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1408, a review by addicted2dvd

1408
Based on a story by suspence master Stephen King, '1408' is a gripping "roller-coaster of a head trip" (Owen Gleiberman, 'Entertainment Weekly') that will have you on the edge of your seat. John Cusack delivers "a tour de force performance" (Stephen Faber, 'Hollywood Reporter') as a skeptical writer investigating paranormal events. When he insists on staying in the reportedly haunted room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel against the grave warnings of the hotel manager (Samuel L. Jackson), he discovers the room's deadly secret an evil so powerful, no one has ever survived an hour within its walls. In the tradition of King's 'The Shining' and 'Misery', '1408' is "a psychologically thrilling movie that leaves you gasping in the end" (Desiree Belmarez, 'Denver Post').

My Thoughts:
Wow... I don't know what else to say other then I loved every minute of it. Sure there was some parts that was a little weirder then I would have liked... and some of it was a bit predictable. Especially for someone that watches a load of horror/Haunted house movies as I do. But over all... I enjoyed every second of it. The cast was really good. Johyn Cusack did a great job... but I though Samuel L. Jackson was outstanding. This is one I will definitely be watching again.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 2/8-2/10 on February 9th, 2008)

On The Waterfront, a review by Rich

Academy Award Best Picture winner 1954

On The Waterfront





Enjoyable movie made brilliant through charismatic Brando's improvisation in the role of Terry Malloy, he literally brings the character to life and you feel yourself totally absorbed in the film. I am not a Brando mega-fan, but watch this performance and you can see the influence he made towards later stars such as Pacino and DeNiro.
The storyline is fairly run of the mill, but the settings away from studios were much more realistic and brought the film to life, unusual locations from what I have seen of this period of Hollywood, and a major plus for the viewer.
If you don't own many older B&W dvds, you would not go far wrong in adding this to your collection.
"It coulda beena contender" for top marks, but not quite.
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on February 6th, 2009)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Otto: Die Serie (1995/Germany) IMDb | Wikipedia (Germany) Length: 319 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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I first watched this series when it first aired in the 90s. It's from and with the famous German comedian Otto Waalkes. In this series the stetches were mainly Otto inserted (Forrest Gump style) in the German movies based on Edgar Wallaces books, which were quite famous. These movie also made Klaus Kinski famous.
The insertion works quite well. Probably the series came about because of the success of Forrest Gump.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 18th, 2012)