Topic: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs

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Weekend Movie Marathon

Unwatched DVDs

This weekend I feel the need to work on my Unwatched pile of DVDs as it is just plainly out of control with 586 movies alone! Of course some of these movies I have seen before... but just not sense getting the DVD. As you know... sometimes I like to have a little something to watch in between the movies as well. I felt like doing something like that today... so I picked a box set of classic cartoon shorts that was recently given to me...


The Ultimate Cartoon Collection
I will watch one cartoon short between each movie this weekend. The set includes shorts of...

- Woody Woodpecker
- Little Lulu
- Mighty Mouse
- Mutt and Jeff
- Baby Huey
- Betty Boop
- Raggedy Ann and Friends
- The Three Stooges

My Unwatched Movie Collection:
Below is the movies I can pick from for this weekend's marathon....

1. 3000 Miles to Graceland    2. Abomination: Evilmaker 2    3. The Accused    4. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls    5. The Adventures of Tartu    6. Aerial Gunner    7. Africa Screams    8. Algiers    9. Alone in the Dark   10. The Amazing Transparent Man   11. American Gangster   12. American Psycho   13. Anchor's Aweigh   14. The Ape Man   15. Apocalypse Rising   16. Arizona Bound   17. The Atomic Brain   18. Attack of the Monsters   19. Audition   20. Audrey Rose   21. Auto Focus   22. The Aviator   23. B.T.K.   24. Bad Girls   25. Bats: Human Harvest   26. Battle of Blood Island   27. Battleship Potemkin   28. Beast from Haunted Cave   29. Betrayal   30. Beware   31. Beyond Tomorrow   32. Big City Blues   33. The Big Lift   34. Billy the Kid Returns   35. The Birds   36. Birth   37. Black Beauty   38. Black Brigade   39. Black Hawk Down   40. Black Ribbon   41. Blackmail   42. Bled   43. Blood Alley   44. Blood and Chocolate   45. Blood Mania   46. Blood of Dracula's Castle   47. Blood on the Sun   48. Blood Stained Bride   49. Blood Tide   50. Blunt: The Fourth Man   51. Boiling Point   52. Boots & Saddles   53. The Borrowers   54. Bowery at Midnight   55. The Brain Machine   56. Brain Twisters   57. Brainiac   58. Branded   59. Breach   60. Bride of the Gorilla   61. A Bridge Too Far   62. Bridget Jones's Diary   63. Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason   64. Bring Me the Vampire   65. Brokeback Mountain   66. Broken Strings   67. The Brothers Grimm   68. Bugsy   69. Bulletproof Monk   70. The Butterfly Effect   71. The Butterfly Effect 2   72. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari   73. Capote   74. Captain Kidd   75. Carnivore   76. Casino Royal   77. Chain Reaction   78. Champagne   79. Changing Lanes   80. Children of the Damned   81. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things   82. A Christmas without Snow   83. Chloe, Love is Calling You   84. Chocolat   85. Chronicals of Riddick   86. Circus   87. Circus of Fear   88. City by the Sea   89. Closer   90. Coach   91. Code Hunter   92. Cold Creek Manor   93. Cold Mountain   94. Collateral   95. Colorado   96. Commandos   97. Con Express   98. Condemned to Live   99. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind  100. Confidence  101. Convoy  102. Cinderella Man  103. Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride  104. Crash  105. Creature Unknown  106. The Creeper  107. Creepers  108. Cricked on Hearth  109. Crimes at the Dark House  110. The Crimes of Stephen Hawke  111. The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course  112. Crossroads  113. Crypt of the Living Dead  114. Curse of Pirate Death  115. Curse of the Komodo  116. Curse of the Headless Horseman  117. The Cutting Edge  118. Cyrano de Bergerac  119. Dark Fury  120. Dark Heritage  121. Dark Light  122. Dark Places  123. Dark Reel  124. The Darkness  125. The Dawn Express  126. The Dawn Riders  127. Dead and Breakfast  128. Deadly Drifter  129. Death Bed  130. Death By Dialogue  131. Death Machine  132. The Deep End  133. Derailed  134. Desert Heat  135. The Desert Trail  136. Destroy All Planets  137. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo  138. The Devil Bat  139. Devil Monster  140. The Devil Wears Prada  141. The Devil's Curse  142. The Devil's Daughter  143. The Devil's Hand  144. Devil's Partner  145. Dinner with Friends  146. Dirty Dancing  147. Dogville  148. Dolores Claibourne  149. Dominique is Dead  150. Don't Open Till Christmas  151. Doom  152. Double Jeopardy  153. Double Team  154. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde  155. Dr. Phibes Rides Again  156. Dr. T & The Women  157. Dracula vs. Frankenstein  158. Drawing Blood  159. Driven  160. Easy Virtue  161. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness  162. Eegah  163. Elizabethtown  164. Embryo  165. Enemy at the Gates  166. Entrapment  167. Eternal  168. Eternal Evil  169. An Everlasting Piece  170. Evil Brain from Outer Space  171. Executive Decision  172. Fahrenheit 9/11  173. Family Man  174. Family Plot  175. Farewell to Arms  176. The Farmer's Wife  177. Father's Little Dividend  178. Fear of the Dark  179. Fearless  180. Feeling Minnesota  181. Femme Fetale  182. Feral  183. The Fighting Seabees  184. Fire Down Below  185. A Fish Called Wanda  186. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death  187. Fist of the Vampire  188. Five Corners  189. Flesh Feast  190. Fluke  191. Flying Blind  192. The Flying Dueces  193. The Flying Leathernecks  194. Foreigner  195. Four in a Jeep  196. Foxes

