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Stripes, a review by addicted2dvd

Stripes: Extended Cut (1981/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Ivan Reitman Writing: Len Blum (Writer), Daniel Goldberg (Writer), Harold Ramis (Writer) Length: 123 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, French: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, German: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Spanish: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

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Stars:
Bill Murray as John
Harold Ramis as Russell
Warren Oates as Sgt. Hulka
P.J. Soles as Stella
Sean Young as Louise

Plot:
When quick-witted slacker John Winger (Bill Murray) loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he decides to embark on a new adventure: he joins the US Army, nearly starting WWIII.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• BD-Live
• Added footage marker

As you can see by the cover this film is part of a Bill Murray double feature along with Groundhog Day. I found this movie to be just as much fun as I remembered it to be. A good solid '80s comedy. One that I would recommend everyone to see at least once. This film had me literally laugh out loud more then once. The film has a lot of familiar faces in it as well. So if you have never seen this one... put it on your list. And if you have seen it before... maybe it is time to revisit this classic comedy.



(From Within My Lifetime Marathon on May 5th, 2015)

The Circus, a review by Antares

The Circus





Year: 1928
Film Studio: Charles Chaplin Productions, Warner Bros., MK2
Genre: Comedy, Classic
Length: 69 Min.

Director
Charles Chaplin (1889)

Writing
Charles Chaplin (1889)...Writer

Producer
Charles Chaplin (1889)

Cinematographer
Roland Totheroh (1890)

Music
Charles Chaplin (1889)...Composer

Stars
Al Ernest Garcia (1887) as The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master
Merna Kennedy (1908) as His Step-daughter, A Circus Rider
Harry Crocker (1893) as Rex/ Disgruntled Property Man/Clown
George Davis (1889) as A Magician
Henry Bergman (1868) as An Old Clown
Tiny Sandford (1894) as The Head Property Man
John Rand (1871) as An Assistant Property Man / Clown
Steve Murphy (I) as A Pickpocket

ReviewThe Gold Rush in 1925 and City Lights in 1931, The CircusThe CircusThe Gold Rush may have had more memorable moments and City Lights may have more charm and style, but to me The Circus is comedy perfection.


Review Criterion
5 Stars - The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.


(From The Circus (1928) on May 2nd, 2010)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: The Siskos have gone back to Earth where Ben works in his father's restaurant. He's still hoping to get an inspiration on how to re-open the wormhole. And then he finally gets a vision about a human female that's somehow linked to his father. In the meantime Kira (who has been promotoed to Colonel) has to deal with the Romulans who want to open a hospital on one of Bajor's uninhabited moons. And Worfs seeks a way to ensure that his wife passes the gates of Sto'Vo'Kor (the klingon heaven).

My Opinion: So Sisko's mother wasn't Sisko's mother? This is a bit of a last-minute revelation, isn't it? Apart from that this was basically just a prelude to the next episode.

Synopsis: Just as he was about to embark to Tyree where he hopes to find an answer to his vision, Sisko finds himself in front of Dax - Ezri Dax. Ezri never intended to get joined but the Dax symbiont was dying and she was its only hope. So she joins Ben, Jake and Joseph Sisko on their journey to Tyree. And Miles, Julian and Quark have joined a dangerous mission to honour their memory of Jadzia Dax. Worf and Martok plan to take the Rotarran deep into enemy territory where they intend to destroy a ship yard.

My Opinion: So Dax is back. Why? Why did they feel the need to introduce a new character (and that's basically what she is) in the last season? She's a babbling irritant and it will barely get better. And Sisko was conceived by a woman that was inhabited by a Prophet at that time? And he re-opened the wormhole. Hallelujah! Praise the Emissary!
But I liked how Kira took a stand with her wing of impulse fighters agains a group of romulan Warbirds after they deceived her. And I liked the destruction of the ship yard - that should ensure Jadzia's entrance into Sto'Vo'Kor.

But it was nice to see that they took the chance to show Casey Biggs (Damar) without a mask:



Synopsis: Ezri, who is a counsellor in training, has a hard time. She has to deal with all the memories of her previous hosts (especially Jadzia's). But she also has to deal with all her - or Jadzia's - friends aboard DS9 and of course with Worf. But she gets distracted when Garak's claustrophobia panic attacks worsen and he nearly jumps out of an airlock "to get some fresh air".

My Opinion: I liked Garak's inner conflict about "betraying" his own people at the same time as I disliked the entire Ezri plot. And Garaks plot was basically written as a story device for her. If this would have been an exception I could live with it but we will see quite a number of Ezri episodes this season. They wanted to give her a proper profile and background but it feels forced. Ezri here. Ezri there.

Synopsis: The USS T'Kumbra (an all-Vulcan ship) comes to DS9 and its captain and Sisko have a history. He challenges Sisko on Sisko's very own playing field - baseball. Sisko accepts of course and builds his very own baseball team and two weeks later the holo crowd is looking forward to a game of "Logicians" versus "Niners".

My Opinion: I never cared for baseball but just as Major League this was fun to watch. The huge baseball cap to fit on a Ferengi head or Odo as the umpire or O'Brien's scotch-flavoured bubble gum: great. But I would have expected more of Worf. He's a skilled klingon warrior and he can't even hit the ball once?

(From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon on February 28th, 2009)