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Time After Time, a review by Tom

Time After Time (1979/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United States) Director: Nicholas Meyer Writing: Karl Alexander (Story By), Steve Hayes (Story By), Nicholas Meyer (Screenwriter) Length: 112 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, French: Dolby Digital 1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Stars:
Malcolm McDowell as H. G. Wells
David Warner as Stevenson
Mary Steenburgen as Amy
Charles Cioffi as Lt. Mitchell
Kent Williams as Assistant

Plot:
London 1893 is home to a killer with a macabre nickname... and also to a visionary genius who would write The Time Machine. But what if H.G. Wells' invention wasn't fiction? And what if Jack the Ripper escaped capture fleeing his own time to take refuge in ours - with Wells himself in pursuit?

From writer/director Nicholas Meyer, Time After Time is a marvelous entertainment of shivery suspense and sly social comment. In modern-day San Francisco, the Ripper (David Warner) finds our violent age to his liking. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) dislikes the brave new world of fast food and television, far from the utopia he envisioned. But he is cheered by the emancipation of women, particularly one irresistible banker (Mary Steenburgen). For mystery, romance and excitement, Time After Time is time well spent.

Awards:
Won:

Saturn (1979)		Best Actress (Mary Steenburgen)
Saturn (1979)		Best Music (Miklos Rozsa)
Saturn (1979)		Best Writing (Nicholas Meyer)

Nominated:

Hugo Award (1980)		Dramatic Presentation
Saturn (1979)		Best Actor (Malcolm McDowell)
Saturn (1979)		Best Costumes (Sal Anthony, Yvonne Kubis)
Saturn (1979)		Best Director (Nicholas Meyer)
Saturn (1979)		Best Science Fiction Film
Saturn (1979)		Best Supporting Actor (David Warner)

Extras:

• Closed Captioned
• Commentary
• Photo Gallery
• Production Notes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

I liked this movie. Only real problem I have with it, is with the character played by Mary Steenburgen. She is too soft-spoken and too quick to fall in love with this strange man she has just met.

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on January 5th, 2008)

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a review by addicted2dvd

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: Widescreen and Full-Screen Edition (2009/United States) Warner Home Video Director: Mark Waters Writing: Jon Lucas (Writer), Scott Moore (Writer) Length: 101 min. Rating: PG-13 Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1, Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Matthew McConaughey as Connor Mead
Jennifer Garner as Jenny Perotti
Michael Douglas as Uncle Wayne
Breckin Meyer as Paul
Lacey Chabert as Sandra
Robert Forster as Sergeant Volkom

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers

I first saw this movie on HBO On-Demand and I really didn't care too much for it at the time. Giving it a rating of only 2.5 out of 5. But I must say... I enjoyed it more this time then I did the first time. I think I was a little hard on it the first time around. Sure... it isn't the best Romantic Comedy I ever seen... but I still enjoyed it more then I apparently did the first time. I really enjoyed Jennifer Garner in this movie. But then I have liked her since I first seen her on Alias. I liked the idea of making it basically a rip-off of A Christmas Carol. The first time I watched this one I really didn't care for who they picked for the ghosts. But they seemed to grow on me this time... as I thought they were just fine now. I am wondering if my mood was a little off the first time I watched this. With all that said... the movie could be funnier. And I wasn't all that impressed with Matthew McConaughey. But I am glad I have it in my collection now.




(From TV Stars in the Movies: On-Going Mega Marathon on September 19th, 2011)

"Big Bang Theory" Marathon, a review by Achim

9. The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization
Leonard and Sheldon go from physics to fisticutts when tempers flare at the symposium.

Now here you go... "It happens m ore often than you'd think." What a fun episode to see this to physicists pick a fight with each other and then sucxk at apologizing


10. The Loobenfeld Decay
Sheldon cannot tell a lie. He has to tell at least seven. And they are all "un-unravelable!"

Like Pete said, it was great to watch Sheldon protect his lie. Also his usual carelessness reagrding social protocol comes out several times; gotta love him for that.

(From "Big Bang Theory" Marathon on September 30th, 2008)