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Gorgo, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Gorgo
Year: 1961
Director: Eugene Lourie
Rating: NR
Length: 76 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.66:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles:

Stars:
Bill Travers
William Sylvester
Vincent Winter
Christopher Rhodes
Joseph O'Conor

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes

My Thoughts:
This is one of the movies that our friend Roger sent me. I thought I would watch (at least) one of the ones he sent me this weekend as well. This is really not the type of movie I normally watch... but I was able to enjoy it. Both the story and the effects is like a cross between Godzilla and King Kong.  One thing I found rather odd is there was no main female character in this movie. More or less you seen some women running around in the streets in crowds and such... but other then that... pretty much all male actors. The quality of the print while more then watchable... could have been better. But considering this movie is almost 50 years old... I really can't complain too much about that.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs on December 18th, 2009)

Monsters, a review by Jon

Monsters
4 out of 5



Like Val Lewton in the 1940s, Gareth Edwards could be accused of pulling a fast one. Lewton was influential in creating cheap b-movies with evocative titles that were actually intelligent character pieces. Likewise MonstersDistrict 9District 9Cloverfield, but MonstersThe Mist stands as a finer example of using monsters as a backdrop for the human condition, however Monsters is distinct for its optimism. While it lacks set-pieces and gore, the detritus of fights with the creatures litter the route and create a sombre atmosphere. If anything, the film it reminds me more of is The RoadMonstersJurassic Park thrill-ride, but go in with an open mind and there is much to admire. Monsters is a masterful film that demonstrates a more effective, restrained use of CGI than any of its contemporaries, from War of the Worlds to Cloverfield, while having a grasp of cinematography and editing so confident it could rival a political thriller like Syriana

(From Monsters **** on December 1st, 2010)

Babylon 5: Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: The personal physician of the former president Santiago and the former vice-president (now president) Clark is on the run and tries to hide on B5.

My opinion: The intersting thing about this episode is not really the run of the doctor, but the relationship between Kosh and Sheridan. For the first time we see Kosh doing a bit more but standing around. And Sheridan must have made quite an impression for Kosh allowing him to hide the doctor within Kosh's ship.


Synopsis: Sheridan shoots a Minbari in self-defence but is accused of murder. Meanwhile a gift shop has opened on the Zocalo that sells stuff like Mollari dolls and Sheridan "Babearlon" teddy bears.

My opinion: The whole episode is build around the fact that Minbari do not lie. It is an OK episode, but definitively  not a must-see one.


Synopsis: An ISN News team has arrived on the station and makes a "36 hours on Babylon 5" report and the whole episode is told from that angle. Meanwhile the Narn destroy a Centauri ship just outside the station under the accusation that the Centauri ship has loaded weapons of mass destruction to be used against the Narn.

My opinion: Very interesting approach for an episode. One could see that Earth isn't entirely sure anymore that B5 is worth all the trouble, while the stations command crew as well as Deleen are sure that it is the only way to - not maintain, but to - make peace.


Synopsis: Sheridan's wife died on an expidition to the rim. Now we see that she was on the Icarus and that they were on Z'ha'dum when they died: And one other person was also on that expidition: Mr. Morden, Londo's associate. Meanwhile a man from the "Ministry of Peace" arrives and recruites people for a new-founded organisation called "Night Watch".

My opninion: Great episode. Loved to see Sheridan clinging to his wife's death and the hope she might not be dead after all. And we learn that the great enemy Delenn (and also G'Kar) is talking about are the Shadows and that they are Londo's allies. And that the Vorlons are one of the First Ones - one of the oldest races in the universe.
I also liked the other storyline very much because if you listen with care you'll see immediately where this is going when the recruiter speaks of "harmful ideas" the society has to be protected from. And I also liked the hint in the direction of "1984" when the Ministry is called MiniPax.


(From Babylon 5: Marathon on August 10th, 2007)