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Roman Holiday, a review by Tom

Roman Holiday (1953/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (Canada) Director: William Wyler Writing: Ian McLellan Hunter (Screenwriter), John Dighton (Screenwriter), Dalton Trumbo (Story By) Length: 118 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1, French: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Gregory Peck as Joe Bradley, Correspondent
Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann/ Anya 'Smitty' Smith
Eddie Albert as Irving Radovich
Hartley Power as Mr. Hennessy, Joe Bradley's Boss
Harcourt Williams as Ambassador

Plot:Roman HolidayAwards:
Won:

Academy Award (1953)		Best Actress (Audrey Hepburn)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Edith Head)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Writing, Original Story (Ian McLellan Hunter (1993 corrected to Dalton Trumbo))
AFI (1953)		100 Years... 100 Passions (2002)
BAFTA (1953)		British Actress (Audrey Hepburn)
Golden Globe (1953)		Actress in a Leading Role - Drama (Audrey Hepburn)
Writers Guild of America Awards (1954)		Best Written American Comedy (Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton)

Nominated:

Academy Award (1953)		Best Art Direction, Black-and-White (Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Frank Planer, Henri Alekan)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Director (William Wyler)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Film Editing (Robert Swink)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Picture (William Wyler (Producer))
Academy Award (1953)		Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Albert)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton)
AFI (1953)		100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
BAFTA (1953)		Film And British Film
BAFTA (1953)		Foreign Actor (Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert)
Directors Guild of America (1954)		Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (William Wyler)

Extras:

• Closed Captioned
• Featurettes
• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Trailers

A great movie. Always fun to watch. And the two hours running time fly by fast. Audrey Hepburn has deserved her Oscar for her work here.
Even though it has been over ten years since I have been to Rome and the movie being almost 50 years old, it is still nice to recognize a lot of the locations used in the film as places I have personally visited.

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(From Tom's Random Reviews on November 21st, 2010)

The Monster Squad, a review by RossRoy

Original Title: The Monster Squad Year: 1987 Country: United States Director: Fred Dekker Rating: PG Length: 82 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

What they sayMy Thoughts
I actually liked this one! First time I've seen it (that I can remember). I found it quite reminiscent of The Goonies, which is good! I like that they stayed true to the original makeup design for all the monsters. The kids are great in this movie, they are believable, even the lead one. I also liked how they set the tone with the opening text scroll whihc ends with "They blew it." (speaking about Dr. Van Helsing messing up the banishment of Evil). All in all, that was quite an enjoyable, light hearted movie.

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(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on October 12th, 2008)

Tales from the Crypt Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

2. And All Through the House
On Christmas Eve a woman slaughters her husband and learns that she's on Santa's naughty list when an escaped maniac dressed as Santa Claus shows up at her doorstep with a special present for her.

Guest Stars:
Mary Ellen Trainor
Larry Drake
Marshall Bell
Lindsey Whitney Barry

My Thoughts:
Of course being a Christmas episode this time we have the Cryptkeeper dressed like Santa. Now this episode I enjoyed more then I did the first one. Matter of fact it remains on of my favorite episodes. This episode also made me a fan of Larry Drake in horrors. I know Christmas is on the way when I watch this episode!

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(From Tales from the Crypt Marathon on December 21st, 2009)