Collection ID 725
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Reginald VelJohnson
Genre: Action, Thriller
Studio: Gordon Company   Release date: 1990   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, Spanish (USA)
Summary: After the terrifying events in LA, John McClane (Willis) is about to go through it all again. A team of terrorists, led by Col. Stuart (Sadler) is holding the entire airport hostage. The terrorists are planning to rescue a drug lord from justice. In order to do so, they have seized control of all electrical equipment affecting all planes. With no runway lights available, all aircraft have to remain in the air, with fuel running low, McClane will need to be fast.
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My Review: The second movie in the Die Hard series. This one brings Bruce Willis back as New York cop, John McClane. The smart mouthed detective who puts the hammer down on international terrorists. This movie has a certain amount of déjà vu, as we return a year later to find McClane's wife traveling to New York this time around. While Holly is stuck in a plane circling the airport, John is fighting terrorists on the runways of Washington Dulles International. A team of high tech mercenaries take advantage of a big storm to launch an audacious plan. They take over the airport's control systems and hold the whole thing hostage; along with all those planes circling overhead. What's they're goal? Liberate the Central American dictator General Ramon Esperanza from the clutches of American authorities. When the airport calls in their S.W.A.T. team the action heats up considerably. While John does battle with obnoxious obstructionists on the ground, Holly has to put up with annoying reporters in the air. The action is Die Hard classic, and Bruce Willis gives a fantastic performance in his role as John McClane. Excellent action, perfect pacing, and fine direction. The only thing that would have made this movie better? Plugging the weather dependent plot hole. 4 out of 5.

Collection ID 931
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Reginald VelJohnson
Genre: Action, Thriller
Studio: Gordon Company   Release date: 1990   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, Spanish (USA)
Summary: After the terrifying events in LA, John McClane (Willis) is about to go through it all again. A team of terrorists, led by Col. Stuart (Sadler) is holding the entire airport hostage. The terrorists are planning to rescue a drug lord from justice. In order to do so, they have seized control of all electrical equipment affecting all planes. With no runway lights available, all aircraft have to remain in the air, with fuel running low, McClane will need to be fast.
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My Review: The second movie in the Die Hard series. This one brings Bruce Willis back as New York cop, John McClane. The smart mouthed detective who puts the hammer down on international terrorists. This movie has a certain amount of déjà vu, as we return a year later to find McClane's wife traveling to New York this time around. While Holly is stuck in a plane circling the airport, John is fighting terrorists on the runways of Washington Dulles International. A team of high tech mercenaries take advantage of a big storm to launch an audacious plan. They take over the airport's control systems and hold the whole thing hostage; along with all those planes circling overhead. What's they're goal? Liberate the Central American dictator General Ramon Esperanza from the clutches of American authorities. When the airport calls in their S.W.A.T. team the action heats up considerably. While John does battle with obnoxious obstructionists on the ground, Holly has to put up with annoying reporters in the air. The action is Die Hard classic, and Bruce Willis gives a fantastic performance in his role as John McClane. Excellent action, perfect pacing, and fine direction. The only thing that would have made this movie better? Plugging the weather dependent plot hole. 4 out of 5.

Collection ID 157
Director: Renny Harlin
Starring: Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, William Sadler, Reginald VelJohnson
Genre: Action
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox   Release date: 1990   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (USA)
Summary: John McClane is forced to battle mercenaries who sieze control of an airport's communications and threaten to cause plane crashes if their demands are not met.
My Rating:
My Review: The second movie in the Die Hard series. This one brings Bruce Willis back as New York cop, John McClane. The smart mouthed detective who puts the hammer down on international terrorists. This movie has a certain amount of déjà vu, as we return a year later to find McClane's wife traveling to New York this time around. While Holly is stuck in a plane circling the airport, John is fighting terrorists on the runways of Washington Dulles International. A team of high tech mercenaries take advantage of a big storm to launch an audacious plan. They take over the airport's control systems and hold the whole thing hostage; along with all those planes circling overhead. What's they're goal? Liberate the Central American dictator General Ramon Esperanza from the clutches of American authorities. When the airport calls in their S.W.A.T. team the action heats up considerably. While John does battle with obnoxious obstructionists on the ground, Holly has to put up with annoying reporters in the air. The action is Die Hard classic, and Bruce Willis gives a fantastic performance in his role as John McClane. Excellent action, perfect pacing, and fine direction. The only thing that would have made this movie better? Plugging the weather dependent plot hole. 4 out of 5.

