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The House Where Evil Dwells, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: The House Where Evil Dwells
Year: 1982
Director: Kevin Connor
Rating: R
Length: 88 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono, French: Dolby Digital Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Edward Albert
Susan George
Doug McClure
Amy Barrett
Mako Hattori

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I normally like the '80s horror... but this movie just didn't impress me to much. I just found it to be to slow. And the effects of the ghosts leaves a lot to be desired. I bought this DVD 2 years ago around Halloween... and just now getting to it. At least I got it cheap during the Halloween sale. I only paid $3.33 for it.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs on January 8th, 2010)

Letters to Juliet, a review by Danae Cassandra

Letters to Juliet
2010, USA

Sophie, an aspiring writer, goes on vacation in Verona with her fiancee, an obsessed chef.  He's more interested in his job than he is her, heading off to dig for truffles and bid on wine.  Sightseeing alone, she finds the courtyard where heartbroken lovers leave letters to Juliet.  Finding one from fifty years ago, she answers it and is soon scouring the countryside with Claire, the letter writer, and her grandson Brian, looking for the man Claire lost so many years ago.

I love movies; my friend Katrina loves movies ... you'd think this would be good, but getting us to agree on a film to watch is like pulling teeth from a radish.  We find a place to meet at romantic comedies, which seems to be the middle ground between my love of movies that have something to say and her love of movies where things blow up.  

I'm happy to have added this to my collection; I enjoyed it quite a bit.  First, the movie itself is simply beautiful.  Both the countryside and the charming old buildings make you want to head to Italy, like yesterday.  The characters were all decent, honorable people, which I liked, and well-developed enough for the story.  You could see Claire's growth in self-confidence through the film in her wardrobe, as each successive choice looked more sophisticated and put-together on her, whereas Charlie's growth was shown in his expressions and body language.  It was a sweet, romantic film, and like Mahiha ashegh mishavand, showed that you can tell a story, a romantic story, and make it about the romance, about the characters, about the relationship - and it will be sexy instead of raunchy.  You can sit down with your grandmother, or your daughter, and watch this movie and not worry about a thing.  It's just an enjoyable, romantic little film.

Overall: 2.75/5

(From Danae's reviews on April 7th, 2011)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: The Next Generation
6.25 Timescape
Writer: Brannon Braga (Writer)
Director: Adam Nimoy
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Capt. Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Cmdr. William Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Cmdr. Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lieutenant Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Michael Bofshever (Romulan / Alien), John DeMita (Romulan), Joel Fredericks (Engineer)

The Enterprise is frozen in time together with a Romulan Bird of Prey. At first glance it looks like those two where in battle. But is this really the case? Picard and company, arriving from a seminar, have to investigate. I like this episode. You have to suspend disbelieve dealing with this premise, but if you do, it is an enjoyful episode.

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(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 1st, 2011)