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Robocop (1987), a review by addicted2dvd

Robocop (1987/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (United States) Director: Paul Verhoeven (1938) Writing: Edward Neumeier (Writer), Michael Miner (Writer) Length: 103 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: DTS: 5.1, Spanish: DTS: 5.1, German: DTS: 5.1, Italian: DTS: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Russian: DTS: 5.1, Czech: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Hungarian: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Polish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Thai: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Commentary

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Stars:
Peter Weller as Murphy/Robocop
Nancy Allen as Lewis
Dan O'Herlihy [Daniel O'Herlihy] as The Old Man
Ronny Cox as Jones
Kurtwood Smith as Clarence

Plot:
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) into an armed confrontation with crime lord Boddicker (Kurtwood Smith) so they can use his body to support their untested RoboCop prototype. But when RoboCop learns of the company's nefarious plans, he turns on his masters.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Interviews
• Storyboard Comparisons

This is one I haven't seen in years... It is one I always remembered liking a lot. I feel it held up well and it had more gore in it then I was remembering. Not that it is a bad thing... I enjoy a bit of gore every now and then. This one is definitely worth the time put in to watch it.



(From August Movie Marathon: Radical Robotics on August 6th, 2017)

The Wages of Fear , a review by Antares

The Wages of Fear (Le salaire de la peur) (1953) 4/5 - This is a film that I should have made the effort to see many years ago, but unfortunately just never got around to. Once again, this List of Shame has been a revelation for me, as this was one hell of a good suspense film. After what seemed like a very long amount of time setting up the premise, it steamrolls when they finally get on the road. Yves Montand and Charles Vanel are both exemplary in their roles and Clouzot throws in enough surprises just at the right time to make this a masterpiece. The scenes at the boulder and the oil pool are first rate examples of nail biting suspense, which had me wondering how I would have fared in the two situations which arise at those moments. If I had a bone to pick with this film, it would have to be with the first hour. I think Clouzot could have shorn a few scenes here and there and gotten to the trip a little sooner. And finally, the end scene seemed pretty predictable when Montand started "dancing" with the truck. But even these two slight problems don't detract from a wonderful viewing experience.

(From Antares' Short Summations on July 15th, 2011)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

10. Amends (1998-12-15)
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), Joss Whedon (Writer)
Director: Joss Whedon
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia Chase), David Boreanaz (Angel), Seth Green (Oz), Anthony Stewart Head (Giles), Kristine Sutherland (Joyce Summers), Saverio Guerra (Willy), Shane Barach (Daniel), Edward Edwards (Travis), Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy (Margaret), Robia LaMorte (Jenny Calendar), Eliza Dushku (Faith), Mark Kriski (Weatherman), Tom Michael Bailey (Tree Seller Guy)

In the past, I didn't like this episode very much. But this time around, I really enjoyed it. We have flashbacks to Angel's past and Willow and Oz making up. Probably I didn't like the twist at the end in the past. But now it makes total sense. That Power That Be play a more vital role in the Angel series, but here we already learn, that they are responsible for Angel's return and also save him at the end of this episode. I like it, that not Buffy's pep talk saved him, like you would expect. Angel would have really died here, when TPTB would not have intervened.

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(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on March 3rd, 2009)