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Night of the Hunter, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Night of the Hunter
Year: 1955
Genre: Suspense/Thriller, Drama
Length: 1hr.33min.
Stars: Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters

Plot:
The Night of the HunteMy Thoughts:
While watching this film I wasn't sure if I seen this one or not. Some things seemed familiar while others didn't. Of course some of it could be from pop culture like the love/hate tattoos on his fingers. But the eerie singing as he walked seemed familiar to me and not sure how else that would be. I liked this one a lot! there was a few slow scenes in it to me buta great film over all and I would definitely highly recommend it. I had to borow a copy to watch it, so hoping to add it to my collection before too long.

My Rating:
4.5 out of 5


(From Night of the Hunter on March 20th, 2023)

Top Gun, a review by DJ Doena

August, 12th


Tom Cruise    ...    Maverick
Kelly McGillis   ...    Charlie
Val Kilmer   ...    Ice
Anthony Edwards   ...    Goose
Tom Skerritt   ...    Viper
Michael Ironside   ...    Jester
Tim Robbins   ...    Merlin
Clarence Gilyard Jr.   ...    Sundown
James Tolkan   ...    Stinger
Meg Ryan   ...    Carole
Adrian Pasdar   ...    Chipper

Synopsis: Lt. "Maverick" Mitchell - a slightly maniac F-14 pilot - and his RIO Lt. "Goose" Bradshaw have been accepted into the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School - more commonly known as "Top Gun". There they will learn the finer arts of aerial dogfighting. That is, if they don't get thrown out due to Maverick's behaviour. And the competition is hard, Top Gun accepts only the best pilots to begin with.

My Opinion: This movie has incredible flying scenes even after all these years. No crappy CGI but real planes flying in real air. And a great soundtrack, too. Ironically I haven't seen that movie that often but I seem to know it by heart due to the many parodies on many scenes of that movie.
And while I recognized Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli in Heroes) at once, it took me a while to recognize Goose as Dr. Greene from ER.
Too bad, that there aren't more good airplane combat movies out there.



(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2009 on August 14th, 2009)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Frasier: Season One (1993/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 544 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:Frasier
1.01 The Good Son (Pilot)
Writer: David Angell (Writer), Peter Casey (Writer), David Lee (Writer), Glen Charles (Original Characters By), Les Charles (Original Characters By)
Director: James Burrows
Cast: Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane), Jane Leeves (Daphne Moon), David Hyde Pierce (Dr. Niles Crane), Peri Gilpin (Roz Doyle), John Mahoney (Martin Crane), Linda Hamilton (Claire (voice)), Griffin Dunne (Russell), Cleto Augusto (Delivery Man), Gina Ravarra (Waitress), Moose (Eddie)

I started watching Frasier since the beginning, because I was fan of "Cheers". At first I was a little disappointed that they chose to go into a completely different way in this spin-off. But it worked out well. The series lasted 11 seasons just like Cheers did.
The characters are already well-established in this first episode. As a consequence there isn't really much growth for the characters throughout the series, which lessens the rewatch value slightly.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 19th, 2011)