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Screamers, a review by Achim

Screamers (1995/United States) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Christian Duguay Writing: Philip K. Dick (Original Material By), Dan O'Bannon (Screenwriter), Miguel Tejada-Flores (Screenwriter) Length: 104 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, German: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian

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Stars:
Peter Weller as Hendricksson
Roy Dupuis as Becker
Jennifer Rubin as Jessica
Andy Lauer as Ace
Charles Powell as Ross

Plot:
After 10 years of devastating warfare on Planet Sirius 6B, a distant mining planet, Commander Joseph Hendricksson (Peter Weller) is assigned to protect his outpost from the New Economic Block. His scientists have created a perfect weapon, designed to destroy all enemy life - a blade wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers.

But something has gone wrong - the Screamers continue to evolve without any human guidance, cloning themselves into human form and obliterating all forms of human life.

Betrayed by his own political leaders and disgusted by the atrocities of the endless war, Hendricksson decides he must negotiate peace with the enemy. But to do so, he must first destroy the very weapon he helped to create...
Screamers!

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Production Notes

More of a B-movie from the mid-90s. I believe it was overshadowed by some other bigger release that year, which I can't remember what it was (maybe Species...?). However, this film is great on DVD. Good production values (they used an abandoned industrial area which gives it a great look), good acting by Peter Weller (he is very cool in this one!, to bad he never really got very far) and a solid B-movie (read: people we never really heard of) supporting cast. The special effects hold up very well, with only some minor use of CGI, and there is some gore, but not much of it. With only a few rather obvious continuity slips and mostly congruous writing this is good science fiction entertainment.

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(From The Movies from Within My Lifetime on July 5th, 2011)

North by Northwest, a review by addicted2dvd

North by Northwest (1959/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Warner Home Video (United States) Director: Alfred Hitchcock (1899) Writing: Ernest Lehman (Writer) Length: 136 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Music Only: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, French

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Stars:
Cary Grant as Roger O. Thornhill/George Kaplan
Eva Marie Saint as Eve Kendall
James Mason (1909) as Phillip Vandamm
Jessie Royce Landis as Clara Thornhill
Leo G. Carroll as The Professor

Plot:
Cary Grant teams with director Alfred Hitchcock for the fourth and final time in this superlative espionage caper judged one of the American Film Institute's Top-100 American Films and spruced up with a new digital transfer and remixed Dolby Digital Stereo. He plays a Manhattan advertising executive plunged into a realm of spy (James Mason) and counterspy (Eva Marie Saint) and variously abducted, framed for murder, chased and in another signature set piece, crop-dusted. He also holds on for dear life from the facial features of the Presidents on Mount Rushmore (backlot sets were used). But don't expect the Master of Suspense to leave star or audience hanging.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Featurettes
• Gallery
• Production Notes
• Closed Captioned
• TV Spot

What can I say? Wow! I really enjoyed this film. It has a great cast. It has an intriguing story. And it is directed by the great Alfred Hitchcock. While the film is a little on the long side... this is something you don't notice while watching. It felt like the time went by so fast. This one is a definite must see film.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on September 27th, 2017)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

2.13 White Men Can't Jump to Conclusions (1996-04-04)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), David Shore (Writer)
Director: Steve DiMarco
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Leonard Roberts (Tyree), Chauncy B. Raglin-Washington (Reggie), Isiah Thomas (Himself), Tab Baker (Lou Robbins), Alison Sealy-Smith (Mrs. Cameron), Lloyd White (Neighbour), Dayo Ade (Thug #1 (Trevor)), Mark Taylor (Punk #1), Merwin Mondesir (Punk #2), Neville Edwards (Boot Carrier)

A dull episode. The best scene was when Dief was playing Lassie but turns out that he was "crying wolf"

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(From "Due South" marathon on August 23rd, 2009)