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Flightplan, a review by Rich

Flightplan





Enjoyed watching this film again, Jodie Foster seldom disappoints and the action and suspense of the film was smoothly produced.
Skarrsgard and Bean support well, in a movie set almost entirely on a seemingly huge jumbo jet. It delivers the 'guess who the baddie is' right to the last 20 minutes, and you can't help thinking 'what if' for those who fly regularly.
The extras 'making of' detailing the planes construction and the camera angles used etc was fascinating.
A must have in dvd.
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on July 5th, 2009)

The Spirit (1987), a review by addicted2dvd

The Spirit (1987/United States) IMDb |Trailer | Director: Michael Schultz Writing: Will Eisner (Original Material By), Steven E. de Souza (Writer) Length: 80 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: None

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Stars:
Sam J. Jones as Spirit / Denny Colt
Nana Visitor as Ellen Dolan
Bumper Robinson as Eubie
Garry Walberg as Commissioner Dolan
Les Lannom as Officer King
McKinlay Robinson as P'Gell Roxton

Plot:
When Denny Colt, detective for the Central City Police Department, survives an assassination attempt by criminals, he is still believed by the public to be dead. He decides to use to his advantage, since being "dead", he isn't subject to the rules that bind regular cops. To this end, he equips an abandoned tomb in a graveyard into a residence and headquarters and prepares for a new career. With that, he becomes the Spirit, a mysterious crime fighter whose only costume is a blue business suit, fedora hat and a little eye mask. His first major case pits him against P'Gell, a femme fatal who has criminal designs on the city.

Extras:

• Closed Captioned

This is a 1987 TV movie that a friend sent me a copy of. It is off of an old TV recording from when it originally aired. With that being the case I was a little concerned what the quality would be like. Turns out I didn't need to worry. While it was an obvious old recording... it is more then watchable. And something that was an extra bonus to me personally.... he didn't edit out the original run commercials. And I found it oddly fun seeing the commercials that I haven't seen in a good 25 years! It brought back a lot of memories.

The film itself I found to be rather entertaining... well in a cheesy sort of way. The film makes more then one reference to the character (The Spirit) being similar to The Lone Ranger... and I can see their point. What with the similar look to the mask and the fact that Denny Colt is believed to be dead. But with such a cheesy feel to it... it also reminded me a bit of the old '60s Batman series. Speaking of which... I don't know if this TV Movie was supposed to be the start of a TV series that never happened or not... but I believe I would have watched the series if they made it.

Now I want to once again thank the friend of mine for sending me this one. I really did enjoy watching it.... definitely worth the time put in to it. Thanks 'Cat!



(From What Movies I Been Watching on April 13th, 2013)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
5.06 Trials and Tribble-ations
WriterDirector: Jonathan West
Cast: Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko), Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Michael Dorn (Lt. Commander Worf), Terry Farrell (Lt. Commander Dax), Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko), Colm Meaney (Chief O'Brien), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Alexander Siddig (Doctor Bashir), Nana Visitor (Major Kira), Jack Blessing (Dulmur), James W. Jansen (Lucsly), Charlie Brill (Arne Darvin), Leslie Ackerman (Waitress), Charles S. Chun (Engineer), Deirdre L. Imershein (Lieutenant Watley), Actors Appearing in the original Star Trek episode), * William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk), * Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock), * DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy), * James Doohan (Scott), * Nichelle Nichols (Uhura), * Walter Koenig (Chekov), * Stanley Adams (Cyrano Jones), * Paul Baxley (Ensign Freeman), * Whit Bissell (Lurry), * Charlie Brill (Arne Darvin), * Michael Pataki (Korax), * Guy Raymond (Trader), * David Ross (Guard), * William Schallert (Nilz Baris)

A really fun episode. It doesn't take itself seriously and just uses the premise of the DS9 crew meeting up with Kirk's Enterprise to great effect. A great way celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Trek.

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(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 17th, 2011)