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The Skeleton Key, a review by addicted2dvd

The Skeleton Key
Kate Hudson stars in 'The Skeleton Key' - a supernatural thriller that weaves a tale of terror and suspense! When Caroline Ellis (Hudson) takes a job in Louisiana's bayous, she unlocks a deadly secret involving magic, conjure and sacrifice that pulls her into a terrifying world of strange, frightening and unexplained incidents. The key to escaping may lie in a decrepit attic, but if she dares to believe in what she discovers, everything she fears will become real! Filled with endless suspense and bone-chilling scares, hold on for this terrific ride with "one of the best twists since 'The Sixth Sense'" (Melanie Moon, 'WB-TV')!

My Thoughts:
This is one of the ones that I actually have seen before... just not on DVD. I watched this one on On-Demand a while hack.... and I enjoyed it so much then that on my very next DVD order I ordered myself a copy. I enjoyed it this time just as much as I did the first time I watched it. With it having to do with voodoo it is different then what I normally watch... and was good for a change. If you never seen this one I would recommend checking it out.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs on November 17th, 2007)

Inside Out, a review by addicted2dvd

Inside Out (2015/United States) Buena Vista Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Pete Docter Writing: Pete Docter (Story By), Ronnie Del Carmen (Story By), Pete Docter (Screenwriter), Meg LeFauve (Screenwriter), Josh Cooley (Screenwriter) Length: 95 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, English: DTS-HD High Resolution: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Amy Poehler as Joy (voice)
Phyllis Smith as Sadness (voice)
Richard Kind as Bing Bong (voice)
Bill Hader as Fear (voice)
Lewis Black as Anger (voice)

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Digital Copy
• Riley's First Date? and LAVA Short Films

This is a fun animated film. And I like the idea behind it. Emotions as characters in the brain... running the life you live. I lke how this shows that even sadness is an important part of life. I can see how this film could help children understand that fact. And it is all done in an entertaining way. Well worth the time put in to watch it. Recommended!



(From Month Long Marathon: Best Animated Feature Film on May 7th, 2018)

"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: After a world war that was implicitly caused by SG1's arrival on the planet, Daniel is stuck there. A religious leader has overcome his goverment and has the Stargate under his control. With the help of the soldiers of the old administration and some SG teams he tries to regain control over the situation.

My Opinion: This episode failed to give the feeling that you are in a post world war situation. This is mostly due to the fact that we didn't see much of the planet and what we saw was undamaged.

Synopsis: Teal'c is testing a new machine that embeddes the consciousness into a virtual reality. But the program adapts itself and makes winning harder for Teal'c - until he wins no more. Unfortunately Teal'c can only leave after a having completed the scenario. Teal'c is trapped and he could very well die in real life.

My Opinion: Great episode. The First Person Shooter feeling was much better than in the movie Doom. I really liked the scenes when they showed the surveillance monitors in which Teal'c was seen as game character. The way Teal'c ran through the corridors also looked as if he was a player avatar and not a real person. But they should have given Daniel the god mode cheat.

Synopsis: Teal'c has moved into his first appartment outside the base. But he has problems to adapt to the lives of "normal" people. However, his neighbours like him, especially the good looking woman next door. But she has also problems of her own.

My Opinion: I also would like to have "T" as a neighbour. If I hadn't read Erica Durance's (Lois Lane in Smallville) name in the intro, I am not sure I would have recognized her. I had the feeling she was much more natural here, in Smallville she seems to be much more factitious and - alarmingly - old. I liked the episode, yet I found it unrealistic that Daniel has gone alone.

Synopsis: The industrialist Alec Colson discloses that alien exists in a press conference. He even presents a living Asgard. He got this information because his company has helped to build the F-302 and has analysed a part of the Asgard DNA. But there are forces outside the SGC who also have no interest that the truth comes out.

My Opinion: I liked this episode, too. Especially Carter's and Thor's attempts to cover it up with the help of the hologram technology. But the end felt a bit constructed with him having to leave Earth to avoid assassination.

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on April 22nd, 2008)