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Black X-Mas, a review by addicted2dvd

Black X-Mas (2006)
THE HORROR CLASSIC 'BLACK CHRISTMAS', which spawned a wave of hit slasher films, is re-imagined for a new generation of fans in this terrifying remake. A group of sorority sisters, snowed in over the holiday break, tried desperately to survive the night as a relentless killer terrorizes and murders them, one by one. Featuring an old-school slasher story, the modern horror touch of director Glen Morgan (writer/producer, 'Final Destination') and a cast of today's hottest stars, including Michelle Trachtenberg ('Eurotrip'), Lacey Chabert ('Mean Girls'), Katie Cassidy ('When a Stranger Calls'), and Mary Elizabeth Winstead ('Grindhouse'), 'Black Christmas' is a thrilling, blood-soaked screamfest.

My Thoughts:
I never had the opportunity to see the original Black Christmas... but I definitely want to. As for this movie... It is pretty good... I did enjoy it... but it isn't the best I ever seen. I would even say it goes too far in some instances. I don't particularly care for incest storylines... but that is just me... not my type of entertainment. It also has a pretty good amount of gore. I don't mind the gore... but is not something I go looking for in movies. This movie does seem to lag for me towards the end... goes on a little longer then I think it needed to.



(From 25 Days of Christmas on December 11th, 2008)

Summer Wars, a review by dfmorgan

Summer Wars

Part of

Summer Wars / The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Year: 2009
Director: Mamoru Hosoda
Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nanami Sakuraba, Mitsuki Tanimura
Overview: Kenji is your typical teenage misfit. He's good at math, bad with girls, and spends most of histime hanging out in the all-powerful, online community known as OZ. His second life is the only life he has until the girl of his dreams, Natsuki, hijacks him for a starring role as a fake fiance at her family reunion. Things only get stranger from there. A late-night email containing a cryptic mathematic riddle leads to the unleashing of a rogue AI intent on using the virtual world of OZ to destroy the real world, literally. As Armageddon looms on the horizon, Kenji and his new family set aside their differences and band together to save the worlds they inhabit in this "near-perfect blend of social satire and science fiction". AinItCoolNews

Watched: 2nd Apr. 2011
My Thoughts: A lovely enjoyable romp. A bright and colourful update to the premise of Wargames. This time a malevolent AI is loose in the cyber-world of OZ and because practically everything in the world is run through OZ accounts the whole world is in danger.

My Rating: A thouroughly enjoyable 4

ETA: Part of

(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on April 3rd, 2011)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: Taxi: Season Four
Year: 1981
Director:
Rating: NR
Length: 581 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles:

Stars:
Judd Hirsch
Tony Danza
Marilu Henner
Danny DeVito
Christopher Lloyd

Plot:
Ready to roll once again with the friendly, fun-loving cabbies of the Emmy Award winning, hit sitcom Taxi? Well, then buckle up for hilarity because the gang of the Sunshine Cab Company are out to exceed the limits of comedy in this Fourth Season set! First, Jim (Christopher Llyod) might not be firing on all cylinders, but his amazing psychic abilities are....then, Elaine (Marilu Henner) blows a gasket when she catches Louie (Danny DeVito) spying on her in the garage bathroom....Tony (Tony Danza), meanwhile, appears back on the fast track to boxing fame...Bobby (Jeff Conaway) hits town with some big career news... Alex has outrageous run-ins with both his estranged father and his ex-wife....and Latka (Andy Kaufman) may actually marry Simka (Carol Kane) - If his suave alter-ego Vic Ferrari doesn't accidentally get in the way. It's 24 episodes of non-stop, high-octane hilarity in one three-disc, must-own collection!

Awards:

Golden Globe	1980	Nominated	Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series	Judd Hirsch
Golden Globe	1981	Nominated	Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series	Judd Hirsch
Golden Globe	1982	Nominated	Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series	Judd Hirsch
Golden Globe	1980	Nominated	Actor in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Andy Kaufman
Golden Globe	1980	Nominated	Actor in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Danny DeVito
Golden Globe	1981	Nominated	Actor in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Danny DeVito
Golden Globe	1980	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Marilu Henner
Golden Globe	1981	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Marilu Henner
Golden Globe	1982	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Carol Kane
Golden Globe	1982	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Marilu Henner
Golden Globe	1980	Won	Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe	1981	Nominated	Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe	1982	Nominated	Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe	1983	Nominated	Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Scene Access

I heard about this series often, but I became really interested to watch it, after I had seen the Jim Carrey movie "Man on the Moon" for the first time.
It's main star is Judd Hirsch, who I mainly know as Jeff Goldblum's father in Independence Day. But the man who carries this series, is Danny DeVito. This role made him famous, and that deservingly so.
Also Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future) is great as the ex-Junkie Jim.
The reason I first started watching this series was, because I was curious about Andy Kaufman's role in it. You can clearly see, that both he and the rest of the cast are not really happy to have his character there. He is just there because of the studio and because of the popularity of his character with the audience. I can imagine that this was the main inspiration of Ricky Gervais' character's sitcom role in the second series of "Extras".
To have Andy Kaufman do something different than his "Foreign Man" persona, they gave his character a split personality this season. This gave him the chance to be "Vic Ferrari" in a few episodes. Strangely this character fits more into the series than Latka.

Notable guest stars in this season:
A young Tom Hanks in a small role in a flashback scene.
Max Wright (Willy Tanner from ALF)
Rhea Perlman (Carla from Cheers, she plays Danny DeVito's character's girlfriend. She is his wife in real life)
Ted Danson
Carol Kane (as Latkas girlfriend/wife. For me she will always the be the toaster-swinging Ghost of Christmas Present in Bill Murrey's Scrooged)
Bubba Smith (Hightower from Police Academy)
Jeff Conaway (Babylon 5. He was a regular the previous seasons but left the cast now. He made a few guest appearances early in the season).

#	Episode	Rating
01	Jim The Psycic
02	Vienna Waits
03	Mr. Personalities
04	Jim Joins The Network
05	Louie's Fling
06	Like Father, Like Son
07	Louie's Mom Remarries
08	Fledgling
09	Of Mice and Tony
10	Louie Goes Too Far
11	I Wanna Be Around
12	Bobby Doesn't Live Here Anymore
13	Nina Loves Alex
14	Tony's Lady
15	Simka Returns
16	Jim and the Kid
17	Take My Ex-Wife, Please
18	The Unkindest Cut
19	Tony's Comeback
20	Elegant Iggy
21	The Wedding of Latka and Simka
22	Cooking For Two
23	The Road Not Taken (Part 1)
24	The Road Not Taken (Part 2)

(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 16th, 2010)