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Day Watch, a review by Tom

Title: Day Watch
Year: 2006
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Rating: 15
Length: 146 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.35
Audio: Russian: Dolby Digital TrueHD, Russian: DTS 5.1, English: DTS 5.1, French: DTS 5.1, German: DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish

Stars:
Konstantin Khabensky
Maria Poroshina
Vladimir Menshov
Galina Tyunina
Victor Verzhbitsky

Plot:
Only one thing stands between peace and Armageddon: the supernatural agents of Day Watch, who fight to control the armies of light and darkness.

Like The Matrix Day Watch combines cutting-edge digital effects and mind-blowing action to create a stunningly original world, taking you on an even wilder ride with more intense thrills and incredible effects.

Awards:

European Film Awards	2005	Nominated		Timur Bekmambetov
Saturn	2007	Nominated	Best International Film

Extras:
Featurettes
Scene Access
Trailers

This is the sequel to Night Watch. A little confusing at times. Especially the beginning. It gets better toward the end, but for some reason I never really warmed up to this movie. Also I am unsure if I like the end:

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 31st, 2009)

The Soloist, a review by Rich

The Soloist





True story, a very interesting and unique story, but unfortunately delivered to probably only half of its potential. What a shame given the acting talent available, although I am not blaming them. Downey Jr has been a revelation in the last few flicks I've seen him in, but here he is wasted.
This disappointment in the film is heightened after watching the extras, which interviews the real life characters, who are wholly more interesting than their celluloid doubles.
This isn't to say the film is awful, it truly isn't. It was enjoyable, enlightening, moving, uplifting and tragic rolled into one. There are scenes that will stay with me, moments of wonder, musical genius, the harsh difference between have and have nots.
This should have been so much more.
 


**Catherine Keener mini-marathon


(From Riches Random Reviews on August 30th, 2009)

Friday Night Lights, a review by DJ Doena

Friday Night Lights @ Wikipedia

Friday Night Lights @ IMDb

I have now watched 4 seasons of the show and I still have no clue what football is about. For me, it will always be the sport where one guy runs backwards, then throws the ball forwards and afterwards everyone is discussing their next move for 10 minutes.

But even though Friday Night Lights is all about (high school) football, it's not about football at all.

You know these teen drama shows that all start out in high school and become somewhat to totally unrealistic when the people are leaving for college?

This show is not that. Here, when high school ends most of them actually move on and leave the show and they are replaced by new characters. Not new characters that are copies of the old ones but actually new characters with new problems.

On the one hand that is great because it allows these characters to develop. On the other hand it's really sad to see them go one by one: Jason, 'Smash', Tyra, Matt, Tim and now Landry.

By the end of the first episode of the fifth season all the characters from the pilot are gone - except the adults and Coach Taylor's daughter Julie but she is soon off to college as well.

So, what's the show about? Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler: Early Edition) moves with his wife (Connie Britton: Nashville) and daughter (Aimee Teegarden: Star-Crossed) to the fictional town of Dillon, Texas to coach their high school football team, the Dillon Panthers. But soon these players become like their own children to them and they live with them to all kinds of ups and highs.

So, even if you don't care for football at all (like me), check out this show from which some people emerged you only heard later from: Scott Porter (Hart of Dixie), Taylor Kitsch (John Carter), Adrianne Palicki (Red Dawn).

I just hope some of them come back for the finale.




(From Friday Night Lights on May 24th, 2014)