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Rating: 3.3/5
Review: "Man of fire DVD review"
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I think this is the worst of Tony Scott's movies. It is not about the length of the movie I can't stand the annoying colouring and flashing. Although Tony is famous for the colouring and flashing in his movies and I could stand all of his except this one. This is kind of pure annoying and the flashing actually distracted me from enjoying the movie. Even the short action scenes like the shoot-out in the street are being ruined by non-stop flashing and slow-motion. The reason why this got a rating of above 3 is because this is actually not bad, the pace goes smoothly. I am fine with the 1 hour of bonding with Creasy and Pita. But the last 1 hour and 25 minutes starts to have flashy things that make my eyes tired.
DVD special features- 3.4/5
There are a handful of deleted scenes (32 minutes) which are blah. But there are some interesting scenes like Creasy having sex with Pita's mother. It is weird but it actually shows they have some sexual connections. On the second disc, there is a long making of (72 minutes) which covers the basic points like characters and filming the movie. Not bad, there are also some information about Mexico. There is a music video (3 minutes) which is okay. There is a behind the scenes photo gallery. Trailers and TV spots round up the features.

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Rating: 3.5/5
Review: "Post Grad DVD review"
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This is a short comedy about a student, Ryden, graduating from college struggling to find a job. It did an okay job for its short runtime, 1 hour and 28 minutes but I felt it can be extended further. With the short runtime, of course the movie needs to run briskly, skimming through potential points. In the end, I felt that this is more of showing how Ryden choose her love life not her career. More than half of the movie is about her deciding who to date or whatever she wants. It has the potential to be better than a generic rom-com.
DVD special features- 3.3/5
There are deleted scenes (12 minutes) which is okay but not worth a second look. There are featurettes (15 minutes) on about how to get a job and what not to do for a job (the movie 'scenes are shown) and the cast telling about their experiences of getting a job. Finally, there are two making of. One is like a promotional featurette (2 minutes). There is a longer making of (13 minutes) which is okay. There is a music video (3 minutes) to round off.

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Rating: 3.5/5
Review: "Easy A DVD review"
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Emma Stone plays a loner whose life suddenly takes for a turn by a sex rumour. Students look up to her as a whore. And she goes with it...by having pretend sex to those losers who pay her. Well, as a comedy, it is not that funny but I must admit that it is amusing with its wise crack lines and decent pace.
DVD special features- 1.5/5
There is a gag reel (5 minutes) which is slightly funny. There is a pointless audition by Emma (1 minute). There are trailers. One of the worst DVDs distributed by Sony. Only 6 minutes worth of features. At least, the standard Sony DVD has more than 10 minutes worth of features.

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Rating: 3.4/5
Review: "Life as we know it DVD review"
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It is not too bad but the movie felt lengthly. For a comedy movie, the runtime of 1 hour and 54 minutes seems long. And in this case, it felt like it is long. The story is about a man and a woman who hate each other are to take care of a baby whose parents passed away during a car crash. So blah blah, the "couple" tries their very best to take care of the baby even if it means by bringing her to his work place. The usual romance movie where the guy falls for the woman and then a happy ending.
DVD special features- 2.5/5
Deleted scenes (14 minutes) are okay, some mild jokes in them. But I have no idea how this bonus feature recieved a rating of M-18. I find nothing bad in them.

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