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Campfire Tales, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Campfire Tales
Movie Count: 27
TV Ep Count: 6
Time Started: 6:30pm
Plot:
Horror takes a detour deep into the woods in this terrifying cross between 'Scream' and 'Tales From The Crypt', starring Christine Taylor ('Dodgeball') and Ron Livingston ('Office Space').

Returning home from a concert and driving recklessly, four teenagers crash their car on a deserted road. To ward off the cold, they build a fire and wait for help. But the hair-raising stories they tell around the fire put a deeper chill into the night. Each tale is more lurid, more horrifying, more shocking than anything they've heard before. Yet for these unlucky teens in the woods, the biggest shock is still to come...

My Thoughts:
This is another one I never seen before. Basically just bought it because I really like Anthology horrors... and this one sounded interesting. And I am so happy that I did! I think this movie will rank up there with my top favorite anthology horrors! Not only was all 3 stories suspenseful with great atmosphere... the wrap around story (where anthologies usually loose me) was a really good story in it's own right. I also liked the fact that Glenn Quinn (Roseanne, Angel) was in the last story of the movie. The only thing that I could consider a downfall in this movie would have to be the fact that the first 2 stories are tellings of very well known urban legends... so you fairly quickly know what to expect. But the thing is... these stories are done so well you still enjoy every minute of it. This very well could be my favorite movie of this year's marathon. It will be tough to beat anyway!



(From My Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2008 on October 8th, 2008)

Spider-Man 2, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Spider-Man 2: Widescreen Special Edition
Year: 2004
Director: Sam Raimi
Rating: PG-13
Length: 127 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Trivia

Stars:
Tobey Maguire
Kirsten Dunst
James Franco
Alfred Molina
Rosemary Harris
J. K. Simmons

Plot:
Two years have passed since the mild-mannered Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) walked away from his longtime love Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) and decided to take the road to responsibility as Spider-Man. Peter must face new challenges as he struggles to cope with "the gift and the curse" of his powers while balancing his dual identities as the elusive superhero Spider-Man and life as a college student. The relationships Peter holds most dear are now in danger of unraveling as he clashes with the powerful, multi-tentacled villain Doctor Octopus aka "Doc Ock" (Alfred Molina).

Peter's life-long yearning for M.J. becomes even stronger as he fights the impulse to abandon his secret life and declare his love. In the meantime, M.J. has moved on with her life. She has embarked on an acting career and has a new man in her life. Peter's relationship with his best friend Harry Osborn (James Franco) has been overshadowed by Harry's growing vendetta against Spider-Man, whom he holds responsible for his father's death.

Peter's life becomes even more complicated when he is pitted against the powerful new nemesis, "Doc Ock." Peter must now learn to accept his fate and harness all his superhero talents in order to stop this diabolical madman in his octagonal tracks.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Multi-angle
Music Videos
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned
Trivia Track

My Thoughts:
Even though I still enjoyed this movie very much... I never cared for it as much as the first one.... almost... but not as much. I don't like the whole storyline of Peter Parker loosing his ability for a while. I don't like that so many people got to see Spider-Man without his mask on... which is something that I hate about all the Spider-Man movies. The only person that I can accept seeing him without his mask is Mary Jane. To me that felt right. But Doc Ock, Harry and the train full of people shouldn't have happened. Well maybe Harry as it was really needed for the storyline. But that is it. Even though they never said it in the movie... you also get the feeling that Aunt May also knows about Peter being Spider-Man. I did however really enjoy seeing him go up against Doc Ock. I thought they did a good job with him. I also like that we see Professor Connor. It is a shame they didn't let The Lizard be one of the supervillians in any of the Spider-Man movies... I always liked him.



(From Marvel Movie Marathon on June 25th, 2010)

The Flash Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Guest Stars:
Ian Buchanan as Stan Kovacs
Michael Green as Mitch Lestrange
Clarence Clemons as Darrell Hennings
Vito D'Ambrosio as Bellows
Elizabeth Gracen as Celia Wayne

My Thoughts:
Another episode I enjoyed. I really liked the story... it did a good job of keeping me interested through-out the episode.  This episode also gives us some background info on Barry Allen... talking about his college days.

My Rating:

(From The Flash Marathon on April 11th, 2010)