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Conan the Barbarian (2011), a review by addicted2dvd

Conan the Barbarian (2011/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Lions Gate Films Director: Marcus Nispel Writing: Thomas Dean Donnelly (Writer), Joshua Oppenheimer (Writer), Sean Hood (Writer), Robert E. Howard (Original Characters By) Length: 113 min. Rating: Rated R : Strong Bloody Violence, Some Sexuality and Nudity Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Jason Momoa as Conan
Stephen Lang as Khalar Zym
Rachel Nichols as Tamara
Ron Perlman as Corin
Rose McGowan as Marique
Bob Sapp as Ukafa

Plot:
A Quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrier soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Closed Captioned

This is another one I borrowed from the library. I thought they did a very good job on this one. Lots of great action... and I really liked Rose McGowan in this film.  Loved her finger knives. Though she did look a little freaky in it... but freaky in a cool way. This is one that I hope I will be able to add to my collection before too long.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on November 30th, 2013)

Beowulf, a review by Rich

Beowulf





Truly amazing feat of ingenuity and animated visual bliss, sadly let down by a fairly average storyline and a pointlessly high volume of gore and bloodletting. I wish I had seen it in its original 3d, but even in 2d it was still stunning, somewhat like a pc game in extreme.
The film felt padded out, the last half an hour was pointlessly long and the tale had been told way before. The characters in general were rather shallow, and I would have liked to learn more of the original story of Beowulf and Grendel. Perhaps too much emphasis was paid to the technology as opposed to the storyline of a movie.
Did anyone else think Beowulf looked like Sean Bean, and not Ray Winstone??
 


**Angelina Jolie mini-marathon


(From Riches Random Reviews on August 10th, 2009)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Rick

One Good Man

The return of Mackenzie King, the reporter from Episode 2. I think Pete was looking forward to her return. This time though the character is not played by a brunette but by a blonde (sorry Pete  ). Maria Bello actually. (ER; Coyote Ugly).

Pretty good episode. Nothing great though. We do learn a bit more about Ray's background.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on August 14th, 2009)