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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, a review by addicted2dvd

Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006/United States) Starz Home Entertainment Director: Scott Glosserman Writing: David J. Stieve (Writer), Scott Glosserman (Writer) Length: 91 min. Rating: Rated R : Horror Violence, Language, Some Sexual Content and Brief Drug Use Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: None

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Stars:
Nathan Baesel as Leslie Vernon
Angela Goethals as Taylor Gentry
Robert Englund as Doc Halloran
Scott Wilson as Eugene
Zelda Rubinstein as Mrs. Collinwood
Bridgett Newton as Jamie

Plot:
You know legendary maniacs Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger. Now meet Leslie Vernon, the next great psycho-slasher. Nathan Baesel of INVASION stars as Vernon, a good-natured killing machine who invites a documentary film crew to follow him as he reminisces with his murder mentor (Scott Wilson of IN COLD BLOOD), evades his psychiatrist/nemesis (Robert Englund of A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET), deconstructs Freudian symbolism, and meticulously plots his upcoming slaughter spree. But when the actual carnage begins, where do you draw the line between voyeuristic thrills, mythic evil, and good old-fashioned slasher movie mayhem? Angela Goethals (24) and Zelda Rubinstein (POLTERGEIST) co-stars in this ingeniously twisted and award-winning shocker that Film Threat hails as "a masterpiece...".

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• DVD-ROM Content
• Closed Captioned

I just finished watching this film. I am not sure how to explain what kind of movie this is. It is done a bit differently then any of the other horror and comedy mixtures I have seen to date. It was a nice change of pace that I enjoyed quite a bit. I also liked the fact that they got a couple familiar faces from other horror movies with Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and Zelda Rubinstein (Poltergeist). I have heard in the past from friends that this is a good movie... but that is about all I knew before going into it this morning. As I said... it is something a bit different so it was able to easily keep my attention. As for the comedy in this one... it is like a fun thing to watch... but not a laugh out loud Ha-Ha type funny. If that makes any sense to you at all. Either way... it is one I would definitely say to give a chance.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched Horror on January 15th, 2012)

Top Gun, a review by DJ Doena

August, 12th


Tom Cruise    ...    Maverick
Kelly McGillis   ...    Charlie
Val Kilmer   ...    Ice
Anthony Edwards   ...    Goose
Tom Skerritt   ...    Viper
Michael Ironside   ...    Jester
Tim Robbins   ...    Merlin
Clarence Gilyard Jr.   ...    Sundown
James Tolkan   ...    Stinger
Meg Ryan   ...    Carole
Adrian Pasdar   ...    Chipper

Synopsis: Lt. "Maverick" Mitchell - a slightly maniac F-14 pilot - and his RIO Lt. "Goose" Bradshaw have been accepted into the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School - more commonly known as "Top Gun". There they will learn the finer arts of aerial dogfighting. That is, if they don't get thrown out due to Maverick's behaviour. And the competition is hard, Top Gun accepts only the best pilots to begin with.

My Opinion: This movie has incredible flying scenes even after all these years. No crappy CGI but real planes flying in real air. And a great soundtrack, too. Ironically I haven't seen that movie that often but I seem to know it by heart due to the many parodies on many scenes of that movie.
And while I recognized Adrian Pasdar (Nathan Petrelli in Heroes) at once, it took me a while to recognize Goose as Dr. Greene from ER.
Too bad, that there aren't more good airplane combat movies out there.



(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2009 on August 14th, 2009)

Smallville: The Complete Sixth Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Smallville: The Complete Sixth Season (2006/United States)

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Stars:
Tom Welling as Clark Kent
Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum as Lex Luthor
Erica Durance as Lois Lane
Allison Mack as Chloe Sullivan
John Glover as Lionel Luthor
Annette O'Toole as Martha Kent
Justin Hartley as Oliver Queen
Aaron Ashmore as Jimmy Olsen

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes

Finished this season earlier this morning. Another great season... enjoyed it just as  much as the previous seasons. While there are episodes I like more then others... when looked at as a whole season by season it remains great entertainment through-out the series. My favorite episode of this season would have to be Justice where we get 4 superheroes besides Clark... being the starts of the Justice League. In that one episode we get to see Clark, Green Arrow, The Flash (code name Impulse in this episode), Cyborg and Aquaman. So I had a lot of fun watching that episode again.

As for special (familiar) guest stars this season... There was a couple. First there was Tori Spelling who played the part of a gossip reporter who had a way of getting to the truth. And then there was Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) who played Chloe's mother.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on August 28th, 2011)