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The Final Countdown, a review by Tom

The Final Countdown (1980/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Blue Underground (United States) Director: Don Taylor Writing: Thomas Hunter (Story By), Peter Powell (Story By), David Ambrose (Story By), David Ambrose (Screenwriter), Gerry Davis (Screenwriter), Thomas Hunter (Screenwriter), Peter Powell (Screenwriter) Length: 103 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: Dolby Digital EX 5.1 (Matrixed 6.1), English: DTS ES 5.1 (Matrixed 6.1), English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Kirk Douglas as Capt. Matthew Yelland
Martin Sheen as Warren Lasky
Katharine Ross as Laurel Scott
James Farentino as Cdr. Richard Owens / Mr. Tideman
Ron O'Neal as Cdr. Dan Thurman

Plot:
The time is now. The place is aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz, America's mightiest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier on maneuvers in the Pacific Ocean. Suddenly, a freak electrical storm engulfs the ship and triggers the impossible: The Nimitz is hurtled back in time to December 6, 1941, mere hours before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As the enemy fleet speeds towards Hawaii, the warship's Captain (Kirk Douglas), a Defense Department expert (Martin Sheen), a maverick Air Wing Commander (James Farentino) and a desperate Senator in the Roosevelt administration (Charles Durning) must choose between the unthinkable. Do they allow the Japanese to complete their murderous invasion or launch a massive counter-strike that will forever change the course of history?

Katharine Ross and Ron O'Neal co-star in this spellbinding sci-fi action hit filmed on location aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz with the full participation of the U.S. Navy and the ship's crew. Blue Underground is proud to present THE FINAL COUNTDOWN with an all-new THX-Certified High-Definition Transfer from the original camera negative with remixed 6.1 DTS-ES and 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround EX Soundtracks for the ultimate in explosive home theater excitement.

Awards:
Nominated:

Saturn (1980)		Best Actor (Kirk Douglas)
Saturn (1980)		Best Science Fiction Film

Extras:

• Closed Captioned
• Commentary
• DVD-ROM Content
• Interviews
• Photo Gallery
• Production Notes
• Scene Access
• THX certified
• Trailers

Well executed time-travel movie which deals with the question, if they should interfere with history or not when given the chance. And typical: They lost quite a few crew members but only think of the commander in the end, when they only believe they have lost him. What about the other casualities?

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on January 6th, 2008)

Trust the Man, a review by Rich

Trust the Man



In the great tradition of witty New York romantic comedies, David Duchovny and Julianne Moore star in this "sexy and sophisticated" (KBWB-TV) ensemble film about life, love and laughter in the big city. Overachieving actress, Rebecca (Moore), must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad, Tom (Duchovny). While Rebecca's slacker brother, Tobey (Billy Crudup), can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, Elaine (Maggie Gyllenhaal). As both relationships spin out of control, the two couples embark on a hilarious quest to rediscover the magic and romance of falling in love in New York.

Dire romcom of the worst order, ending up not being funny or romantic.
The majority of cast look like they have sussed how crap the script is, and want a hasty exit from this disaster, and there is not one performance of note. There is no characterisation, after an hour and a half I do not know or understand any of the 4 main leads anymore than I did during the opening credits, and there is not an ounce of chemistry between any personalities. The direction is desperate, whenever the movie tried to be serious it felt forced and false, when it was attempting to be romantic it felt pretentious.
Mediocre and rightly overlooked.
 

**Eva Mendes mini-marathon


(From Riches Random Reviews on August 3rd, 2009)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

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Bottle Fairy: Volume 2: Autumn and Winter (2003/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 89 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
As they continue their studies into human society, our four fairies learn about the meaning behind holidays like New Year's and Valentine's Day. They're also schooled on the all-important subject of sports. With this much knowledge and perseverance they should definitely be able to become human! But with a strange education like this - reading, writing and 'rithmatic doesn't seem to be part of their curriculum - what sort of humans will they turn out to be?


Bottle Fairy
Season 1.13 And Then
Writer: Yuiko Tokumi (Original Material By), Hideki Shirane (Screenwriter)
Director: Yoshiaki Iwasaki
Cast: Nana Mizuki (Kururu), Kaori Nazuka (Chiriri), Yui Horie (Sarara), Ai Nonaka (Hororo), Kisho Taniyama (Sensei San), Haruko Momoi (Tama Chan), Yugo Takahashi (Announcement on the Train), Keiji Okuda (Old Man on the Train), Megumi Nasu (Student), Asami Imai (Fossil Excavation Club Leader), Makiko Ohmoto (Baseball Club Manager), Chie Nakamura (Scout), Ken Takeuchi (Fan A), Yukimasa Obi (Fan B), , Mia Bradly (Chiriri), Jennifer Sekiguchi (Hororo), Mari Daniel (Kururu), Vicky Green (Sarara), Yuri Lowenthal (Sensei-san), Riva West (Tama-chan), Amie Hill (Student), Amie Hill (Baseball Club Manager), Amie Hill (Talent Scout), Sabrina Weisz (Fossil Excavation Club Leader)

The first twelve episodes was teaching the four bottle fairies about Japanese customs. One for each month. This last episode has the bottle fairies being transformed into a human girl with the character traits of all four. A nice episode, but they could have done more with the idea.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on February 17th, 2013)