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As Above So Below, a review by addicted2dvd

As Above So Below (2014/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Universal Studios Home Entertainment (United States) Director: John Erick Dowdle Writing: John Erick Dowdle (Writer), Drew Dowdle (Writer) Length: 93 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, French: DTS: 5.1, Spanish: DTS: 5.1, French: DTS: 5.1, German: DTS: 5.1, Spanish: DTS: 5.1, Italian: DTS: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish

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Stars:Plot:
Miles of twisting catacombs lie beneath the streets of Paris, the eternal home to countless souls. When a team of explores ventures into the uncharted maze of bones, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead. A journey into madness and terror, As Above/So Below reaches deep into human psyche to reveal the personal demons that come back to haunt us all.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Featurettes
• BD-Live

I must say... this one came off to me to be more weird then anything. It had it's moments but I found it had a hard time keeping my attention. It does have it's moments here and there though. And it was a good idea for a story. I just found it difficult to care about the characters. Over all no more then an average film.



Horror/Halloween Challenge Films: 39/52

(From Horror/Halloween 2016 Challenge on October 24th, 2016)

The Other Guys, a review by addicted2dvd

The Other Guys: The Unrated Other Edition (2010/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Director: Adam McKay Writing: Adam McKay (Writer), Chris Henchy (Writer) Length: 116 min. Rating: Unrated Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish, Commentary

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Stars:
Derek Jeter as Himself
Samuel L. Jackson as P.K. Highsmith
Dwayne Johnson as Christopher Danson
RastasLarnell Stovall
Jalil Jay Lynch

Plot:
Misfit NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz (Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg) are sentenced to life behind the desk. They hate each other and the monotony of their meaningless jobs, as they're forced to live in the shadow of the two biggest and most badass cops on the force (Samuel L. Jackson and Dwayne Johnson). But when those guys go down for the count, opportunity knocks for Gamble and Hoitz. Stumbling onto what could be one of the biggest crimes in years, can The Other Guys step up their game to solve the case without killing each other and destroying NYC in the process? From the director of Step Brothers and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• BD-Live

Not all that pleased with this one. It had it's moments here and there... but for the most part it just didn't work for me. I found most the comedy just not funny. That or was something I seen elsewhere more then once, It didn't help that I was never much of a fan of Will Ferrell... of Mark Wahlberg for that matter. But I found it super-cheap so figured I would give it a chance as I thought the basic storyline had promise. Unfortunately it just didn't work. The best I could give this one is average.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on August 24th, 2014)

Veronica Mars Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. Welcome Wagon
Campus crime stopper: Veronica solves a classroom murder game in record time, then takes on a case for Wallace's roommate Piz, whose move-in stuff was boosted by a nonexistent Welcome Wagon Committee.

My Thoughts:
This is an excellent start of Veronica Mars: The College years (or year as it ended up )I really enjoyed every minute of this. From before the open credits even come on she shows what she is made of by solving the "mystery" in her criminology class... to the episode mystery that she has to solve. Not to mention an interesting multi-episode arc that we actually got a taste of in season 2.

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2. My Big Fat Greek Rush Week
Veronica, a sorority girl? She dons a floral frock to rush Zeta Theta Beta, searching for clues to the identity of the campus rapist. Wallace and Logan are guard and inmate in a disturbing prison experiment.

My Thoughts:
Another really good episode. I liked the side storuy will Wallace and Logan as much as I did the main story of finding out what was going on in the sorority house. And Verronica inches further in the rape cases as well.

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3. Wichita Linebacker
Out of bounds. The team playbook "borrowed" by a Hearst College football player goes missing...or gets stolen. And Veronica recommends an unlikely candidate to take her place at Mars Investigations: Weevil.

My Thoughts:
A good episode... though not quite as good as the previous two. I did like how they managed to add Weevil to the college campus. The weekly mystery could have been better... but was entertaining enough.

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4. Charlie Don't Surf
It's tough to be a trust-fund baby without the trust fund: Logan thinks his business manager is skimming his inheritance. Dick is suddenly Veronica's bestest pal. And Keith meets a very attractive woman.

My Thoughts:
Much like the one before it... not the best of epiosde... but still entertaining. While it did have the episode mystery it took the back seat to the rapist storyline.

My Rating:



(From Veronica Mars Marathon on April 18th, 2010)