197. Freedom Writers  198. Freejack  199. Frenzy  200. Frosty the Snowman  201. Frosty Returns  202. Full Frontal  203. Funny Games  204. Galaxis  205. Get Carter  206. The Ghost  207. Ghost Town  208. The Ghost Walks  209. Girl in Room 20  210. Glory  211. Go Fish  212. Good Night, And Good Luck  213. God Told Me To  214. Gosford Park  215. Grand Canyon Trail  216. The Great American Snuff Film  217. The Great Rupert  218. The Green Berets  219. Gremlins 2: The New Batch  220. Grimm Love  221. The Guardian  222. Gulliver's Travels  223. Gung Ho  224. Half Past Dead  225. Hands of Steel  226. Hangmen  227. Hard Cash  228. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire  229. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabar  230. Hart's War  231. The Head  232. Heat  233. Hell's Threshold  234. Hi De Ho  235. A History of Violence  236. Home Made  237. Homesteaders of Paradise Valley  238. Hong Kong 1941  239. Horror of the Zombies  240. The Hotel New Hampshire  241. House by the Cemetery  242. Horrors of Spider Island  243. House of Danger  244. House of Flying Daggers  245. House of Mystery  246. House of Secrets  247. How Aweful About Allen  248. Hunk  249. Hustling  250. I Am Sam  251. I Love You, Man  252. I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer  253. Ichi-1  254. Ichi the Killer  255. Identity Unknown  256. If Tomorrow Comes  257. Immortal  258. In Harms Way  259. In the Bedroom  260. In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye is King  261. Incubus  262. Infinity  263. The Innocent  264. Insaniterium  265. Inside Man  266. Inspector General  267. Into Thy Hands  268. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages  269. The Island Monster  270. The Island of Dr. Moreau  271. Invisible Agent  272. Invisible Man's Revenge  273. It: Terror Beyond Space  274. Jack and the Beanstalk  275. Jack the Ripper  276. The Jacket  277. Jamaica Inn  278. Jarhead  279. Johnny Mnemonic  280. The Jungle Book  281. Juno and the Paycock  282. Just Married  283. Kennel Murder Case  284. Kill Cruise  285. King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition  286. King of Kong Island  287. King of the Corner  288. Kiss of the Dragon  289. Knight Chills  290. A Knight's Tale  291. Knockaround Guys  292. Kong Island  293. Laser Mission  294. Last Best Chance  295. The Last Chance  296. The Last Seduction  297. The Last Unicorn  298. Lawless Range  299. Left Behind 2  300. Legacy of Blood  301. Legend of Big Foot  302. The Legend of Zorro  303. Legends of the Fall  304. The Little Drummer Boy  305. Lights of Old Santa Fe  306. Little Lord Fauntleroy  307. Little Man Tate  308. The Little Princess  309. Little Women: Jo's Story  310. Little Women: Meg's Story  311. The Littlest Angel  312. The Lodger  313. The Long Hair of Death  314. Long John Silver Return to Treasure Island  315. The Love God?  316. Love Story  317. Mad City  318. Made  319. The Madmen of Mandoras  320. The Magic Sword  321. Majestic  322. Mama Dracula  323. A Man Apart  324. The Man Who Fell to Earth  325. The Man Who Knew Too Much  326. The Man with Two Lives  327. Manhunter  328. Maniacts  329. The Manster  330. Manxman  331. The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes  332. Marathon Man  333. Marie Antoinette  334. Marnie  335. Mary Poppins  336. Matrix  337. Matrix Reloaded  338. Matrix Revolutions  339. Matrix Revisited  340. Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring  341. Men of Honor  342. Midnight Phantom  343. Midnight Shadow  344. The Midnight Warning  345. Minesweeper  346. Mission Impossible  347. Mission Impossible 2  348. Mona Lisa Smile  349. The Monster that Challenged the World  350. Monsters Ball  351. Mosquitoman  352. The Mummy  353. The Mummy's Curse  354. The Mummy's Ghost  355. The Mummy's Hand  356. The Mummy's Tomb  357. Murder at 1600  358. Murder in the Red Barn  359. The Murder Mansion  360. The Murder of Crows  361. My Big Fat Greek Wedding  362. My Chauffeur  363. My Tutor  364. Mystery in Swing  365. Nabonga  366. National Treasure  367. The Nativity  368. The Navy Way  369. Never Too Late  370. The New Adventures of Heidi  371. The Night that Evelyn Came Out of the Grave  372. Night Fright  373. Night of the Blood Beast  374. The Night They Took Miss Beautiful  375. Night Tide  376. Nightmare in Wax  377. Nim's Island  378. Notting Hill  379. Number Seventeen  380. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare  381. Ocean's Eleven  382. Ocean's Twelve  383. One Eyed Jack  384. One of Our Aircraft is Missing  385. Open Season  386. Orange County  387. The Order  388. The Over the Hill Gang  389. The Over the Hill Gang Rides Again  390. Pajama Game  391. Paparazzi  392. Paradise Canyon

