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Seventh Sign, a review by Rich

Seventh Sign



Six signs of the world's end have come to pass as predicted in the Bible. Now a young woman discovers that she and her unborn child play a terrifying part in the chain of events destined to end the world - she has been selected as the chosen instrument of the seventh sign.....

Lack-lustre fare with little tension or drama, acting is average at best and storyline plods through mud, only Moore comes out of it with some respect. I'd recommend the Omen opposed to this any day.
 


(From Riches Random Reviews on January 15th, 2009)

North by Northwest, a review by Tom

Title: North by Northwest
Year: 1959
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Rating: PG
Length: 131 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital Surround, Music Only: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Stars:
Cary Grant
Eva Marie Saint
James Mason
Jessie Royce Landis
Leo G. Carroll

Plot:North by Northwest is a masterful blend of suspense and romance, one of the best and most thrilling movie adventures ever created.

Awards:

Academy Award	1959	Nominated	Best Art Direction, Color	William A. Horning, Robert Boyle, Merrill Pye (Art Direction); Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy (Set Decoration)
Academy Award	1959	Nominated	Best Film Editing	George Tomasini
Academy Award	1959	Nominated	Best Writing, Original Screenplay	Ernest Lehman
AFI	1959	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (1998)
AFI	1959	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (2007)
AFI	1959	Won	100 Years... 100 Thrills (2001)
AFI	1959	Nominated	100 Years... 25 Scores (2005)	"Composer": Bernard Herrmann
Directors Guild of America	1960	Nominated	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	Alfred Hitchcock
Writers Guild of America Awards	1960	Nominated	Best Written American Comedy	Ernest Lehman

Extras:
Commentary
Featurettes
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailers

This movie has some great scenes in it, like the biplane scene, but overall I found the movie boring. I had to force myself to stay awake (okay I was a little tired to begin with).
My brother and I are always bothered by minor scenes in Hitchcock movies, which are just not realistic. The scene which caused my brother to exclaim this time, that he thinks Hitchcock had lost his grip on reality, was very early on. A car was chased by the police. The car stops and the police crashes into it. That in itself is a little unrealistic, but what follows is just stupid: Another car crashes into the police car. Why would this car follow a police car which had sirens on? And doing it keeping such a close distance to the police car, that he cannot avoid hitting it? It are scenes like this which always pull us out of the Hitchcock movies.

Rating:

(From Alfred Hitchcock Marathon on November 22nd, 2009)

Twilight Zone, a review by addicted2dvd

16. The Hitch-Hiker (1/22/60)
Alone on a cross-country trip, Nan Adams (Inger Stevens) has a blowout. Surviving the incident, she gets back on the road - only to see the same hitch-hiker everywhere she looks.

My Thoughts:
This one was a really good episode... one I never seen before. I thought I had this episode figured out early... but the twist turned out not to be what I thought it would be. This episode will go into my list of favorites. The only extra available is that isolated score thing... I still don't get it... why would I want to watch it with only a music score and no dialog or sound effects from the episode? This episode had a TV Spot for The Danny Thomas Show... I was hoping that it would show more different show plugs but so far all been the same couple shows... that can get pretty boring quickly.

17. The Fever (1/29/60)
Tight-fisted Franklin Gibbs is not pleased when his wife wins a trip for two to Las Vegas. But things change when he falls under the spell of a slot machine that calls his name!

My Thoughts:
This one I have seen before. Even though this is a good episode... I would not say it is one of my favorites. This episode does not have any extras attached to it at all. This episode has the same old Wanted Dead or Alive TV Spot attached at the end. I was so hoping that I would start to see some spots for some more shows by now.

18. The Last Flight (2/5/60)
World War I Flying Ace (Kenneth Haigh) flies through a mysterious cloud - and lands at a modern U.S. air base in the year 1960! But the strange part is yet to come...

My Thoughts:
This is another one I have seen before... Think it was one of the ones on one of the volume releases I had. It is a pretty good episode... I enjoyed it.Once again no extras attached to this episode what so ever. and the TV Spot at the end of the episode... once again.... The Danny Thomas Show. And yes I am starting to tire of seeing the same ones over again. Every once in a while it will surprise you with an old public announcement spot... but for the most part it is one of the 2 TV Spots.

19. The Purple Testament (2/12/60)
Lt. Fitzgerald (William Reynolds) has found his own special wartime hell. Looking into the faces of his men prior to battle he has the disquieting ability to see who is about to die...

My Thoughts:
This was a really good episode... enjoyed every minute of it. Was another episode I never seen before. This one has Dick York (Bewitched) in it. At this point I would consider this one in with my favorites. The only extra attached to it is the isolated score. The TV Spot for this episode is Wanted Dead or Alive.

20. Elegy (2/19/60)
Three astronauts land on a remote asteroid where everyone is frozen in place in midst of their activities. The only one who moves is the caretaker (Cecil Kellaway), who reveals that they are in an exclusive cemetery where the deceased's greatest wishes can come true.

My Thoughts:
Once again... this is an episode I never seen before... This episode was pretty good... but I found it to be more on the strange side. I also felt it was a bit on the predictable side. Once again the only extra attached to this episode is the isolated score. The TV Spot for this episode is a public service announcement.

21. Mirror Image (2/26/60)
When Millicent Barnes (Vera Miles) spies her exact double at a bus station, she becomes convinced that the double is trying to take her place in this world. Fellow passenger Paul Grinstead (Martin Milner) thinks she's crazy... at first.

My Thoughts:
One last time on this disc... this is one that I have never seen before. It was a bit on the strange side.. but was definitely a good episode... though I do admit that even now I am not 100% sure what the deal was. I imagine it was as she suspected was going on. The extras with this episode includes an Audio Commentary with Martin Milner and the Isolated Score. I am listening to the Audio Commentary now as I type this. Martin Milner is one of the actors on the episode. His Commentary isn't bad per say... but it could be a lot better. I realize it is hard to remember stuff from 47years ago.. but he got so quiet in parts I actually forgot I was watching the episode with the commentary on!

22. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (3/4/60)
Inexplicable events cause the residents of quiet Maple Street to erupt into rioting. The residents suspect an alien invasion has occurred. If so, where are the alien monsters?

My Thoughts:
This one I definitely seen before... a couple few times before actually... I have caught it a couple times on Sci-Fi Channel marathons as well as it was on one of the volume DVDs I had. This is a really good episode... I enjoyed it a lot. The extras attached to this episode is The Twilight Zone Radio Drama Starring Frank John Hughes and an Isolated Music Score.


Episodes I seen for the First time on this set include:

   1. Judgment Night (Episode 10)
   2. And When The Sky Was Opened (Episode 11)
   3. What You Need (Episode 12)
   4. I Shot an Arrow into the Air (Episode 15)
   5. The Hitch-Hiker (Episode 16)
   6. The Purple Testiment (Episode 19)
   7. Elegy (Episode 20)
   8. Mirror Image (Episode 21)

(From Twilight Zone on February 5th, 2008)