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Death Becomes Her, a review by Tom

Death Becomes Her (1992/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Columbia TriStar Home Video (United Kingdom) Director: Robert Zemeckis Writing: Martin Donovan (Writer), David Koepp (Writer) Length: 99 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, French: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Italian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Czech: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Polish: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish

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Stars:
Meryl Streep as Madeline Ashton
Bruce Willis as Ernest Menville
Goldie Hawn as Helen Sharp
Isabella Rossellini as Lisle Von Rhuman
Ian Ogilvy as Chagall

Plot:Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn star with Bruce Willis in Robert Zemekis' outrageously entertaining comedy about greed, vanity, sex, immortality, life...and death.

Isabella Rossellini is a beautiful enchantress who changes their lives--and deaths--forever in this hilarious dark comedy with ground-breaking special effects that the Chicago Tribune calls "diabolically inventive."

Awards:
Won:

Academy Award (1992)		Best Visual Effects (Ken Ralston, Doug Chiang, Doug Smythe, Tom Woodruff Jr.)
BAFTA (1992)		Achievement In Special Effects (Michael Lantieri, Ken Ralston, Alec Gillis, Tom Woodruff Jr., Doug Chaing, Doug Smythe)
Saturn (1992)		Best Special Effects (Ken Ralston, Tom Woodruff Jr., Alec Gillis, ILM)
Saturn (1992)		Best Supporting Actress (Isabella Rossellini)

Nominated:

Golden Globe (1992)		Actress in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy (Meryl Streep)
Saturn (1992)		Best Actor (Bruce Willis)
Saturn (1992)		Best Actress (Meryl Streep)
Saturn (1992)		Best Director (Robert Zemeckis)
Saturn (1992)		Best Fantasy Film
Saturn (1992)		Best Makeup (Dick Smith, Kevin Haney)
Saturn (1992)		Best Music (Alan Silvestri)
Saturn (1992)		Best Writing (Martin Donovan, David Koepp)

Extras:

• Featurettes
• Production Notes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

I always enjoyed this movie. I was also amazed by the special effects when I first saw it. Of course nowadays what we see here is nothing special anymore.
Sadly this release is non-anamorphic and also the sound is really low. Though I am not sure if I like the movie so much to double-dip.

Rating:

(From Tom's Horror Marathon 2012 on October 13th, 2012)

28 Weeks Later, a review by Jimmy

Title : 28 Weeks Later (2007)

Overview
The terror and devastation unleashed in '28 Days Later' picks up six months after the Rage virus has decimated London in this heart-stopping horror sequel that "surpasses the original" ('Dallas Morning News'). With order restored and the war against the infection won, the U.S. Army steps in to help repatriate Mainland Britain. But one of the returning refugees carries a terrible secret that threatens to reignite the deadly explosion of bloodlust, carnage and chaos.

My Impression
Sadly I'm not like Pete and when I watch a sequel I can't leave aside the precedent part. As a sequel this movie is a big deception... The movie start well and this is sad that the director had decided to not follow the story of the survivor. In place of this he had decided to make an ode to the US army and its greatness  , sure the others european countries can't intervene since they are a bunch of wimpy non coalition members (I'm sarcastic here). Honestly this movie is not a sequel at all, this is just a bad war movie... The script is weak, we don't care about the kids and why were we, since they are no development or backstory... Seriously don't tell me that the chopper stunt isn't stupid and impossible to do... No suspense, it's like the director had thrown everything that works in the first film in the garbage and a completly different movie (better known as the Nightmare on Elm Street syndrome).

Bad as a sequel and bad as a stand alone movie...

Rating :

Number of film watch : 20

(From My October Horror Marathon on October 10th, 2008)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: Red Dwarf: Back to Earth
Year: 2009
Director: Doug Naylor
Rating: PG
Length: 69 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English


Plot:Extras:
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes
Photo Gallery
Trailers

Great to see the guys again, but I must say I am rather disappointed with this special. Some fun ideas but nothing really original. The main plot device is essentially the same as "Delirious" with John Candy.
Also not really funny.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 16th, 2009)