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Gamera vs. Viras, a review by Danae Cassandra

Year of Release: 1968
Starring: Noriaki Yuasa
Directed By: Kojiro Hongo, Michiko Yaegaki, Mari Atsumi, Junko Yashiro
Genre: Science-Fiction, Disaster, Tokusatsu, Kaiju

Overview:
The reign of terror continues when aliens take two boy scouts hostage to blackmail Gamera into aiding their invasion of Earth. When that plan fails the giant alien leader Viras battles the flying turtle in a duel to the death.

My Thoughts:
Space Monster Viras makes their appearance! They have come to conquer Earth and destroy humanity! Only our great protector Gamera stands against them! They have found out Gamera's love for children though, and will use it against him!

While the bee design spaceships are neat, and there are some good ideas here, they're not followed through with. Too much footage from the previous Gamera films and the absurd squid-style design of Viras cause the film to be rather flat. The kids can get annoying, but they're far from the worst in these films.

Bechdel Test: Fail

Overall: 2.5/5

(From Gamera! on February 27th, 2016)

The Good Witch, a review by addicted2dvd

The Good Witch (2008/Canada) Gaiam Americas Director: Craig Pryce Writing: Rod Spence (Writer) Length: 88 min. Rating: NR Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: None

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Stars:
Catherine Bell as Cassie Nightingale
Chris Potter as Jake Russell
Catherine Disher as Martha Tinsdale
Peter MacNeill as George O'Hanrahan
Allan Royal as Walter Cobb
Matthew Knight as Brandon Russell

Plot:
A mysterious, yet charming woman arrives in a small town and causes a stir when people think she is an actual witch. The town's moral committee, lead by the mayor's wife, becomes convinced she is evil and begins a campaign to drive her out of town. This causes much stress to the town sheriff, a struggling widower, who is slowly developing feelings for the woman. As their relationship grows, the woman helps the sheriff's children, as well as several members of the community, face their problems and overcome personal obstacles. But is it common sense or magic that's helping the townfolk? And will they ever be able to accept her as one of their own?

Extras:

• Scene Access

What can I say? I really enjoy this Hallmark Channel Original movie. I caught this movie for the first time on cable a while back... enjoyed it so much that I went ahead and grabbed the DVD. I grabbed the DVD just over a year ago (Feb. 8, 2011)... and this is my third time watching the DVD. And I enjoy it just as much now as the first time I watched it. I really like the character of Cassandra Nightingale (The Good Witch) and the lovely Catherine Bell did a wonderful job in the role. I couldn't imagine anyone doing it better. If there is anything I didn't care for though... it would be that the ending felt like it was settled a little quickly and easily. But that didn't really take away from the movie for me. Unfortunately this DVD release has no extras what so ever. Also unfortunate is the fact that none of the three sequels has made it on DVD yet. Luckily I have them all recorded until they are (hopefully) released.




(From Celebrity of the Week Marathon: Catherine Bell on March 18th, 2012)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Who's the Boss?: Season One (1984/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 455 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
3 Disc Set Includes All 22 Episodes From The First Season

When an injury forces baseball star Tony Micelli out of the major leagues, he finds himself penniless an without any job prospects. Swallowing his pride, Tony, along with daughter Samantha, become a live-in housekeeper for Angela Bower, a busy ad executive who has little time to look after her home or her young son, Jonathan. Now, Tony's got a full-time job and Angela's household is back in order. Only one question remains: Who's The Boss?


Who's the Boss?
Season 1.01 Pilot
Writer: Martin Cohan (Writer), Blake Hunter (Writer)
Director: Bill Persky
Cast: Tony Danza (Tony Micelli), Judith Light (Angela Bower), Alyssa Milano (Samantha Micelli), Danny Pintauro (Jonathan Bower), Katherine Helmond (Mona Robinson), Dennis Holahan (Grant Paxton), Rhoda Gemignani (Mrs. Rossini)

This is a series I watched in the 90s, mainly because there was nothing else on at the time it was aired. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't say it is a must-see. I really found Alyssa Milano attractive towards the end of the series and she was the main reason I stayed with the series.
The pilot is a good introduction to the series.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on November 16th, 2012)