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A Lawless Street, a review by Rogmeister

A Lawless Street  (1956) 77 minutes
Cast: Randolph Scott, Angela Lansbury, Warner Anderson, Jean Parker, Wallace Ford
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Music: Paul Sawtell

Yes, it's time for yet another Randolph Scott western! In this one, he is a lawman who moves from town to town in the Colorado territory, ridding them of outlaws. He is married to a lovely singer (Lansbury) but she leaves him and won't return as long as he is involved in this dangerous duty but he has one last town he wants to clean up. This was a good western with some dynamite stuntwork (especially in one big fight scene between Scott and a large extremely strong foe) and is quickly paced. The DVD has a good quality print but no real extras...apart for some trailers of other westerns.

(From Roger's Ongoing Westerns Marathon on July 14th, 2009)

Blast from the Past, a review by Tom

Title: Blast from the Past
Year: 1999
Director: Hugh Wilson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 112 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 3
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Brendan Fraser
Alicia Silverstone
Christopher Walken
Sissy Spacek
Dave Foley

Plot:
Meet Adam Webber (Brendan Fraser, The Mummy, George of the Jungle), born and raised in a bomb shelter with his mad scientist father (Christopher Walken, Pulp Fiction) and his sherry swilling mother (Sissy Spacek, JFK). Adam's simple childhood has been filled with Perry Como records, The Honeymooners re-runs and good old-fashioned family values. Now, 35 years later, Adam is about to emerge into a bewildering modern world in search of supplies and a simple girl from Pasadena. Instead, Adam meets Eve (Alicia Silverstone, Clueless) a modern LA woman, jaded about life and burned by love. The result is "an engaging romantic comedy that's charming, funny and hip!"

Awards:

Saturn

1999

Nominated

Best Supporting Actress

Sissy Spacek

Extras:
Closed Captioned
DVD-ROM Content
Interactive Game
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailers

I know it's a little stretch to include this in my time-travel marathon, but for me this has a little time-travel movie feeling to it. The fallout shelter is the "time-travel" device. And we have people out of their time in a fish-out-of-the-water scenario.
I always loved this movie. I think it is too bad that Alica Silverstone didn't make more romantic comedies.
This was also the movie that I really took notice of Christopher Walken the first time. He is just fun to watch as Adam's dad.

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on May 18th, 2010)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

9. Lullaby
Original Air Date: 11/19/2001
Fearing for her baby's life, Darla makes the ultimate sacrifice just as Holtz arrives to take his revenge on her and Angel.

Guest Stars:
Julie Benz
John Rubinstein
Stephanie Romanov
Daniel Dae Kim
Keith Szarabajka

My Thoughts:
Another good episode. Though I don't care too much for the Holtz character storyline... it is at least entertaining. It is a shame that this is the last we see of Darla... I will miss seeing Julie Benz on the show for the rest of the marathon.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 13th, 2010)