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The Man with Two Brains, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: The Man with Two Brains
Year: 1983
Director: Carl Reiner
Rating: R
Length: 90 Min.
Video: Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Steve Martin as Dr. Michael Hfuhruhurr
Kathleen Turner as Dolores Benedict
David Warner as Dr. Necessiter
Paul Benedict as Butler
Richard Brestoff as Dr. Pasteur

Plot:
It's comedy that's out of its mind (and the drunk-driving test is really, really hard!). Director Carl Reiner and star Steve Martin put their manic brains together in The Man with Two Brains, spoofing mad-scientist movies with a madder scientist: Dr. Hfuhruhurr (Martin), smitten with a disembodied brain he plans to implant into a curvaceous vixen (Kathleen Turner).

Extras:
Scene Access
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
Going into this movie I really couldn't remember if I had seen it before. It is hard to remember all the movies you seen almost 30 years ago. After getting part way through it I realized I never seen the movie before. Unfortunately I didn't care much for this one.  It may have had a laugh or two... but it was just a little too silly for my taste.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Anything Goes on February 27th, 2010)

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics, a review by Rogmeister

Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics  90 Minutes
Written and Directed by Mac Carter
Narrated by Ryan Reynolds

I just got done watching Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics. It is 90 minutes and narrated by Ryan Reynolds, who happens to play Green Lantern in the movie currently in production. I was glad that the documentary was not taken over by discussion of the various TV and movie incarnations of the DC super-heroes, though there was some of that, of course. For the most part, though, they concentrated on the comics. Among the people we got to see interviewed were Julius Schwartz, Marv Wolfman (I was shocked at how he looks now!), Len Wein, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Alan Moore, Denny O'Neill, Louise and Walter Simonson, Mike Carlin, Paul Levitz, Karen Berger and others. They even had some older pieces where we got to see and hear Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster (co-creators of Superman) and Bob Kane (creator of Batman). While I enjoyed it...I would have liked even more. I wish they could give us more insight into the Golden Age as they mostly concentrated on the big 3 of that era: Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. But I did enjoy what we got. I may have to look now for other comic book documentaries. I should get hold of a copy of Comic Book Confidential...especially since I was still reading comics back at the time that was originally done.

(From Roger's Random Reviews on November 13th, 2010)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

3.05 Mountie & Soul (1997-10-26)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), R.B. Carney (Writer)
Director: Steve DiMarco
Cast

(From "Due South" marathon on December 31st, 2009)