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Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai, a review by addicted2dvd

Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
East meets West in this hip-hop infused samurai-gangster pic in which Forest Whitaker plays a professional killer who goes by the name of Ghost Dog and who lives by the age-old code of the Samurai.

When Ghost Dog's code is dangerously betrayed by the dysfunctional mafia family that occasionally employs him, he must find a way to defend himself without breaking the code of the Samurai.

My Thoughts:
This was a good movie... had a very strong story. I will admit that it wasn't exactly as I expected... as I was expecting more sword play and martial arts.... but for the most part he used a gun for everything. Not that I am complaining... was a really good movie... was just expecting something different is all.

This is a movie that I got super cheap when the video store I worked for  went out of business. So I got it for like $3.00... and was definitely worth every cent at that price! This DVD has been sitting on my unwatched shelf for about 4 or 5 years now... Wish I would have watched it sooner.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs on December 22nd, 2007)

You Only Live Twice, a review by Tom

Title: You Only Live Twice
Year: 1967
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 112 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono, English: Dolby Digital Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: Danish, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

Stars:
Sean Connery
Akiko Wakabayashi
Mie Hama
Tetsuro Tamba
Teru Shimada


Extras:
Commentary
Featurettes
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailers

I enjoyed this one. Maybe because I became interested in Japanese culture and most of the movie is set in Japan.
I found it funny, that Bond was bragging about his language skills, but couldn't even pronounce Sayonara correctly
But even Sake was mispronounced. Why is it, that in English language movies, foreign words almost always get an English touch in the pronounciation?
Was it me, or did Connery fall back to his Scottish dialect for a line there? When he was talking with his "new wife".

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(From James Bond Marathon on February 23rd, 2009)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Rick

The Wild Bunch
My favorite episode so far! Comedy, drama, suspense and action all rolled up into one. It would have made a good 2 part story. They could have expanded a bit on the other dogs missing and how Diefenbaker and his gang got involved and decided to take down the dog-napping ring.
Rating

The Blue Line
Meh
Not good, not bad, just there. Good to see Ray with his car again, although it does take a beating. 
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(From "Due South" marathon on July 19th, 2009)