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Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes, a review by addicted2dvd

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Warner Home Video Director: Jeff Siergey, Spike Brandt Writing: Earl Kress (Writer), William Hanna (Original Characters By), Joseph Barbera (Original Characters By), Arthur Conan Doyle (Original Characters By) Length: 50 min. Rating: NR Video: Anamorphic Widescreen :1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Japanese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish

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Stars:
Michael York as Sherlock Holmes
Malcolm McDowell as Professor Moriarty
John Rhys-Davies as Dr. Watson
Grey DeLisle as Red
Jeff Bergman as Butch & Droopy
Phil LaMarr as Spike & Policeman

Plot:Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes

While a fairly new animated feature (2010)... this is a bit of a blast from the past for me. As I haven't seen a Tom and Jerry cartoon since I was a kid! This is a pretty fun one. It is entertaining enough to keep your attention through-out. And the Sherlock Holmes storyline was a nice touch... though I am a fan of the character anyway. I feel this is a nice little time waster. Worth checking out if you enjoy Tom and Jerry cartoons.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on August 24th, 2013)

Vampire Circus, a review by addicted2dvd

Vampire Circus: The Hammer Horror Collection (1972/United Kingdom) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Synapse Films, ITV Global Entertainment, Carlton Film Distributors (United States) Director: Robert Young Writing: Judson Kinberg (Screenwriter) Length: 87 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Music Only: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles:

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Stars:
Bradforts-Amaros
Adrienne Corri as Gypsy Woman
Thorley Walters as Burgermeister
Anthony Higgins [Anthony Corlan] as Emil
John Moulder-Brown as Anton

Plot:
A little girl is brutally slain by a vampire in a tiny 19th century Austrian village. Seeking revenge, the townspeople invade the foreboding castle of Count Mitterhaus and kill him for the crime. As the Count dies, he curses the villagers and vows that their children will all die so that he may someday return to life. Fifteen years later, as the village is ravaged by the plague, a traveling circus comes to town and distracts the villagers from their current hardships. Little do they know that their troubles are only beginning! The circus is actually a troupe of shape-shifting vampires and, as the local children start disappearing, they realize the prophecy of the long dead Count is coming true. Synapse Films is proud to present VAMPIRE CIRCUS, now available for the first time on home video in glorious 1080p high-definition and loaded with amazing extras you can really sink your teeth into!

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Featurettes
• Gallery

I never had much experience with Hammer films in the past. And what little experience I did have wasn't that great. But I think I was just unlucky enough to see the wrong ones as I found this film to be much better then the previous ones I have seen. The story was good and I liked how they did the vampires. This film has given me hope there is other Hammer films out there for me.



(From Horror / Halloween 2017 Challenge on October 10th, 2017)

Smallville Marathon #2, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Bart Allen is back in town. But it isn't a social visit he paying Smallville and Clark. He is working for Oliver/Green Arrow and they are investigating Lex's 33.1 project. And Bart isn't the only one. In the end they have to fight side by side: Oliver "Green Arrow", Bart "Impulse", A.C. "Aquaman", Victor "Cyborg" and Clark "Boy Scout".

My Opinion: I really liked to see them again and together. It was sad though to hear that it didn't work out with Victor and his girlfriend (remember, what I said about them?) and that Oliver is leaving Smallville. He was a great character and I'd like to see him again.

Synopsis: Clark is attacked by something and awakes in a mental institution. There they want to make him believe that he is perfectly normal - just a bit schizophrenic. He's just Clark Kent, not Kal-El and he's definitively not from Krypton. Only Chloe believes in him - until she gets killed.

My Opinion: The "everything was an illusion" episode that's quite common among sci-fi and fantasy series. I liked it because it forced Clark to stop kidding himself and it showed once again that he would nearly everything give up for Lana - but only nearly everything.

Synopsis: A lipstick composed of red Kryptonite and some herbal oils makes Lois fall in love with Clark. Chloe finds that terribly funny until Lois actually kisses Clark and thus "infects" him with red K. Lex and Lana couldn't have chosen a worse day to rehearse the wedding dinner.

My Opinion: This episode was funny and sad at the same time. They way Lois behaved was hilarious and again I liked the hints that they may become an item. The part of Clark being unleashed was of course sad. In opposition to previous "red K trips" this was not funny. It showed what Clark had to digest over the last months and still there's nothing he can do about it.
BTW: No way in hell would Lex be able to deform a chisel like that. After all, it's a tool that is built to withstand brute force.

Synopsis: Lana has secured the chisel and is wondering about it when she notices that someone is watching her. That person has seen her with the chisel and that means she can't confide in Lex. First she hides out at Chloe's, later at the Kents's farm. But her stalker is following her and threatens to kill her.

My Opinion: Could he or couldn't he catch the guy, too? Did he let him die or was he simply too late to save them both? There are people on the internet that claim that he let the guy die - but we haven't seen what really has happened. The writers decided to not to show it to us. Thus, I will give him the benefit of the doubt.
And even if. This Clark Kent isn't the regular Superman guy. Superman is a boy scout, he's perfect. This Clark is far from perfect and he himself admits that freely. Additionally, perfect is boring.

(From Smallville Marathon #2 on June 20th, 2008)