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Shazam! Fury of the Gods, a review by Tom

Shazam: Fury of the Gods (2023/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Germany) Director: David F. Sandberg Writing: Henry Gayden (Writer), Chris Morgan (Writer), Bill Parker (Original Characters By), C.C. Beck (Original Characters By) Length: 130 min. Video: Widescreen 2.39 Audio: German: Dolby Atmos 3D, English: Dolby Atmos 3D, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Stars:
Zachary Levi as Shazam
Asher Angel as Billy Batson
Jack Dylan Grazer as Freddy Freeman
Rachel Zegler as Anthea
Adam Brody as Super Hero Freddy

Plot:
The film continues the story of teenage Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word "SHAZAM!" is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes

I was excited to this see sequel. But it was a little bit of a let-down compared to the first one. But I enjoyed it nonetheless. The problem is, that the main character has grown too much since the first one and isn't believable as a kid anymore. And he has hardly screen time. His Shazam character behaves like a 12 year old, but in his original form he is a 18 year old. Also his foster brother Freddie was believable as a bullied kid in the first one. But here he is too handsome and his disability hardly seems a bother.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 30th, 2023)

Clerks, a review by DJ Doena

May, 20th


Brian O'Halloran    ...    Dante
Jeff Anderson   ...    Randal
Marilyn Ghigliotti   ...    Veronica
Lisa Spoonhauer   ...    Caitlin
Jason Mewes   ...    Jay
Kevin Smith   ...    Silent Bob
Scott Mosier   ...    Willam the Idiot Manchild

Synopsis: Dante is a convenient store clerk who isn't supposed to work today but has to come in anyways. Together with his friend Randal who works at the neighbouring video store he philosophizes through the entire spectrum of topics while unwillingly "serving" customers. When they don't work (which they mostly don't) and don't philosophize they play hockey or drive to a wake or talk to friends and girlfriends. And so the day goes by...

My Opinion: I got the idea of watching this again when I stumbled across the "ABC" dance video of Clerks II. It's funny how a movie is able to not to have an actual story and still be very entertaining for 92 minutes. I have always loved the part where they discuss the morality of destroying a Death Star while it's still under construction and thus having a lot of external contractors like roofers and plumbers are on board.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2009 on May 20th, 2009)

NCIS Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

13. THE MEAT PUZZLE
After Ducky is kidnapped by a mysterious killer, Gibbs and the others race against time to save their friend and capture the killer.

My Thoughts:
An excellent episode. Whenever one of the team is in serious trouble we seem to end up with a great episode. I guess that is because the characters are so well done that you just can't help to care about them.

My Rating:

14. WITNESS
Gibbs lets McGee run a case after the N.C.I.S. team is called in to investigate the possible murder of a sailor.

My Thoughts:
Another good episode. And a familiar face in this one as well.... with Danica McKellar who played Winnie Cooper in The Wonder Years.

My Rating:

15. CAUGHT ON TAPE
A Marine "falls" off a cliff while videotaping his own death and the N.C.I.S. team must investigate.

My Thoughts:
Another one I enjoyed quite a bit. It was actually pretty funny seeing Kate hold on to her belief that men and women can just be friends... and having pretty much everyone disagreeing with you. And situations making it hard to believe.

My Rating:

16. POP LIFE
A bartender wakes to find the woman next to him is not only dead, but she's not the woman he went to bed with. Now Gibbs and his team investigate the mysterious murder.

My Thoughts:
While a good episode... it is pretty standard. And the main storyline just wasn't as interesting to me as most the others.

My Rating:

(From NCIS Marathon on December 7th, 2009)