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Pánico en el Transiberiano, a review by Danae Cassandra

Year of Release: 1972
Directed By:Starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Telly Savalas, Alberto de Mendoza, Silvia Tortosa
Genre: Horror

Overview:
The '70s horror classic returns like you've never seen it before! Screen legends Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing star as rival turn-of-the-century anthropologists transporting a frozen 'missing link' aboard the Trans-Siberian Express. But when the prehistoric creature thaws and escapes, it unleashes a brain-scarfing spree that turns its victims into the eye-bleeding undead. Can the crafty colleagues stop this two million year old monster, hordes of zombie passengers and a psychotic Cossack officer (Telly Savalas) before terror goes off the rails? Silvia Tortosa (When The Screaming StopsPSYCHOMANIA, now featuring explosive new Extras and a stunning HD transfer from vault elements recently unearthed in a Mongolian film depot!

My Thoughts:
This is a really good little film.  Of course, it doesn't hurt that it has a lot of good elements to put it together, either.  It has two superb actors - Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing - as the leads.  It has Telly Savalas in a cameo.  It has two beautiful ladies to threaten.  It has an interesting setting - a train crossing Siberia, and a reasonably tight and action-packed script.  Oh, and an interesting monster.  One mustn't forget the monster.

Are there a few plot holes?  Sure, but you really overlook them while you're watching.  The film has a great, creepy atmosphere and some genuinely tense moments.   Lee and Cushing make a great team of dapper, distinguished English gentlemen.  Lee looks so young and handsome here, even if he's actually in his late 40's and his character is an arrogant prig.  Cushing is the more charming here.  And Savalas chews up the scenery delightfully as a power-mad Cossack.  It's almost a shame he comes in so late in the film, but the character would be too much if given more screen time. 

The other thing that helps make the film good is that the monster is very mysterious at the beginning, but as the film progresses you learn more about the creature and also eventually you get clued in toward it's motive and goal.  Yes, it does have them, and it makes the creature somewhat sympathetic.  I at least had some understanding and sympathy for it.

The gore is minimal compared to today's films, so despite it's R rating I'd feel comfortable showing this for teens.  Therefore, recommended for most anyone who's a fan of older horror films.

Bechdel Test: Fail

Overall:  3.75/5

(From Danae's 2013 Horror Marathon on October 4th, 2013)

Bambi, a review by addicted2dvd

Bambi: The Walt Disney Signature Collection (1942/United States) Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment (United States) Director: David Hand [David D. Hand] Writing: Felix Salten (Story By), Larry Morey (Screenwriter), George Stallings (Developed By), Melvin Shaw (Developed By), Carl Fallberg (Developed By), Chuck Couch (Developed By), Ralph Wright (Developed By) Length: 70 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD High Resolution: 7.1, English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Hardie Hunter Albright as Bambi (adolescent) (uncredited, voice)
Stanley Alexander as Flower (young) (uncredited, voice)
Bobette Audrey as Additional Voice (uncredited, voice)
Peter Behn as Thumper (young) (uncredited, voice)
Thelma Boardman as Mrs. Quail (uncredited, voice)

Plot:Extras:

What can I say about this one? 15 minutes in and I am like where is the hunter? I am in cuteness overload here. Forget the mother... Shoot Bambi! Just too much cuteness. This film is just not made for the adult male. I will say it did improve for me some about the half way point on. This is not one I see myself watching often.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on September 27th, 2017)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon, a review by goodguy

2x12 Alpine Fields
Synopsis: Sarah and Cameron work to save a family on the list with a connection to Derek and Jesse in the future.
My Rating:

After the revelations of 2x10, the show goes off on a tangent for the second time in a row. That's either a pretty ballsy move, the result of the network asking for more self-contained episodes, or padding towards the mid-season finale (2x13). While I like to think it is the first, in reality it is probably a little of all three.

Since I'm rewatching the series, I obviously have more patience for things that maybe considered distractions from the main plot. But I have to say that it didn't bother me on first viewing either. And while the episode has no relation to the main plot, it does relate to the main story

Another thing that bugged me is that first they to spoil the suspense by giving certain information "accidentally" too early (who is the terminator after...?) just to give us an entire different solution later; it felt cheap.

Erm, no. At that point, we know (from the now-frame) that Lauren's father is already dead and that the terminator is still after pregnant Anne and Lauren.

(From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon on February 14th, 2010)