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Captain America (1979), a review by addicted2dvd

Captain America (1979/United States) Wikipedia |IMDb |Trailer | Shout! Factory (United States) Director: Rod Holcomb Writing: Don Ingalls (Screenwriter), Don Ingalls (Story By), Chester Krumholz (Story By) Length: 97 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: Subtitles:

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Stars:
Reb Brown as Captain America / Steve Rogers
Len Birman as Dr. Simon Mills
Heather Menzies as Dr. Wendy Day
Robin Mattson as Tina Hayden
Joseph Ruskin as Rudy Sandrini

Plot:Extras:

• Bonus Trailers

While I did have a lot of fun watching this movie. I felt it took too long for Steve Rogers to agree to become Captain America... and MUCH too long before we got to see him in the costume. Unfortunately they also modernize the costume as well. In this first movie there is actually two versions of the costume. The first one looked more like something Evel Knievel would wear. The second (at the very end of the movie) was much closer indeed... but still way off from what you see in the comics and animation. Yes this is very cheesy... and a definite sign of the times. Whenever Captain America uses his powers you heard a sound effect to let you know. Very similar to the series of the time... The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman. The one thing that was missing is that Captain America never throws his shield at all in this movie. I enjoyed this movie in a nostalgic sort of way. It really brought my back to my childhood. Though I would have liked to have seen more Captain America in it. But I guess that is to be expected for the origin story.



(From March Marathon: Superhero Films on March 14th, 2016)

The Sixth Sense, a review by Tom

Title: The Sixth Sense
Year: 1999
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Rating: FSK-16
Length: 103 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, German: DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Bruce Willis
Haley Joel Osment
Toni Collette
Olivia Williams
Trevor Morgan

Plot:
Hollwood superstar Bruce Willis (Armageddon, The Siege) brings a powerful presence to an edge-of-your-seat supernatural thriller that critics are calling one of the nest movies of 1999. Dr. Malcom Crowe (Willis) is a distinguished child psychologist haunted by the painful memory of a disturbed young patient he was unable to help. So when he meets Cole Sear (Hale Joel Osment - Forrest Gump)... a frightened, confused eight-year-old with a similar condition... Dr. Crowe seeks to redeem himself by doing everthing he can. Nonetheless, Malcolm is unprepared to learn the truth of what haunts Cole: terrifying, unwanted visits from the restless inhabitants of the spirit world. With a riveting intensity you'll find thoroughly chilling and utterly unforgettable, the discovery of Cole's incredible 6th sense leads them both to mysterious and unforeseeable consequences.

Awards:

Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Director	M. Night Shyamalan
Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Film Editing	Andrew Mondshein
Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Picture	Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel (Producers)
Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor	Haley Joel Osment
Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Supporting Actress	Toni Collette
Academy Award	1999	Nominated	Best Writing, Original Screenplay	M. Night Shyamalan
AFI	1999	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (2007)
AFI	1999	Won	100 Years... 100 Quotes (2005)	"Quote": I see dead people.
AFI	1999	Won	100 Years... 100 Thrills (2001)
American Cinema Editors Awards	2000	Nominated		Andrew Mondshein
American Society of Cinematographers Awards	2000	Nominated	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases	Tak Fujimoto
ASCAP Awards	2000	Won	Top Box Office Films	James Newton-Howard
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	Editing	Andrew Mondshein
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	Film	Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Barry Mendel
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	Original Screenplay	M. Night Shyamalan
BAFTA	1999	Nominated	The David Lean Award For Achievement In Direction	M. Night Shyamalan
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2000	Won	Favorite Actor - Newcomer (Internet Only)	Haley Joel Osment
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2000	Won	Favorite Actor - Suspense	Bruce Willis
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards	2000	Won	Favorite Supporting Actress - Suspense	Toni Collette
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2000	Won	Best Child Performance	Haley Joel Osment
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Picture
Casting Society of America Awards	2000	Nominated		Avy Kaufman
Cinema Audio Society Awards	2000	Nominated	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Feature Film	Reilly Steele, Michael Kirchberger, Allan Byer
Directors Guild of America	2000	Nominated	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures	M. Night Shyamalan
Empire Magazine Awards	2000	Won	Best Director	M. Night Shyamalan
Golden Globe	1999	Nominated	Actor in a Supporting Role	Haley Joel Osment
Golden Globe	1999	Nominated	Screenplay	M. Night Shyamalan
Hugo Award	2000	Nominated	Dramatic Presentation
International Horror Guild Awards	1999	Nominated	Best Horror Film
MTV Movie Awards	2000	Won	Best Male Breakthrough Performance	Haley Joel Osment
MTV Movie Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Male Performance	Bruce Willis
MTV Movie Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Movie
MTV Movie Awards	2000	Nominated	Best On-screen Duo	Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Debut	Haley Joel Osment
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Screenplay, Original	M. Night Shyamalan
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2000	Won	Best Supporting Actor	Haley Joel Osment
Satellite Awards	2000	Nominated		Toni Collette
Satellite Awards	2000	Won	Best Film Editing	Andrew Mondshein
Satellite Awards	2000	Won		M. Night Shyamalan
Satellite Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Sound	Allan Byer, Michael Kirchberger
Saturn	1999	Nominated	Best Actor	Bruce Willis
Saturn	1999	Won	Best Horror Film
Saturn	1999	Won	Best Performance by a Younger Actor	Haley Joel Osment
Saturn	1999	Nominated	Best Screenplay	M. Night Shyamalan
Screen Actors Guild Award	1999	Nominated	Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Haley Joel Osment
Teen Choice Awards	2000	Won	Film - Choice Breakout Performance	Haley Joel Osment
Teen Choice Awards	2000	Won	Film - Choice Drama
Teen Choice Awards	2000	Nominated	Film - Choice Sleazebag	Trevor Morgan
Writers Guild of America Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	M. Night Shyamalan
Young Artist Awards	2000	Won		Haley Joel Osment
YoungStar Awards	2000	Won	Best Young Actor/Performance in a Motion Picture Drama	Haley Joel Osment