Collection ID 726
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio: Cinergi Pictures Entertainment   Release date: 1995   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, German, Romanian (USA)
Summary: John McClane is now almost a full-blown alcoholic and is suspended from the NYPD. But when a bomb goes off in the Bonwit Teller Department Store the police go insane trying to figure out what's going on. Soon, a man named Simon calls and asks for McClane. Simon tells Inspector Walter Cobb that McClane is going to play a game called "Simon Says". He says that McClane is going to do the tasks he assigns him. If not, he'll blow off another bomb. With the help of a Harlem electrician, John McClane must race all over New York trying to figure out the frustrating puzzles that the crafty terrorist gives him. But when a bomb goes off in a subway station right by the Federal Reserve (the biggest gold storage in the world) things start to get heated up.
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My Review: Bruce Willis is back again - As the ass kicking NY City cop, John McClane. In this movie, he starts out as a down and out suspended cop, with alcohol and marriage problems. When a mad bomber 'Simon' calls in with a bomb threat, the police department puts John back on active duty. In no time at all, John is back on the streets, teamed up with no-nonsense shop owner 'Zeus' (played by Samuel L. Jackson), in an effort to thwart the plans of 'Simon', the disgruntled brother of Hans Gruber from the original 'Die Hard'. The acting by Samuel L. Jackson was worthy, but Bruce Willis wasn't up to speed on this one. The acting by others was less notable as well. The plot was a bit transparent, but the car chases and action sequences made up for a lackluster plot and confrontation. Nowhere near the calibre of the first movie. I give it a 3 out of 5.

Collection ID 1414
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jeremy Irons, Samuel L. Jackson, Graham Greene, Colleen Camp
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Studio: Cinergi Pictures Entertainment   Release date: 1995   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, German, Romanian (USA)
Summary: John McClane is now almost a full-blown alcoholic and is suspended from the NYPD. But when a bomb goes off in the Bonwit Teller Department Store the police go insane trying to figure out what's going on. Soon, a man named Simon calls and asks for McClane. Simon tells Inspector Walter Cobb that McClane is going to play a game called "Simon Says". He says that McClane is going to do the tasks he assigns him. If not, he'll blow off another bomb. With the help of a Harlem electrician, John McClane must race all over New York trying to figure out the frustrating puzzles that the crafty terrorist gives him. But when a bomb goes off in a subway station right by the Federal Reserve (the biggest gold storage in the world) things start to get heated up.
My Rating:
My Review: Bruce Willis is back again - As the ass kicking NY City cop, John McClane. In this movie, he starts out as a down and out suspended cop, with alcohol and marriage problems. When a mad bomber 'Simon' calls in with a bomb threat, the police department puts John back on active duty. In no time at all, John is back on the streets, teamed up with no-nonsense shop owner 'Zeus' (played by Samuel L. Jackson), in an effort to thwart the plans of 'Simon', the disgruntled brother of Hans Gruber from the original 'Die Hard'. The acting by Samuel L. Jackson was worthy, but Bruce Willis wasn't up to speed on this one. The acting by others was less notable as well. The plot was a bit transparent, but the car chases and action sequences made up for a lackluster plot and confrontation. Nowhere near the calibre of the first movie. I give it a 3 out of 5.

Collection ID 745
Director: Randall Hood
Starring: Jack Ging, Edith Atwater, Antoinette Bower, Kent Smith, Robert Emhardt
Genre: Thriller
Studio: Project Blue   Release date: 1972   Rated: PG   
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: A man hires a nurse to care for his ailing but nasty and shrewish sister. What he really intends to do, however, is to convince the nurse to join him in a plot to kill her.
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My Review: Not really a horror movie - It's a murder mystery. A low budget murder mystery. With television style budget and production, the direction was sorely lacking. If it hadn't been for Edith Atwater playing Amanda Price, all the acting would have been 'community theater' level. The story - Amanda Price has attempted suicide on two occasions this year, and Edward thinks its time to hire someone to keep an eye on his sister. He hires a disgraced nurse with a sordid history to 'look after' his sister. Why is Amanda so troubled? What nightmares haunt her sleep? What secrets does this family hold close to the bosom of their victorian era mansion? The mystery takes about 15 minutes to deduce, and the pacing makes you wish for a swift ending as Edward's dear sister laments her fate. The quality of this direct transfer was so abysmal that I thought the entire movie was shot at night. I didn't care for it. 2 out of 5.

Collection ID 1431
Director: Randall Hood
Starring: Jack Ging, Edith Atwater, Antoinette Bower, Kent Smith, Robert Emhardt
Genre: Thriller
Studio: Project Blue   Release date: 1972   Rated: PG   
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: A man hires a nurse to care for his ailing but nasty and shrewish sister. What he really intends to do, however, is to convince the nurse to join him in a plot to kill her.
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My Review: Not really a horror movie - It's a murder mystery. A low budget murder mystery. With television style budget and production, the direction was sorely lacking. If it hadn't been for Edith Atwater playing Amanda Price, all the acting would have been 'community theater' level. The story - Amanda Price has attempted suicide on two occasions this year, and Edward thinks its time to hire someone to keep an eye on his sister. He hires a disgraced nurse with a sordid history to 'look after' his sister. Why is Amanda so troubled? What nightmares haunt her sleep? What secrets does this family hold close to the bosom of their victorian era mansion? The mystery takes about 15 minutes to deduce, and the pacing makes you wish for a swift ending as Edward's dear sister laments her fate. The quality of this direct transfer was so abysmal that I thought the entire movie was shot at night. I didn't care for it. 2 out of 5.

