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Vacation, a review by addicted2dvd

Vacation (2015/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Warner Home Video (United States) Director: Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley Writing: Jonathan Goldstein (Writer), John Francis Daley (Writer) Length: 99 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: DTS: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Ed Helms as Rusty Griswold
Christina Applegate as Debbie Griswold
Skyler Gisondo as James Griswold
Steele Stebbins as Kevin Griswold
Chris Hemsworth as Stone Crandall

Plot:
BUCKLE UP, IT'S GOING TO BE A WILD RIDE...

The next generation of Griswolds is on the road again for another hilarious, ill-fated family adventure. Following in his father's footsteps, a grown-up Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms, The Hangover films) surprises his wife, Debbie (Christina Applegate, the Anchorman films), and their two sons with a cross-country road trip back to America's "favorite family fun park," Walley World. What could go wrong?

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes

This is one I got out of Redbox before buying a copy. And I am glad that I did... as I really didn't think much of it at all. While there is a couple cast members in this one that I like... the film itself was less then average. I just didn't find it to be funny at all. There was a scene or two that I did like... but over-all I just couldn't get into it. I really wasn't all that impressed that they got Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo to reprise their roles from the original films. I don't really see this one going into my collection.



(From April Fool-A-Thon on April 7th, 2016)

Weekend at Bernies 2, a review by Rich

Untouched in the Virgin Islands...



Corporate peons Larry (Andrew McCarthy) and Richard (Jonathan Silverman) discover the key to the safety deposit box of Bernie (Terry Kiser), their dead former boss. The box, located in the Virgin Islands, reportedly contains 2 million dollars. Unfortunately, company security guard Hummel (Barry Bostwick) also wants the money, as do a gang of criminals who try to get the location out of Bernie through the use of voodoo! Larry and Richard take a working vacation to the tropical local and find that, once again, Bernie may not be as dead as anybody thinks!

Possibly the worst sequel ever, this is an absolute stinker and the worst of the marathon so far. Shoving slivers of steel up my toenails would have been more entertaining, avoid like the plague. 0/10

(From Around the World in 80 DVD's on March 17th, 2008)

HawthoRNe: Season 1 Ep. 5: The Sense of Belonging, a review by addicted2dvd

THE SENSE OF BELONGING
Ray is ordered to keep Amanda Hawthorne's upcoming biopsy a secret, while Christina confronts the hospital's star surgeon over a delicate brain operation for a long-time patient.

Notable Guest Stars:
No One Recognized

My Thoughts:
A good episode... but not great. I enjoyed both storylines in this episode. Though it seems like to me they could have done a little more with the storyline of Amanda Hawthorne (Title character's mother in law). Of the two storylines I found the one with the brain surgery more entertaining. With this episode watched... I am now half way done season one.

My Rating:

(From HawthoRNe Episode Reviews on June 26th, 2013)