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Tremors 4: The Legend Begins, a review by Jon

Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
2 out of 5

Big improvement on number 3, probably down to going back to the second films director, S.S. Wilson (he's a better director than his writing partner Maddock who did part 3), but unfortunately falls flat. It's set in the old West where Burt's great-grandfather owns a silver mine close to the town that would become Perfection in the original film and Michael Gross plays this version of Burt too, called Hiram. He's a very different character who can't use guns, though he learns and it is cute to see the burgeoning obsession beginning. He handles the lead better than he did as Burt in the previous film, but that just underlines how different the film is in style.

The mine has been attacked by "Dirt Dragons" and luckily we're back to basics at least. No silly ass blasters here, just your basic common variety of Graboid. And the writers (who have been the same throughout the series and also did Short Circuit!) obviously have a lot of affection for their creations and have managed to make a rather faithful little period version.

Unfortunately they forgot to make it funny. It's quite serious, surprisingly, so although the characters, effects and plot, all hinge together nicely, it's a bit boring. They don't even try to use the Western angle properly, settling for a sombre tale of a town struggling to make ends meet; I'd have liked to have seen a couple of bona-fide cowboys get eaten, horses and all, for instance. There was one gun-fighter, and he didn't call the worm "Varmint" once!

It's a pleasant film to watch without any effort and for absolute Tremor fanatics, some nice links to the earlier characters, but the whooping b-movie crowd the original seemed made for, will find nothing to get excited about here.

(From Jon's Random Reviews on July 12th, 2009)

Buck Privates, a review by addicted2dvd

Buck Privates: Collector's Series (1941/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Universal Home Entertainment, Image Entertainment (United States) Director: Arthur Lubin Writing: Arthur T. Horman (Screenwriter), John Grant (Writer) Length: 84 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: Mono Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Lee Bowman as Randolph Parker, III
Alan Curtis as Bob Martin
Bud Abbott as Slicker Smith
Lou Costello as Herbie Brown
The Andrews Sisters

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Featurettes

This is a fun Abbott and Costello flick. Seeing the misfits in the armed forces is always fun. While this one is definitely worth the time put in to watch it... if there is anything for me to complain about... it would have to be a little too much Andrew Sisters. I think I would have liked to have seen a non-musical version of this film. But to be honest... even that didn't really take away from my enjoyment.



(From April Fool-A-Thon on April 30th, 2016)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

17. Inside Out
Original Air Date: 4/2/2003
Desperate to find out why Cordelia has turned to the dark side, Angel goes to demon Skip for answers. Forcing the truth out of him, Angel learns that all that's transpired, Connor's birth, Cordelia's ascension to the higher plane, Angel turning into Angelus and Cordelia's pregnancy, were all a part of a higher being's plan to create something even more powerful than itself.

Guest Stars:
Gina Torres
David Denman
Stephi Lineburg
Julie Benz

My Thoughts:
Another right good episode. We even get to see Darla and the demon Skip again. And everything is pretty much tied up in this episode to reveal the answer to any questions from this season to this point.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 20th, 2010)