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Frequency, a review by Tom

Title: Frequency
Year: 2000
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 114 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Dennis Quaid
Jim Caviezel
Shawn Doyle
Elizabeth Mitchell
Andre Braugher

Plot:
What if you had the chance to travel back in time and change just one event in you life? What would it be? For John Sullivan (Jim Caviezel) there is no question. He would undo the events of 12 October, 1969, when the out-of-control Bruxton fire took the life of his father (Dennis Quaid), a heroic firefighter. Now John may get exactly what he wished for...and much more than he bargained for.
In the mind-bending science fiction thriller Frequency, director Gregory Hoblit (Primal Fear) presents an original take on time travel with the gripping story of father and son who reach out to one another across parallel universes to stop a terrible crime.

Awards:

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2001	Nominated	Favorite Actor - Suspense	Dennis Quaid
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2001	Nominated	Favorite Male Newcomer	James Caviezel
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2001	Won	Favorite Supporting Actor - Suspense
Golden Globe	2000	Nominated	Original Song	"When You Come Back To Me Again": Garth Brooks, Jenny Yates (Music/Lyrics)
Hugo Award	2001	Nominated	Dramatic Presentation
Saturn	2000	Won	Best Fantasy Film
Saturn	2000	Nominated	Best Screenplay	Toby Emmerich

Extras:
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

Not directly time-travel, but with the protagonists communicating with each other through time and thus affected the history, it counts as a time-travel movie for me.
I liked this film, even though it is not 100% consistent how the changes in the past affect the present. Also it moves a little slowly at times, especially in the beginning.
A ten year old Michael Cera has a small role in this movie. He has the same expression on his face as he does nowadays in his movies and in Arrested Development

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on May 4th, 2010)

The War Within, a review by Rich

Trudge through Pakistan...



This searing, controversial, and thought-provoking drama examines the motives and emotions behind terrorism. Co-writer Ayad Akhtar stars as Hassan, a Pakistani man who's falsely accused of terrorist associations, then imprisoned and tortured before finally leaving jail as a genuinely militant extremist. He goes to stay with his old friend Sayeed in New York (Firdous Bamji in a scene-stealing performance), where he explores the city, flirts with Sayeed's sister (Nandana Sen), and works with a group planning to bomb Grand Central. The impressive cast of unknowns and solid direction from Joseph Castelo make this tense, thoughtful drama an intriguing look at a subculture that, for obvious reasons, is more often demonized than dramatized.

Run of the mill terrorist plot and standard fare these days, the Director IMO unable to allow the characters to become associable, it felt difficult to really to warm to this film. In light of September 11 I am really surprised this film was allowed to be made, at times it seemed the film was trying to justify terrorism as a revenge. 3/10

(From Around the World in 80 DVD's on February 14th, 2008)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Ultraviolet: Complete Series (1998/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia Kult TV, Contender Entertainment (United Kingdom) Length: 302 min. Video: Widescreen 1.66 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
They look like us.
They act like us.

For centuries vampires have co-existed with humans.
Until now.

Now mankind has the ability to destroy itself, and the vampires need to take control of their threatened food source.

CIB, an elite government force has been formed to combat the threat. But when eternal life is offered, no-one is beyond temptation...


Ultraviolet
Season 1.01 Habeas Corpus
Writer: Joe Ahearne (Writer)
Director: Joe Ahearne
Cast: Jack Davenport (D.S. Michael Colefield), Susannah Harker (Dr. Angie March), Idris Elba (Vaughan Rice), Philip Quast (Father Pearse J. Harman), Stephen Moyer (Jack), Colette Brown (Kirsty), Fiona Dolman (Frances), Ronnie Letham (Pollard), Marc Bolton (Carter), John Ashton (D S Ferman), Lara J. West (Sue), Blondell Taylor (Nurse), Daniel Moynihan (Street Artist), Colin Kerrigan (Computer Operator), Ian Crowe (Pathologist)

As I have just finished watching the third season of "The Vampire Diaries", I thought I would continue with another vampire series. This is a recent blind buy. I was rather bored with the first episode. Though it did show some promise.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on January 4th, 2013)