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The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a review by Tom

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975/United Kingdom) IMDb | Wikipedia Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Jim Sharman Writing: Richard O'Brien (Original Material By), Jim Sharman (Screenwriter), Richard O'Brien (Screenwriter) Length: 100 min. Video: Widescreen 1.66 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, English: Dolby Digital 1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 5.1, Polish: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

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Stars:
Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter (A Scientist)
Susan Sarandon as Janet Weiss (A Heroine)
Barry Bostwick as Brad Majors (A Hero)
Richard O'Brien as Riff Raff (A Handyman)
Patricia Quinn as Magenta (A Domestic)

Plot:
You asked for The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Blu-ray and you shall receive it... in abundance!

Recreate The Midnight Movie Experience in your living room and celebrate 35 years of absolute pleasure with this picture-perfect specimen of Richard O'Briens's cosmic cult classic starring Tim Curry, Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon.

It's brimming with twisted humour, mind-blowing music and decadent extras. So come up to the lab... Se what's on the slab....

And Let The Fun Begin!

Awards:
Nominated:

AFI (1975)		100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
AFI (1975)		100 Years... 100 Movies (1998)
AFI (1975)		100 Years... 100 Songs (2004) (The Time Warp)
Saturn (1975)		Best Horror Film

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

I just came back from the midnight showing of "The Rocky Horror Picture" show. There is a cinema in Munich, which has been showing this movie each week for decades, including audience participation.
I had already planned to watch this movie for this marathon. And when a friend proposed to watch this movie in the cinema, I immediately agreed. The idea originally came at the Oktoberfest, after the band had played "Time Warp".

I didn't really know what to expect of this cinema visit. I almost feared that we would be the only one not dressing up. But there wasn't anyone who did. I also expected that there will be maybe ten people or so. After all, the movie has been playing there forever. I was really surprised, that the cinema (which is a small one - holding around 60 seats) was packed to the last seat.

This movie is one of my all-time favorite musicals even if it is a little ourageous. The B-movie parody style makes this movie time-less.
I never get tired hearing the movie's soundtrack. I first came to attention of this musical, because of my mother. She is a big fan of it and had urged me to watch it. I first saw it when I was about 12 and even then I enjoyed the music.


Rating:

(From Tom's Horror Marathon 2012 on October 20th, 2012)

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a review by addicted2dvd

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
STEVEN SPIELBERG and GEORGE LUCAS bring you the greatest adventurer of all time in "a nonstop thrill ride" (Richard Corliss, TIME) that's packed with "sensational, awe-inspiring spectacles" (Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES). Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull finds Indy (Harrison Ford) trying to outrace a brilliant and beautiful agent (Cate Blanchett) for the mystical, all-powerful crystal skull of Akator. Teaming up with a rebellious young biker (Shia LaBeouf) and his spirited original love Marion (Karen Allen), Indy takes you on an action-packed adventure in the exciting tradition of the classic Indiana Jones movies!

My Thoughts:
I just received this movie as an early birthday present.... and couldn't wait to put it in! I been wanting to see this movie since I first heard rumors of it being made. After watching it... all I can think of saying is WOW! I loved every minute of it. This movie is just pure fun... in a way that only can be done by Harrison Ford in an Indy movie. Sure... the majority of this one was over the top and completely unbelievable. but that is all part of the enjoyment of this movie. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade has always been my favorite Indy movie... but I think that just got replaced with this one!




(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 5/15 - 5/17 on May 16th, 2009)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

3.11 Asylum (1997-11-16)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), Paul Quarrington (Writer)
Director: George Bloomfield
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), Callum Keith Rennie (Stanley "Ray" Kowalski), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Tom Melissis (Detective Dewey), Ramona Milano (Francesca Vecchio), Gordon Pinsent (Fraser Sr.), Dean McDermott (Constable Turnbull), Wayne Robson (Damon Cahill), John Evans (Gus Fillion), Kurt Reis (Eddy Herndorff), Joe Pingue (Sandor), Scott Wickware (Brian Kilrea), Jennifer Dean (Officer Tibbet), Ravinder Toor (Andreas Volpe), Catherine Swing (Shelley Byron)

I like how Ray and Turnbull have to interact with each other.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on January 3rd, 2010)