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Saboteur, a review by Tom

Title: Saboteur
Year: 1942
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Rating: PG
Length: 104 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono, German: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Swedish

Stars:
Priscilla Lane
Robert Cummings
Otto Kruger
Alan Baxter
Clem Bevans

Plot:
Alfred Hitchcock's exciting 1942 wartime thriller stars Robert Cummings as a Los Angeles aircraft factory worker who witnesses his plant's firebombing by a Nazi agent. During the deadly explosion, Cumming's best friend is killed and he, himself, is wrongly accused of sabotage. To clear his name, Cummings begins a relentless crosscountry chase that takes him from Boulder Dam to New York's Radio City Music Hall, and finally, to a harrowing confrontation atop the Statue of Liberty.

Hitchcock's first film with an all-American cast moves with breakneck speed towards its spine-tingling climax to create a riveting masterpiece of suspense.

Extras:
Featurettes
Hitchcock Sketches
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Storyboard Comparisons
Trailers

I enjoyed this movie a lot. I liked the humor in it. Especially fun was how the woman constantly did try to turn him in and that it took a while until she finally believed him.
I agree with Achim, that in a few scenes it was overly patriotic (the worst part where the woman mentions, that she couldn't believe that an American could ever be a saboteur), but I just took it as part of its time.

Rating:

(From Alfred Hitchcock Marathon on May 31st, 2009)

Dracula (1931), a review by Tom

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Dracula (1931/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Pictures (United Kingdom) Director: Tod Browning Writing: Bram Stoker (Original Material By), Hamilton Deane (Original Material By), John L. Balderston (Original Material By), Garrett Fort (Screenwriter) Length: 74 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 1, French: DTS 1, Italian: DTS 1, German: DTS 1, Spanish: DTS 1, English: Dolby Digital 1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: Commentary, Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Trivia

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Stars:
Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula
Helen Chandler as Mina
David Manners as John Harker
Dwight Frye as Renfield
Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing

Plot:
The original classic starring Bela Lugosi is the signature adaptation of Bram Stoker's story that defined the iconic look and frightening character of the famed vampire.

Awards:
Won:

AFI (1931)		100 Years... 100 Quotes (2005) (Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make.)
AFI (1931)		100 Years... 100 Thrills (2001)

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Commentary
• Featurettes
• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Trailers

(From Tom's 2013 Horror Marathon on October 7th, 2013)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

15. A Hole in the World
Original Air Date: 2/25/2004
After breathing in the air from an ancient sarcophagus, Fred falls deathly ill and the rest of the gang races to find a cure before it's too late.

Guest Stars:
Jonathan M. Woodward
Jennifer Griffin
Gary Grubbs

My Thoughts:
While an enjoyable enough of an episode I never cared much for the whole Illyria storyline. And this is the starts of that. We also get to see an appearance by Fred's parents again... in a flashback this time.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 24th, 2010)