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The Morning After, a review by KinkyCyborg

The Morning After



Title:The Morning After
Year: 1986
Director: Sidney Lumet
Rating: R
Length: 103 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Jane Fonda
Jeff Bridges
Raul Julia
Diane Salinger
Richard Foronjy

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned


Excellent Sidney Lumet thriller with Jane Fonda at the top of her game as a washed up actress who is now a lush and wakes up next to a dead man in bed. Fonda, a younger, still boyishly looking Jeff Bridges and a favorite actor of mine, Raul Julia all give solid performances.

Fonda, who would have been 49 when this was filmed sure could pull off sexy, even at that age. The scene where Bridges slams her against the wall and she looks up at him, diabolically licking her lips was hot!!

I could see where it was heading as to who the culprit was although I guessed wrong at his reason for doing it. A very satisfying ending.

A few knocks... Fonda's scenes where she was stumbling drunk were a bit too overplayed and the musical score at times seemed too uplifting and happy-go-lucky considering the theme of the movie and the morbid subject matter but those bits can be overlooked when appraising the film as a whole.

Great watch!

KC

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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2011 on April 26th, 2011)

Walking Tall, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Walking Tall
Year: 2004
Director: Kevin Bray
Rating: PG-13
Length: 86 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Spanish

Stars:
The Rock
Johnny Knoxville
Neal McDonough
Kristen Wilson
Ashley Scott
Khleo Thomas

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
This is one of the many DVDs that was recently given to me. When I found out I was getting it I watched the trailer online. The trailer looked so good that I was anxiously waiting to get the chance to watch it. Unfortunately I never seen the original one to be able to compare the two. So I can't say how well it holds up to the original. But I can say that this is a good action-packed movie. I enjoyed watching it quite a bit. Of course it isn't exactly what you would call a thought-provoking epic.... but when you are in the mood for a good leave your brain at the door action movie you can definitely do worse. After watching this one I would like to get my hands on the original.



(From The Movies From Within My Lifetime on May 20th, 2011)

"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: After a member of an SG team has attacked a Tok'ra the latter reveal that the Goa'uld have found a way to temper with the human mind. Without the knowlegde of the victim he/she is programmed for an assassination and it is conceiled with false memories. The problem is, that a summit between the president of the Unites States and the Tok'ra high council is coming up. This is endangered by two sleepers within the SGC: Sam and Jack.

My Opinion: Althought it was sad that Martouf died, I really liked this episode, especially the solution of why Sam and Jack aren't Zatarcs. I also liked, when Freya hit on Jack especially with her very "curve-hugging" outfit.

Synopsis: After an ancient device has been activated on a remote planet, Jack and Teal'c are stuck in a time loop, that lasts 10 hours. Every time the loop starts again only they can remember previous iterations.

My Opinion: Also a ver good episode that I liked a lot, practically it's a Groundhog Day episode - a fact that is mentioned by Jack at the end. I enjoyed it very much.

Synopsis: After the Stargate can't be opened again the SGC finds out the the Russians have resurrected the original Stargate from the bottom of the sea (where it lay since the crash of Thor's ship). But now they've opened a wormhole that can't be closed again and they need the help of SG-1.

My Opinion: What I liked about this episode is that the Russians are not portrayed as backward hillbillies. Okay, the screwed the pooch and Jack doesn't like them per se, but Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi in Star Trek: The Next Generation) played her role very well.

Synopsis: Daniel is on an excavation mission with another SG team. The planet is supposed to be the home planet of the Goa'ulds. They find skeletons and fossils of Goa'uld queens, but there are also the first hosts of the Goa'ulds: The Unas.

My Opinion: I liked this episode, too, because the Unas were portrayed as much more that the killing machines they've been before. Of course they are an extremly primitive race but it is possible to build a rapport to them and Daniel was the perfect person to do that. Funny was the reference to the Stargate movie where Daniel - just like this time - started an interaction with the help of army food.

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on March 28th, 2008)