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Beat the Devil, a review by addicted2dvd

Beat the Devil
A quartet of international crooks -- Peterson, O'Hara, Ross and Ravello -- is stranded in Italy while their steamer is being repaired. With them are the Dannreuthers. The six are headed for Africa, presumably to sell vacuum cleaners but actually to buy land supposedly loaded with uranium. They are joined by others who apparently have similar designs.

Stars:
Humphrey Bogart
Jennifer Jones
Gina Lollobrigida
Robert Morley
Peter Lorre

My Thoughts:
OK... I tried... honest I did. But I just could not get into this movie to save me. I found it extremely slow and boring. And with the stars that are in this movie I had expected at least a decent movie. But I found myself looking up at the clock to see how much more I had to endure so I could review this movie. After looking up to the clock about 10 times and seeing only half an hour gone by I knew I had to give this one up. There was just no way I felt I could get through it. I was either going to need to shut it off or I would have fallen asleep from boredom. Thank God I didn't spend any money on this DVD... as it was on of the free movies I got in that boxset for buying Total Movie magazine. I am feeling a little generous though... instead of rating this movie a zero... I will give it half a star. And this is do to no more then the fact that there is some great classic stars in this movie... so I will give it half a star for the star power in this movie alone.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 8/28 - 8/30 on August 28th, 2009)

Fantastic 4, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Fantastic 4
Year: 2005
Director: Tim Story
Rating: PG-13
Length: 106 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: DTS 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Ioan Gruffudd as Reed Richards
Jessica Alba as Sue Storm
Chris Evans as Johnny Storm
Michael Chiklis as Ben Grimm
Julian McMahon as Victor Von Doom

Star(s) of TV Series:

Star:	Movie Character:	TV Series:	Season(s):	Series Character:
Jessica Alba	Sue Storm	Dark Angel	All	Max Guevera
Julian McMahon	Victor Von Doom	Charmed	3-5	Cole Turner

Smaller Parts/Cameos:

Star:	Movie Character:	TV Series:	Season(s):	Series Character:
Gina Holden	LV Receptionist	Blood Ties	All	Coreen Fennel
Peter Bryant	Lame Joke Business Man	Dark Angel	1	Bling

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Music Videos
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I have been a fan of the Fantastic Four since watching the cartoon series from back in the '60s or '70s when I was a kid. Forgive me for using the obvious word here... but going by my memory of the show... I think they did a Fantastic job bringing the characters to life. I liked everyone in this movie. And that is saying something since this is the first (and so far only) thing I have seen that I actually like Julian McMahon in. But I thought he did a great job here. I think Chris Evans got The Human Torch dead on. Jessica Alba was awesome as Sue Storm (The Invisible Woman). I remember when I first heard they were doing this movie I was concerned how The Thing would look in the movie... but that impressed me as well. I think the origin story is both interesting and fun. And I loved the scene on the bridge where the team first came to be. This is one I would definitely recommend. I enjoyed every minute of it.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: TV Stars in the Movies on March 5th, 2010)

Death Note anime/manga/movies comparison, a review by Tom

06. Unraveling

- the agents meet L for the first time. While introducing themselves, L points his fingers like a pistol at them and says "peng". He explains they would be dead now if he were Kira. He cautions them to not use their real names. L tells them of this theory that Kira must be among the people observed by the FBI in a specific time-frame
- Light and family discuss bringing his father a change of clothes. Light volunteers.
- Naomi goes to the police headquarters. Light and Naomi meet up. Light tells her, that he can help her with meeting the investigation team. Naomi tells him of her theories. Light notices, that she is very close to linking him with Kira.

Manga: The first half of the episode is covered in manga chapter 11, the second half in chapter 12

Movies: Very similar. I love how L potrays the "peng"-scene in the movie.


(From Death Note anime/manga/movies comparison on June 27th, 2009)