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Gangs Of New York, a review by Rich

Title: Gangs Of New York

Runtime:166
Certificate:18
Year:2002
Genres:Drama, Action, War

Plot:Martin Scorsese's GANGS OF NEW YORK introduces today's world to the Five Points, a dark corner of the city known to New Yorkers of long ago as the centre of vice and chaos.
Into this frontier of extreme lawlessness arrives the young Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio). Amsterdam is the orphaned son of the slain Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) - once chief warrior of the Dead Rabbits gang that rallied the Irish immigrants of the Five Points.
Amsterdam has returned to the Five Points to hunt down his father's killer. His target is William Cutting AKA "Bill the Butcher" (Daniel Day-Lewis), who has since become the merciless new leader of the neighbourhood, a Nativist who detests the newly arrived immigrants and is determined to fend off all so-called "foreign invaders".

My Review:
You would of hoped that a big movie like this which was condemned as being poor quality on dvd, would have been remastered for blu-ray. Sadly not, there is still problems with hues, ghosting and shadow on the edges of the picture, and it is very noticeable specifically in the big fight scenes. The audio is first-rate and really loud, had to turn amp way down more than usual.
For the film itself, it has many flaws of course most noticibly DiCrapio playing a hard Irish immigrant (   ) but it is a fun action and bloodthirsty tale, with Daniel Day Lewis playing a wonderful role, and it is one of my guilty pleasures.


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

Dave, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Dave
Year: 1993
Director: Ivan Reitman
Rating: PG-13
Length: 110 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Kevin Kline
Sigourney Weaver
Frank Langella (1938)
Kevin Dunn
Ving Rhames

Plot:
Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver star in this box-office winner about an uncanny Presidential lookalike recruited as a momentary stand-in for America's Chief Executive. However, things don't turn out exactly as planned and Dave finds himself continuing the masquerade indefinitely.

Ivan Reitman (Ghostbusters) directs and supporting players Frank Langella, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley and Charles Grodin supply more reasons to stand up and cheer. Real-life Washington politicos and pundits join the fun as Dave uses ordinary-guy savvy to deal with the extraordinary responsibilities of the Oval Office.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes
Closed Captioned


Charming political comedy about a presidential look-a-like who is pressed into taking on the role for real on an ongoing basis.

Outstanding cast with Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Charles Grodin, Ving Rhames, Laura Linney, Ben Kingsley and a gaggle of both political and celebrity cameos. The ending was predictable but it was still a great feel good movie.

I very much want to find myself attracted to Sigourney Weaver but I just can't get myself there. I admire her acting chops and some of the great performances she has had in her career but she has a hard, no nonsense edge about her that strips away the sex appeal. The only movie that I felt she pulled off sexy in was the comedy Heartbreakers where she played a gold digging, vampy con artist and I loved it!  She is probably now past those kind of roles at her age but I wish I had seen more of that from her earlier in her career.

KC

Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on October 9th, 2010)

NCIS Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

9. FRAME-UP
Tony is accused of murder and the NCIS team must rally to clear his name.

My Thoughts:
This is an excellent episode. One of my favorites of the entire series. They really had Tony framed good... and I love who it was that was doing the framing.

My Rating:

10. PROBIE
While on assignment, McGee kills an undercover police officer. Shepard allows the police to run their own investigation, which pushes Gibbs' relationship with his former girlfriend to the limit.

My Thoughts:
Another good episode. This time it is McGee that is in trouble.

My Rating:

11. MODEL BEHAVIOR
A supermodel is murdered while filming a reality TV show, and now Gibbs and his team must separate fact from fiction.

My Thoughts:
This is a fun episode. I really got a kick out of Gibbs trying to handle the press. He is good with cases.... but definitely not good with public relations!

My Rating:


12. BOXED IN
Tony and Ziva disappear while investigating a shipyard for smuggled weapons and it's up to NCIS to find them.

My Thoughts:
Another one that I enjoyed.  As I said before... Tony and Ziva has such good chemestry together. So them two trapped in a shipping container together for pretty much the entire episode was a lot of fun to watch. And I had to laugh at Ziva having to rush off to the ladies room once released.

My Rating:

(From NCIS Marathon on December 13th, 2009)