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Miracle on 34th Street, a review by Dr. Hasslein

Miracle on 34th Street (1947)




Director: George Seaton
Year: 1947
Running Time: 92 Minutes
Rating: G
Studio: 20th Century Fox

Stars
Maureen O'Hare
John Payne
Edmund Gwenn
Gene Lockhart
Natalie Wood

PlotMy ThoughtsDVD Details
Audio: 5.1 Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Region: 4 PAL (Australia)

Special Features:

• Colourised Version
• Movietone News
• Hollywood Spotlight
• Promotional Short
• Poster Galley

(From Miracle on 34th Street (1947) on December 6th, 2010)

Animal Crackers, a review by Antares

Animal Crackers (1930) 44/100 - Flat, stagey and without even the slightest hint of decent comedic timing, Animal Crackers is the Marx Brothers at their cringe worthy worst. So many of the jokes, or should I say puns, dangle before the viewer with what can best be described as anticipated humor. Anticipated in that most of the Marx Bothers films suffer from the same syndrome, it's as if they are screaming out to the audience, Hey folks, trust us, this crap is really funny and you should be laughing!. I honestly believe that if you took every film they made from The Cocoanuts, up to A Day at the Races, and edited out the musical numbers, Harpo and Chico's obligatory solo bits and pieced the remaining 'comedy' together, you'd be hard pressed to fill the standard two hour film time frame and still have a decent comedy. These guys were made for the vaudeville stage, and that's where they should have stayed. I haven't seen the MGM films from the 40's, which I've been told are even worse. But of the Paramount films I've seen, this is rock bottom.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on October 12th, 2013)

Angel Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: The gang is wondering who could have stolen the soul and if they have a traitor in their midst. Angelus is still a prisoner but he perfectly plays the mind games. Then Lilah arrives in the basement and she offers a deal to Angelus.

My Opinion: I knew it! But why had I to be right this time? I also knew somehow that Angelus wouldn't be really Angel after the spell. Nonetheless a good episode.

Synopsis: Lilah is dead and Angelus is presumed the murderer. The last duty for Wesley left to do is to make sure that she won't rise as a vampire. But he also has another job, to get reinforcements: he brings the Vampire Slayer.

My Opinion: The son of two vampires is getting a child with who-knows-what-demon. Now it becomes really un-relaxing. But it is a bit suprising that they built up the big enemy over the entire season. If they follow the tradition of "Angel", Cordelia won't last until the season finale, but let's see.

Synopsis: Faith is badly hurt after the fight with the demon, both physically as well as mentally. After Angelus has visted the hotel again both Cordelia and the gang try to find him and get him under control.

My Opinion: "Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world." (Ron Weasley, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets") Nice fight Wesley and Faith put up against Angelus but one has seen that she didn't fight wholeheartedly. Otherwise she would have swept the floor with him. Very thrilling. And Wesley can fill out an application for the CTU, they are also in L.A..

Synopsis: Angelus bit Faith but her blood was spiked with a drug. Now both lay in a coma and try to break out of a nightmare. Additionally, Willow has come from Sunnydale to re-implant Angel's soul.

My Opinion: Another exciting episode. A love this arc. The only drawback was that I already knew that Faith wouldn't die because she makes an appearance in the final episodes of "Buffy" which run parallel to this season of "Angel".

(From Angel Marathon on February 23rd, 2008)