The Magnificent Seven (2016) 40/100 - How do you take a screenplay written by Akira Kurosawa, which many consider to be the story for one of the greatest films of all time, and spawned a re-working in Hollywood, that is nestled in many people's top ten westerns of all time, and make it so vacuous, cartoonish, predictable & mind-numbingly boring? I was about 20 minutes into this film and a dilemma was developing in my mind, do I continue, or just cut my losses now, before I waste another 2 hours plus on a bad film? I made the wrong choice. This was, basically, a comic book superhero film, set in the 19th century west. Absolutely no character development, the building of the team, takes less than 15 minutes of screen time. What made the two classic films of the past so great, was the initial indoctrination of each member of the seven. What made each man good enough to be included in this small team, in such an adventure. Here, for example, a Comanche warrior named Red Harvest, states that "The elders have said I'm on a different path""Cut!, that's good enough, mail the check to my agent."
If you want to watch a film that takes the theme of robber baron - vs - homesteaders, then just find Kevin Costner's Open Range. It's a longer, more detailed film, that manages to fly by much faster than this train wreck.
Teal = Masterpiece Dark Green = Classic or someday will be Lime Green = A good, entertaining film Orange = Average Red = Cinemuck Brown = The color of crap, which this film is
Salem's Lot Welcome to Jerusalem's Lot - Salem's Lot, as locals call it. Population: 1319. And growing eerier by the moment. Because an ominous outsider has moved into the sleepy New England town's foreboding Marsten House and brought with him an unspeakable horror.
This powerful new adaptation of Stephen King's terrifying bestseller stars Rob Lowe as a writer who returns to his hometown to confront his haunted past... and who soon leads the fight against a heart-stopping force of evil. Andre Braugher, Donald Sutherland, Samantha Mathis, Rutger Hauer and James Cromwell co-star, and help supply proof that when it comes to thrills, chills and unearthly dread you can't keep the undead down. Walk the streets of Salem's Lot... if you dare.
My Thoughts: I enjoyed watching the original so much today.... that I had the yearning to watch more... so I pulled out the remake. Obviously when I first heard that TNT was doing a miniseries remake of Salem's Lot I was initially very skeptical. But I have to (surprisingly) say... I really enjoyed the remake!... Al,most as much as the original! I think everyone did a fine job with this one... but the one person that stood out for me would have to be Donald Sutherland... I think he really nailed his role as Richard Straker. I would definitely recommend this one as well.
The Unusuals: The Complete Series, a review by addicted2dvd
The Unusuals: The Complete Series
Amber Tamblyn (TV's "Joan of Arcadia") and Jeremy Renner (THE HURT LOCKER) star as Detective Casey Shraeger and Detective Jason Walsh in this dark and gritty series that explores both the grounded drama and comedic insanity of the world of New York City police detectives. Together, the two must investigate the murder of a cop, unraveling the conflicting clues that they hope will lead to the killer and ultimately reveal the truth behind the dead cop's past.
Also stars Harold Perrineau (TV's "Lost") as Detective Banks and Adam Goldberg (TV's "Entourage") as Detective Delahoy.
Stars: Amber Tamblyn as Det. Casey Shraeger Monique Curnen as Det. Beaumont Adam Goldberg as Det. Delahoy Harold Perrineau as Det. Banks Jeremy Renner as Det. James Walsh Terry Kinney as Sergeant Harvey Brown Kai Lennox as Det. Eddie Alvarez Joshua Close as Det. Cole Cornell Womack as Lt. Little
Episodes: 1. Pilot A sudden move from Vice to Homicide to investigate the murder of a cop leads NYPD Detective Casey Shraeger in the middle of an investigation that could expose rampant police corruption.
2. Boorland Day A legendary and hapless criminal family unleashes a crime spree on New York City in an effort to raise money to save their ailing patriach.
3. One Man Band As Delahoy and Banks investigates a store that helps it's customers committ murder, Casey's favor for Davis Nixon ends up freeing a hit and run suspect from jail.
4. Crime Slut As a pawnshop armed Robbery forces Beaumont to keep a secret from Walsh, Delahoy worries about what his future holds as he and Banks search for a brain cancer victim who has left a hospital after being declared dead.
5. 42 After Frank Lutz's attempt to silence Walsh seriously injures Beaumont, Cole decides to stop his tormentor once and for all, Banks looks to provent a psychic's prediction of her own death from coming true.
6. The Circle Line Despite Casey's doubts, Walsh sets out to exonerate a detective suspected of murder, Banks discovers his identity has been stolen after he is reported to have died in a liqueur store robbery.
7. The Tape Delay As Casey and Walsh investigates the disappearance of a wealthy man they were assigned to protect, Delahoy and Banks differ over how to handle an 82-year-old nursing home resident who has embarked on a crime spree
8. The Dentist Alvarez falls prey to a pair of clever con men who steals some important evidence in an accomplice's drug trial, Banks paranoia makes it hard for him to convince Delahoy that he witnessed a neighbor's murder.
9. The Apology Line As the detectives look to solve a naked man's murder, the thefts of confidential answewring machine tapes exposes the grim truth about a hiker's death.
10. The E.I.D. Emotional involvement leads Casey to try to solve a notorious 10-year-old assult, the detectives search for a mystery pornographer who is using apartments a film sets without their owner's knowledge.
Extras: Bonus Trailers Featurettes
My Thoughts: This is a short lived series that I never missed when it originally aired just last year. Unfortunately it was canceled after only 10 episodes. I originally started watching this series because of Amber Tamblyn... who I liked on the show Joan of Arcadia. I soon found that I liked all the characters. The Unusuals is a good title for this group of misfit cops. The series is a nice blend of cop drama and comedy. One of my favorite things in this series is at the beginning of every episode you hear the dispatcher saying something silly or funny to the cops. This is also often used after commercial breaks as well. In my opinion the episodes are consistently very good. There is not an episode I didn't enjoy.
The DVD release itself is good considering it is such a short lived series. Audio and Video is in good condition... at least as good as it looked when it aired on TV. The extras are kind of sparse. But there is a decent, although short featurette. It runs for about 5 minutes... and has a nice mixture of info from both cast and crew members. It could have better info in it... but it is OK considering that it is such a short lived series. Then there is a few trailers for other DVD releases. Over all I am glad I got this release added to my collection. If you are interested in checking out this series... you will have to order it from Amazon.com... as it is an Amazon Exclusive release.
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