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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a review by Antares

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 67/100 - Overly long and a bit confusing at times understanding who they are talking about in regards to characters involved. There is a bit too much exposition on the part of Lisbeth's character and not enough on those potentially involved in the disappearance of Harriet. I never read the book, but my wife did, and she said that they changed a lot of the story, and sadly, not for the better. Seems like another mis-fire by Fincher and it's not a film I see my self re-visiting in the future. I was also wondering if it's worth it to check out the Swedish version of this film, even though I didn't care for this one?

What the color coding means...

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 October 12th, 2013)

The Fly, a review by Tom

The Fly (1986/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (United States) Director: David Cronenberg Writing: George Langelaan (Original Material By), Charles Edward Pogue (Screenwriter), David Cronenberg (Screenwriter) Length: 96 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: DTS 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital 1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle
Geena Davis as Veronica Quaife
John Getz as Stathis Borans
Joy Boushel as Tawny
Les Carlson as Dr. Cheevers

Plot:
A chilling contemporary remake of an all-time horror classic has now been transformed into the ultimate Collector's Edition DVD. Reborn with hours of in-depth, never-before-seen extras, this all-new 2-disc set takes terror to a whole new level!

Jeff Goldblum stars as an overly ambitious scientist who accidentally merges with a housefly while conducting a bizarre teleporting experiment. Now his journalist girlfriend (Geena Davis) suddenly finds herself caring for a hideous creature whose insect half gradually begins to take over.

Awards:
Won:

Academy Award (1986)		Best Makeup (Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis)
Saturn (1986)		Best Actor (Jeff Goldblum)
Saturn (1986)		Best Horror Film
Saturn (1986)		Best Makeup (Chris Walas)

Nominated:

AFI (1986)		100 Years... 100 Passions (2002)
AFI (1986)		100 Years... 100 Thrills (2001)
BAFTA (1987)		Achievement In Special Effects (Chris Walas, Jon Berg, Louis Craig, Hoyt Yeatman)
BAFTA (1987)		Make-Up Artist (Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis)
Hugo Award (1987)		Dramatic Presentation
Saturn (1986)		Best Actress (Geena Davis)
Saturn (1986)		Best Director (David Cronenberg)
Saturn (1986)		Best Music (Howard Shore)

Extras:

• Closed Captioned
• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Original Short Story and Screenplay
• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Test Footage
• Trailers

A very entertaining movie with a great performance by Jeff Goldblum. I never saw the original, but what I have seen of it, it seems to be rather ridiculous. Not the case here.

Rating:

(From Tom's Horror Marathon 2012 on October 22nd, 2012)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

The Twilight Zone: Season One (1959/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia CBS DVD (United Kingdom) Length: 1163 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
The Twilight Zone's timeless episodes featured stories of the bizarre and unexplained, blended with humour and often with an unexpected twist to the tale. Created by the legendary Rod Serling, its eclectic mix of fantasy and sci-fi has helped to define it as one of televisions most original and celebrated series.


The Twilight Zone
Season 1.01 Where Is Everybody? 02.10.1959
Writer: Rod Serling (Writer)
Director: Robert Stevens
Cast: Rod Serling (Narrator), Earl Holliman (Mike Ferris), James Gregory (Air Force General), Paul Langton (Air Force Colonel), James McCallion, John Conwell, Jay Overholts (Reporter Two), Carter Mullaly, Gary Walberg, Jim Johnson

As this is an anthology series, you cannot really conclude by one episode to the rest of the series. But as a first episode it is a good one. Also it includes a twist ending for which the series became famous for.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on November 12th, 2012)