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George of the Jungle, a review by Rich

George of the Jungle



The clumsy ape man from Jay Ward's 1967 television cartoon takes on a jungle of another kind in live-action when he follows a visiting San Francisco resident back to the City by the Bay. There aren't as many trees, but he somehow manages to find plenty of other things to crash into--not the least of which are modern society's social norms.

Tarzan send-up, slightly charming, but on the whole pretty silly and irrelevant. it is too slapstick and unintelligent even I would have thought for very young kids, but as an adult it is a pointless viewing. The elephant 'puppy' though was very funny.
Fraser has improved since this outing - fortunately!
 



(From Riches Random Reviews on March 18th, 2009)

Duplicate, a review by Tom

Title: Duplicate
Year: 1998
Director: Mahesh Bhatt
Rating: FSK-16
Length: 159 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital EX 5.1 (Matrixed 6.1), German: DTS 5.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Kajol
Shah Rukh Khan
Juhi Chawla
Shah Rukh Khan
Sonali Bendre

Plot:
Shahrukh Khan plays the roles of Bablu and Mannu. Bablu wants to become a great chef and win the heart of Sonia(Juhi Chawla) while mannu is a criminal who wants revenge. Lily (Sonali Bendre) plays mannu's love interest. When mannu finds out that bablu is his look-alike, he tries to kill bablu and take over his life so that he can escape the law.

Awards:
Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Interviews
Music Videos
Poster
Production Notes
Scene Access

Nice guy gets confused with a murderer because they look a like. Shah Rukh Khan plays two vastly different characters. Both, especially the villain, are over-the-top. Especially fun to watch is when the villain pretends to be the good one and the good one pretends to be the villain. The romance between Babloo and Sonia is also nice.
I enjoyed the movie, though it is nothing special.
Really nice and fun surprice was Kajol's two-seconds appearance which was a funny nod to "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge".

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 31st, 2010)

Dark Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. Pilot
Max is a beautiful, unique girl -- she should be, she was designed that way. Engineered in a secret government lab twenty years ago, Max and her genetically enhanced siblings were created to be the perfect soldiers... until they escaped. Now, ten years later, against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic Seattle, Max is on a quest to reclaim her past by finding her fellow escapees. But she's not the only one looking...

My Thoughts:
A really good start to a great show. This series made me a huge fan of the always lovely Jessica Alba!  There is nothing I like more then a strong woman.... a woman who can take care of herself... a woman that takes no crap from anyone... and that is Jessica Alba in this series... she really kicks ass and takes names later in this show!  As soon as I told a friend of mine that I just started a Dark Angel marathon today... the first thing she said to me was.... You better have a nice stack of bibs ready! 

In this episode Max (Alba) is trying her best to stay under the radar as she don't want to be discovered. That is until she meets Logan (Weatherly)... who shows her the meaning of helping people. Still a bit on the weary side... she does what is right... at the same time drawing attention to her location.

2. Heat
Max is lured further into Logan's realm when he promises her more information about her past. He tells her about the woman who picked her up roadside as a child - a woman named Hannah. Max heads out to find Hannah, and ultimately gets more clues about her biological mother.

My Thoughts:
I love this episode! Since Max's DNA was mixed with some cat DNA (for agility) she has a problem that every so often... like cats... she goes into heat. Being sexually charged to the point of barely being able to control herself... she needs to get past being in heat at the same time finding the woman that saved her the night of her escape from Manticore.... taking her one step closer to finding her brothers and sisters that escaped as well that night. At this point she is still a bit leary of doing good and helping people in fear that she will be found... but she is quicker to do the right thing then she was in the first episode.

3. Flushed
Max's seizures increase. Low on her medication after her friends mistakenly flush it down the toilet, Max breaks into a drug clinic. She is caught and ends up in jail and more openly a target for Lydecker.

My Thoughts:
This was a really good episode. Max... while trying to help herself finds a young girl that needs help... and she takes it on her own to give her the help she needs... so at this point you see that doing good is coming much easier by this episode. It's not that she was so much against helping people... more so she was trying not to get involved and staying under the radar so to speak. What with her being wanted by the military group that created her and her brothers and sisters.

(From Dark Angel Marathon on September 3rd, 2007)