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Cinderella II: Dreams Come True, a review by Tom

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2005/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (United Kingdom) Director: John Kafka Writing: Jill Blotevogel (Screenwriter), Tom Rogers (Screenwriter), Jule Selbo (Screenwriter), Tom Rogers (Screenwriter), Tom Rogers (Screenwriter), Tom Rogers (Screenwriter) Length: 73 min. Video: Widescreen 1.66 Audio: Subtitles:

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Stars:
Jennifer Hale as Cinderella (voice)
Rob Paulsen as Jaq/Grand Duke/the Baker/Sir Hugh/Bert/Flower Vendor (voice)
Corey Burton as Gus/Mert/Stable Hand (voice)
Andre Stojka as The King (voice)
Russi Taylor as Fairy Godmother/Drizella/Mary Mouse/Beatrice (voice)

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers

I enjoyed this direct-to-video sequel more than the original movie. Mainly because Cinderella gets more focus. There are three separate stories in this movie. I liked the first one. It deals with Cinderella's first few days in the castle after her honeymoon. The second story is again too much about the animals (especially one of the mice). The third story is okay again though. It is about Cinderella helping one of her stepsister getting a man.

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(From Tom's Cinderella/Snow White/Sleeping Beauty Movie Marathon on November 30th, 2012)

Lone Star State Of Mind, a review by KinkyCyborg

Lone Star State Of Mind



Title:Lone Star State of Mind
Year: 2002
Director: David Semel
Rating: PG-13
Length: 88 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

Stars:
Joshua Jackson
James King
Matthew Davis
Ryan Hurst
John Mellencamp

Plot:
Joshua Jackson (The Skulls, TV's "Dawson's Creek") and Jamie King (Pearl Harbor) star in a hysterically rowdy look at small-town life and big-time trouble... deep in the heart of Texas. Also starring DJ Qualls (The New Guy, Road Trip), Matthew Davis (Blue Crush), Ryan Hurst (We Were Soldiers, Remember the Titans) and recording artist John Mellencamp (Falling From Grace).

With a couple grand in the bank and a dream in their hearts, Earl Crest (Jackson) and his girlfriend Baby (King) plan their escape to Los Angeles from their hometown of Bennett, Texas. But a dim-witted cousin (Qualls), an ex-con and an angry drug lord threaten to derail their plans. Now, with just 48 hours to straighten things out, Earl finds himself in the middle of a mess - bigger than the entire state of Texas!

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned


Here's another I got of SwitchPlanet that I had little expectations from but it turned out to be a hilarious comedy about small town living.

Bennett, Texas sets the scene of a young couple, Earl & Baby played by Joshua Jackson & Jamie King who dream of getting out of the dead-end town and head for Los Angeles. A series of unfortunate but uproarious events threaten to delay their departure.

While this does get to be a little too silly near the end, there are many laugh out loud moments that more than make up for it. Dj Qualls & Ryan Hurst as the ex-con Tinker are comic genius as the conniving dimwits who stir up trouble for everyone. I've yet to watch a comedy with DJ Qualls that he didn't make me laugh. Ryan Hurst, whom I've never heard of, is way over the top but in all the right ways, stealing scene after scene.

Some interesting bit parts for both John Cougar Mellencamp and Thomas Hayden Church as well round out a great cast.

For a movie I knew little about I was pleasantly surprised as this movie will get more viewings down the road I'm sure. 

KC


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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2011 on April 14th, 2011)

Smallville: The Complete First Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Smallville: The Complete First Season IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer/Intro | Between the boy Clark Kent thought he was and the man he is destined to become lie the compelling stories of Smallville, the popular action series that reimagines the Superman saga from its roots. All 21 Season One episodes are in this collector's set powered with spellbinding Extra Features. Watch. Wonder. Enjoy. A Legend grows up in Smallville. Episodes: 1. Pilot 2. Metamorphosis 3. Hothead 4. X-Ray 5. Cool 6. Hourglass 7. Craving 8. Jitters 9. Rogue 10. Shimmer 11. Hug 12. Leech 13. Kinetic 14. Zero 15. Nicodemus 16. Stray 17. Reaper 18. Drone 19. Crush 20. Obscura 21. Tempest

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Stars:
Tom Welling as Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor
Eric Johnson as Whitney Fordman
Sam Jones III as Pete Ross
Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan

A couple days ago the mood hit for me to watch some Smallville again. So I pulled out the first season set. Watched the entire set in 2 days! Now does that mean I will watch the entire series again... I don't know... after all there is 10 seasons.  But I did already start the second season. I must say I enjoyed revisiting the first season episodes again. The entire cast looks so young! But that is to be expected from a series that lasted so long. Chloe remains my favorite character. But they are all good. I really didn't care for the portrayal of Lex Luthor early in the series.... don't know why, just expected something different I guess. But he quickly grew on me. A very good start to an excellent series!



(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on July 31st, 2013)