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The Spy Who Loved Me, a review by Tom

Title: The Spy Who Loved Me
Year: 1977
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 120 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: Danish, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Stars:
Roger Moore
Barbara Bach
Curd Jurgens
Richard Kiel
Caroline Munro


Extras:
Commentary
Featurettes
Photo Gallery
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

One of the first Bonds I have ever seen. Certainly the first one with Moore. It's one of my favorite Bond movies and my favorite Moore Bond.
I started watching Bond movies very late and as such gadgets is what I always associated with a good Bond movie. I really like the Lotus in this one.

I forgot that the walking through the desert scene parodied in Spaceballs comes from this movie.

Rating:

(From James Bond Marathon on March 30th, 2009)

Duplicity, a review by Dragonfire

I have liked many of the movies that Julia Roberts has been in.  I've also liked Clive Owen in several of his movies, so I decided to go see Duplicity when it came out.

Ray and Claire are former rival spies who now work for rival private companies.  Then Ray discovers that Claire is actually a mole at the other company working for the same company he is.  Their goal is to steal the idea for a hot new product before it is made public and patented.

I did enjoy Duplicity overall, though it was nothing like what I expected.  The previews made it look like it would more of a fun romantic thriller with a decent amount of comedy.  It wasn't.  There really isn't anything thrilling about what is going on, there is very little romance, and very little comedy.  The only mystery is tied to what the new product is.  Once it is shared what the product is, it makes sense that companies would want to be the first to get the product to stores.  There is a tiny bit of suspense in one or two scenes later in the movie and that is it.  The pace ended up being a lot slower than I expected which was disappointing.  The movie just wasn't as entertaining as I had hoped it would be given the cast.

Duplicity jumps around in time a lot, showing one event, jumping forward five years, jumping back several years, back to the present, and then back in time again.  This went on throughout the movie and will likely annoy some viewers.  Every time the movie jumped, it said when and where the scene was set, so it wasn't that hard to follow, but with the way the story was told, some things don't make any sense for a very long time, if at all. 

Clive and Julia were fine in their parts.  They did have a few entertaining scenes together.  There just weren't enough of those types of scenes.  Most of the other cast members, like Paul Giamatti, were wasted in their roles since they had so little to do.

This one is ok, but not that great.  Fans of the cast might find something to like, but many will be bugged by the way the story is told. 
This one is probably somewhere between  and  .  I felt like it was barely a 3 star movie for the rating at Epinions when I did my review there.

Duplicity

(From Duplicity on April 30th, 2009)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

The Tick: The Entire Series! (2001/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 201 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles:

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Plot:
In a world where criminals rule the streets, evil has finally met its match. There is a new protector of the weak and oppressed, the hilarious blue defender of goodness, known as... The Tick (Patrick Warburton, TV's "Seinfeld")! Together with his sidekick Arthur (David Burke, TV's "Party of Five") and their friends - the insatiable Batmanuel (Nestor Carbonell, TV's "Suddenly Susan") and the alluring Captain Liberty (Liz Vassey, TV's "Push Nevada") - these heroes will prove they are more than just big, dumb guys in silly-looking suits. Produced by Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black I & II) and Barry Josephson (Like Mike) and based on the hit comic book, this hysterical 2-disc-set contains nine episodes, spanning the entire series. So let this be a warning to naughty people everywhere, for you have met ... The Tick!


The Tick
Season 1.01 Pilot
Writer: Ben Edlund (Created By), Ben Edlund (Writer)
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: Patrick Warburton (The Tick), David Burke (Arthur), Liz Vassey (Captain Liberty), Nestor Carbonell (Batmanuel), William Newman (The Cape), Carrick O'Quinn (Red Scare), Brad Maynard (Jimmy Carter), Lisa Lu (Bartender), Jeff Doucette (Bus Driver), E. J. Callahan (Station Manager), Ray Xifo (Mr. Ferret), Adam Drescher (Salesman), Billy Beck (Octogenarian), Ahmad Stoner (Teenage Employee), Doug Motel (Comrade #1), Derek Mears (Comrade #2), Brian Turk (Comrade #3)

When I see Patrick Warburton in something, I will always think of him in the role of The Tick. He does a great job here. Sadly this series only lasted for six episodes.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on November 11th, 2012)