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Ghost Ship, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: The Ghost Ship
Year: 1943
Director: Mark Robson
Rating: NR
Length: 69 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Richard Dix
Russell Wade
Edith Barrett
Ben Bard
Edmund Glover

Plot:
There's danger dead ahead when director Mark Robson (Bedlam) helms The Ghost Ship. Richard Dix (Cimarron, The Whistler series) plays the sinister captain whose port of call may be madness. All aboard!

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
I decided to start my marathon with a classic. One of the Val Lewton movies I bought this past October. After watching the movie I am a little disappointed that it has nothing to do with ghosts... but it is a good movie. It has some great atmosphere in it. I found that when we heard the mute sailor's thoughts it was quite eerie. It was well done. While I did enjoy this movie quite a bit... I must say that so far it is my least favorite of the Val Lewton movies that I have watched.



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

Jaws: The Revenge, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Jaws: The Revenge
Year: 1987
Director: Joseph Sargent
Rating: PG-13
Length: 90 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Lorraine Gary
Lance Guest
Mario Van Peebles
Karen Young
Michael Caine
Judith Barsi

Plot:
Once again the peace of Amity and the lives of the Brody family are shattered by a bloodthirsty shark in this suspense-packed sequel to the original classic chiller. Lorraine Gray reprises her role as the now widowed Ellen Brody who finds herself reliving the horrors of the past when a mammoth shark kills her son. Grief-stricken, she travels to the Bahamas to be with her other son, a marine biologist (Lance Guest), and his family. There she meets and falls for a carefree airplane pilot (Michael Caine). But just as she is putting her life back together, the nightmare of the past returns when her granddaughter is attacked by an all-too-familiar Great White. Determined to end the terror once and for all, Ellen sets out for a showdown to the death. The action and tension build rapidly to a shattering climax in this, the most incredible Jaws adventure of them all. And this time, it's personal!

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers

My Thoughts:
I figured after buying this out of the Walmart Bargain Bin 6 years ago that it was about time I watched it. Problem is.... after buying it I heard that it really sucked. Oh well at least I go into it with low expectations. While I wouldn't say it is a terrible movie.... there is a lot of room for improvement here! This movie has Michael Caine in it. And to me he has always been a mixed bag... some things I like him in and others I don't. In this case I didn't like him all that much. But of course in this case it could be the material he had to work with. I think in this case it was too much of the slow boring stuff and not enough of the action. I mean if the story was half as interesting as the first Jaws then it wouldn't have been as bad... but it just wasn't.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on April 17th, 2010)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

2.06 The Mask (1996-01-18)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), Nancy Merritt Bell (Story By), Michael McKinley (Story By), Jeff King (Story By), Jeff King (Screenwriter)
Director: David Warry-Smith
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Daniel Kash (Detective Louis Gardino), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Lee Purcell (Louise St. Laurent), Rodney A. Grant (Eric), Denise Virieux (Michelle Duchamps), Nathaniel Arcand (David Kitikmeot), Deborah Tennant (Daphne Kelly), Lindsay Merrithew (John Robinson), Chris Earle (Rental Clerk), Curtis Jonnie (Albert), Ellen Sylvester (Victoria), Tracy Bomberry (Patty), Nancy Bomberry (Sara), Sam Moses (Mr. Mustafi), Helen Richmond (Ms. Krezjapalov)

A boring episode with hardly any fun in it.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on August 12th, 2009)