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Lady for a Day, a review by Antares

Lady for a Day (1933) 74/100



It's a shame that hardly anyone remembers Warren William today, an actor who, at the beginning of the sound era, was as popular as Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy or Cary Grant would be at the end of the thirties. A contract player at Warner Bros., he eschewed the notoriety and the limelight, and was happy to get his assignment, make the film, and go home. On loan to Columbia, he stars with May Robson in Frank Capra's first hit film, with an adapted screenplay by Robert Riskin of a Damon Runyon short story. Robson plays Apple Annie, a somewhat dowdy peddler who sells apples on the street during the Great Depression. Her best customer is Dave the Dude, a professional gambler who believes that Annie's apples bring him good luck. Sound familiar? Capra would remake the film in 1961 with Bette Davis and Glenn Ford and call it Pocketful of MiraclesTeal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on July 11th, 2020)

The Wolf Man, a review by Hal

Title: The Wolf Man: Classic Monster Collection
Year: 1941
Director: George Waggner
Rating: NR
Length: 70 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: French

Stars:
Claude Rains
Warren William
Ralph Bellamy
Patric Knowles
Bela Lugosi

Plot:
The original horror classic that introduced one of the screen's most infamous monsters! Lon Chaney, Jr. portrays Larry Talbot, who returns to his father's castle in Wales and meets a beautiful woman. One fateful night, Talbot escorts her to a local carnival where Jenny's fate is revealed by a mysterious gypsy fortune teller. The dreamlike atmospheres and elaborate settings combined with a chilling musical score make The Wolf Man a masterpiece not only of the genre, but for all time!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Closed Captioned

This is classic horror at it's best.  The werewolf mythology is explained in the opening scene and the story starts building on it immediately.  With leads played by Chaney, Rains, Bellamy and Legosi, Universal couldn't go wrong.  The foggy marshes, the gypsy camp, the fortune telling, the sign of the pentagram...all just great touches.  The way Chaney slowly comes to the realization of what has become of him and the horror of knowing what he's done is done superbly.  The beginning of a great legacy!

Rating:

(From Hal's 2010 Horror Marathon Reviews on October 17th, 2010)

Scrubs: The Complete and Final Ninth Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Scrubs: The Complete and Final Ninth Season (2009/United States) Promo |Wikipedia |IMDb | See how the story ends for J.D., Elliot, Turk and the rest of your favorite characters in ABC's Scrubs: The Complete Ninth and Final Season. The heroes of Sacred Heart may have finished their rounds, but the laughs never stop as they mentor a brand-new class of med students! J.D. returns to teach at Sacred Heart's medical school with the old gang and is surprised to find an impressionable young student has picked up where he left off. Meet Lucy and her classmates, Drew and Cole, as they try to fit in while they do their best to stand out. Relive every clever and quirky moment of Scrubs' outrageous final season, complete with never-before-seen bloopers, deleted scenes and interviews with the show's cast. Complete your Scrubs collection with The Ninth and Final Season on DVD. It's the best house call you'll ever get! EPISODES 1. Our First Day of School 2. Our Drunk Friend 3. Our Role Models 4. Our Histories 5. Our Mysteries 6. Our New Girl-Bro 7. Our White Coats 8. Our Couples 9. Our Stuff Gets Real 10. Our True Lies 11. Our Dear Leaders 12. Our Driving Issues 13. Our Thanks

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Stars:Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• Closed Captioned
• Short: Live from the Golf Cart

I recently watched this season on On-Demand... and really didn't think too much of it. There was several people from the previous season not in this season. And since it is such a short season no sooner I got used to the new people the series was over. But I was able to get this set (to complete the series in my collection) through a trade I was doing for some duplicate titles in my collection. So I went for it. Thankfully on second viewing I was able to enjoy it more then I did the first time around since I had gotten used to the new characters the first time I watched the season. While I did enjoy it more... it is still my least favorite season of the entire series. Not really shocked that it was canceled after only 13 episodes... but I would have liked to of seen a full season non-the-less.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on August 19th, 2012)