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WarGames, a review by addicted2dvd

WarGames: 25th Anniversary Edition (1983/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United States) Director: John Badham Writing: Lawrence Lasker (Writer), Walter F. Parkes (Writer) Length: 113 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Matthew Broderick as David
Dabney Coleman as McKittrick
John Wood as Falken
Ally Sheedy as Jennifer
Barry Corbin as General Beringer

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Gallery
• DVD-ROM Content
• Closed Captioned

This is a film I haven't watched in several years. While the computer equipment really shows the age of this film... it didn't take too much away from the storyline. I never really noticed it when I watched this film when I was younger... but David really knew how to do things that a high school student shouldn't know how to do. So with this one you really have to suspend disbelief... but I still really liked the story line. I also had a little problem with Dabney Coleman... as I never been a fan of his. There is just something about him that rubs me the wrong way. On the other hand I always liked Ally Sheedy so it was fun seeing her in one of her earlier roles again. Anyway I really liked this one... possibly more then I should. Definitely worth the time put in to watch it.



(From Within My Lifetime: 2016 Edition on September 12th, 2016)

Spider-Man, a review by Tom

Spider-Man (2002/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Sam Raimi Writing: Stan Lee (Original Material By), Steve Ditko (Original Material By), David Koepp (Screenwriter) Length: 121 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Catalonian: Dolby Digital 5.1, 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, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Arabic, Commentary, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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Stars:
Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man / Peter Parker
Willem Dafoe as Green Goblin / Norman Osborn
Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson
James Franco as Harry Osborn
Cliff Robertson as Ben Parker

Awards:
Won:

Anatomy Awards (2003)		Best Pokiosity (Kirsten Dunst)
BMI Film & TV Music Awards (2003)		BMI Film Music Award (Danny Elfman)
Empire Magazine Awards (2003)		Best Actress (Kirsten Dunst)
MTV Movie Awards (2003)		Best Female Performance (Kirsten Dunst)
MTV Movie Awards (2003)		Best Kiss (Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst)
Saturn (2002)		Best Music (Danny Elfman)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		Film - Choice Actor, Drama/Action Adventure (Tobey Maguire)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		Film - Choice Lip Lock (Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		Film - Choice Movie, Drama/Action Adventure

Nominated:

Academy Award (2002)		Best Sound (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Ed Novick)
Academy Award (2002)		Best Visual Effects (John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony LaMolinara, John Frazier)
BAFTA (2002)		Achievement In Special Visual Effects (John Dykstra, Scott Stokdyk, Anthony Lamolinara, John Frazier)
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards (2003)		Best Song ("Hero": Chad Kroeger)
Casting Society of America Awards (2002)
Cinema Audio Society Awards (2003)		Outstanding Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures (Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell, Ed Novick)
Empire Magazine Awards (2003)		Best Director (Sam Raimi)
Empire Magazine Awards (2003)		Best Film
Grammy Awards (2003)		Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Danny Elfman)
Grammy Awards (2003)		Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media ("Hero": Chad Kroeger)
Hugo Award (2003)		Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
MTV Movie Awards (2003)		Best Male Performance (Tobey Maguire)
MTV Movie Awards (2003)		Best Movie
MTV Movie Awards (2003)		Best Villain (Willem Dafoe)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (2003)		Best Visual Effects (Danny Cangemi, John Frazier, John Dykstra)
Satellite Awards (2003)		Best Film Editing (Eric Zumbrunnen)
Satellite Awards (2003)		Best Visual Effects (John Dykstra)
Saturn (2002)		Best Actor (Tobey Maguire)
Saturn (2002)		Best Actress (Kirsten Dunst)
Saturn (2002)		Best Director (Sam Raimi)
Saturn (2002)		Best Fantasy Film
Taurus Award (2003)		Best Fight (Chris Daniels, Zach Hudson, Kim Kahana Jr., Johnny Nguyen, Mark Wagner)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		Film - Choice Actress, Drama/Action Adventure (Kirsten Dunst)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		Film - Choice Chemistry (Kirsten Dunst, Tobey Maguire)
World Soundtrack Awards (2002)
Young Artist Awards (2003)

Extras:

• BD-Live
• Bonus Trailers
• Commentary
• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Outtakes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

After recently watching the new "The Amazing Spider-Man", I feared that the old one wouldn't hold up for me anymore. But I still enjoyed it just as much as I did in the past. Finally I also have a better picture quality. The DVD wasn't that great in this regard.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 8th, 2012)

Smallville Marathon #2, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Clark and Bizarro-Clark are still fighting and they break the dam in the process. This nearly drowns Lois, Chloe, Lionel and Lex but all are saved one way or another. Only Chloe is declared dead in the hospital but mysteriously rises from the dead. With Bizarro, everything is in reverse mode: Kryptonite is his power source but the yellow sun is his weakness.

My Opinion: Clark defeated him a bit too easy for my taste, especially since Bizarro was just juiced up with a huge amount of Kryptonite and also because one didn't see what the Martian Manhunter did with him. But at least there are a lot of puzzles left to be resolved, e.g. the new female arrival, Chloe's abilities, Lex's newfound enlightenment and Lionel's disappearance.

Synopsis: She's been in stasis for 18 years. Her ship lay on the bottom of the reservoir lake until it was emptied due to the battle. She is Kara, Kal-El's cousin and also a member of the house of El. And now she has to learn that her home planet is destroyed and that Kal-El is no small child anymore. And the military has her ship and if they manage to open it, it will self-destruct with the force of a nuclear bomb.

My Opinion: Now he's not alone anymore. I've only seen a few episodes of this season and I have no idea how it will turn out, but I am aware of the fact that Kara will become Supergirl in the Superman mythology.
But I hated to see how they stomped over Chloe just to push Lois. That seemed unfair.

Synopsis: Lana's back in town - and not so dead as she was presumed to be. Clark is more than happy to see her, but his life has also changed. He has to teach Kara how to "blend in" with the Humans and she does this by entering the "Miss Sweet Corn" beauty pageant.

My Opinion: This was a funny episode to watch. I loved the character "Kara" from the start. She's such a good counterpart to Clark. He needs to see that there are other ways than his own (a lesson Green Arrow also tried to teach him).
But I am still missing the "theme of the season". Since the fourth season it has always been clear from the start what the season would be about. Isobel, Zod, the Zoners. I don't believe that it will be a "Kara season" but I have yet to see anything else coming up.

(From Smallville Marathon #2 on June 22nd, 2008)