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Whip It, a review by Dragonfire

Whip It

(From Whip It on October 20th, 2009)

Nancy Drew: Detective, a review by addicted2dvd

Nancy Drew: Detective (1938/United States) IMDb | Warner Home Video Director: William Clemens Writing: Kenneth Gamet (Screenwriter), Carolyn Keene (Original Material By) Length: 66 min. Rating: NR Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English, French

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Stars:
Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew
John Litel as Carson Drew
James Stephenson as Challon
Frankie Thomas as Ted Nickerson
Frank Orth as Captain Tweedy
Helena Phillips Evans as Mary Eldridge

Plot:
Wealthy Helena Phillips Evans (Mary Eldredge) mysteriously vanishes just as she is about to donate $250,000 to her alma mater, the exact same school where teenage sleuth Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) just happens to currently attend. With the help of her lawyer father Carson Drew (John Litel) and her pseudo-boyfriend Ted Nickerson (Frankie Thomas), determined Nancy vows to track down the missing Ms. Evans.

Extras:

• Feature Trailers
• Closed Captioned

I had a little time so went ahead and popped this one in. It is part of a 4 movie set called The Orignal Nancy Drew Movie Mystery Collection. The first thing I did was watch the trailer... which worried me as the quality of the trailer was terrible. Didn't look like t was cleaned up at all. Thankfully you could easily tell they did on the film itself. Though there was still a few minor problems with the film. Mostly just pausing for a second or two here and there. The film itself was right good. I definitely enjoyed it. I thought Bonita Granville was right good in the title role. Even if I am more used to the '70s version of Nancy Drew. The storyline kept my interest from beginning to end. Now I just have to watch the other 3 film in the series. Recommend checking it out for an entertaining classic film.



(From Unwatched DVDs/Blu-rays on May 11th, 2014)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

1.19 Heaven and Earth (1995-03-25)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), Phil Bedard (Writer), Larry Lalonde (Writer)
Director: David Warry-Smith
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Daniel Kash (Detective Louis Gardino), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Jonathan Banks (Garret), Ramona Milano (Francesca), Alex Carter (Agent Ford), Djanet Sears (Caroline Wilson), Mark Melymick (Agent Deeter), Karyn Dwyer (Mary Ann), Bill Macdonald (Kidnapper), Ken Quinn (Chili Cook), Roy Lewis (Manager), Jack Jessop (Cook # 1)

A good episode. Though I am not sure if it's a good idea that they did a Johnny Smith here. Also fun is how Ray tries to find out, if Fraser slept with Francesca.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on July 26th, 2009)