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Stripes, a review by addicted2dvd

Stripes: Extended Cut (1981/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Ivan Reitman Writing: Len Blum (Writer), Daniel Goldberg (Writer), Harold Ramis (Writer) Length: 123 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, French: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, German: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Spanish: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

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Stars:
Bill Murray as John
Harold Ramis as Russell
Warren Oates as Sgt. Hulka
P.J. Soles as Stella
Sean Young as Louise

Plot:
When quick-witted slacker John Winger (Bill Murray) loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he decides to embark on a new adventure: he joins the US Army, nearly starting WWIII.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• BD-Live
• Added footage marker

As you can see by the cover this film is part of a Bill Murray double feature along with Groundhog Day. I found this movie to be just as much fun as I remembered it to be. A good solid '80s comedy. One that I would recommend everyone to see at least once. This film had me literally laugh out loud more then once. The film has a lot of familiar faces in it as well. So if you have never seen this one... put it on your list. And if you have seen it before... maybe it is time to revisit this classic comedy.



(From Within My Lifetime Marathon on May 5th, 2015)

Mission to Mars, a review by Rich

Mission to Mars



From the director of Mission: Impossible comes the thrilling, eye-popping science-fiction adventure Mission to Mars - starring Gary Sinise (Snake Eyes) and Tim Robbins (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Loved Me). The year is 2020, and the first manned mission to Mars, commanded by Luke Graham (Don Cheadle, Out Of Sight), lands safely on the red planet. But the Martian landscape harbors a bizarre and shocking secret that leads to a mysterious disaster so catastrophic, it decimates the crew. Haunted by a cryptic last message from Graham, NASA launches the Mars Recovery Mission to investigate and bring back survivors - if there are any. Confronted with nearly insurmountable dangers, but propelled by deep friendship, the team finally lands on Mars and makes a discovery so amazing, it takes your breath away. Mission to Mars is an action-packed rocket ride that will enthrall you with its stunning special effects and keep you on the edge of your seat.

2001 inferior copy, but with enough special effects and originality to make it viewable. A touch too much sentimentality in a sci-fi for my taste, but the pulsating score and thought provoking ending turned it from a potential onion to a respectable film. Acting was hit and miss, Robbins miscast but Sinise perfect.
Its a marmite film, you'll likely to love it or hate it. I sit on the fence as I found it ok.
 
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on April 27th, 2009)

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

VOY 3.24 Displaced
Writer: Lisa Klink (Writer)
Director: Allan Kroeker
Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Commander Chakotay), Roxann Dawson (Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres), Jennifer Lien (Kes), Robert Duncan McNeill (Lieutenant Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Lieutenant Tuvok), Garrett Wang (Ensign Harry Kim), Kenneth Tigar (Dammar), Mark L. Taylor (Jarlath), James Noah (Rislan), Nancy Youngblut (Taleen), Deborah Levin (Ensign Lang), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice (voice))

The Voyager crew is slowly replaced by aliens one-by-one. The aliens pretend that they do not know what is going on and that some third-party is doing the replacing. When the Voyager crew finds out that this is all a ruse, it is too late.
Nice idea for an episode and I always enjoyed this one.

P/T moments:
Tom and B'Elanna fight and make up.



Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on September 28th, 2009)