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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a review by Dragonfire

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Now you can catch America's favorite green teens in their first live-action blockbuster film! After wading in a puddle of radio-active waste, these radical reptiles are transformed into New York City's greatest crime-fighting quartet. Featuring a soundtrack by M.C. Hammer, this film will captivate adults and kids alike with its blend of humor, camaraderie and martial arts action. Don't miss this blockbuster movie. You'll have one shell of a good time! My Thoughts I only first saw this movie a few years ago.  I didn't really know anything about the characters other than their names at that point.  The characters actually first appeared in comic books and from what I read, the plot for the movie comes mainly from the comics instead of the cartoons.  The plot is a bit silly, but it works for the movie and things are entertaining.  There is a decent amount of action to what is going on and that does help to keep the pace moving.  There is a little bit of violence that isn't that graphic.  The movie works well as an entertaining family friendly movie.  Children may enjoy it more than adults.  Most of the characters are animals who can talk.  There are costumes for the turtles that were created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop.  The costumes do look a bit odd, but they work well. The movie is a bit silly, but it works as a fun, entertaining movie. I did get a review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

(From Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on May 31st, 2010)

Sabrina: The Teenage Witch, a review by Tom

Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1995/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Artisan Home Entertainment, Hallmark Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Tibor Takacs Writing: Archie Comics (Original Characters By), Barney Cohen (Screenwriter), Kathryn Wallack (Screenwriter), Nicholas Factor (Screenwriter), Barney Cohen (Original Material By), Kathryn Wallack (Original Material By) Length: 90 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Stars:
Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Sawyer
Sherry Miller as Aunt Hilda
Charlene Fernetz as Aunt Zelda
Michelle Beaudoin as Marnie Littlefield
Ryan Reynolds as Seth

Plot:
It's her 16th birthday, and Sabrina (MELISSA JOAN HART) is feeling a little strange. She just transferred to a new school, moved in with her two otherworldly aunts, and nothing is quite what it seems. Things can only get more complicated when Sabrina learns that she's a real witch. Now, she's got to make friends, memorize spells, and find a way to get a date for the school dance. It'll take a little hocus-pocus and a whole lot of adventure before Sabrina learns to control her powers and find true love.

Extras:

• Closed Captioned
• Scene Access

After watching the first episode of the series for my TV pilot marathon I thought I take the chance and rewatch the TV movie which came before it.
It's a nice movie. Strange to see it with real sets and outdoor location shooting instead of a sitcom set.
The aunts are played by different actors. Only two actors are here the same as in the series. Of course one is Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina. The other one is the actress playing Sabrina's friend in the first season. She plays the same character here albeit with a different name.
Harvey is two separate characters in this movie. One is a geeky character called Harvey who is in love with Sabrina. The other one is a jock played by a young Ryan Reynolds. In the series they merged these two characters into one.
Another familiar face is Laura Harris (Daisy in Dead Like Me), who plays one of the friends of the Libby-type character. Though her role is really small.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 27th, 2012)

Bionic Woman (2007) Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. Pilot
After a devastating car accident, Jamie's only hope for survival lies in top-secret technology that begins her new, covert life.

My Thoughts:
Let me start off by first saying I will not use the episode reviews as a place to compare this version of the series and the original Bionic Woman. I will use my Over-all Thoughts to touch on that at the end of the review.

I am very impressed with the pilot episode. There was lots of action and some really great effects. I really like how in this series Jaime Sommers has a sister in this series. I thought the car crash that Jaime and her boyfriend was in (the reason Jaime became bionic) was well done... the effects of Jamie having the operation and recovering from the operation was cool... and thought the fight in the rain with the "first" Bionic Woman was great. A very well done pilot in my opinion.

2. Paradise Lost
Jamie works to balance her home life with her new secret and discovers that a recent encounter with a stranger was no accident.

My Thoughts:
Another good episode. In this episode Jaime had to decide if she wanted to join the Berkut Group or not. I liked the storyline of the town that was hit with the bio-weapon. Then of course there is more at home issues with her sister that she has been raising since their father left her on Jaime's doorstep and abandoned. This series really seems to have a good balance of Jaime's new life and her home life with her sister.

3. Sisterhood
The Berkut Group turns to Jamie to monitor the daughter of a Canadian defense contractor.

My Thoughts:
This is a pretty good episode... but in my opinion I think it was too much crammed into one episode. It did have some decent action in it... and a good story. But I would have liked to seen the main story line followed through with more then it was. It seemed like they dropped that storyline sooner then they should have.

4. Faceoff
During a mission to rescue an American doctor working in Paraguay, Jamie learns the truth about her bionic lifespan.

My Thoughts:
This episode is a really good one. As the plot says... we learn things about Jaime's bionics that we didn't know before. The mission they send Jaime on in this episode is action packed. And Jaime continues to have problems with the idea of keeping the whole situation a secret away from her sister. Even though I know why they made it a secret from her sister... from the beginning of the series I have always wanted to see Jaime be able to tell her. It would give her someone outside the organization that she could openly talk to.

(From Bionic Woman (2007) Marathon on September 1st, 2008)