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Teen Wolf Too (1987), a review by addicted2dvd

Teen Wolf Too (1987/United States) MGM Home Entertainment Director: Christopher Leitch Writing: Joseph Loeb III (Original Characters By), Matthew Weisman (Original Characters By), R. Timothy Kring (Screenwriter), Joseph Loeb III (Story By), Matthew Weisman (Story By) Length: 94 min. Rating: PG Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Jason Bateman as Todd Howard
Kim Darby as Professor Brooks
John Astin as Dean Dunn
Paul Sand as Coach Finstock
James Hampton as Uncle Harold
Mark Holton as Chubby

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Closed Captioned

This is some good cheesy fun much like the first one. Though not quite as good as the first. It is really not much more then an average fun movie. Pretty much this movie is more of the same as the first one... just substituting basketball with boxing. I never been much of a Jason Bateman fan. I mean I have nothing against him... He is ok I guess... but not someone I would be seeking out other movies/shows of.




(From TV Stars in the Movies: On-Going Mega Marathon on September 5th, 2011)

Frenzy, a review by Achim

Title: Frenzy
Year: 1972
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Rating: R
Length: 116 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Jon Finch
Barry Foster
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Anna Massey
Alec McCowen

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes

I have watched the film two or three times through my school years and not since then. I was very surprised to find that it was much better than I remembered it (and I already remembered it to be a good film). At its core the film is still based on Hitchcock's favorite theme, the "wrong man", he did well in avoiding just doing more of the same and playing some interesting riffs on what he would have usually done earlier in his career. The main protagonist is far from the likable "man next door" who gets mixed up in some criminal plot, the plot is not just about being wrongly accused and then getting out of it and through the last third the theme actually shifts away I very much enjoyed how detailed it was described how poor Richard Blaney got deeper and deeper into the mess, even through events that had happened 2 years earlier! It looks like Hitchcock had great fun putting all that on screen.

Acting is excellent all through the cast, including smaller bit parts. I enjoyed Barry Foster and Alex McCowen the most.

It can be argued that this is Hitchcock's nastiest film (we had a discussion on this forum whether Hitchcock's films would be much the same today or if he'd make more use of gore himself), by what is shown on screen (e.g. we get to see a rape-murder) but just as well theme (there's not many nice people here). A good portion of that success is due to the decision to work much more on location than before; gone is the fake look of outdoor sets.



(From Alfred Hitchcock Marathon on May 5th, 2010)

"Battlestar Galactica" Marathon (1978-2009), a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: During the last attack Starbuck's Viper was heavily damaged and she had to eject in the atmosphere of a small moon. But she also shot down the Raider that shot her down and it crashed on a near-by site. The problem is that she has no means of communication, Galactica does not know where to look for her and she's running out of oxygen in 46 hours. Luckily for her, Adama is not willing to leave her behind.

My Opinion:Synopsis: It is not yet publicly known that Cylons can look like Humans and another Number Five (looks like the reporter Aaron Doral) walks into Galactica and kills himself in a suicide bombing after he was cornered. Adama orders an investigation on how Doral got his hands on explosives and a detonator and the Master-at-Arms discovers that Chief Tyrol is lying about his wherabouts during the time of the bombing which makes him a suspect of treason.

My Opinion: Now the secret is out. This episode reminded me of Star Trek TNG's The Drumhead which also featured a witch hunt but here it wasn't fully believable. Yes she may be the Master-at-Arms and Adama gave her command authorization but she went over the line too quickly for someone who isn't used to boss Commanders around.

Synopsis: Another Number Six copy with the name Shelly Godfrey comes aboard Galactica and claims that she has evidence that connects Dr. Baltar to the failure of the colonial defences and that in fact he planted a bomb in the defence computer system. Baltar finds this outrageous (he didn't plant a bomb after all, he just unknowingly slept with the enemy) but he can't tell anybody that Shelly is a Cylon (Why would he know that?).

My Opinion: Baltar and Head-Six, what a lovely pair. It was such a great scene when Baltar was in CIC and was introduced to Shelly and he searched for her, totally ignoring the woman standing in front of him - assuming that this was his imaginary Six. I like Head-Six scenes in general because she gets him in awkward situations where he has to simultaneously* talk to her and the other (real) person in the room. And once again he managed to wind himself out of a tight spot. Even if he isn't a real villain like the classic Baltar, he's my favourite villain on the show.

* I wonder if I will ever write that word correctly, spellchecker has to correct me every time...

(From "Battlestar Galactica" Marathon (1978-2009) on September 2nd, 2009)