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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, a review by DJ Doena

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock



William Shatner ... Admiral James T. Kirk
Leonard Nimoy ... Capt. Spock
DeForest Kelley ... Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
James Doohan ... Montgomery "Scotty" Scott
George Takei ... Hikaru Sulu
Walter Koenig ... Pavel Chekov
Nichelle Nichols ... Cmdr. Uhura
Merritt Butrick ... Dr. David Marcus
Robin Curtis ... Lt. Saavik
Christopher Lloyd ... Cmdr. Kruge

Sarek - Spock's father - is visiting Kirk because he hopes that Kirk bears Spock's Kattra, his living soul. But it is McCoy who has the "honour". And now Kirk and McCoy have to return to Genesis to get Spock's body and return it to Vulcan.

My opinion:
In this movie hardly anything worked. It starts with the ground premise. If such a ritual would exist it sure would be a lot more complex and time consuming than that what we saw in II. It's also unclear why the Genesis effect would cause the transformation of Spock's body into a child just to let it grow old again. "Conveniently" until that age that it was before. I also didn't like the Klingons. It may have worked back then, but since that we've learned so much about their culture that I have the feeling this Klingons were portrayed as primitive savages. And the fist fight in the end: It may have been ok back in the series but it wasn't very convincing in this motion picture.

(From Weekend Star Trek Marathon on February 9th, 2008)

In the Heat of the Night, a review by Antares

In the Heat of the Night





Year: 1967
Film Studio: United Artists, The Mirisch Corporation
Genre: Drama, Classic, Suspense/Thriller
Length: 110 Min.

Director
Norman Jewison (1926)

Writing
Stirling Silliphant (1918)...Screenplay
John Ball (1911)...Novel

Producer
Walter Mirisch (1921)

Cinematographer
Haskell Wexler (1926)

Music
Quincy Jones (1933)...Music By

Stars
Sidney Poitier (1927) as Virgil Tibbs
Rod Steiger (1925) as Gillespie
Warren Oates (1928) as Sam Wood
Lee Grant (1927) as Mrs. Colbert
Larry Gates (1915) as Endicott
James Patterson (1932) as Mr. Purdy
William Schallert (1922) as Mayor Schubert
Beah Richards (1920) as Mama Caleba

ReviewIn the Heat of the NightRatings Criterion4 Stars - Historically important film, considered a classic.

(From In the Heat of the Night (1967) on March 4th, 2010)

Xena: Warrior Princess Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

13. The Quest (Part 2)
Xena's spirit puts into action a plan that may allow her to return to the land of the living and reclaim her body. And Gabrielle is faced with a big decision after meeting up with her old friends - the Amazons.

My Thoughts:
Very cool... a great conclusion to the previous episode. It was pretty cool to see Iolus from Hercules at the beginning of this episode. It was even better seeing all the amazons in leather bikinis! And yes... it is another episode I never seen before.

My Rating:

14. A Necessary Evil
In order to stop the evil Velasca from hunting down Gabrielle, Xena must unleash an even more depraved immortal to vanquish her - Callisto.

My Thoughts:
Wow... another one I never seen before. I am flipping out on this... I didn't think there was many at all that I didn't see. This episode seems to be a part 3 to the last 2 episodes even though it is not listed as such. It was pretty cool to see Callisto again.

My Rating:

15. A Day in the Life
Xena has 24 hours to prevent a warlord from plundering one village, and the world's biggest giant from destroying another. All in a day's work.

My Thoughts:
Well... now back to one I have actually seen before. This episode... while pretty silly... was enjoyable. I got a kick out of how Xena and Gabrielle was getting on each others nerves in this one. And I had to laugh when Gabrielle traded Xena's whip for a frying pan.

My Rating:

16. For Him the Bell Tolls
While engaged in a battle of wills with her son, Cupid, Aphrodite turns Joxer into a dashing hero tasked with stealing a princess's heart away from her betrothed.

My Thoughts:
Being an episode with Joxer in it.... that right there tells you there will be some silliness to the episode. But they did it well. If there is one thing that bothers me about this episode... that would be the fact that Xena is hardly in the episode at all. Just a quick scene in the beginning and a quick scene in the end. But all the same... I still enjoyed it.

My Rating:

(From Xena: Warrior Princess Marathon on January 19th, 2010)