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Planes, Trains and Automobiles, a review by addicted2dvd

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: "Those Aren't Pillows!" Edition (1987/United States) Paramount Home Entertainment (United States) Director: John Hughes (1950) Writing: John Hughes (1950) (Writer) Length: 92 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Mono, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Stars:
Steve Martin (1945) as Neal Page
John Candy as Del Griffith
Laila Robins as Susan Page
Michael McKean as State Trooper
Kevin Bacon as Taxi Racer

Plot:
Steve Martin and John Candy star in John Hughes' classic tale of holiday travel gone awry. Neal Page (Martin) is an uptight advertising executive trying to get home to Chicago for Thanksgiving. When his flight is rerouted to Wichita, he reluctantly partners with Del Griffith (Candy), an obnoxious yet loveable salesman. Together, they embark on a cross-country adventure that includes various modes of transportation, hilarious mishaps, and unforgettable rental car shenanigans.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is "a screwball comedy with a heart" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). Loaded with special features, the"Those Aren't Pillows!" Edition is a perfect holiday treat that lasts all year.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes

This is a good movie.. though I must admit I didn't find it as funny as I remembered it being from when I first seen it back in my teens. But definitely worth the time put in to watch it. Matter of fact... I can see myself watching this one every year for my Thanksgiving marathon.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on November 23rd, 2016)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, a review by Tom

Title: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Year: 1989
Director: William Shatner
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 102 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Commentary, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish

Stars:
William Shatner
Leonard Nimoy
DeForest Kelley
James Doohan
Walter Koenig

Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Scene Access
Trailers

The worst of the original Star Trek movies. This time with the captain itself in the director's chair. Stupid story with plot holes through which you can fly the Enterprise. Traveling to the center of the universe, which nobody has ever done in a matter of hours (thousands of light years)? Passing a barrier without any problems whatsoever which is said to be impossible? Flying up 60 levels on ship which has about 14 or so? Star Fleet commissions a new ship which is already falling apart? They must have really bad quality control.
Horse-crazy Shatner also just to integrate horses into the plot. Putting a stupid horn on the head does not make a horse an alien creature.
The only thing which saves the movie a little are some of the scenes between Kirk, Spock and McCoy. The other characters are sadly reduced to laughing stock material (maybe this is the reason the other actors often talk ill about Shatner).

Rating:

(From Tom's Star Trek Movies Marathon on February 2nd, 2009)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

20. War Zone (2000-05-09)
Writer: Garry Campbell (Writer)
Director: David Straiton
Cast: David Boreanaz (Angel), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndam-Pryce), Michele Kelly (Alonna), Maurice Compte (Chain), Mick Murray (Knox), Joe Basile (Lenny Edwards), David Herman (David Nabbit), J. August Richards (Charles Gunn), Sean Parhrm (Bobby), Sven Holmberg (Ty), Rebecca Klingler (Madame Dorion), Kimberly James (Lina), Ricky Luna (James)

An episode I never really enjoyed that much. I always thought that Gunn is a boring character. And I don't know why they had to bring a character "from the street" into the mix.

Rating:

(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on July 19th, 2009)