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The Return of the Living Dead, a review by addicted2dvd

The Return of the Living Dead: Collector's Edition (1984/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | MGM Home Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Director: Dan O'Bannon Writing: Rudy Ricci (Story By), John A. Russo [John Russo] (Story By), Russell Streiner (Story By), Dan O'Bannon (Screenwriter) Length: 91 min. Rating: R Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Other

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Stars:
Clu Gulager as Burt
James Karen as Frank
Don Calfa as Ernie
Thom Mathews as Freddy
Beverly Randolph as Tina
John Philbin as Chuck

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Featurettes

This is a movie I have always enjoyed quite a bit and watch every year in my big horror marathon. It has a nice mixture of horror and comedy that is just fun to watch. I really liked Linnea Quigley's character in this one. And thought it was a nice touch that they made it so her worse fear is realized in this movie. I just see this one to be a lot of fun... and when I watch this every October I then know my horror marathon is a go. This is one that is definitely worth the time put in to watch it.

   

Scorecard:
TV Eps: 14
Movies: 8

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon on October 8th, 2014)

Lethal Weapon, a review by Tom

Title: Lethal Weapon
Year: 1987
Director: Richard Donner
Rating: NR
Length: 117 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Surround, English: DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Mel Gibson
Danny Glover
Gary Busey
Mitchell Ryan
Tom Atkins

Plot:
With over seven minutes of previously unavailable scenes, the director's cut of Lethal Weapon is a long-overdue present for fans. Riggs' solitary homelife and the tragic loss spurring him to a reckless disregard for his own safety now come into greater focus. We see that recklessness in new scenes underlining the differences between the two cops. Murtaugh, just 50, needs reassurance about his skills at a firing range. Riggs, not caring if he sees another birthday, coolly walks into a schoolyard sniper's field of fire. All the humor and adrenaline that made this original an entertainment milestone are here, too. No scenes have been removed. But new action and new insight are now included. Include yourself in the excitement.

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

Lethal Weapon is one of the best (if not the best) buddy cop movies. Good mix of humor and interesting characters, which do not seem so over-the-top as in a lot of other movies of this kind. Of course you could say this about Gibson's character, but I still feel it works great here as it comes from his emotional state.
The only thing which I think is out of place here is the final fight between Riggs and the bad guy. They already had him apprehended, but Riggs simply wanted to have another hand-to-hand fight with him.

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(From Lethal Weapon Marathon on June 8th, 2009)

Veronica Mars Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. Welcome Wagon
Campus crime stopper: Veronica solves a classroom murder game in record time, then takes on a case for Wallace's roommate Piz, whose move-in stuff was boosted by a nonexistent Welcome Wagon Committee.

My Thoughts:
This is an excellent start of Veronica Mars: The College years (or year as it ended up )I really enjoyed every minute of this. From before the open credits even come on she shows what she is made of by solving the "mystery" in her criminology class... to the episode mystery that she has to solve. Not to mention an interesting multi-episode arc that we actually got a taste of in season 2.

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2. My Big Fat Greek Rush Week
Veronica, a sorority girl? She dons a floral frock to rush Zeta Theta Beta, searching for clues to the identity of the campus rapist. Wallace and Logan are guard and inmate in a disturbing prison experiment.

My Thoughts:
Another really good episode. I liked the side storuy will Wallace and Logan as much as I did the main story of finding out what was going on in the sorority house. And Verronica inches further in the rape cases as well.

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3. Wichita Linebacker
Out of bounds. The team playbook "borrowed" by a Hearst College football player goes missing...or gets stolen. And Veronica recommends an unlikely candidate to take her place at Mars Investigations: Weevil.

My Thoughts:
A good episode... though not quite as good as the previous two. I did like how they managed to add Weevil to the college campus. The weekly mystery could have been better... but was entertaining enough.

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4. Charlie Don't Surf
It's tough to be a trust-fund baby without the trust fund: Logan thinks his business manager is skimming his inheritance. Dick is suddenly Veronica's bestest pal. And Keith meets a very attractive woman.

My Thoughts:
Much like the one before it... not the best of epiosde... but still entertaining. While it did have the episode mystery it took the back seat to the rapist storyline.

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(From Veronica Mars Marathon on April 18th, 2010)