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WALL•E, a review by DJ Doena

March, 31st

MacInTalk   ...    AUTO (voice)
John Ratzenberger   ...    John (voice)
Kathy Najimy   ...    Mary (voice)
Sigourney Weaver   ...    Ship's Computer (voice)

Synopsis:My Opinion: E.T. meets Number 52001) or AUTO (HAL 9000 anyone?).
Then I watched the bonus material and laughed again about the short movie and the way it interwove with .

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2010 on March 31st, 2010)

Manos: The Hands of Fate, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Manos: The Hands of Fate
Year: 1966
Director: Harold P. Warren
Rating: NR
Length: 69 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Tom Neyman
John Reynolds
Diane Mahree

Plot:
In this macabre tale of a trip gone horribly wrong, an innocent family becomes lost and find themselves at a remote farmhouse. The only apparent resident of the property is a strangely deformed man named Torgo, who insists he is watching the place for "The Master". What our travelers don't know is "The Master" and his demon-worshipping wives have awakened from their slumber to prey upon them for their sacrifices.

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
This is another movie that is in the 100 movie boxset I bought. While the plot sounds interesting... the movie is far from it. I can say for a fact that my daughter is a more talented writer then the person that wrote this drivel. And don't even get me started on the acting! I came very close to turning this movie off shortly after it started. But I wanted to give it a fair chance so I could give my opinion guilt free. The thing of it is... the main plot is a decent one... and we could have seen a good movie. But it does not even come close to succeeding.  While the audio was fine... the quality of the video is very bad. It looks like it was taken from an old well used VHS tape. has the white interference lines at the bottom of the picture. The picture pauses and jerks in several scenes and the color is so off that it is distracting. The reds are bleeding into the black in some areas. And in other areas where it should be red is bled away and looks black and white. But that said... I have seen worse. Not many that is for sure. But there has been a few.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs on June 6th, 2010)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

3. The House Always Wins
Original Air Date: 10/20/2002
Angel, Fred and Gunn take a road trip to Las Vegas to enlist Lorne's help in finding Cordelia, but get caught up in a supernatural and literal "futures" trading scheme. A ruthless casino owner holds Lorne hostage, exploiting the popular entertainer's psychic abilities to steal unsuspecting patrons' destinies. It is Angel's future, however, that is of more interest...

Guest Stars:
Clayton Rohner
Morocco Omari

My Thoughts:
A fun episode... but not quite as good as the previous couple. I noticed there was a commentary track for this episode with the guy that plays Lorne. So I watched it both with and without the commentary. As I said... I enjoyed the episode without the commentary. And while always fun for me to watch an episode with an actor commentary on... this one really added very little. I definitely heard better commentaries.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 16th, 2010)