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Captain January, a review by addicted2dvd

Captain January (1936/United States) Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United States) Director: David Butler Writing: Sam Hellman (Screenwriter), Gladys Lehman (Screenwriter), Harry Tugend (Screenwriter), Laura E. Richards (Original Material By) Length: 77 min. Video: Pan & Scan 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Shirley Temple as Star
Guy Kibbee as Captain January
Slim Summerville as Captain Nazro
Buddy Ebsen as Paul Roberts
Sara Haden as Agatha Morgan

Plot:
A kind lighthouse keeper and an irrepressible orphan plot to outwit a mean truant officer.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Closed Captioned

This is the first Shirley Temple film I have sat through. And I must say... I can see how she became such a child star. She was adorable. I enjoyed this film quite a bit. I liked the entire cast. But I must say I did not recognize Buddy Ebsen in this film! There is a lot of fun characters here. But at the same time you really feel for Shirley Temple's character... especially when she is taken away from the captain and sitting there singing to the doll he carved her... missing him. I would definitely recommend this movie. The DVD I watched this on has both a B&W version and a Colorized version. I of course wanted to see this as it originally aired so chose the B&W.



(From January Movie Marathon: Actresses of Yesteryear on January 9th, 2018)

My Soul to Take, a review by addicted2dvd

My Soul to Take (2010/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Universal Studios Home Entertainment Director: Wes Craven Writing: Wes Craven (Writer) Length: 107 min. Rating: Rated R : Strong Bloody Violence, And Pervasive Language Including Sexual References Video: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: DTS: 5.1, Spanish: DTS: 5.1, French: DTS: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: : , Commentary: : Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Max Thieriot as Bug
John Magaro as Alex
Denzel Whitaker as Jerome
Zena Grey as Penelope
Nick Lashaway as Brandon
Paulina Olszynski as Brittany

Plot:
On the day the Riverton Ripper vanished without a trace, seven children were born. Today, they're all turning 16...and turning up dead. Legendary director Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) keeps your heart racing with a suspense-thriller filled with twists, turns and a dark secret that will send your soul searching for cover.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Deleted Scenes

I went into this one without even seeing a trailer for the film. Unfortunately the reviews I have read on it has been less then stellar. More then one going as far as saying it is the worst piece of work to come from Wes Craven. So needless to say I went into this one with low expectations. Though going in with the low expectations really didn't help much. While the film has it's moments here and there.. I really didn't think too much of this one. I found I really didn't care much for the characters... and the storyline just didn't keep my interest. I found myself doing other things while the movie played in the background.



(From Addicted2DVD's Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon on October 7th, 2013)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

3.02 Eclipse (1997-09-21)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), John Krizanc (Writer)
Director: Richard J. Lewis
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), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Gordon Pinsent (Fraser Sr.), Jackie Burroughs (Gladys Caunce), Diego Matamoros (Detective Hallet), Alan Peterson (Brandauer), Maria Vacratsis (Charmain), Walter Alza (Jimmy), Steve Michalchuk (Bronco), Tyler Kyte (Young Raymond), Peter Bray (Marcus Ellery), Diana Salvatore (Young Stella), Aron Tager (Tom)

A good episode where we (and Fraser) learn more about the new Ray. Nice touch is, that Ray needs glasses for shooting. With them he is a really great shot, but without them he doesn't hit anything.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on September 13th, 2009)