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X The Unknown, a review by GSyren

Title	X The Unknown (5-019322-061632)
Director	Leslie Norman
Actors	Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman, Leo McKern, Anthony Newley, Jameson Clark
Produced	1956 in United Kingdom
Runtime	77 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital Mono, Commentary Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles	None
Overview	Mysterious events surround the sudden appearance of a gaping fissure in Scotland: soldiers on manoeuvres nearby develop a debilitating sickness and a small boy is later engulfed by an eerie presence. The child subsequently dies of first-degree radiation burns, similar to those that killed one of the soldiers. Mankind is at the mercy of a seemingly unstoppable organism that melts the flesh of those in its path. Atomic energy specialist Dr Adam Royston (Dean Jagger) and his colleague McGill (Leo McKern) investigate the deadly phenomenon, which they trace to the depths of the fissure. As the death toll rises, Royston devises a daring plan to snare the creature in a lethal radioactive trap... X the Unknown was only the second of Hammer's horror productions, but contained some of the most grisly and disturbing special effects seen in any of the company's films. This DVD features the original uncut British theatrical print of X the Unknown and bonus material featuring the film's screenwriter Jimmy Sangster.
My thoughts	I was reading in my Hammer books about X The UnknownDracula or FrankensteinThe Night My Number Came Up (1955). Apparently Norman was not well liked by the cast and crew, and the shoot was not a happy one. But in spite of that, the film is quite good. Hammer had had a success the year before with The Quatermass Xperiment
My rating	3.5 out of 5

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on September 21st, 2013)

The Wreck of the Mary Deare, a review by Rick

The Wreck of the Mary Deare
Hollywood Legends:
Gary Cooper
Charlton Heston

Overview:My Thoughts:My Rating


(From DCO third annual November Alphabet Marathon - discussion/review/banter thread on November 10th, 2009)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: Andy Richter Controls the Universe: The Complete Series
Year: 2002
Director:
Rating: NR
Length: 417 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles:

Stars:
Andy Richter
Paget Brewster
Irene Molloy
Jonathan Slavin
James Patrick Stuart

Plot:
The rules of comedy are about to be broken in Andy Richter Controls The Universe, one of the funniest sitcoms in TV history. A bored writer of instruction manuals, Andy spends his office hours daydreaming about what his life could, should and ought to be. Starring in his outlandish fantasies are his unlucky-in-love boss Jessica (Paget Brewster), best buddy Keith (James Patrick Stuart), quirky pal Byron (Jonathan Slavin) and Andy's secret object of desire, Wendy the receptionist (Irene Molloy). Featuring the Emmy®-nominated series' 14 episode run – plus 5 that were never shown on network TV – this it cutting edge lunacy at its irreverent best, a mirth-quaking 10 on the Richter scale!

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Commentary
Featurettes

When Andy Richter left the Late Night Show with Conan O'Brien, he started this great (but sadly short-lived) comedy series. It has a great cast. I especially liked Jonathan Slavin as Andy's new collegue Byron. Paget Brewster is really beautiful in this series. The main gag in this series is, that you always see something really strange happening, which turns out to be Andy's imagination, followed by his "...this is what really happened".

Episodes:

#	Episode	Rating
01	Pilot
02	Grief Counselor
03	Little Andy in Charge
04	Second Episode
05	Gimma A C
06	Wedding
07	We're All the Same, Only Different
08	Twins
09	France
10	Holy Sheep
11	Relationship Ripcord
12	The Show Might Go On
13	Crazy In Rio
14	The Maid Man
15	Bully the Kid
16	Duh Dog
17	Final Fantasy
18	Saturday Early Evening Fever
19	Charity Begins D Block

(From Tom's Random Reviews on May 24th, 2009)