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Rest Stop: Don't Look Back, a review by Hal

Title: Rest Stop: Don't Look Back: Uncut
Year: 2008
Director: Shawn Papazian
Rating: NR
Length: 89 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby TrueHD: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Kelly Albanese
Michael Childers
Brionne Davis
Edmund Entin
Gary Entin

Plot:
One year ago, the mysterious Rest Stop killer drilled, ripped and splattered young road trippers Jesse and Nicole.

Now three more unsuspecting travelers come looking for the missing duo. And that means the killer gets to sharpen his horrific torture skills all over again - only bloodier and scarier than before. He's not alone, either. The Winnebago full of creepy living corpses is also back, roaming the old highway. And Jesse and Nicole's brutalized ghosts seek revenge, determined to give as gory as they got. Watch if you dare. But whatever you do, Don't Look Back!

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Jess' older brother Tom, back from Iraq, goes looking for him a year after he disappeared in Rest Stop: Dead Ahead.

Just more of the same blood and gore as in the original, but with a further explanation of the RV family and "The Driver's" seeming immortality thrown in.

Pretty much ho-hum in the acting department.  Not much reason to revisit this one in the future.

Rating:

(From Hal's 2010 Horror Marathon Reviews on October 2nd, 2010)

Safety Last!, a review by Antares

Safety Last! (1924) 3.5/5 - I've owned all three Harold Lloyd DVD boxsets for close to six years now, and have only gotten through the comedy shorts. This month's MDC has finally gotten me to watch one of the features, and importantly, his best known film at that. So far, I'm kind of lukewarm when it comes to Lloyd's comedy. He knows how to elicit a good chuckle with some very funny scenes, but for me, he just doesn't have enough of the skill that Keaton or Chaplin had, to sustain it throughout a whole picture. It took me three attempts to finally finish Safety Last!, not because it was slow, but it kind of meandered it's way along until it finally got to the excitement that is the last twenty minutes. I probably would have been more enthusiastic for the film, if I hadn't already known how Lloyd had pulled off the stunts for which this film is famous. But I got to give him credit, for a man who was minus two fingers on his right hand, to be able to almost effortlessly dangle and maneuver on that building facade was incredible.

(From Antares' Short Summations on May 29th, 2012)

Grey's Anatomy Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

21. Superstition


My Thoughts:
This is a good episode. It was fun seeing all the different superstitions that the doctors as well as a patient or two had.While it does advance some of the storylines this episode is done more for pure entertainment then anything else.

My Rating:

22. The Name of the Game
George overstays his welcome at Burke's apartment as Meredith learns a troubling secret about her father. Alex learns about bedside manners from Burke and Bailey worries that the staff won't cower in fear after she becomes a mother.

My Thoughts:
We are still rather heavy into the personal lives of the doctors more then concentrating on the patients. Which isn't really bad... but a more even combination of two makes for a much better episode. This episode has a guest star of Laurie Metcalf (Jackie on Roseanne)... her story was pretty good... and she had a real emotional scene with her daughter in this episode.

My Rating:

23. Blues for Sister Someone
Izzie interrogates George about his personal life and Addison slams Alex about a sensitive case, while Burke feels pressure as he treats his musical hero.

My Thoughts:
This is a pretty good episode. We are still strongly into the personal lives of the doctors. But in this episode the medical cases are interesting as well.

My Rating:

24. Damage Case
Derek lets his emotions get the best of him as the interns deal with a family involved in a car accident and Izzie works to save Denny's life.

My Thoughts:
I enjoyed this episode. It had a good storyline with the family in the car accident. Then the story of Denny continues as Izzie gets much closer to him then she should.

My Rating:

25. 17 Seconds
Meredith is paired up with Dr. Callie Torres as George is teamed up with Derek; Burke and Izzie frantically search for a heart for Denny.

My Thoughts:
Another good episode. Izzie risks everything in this episode.  I swear... love makes this woman nuts! In this episode we also get the ER flooded with gun shot victims when a guy shoots up the place he just got fired from. The way this episode ends... you just can not wait to put on the next one!

My Rating:

26. Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response / 27. Losing My Religion
The first episode of the two-part season finale finds Cristina, much to her amazement, in charge of the ER as it becomes clear that Denny doesn't have much time left, a realization that shatters Izzie.

Dr. Webber grills the staff about a patient's condition while Callie confronts George about his feelings for her and Meredith and Derek have a moment.

My Thoughts:
I am not sure how this originally aired... but the book that came with the dvds lists it as 2 separate episodes... but on the DVD itself it is done as a single long episode. It is a good strong finish to the season. I enjoyed every minute of it.

My Rating:



(From Grey's Anatomy Marathon on September 10th, 2009)