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A Glimpse of Hell, a review by Rich

A Glimpse of Hell



On April 19, 1989, an explosion during training exercises in Gun Turret number two of the U.S.S. Iowa, a storied battleship, created more than one firestorm; Besides the one that killed more than 40 sailors, a scandal swept the nation that put ...    Full Descriptionthe U.S. Navy on the defensive. The Navy, in what some suspected was an attempt to cover up unauthorized artillery experiments by enlisted men, accused one of the dead men of being a suicidal homosexual and setting off the explosion in a fit of jealous rage. Idealistic Lieutenant Dan Meyer (Robert Sean Leonard), a witness to the tragedy, whose father was an honored military man, must square off with the ship's longtime, but remote captain, Fred Moosally (James Caan), when testifying during the heated and nationally televised investigation by the Pentagon.

Reasonably well told adaptation of a true event, this was a pleasant surprise from a blind buy. The acting is solid throughout, for a change Caan is watchable, and Robert Sean Leonard (Wilson in House MD) gives a convincing performance as the whistle blowing Lieutenant. It sticks very close to the facts, so at times it did plod along with predictability and mediocraty, but for me the political edge was an interesting accompiniment.
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on April 6th, 2009)

Poltergeist, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Poltergeist Year: 1982 Director: Tobe Hooper Rating: PG Length: 114 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Craig T. Nelson
JoBeth Williams
Beatrice Straight
Dominique Dunne
Oliver Robins
Heather O'Rourke

Plot:
"They're here." And they seem almost whimsical at first, playing stack-the-chair games in the kitchen of the Freelings' suburban home. Then things turn darker. A storm erupts, a tree attacks, little Carol Anne Freeling is whisked into a spectral void. And as her family confronts a chain reaction of horrors and fights to bring the youngster back, something else is here too: a new benchmark in Hollywood ghost stories.

Producers Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall and director Tobe Hooper head the elite scream team of this spooktacular whose nerve-jangling effects include floating phantasms, the fiercest monster ever to pop out of a closet and an entire house collapsing into nothingness. Welcome to Home Sweet Haunted Home.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I haven't watched this one is quite some time. While the movie does have a bit of a slow start... it definitely makes up for it with a great story. The haunting starts pretty mild... moving things around and such much to the enjoyment and entertainment of the mother. But before you know it things takes a turn for the worse. It has been so long since I watched this one that I forgot how good it is. I enjoyed every minute of watching this one again. If by any chance you have not seen this movie before... I highly recommend it.




Count:
Movie Count: 49
TV Ep. Count: 17
Other Count: 3

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 13th, 2010)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
5.06 Trials and Tribble-ations
WriterDirector: Jonathan West
Cast: Avery Brooks (Captain Sisko), Rene Auberjonois (Odo), Michael Dorn (Lt. Commander Worf), Terry Farrell (Lt. Commander Dax), Cirroc Lofton (Jake Sisko), Colm Meaney (Chief O'Brien), Armin Shimerman (Quark), Alexander Siddig (Doctor Bashir), Nana Visitor (Major Kira), Jack Blessing (Dulmur), James W. Jansen (Lucsly), Charlie Brill (Arne Darvin), Leslie Ackerman (Waitress), Charles S. Chun (Engineer), Deirdre L. Imershein (Lieutenant Watley), Actors Appearing in the original Star Trek episode), * William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk), * Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock), * DeForest Kelley (Dr. McCoy), * James Doohan (Scott), * Nichelle Nichols (Uhura), * Walter Koenig (Chekov), * Stanley Adams (Cyrano Jones), * Paul Baxley (Ensign Freeman), * Whit Bissell (Lurry), * Charlie Brill (Arne Darvin), * Michael Pataki (Korax), * Guy Raymond (Trader), * David Ross (Guard), * William Schallert (Nilz Baris)

A really fun episode. It doesn't take itself seriously and just uses the premise of the DS9 crew meeting up with Kirk's Enterprise to great effect. A great way celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Trek.

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(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 17th, 2011)