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Bait Shop, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Bait Shop
Year: 2008
Director: CB Harding
Rating: PG
Length: 86 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Bill Engvall
Jim Coleman
Mary Rachel Dudley
Wilbur Houston
Richard Riehle

Plot:
SOMETHING FISHY IS HAPPENING at Bill's Bait Shop. Forced to come up with $15,000 or else witness his small-town bait shop become the one that got away, Bill (Bill Engvall) must rely on a comedic cast of friends and family to hook the "the big one." Putting his reel skill to the test, Bill enters the annual Bass Tournament against rival bait shop owner Hot Rod Johnson (Billy Ray Cyrus), who's determined to put his money where his large mouth is. It's Bill's last chance to prove that in this pond called life, he's still the big fish.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers


Piss poor comedy full of drab, phony performances. Even the fish looked fake. I always thought Bill Engvall was one of the funnier ones of the redneck goofs but his on stage comedy just doesn't translate to movies.

Billy Ray Cyrus, mullet and all, was extremely annoying. 

KC

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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on September 26th, 2010)

Gorgo, a review by GSyren

Title	Gorgo
Year	1961
Director	Eugene Lourie
Stars	Bill Travers, William Sylvester
Overview
My thoughts	It's not many European made films that have shown European cities devastated by giant monsters. The only other one that comes to mind is the Danish film Reptilicus. While I have a guilty-pleasures-fondness for Reptilicus, I have to admit that it cannot hold a candle to Gorgo. The films is obviously inspired by Godzilla. The miniature destruction of London is as good as anything Godzilla did to Tokyo. Sometimes the filmmakers try a little to hard and add superimposed debris that somewhat detracts from the reality of the scene rather than adds to it, but I can overlook that. The fact that the "monsters" win in the end is also nice. Today this would all have been made using CGI, but there is something special about "real" physical effects and monsters that CGI just can't duplicate. I'm not saying that it's better or worse, just - different. And I like it. The younger generation proably won't like it as much, I guess.
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(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on March 26th, 2013)

"Battlestar Galactica" Marathon (1978-2009), a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: When Starbuck tries a new gaming system that "can't lose" an older man starts a conversation explaining to him why it won't work. As it turns out this man, Chameleon, may very well be Starbucks long lost father and both men get really exited about the idea. But Apollo is a bit more sceptical, especially since a group of Borellian Nomen warriors also seem to have an interest in that old man. Is this for real or just a con to get protected by colonial warriors?

My Opinion: I really liked Fred Astaire's appearance in this episode. Even with the Borellians this was a nice change from the constant fight for survival. And it's fitting that Starbuck's father is a card player and a con man.

Synopsis: Starbuck and Ortega have a long history of mutual dislike and every time they "meet" each other in a Triad ball game there's bad blood between them. And when Ortega is found shot to death by a laser pistol Starbuck becomes the main suspect, especially since he was seen leaving the crime scene and his pistol isn't fully charged anymore. But none of his friends would believe that Starbuck would kill someone and Apollo is going to be his defense attorney.

My Opinion: Huh. Couldn't even remember that episode. Apollo defends Starbuck in a court of law. Yet another detail they will re-use in the new series (though it won't be Starbuck who needs defending). And I liked it how Apollo used Baltar as bait who in turn wasn't too happy about that.

Synopsis: The Galactica intercepts a vessel in which six passengers are in stasis. And the ship uses technologies unlike any used in the colonies. But when these people awake they can't breathe the dense atmosphere aboard the Galactica. Starbuck and Apollo are escorting them to their original destination in order to find out where they came from and if they know anything about Earth. But there's a third party involved: The Eastern Alliance, the military force that rules this part of the galaxy.

My Opinion: An episode of it's era. The good west against the bad Eastern Alliance with typical uniforms and bad accents. I also didn't really like these two androids, they were too cartoon-like for my taste. And the acting was again below average. It didn't feel natural.

(From "Battlestar Galactica" Marathon (1978-2009) on March 29th, 2009)