393. Passenger 57  394. A Passanger to Bali  395. Pathfinder  396. Paul Robeson: Biography  397. The Phandom Menace  398. The Phantom Creeps  399. The Phantom Express  400. The Phantom of Soho  401. The Pilgrimage Play  402. The Pied Piper of Hamelin  403. Pinocchio  404. Pitch Black  405. The Planet  406. The Pledge  407. The Pom Pom Girls  408. Pony Trouble  409. Portrait of a Showgirl  410. Power, Passion and Murder  411. The Pestige  412. Primal Fear  413. Prime Evil  414. Prisoners of the Lost Universe  415. Private Buckaroo  416. Proof of Life  417. Psycho  418. Punch-Drunk Love  419. Puppet Show  420. Radio  421. Rage of the Master  422. Randy Rides Alone  423. Rat Race  424. Rattlers  425. Ravenous  426. Rear Window  427. Reckless + Wild  428. Red Surf  429. The Reluctant Astronaut  430. The Replacement Killers  431. Replicant  432. Red Planet  433. Rest Stop: Dead Ahead  434. Rest Stop: Don't Look Back  435. Return of the Boogeyman  436. Return of the Magnificent Seven  437. Return to Me  438. Rich and Strange  439. Ricochet  440. Riding in Cars with Boys  441. The Ring  442. Rise: Blood Hunter  443. Road to Bali  444. Rocky Mountain Rangers  445. The Rogue Tavern  446. Rollerball  447. Romeo Must Die  448. Romper Stomper  449. Ronin  450. The Rookie  451. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer  452. The Ruins  453. Rumble in Hong Kong  454. Runaway Jury  455. The Rundown  456. Sabbath  457. Sabotage  458. The Sadist  459. Sagebrush Trail  460. Sands of Iwo Jima  461. Santa Claus  462. Santa Claus is Coming to Town  463. Satan's Slave  464. Savage Weekend  465. Saw VI  466. Scarecrow Gone Wild  467. Scourge  468. Screaming Ninja  469. Scrooge  470. The Sea Chase  471. Secret Agent  472. A Sensitive, Passionate Man  473. Shadows  474. Shallow Hal  475. Shark Zone  476. She Gods of Shark Reef  477. The She-Beast  478. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon  479. Shock  480. The Shunned House  481. Sickness House  482. Silent Bloodnight  483. Silver Spurs  484. Sinners  485. Sisters of Death  486. Skin Game  487. Slasher  488. Slaughter  489. Slave of the Cannibal God  490. Sleep Disorder  491. Snake Crane Secret  492. The Snow Creature  493. Snowbeast  494. The Somnambulists  495. Solaris  496. The Son of Monte Cristo  497. Song of Freedom  498. Sound of Horror  499. South Bronx Heroes  500. Spare Parts  501. Spitfire  502. Spy Game  503. The Squid and the Whale  504. Stagecoach to Denver  505. Stargate: Ultimate Edition  506. Stealth  507. A Strange Adventure  508. The Stranger  509. Strangers of the Evening  510. Stanley  511. Star Wars IV: A New Hope  512. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back  513. Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi  514. Sublime  515. Sunday Sinners  516. Super Hell  517. Super Hell 2  518. Syriana  519. Tales of Frankenstein  520. A Tattered Web  521. Teenage Zombies  522. Terrified  523. Terror  524. Terror Creatures from the Grave  525. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2  526. They Are Among Us  527. They Were Expendable  528. The Third Man  529. Thirty-Nine Steps  530. This Darkness  531. Timber Falls  532. To Die, To Sleep  533. The Toll Gate  534. Tomboy  535. Tombstone  536. Topaz  537. Torn Curtain  538. Torture Ship  539. Traffic  540. Training Day  541. The Transporter  542. Trauma  543. Trial and Error  544. Trip with the Teacher  545. Trouble Bound  546. The Trouble with Harry  547. Troy  548. Trust the Man  549. Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters  550. Under the Tuscan Sun  551. The Undertaker and His Pals  552. Unsane  553. V is for Vendetta  554. Vampire's Night Orgy  555. A Vampire's Tale  556. The Van  557. Vanity Fair  558. Vertical Limit  559. Vertigo  560. View from the Top  561. The Virgin of Juarez  562. Voodoo Black Exorcist  563. Vulture's Eye  564. A Walking Nightmare  565. War of the Worlds  566. The Wasp Woman  567. Watchmen  568. Watchmen: Director's Cut  569. Werewolf of Washington  570. Web of the Spider  571. Wedding Crashers  572. Weekend Pass  573. When Harry Met Sally...  574. Whisper  575. White Fang to the Rescue  576. White Noise  577. The White Gorilla  578. White Pongo  579. Who Am I?  580. Who Shot Pat?  581. The Wicker Man  582. Wild Things 2  583. Wings of an Eagle  584. Winner Take All  585. Woodland Haunting 2  586. Zombie Honeymoon

