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Storm of the Dead, a review by Jimmy

Title : Storm of the Dead (2006)

Overview
When the Florida Panhandle is hit by a "Category 5" hurricane, the President of the United States has no choice but to reactivate the Florida Militia to restore order in the region. In their quest to restore stability to an unstable area, the Militia is ordered to 'shoot looters'. When one of the looters tracked down and shot is the grandson of a Voodoo Queen, all hell breaks loose as she seeks revenge on the Militia.

My Impression
After watching this film I feel the same deception that if I would Have watch a movie called "Curse of the Black Mummy" and the film have been about an African mother using a lot of four letter words... More simply said there are no storm and no zombies in this film. It's just a non credible army reserve unit (with no name tag or apparent rank on their uniform or respect for the officer and carrying Chief Boyardee can as lunch in place of ration pack) who walks supposedly in the Florida swamp, find a trailer trash girl with a big pair of breast, 3 of the soldier are kill by the girl who is in fact an old black woman, 3 of them return at the base after talking with the old woman about the fact that it's not friendly to shoot looters and the movie is over. The film is as boring as it sounds... Debra Cassano (she's a pretty good actress) and Karin Justman are certainly two beautifull women (no, none of them are the TTGWBB)
 
But that wasn't enough to make this film interesting for me.

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(From Jimmy's 2009 Horror Marathon on October 13th, 2009)

Manhunter, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Manhunter
Year: 1986
Director: Michael Mann
Rating: R
Length: 122 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
William Petersen
Kim Greist
Joan Allen
Brian Cox
Dennis Farina
Stephen Lang

Plot:
FBI Agent Will Graham (William Petersen) has captured the diabolical Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Brian Cox), nearly losing more than just his mind in the process. But when Graham is called out of retirement to hunt the psychopath known as "The Tooth Fairy" (Tom Noonan, in a role Entertainment Weekly calls "one of the freakiest madmen Hollywood has ever given us") he must once again confront the horrors of "Hannibal The Cannibal." If Will Graham enters the mind of the serial killer, can he ever come back?

Joan Allen (THE CONTENDER), Dennis Farina, Kim Greist and Stephen Lang co-star in this shocking thriller directed by Michael Mann and adapted from the novel RED DRAGON by Thomas Harris. But be warned: Fans and critics alike consider MANHUNTER to be far superior to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS ... as well as one of the most unnerving serial killer movies ever made.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes
Closed Captioned
THX

My Thoughts:
This is my first time seeing this movie. I went in with fairly low expectations since a friend of mine said they didn't care too much for this one. But I enjoyed it quite a bit. The story is good... I liked the cast... the movie kept my interest from beginning to end. I have to admit... I didn't even recognize William Petersen (CSI) in this movie. I didn't realize it was him till the movie was basically over.  Anyway... as I said... I definitely enjoyed this one. Glad I finally got around to watching this one.



(From The Movies From Within My Lifetime on April 3rd, 2011)

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, a review by addicted2dvd

Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis (1950/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis made their television debut on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town in June 1948. They were, in many respects, the perfect comedy team. Martin's good looks and smooth baritone balanced Lewis' impishness and frantic comedy. They appeared for six seasons, on a rotating basis on the Colgate Comedy Hour, WITH SPECIAL GUEST ROSEMARY CLOONEYWITH SPECIAL GUEST BURT LANCASTER In this program Dean and Jerry are joined by Burt Lancaster. Dean sings and Jerry clowns as only they can and Burt Lancaster is an escapee from an insane asylum.

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Stars:
Dean Martin
Jerry Lewis
Burt Lancaster
Rosemary Clooney
The Skylarks
Sidney Sillman

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Production Notes

I felt like a little classic television so I decided to pop in one of my Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Show DVDs. This show was also known as The Colgate Comedy Hour. And it definitely had some laughs in it. But it also has quite a bit of music in it as well. A little too much for my taste. But that is ok... because there is enough good comedy in it to still make it worth watching for me. Being on one of those public domain releases I really wasn't expecting much quality wise... but I was pleasantly surprised. There was a few problems here and there... but for the most part it was more then watchable.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on June 11th, 2011)