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Woochi: The Demon Slayer, a review by dfmorgan

Woochi: The Demon Slayer

Year: 2009
Director: Choi Dong-hun
Cast: Gang Dong-won, Kim Yoon-suk, Lim Soo-jung
Overview: Discover the movie that delivered the biggest box-office opening in Korean Cinema history and experience breathtaking hi-octane thrills from the celebrated action-director of 'The Good, The Bad and The Weird' and 'Brotherhood'.

When a dark lord obtains the secret to unimaginable power, an elite army of shape-shifting goblins threatens to destroy the world, as we know it. However, just when all seems to be lost, a great warrior-wizard, named Woochi, travels through time to fight for the future of all mankind... Crammed with "plenty of action and excitement (Beyond Hollywood)", Woochi the Demon Slayer is a "romping fun-packed fantasy adventure (Twitch)" that will thoroughly entertain you from start to finish!

Watched: 29th Apr. 2011
My Thoughts: Quite an enjoyable fun romp. A couple of switches between the past and the present early on to set the stage. Then the telling of the protagonists past encounters leading to a 500 year banishment. Then the jump to the present so they can meet and resolve their differences. Generally a good actioner with plenty of wire-work and a degree of CGI.

My Rating: An overall fun film for a 3



(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on April 30th, 2011)

Out Cold, a review by addicted2dvd

Out Cold (2001/United States) Touchstone Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment Director: Brendan Malloy [The Malloys], Emmett Malloy [The Malloys] Writing: Jon Zack (Writer) Length: 90 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Language, Crude and Sexual Humor, and Substance Abuse Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Flex Alexander as Anthony
A. J. Cook as Jenny
David Denman as Lance
Caroline Dhavernas as Anna
Derek Hamilton as Pig Pen
Zach Galifianakis as Luke

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Closed Captioned

This is really no more then an average comedy. There isn't too much here you haven't seen many times over. Though I did get a kick out of the "King of the Mountain" competition. Where snowboarders started on the top of the mountain... with a mug of beer in their hand. Then went down the mountain... holding the mug of beer. Whoever had the most beer left in their mug at the bottom of the mountain wins. This film does have a lot of familiar faces that I know from various TV Shows. A. J. Cook and Zach Galifianakis were both in Tru Calling. Caroline Dhavernas was in Wonderfalls and Off the Map. And then of course there was Lee Majors who was the Six Million Dollar Man. Even with these well known actors... the acting left plenty to be desired. But there is enough fun here to keep you entertained through-out the entire movie. Just not something I see myself re-watching often.




(From The Movies from Within My Lifetime: 2012 Edition on April 28th, 2012)

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: A series of flashbacks shows us how Angel became Angelus the first time, how he drove Drusilla into insanity, how he was cursed by the Gypsies and how he finally found his way to Sunnydale, to help Buffy. But in the here and now he has stolen Acathla, a transfixed demon who will swallow the world if he is re-awakened. But Buffy gets help: Kendra is back. And Willow wants to perform the curse to restore Angel's soul.

My Opinion: I never noticed it before that Darla says "Close your eyes" before she turns him - a sentence that Buffy will also use at the end of the next episode. And I really liked how they argued about how to deal with Angelus with Xander being the advocate for killing Angelus. He never trusted Angel or any Vampire for that matter and that won't change until the end of the show and this distrust will lead to serious arguments with Buffy again, especially in the sixth and seventh season.
And sorry to sound like a broken record, but when Xander asked whether Buffy wanted to restore Angel's soul, go on "with the smooches" and pretend as if nothing had happened I involuntarily registered that as a side-remark towards Smallville. But that's impossible since Smallville wasn't even produced yet.

Synopsis: After Dru has killed Kendra and taken Giles to the mansion, Buffy is wanted for murder by the police. She has to sneak into the hospital to visit the injured Xander and the comatose Willow. But she has a lucky break: Spike (who secretly can walk again) teams up with her in order to defeat Angelus and get Dru back. Meanwhile Angelus tortures Giles to learn how to awake Acathla.

My Opinion: In just one episode Buffy's world fell apart. She has saved the world (again) but had to sacrifice pretty much everything for it. It must have been so hard for her to kill Angel - whose soul had been restored just moments ago - to close Acathla's vortex. She was thrown out from home, expelled from school and had to kill her boyfriend - can it get any worse?
But I also found the events that happened before the final fight very interesting, especially her temporary alliance with Spike whom she also hates but who was the lesser of two evils at that moment. And that Xander lied to her and didn't tell her that Willow was trying the soul restoration again will also become an issue again.
These two episodes have a place on the Olympus of season endings and together with the ending of season five this was the strongest ending of any Buffy season.




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(From "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Marathon on May 21st, 2009)