Cast



7.04 Help
Writer: Rebecca Rand Kirshner (Screenwriter)
Director: Rick Rosenthal
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Alyson Hannigan (Willow), Azura Skye (Cassie Newton), Zachery Bryan (Peter), Glenn Morshower (Mr. Newton), Rick Gonzalez (Thomas), Kevin Christy (Josh), Sarah Hagan (Amanda), Beth Skipp (Lulu), Anthony Harrell (Matthew), Jarrett Lennon (Martin Wilder), DB Woodside (Principal Wood), J Barton (Mike Helgenberg), Daniel Dehring (Red Robed #1), AJ Wedding (Red Robed #2), Marcie Lynn Ross (Dead Woman)

An okay episode. Nothing special.

Rating:

(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on February 19th, 2011)