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Village of the Damned, a review by addicted2dvd
Stars: George Sanders Barbara Shelley Martin Stephens Michael Gwynn Laurence Naismith The Villagers Plot:Extras: Scene Access Audio Commentary Feature Trailers My Thoughts: I have been wanting to see this movie every since I saw the remake when it was first released. I am glad I finally got to see the original. One I enjoyed very much. Sure some of the few effects they used could have been better. But the glowing of the kids eyes was cool. Now that I have seen the original I can say the remake stayed pretty true to the original... but I prefer the original. One thing is that I liked how the characters were portrayed better. And another... I think the story in black and white added to the eeriness of the movie. I can see myself watching this one again. If you have only ever seen the remake... and enjoyed it... I must urge you to give the original a try. My Rating Out of a Possible 5 Count: Movie Count: 19 TV Ep. Count: 11 Other Count: 0 Time Started: 4:45am (From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 7th, 2010) Begin Again, a review by AntaresBegin Again (2013) 76/100 - It's an entertaining, feel good kind of film that's a bit too cute at times. I liked the songs and there are moments in the film that are absolutely brilliant, like the scene in the beginning where Ruffalo's character arranges the song Knightley is singing on stage, in his head with imaginary accompaniment. And also the scene where she writes a song and sings it on her ex-boyfriend's voice mail. If there were more scenes like these, I would have rated this one much higher. But when you get down to it, the whole We'll record the songs all over New York City is incredibly far fetched. I laughed when they were recording in the subway as the train blew by them, that must have really sounded great on the album. If this film did one thing for me, it has piqued my curiosity in an earlier film from this director, called Once. Which it seems, almost everyone who has watched the film I'm reviewing, compares it to, much more favorably. I'd probably watch this one again if I stumbled upon it on HBO, but I wouldn't seek it out. Teal = Masterpiece Dark Green = Classic or someday will be Lime Green = A good, entertaining film Orange = Average Red = Cinemuck Brown = The color of crap, which this film is (From Antares' Short Summations on February 20th, 2015) Life on Mars Marathon (US Version), a review by addicted2dvdDisc 2: 5. Things to Do in New York When You Think You're Dead Guest Stars: Lisa Bonet as Maya Daniels Chris Bauer as Father Tim Edi Gathegi as Young Fletcher Bellow Clarke Peters as Captain Fletcher Bellow My Thoughts: An excellent episode! This one has so much. It has a very bad and sad situation that could evolve into a riot. It gives Sam the chance to work with a younger version of his mentor. It even has a special (uncredited) guest appearance of Whoopie Goldberg. This is a very powerful story... definitely one of my favorites of the series. My Rating: 6. Tuesday's Dead After a wild birthday party for Ray at the precinct, Sam receives a wild phone call that states he has until two o'clock to pull out of his coma before the doctor will pull the plug, just as his watch commander walks in with a hostage situation at a local hospital where the terrorists demands a dangerous operation be performed on the guy's brother. Guest Stars: Lisa Bonet as Maya Daniels Brad William Henke as Michael H Bill Irwin as Dr. Schwahn Carmen Goodine as Erica My Thoughts: This is another great episode of this short lived series. The hostage situation at the hospital was well done. And they also hint at a relationship between Sam and Annie... the only female cop at the precienct. My Rating: 7. The Man Who Sold the World While investigating a child's kidnapping, Sam discovers some disturbing information about his father, as well as the real reason he disappeared for good on the day of Sam's fourth birthday party. Guest Stars: Jennifer Ferrin as Rose Tyler Lee Tergesen as Lee Crocker Dean Winters as Vic Tyler Teddy Coluca as Uncle Butchie My Thoughts: This is another episode I have to give the highest rating. This is an excellent episode. Sam learns about the kind of man his father really was. Annie finds herself in trouble in the woods. And the episode has a great ending! My Rating: 8. The Dark Side of the Mook A mysterious phone call from a tipster leads Det. Sam Tyler to a headless body. A severed head is delivered to the precinct at the same time, thus leading to the discovery of a series of gruesome decapitations that might involve Det. Carling's brother, Eddie. The detectives are interviewed by someone tied to Aries Project. Guest Stars: Eric Balfour as Eddie Carling Kevin Conway as Donovan Stamp John Bedford Lloyd as Interrogator Joel Marsh Garland as Seven Fifty My Thoughts: This is a good episode... though not quite as good as the previous few. I got to admit... I didn't like the lieutenant when I first started this series. I thought they made him too much of a hard ass. But you know... he really grows on you. You get to enjoy his tough cop style. I definitely got a laugh out of his International Cover-up drinking game in this episode. Ray's brother in this episode looked very familiar then I look at the credits to see that it is Eric Balfour. He played Milo on 24. My Rating: 9. Take a Look at the Lawmen A long standing competition between Lt. Hunt and the 125 and Anthony Nunzio and the 144 heats up as both investigate a bank robbery by the Russian mob. Meanwhile, Sam has a liaison in the file room, unaware of the woman's true identity. Guest Stars: Michael Aronov as Yuri Demidov Vincent Curatola as Lt. Anthony Nunzio Olek Krupa as Vasilli Lukin Maggie Siff as Maria Belanger My Thoughts: This one is a good fun episode. Of course with the time being in the '70s there was no love for the Russians. And I must admit I loved where the cops put down their guns and fought them to take them in. It just added to the fun. Now Sam adds to his problems by (unknowingly) sleeping with the lieutenant's daughter. This man just can't get his crap straight! My Rating: (From Life on Mars Marathon (US Version) on January 4th, 2010) |