As usual... please feel free to recommend movies for me to watch... whether it is a movie you enjoyed and would like to hear my thoughts on... or  movies you not seen but would like to see reviewed. I won't make a promise... but I will see about getting to them depending on time and mood.

There is some that I am saving for other occasions as well... for example... I would like to save any of the Romantic Comedies for the week of Valentine's Day.

I know today is Thursday... and I normally do my Weekend Marathons on Friday through Sunday... but been in the mood for movies lately... so I MIGHT get an early start and actually watch a movie or two today as well.

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Title: Blood Tide
Year: 1982
Director: Richard Jefferies
Rating: R
Length: 83 Min.
Video: Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
James Earl Jones
Jose Ferrer
Lila Kedrova
Mary Louise Weller
Martin Kove
Lydia Cornell

Plot:
A legendary sea monster is awakened from centuries of sleep on a Greek island by an American archaeologist (James Earl Jones). An island elder (Jose Ferrer) is aware of the legend of the beast, including its appetite for virgin sacrifices.

Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
This is one of the many movies in the Horror Classics: 100 Movie Pack set that I haven't gotten to watch yet. I decided to watch this one today mainly because I noticed that Lydia Cornell is in it. I really enjoyed her as the younger sister on Too Close for Comfort. Unfortunately she has a rather small part in the movie. Also unfortunately I had a hard time getting into this movie. I found it to be rather slow paced... and just didn't keep my interest.

The quality of this one left a bit to be desired as well. Of course that is something I expected coming from one of those cheap Mill Creek Entertainment boxsets like this one.  But it is watchable... basically VHS quality.

Oh well... at least I got the set cheap... plus 99 other movies that I will hopefully like more then this one.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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Cartoon Break

Show: Mighty Mouse
Mighty Mouse is an animated superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox.

