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Wind Chill, a review by Rich

Title: Wind Chill

Runtime:87
Certificate:15
Year:2007
Genres:Horror

Plot:Desperate to get to Delaware for Christmas, a college student (Emily Blunt, Devil Wears Prada) catches a ride with a strange classmate (Ashton Holmes, A History of Violence). As soon as she begins to uncover that he knows a little too much about her, the stranger decides to take a shortcut down a remote country road. Caught in a raging snowstorm, the young travellers are suddenly forced off the road by a mysterious car. Stranded, they soon realise the cold is the least of their worries.
From Executive Producers George Clooney, Ben Cosgrove and Steven Soderbergh comes this chilling horror about the terrifying legacy of a sinister road that dates back to the terrible events that occurred there in the 1950s.

My Review:
Old fashioned ghost story with the twist of using it within a road trip movie. No real blood guts and gore, but a few chilling and jump out your seat moments. I hope that doesn't make it sound too interesting, because it wasn't.
Both leads are ok without being outstanding, as is the storyline which is pretty simplistic and fairly short. There is not enough suspense to peak any major interest, nor enough characterisation to make you care what happens to the 2 stranded in the car.
Low budget, needed sharpening, and in the end merciful that it was less than 90 minutes long.
Not my cup of tea.


(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 14th, 2009)

Real Steel, a review by addicted2dvd

Real Steel (2011/United States, India) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Touchstone Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Shawn Levy Writing: Richard Matheson (Original Material By), John Gatins (Screenwriter), Dan Gilroy (Story By), Jeremy Leven (Story By) Length: 127 min. Video: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, French: DTS-HD High Resolution: 7.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton
Dakota Goyo as Max Kenton
Evangeline Lilly as Bailey Tallet
Anthony Mackie as Finn
Kevin Durand as Ricky

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes/Bloopers

The first thing I thought watching this one is oh boy... Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots: The Movie! Then as so continued to vwatch it felt like I was watching Rocky done with a robot. Either way I enjoyed every second of this one. I highly recommend it. Can't wait to watch it again!



(From August Movie Marathon: Radical Robotics on August 2nd, 2017)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: By impersonating Starfleet officers and Patrick playing "Admiral Patrick" the four genetically enhanced patients come back to the station. Bashir tries to free Sarina from her catalepsy in which she's been since she was a child. And when Sarina finally awakes she turns out to be a beautiful young woman and Bashir immediately falls in love with her. But will her improvement be permanent?

My Opinion: I really liked the Sarina's blossoming. It was so nicely done how the other tried to help her with her voice training. That was beautiful. And their attempt of trying to find a way to stop the universe from collapsing in 70 trillion years was also funny to watch.

Synopsis: Odo is contacted by a cardassian informant he has known for years. But when he arrives at the secret meeting point he only finds Weyoun. But this isn't the Weyoun who led the war against the Federation. The fifth Weyoun clone was killed in a transporter accident a month ago. And this Weyoun 6 wants to defect and serve Odo. Odo and Weyoun 6 fly back to DS9 aboard a runabout but Weyoun 7 and Damar are willing to stop them at any cost. Meanwhile Nog is once again a sailor on the river of the Great Material Continuum and tries to acquire a graviton stabilizer for Chief O'Brien.

My Opinion: It was an OK episode. What I really liked about this episode was Nog's explanation of the Ferengi believe that there is actually something like the Great Material Continuum where those meet who have too little of one thing and too much of another and that the river brings these people together.

Synopsis: Kor hasn't been able to get a command of his own in the current war and he asks Worf for help. As it turns out Kor once prevented Martok from becoming an officer in the klingon military and now Martok is "returning the favor". But Worf secures him a position as third officer in a dangerous mission Martok and Worf are about to embark on.

My Opinion: A nice farewell for Kor. He was allowed to die as a warrior, as it should be. And he died a death worty of a Dahar Master. Songs will be sung about this deed. And unfortunately also one of the last appearances of John Colicos who also died two years later. I loved him both in the role of Kor but especially as the diabolical Baltar in the original Battlestar Galactica. "To Kor, a noble warrior to the end!" - Martok

Synopsis: The Defiant brings supplies to a group of Federation soldiers who defend a Dominion communications relay. And the Jem'Hadar want it back badly. The unit has lost many people and Sisko decides to stay until reinforcements arrive. And it's the first ground assault experience for both Nog and Ezri.

My Opinion: A very dark episode (literally and metaphorically). I think such episodes are important when you show war in a TV show. It's easy to forget or dismiss the dead when it's "just" starships that get blown to pieces. But to see them die one by one in close combat makes it much more real, especially when you have a connection to the characters.

(From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon on March 1st, 2009)