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Sherlock Holmes, a review by RossRoy

WHAT THEY SAY

MY THOUGHTS

Is there anything Robert Downey Jr. is not good at? I love this reimagining - or rather, return to roots - for the return of Sherlock Holmes! I must admit I wasn't entirely sure when I saw the previews and how it looked like it was headed towards boring action-packed-look-first-no-content fare, but I was pleasantly surprised! This Sherlock Holmes doesn't deal in much subtlety, but still, it worked! I like this depressive, darker, deranged Holmes. And I especially like Downey's portrayal. Hope they make a few sequels!

RATING

(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on May 4th, 2010)

Screamers, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Screamers
Year: 1995
Director: Christian Duguay
Rating: R
Length: 108 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, French: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Peter Weller
Roy Dupuis
Jennifer Rubin
Andrew Lauer
Charles Powell

Plot:
The year is 2078.

The man is rebel Alliance Commander Col. Joseph Hendricksson (Peter Weller), assigned to protect the Sirius 6B outpost from ravage and plunder at the hands of the New Economic Bloc.

His state-of-the-art weaponry are known as Screamers; manmade killing devices programmed to eliminate all enemy life forms. Screamers travel underground; their intent to kill announced by earpiercing shrieks. They dissect their victims with sushi precision, then eradicate all traces of the carnage. They are lethal. Effective. Tidy.

And, somehow, they are mutating -- self-replicating into human form -- and slaughtering every beating heart on the planet.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned


First time watching this and I thought it was one of the better sci-fi flicks I've seen. Peter Weller was great. This had excellent franchise potential but it took 15 years before a sequel appeared and although I haven't watched it yet, I hear it sucks.  Too bad really... I think this could have rivaled the Alien franchise.

KC


Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on August 28th, 2010)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

Hunter
He plays by his own rules. He hates the pimps, pushers, creeps and killers that prowl our city streets. And he never fires a warning shot. Fred Dryer stars as the maverick police detective who along with partner Dee Dee 'The Brass Cupcake' McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) brought a tough new attitude to television. Critics may have attacked its wild violence, but millions of fans embraced its extreme action, sly humor and sexual chemistry to make HUNTER one of the most popular cop show hits in TV history.

John Amos co-stars in this explosive debut season that also featured guest stars Dennis Franz, Brian Dennehy, Dennis Farina, Bo Svenson, Joanna Kerns, Ed O'Neill and more. HUNTER: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON features 19 hard-hitting episodes (including the two hour pilot movie), plus all-new interviews and more. As Sgt. Rick Hunter would say, "Works for me!"

Pilot
Former NFL star Fred Dryer is Det. Sgt. Rick Hunter, a mobster's son turned cop, who after testing his superior officer one too many times, winds up with a partner - brassy Det. Sgt. Dee Dee McCall. Together, they set a trap for a brutal country western murderer.

My Thoughts:
This is a series I blind bought the first 3 seasons on DVD during a buy 1 get 1 free sale. Luckily I found that I enjoy this series. Sure it is not the best cop show I ever seen... but it is definitely worth watching.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on February 10th, 2010)