Short: Wolf Wolf!
A flock of cute little lambs are playing in a meadow when a gang of shifty wolves decides to grab one for dinner.

My Thoughts:
This is the first time I watched a Mighty Mouse cartoon since I was a kid. Boy things were done much simpler back in those days. It isn't something that I could see making it now a day... but  it was fun for what it is... nostalgia. In this particular cartoon there was no talking in it other then a short narration at the beginning. The only sound there was during the majority of the short was a few sound effects and background music. Nothing more.

[Jimmy]

If you have the time try to watch Auto Focus I'm sure you will like it. The film is about Bob Crane that you probably know because of Hogan's Heroes.

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I actually been meaning to get to that one since I got it... but for some reason it kept being put off.

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Title: Paranormal Entity
Year: 2009
Director: Shane Van Dyke
Rating: NR
Length: 88 Min.
Video: Widescreen :1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles:

Stars:
Erin Marie Hogan
Fia Perera
Shane Van Dyke

Plot:
Twenty-three-year old Thomas Finley was arrested for the murders of his nineteen-year-old sister, Samantha, and fifty-two-year-old Edgar Lauren, professor and paranormal investigator. Police were called to the scene by Thomas Finley himself. He was found with his sister's body cradled in his arms.

Despite evidence against him, Thomas claimed that the victims were attacked by a demonic entity of unknown origin. Days later, he committed suicide.

At the request of those close to the Finley family, this video, found at the scene, is being released to the public for the first time as a testament to what really happened inside the Finley home. Decide the truth for yourself.

Extras:
Scene Access
Digital Copy

My Thoughts:
My brother gave me this DVD a couple weeks back. This is one of those movies that try to make it seem "real" by trying to play it off as real types found from someone's camcorder. Much like Blair Witch Project or St. Francisville Experiment. This one obviously a rip off of Paranormal Activity... so I went into it not expecting a whole lot. I must say though... I really enjoyed this one quite a bit. But I found where many people do not... I like this style of movie. The whole illusion of making you think you are watching some real lost tapes of unexplainable happenings... I just find it fun for some reason. I don't really feel right about comparing this one to Paranormal Activity... only because it has been a while since I watched it so I don't think I could do it fairly. As it has been almost a year since I watched it. But I do like where this one went... the urn of their father's ashes... the sister in the attic... footprints on the ceiling,, they had some decent ideas for the atmosphere of the movie. It is worth checking out if you like this style of movie.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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Cartoon Break

Show: The New Three Stooges
In 1965, veteran movie comics, The Three Stooges starred in their own half hour cartoon series, The New Three Stooges. There were 39 episodes, each containing 4 cartoons with the stooges supplying their own voices. The team also filmed live-action wraparounds to accompany the cartoons. A… More total of 40 were done. The live action sequences allowed fans to see the team perform some of their classic routines in full color.

Short: That Little Old Bomb Maker
This episode centers around The Three Stooges as bumbling soldiers during World War I.

My Thoughts:
Just like all the others in this DVD set... I haven't seen these cartoons since I was a kid. I always liked The Three Stooges... so always thought these toons were fun. Of course they don't hold up to today's standards... but I still enjoyed watching this blast from the past. While I liked what they did in the episode... I seen the ending of it coming a mile away! but... I guess that should be expected as this was geared to kids... many years ago. Even before I was born.

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Title: Auto Focus: Special Edition
Year: 2002
Director: Paul Schrader
Rating: R
Length: 106 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Greg Kinnear
Willem Dafoe
Rita Wilson
Maria Bello
Ron Leibman
Bruce Solomon

Plot:
Academy Award® nominees GREG KINNEAR (As Good As It Gets) and WILLEM DAFOE (Shadow of the Vampire, Spider-Man) star in a provocative drama about the colorful life and mysterious death of legendary television actor Bob Crane.

