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The Hollow, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: The Hollow
Year: 2004
Director: Kyle Newman
Rating: R
Length: 83 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles:

Stars:
Kevin Zegers as Ian
Kaley Cuoco as Karen
Nick Carter as Brody
Ben Scott as The Headless Horseman
Stacey Keach as Claus Von Ripper

Plot:
Restless spirits stir this Hollow's Eve, beckoning Ian Cranston (Kevin Zegers, Dawn of the Dead), the last blood relative of Ichabod Crane, back to Sleepy Hollow. Thundering hooves unleash a wave of bone-chilling screams as the ghost of the Headless Horseman rides again! Ian must try to save the town and his girlfriend, Karen (Karley Cuoco, "8 Simple Rules") and determine wheather the sword-wielding stalker is their clownish classmate, Brody (Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys) in costume, or the dark rider himself. If it's truly the Headless Horseman...how do you kill what's already dead?

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I am watching this one for Kaley Cuoco who I know from the series Charmed (Billie) and The Big Bang Theory (Penny). I originally bought this movie (about 2 yrs. ago) because of her being in it. That and because I always like the story of Sleepy Hollow. Nick Carter played a real jerk in the movie... and he did a better then I expected job. Not a great actor... but not terrible either. I think Kaley Cuoco did a fine job as well. I have mixed feelings about the pumpkin head on the Headless Horseman... it was some pretty cool graphics for sure... but there just seemed to be something slightly off about it. The movie itself is no more then a fun... leave your brain at the door.. popcorn movie. One that I really like a lot. Probably a little more then I should. This is now the 3rd time I watched this movie since I bought it.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Mystery Marathon on January 30th, 2010)

The Incredible Hulk, a review by Dragonfire

My Thoughts

I'm using this for my U entry.

I did see Hulk after it was out on DVD.  I didn't hate it like so many seemed to, but I didn't love it either.  There were just too many things about that one that didn't work for me, especially the main villain of the movie.  The Incredible Hulk was so much better on every level.  The casting seemed to fit better, the story was stronger and more logical, and there was an actual villain from the comics used..plus there was set up for a future villain as well.  I wasn't sure what to think when I heard this movie was going to basically ignore the other movie, but I think it worked  doing that.  The origin story - which wasn't shown in a lot of detail - just worked better even though it was different from the comic books.  It was more like what had been done in the television show.  I use to watch that show all the time and I really liked it.  I really don't remember a lot from it now, but I did read and see some interviews back before this opened in June that there was an attempt to make the movie more like the tv show since that had been so popular.  I also read about how Edward Norton had been a fan of the show and worked on the script to make some of the changes so it was more like the show.  I did remember some things that were clearly from the show..like how his eyes would turn green first and how he was always on the move alone.  I think there were some other things as well that I can't remember.  I felt like the connection and story with Bruce and Betty worked better this time as well.  The special effects worked better and looked better overall as well.  Yes things were unbelievable, but that worked with the movie.  I also really liked how there was a little bit of a connection to Iron Man and more hints of what is to come from Marvel movies.

 

(From My November Alphabet Marathon on November 28th, 2008)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Midori no hibi (2004/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 325 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:
Seji "Mad Dog" Sawamura is the ultimate high-school punk. With his super-strong, invincible right hand, he can punch through cenemt walls and lay waste to entire street gangs. But street cred comes with a high price - every girl in the school is absolutely terrified of him! Just when he thinks he is doomed to fly solo forever, Seji's right hand becomes an actual girl! Midori Kasugano wished she could be by Seiji's side...but ended up somehow attached to his wrist. Seiji's fighting days may be over, but his girl-trouble days are about to begin!!


Midori no hibi
1.01 Migite no koibito (2004-04-03)
Writer: Kazurou Inoue (Original Material By), Hachi Yota (Screenwriter)
Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi
Cast: Japanese Cast), Mai Nakahara (Midori Kasugano (voice)), Kishou Taniyama (Seiji Sawamura (voice)), Reiko Takagi (Takako Ayase (voice)), Hirofumi Nojima (Osamu Miyahara (voice)), Sayaka Ohara (Haruka Kasugano (voice)), Makiko Omoto (Makie (voice)), Yukari Tamura (Shiori Tsukishima (voice)), Yuji Ueda (Shuichi Takamizawa (voice)), Toshihide Tsuchiya (Butler (voice)), Takahiro Yashimizu (Tsuyoshi Nishida (voice)), Yuji Kishi (Leader (voice)), Kaori Shinizu (Yoko (voice)), Kumi Sakuma (Yuka (voice)), English Cast), Kether Fernandez (Midori Kasugano (voice)), Drew Aaron (Seiji Sawamura (voice)), Mollie Weaver (Takako Ayase (voice)), Sean Elias-Reyes (Osamu Miyahara (voice)), Amy Palant (Makie (voice)), Joshua Popenoe (Shuichi Takamizawa (voice)), Vibe Jones (Yoko (voice)), Bella Hudson (Yuka (voice))

Always fun to watch. Midori is just so kawaii (cute). I also own the manga series.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 9th, 2012)