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Nancy Drew, Reporter , a review by addicted2dvd

Nancy Drew, Reporter (1932/United States) Mill Creek Entertainment Director: William Clemens Writing: Kenneth Gamet (Screenwriter), Carolyn Keene (Original Material By) Length: 68 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: None

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Stars:
Bonita Granville as Nancy Drew
John Litel as Carson Drew
Frank Thomas, Jr. as Ted Nickerson
Dickie Jones as Killer Parkins
Mary Lee as Mary

Plot:
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence, and they stumble onto the identity of the real killer.

Extras:

• Scene Access

I got this movie as part of a classic movie boxset... Shirley Temple and Friends... which a good friend gave to me not too long ago. I have been a fan of Nancy Drew since the TV Series in the '70s starring Pamela Sue Martin as Nancy Drew. This is the first time I ever watched any of the old Bonita Granville movies. And I found that I really liked her in the role. I will have to look into getting more of these titles. The storyline is pretty good. And I got a kick out of the characters Killer Parkins and Mary. Who were two little kids (pre-teens) making Nancy's job harder. They were there for comedic relief. This boxset came from Mills Creek Entertainment... which from experience had been really hit and miss quality wise. While the quality wasn't what I would call great... it was more then watchable. But there was no extras what so ever of course.




(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Black & White on June 23rd, 2011)

The Shawshank Redemption, a review by Tom

Title: The Shawshank Redemption
Year: 1994
Director: Frank Darabont
Rating: R
Length: 142 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Tim Robbins
Morgan Freeman
Bob Gunton
William Sadler
Clancy Brown

Plot:
Few movies capture the triumph of the human spirit as memorably as The Shawshank Redemption. Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins star in this powerful nominee for seven Academy Awards (including Best Picture) based on a Stephen King story.

Freeman plays "Red" Redding, a lifer who knows the ropes at Maine's Shawshank State Prison. Robbins is new inmate Andy Dufresne, a quiet banker unjustly convicted of murder. Andy's indomitable will earns Red's friendship; his resourcefulness brings hope and change to the entire prison. Andy is full of surprises - and he saves his best for last. Written and directed by Frank Darabont (The Green Mile), The Shawshank Redemption is an "engrossing, superbly acted yarn." (Tom Charity, Time Out Film Guide).

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Comic Spoof 'The Sharktank Redemption'
Commentary
DVD-ROM Content
Featurettes
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailers

IMDb #1 in the Top 250. It is a great movie. Although almost two and half hours long, and doesn't feel like it. I enjoyed every minute of it. Though I am really surprised, that it's number 1 on IMDb. Is it really a movie which would be universally given a 9-10 rating? I don't mind it being number 1

Also worth checking out: The 25-minute short movie "SharkTank Redemption" which stars Morgan Freeman's son Alfonso in a parody of his father's role. This short is set in an agency's office environment instead of prison. It's great how they fit in dialog from Shawshank into this film.

Rating:

(From Short Stephen King marathon on May 9th, 2009)

The IT Crowd: Version 3.0 - (mini) marathon, a review by Tom

01. From Hell (2008-11-21)
Writer: Graham Linehan (Writer)
Director: Graham Linehan
Cast: Chris O'Dowd (Roy), Richard Ayoade (Moss), Katherine Parkinson (Jen), Matt Berry (Douglas), Chris Morris (Denholm), Tom Binns (Nolan), Togo Igawa (Mr Yamamoto), Jonathan Ryland (Gary)

Great start to a new series. Everyone had a fun storyline.

Rating:

(From The IT Crowd: Version 3.0 - (mini) marathon on July 31st, 2009)