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Outlander, a review by Tom

Title: Outlander
Year: 2008
Director: Howard McCain
Rating: 15
Length: 115 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.35
Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Jim Caviezel
Sophia Myles
Jack Huston
John Hurt
Cliff Saunders

Plot:
As an age old battle rages amongst the stars, Kainan's ship burns brightly as it crash-lands into the Nordic coast. His space ship comes to rest in the fjords of ancient Norway and it's with dismay that Kainan (JIM CAVIEZEL) realises that he is not the only survivor, as a second passenger, the Moorwen, also emerges from the wreckage.

A hellish, fire-breathing monster, the Moorwen is intent on causing havoc and destruction to those it has perceived to have wronged it. As the Moorwen kills everything in its path, Kainan must work together with a tribe of fierce warring vikings to destroy the blood thirsty beast before it kills them all.

Awards:

Scream Awards

2009

Nominated

Best Sci-Fi Movie

Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailers

I have first seen this movie at the FantasyFilmFest 2008. This is what I have written at the time:
The movie begins with a man from another planet crashlanding on the earth in 8th century Norway. There he encounters a Viking town where he becomes known as the "Outlander" (they of course think he is only from another land). Sadly he brought a dragon-like beast with his ship which is now loose. Now he has to gain the trust of the Vikings and battle the beast.
This movie is well done. Story-wise nothing new, but fun nevertheless. It is a mixture between Sci-Fi (mostly in the beginning) and Viking movie during most of the rest. And becomes a Horror movie at the end (I was a little reminded of "The Descent").

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on April 17th, 2010)

House of Frankenstein, a review by addicted2dvd

House of Frankenstein (1944)
Deranged scientist Gustav Niemann (Boris Karloff) escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors. Pulling the stake out of a skeleton, he revives the infamous Count Dracula (John Carradine) and commands him to kill the man responsible for his imprisonment. He then finds the frozen Frankenstein Monster (Glenn Strange) and the Wolf Man (Lon Chaney Jr.) buried under the ruins of the infamous Frankenstein laboratory.

My Thoughts:
This one I enjoyed. I liked seeing all 3 of my favorite classic movie monsters in one movie. Though I was a bit disappointed that there was in interaction between Dracula and the other 2 monsters... as they got rid of Dracula before they even found The Wolf Man and Frankenstein. No complaints on the audio/video quality on this one either... was really impressed how good it looks after all these years.

(From Classic Monster Movie Marathon on May 18th, 2008)

Babylon 5: Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Two Minbari Ranger trainer come to the station with two of their students. One of the students is attacked by a new underground boss in Down Below and the Rangers take matters into their own hands. And Garibaldi tries to figure Captain Lochley out, why she was chosen by Sheridan.

My opinion: Average episode. It didn't happen much in it.


Synopsis: The centauri regent is dying and Londo is ordered back to Centauri Prime, for he is chosen to become the next emperor of the Centauri Republic. But his transport is sabotaged and explodes. Meanwhil is Bester back and he brought a Psi Cops Bloodhound unit with him to hunt down the "blips", the unregistered telepaths around Byron.

My opinion: I never really liked Byron and his "hippie gang". The teeps that were hidden on the station during the second(?) season by the underground railroad were much more likable. Thus it felt har to sympathize with them when they were hunted down.


Synopsis: Franklin has a new job aside of being chief of the Medlabs. He catalogues the DNA and other stuff from all the races of the new alliance to find cures for their diseases and check if any of that iseases could spread to other races. But something is wrong with the profile of the Hyach. Meanwhile one of the teeps is attacked by undergorund scam and Byron lands behind bars.

My opinion: This is mostly a teep episode. And I hate Byron's kumba-ya bullshit. Did I mention that I didn't like him much?


Synopsis: The Brakiri buy a square mile of the station for one night for a ritual. Lochley sells it because she thinks that it is metaphorical. But then this part of the station is suddenly gone and the inhabitants have visitors who should be dead.

My opninion: One could qualify it as "dream episode" but it didn't felt weird. It was a cool idea and I liked to see some characters again.

It is discussed whether or not this episode belongs here. While it stands on its own the next episode "In the Kingdom of the Blind" practically continues where "Secrets of the Soul" ended.

(From Babylon 5: Marathon on February 2nd, 2008)