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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace , a review by Tom

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United Kingdom) Director: Sidney J. Furie Writing: Jerry Siegel (Original Characters By), Joe Shuster (Original Characters By), Christopher Reeve (Story By), Lawrence Konner (Story By), Mark Rosenthal (Story By), Lawrence Konner (Screenwriter), Mark Rosenthal (Screenwriter) Length: 90 min. Video: Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo, French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Italian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital 1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 1, Hungarian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Polish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Thai: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: Chinese, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish

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Stars:
Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor
Jackie Cooper as Perry White
Marc McClure as Jimmy Olsen
Jon Cryer as Lenny

Plot:
Christopher Reeve not only dons the title hero's cape for the fourth time but also helped develop the movie's provocative theme: nuclear disarmament. To make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow). The two foes clash in an explosive extravaganza that sees Superman save the Statue of Liberty, plug a volcanic eruption of Mount Etna and rebuild the demolished Great Wall of China. Your quest for excitement is over.

Awards:
Nominated:

Golden Raspberry Awards (1987)		Worst Special Visual Effects (Harrison Ellenshaw and John Evans)
Golden Raspberry Awards (1987)		Worst Supporting Actress (Mariel Hemingway)

Extras:

• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

Better than I remembered, but still the worst of the original Superman movies. Suffering from bad special effects, low budget and a silly story. But it has some scenes which I enjoyed.
The movie strayed too much from being a more serious movie and gets quite comicy. Going even so far as taking a human into space without problems.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 20th, 2011)

Frenzy, a review by Jon

Frenzy (1972)
5 out of 5



In modern-day London, a sex criminal known as the Necktie Murderer has the police on alert, and in typical Hitchcock fashion, the trail is leading to an innocent man, who must now elude the law and prove his innocence by finding the real murderer.  Jon Finch, Alec McCowen and Barry Foster head this British cast in the thriller that alternates suspense scenes with moments of Hitchcock's distinctive black humour.

Returning to England after a dry spell in the States that put his reputation in real danger, Alfred Hitchcock went back to basics and found his mojo alive and well residing in Covent Garden, London, site of the famous market where much of this story would play out and where his own father worked years before. I don't think he had lost anything, but he came to London with his blood up and something to prove, and prove it he did, because FrenzyVertigo being entwined in San Francisco. I liked the other latterly missed Hitchcock motif; two gentlemen in a pub discuss the murders with relish, similar to the morbid curiosity of Shadow of a Doubtlook

(From Alfred Hitchcock Marathon on May 9th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season One: Volume One (1983/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 710 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
Excitement and adventure await those who enter the mystical land of Eternia! Join He-Man and the Masters of the Universe as they battle against Skeletor and his crew of dastardly villains in the greatest adventure ever told!

These first 33 episodes are only the beginning of the most phenomenal stories ever created in animation! Relive the excitement as you enjoy the adventure of the universe's greatest warriors. The power has returned!


He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
1.01 Diamond Ray of Disappearance
Writer: Robby London (Writer)
Director: Lou Zukor
Cast: John Erwin (Prince Adam / He-Man (voice)), John Erwin (Beast Man / Ram Man (voice)), Alan Oppenheimer (Cringer / Battle Cat / Mer-Man (voice)), Alan Oppenheimer (Skeletor (voice)), Linda Gary (The Sorceress (voice)), Linda Gary (Evil-Lyn / Teela / Queen Marlena (voice)), Erik Gunden (King Randor / Orko / Trap Jaw (voice)), Erik Gunden (Tri-Klops / Stratos (voice))

It has been now about 25 years since I became a fan of He-Man. I still enjoy this series and the characters even after all this time. For me this is not a series better left as a nostalgic memory. It still holds up.
And I just love the theme music. I never get tired of it.



Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on July 5th, 2011)