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The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari , a review by addicted2dvd
Stars:Plot: The arrival of a traveling carnival coincides with a string of mysterious deaths in a small German town. When the friend and romantic rival of one man is found murdered, suspicion falls immediately upon him. The man looks to prove he is innocent and begins to investigate the strange hypnotist and his somnambulist at the carnival, discovering a horrifying secret. Extras:
My Thoughts: This is another movie out of the 100 Classic Horror Movies boxset that I have. I was a little cautious about going into this one. I have heard some good things... as well as some things that were not so good. I personally found it entertaining, though a little strange. I also found it to be a bit on the slow side. Almost felt longer then it had to be to tell the story. But over all I found it to be worth watching. a nice addition to my silent movie collection.My Rating: Out of a Possible 5 (From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unseen Horrors on July 23rd, 2011) It Waits, a review by JimmyTitle : It Waits (2004) OverviewMy Impression Nice one that looks really like an eighties film. The scare come more from the general mood of the movie than from the creature itself, in fact we have to wait a long time to really see it (something that I've always appreciated) and when it finally happen I was happy to see a man in a suit and not a CGI thing. But sadly they had used some CGI when the creature flies, it doesn't match really well and, honestly, you can do it with a blue screen much better. Cerina Vincent is surprisingly good in the movie (for the reviewer her white shirt was certainly a distraction), since most of the time she is alone. The rest of the acting is correct also. Some ideas could be more developped, but I've appreciated this one in general. Rating : (From Jimmy's 2009 Horror Marathon on October 1st, 2009) Grey's Anatomy Marathon, a review by addicted2dvdGrey's Anatomy Marathon Season 2: Life gets even more intense for the doctors and interns of Seattle Grace Hospital in year two as Meredith and Derek's relationship goes from odd to downright insane with the arrival of Derek's wife, and Alex lets his Izzie obsession out of the bag. Main Cast: Ellen Pompeo as Dr. Meredith Grey Sandra Oh as Dr. Cristina Yang Katherine Heigl as Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens Justin Chambers as Dr. Alex Karev T. R. Knight as Dr. George O'Malley Chandra Wilson as Dr. Miranda Bailey James Pickens, Jr. as Dr. Richard Webber Isaiah Washington as Dr. Preston Burke Patrick Dempsey as Dr. Derek Shepherd Kate Walsh as Dr. Angela Sheperd 1. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head My Thoughts: While this is a good episode... I was expecting more from the first episode of the season. The main case they had to work on was of the bartender at the bar across the street from the hospital. So they make a big deal out of it and how everyone there knows him and is worried for him. Unfortunately we never see much of this character in previous episodes so it is hard to care about him the way they expect us to. But I blame the fact that season 1 only had 9 episodes to work with. My Rating: 2. Enough is Enough Predictably, tension mounts between Meredith and Addison, which becomes odd when Meredith finds herself warming to the surgeon. While all the interns work to save an injured family, the truth is revealed as to why Addison and Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd divorced. My Thoughts: I enjoyed this one. A teen boy has the hard decision on whether or not to save his abusive father... and I must say I like the decision he came up with. Then there was the case where some guy got off on swallowing doll heads. My Rating: 3. Make Me Lose Control Cristina and Meredith wrestle with whether to tell Dr. Preston Burke that Cristina is carrying his child while Dr. Alex Karev and Dr. Isobel "Izzie" Stevens start to catch each other's attention. Meredith's mother becomes a patient, with George put in charge of her care. My Thoughts: A very interesting...and enjoyable episode. Secrets are revealed...and new friendships starts to bloom. They have a patient that can not control her blushing so she has an operation to fix it even though there is some pretty big possible complications and side effects. My Rating: 4. Deny Deny Deny Cristina, unhappy with being on the sidelines, re-exhausts herself in an effort to prove she's worthy of being a doctor. To make matters worse, Cristina's mother comes to stay with her to help her recuperate. The arrival of Dr. Ellis Gray sends Seattle Grace spinning. My Thoughts: This is a fun episode. While Cristina makes for a very good doctor... she is not very good at being a patient. She just could not sit back and relax and heal. And I definitely got a kick out of Meredith's mother, who is patient with alzheimer's, keeps getting out of her room reliving her days as a surgeon. My Rating: 5. Bring the Rain Derek and Meredith work to convince a devoutly religious man that his daughter needs a life-saving procedure while Meredith makes a shocking discovery about her mother's past and George and Alex find themselves trapped with a patient who needs emergency surgery. My Thoughts: Good episode. Dr. Grey and Dr. Sheperd must find a shaman before they can treat a patient. And 2 of the interns gets trapped in an elevator with a police officer that was shot in the chest...giving them no choice but to operate right there in the elevator. Jimmy... I thought of you while watching this episode... There was a guy in this episode in chronic pain but alergic to all pain medication... so what does he do? He watches porn 24/7. Supposedly the porn releases indorphans that makes the pain more managable. Could you imagine having a medical excuse meaning you had to pretty much always have porn on no matter where you were or who was around. Your vacations to your mother's house would really be interesting, huh? My Rating: (From Grey's Anatomy Marathon on September 6th, 2009) |