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Journey to the Center of the Earth, a review by GSyren

Title	Journey to the Centre of the Earth (9-345228-001424)
Director	Henry Levin
Actors	Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Diane Baker, Thayer David
Produced	1959 in United States
Runtime	129 minutes
Audio	English DTS-HD Master Audio 4.0, Music Only DTS-HD Master Audio 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles	None
Overview	The accent is on fun and fantasy in this film version of Jules Verne's classic thriller that stars James Mason, Pat Boone, and Arlene Dahl. With spectacular visuals as a backdrop, the story centres on an expedition led by Professor Lindenbrook (Mason) down into the earth's dark, threat-laden core. Members of the group include the professor's star student, Alec (Boone), and the widow (Dahl) of a colleague. Along the way lurk dangers such as kidnapping, death, sabotage by a rival explorer, and attacks by giant prehistoric reptiles. But they also encounter such magnificent wonders as a glistening cavern of quartz crystals, luminescent algae, a forest of giant mushrooms, and the lost city of Atlantis. Remaining faithful to Verne's story, this is a sweeping adventure that offers enough thrills and entertainment to satisfy every explorer in the family.
My thoughts	Journey to the Center of the Earth Raiders of the Lost Ark. Using live lizards to represent giant monsters is usually a groan-inducing trick, but it actually works better than expected here. There are a couple of really accomplished split screen scenes. The acting is fairly good for the most part. It's Peter Ronson's only acting credit. It's clear that he is not an actor, but he's acceptable as Hans, their Icelandic guide. Pat Boone isn't much of an actor, either, and his singing feels like a filler, but otherwise he's not too bad. Professor Lindenbrook is hardly James Mason's most taxing role, but it's always good to see him. Apparently he didn't much like Arlene Dahl, but that works fine since that pretty well mirrors what his character feels. If I had seen this for the first time today I would probably not rate it more than max 4, if that. But with the good memories I have, and the fact that re-watching it hasn't diminished them, I rate it a very strong 4.5.
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on May 26th, 2014)

John Wick, a review by addicted2dvd

John Wick (2014/United States) Summit Entertainment (United States) Director: Chad Stahelski Writing: Derek Kolstad (Writer) Length: 101 min. Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Atmos: 3D, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Keanu Reeves as John Wick
Michael Nyqvist as Viggo Tarasov
Alfie Allen as Iosef Tarasov
Willem Dafoe as Marcus
Dean Winters as Avi

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Featurettes
• Digital Copy

This is one film that does not not disappoint in the least. Keanu Reeves, who is kinda hit or miss for me, really impressed me in this one. Pure bad ass action film! Talk about starting something you can't finish... that is what you get when you start something with John Wick! With the recent passing of Lance Reddick (RIP) I felt I needed to pop this one in this evening. While his part was rather small comparatively, he did his usual great job. If by any chance you haven't seen this one I definitely recommend it!




(From 4K Marathon on March 20th, 2023)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

01. City of Angels (1999-10-05)
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), David Greenwalt (Created By), Joss Whedon (Writer), David Greenwalt (Writer)
Director: Joss Whedon
Cast: David Boreanaz (Angel), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), Glenn Quinn (Doyle), Tracy Middendorf (Tina), Vyto Ruginis (Russel Winters), Christian Kane (Lindsey McDonald), Jon Ingrassia (Stacy), Renee Ridgeley (Margo), Sam Pancake (Manager), Josh Holloway (Good Looking Guy), Gina McClain (Janice), Michael Mantell (Oliver Simon (uncredited))

A good start to the series. Back then I was a little skeptical that a Angel series could work, but this episode had shown, that this series has potential.
Maybe a little too much exposition forced into it, to get new viewers up-to-date.
But what is with the ugly and strange vampire make-up in this episode? I don't remember if this new make-up was just an experiment in the beginning of the series, or if it was actually used throughout the Angel series like that.
I have just read on Wikipedia, that they tried a new vampire look in this episode, but were unhappy with it and returned to the vampire look known from Buffy.

Rating:

(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on March 6th, 2009)