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Kart Racer, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Kart Racer
Year: 2003
Director: Stuart Gillard
Rating: PG
Length: 93 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Johnny Griffin
Randy Quaid
Will Rothhaar
Jordan Conti
Steve Adams

Plot:
Strap on your seatbelt for one thrilling ride! Randy Quaid ('Independence Day') and Will Rothhaar ('Hearts in Atlantis') star in this triumphant tale of a working-class kid with an appetite for acceleration, a knack for trouble and the dream of being a champion!

Fledgling speed demon Watts Davies (Rothhaar) has always dreamed of competing in the high-adrenaline world of kart racing, but so far, the only speed record he's set is for scrapes with the law. His only hope for racing glory lies with his father (Quaid), whose own passion for the sport stalled after the death of Watts' mom. With an International Karting Federation heat fast approaching, Watts must find a way to get his dad on board to strive for victory...in record time!

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Closed Captioned
introduction to the film by Jeff Gordon


Days Of Thunder Jr. 

A family movie that is more of a promotional tool for NASCAR complete with an introduction from Jeff Gordon. It was decent with an inside look into the world of Go Cart racing. I thought Randy Quaid gave an excellent performance as the bitter father, still torn over the death of his wife who finally sees promise in his young son who only wants to follow in his fathers footsteps. I think it was the uniqueness of the role for him as we are used to seeing him in the zany comedies or as the psychopath criminal. He must have a passion for stock car racing given his role in the aforementioned Days Of Thunder and now this.

Worth a watch, but once is enough.

KC

Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on September 5th, 2010)

Dance of the Vampires, a review by Tom

Dance of the Vampires (1967/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (Germany) Director: Roman Polanski Writing: Gerard Brach (Story By), Roman Polanski (Story By), Gerard Brach (Screenwriter), Roman Polanski (Screenwriter) Length: 103 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1, German: Dolby Digital 1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles: English, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish

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Stars:
Jack MacGowran as Professor Abronsius
Roman Polanski as Alfred, his Assistant
Alfie Bass as Shagal, an Innkeeper
Jessie Robins as Rebecca, his Wife
Sharon Tate as Sarah, their Daughter

Plot:
A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

Extras:

• Featurettes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

I recently saw the stage musical "Tanz der Vampire" (one of the most successful German-language musicals), which is based on this movie. I really enjoyed that musical and even bought the CD. Now, of course, I was also curious to see the movie which served as the source of the plot. I have to admit it was strange for me to see the same story not sung
Even though I enjoyed this comedy. I was a little surprised by this because of the age of it. I thought it would be dated but it still hold up great.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on April 28th, 2011)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: Taxi: Season Four
Year: 1981
Director:
Rating: NR
Length: 581 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles:

Stars:
Judd Hirsch
Tony Danza
Marilu Henner
Danny DeVito
Christopher Lloyd

Plot:
Ready to roll once again with the friendly, fun-loving cabbies of the Emmy Award winning, hit sitcom Taxi? Well, then buckle up for hilarity because the gang of the Sunshine Cab Company are out to exceed the limits of comedy in this Fourth Season set! First, Jim (Christopher Llyod) might not be firing on all cylinders, but his amazing psychic abilities are....then, Elaine (Marilu Henner) blows a gasket when she catches Louie (Danny DeVito) spying on her in the garage bathroom....Tony (Tony Danza), meanwhile, appears back on the fast track to boxing fame...Bobby (Jeff Conaway) hits town with some big career news... Alex has outrageous run-ins with both his estranged father and his ex-wife....and Latka (Andy Kaufman) may actually marry Simka (Carol Kane) - If his suave alter-ego Vic Ferrari doesn't accidentally get in the way. It's 24 episodes of non-stop, high-octane hilarity in one three-disc, must-own collection!

Awards:

Golden Globe	1980	Nominated	Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series	Judd Hirsch
Golden Globe	1981	Nominated	Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series	Judd Hirsch
Golden Globe	1982	Nominated	Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy Series	Judd Hirsch
Golden Globe	1980	Nominated	Actor in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Andy Kaufman
Golden Globe	1980	Nominated	Actor in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Danny DeVito
Golden Globe	1981	Nominated	Actor in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Danny DeVito
Golden Globe	1980	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Marilu Henner
Golden Globe	1981	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Marilu Henner
Golden Globe	1982	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Carol Kane
Golden Globe	1982	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role - Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie	Marilu Henner
Golden Globe	1980	Won	Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe	1981	Nominated	Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe	1982	Nominated	Television Series - Musical or Comedy
Golden Globe	1983	Nominated	Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Scene Access

I heard about this series often, but I became really interested to watch it, after I had seen the Jim Carrey movie "Man on the Moon" for the first time.
It's main star is Judd Hirsch, who I mainly know as Jeff Goldblum's father in Independence Day. But the man who carries this series, is Danny DeVito. This role made him famous, and that deservingly so.
Also Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future) is great as the ex-Junkie Jim.
The reason I first started watching this series was, because I was curious about Andy Kaufman's role in it. You can clearly see, that both he and the rest of the cast are not really happy to have his character there. He is just there because of the studio and because of the popularity of his character with the audience. I can imagine that this was the main inspiration of Ricky Gervais' character's sitcom role in the second series of "Extras".
To have Andy Kaufman do something different than his "Foreign Man" persona, they gave his character a split personality this season. This gave him the chance to be "Vic Ferrari" in a few episodes. Strangely this character fits more into the series than Latka.

Notable guest stars in this season:
A young Tom Hanks in a small role in a flashback scene.
Max Wright (Willy Tanner from ALF)
Rhea Perlman (Carla from Cheers, she plays Danny DeVito's character's girlfriend. She is his wife in real life)
Ted Danson
Carol Kane (as Latkas girlfriend/wife. For me she will always the be the toaster-swinging Ghost of Christmas Present in Bill Murrey's Scrooged)
Bubba Smith (Hightower from Police Academy)
Jeff Conaway (Babylon 5. He was a regular the previous seasons but left the cast now. He made a few guest appearances early in the season).

#	Episode	Rating
01	Jim The Psycic
02	Vienna Waits
03	Mr. Personalities
04	Jim Joins The Network
05	Louie's Fling
06	Like Father, Like Son
07	Louie's Mom Remarries
08	Fledgling
09	Of Mice and Tony
10	Louie Goes Too Far
11	I Wanna Be Around
12	Bobby Doesn't Live Here Anymore
13	Nina Loves Alex
14	Tony's Lady
15	Simka Returns
16	Jim and the Kid
17	Take My Ex-Wife, Please
18	The Unkindest Cut
19	Tony's Comeback
20	Elegant Iggy
21	The Wedding of Latka and Simka
22	Cooking For Two
23	The Road Not Taken (Part 1)
24	The Road Not Taken (Part 2)

(From Tom's Random Reviews on January 16th, 2010)