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May 17, 2024, 03:26:42 AM  | Unstoppable (2010/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer |
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Stars:
Denzel Washington as Frank
Chris Pine as Will
Rosario Dawson as Connie
Ethan Suplee as Dewey
Kevin Dunn as Oscar Galvin
Kevin Corrigan as Inspector Werner
Plot:Extras:
- Scene Access
- Audio Commentary
- Feature Trailers
- Bonus Trailers
- Featurettes
- BD-Live
- Digital Copy
My Thoughts:
I enjoyed this film quite a bit. It easily kept my attention through-out. What made this one even better is that it was based on true events... I personally always thought films based on true events made the best stories. I thought the cast did a wonderful job. This is actually the second film I've seen recently with Rosario Dawson... as she was also in Zookeeper. If you never seen this film... I definitely recommend it. Well worth the time put in to watch it. My Rating:
(From The Alphabet Marathon: Blu-ray Edition on July 29th, 2014)
Member's Reviews
East of Eden, a review by Antares
East of Eden (1955) 4.5/5 - For many years I've never understood the iconic appreciation for James Dean. I had seen both Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, but I had seen the sullen, brooding performance in the former, done better by Montgomery Clift in a couple of films, and Dean's performance in the latter film is only half good. Meaning he's great in the first half as the loner, wildcatting his way to a fortune, but when that fortune is achieved and the screenplay advances him in age, he looked lost in the role. So I've always avoided East of Eden because I thought I was going to get more of the same out of him. I now admit that I was wrong in prejudging him and this film. From the get go, his moody absorption into the troubled life of Cal is a breath of fresh air in what was a sea of by the book type acting in Hollywood. His scenes with Raymond Massey highlight this very well. It's like watching the old school butting heads with a revolution. Now I've never read East of Eden, the travesty of which I'm soon going to remedy, so I would have liked to have had a bit more exposition as to why the brothers were so different and why the mother wasn't there. But from what I've read, the film only covers about the last 70 or so pages of the book. Maybe this was a blessing for me, as I wasn't jaded by having read the book first. There are probably many out there who don't care for this film because of that fact, but until I finish reading it, the film is a success for me.
(From Antares' Short Summations on February 27th, 2012)
Member's TV Reviews
Babylon 5: Marathon, a review by DJ Doena
In the Beginning
Synopsis: "I was there at the dawn of the third age of mankind". Londo has chosen the same words when he told the story of the pilot "The Gathering". Now it is 2278, Londo has been emperor for 16 years but his time is coming to an end. When two children aks him to tell them a story, a story about "great battles and war and bravery and heroes and villains", a true story, he tells them the events around the Earth-Minbar war.
My opinion: From all the TV movies they've made I like this the most. It is a good story and has great speeches in it. Without one exception we learn nothing new about the events in that war. There are some minor glitches that contradict the series but in the big picture it's well put together.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=se9FNdyKFtk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KbBRrK9Q-rw
And with this I conclude my Babylon 5 marathon. My first post was in August 2007 and it took me a while to get here, but now the mission is accomplished and I can be at peace.
After you've seen the series you can enjoy this two-part video. Especially pay attention to the words of the songs in combination with the scenes shown:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Spsu4UKUodg
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-kNWkZ2Xtpg
(From Babylon 5: Marathon on February 3rd, 2008)