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Starsky & Hutch, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Starsky & Hutch
Year: 2004
Director: Todd Phillips
Rating: PG-13
Length: 100 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Ben Stiller
Owen Wilson
Snoop Dogg
Fred Williamson
Vince Vaughn
Juliette Lewis

Plot:
HERE COMES THE FUZZ! Starsky takes the wheel, Hutch rides shotgun and comedy runs wild in this hilarious twist on the landmark buddy-cop TV show.

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson bring a playful chemistry to the roles of undercover detectives Starsky and Hutch. Todd Phillips (Old School, Road Trip) directs this '70s groove in which our guys are stripped of their badges, duped by a drug kingpin (Vince Vaughn) and totally ripped off in a disco contest. So, yeah, they got some scores to settle. Snoop Dogg is in fly funkadelic mode as urban coolster Huggy Bear. And Juliette Lewis and others make for nonstop fun. If inducing laughter is a crime, they're all guilty as charged!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
Felt like a little action/comedy next. And I wanted to give this one a go because I recently blind bought the season 1 set of the TV Series... which I watched the first disc of so far and enjoyed. The series don't have nearly the amount of comedy in it that the movie does. Though it is more of a being silly style of comedy then a laugh out loud type. I found that I enjoyed the movie... but really expected a little more from it. I liked both Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson in the title roles. And I don't think I could imagine anyone doing Huggy Bear better then Snoop Dogg. I mean he hit the role just right going by the few episodes of the series I seen so far. It is a fun watch... but it could have been done better. Maybe doing it more like the series... and taking it more seriously would have helped... I don't know.



(From Unwatched Comedies Marathon on March 13th, 2011)

The Prestige, a review by Danae Cassandra

The Prestige
Year of Release: 2006
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie
Genre: Suspense/Thriller, Drama

Overview:
Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson are pure magic in The PrestigeRolling StoneMy Thoughts:
I thought this was a really stellar film.  It's a wonderful character study of two obsessed men, and how that obsession drives them to destruction.  The plot - without saying too much, about two rival stage magicians seeking to both one-up and destroy the other - moves from one twist to the next, opening up one layer only after you have become comfortable with the previous.  All of the cast do a great job, though Jackman and Bale have the most on their shoulders as the leads, and they carry it off spectacularly.  Michael Caine is also great, as is David Bowie, in their respective supporting roles.  It's quite stylish and sophisticated, as well as very, very good.  Highly recommended.

Bechdel Test:  Fail

Overall:  4/5

(From The Prestige on January 9th, 2014)

Punky Brewster, a review by addicted2dvd

Punky Brewster (1984/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Intro | Punky Power lives on in the very first episodes from the hit TV show PUNKY BREWSTER, Soleil Moon Frye stars as the abandoned little girl with an indomitable spirit who, with her faithful dog Brandon, brings light and laughter into the life of a grumpy old photographer (George Gaynes). Both a touching portrait of her makeshift family and a joyful ride through her childhood adventures, PUNKY BREWSTER was a 1980s benchmark in fun, innocent television for kids. So take a trip down memory lane, or see it again through the eyes of your own children. Episodes: 1. Punky Finds a Home, Part 1 2. Punky Finds a Home, Part 2 3. Punky Finds a Home, Part 3 4. Lost & Found/Punky Gets Her Own Room 5. Walk Pool/Gone Fishing 6. Take Me Out to the Ballgame 7. Parents Night 8. Go to Sleep/A Visit to the Doctor

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Stars:
George Gaynes as Henry Warnimont
Soleil Moon Frye as Punky
Susie Garrett as Mrs. Johnson
Cherie Johnson as Cherie

Extras:

• None

After receiving this one today I couldn't wait to check it out to see if it was as good as I remembered from when I was a kid. Unfortunately not so much. It is still entertaining... and I can still enjoy watching it... but it really isn't anything more then an average sitcom. Through-out the entire 8 episodes on this disc I only chuckled a few times. My favorite episode has to be the 3 part pilot episode. Mills Creek Entertainment really goofed up on the packaging of this disc. This is a single DVD... and they put it in a double thick Keep Case. But not even a normal double thick Keep Case... the DVD itself is housed in a paper envelope... which is then held in place by clips in the keep case. I have seen multiple disc releases like this before... but this is the first time I ever seen it done for a single disc release!




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on July 11th, 2012)