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Van Helsing, a review by addicted2dvd

Van Helsing
Legendary monster hunter Van Helsing (Hugh Jackman) is summoned to mysterious Transylvania on a mission that will thrust him into a sweeping battle against the forces of darkness! With non-stop action and electrifying special effects, VAN HELSING is an adrenaline-powered motion picture event Roger Ebert calls "Spectacular!"

My thoughts:
Ok... finally getting away from the classics I been watching this weekend. I was looking through my classic Universal Monster movies... and looking on the net to see which ones I was missing. Reading about all the different Wolf Man, Dracula and Frankenstein movies out there got me in the mood to watch a little of it all... but wanting to get away from the classics some. That pointed me to this movie. One I have enjoyed quite a bit. I like the mixture of action and horror. And liked the look they gave the different monsters... well for the most part at least. I think they could have done Frankenstein's Monster better then what they did.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 4/11 - 4/13 on April 13th, 2008)

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, a review by addicted2dvd

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Summit Entertainment (United States) Director: David Slade Writing: Melissa Rosenberg (Screenwriter), Stephenie Meyer (Original Material By) Length: 124 min. Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Xavier Samuel as Riley
Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan
Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen
Billy Burke (1966) as Charlie Swan
Justin Chon as Eric

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• BD-Live

I am actually surprised to say that I enjoyed this one a little more then the previous one. I would say it is just about as good as the first one. Granted that still not saying a whole lot. But while this one continues on with the teen angst and romance... it also brings back some good action/horror elements.



(From The Twilight Saga on February 16th, 2016)

"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: With the help of the M.A.L.P. SGC surveys a planet with a highly toxic atmosphere. But then they discover a dome under which people still live. There existance has been threatened for a while yet they know nothing about it.

My Opinion: The link device was    undoubtedly stolen from Seven of Nine but I still would like to have one of those. Permanently being online *dreaming*. Apart from that the episode was ok, but not exceptional.

Synopsis: SG-1 discovers a crashed spaceship on which are several hundred people being kept in stasis. But then something extraordinary happens: The consciousnesses of 12 different people are put into Daniel's head - additionally to his own. The problem is to get them out again.

My Opinion: Once again a very good episode for Michael Shanks who could play the whole range from a small boy to the arrogant sovereign. I liked it a lot.

Synopsis: A mining expeditions finds a huge vein of Naquadah. The problem is: The local Unas tribes see this place as holy ground. Daniel tries to negotiate but he needs help - Chaka.

My Opinion: I liked the fact that Daniel's was right about the new Colonel. Jack would have listened to him (probably). I also liked the negotiations and the fact that the arrogance of the Humans nearly led to their undoing (similar to Spirits).

Synopsis: Warrick, the Captain of the Sebrus, invites Sam to participate in a space race aboard his ship. But the race doesn't go as expected.

My Opinion: A pure fun episode based on the Pod Race in Star Wars I and probably on the Star Trek: Voyager episode Drive.
I also liked the regular product placements during the comments which reminded me of "Binford".

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on April 17th, 2008)