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North to Alaska, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:North to Alaska
Year: 1960
Director: Henry Hathaway
Rating: NR
Length: 122 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 4.0, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
John Wayne
Stewart Granger
Ernie Kovacs
Fabian
Capucine

Plot:
John Wayne and Stewart Granger strike it rich in this rousing comedy-adventure set in the heyday of the Alaskan gold rush. When prospectors Sam McCord (Wayne) and George Pratt (Granger) hit the mother lode, George asks Sam to go to Seattle and fetch his sweetheart, Jennie, but she has already married someone else. Determined to bring George a new love, Sam invites a saloon dancer (Capucine) back to Nome as Jennie's replacement.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Closed Captioned


One of the Duke's more light-hearted movies, it plays like a 60's rom-com. Highly entertaining! I've always loved the song North To Alaska by Johnny Horton. A very young Fabian is hilarious as the lovestruck Billy Pratt.

The love interest was played by french beauty Capucine. So gorgeous! Upon reading her bio on IMDB I learned that she was great friends with another beauty, Audrey Hepburn and that she was manic-depressive her whole life, committing suicide in 1990. Pity. 

Again, not my favorite John Wayne movie but a fun watch!

KC


Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on July 23rd, 2010)

Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (1943), a review by addicted2dvd

Frankenstein Meets The Wolf Man (1943)
Bela Lugosi as Frankenstein's Monster and Lon Chaney Jr. as the cursed Wolf Man collide in one of the great classic horror films of the 1940s. Beginning as a moody chiller, director Roy William Neill sets the stage for an unforgettable clash. The resurrected Wolf Man, seeking a cure for his malady, enlists the aid of mad scientist Patric Knowles, who claims he will not only rid the Wolf Man of his nocturnal metamorphosis but will also revive the frozen body of Frankenstein's inhuman creation.

My Thoughts:
This is more a movie about The Wolf Man then it is about Frankenstein. Which I am sure is why it is in the Wolf Man set. It is a good story... I definitely enjoyed it. Though I will say I wish the fight between the Wolf Man and Frankenstein would have lasted a little longer then it did. The audio and video quality is very good for most the movie... though there were a couple major scratches on the film towards the end. But it was bearable... the scratches didn't last but about a second each. Even though this one did have the doctor making Frankenstein strong again... that was not the main theme of the movie... so that was a welcome change.

(From Classic Monster Movie Marathon on May 18th, 2008)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

The Greatest American Hero


Pilot
Schoolteacher Ralph Hinkley and F.B.I. Agent Bill Maxwell are brought together in the desert and encounter a spaceship whose occupants give them a red super suit and a book of instructions. Losing the book does not help them stop a takeover attempt of the U.S. government by a wealthy industrialist and the corrupt Vice President.

My Thoughts:
Being a fan of Superhero movies and shows I get a kick out of this series. Sure it is pretty silly... but it is fun all the same. Brittany has watched some of this show with me in the past... and she always got a kick out of how Ralph couldn't fly straight... which sure is fun for a while... but is something I found got old after a while. The pilot is a double length episode where Ralph first meets Bill and first gets the suit.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on January 26th, 2010)