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My Soul to Take, a review by addicted2dvd

My Soul to Take (2010/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Universal Studios Home Entertainment Director: Wes Craven Writing: Wes Craven (Writer) Length: 107 min. Rating: Rated R : Strong Bloody Violence, And Pervasive Language Including Sexual References Video: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: DTS: 5.1, Spanish: DTS: 5.1, French: DTS: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: : , Commentary: : Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Max Thieriot as Bug
John Magaro as Alex
Denzel Whitaker as Jerome
Zena Grey as Penelope
Nick Lashaway as Brandon
Paulina Olszynski as Brittany

Plot:
On the day the Riverton Ripper vanished without a trace, seven children were born. Today, they're all turning 16...and turning up dead. Legendary director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) keeps your heart racing with a suspense-thriller filled with twists, turns and a dark secret that will send your soul searching for cover.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Deleted Scenes

I went into this one without even seeing a trailer for the film. Unfortunately the reviews I have read on it has been less then stellar. More then one going as far as saying it is the worst piece of work to come from Wes Craven. So needless to say I went into this one with low expectations. Though going in with the low expectations really didn't help much. While the film has it's moments here and there.. I really didn't think too much of this one. I found I really didn't care much for the characters... and the storyline just didn't keep my interest. I found myself doing other things while the movie played in the background.



(From Addicted2DVD's Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon on October 7th, 2013)

Apocalypse Now, a review by KinkyCyborg

Apocalypse Now



Title:Apocalypse Now
Year: 1979
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Rating: R
Length: 153 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.00:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Marlon Brando
Robert Duvall
Martin Sheen (1940)
Frederic Forrest
Albert Hall

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned
Theatrical Program Excerpts, Kurtz Compound Footage


The horror... the horror...

Coppola's iconic Vietnam war film which follows one bizarre descent into madness after another.

The dialogue and the images from this movie imprint in your mind after watching it. Whether it's Duvall declaring ' I love the smell of napalm in the morning ' to the image of Sheen and his slow rise from beneath the putrid waters surface as he begins his end game move.... you can't believe what you are seeing and can't possibly rip your eyes away from it.

Brando gets many of the accolades for this film but the dynamic force in Apocalypse Now is Martin Sheen as Captain Willard. His mission is clear, he knows the reasons why Colonel Kurtz must be put down, in fact he understands the reasons all too well. Watching him try to keep a tenuous grip on his own sanity long enough to complete his mission is spellbinding to watch. In my estimation this is Sheen's finest performance.

Dennis Hopper was reportedly so stoned during the filming of his parts that they just wrote his wigged out persona into the script and his ramblings fit quite well into the chaos portrayed all around him.

Very young stars Harrison Ford, Scott Glenn (he never utters a word) and Lawrence Fishburne who looks like he is about 14 years old, all get to experience greatness early in their careers albeit in minor roles.

The aspect of Apocalypse Now that for me makes this film extraordinary is the ambiance. The steady stream of uneven characters, the smoky haze, the littered landscape and the haunting, chaotic musical score underline the theme of madness, keeping the viewer off balance, dazed but hypnotized.

Great film! 

KC

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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on November 20th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Columbo: Season One (1971/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Studios Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 725 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Plot:Columbo movies: Prescription: Murder and Ransom for a Dead Man. Columbo's first season features legendary guest stars like Robert Culp, Ray Milland, Eddie Albert, Suzanne Pleshette, Don Ameche, Leslie Nielsen and Roddy McDowall. It's no mystery why Columbo: The Complete First Season is the DVD set crime fans have been waiting for!

Columbo
1.01 Prescription: Murder (1968-02-20)
Writer: Richard Levinson (Screenwriter), William Link (Screenwriter), Richard Levinson (Original Material By), William Link (Original Material By)
Director: Richard Irving
Cast: Peter Falk (Lt. Columbo), Gene Barry (Dr. Ray Flemming), Katherine Justice (Joan Hudson), William Windom (Burt Gordon), Nina Foch (Carol Flemming), Virginia Gregg (Miss Petrie), Andrea King (Cynthia Gordon), Susanne Benton (The Blonde), Ena Hartman (Nurse), Sherry Boucher (Air Hostess), Anthony James (Tommy)

This first episode of Columbo wasn't original thought of as a pilot of a series. It was a standalone TV movie based on a play. But Peter Falk's Columbo was so good, that he got a series based on this movie three years later.
Generally you already see the Columbo we know in the series. The major difference is, that Columbo seemed better groomed here. But his other trademarks are already here. Even his antagonist recognizes his personality traits already. Pretending to be more stupid than he his to trick him up.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on April 1st, 2011)