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Pretty in Pink, a review by GSyren

Title	Pretty in Pink (097361-380544)
Director	Howard Deutch
Actors	Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader
Produced	1986 in United States
Runtime	97 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles	English
Overview	Molly Ringwald is the smart girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Andrew McCarthy is the rich boy who genuinely loves her. And Jon Cryer is... just Duckie. And they are all back in the brand-new "Everything's Duckie" Special Collector's Edition of Pretty in Pink! Written by John Hughes and directed by Howard Deutch, Pretty in Pink will take you back to the prom... the laughter, the tears, and that very first kiss.
My thoughts	I never saw any of the brat pack movies (unless Ferris Bueller's Day Off counts, but I don't think it does), because they just didn't seem to be my kind of movies. Now, almost 30 years later, it seemed that I should at least give one a try. So I choose Pretty in Pink. And it pretty much confirmed my initial suspicions. It was not my kind of a movie. Probably a generation thing...
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on July 3rd, 2014)

Cobra, a review by GSyren

Title	Cobra (Disc ID: DB88-2BFA-B3D1-9B83)
Director	George P. Cosmatos
Actors	Sylvester Stallone, Brigitte Nielsen, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, Brian Thompson
Produced	1986 in United States
Runtime	87 minutes
Audio	English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French Dolby Digital Dolby Surround, Italian Dolby Digital Dolby Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Dolby Surround, Portuguese Dolby Digital Mono, Czech Dolby Digital Dolby Surround, Polish Dolby Digital Dolby Surround, Russian Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary Dolby Digital Dolby Surround
Subtitles	Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai
Overview
My thoughts	Cobra is Sylvester Stallone's attempt to recreate Dirty Harry Dirty Harry. And Andrew Robinson is in there, too. Not as the killer this time, but still as an opponent within the force. By the way, Cobra is really named Marion Cobretti. Marion also happens to be John Wayne's real life name. Coincidence? Or does Sly think of himself as Clint Eastwood and Cobra shines is in its stunts. I guess the producers must have told stunt coordinator Terry Leonard to go all in. Cobra Cobra isn't a total loss. It's quite entertaining and at times quite thrilling. Upon first viewing on DVD many years ago I gave Cobra 2.5 stars. Seeing it on blu-ray now I think I was too harsh, so I've upped it with one more star. It's certainly no masterpiece, but if you just sit back and don't think too much, it's quite decent entertainment.
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on April 11th, 2014)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

2.13 White Men Can't Jump to Conclusions (1996-04-04)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), David Shore (Writer)
Director: Steve DiMarco
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Leonard Roberts (Tyree), Chauncy B. Raglin-Washington (Reggie), Isiah Thomas (Himself), Tab Baker (Lou Robbins), Alison Sealy-Smith (Mrs. Cameron), Lloyd White (Neighbour), Dayo Ade (Thug #1 (Trevor)), Mark Taylor (Punk #1), Merwin Mondesir (Punk #2), Neville Edwards (Boot Carrier)

A dull episode. The best scene was when Dief was playing Lassie but turns out that he was "crying wolf"

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on August 23rd, 2009)