Extras:
Deleted Scenes
DVD-ROM Content
Featurettes
Interviews
Production Notes
Scene Access
Storyboard Comparisons
Trailers

I haven't watched this movie in ten years (I cannot believe I have been collecting DVDs for this long now). This movie is still strong. It is still this director's best work. For some reason I enjoy this movie more after I knew the twist. When I first watched it many years ago, I thought it an okay movie until the ending put a new perspective on everything and then watched it a second time. It is fun to watch this movie with that knowledge and notice things which you didn't before.
What the movie really helped is the strong performance by Haley Joel Osment. Imagine they would have had the casting director of Star Wars: Episode I and we would have gotten Jake Llyod for this role (both movies came out around the same time). Shudder!

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on March 21st, 2010)

Charmed Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. The Honeymoon's Over
Prue (Shannen Doherty) and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) set a killer free in order to protect their identities, then must fight a soul-stealing Guardian without Piper (Holly Marie Combs), who has disappeared with Leo (Brian Krause).

My Thoughts:
The season three premier was done very well. Lots of stuff going on. Piper returning home after disappearing for a month. Cole is introduced... Piper and Leo gets engaged... Phoebe gets a new power. All that besides the weekly demon fighting story. The weekly demon storyline was decent... but not one of the better that I have seen. It did bring up a good question to the sisters just how far should they go within the mortal laws to protect their secret.. in this case being witnesses in a court case.

2. Magic Hour
Piper and Leo defiantly attempt to marry in spite of the wrath from The Powers That Be, as a demon infiltrates the lives of the three Charmed Ones.

My Thoughts:
Leo and Piper tries to get away with a secret wedding... away from the all seeing eyes of the Elders. In the mean time, the sisters try to reunite cursed lovers. I really liked how they did the curse. It reminded me of a movie I seen many years ago that I just can not remember!... but they curse the man to be an owl during the day... and the woman a wolf during the night. I just asked a friend I am chatting with what movie I am trying to think of... she says it is Lady Hawk.

3. Once Upon A Time
Piper goes on strike against The Powers That Be, so Prue and Phoebe must work alone to save a little girl protecting a fairy princess from evil trolls.

My Thoughts:
This one is a really fun episode. WE have fairies... trolls... and Prue and Phoebe on Fairy Dust turning them (mentally) into little kids. but at the same time as being a fun episode... it also has it's emotional side as well. We get some very strong emotions from Piper wanting The Elders to return Leo. Definitely one of my many favorite episodes.

4. All Halliwell's Eve
The Helliwell sisters travel back to the 1600s to protect a coven in danger of extinction and save their own future.

My Thoughts:
If I am remembering correctly... this may be the only Halloween episode of Charmed during their entire 8 season run. I normally don't care for what I call "Period Pieces"... movies/episodes that take place well into the past. But this is definitely an exception. I liked the way that they showed there was a lot of magic know-how lost over the years. And I especially liked the reveal of who it was they went back in time to save. Another really good episode!

(From Charmed Marathon on June 24th, 2008)