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Valentine's Day , a review by Tom

Valentine's Day (2010/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United Kingdom) Director: Garry Marshall Writing: Katherine Fugate (Story By), Abby Kohn (Story By), Marc Silverstein (Story By), Katherine Fugate (Screenwriter) Length: 125 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Chinese, Commentary, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Swedish

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Stars:
Jessica Alba as Morley Clarkson
Kathy Bates as Susan
Jessica Biel as Kara Monahan
Bradley Cooper as Holden
Eric Dane as Sean Jackson

Plot:
An all-star cast sparkles in this hilarious and heartwarming romantic comedy from the director of Pretty Woman and The Princess Diaries. Stories crisscross, collide and boomerang in this look at a day in the life of love. There's a proposal. Flowers that didn't get sent. A big fat secret that's finally told. The "I'll show up and surprise him" that ended up surprising her. Fights, kisses, wrong turns, right moves and more. Whether new to love or through with love, you'll fall in love with this funny-side-up celebration of romance.

Awards:
Won:

Golden Raspberry Awards (2010)		Worst Actor (Ashton Kutcher)
Golden Raspberry Awards (2010)		Worst Supporting Actress (Jessica Alba)
Teen Choice Awards (2010)		Choice Movie Breakout Female (Taylor Swift)

Nominated:

Golden Raspberry Awards (2010)		Worst Actor (Taylor Lautner)
Golden Raspberry Awards (2010)		Worst Supporting Actor (George Lopez)
MTV Movie Awards (2010)		Best Kiss (Taylor Swift, Taylor Lautner)
Teen Choice Awards (2010)		Choice Movie Chemistry (Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift)
Teen Choice Awards (2010)		Choice Movie Hissy Fit (Jessica Beil)
Teen Choice Awards (2010)		Choice Movie Liplock (Taylor Swift, Taylor Lautner)

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Digital Copy
• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Outtakes
• Scene Access

Despite negative reviews I picked this up when I saw it really cheap. Mainly because of its cast and that I generally like "Love Actually" kind of movies.
Among the stars are Jennifer Garner, Anne Hathaway, Julia Roberts and Jessica Biel.
Though this movie is nothing special, I enjoyed it. Not necessarily a must-see, but if you want to complete your collection of one of your favorite actresses, you could do worse.

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(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 26th, 2011)

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Year: 1988
Director: David Zucker
Rating: PG-13
Length: 84 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Leslie Nielsen
Priscilla Presley
Ricardo Montalban
George Kennedy
O. J. Simpson

Plot:
Those screw-loose 'Airplane!' creators have done it again! Leslie Nielsen stars as Police Squad's own granite-jawed, rock brained cop Frank Drebin, who bumbles across a mind control scheme to assassinate Queen Elizabeth. Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, a stuffed beaver, two baseball teams and an odd assortment of others join the wacko goings-on and blow the laugh-o-meter to smithereens.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned


Now this is more like it! Some classic lines from this movie and still hilarious even after 22 years. The Airplane movies and this series made Leslie Neilsen's career. Unfortunately they went a little too far, overusing him and typecasting him in these types of movies. Spy Hard, Wrongfully Accused, Dracula Dead And Loving It were never as funny as the Naked Gun series.

It's funny how no matter how many times you watch a movie (must be at least a dozen times for this one) you still pick up on things you didn't notice before. This time I noticed that the Mayor was played by Nancy Marchand, a.k.a. Tony Soprano's mother! Who knew!? 

KC



Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on July 9th, 2010)

"Battlestar Galactica" Marathon (1978-2009), a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: During the last attack Starbuck's Viper was heavily damaged and she had to eject in the atmosphere of a small moon. But she also shot down the Raider that shot her down and it crashed on a near-by site. The problem is that she has no means of communication, Galactica does not know where to look for her and she's running out of oxygen in 46 hours. Luckily for her, Adama is not willing to leave her behind.

My Opinion:Synopsis: It is not yet publicly known that Cylons can look like Humans and another Number Five (looks like the reporter Aaron Doral) walks into Galactica and kills himself in a suicide bombing after he was cornered. Adama orders an investigation on how Doral got his hands on explosives and a detonator and the Master-at-Arms discovers that Chief Tyrol is lying about his wherabouts during the time of the bombing which makes him a suspect of treason.

My Opinion: Now the secret is out. This episode reminded me of Star Trek TNG's The Drumhead which also featured a witch hunt but here it wasn't fully believable. Yes she may be the Master-at-Arms and Adama gave her command authorization but she went over the line too quickly for someone who isn't used to boss Commanders around.

Synopsis: Another Number Six copy with the name Shelly Godfrey comes aboard Galactica and claims that she has evidence that connects Dr. Baltar to the failure of the colonial defences and that in fact he planted a bomb in the defence computer system. Baltar finds this outrageous (he didn't plant a bomb after all, he just unknowingly slept with the enemy) but he can't tell anybody that Shelly is a Cylon (Why would he know that?).

My Opinion: Baltar and Head-Six, what a lovely pair. It was such a great scene when Baltar was in CIC and was introduced to Shelly and he searched for her, totally ignoring the woman standing in front of him - assuming that this was his imaginary Six. I like Head-Six scenes in general because she gets him in awkward situations where he has to simultaneously* talk to her and the other (real) person in the room. And once again he managed to wind himself out of a tight spot. Even if he isn't a real villain like the classic Baltar, he's my favourite villain on the show.

* I wonder if I will ever write that word correctly, spellchecker has to correct me every time...

(From "Battlestar Galactica" Marathon (1978-2009) on September 2nd, 2009)