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Batman: The Movie (1966), a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Batman: The Movie
Year: 1966
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Rating: PG
Length: 105 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Adam West as Batman (Bruce Wayne)
Burt Ward as Robin (Dick Grayson)
Lee Meriwether as The Catwoman (Kitka)
Cesar Romero as The Joker
Burgess Meredith as The Penguin

Plot:
When Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) get a tip that a commodore (Reginald Denny) is in danger aboard his yacht, they launch a rescue mission. But they are unaware that the tip was actually a set-up by four of the most powerful villains of all time - Catwoman (Lee Merriwether), the Penguin (Burgess Meredith), the Joker (Ceasr Romero) and the Riddler (Frank Gorshin).

Armed with a dehydrator that can turn humans into dust, the fearsome foursome intends to defeat the Dynamic Duo once and for all in a bid to take over the world! Can the Caped Crusaders use their high-flying heroism and amazing gadgetry to foil the nefarious scheme in time?

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I felt like something lighthearted and silly next. So thought I would watch this Batman movie.... done with the same people (Cast and Crew?) that did the series. A series I used to watch all the time as a kid.

This is one movie I figured it would not hold up to the test of time at all. And yes... this is a corny, cheesy show... but I actually still enjoyed it! What a surprise that was to me. I figured this addition to my collection would be for nostalgic reasons only... but I found something I definitely see myself watching again. Sure there was huge plot holes... sure it was as silly as could be... but it also has a charm about it... and I felt like I was back in my childhood again when I watched it. I am actually wanting to watch it again soon so I can listen to the audio commentary with Adam West and Burt Ward. I have to think that will be one entertaining commentary. When I first got this movie I watched it with my daughter, Brittany. And what did she think of it?... she enjoyed every second of it! She actually wanted to watch it with the commentary that night... but I told her we should put that off for a while. So I am really happy I got this movie added to my collection. I would even consider buying the TV Series... if they could ever figure out who owns the rights to it!



(From Movies of the '60s Marathon on March 27th, 2010)

Tales from the Grave, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Tales from the Grave
Movie Count: 34
TV Ep Count: 15
Time Started: 9am
Plot:
The Old Crone stares deeper and deeper into her crystal ball to tell four bone chilling tales guarenteed to keep you awake. There is no escape from terror when you mess with 'Crazy Gunderman'. 'The Wrath of Hercaylac' will take your soul. Two scientists perform unthinkable experiments in 'Lab Rats' and in an experiment gone awry, a half-man, hallf goat roams the countryside in search of prey in 'The Billywack'.

My Thoughts:
This is one of the discs I just got in the mail the other day. Just looking at the back cover I am not expecting much from this movie. Even the images on the back of the case look cheesy.  But I am going in hoping it will be at the very least entertaining.

Wow... there is no other word for this movie then bad! very amateurish... didn't explain anything.  There is just no way I could recommend this movie to anyone. And this is just for the first movie on the disc! But I am going to try to struggle through the second movie next... this way I can get this DVD off my unwatched shelf once and for all. The only hope I have for the second movie is the fact that one of the stories involves vampires. Maybe that will help me some. I just can't believe I paid almost $14 for this piece of garbage!

(From Month-Long Horror/Halloween Marathon on October 12th, 2007)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

3.11 Asylum (1997-11-16)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), Paul Quarrington (Writer)
Director: George Bloomfield
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), Callum Keith Rennie (Stanley "Ray" Kowalski), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Tom Melissis (Detective Dewey), Ramona Milano (Francesca Vecchio), Gordon Pinsent (Fraser Sr.), Dean McDermott (Constable Turnbull), Wayne Robson (Damon Cahill), John Evans (Gus Fillion), Kurt Reis (Eddy Herndorff), Joe Pingue (Sandor), Scott Wickware (Brian Kilrea), Jennifer Dean (Officer Tibbet), Ravinder Toor (Andreas Volpe), Catherine Swing (Shelley Byron)

I like how Ray and Turnbull have to interact with each other.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on January 3rd, 2010)