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The Long Riders, a review by Rogmeister

The Long Riders (1980)  99m
Director: Walter Hill
Music: Ry Cooder
Cast: David Carradine, Keith Carradine, Robert Carradine, James Keach, Stacy Keach, Dennis Quaid, Randy Quaid, Christopher Guest, Nicholas Guest, Harry Carey Jr., Pamela Reed

This was another western about the James-Younger gang but it was done with a bit of a twist.  Each set of brothers was played by a set of actual brothers...so you had the Carradines playing the Younger brothers, James and Stacy Keach playing Jesse and Frank James, Dennis and Randy Quaid playaing the Millers and Christopher and Nicholas Guest playing the Fords.  Pamela Reed also shows up as Belle Starr (no, she didn't look that good in real life).  It's an interesting idea (all those real brothers playing historical brothers) and it results in a fine western, definitely one of the better westerns of the 1980's.  Since this is Jesse James (and company) we're talking about, there is definitely some actual events here though they still make the outlaws perhaps a bit more likeable than they actually were in real life but I still enjoy this film and have no qualms about recommending it.  I've had this DVD awhile and there are unfortunately no real extras...just the trailer.  I would definitely vote for this getting a special edition but this is all we have for now, I think.  A first-rate western.   

(From DCO third annual November Alphabet Marathon - discussion/review/banter thread on November 25th, 2009)

Forbidden Planet, a review by addicted2dvd

Forbidden Planet: 50th Anniversary Two-Disc Special (1956/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Warner Home Video (United States) Director: Fred McLeod Wilcox Writing: Cyril Hume (Screenwriter), Irving Block (Original Material By), Allen Adler (Original Material By) Length: 98 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Morbius
Anne Francis as Altaira Morbius
Leslie Nielsen as Commander Adams
Warren Stevens as Lt. "Doc" Ostrow
Jack Kelly as Lt. Farman

Plot:
A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair offers evidence of an advanced civilization. But among Altair-4's many wonders, none is greater or more deadly than the human mind.

'Forbidden Planet' is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and styles would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis)...and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all-electronic musical soundscape in film history, 'Forbidden Planet' is in a movie orbit all its own.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Gallery
• Closed Captioned
• Thin Man TV Series Episode

This one I liked a lot! I was told this is a must see classic... and they were right! Robbie the Robot is iconic in sci-fi film history... especially considering when this was made you can see why. The effects are great for it's time... the cast was all strong. The only down side to this film is that it is very predictable. But even that didn't really take away from the film. This one is definitely a must see.



(From August Movie Marathon: Radical Robotics on August 16th, 2017)

Doctor Who Marathon, a review by Tom

Doctor Who
Series 1.01 Rose
Writer: Russell T Davies (Writer), Robert Holmes (Original Characters By)
Director: Keith Boak
Cast: Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who), Billie Piper (Rose Tyler), Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith), Mark Benton (Clive), Elli Garnett (Caroline), Adam McCoy (Clive's Son), , Alan Ruscoe (Autons), Paul Kasey (Autons), David Sant (Autons), Elizabeth Fost (Autons), Helen Otway (Autons), , Nicholas Briggs (Nestene Voice)

This is the third time that I was watching the pilot episode. I still think it is a good introduction to the series. I agree, Mickey seems a little out of character. But I think he was the same the first few episodes. He changed when he first travelled with the doctor.
Eccleston is still one of my favorite doctors. He was just the right kind of guy for re-establishing the doctor. Rose is a great companion. Her chemistry with the doctor is one of the things which makes the series great.




(From Doctor Who Marathon on January 4th, 2014)