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In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, a review by Jimmy

Title: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Genre: Adventure-Fantasy
Director: Uwe Boll (BloodRayne)         
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2h07
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish and Close Caption

Stars:
Jason Statham (Crank)
John Rhys-Davies (Sliders)
Ray Liotta (Goodfellas)
Ron Perlman (Desperation)
Burt Reynolds (Deliverance)   

Plot:
The life of a simple family man named Farmer (Jason Statham) is changed forever when a horrifying army of animal-like warriors known as Krugs who are controlled by the evil Gallian (Ray Liotta) invade his village, murder his son and kidnap his wife. Farmer sets out on a momentous journey to get his wife back and along the way, encounters magic and adventure as the quest soon reveals his real destiny in the kingdom.



The classical score is really good (I don't understand why the dvd doesn't have an isolated score track), powerfull and perfect for this kind of movie.

But not everything is perfect... The film have some miscast problem (something usual with the film of Uwe Boll) : Ray Liotta is not a really good choice to play a wizard and he overact too much. I can't find anything positive to say about Matthew Lillard, I can't understand why he continue to act : he always overact, he is untalented and he is the new Jay Underwood but worst! There are some problem with the script too : we have a feeling that we're late from a party (we have no idea why Gallian hate the kingdom that much), too predictible and some caracters are not developed at all and are a loss of time (by exemple the Leelee Sobieski caracter).

This movie was a complete flop in his theater run and the Boll bashing has a great responsability for that. This movie never really had a chance, with any other director I'm certain that it would have been a success. The movie is long but it doesn't feel like that at all. This is one of the best Uwe Boll's film that I've seen (and I've seen them all except for his German ones), it just ask for a chance. Try it and I garantee that you will like it as much as I do.


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Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYW3pCSr4co

(From The little known movie review depot on April 27th, 2008)

The Good Witch, a review by addicted2dvd

The Good Witch (2008/Canada) Gaiam Americas Director: Craig Pryce Writing: Rod Spence (Writer) Length: 88 min. Rating: NR Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: None

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Stars:
Catherine Bell as Cassie Nightingale
Chris Potter as Jake Russell
Catherine Disher as Martha Tinsdale
Peter MacNeill as George O'Hanrahan
Allan Royal as Walter Cobb
Matthew Knight as Brandon Russell

Plot:
A mysterious, yet charming woman arrives in a small town and causes a stir when people think she is an actual witch. The town's moral committee, lead by the mayor's wife, becomes convinced she is evil and begins a campaign to drive her out of town. This causes much stress to the town sheriff, a struggling widower, who is slowly developing feelings for the woman. As their relationship grows, the woman helps the sheriff's children, as well as several members of the community, face their problems and overcome personal obstacles. But is it common sense or magic that's helping the townfolk? And will they ever be able to accept her as one of their own?

Extras:

• Scene Access

What can I say? I really enjoy this Hallmark Channel Original movie. I caught this movie for the first time on cable a while back... enjoyed it so much that I went ahead and grabbed the DVD. I grabbed the DVD just over a year ago (Feb. 8, 2011)... and this is my third time watching the DVD. And I enjoy it just as much now as the first time I watched it. I really like the character of Cassandra Nightingale (The Good Witch) and the lovely Catherine Bell did a wonderful job in the role. I couldn't imagine anyone doing it better. If there is anything I didn't care for though... it would be that the ending felt like it was settled a little quickly and easily. But that didn't really take away from the movie for me. Unfortunately this DVD release has no extras what so ever. Also unfortunate is the fact that none of the three sequels has made it on DVD yet. Luckily I have them all recorded until they are (hopefully) released.




(From Celebrity of the Week Marathon: Catherine Bell on March 18th, 2012)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Adventures of Superman: Season One (1952/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United States) Length: 662 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Plot:
The first superhero created for comic books, SUPERMAN leaped from radio to television when Adventures of Superman debuted in 1952. Produced by Robert J. Maxwell (who also produced the radio version) and Bernard Luber (a veteran of Hollywood serials), each First Season Episode screens like a classic crime movie, where danger and death lurk in the shadows. Working with some of the industry's best character actors, George Reeves plays the MAN OF STEEL with a genuineness that captivates viewers of all ages. Now, enjoy this legendary series as never before, digitally mastered from original film elements, in a soaring DELUXE 5-DISC SET WITH EXCITING EXTRAS.
- Allan Asherman, DC Comics Historian

The Adventures of Superman
1.01 Superman on Earth
Writer: Richard Fielding (Screenwriter)
Director: Tommy Carr
Cast: George Reeves (Superman/Clark Kent), Phyllis Coates (Lois Lane), Jack Larson (Jimmy Olsen), John Hamilton (Perry White), Ross Elliott), Herbert Rawlinson), Stuart Randall), Aline Towne), Frances Morris), Dani Nolan)

A good first episode considering the age of the series. Strange is the beginning. Jor-El is introduced by the council elder to be a highly regarded scientist who was given the task to look into the seismic activity, but then was ridiculed when he presented his findings, which could easily been verified. And this shortly after the introduction of Krypton having an highly advanced race.
I didn't remember that the origin story was rather elaborate on this. We see Jor-El and the council on Krypton. Him and his wife putting the baby in the rocket. The Kents finding the rocket. And even scenes with Clark at age 12 and 25.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on March 25th, 2011)