Collection ID 429
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere
Genre: Animation
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures   Release date: 2000   Rated: PG   
Language (Country): English, French (USA)
Summary: An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
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My Review: Written by way too many people (12 credits!?). Directed by Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag. Starring (voices) D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Samuel E. Wright and others. It's a Disney animated movie about an orphaned dinosaur. He's raised by lemurs after a pack of Iguanadon separate him from his family. He joins the Lemurs in a trek across the continent after a meteor strike destroys their home. When this film was made the CGI was ground-breaking and quite astonishing. Now, it's ho-hum, and I'm focusing on the poor script - Why did the dinosaurs have to 'Talk' at all? I think we could have followed this incredibly simple story without the need for any talking dinosaurs. Then of course there are other problems with the movie. Like the presence of Lemurs and dinosaurs together in the same movie as well as other scientific inaccuracies. Realizing that this is targeted at kids, I'm put back into the correct frame of mind. It is a good family story. It doesn't emphasize violence as a solution or criminal behavior as acceptable. Its about family values and helping each other through hard times. Rating it based on the target audience, I would have to give it a 3 out of 5. Now: Lets talk about the disc - Yes, Disney sucks when it comes to DVDs. This disc (in my ordinary Samsung blu-ray/DVD player) has no fast-forward, no pause and no rewind. I couldn't change the soundtrack or subtitles without restarting the movie - not just stopping and resuming - I'm talking about restarting from the very beginning. I can only imagine that Disney removed all these controls in order to prevent 'Piracy' - You know kidnapping, murder and theft on the high-seas - Oh wait, not that crime.. We're talking about the new Piracy - You know, copyright infringement. This isn't the first Disney disc I've had a problem with. I often have difficulties with Disney discs, but this is easily the worst I've encountered.

Collection ID 1148
Director: Eric Leighton, Ralph Zondag
Starring: D.B. Sweeney, Alfre Woodard, Ossie Davis, Max Casella, Hayden Panettiere
Genre: Animation
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures   Release date: 2000   Rated: PG   
Language (Country): English, French (USA)
Summary: An orphaned dinosaur raised by lemurs joins an arduous trek to a sancturary after a meteorite shower destroys his family home.
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My Review: Written by way too many people (12 credits!?). Directed by Eric Leighton and Ralph Zondag. Starring (voices) D.B. Sweeney, Julianna Margulies, Samuel E. Wright and others. It's a Disney animated movie about an orphaned dinosaur. He's raised by lemurs after a pack of Iguanadon separate him from his family. He joins the Lemurs in a trek across the continent after a meteor strike destroys their home. When this film was made the CGI was ground-breaking and quite astonishing. Now, it's ho-hum, and I'm focusing on the poor script - Why did the dinosaurs have to 'Talk' at all? I think we could have followed this incredibly simple story without the need for any talking dinosaurs. Then of course there are other problems with the movie. Like the presence of Lemurs and dinosaurs together in the same movie as well as other scientific inaccuracies. Realizing that this is targeted at kids, I'm put back into the correct frame of mind. It is a good family story. It doesn't emphasize violence as a solution or criminal behavior as acceptable. Its about family values and helping each other through hard times. Rating it based on the target audience, I would have to give it a 3 out of 5.

Collection ID 834
Director: Emile Ardolino
Starring: Jennifer Grey, Patrick Swayze, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Studio: Great American Films Limited Partnership   Release date: 1987   Rated: PG-13   
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: In 1963, Frances "Baby" Houseman, a sweet daddy's girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains. Baby has grown up in privileged surroundings and all expect her to go on to college, join the Peace Corps and save the world before marrying a doctor, just like her father. Unexpectedly, Baby becomes infatuated with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, a man whose background is vastly different from her own. Baby lies to her father to get money to pay for an illegal abortion for Johnny's dance partner. She then fills in as Johnny's dance partner and it is as he is teaching her the dance routine that they fall in love. It all comes apart when Johnny's friend falls seriously ill after her abortion and Baby gets her father, who saves the girl's life. He then learns what Baby has been up to, who with and worse, that he funded the illegal abortion. He bans his daughter from any further association with "those people". In the first deliberately willful ...
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