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The 'Burbs, a review by Dragonfire

The 'Burbs



THE 'BURBS
Ray Peterson (Tom Hanks) is just a normal guy living a normal life, or so he thinks, until he spends a week at home next to his new, very strange next-door neighbors.

My Thoughts

Yes I think this one fits because of the bizarre nature of the neighbors.  This is more comedy and not that scary, but there are still horror elements in it and I think the story is rather dark and twisted.  I enjoy the movie and think it is very entertaining.  The humor and more scary elements work together well with what is happening and that just makes the movie more entertaining for me.  The movie has a interesting mix of character and I think the cast did well.  I also find it interesting that the movie was filmed on the street of the backlot at Universal Studios that now serves as Wisteria Lane.  The run down mess of a house the new weird neighbors live in is now Bree's perfect house.  



I did get a review posted on Epinions a few years ago if anyone would like to go take a look.

The "Burbs


(From Dragonfire's Halloween/Horror Marathon 2009 on October 6th, 2009)

Derailed, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Derailed
Year: 2002
Director: Bob Misiorowski
Rating: R
Length: 89 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: Spanish

Stars:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Tomas Arana
Laura Elena Harring
Susan Gibney
Lucy Jenner
Jessica Bowman

Plot:
A train rockets across Eastern Europe. On board are agent Kristoff (internation action superstar Jean-Claude Van Damme) and Galina (Laura Elena Harring, John Q.), a beautiful high-tech thief. Holding the passengers hostage are a band of terrorists who have come to steal the bioweapon hidden on board. With the train out of control and on a collision course for danger, Kristoff becomes a one-man army taking on the terrorists and trying to save the ives of everyone on board.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
OK... I woke up this morning feeling a little down and missing my mother. It has been about 6 months since she passed away now. Because of this... this morning I felt like watching something I new she would have enjoyed watching. And one of her favorite movie genres was Martial Arts. So I went into her collection of movies (now mine)... and I picked this one. I picked it for two reasons. First because I never seen it before. And also because my mother absolutely loved Van Damme movies.

The first thing I noticed when I started this movie is that it was full framed.  I found this weird and looked at the case to see it says it has both. I knew it was only a single sided disc... so I thought I missed the selection. So I stopped it and restarted it. And it was hard to find... usually I see this either when I hit play or before the menu. But on this disc it is actually in the set-up menu. While this makes sense... I think it is actually the first time I seen it done this way.

The movie itself is OK... but definitely not one of his best I just didn't find the storyline all that interesting... and it seems pretty much like if you seen one Van Damme movie... you basically seen them all. I mean sure.. there is some exceptions of movies of his that I really enjoyed. But it seems a lot of his newer stuff has been sub-par lately. After watching this movie... I thought back to when my mother watched this one... and I now remember when I asked her what she thought of the movie... she kinda gave me a funny looking face and said "ehhhh, it was OK I guess". I wish I remembered that earlier... I would have picked something else I got from her collection.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on April 17th, 2010)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

2. That Vision Thing
Original Air Date: 10/1/2001
Angel is forced to help Wolfram and Hart free a man being held by the Powers That Be after the law firm hires a demon who can cause Cordelia to experience terrifying visions and pain.

Guest Stars:
Stephanie Romanov
Frank "Sotonoma" Salsedo
Daniel Dae Kim
David Denman
Julie Benz

My Thoughts:
This is a good episode. Plenty of action and a good storyline. I got to say... I liked the demon Skip. And if I remember correctly he will be in another episode as a guide for Cordelia later this (I believe this) season.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 10th, 2010)