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Kindergarten Cop, a review by Tom

Title: Kindergarten Cop
Year: 1990
Director: Ivan Reitman
Rating: PG-13
Length: 111 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround , French: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Penelope Ann Miller
Pamela Reed
Linda Hunt
Richard Tyson

Plot:
A tough undercover cop (Arnold Schwarzenegger) learns more than he bargained for when he poses as a teacher to a class of unruly kids.

Extras:
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

Haven't seen this one for years. Decent enough comedy as far as a movie about 5 year old kids is concerned.

Rating:

(From Arnold Schwarzenegger: Comedy Favorites Collection on September 14th, 2008)

Batman & Robin, a review by Tom

Batman & Robin (1997/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United Kingdom) Director: Joel Schumacher Writing: Bob Kane (Original Characters By), Akiva Goldsman (Writer) Length: 125 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Catalonian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Catalonian, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

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Stars:
Jeep Swenson as Bane
Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze/Dr. Victor Fries
George Clooney as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Chris O'Donnell as Robin/Dick Grayson
Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy/Dr. Pamela Isley

Plot:
Chills And Thrills:Will Gotham City Be Put On Ice? George Clooney Is Batman As The Dark Night Battles His Greatest Threat Yet:Cold-Hearted Mr.Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger) And Venomous Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman). Batman Has More Than Gotham City To Protect:The Youthful Eagerness Of Crimefighting Comrades Robin (Chris O'Donnell) And Batgirl (Alicia Silverstone) Puts Them Frequently In Harms Way. New Very Special Effects Include A Wild Sky-Surfing Sequence And Freeze's Outrageous Ice-Blasting Arsenal. It's State-Of-The-Art Excitement From Our Batamily To Yours!.

Awards:
Won:

ASCAP Awards (1998)		Top Box Office Films (Elliot Goldenthal)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1998)		Favorite Actress - Sci-Fi (Uma Thurman)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1998)		Favorite Supporting Actor - Sci-Fi (Chris O'Donnell)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Supporting Actress (Alicia Silverstone)

Nominated:

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1998)		Favorite Supporting Actor - Sci-Fi (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (1998)		Favorite Supporting Actress - Sci-Fi (Alicia Silverstone)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Director (Joel Schumacher)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Picture
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Reckless Disregard for Human Life and Public Property
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Remake or Sequel
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Screen Couple (George Clooney & Chris O'Donnell)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Screenplay (Akiva Goldsman)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Song ("The End is The Beginning is The End": Billy Corgan)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Supporting Actor (Arnold Schwarzenegger)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Supporting Actor (Chris O'Donnell)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1997)		Worst Supporting Actress (Uma Thurman)
Saturn (1997)		Best Costumes (Ingrid Ferrin, Robert Turturice)
Saturn (1997)		Best Fantasy Film
Saturn (1997)		Best Makeup (Ve Neill, Jeff Dawn)

Extras:

• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Trailers

I treaded watching it, but I had to finish off my new Batman boxset. If you do not consider this movie part of the previous Batman movies, but as a movie version of the old Batman series from the 60s, you may find some enjoyment in it.
The acting is bad, especially by Uma Thurman. George Clooney is an okay Batman, but all the brooding is gone from Bruce Wayne. This is not a Dark Knight.
The use of Batgirl feels forced in. Nothing against Alicia Silverstone, but she didn't fit here.
There are also some little things which bother me. Like why is the new Batmobile with an open driver's seat, when Batman would have been killed in all the previous movies, if it were for the protected drivers seat? Further proof that it takes the old TV series as a guideline.


Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on December 5th, 2011)

Angel Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Cordelia was sucked into the home dimension of Lorne's, to Pylea. Humans are being held as slaves there and are the lowest of all creatures. Cordelia also finds herself in the position of being sold as a slave. But Angel and the gang find a way to Pylea but they can't be of any real help to her.

My Opinion: Interesting change. Nature and daylight. Definitively different than the usual metropolis and night. And Cordelia as a princess, that has to get funny.

Synopsis: The group gets more or less voluntarily separated, after the princess has annulled the death sentences. Lorne and Angel are going to Lorne's village and Gunn and Wesley can escape though a tunnel. Only Cordelia has to stay behind to fulfill her role as princess.

My Opinion: There was no doubt that the young girl would be Winifred "Fred", but Angel as a full-grown demon was really cool. IMHO, to kill Lorne was a bad idea.

Synopsis: Lorne isn't as dead as it looked like. However the entire gang is in mortal danger because killers were sent after them and Cordelia will also die if the high priest wishes it.

My Opinion: That's the main advantage of watching-TV-shows-on-DVD, you don't have to wait another week to see how it continues. I really liked this three-parter because it really was a change, in matters of story as well as location. But the moment Angel walked happily into the hotel I knew they would bring the end of the fifth season of "Buffy" into it.

The Season - My Opinion: I liked this season way better than the first one. It wasn't what I expected but maybe that's the reason. Maybe I was to hard in my evaluation of the first because I compared it to much to a "Buffy" season.

(From Angel Marathon on February 17th, 2008)