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The Dark Knight, a review by addicted2dvd

The Dark Knight
The follow-up to Batman Begins, The Dark Knight reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in his continuing war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves effective. But soon the three find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as The Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces Batman closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante. Heath Ledger stars as archvillain The Joker, and Aaron Eckhart plays Dent. Maggie Gyllenhall joins the cast as Rachel Dawes. Returning from Batman Begins are Gary Oldman as Gordon, Michael Caine as Alfred and Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox.

My Thoughts:
I loved Batman Begins... so I was excited to hear that they were making this sequel.  I didn't realize until today that, like Batman Begins, this one is a very long movie at just over 2 and a half hours. But you wouldn't know it while watching the movie! The time flew by and before I knew it I was watching the credits roll. I liked how they did The Joker this time. Talk about a dark version! I am impressed... I think Heath Ledger easily out did Jack Nicholson in the roll. It is such a shame we can not look forward to any more from him. I am sitting here writing this review still in awe of this movie. And that is saying something because I let it all sink in... waiting almost an hour before writing up this review. I can not suggest this movie any higher! An outstanding job from everyone involved!



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 1/9 - 1/11 on January 11th, 2009)

Heebie Jeebies, a review by addicted2dvd

Heebie Jeebies (2005/United States) Lions Gate Home Entertainment Director: Doug Evans, Michael Hawkins-Burgos Writing: Doug Evans (Writer), J. J. Shebesta [JJ Shebesta] (Writer) Length: 89 min. Rating: Rated R : Horror Violence and Language Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: Spanish

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Stars:
Bobby Jo Westphal as Cassandra
Deb Billing as Cassandra's Mother
Michael Hawkins-Burgos as Tony
Jeff Lee as Casper
Vanessa Yuille as Cindy
Amy Geyser as Girlfriend

Plot:
Cassandra dreams about the murdering of her friends one by one. Desperate to save their lives, she attempts to evade the inevitable by bringing them together under one roof. She learns that fate is too powerful to be controlled.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• Closed Captioned

This is a movie I got cheap off of Amazon Marketplace. I only spent a dollar on it. Thankfully I didn't waste too much money... because I had a very hard time to just sit through this movie. It wasn't too long in I found myself doing other things... with the movie mainly playing in the background. This is a very low budget movie... acting needs help (though I have seen worse)... effects are basically non-existent... and the story itself is just plain strange. Don't bother wasting your time and money on this one!




(From The Movies from Within My Lifetime: 2012 Edition on March 23rd, 2012)

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

Star Trek: The Next Generation
2.13 Time Squared
Writer: Maurice Hurley (Screenwriter), Kurt Michael Bensmiller (Original Material By)
Director: Joseph L. Scanlan
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Capt. Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Cmdr. William Riker), LeVar Burton (Lt. Geordi La Forge), Michael Dorn (Lt. Worf), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), Diana Muldaur (Doctor Pulaski), Colm Meaney (Chief O'Brien)

The first real time-travel episode of The Next Generation. And it just doesn't make sense. Even the characters try to find an explanation at the end without success ("Maybe it is..., or maybe it was an illustion..."). Added to that Picard is really grumpy in this one (even more than it was usual in the early episodes).

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on October 31st, 2011)