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The Mummy Returns, a review by Dragonfire

The year's biggest action-adventure is coming home...with a vengeance! Brendan Fraser and an all-star cast reunite with Stephen Sommers for explosive, non-stop thrills in "the ultimate rollercoaster movie ride!" (Seattle Post Intelligencer)

An ancient legacy of terror is unleashed when the accursed mummy, Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), is resurrected - along with a force even more powerful: The Scorpion King (The Rock). Now, as the fate of all mankind hangs in the balance, Rick O'Connell (Fraser) and his wife Evie (Rachel Weisz) embark on a daring, desperate race to save their son - and the world - from unspeakable evil. Super-charged with pulse-pounding action and spectacular special effects that'll blow you away, The Mummy Returns is "the best adventure movie of the year!" (MTV Radio)

My Thoughts

I think this movie works really well as a sequel.  The characters have changed a bit, but they are still true to the way they were depicted in the first movie.  The plot is entertaining, though once again, it can be silly and it isn't realistic.  The movie has the same blend of action, adventure, and humor that worked well in the first movie.  I loved the fact that Rick and Evie were still together and that they had a son.  People that enjoyed the first movie should give this one a chance too.

 

I did get a review posted on Epinions several years ago.  

The Mummy Returns

(From Dragonfire: What I've Been Watching on May 27th, 2009)

Zoom: Academy for Superheroes, a review by addicted2comics

Title: Zoom: Academy for Superheroes
Year: 2006
Director: Peter Hewitt
Rating: PG
Length: 88 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Tim Allen
Courteney Cox
Chevy Chase
Spencer Breslin
Kevin Zegers
Kate Mara

Plot:
Buckle up and prepare for a ride that's out of this world! When Earth is threatened with imminent destruction, an out-of-shape, out-of-work and over-the-hill former superhero is called back into action to save the day.

That hero is Jack Sheppard a.k.a "Captain Zoom" (Tim Allen). The problem is he's lost all his powers. And now, it's up to General Larraby (Rip Torn) and Dr. Grant (Chevy Chase) to coax him into taking one more mission: train a ragtag bunch of kids with amazing superpowers of their own. With help from the brainy Marsha Holloway (Courteney Cox), they'll learn to work as a team and harness their powers to battle an evil menace who's determined to make one seriously huge mess of life as we know it.

Extras:
Scene Access
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned
Academy for Superheroes Guide for Kids

My Thoughts:

I am like, 3/4 sure I reviewed this before, but this is an awesome role for Tim Allen, at least I think so, and he showed it in a Making Of video.

"Cuz everyone wants these little lunatics....to be like ME!!"



There are a lot of laughs here (I've watched this a bunch of times, so its not quite laugh-out-loud anymore) and I loved the comic book-style opening/ending here. Nice touch, and perfect music too, though if you talk to my dad, the perfect music is "mute"!! The fact of having a little girl be so strong, it's just, well, adorable!!

Great family movie.



(From Doing the ABC's Movie Style!! on July 31st, 2010)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

15. The Prodigal (2000-02-22)
Writer: Tim Minear (Writer)
Director: Bruce Seth Green
Cast: David Boreanaz (Angel), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), Alexis Denisof (Wesley Wyndam-Pryce), Elisabeth Rohm (Kate Lockley), Julie Benz (Darla), John Mahon (Trevor Lockley), J. Kenneth Campbell (Angel's Father), Henri Lubatti (Suit #1), Frank Potter (Uniformed Delivery), Eliza Szonert (Chamber Maid), Bob Fimiani (Grounds Keeper), Christina Hendricks (Bar Maid), John Maynarnd (Uniformed Worker), Glenda Morgan Brown (Angel's Mother), Mark Ginther (Head Demon Guy), John Patrick Clerkin (Black Robed Priest), Michael Vendrell (Suit #2)

The story in this episode is average, but we got a few nice flashbacks to Angel's past and what happened to his family.

Rating:

(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on May 22nd, 2009)