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Bionic Showdown , a review by addicted2dvd

Bionic Showdown (1989/United States) Director: Alan J. Levi Writing: Michael Sloan (Screenwriter), Brock Choy (Screenwriter) Length: 92 min. Rating: NR Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: None

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Stars:
Lindsay Wagner as Jaime Sommers
Lee Majors as Col. Steve Austin
Richard Anderson as Oscar Goldman
Sandra Bullock as Kate Mason
Jeff Yagher as Jim Goldman
Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Rudy Wells

Plot:
A bionic spy steals top-secret information from the Pentagon and Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers are put under suspicion. Meanwhile, Dr. Rudy Wells completes his latest Bionic project Kate Mason (Sandra Bullock), a former paraplegic who receives cybernetic implants that make her the strongest fastest woman alive. When Oscar Goldman is kidnapped by enemy agents, it's up to Jaime, Steve and Kate to save him and stop the Bionic spy from causing an international incident at the World Unity Games.

Extras:

• Scene Access

While I haven't seen this since I made my DVD off an old recording... I have seen the actual movie before. But probably not since the original airing back in '89. Of course back then I didn't know who Sandra Bullock was... just that she was a cute girl in the movie. And now of course she is one of my all-time favorites. Being a fan of both bionic series... I loved every minute of this TV Reunion Movie. This is the second of 3 reunion movies that they made (which I have recordings of all 3). And watching this movie today puts me in the mood to watch the other 2 as well... but I can't do that as I need to stick to this marathon. Being a good 10 to 12 years after the series the effects are a bit better. I really liked the storyline... this is definitely a great way to waste an hour and a half. I highly recommend... especially if you are a fan of the old series.




(From Tuesday Mini-Marathon: Happy Birthday Sandra Bullock! on July 26th, 2011)

Conan the Barbarian (2011), a review by addicted2dvd

Conan the Barbarian (2011/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Lions Gate Films Director: Marcus Nispel Writing: Thomas Dean Donnelly (Writer), Joshua Oppenheimer (Writer), Sean Hood (Writer), Robert E. Howard (Original Characters By) Length: 113 min. Rating: Rated R : Strong Bloody Violence, Some Sexuality and Nudity Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Jason Momoa as Conan
Stephen Lang as Khalar Zym
Rachel Nichols as Tamara
Ron Perlman as Corin
Rose McGowan as Marique
Bob Sapp as Ukafa

Plot:
A Quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrier soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Closed Captioned

This is another one I borrowed from the library. I thought they did a very good job on this one. Lots of great action... and I really liked Rose McGowan in this film.  Loved her finger knives. Though she did look a little freaky in it... but freaky in a cool way. This is one that I hope I will be able to add to my collection before too long.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on November 30th, 2013)

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

Star Trek: Voyager
7.10 Shattered
Writer: Michael Taylor (Screenwriter), Mike Sussman (Original Material By), Michael Taylor (Original Material By)
Director: Terry Windell
Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Dawson (B'Elanna Torres), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), Garrett Wang (Harry Kim), Martin Rayner (Dr. Chaotica), Manu Intiraymi (Icheb), Scarlett Pomers (Naomi Wildman), Nicholas Worth (Lonzak), Martha Hackett (Seska), Mark Bennington (Adult Icheb), Vanessa Branch (Adult Naomi), Anthony Holiday (Rulat), Terrell Clayton (Andrews), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice (voice))

Voyager gets split into different time areas and only Chakotay can travel between those areas. It's fun to revisit instances of Voyager's past this way and get some climpses of a possible future.
Though it's stupid how Chakotay refuses to tell Janeway at the end about his experience, citing the Temporal Prime Directive. But he had no problems telling Janeway of the past a lot of stuff about the future (even though as they later find out she will forget it anyway). Telling Janeway about his experience wouldn't pollute the time line as she already knows everything which there is to know about. So he could just as easily have explained to her his actions.

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(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 29th, 2011)