Bob Crane (Kinnear) became well known as the star of the hit comedy series 'Hogan's Heroes'. With an abundance of fame, wealth andisuccess, Crane dove headfirst into theidarker, destructive side of theicelebrity lifestyle. He eventually teamed up withia video technician (Dafoe) who helped himito systematically document his copious sexploits with beautiful young women. But when the fast living and hard loving got out of control, the end result was a brutal murder that remains one of the most scandalous unsolved mysteries in Hollywood history.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I been wanting to check this movie out since I got it. I was never a huge fan of Hogan's Heroes... but I enjoyed it enough that I would watch it when I found it on TV. So I knew enough about it to know who Bob Crane was. But I didn't know till today about his exploits or the fact that he was murdered. I'm embarrassed to say that even till about half way into the movie I thought John Carpenter was THE John Carpenter (writer/Director of Halloween)... but then it became fairly clear it was not supposed to be him. I found this movie to be very interesting. But the whole time watching it I kept going back and forth on what rating I wanted to give this one... a 3.5 or 4. By the end of the movie it won me over a bit more. Definitely worth checking out if you never seen it. Though when I watch movies such as this one... I can't help but to wonder just how accurate it is to his actual life. But either way... it seems Bob Crane definitely walked on the wild side.

Greg Kinnear is another actor that I never cared much for in his past roles... but I must admit... he did a right good job in this one. And I always liked Willem Dafoe in the movies I seen him in... so he was a plus as Bob Crane's friend (John Carpenter).

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

[Jimmy]

It sure help you didn't know about his life after Hogan's Heroes, since knowing it means we know the end. The story itself is quite reliable contrary to what we watch usually, the script is based largelly on the Robert Graysmith's book who is the definitive one about the events and I think the son of Bob Crane was a consultant also on the film.

You are not the only one who think that the known John Carpenter is the one who killed Bob Crane, he even had to go to court about this against an american newspaper (not a real one, but the kind who made their headlines with bat-monster or Elvis sighting).

I thought of warning you first, but didn't do so to not reveal the story

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That is ok Jimmy... I preferred the way it was handled! 

And it is odd... the longer I sit here and think of what I just watched the more I enjoyed it... so glad I went with the 4 star instead of the 3.5

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Cartoon Break

Show: The New Three Stooges
In 1965, veteran movie comics, The Three Stooges starred in their own half hour cartoon series, The New Three Stooges. There were 39 episodes, each containing 4 cartoons with the stooges supplying their own voices. The team also filmed live-action wraparounds to accompany the cartoons. A… More total of 40 were done. The live action sequences allowed fans to see the team perform some of their classic routines in full color.

Short: To Kill a Clockingbird
The Stooges are clock repairmen attempting to service the town clock tower.

My Thoughts:
After the last one I felt like another of the Three Stooges short cartoons... while it wasn't bad... I liked the first one I watched more. While these are very simplistic... and you pretty much know what to expect going into them... this one really had no laughs in it at all where I did get at least a little chuckle out of the previous one.

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Title: Mission: Impossible
Year: 1996
Director: Brian De Palma
Rating: PG-13
Length: 110 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.35:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Dale Dye
Marcel Iures
Ion Caramitru
Tom Cruise
Jon Voight
Emmanuelle Beart

Plot:
Tom Cruise ignites the screen in this runaway smash hit that "holds you on the edge of your seat before blasting you out of it" (Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times). Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins, breaking into the CIA's most impenetrable vault, clinging to the roof of a speeding bullet train, Hunt races like a burning fuse to stay one step ahead of his pursuers...and draw one step closer to discovering the shocking truth.

Your mission should you decide to accept it: hang on for the "wildest ride of the year!" (Stephen Holden, The New York Times).

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
While I have seen this one before (when it was first released.. on VHS)... it has been so long that I went into this one without remembering anything at all about the story. It has also been many many years since I seen an episode of the TV series... so can't really comment on how well this movie portrayed the series. But taking this movie on it's own footing... it is a pretty cool action flick with some great scenes. It is one I definitely enjoyed.

Tom Cruise has always been hit or miss for me... only like half the stuff I have seen him in. But I liked him in this one. I thought Jon Voight was good in this one as well. Matter of fact... I pretty much enjoyed everyone in it. Though the DVD itself could have been better... the Audio/Video quality was fine on my 24in standard TV... but there wasn't any real extras to speak of... just the theatrical trailer.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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Cartoon Break

Show: The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther is an heroic, moral cartoon cat with pink fur and the manners of an English aristocrat. He only becomes flustered or angry at obtuse or offensive humans who try to disrupt his existence, or at troublesome gadgets, rodents, or insects. In most of his cartoons, he stumbles into a difficult situation and stoically endeavors to make the best of it.

Short: Pink on the Cob
The Pink Panther opens a corn vending stand adjacent to his vast corn field, which is invaded by a tenacious pair of crows who begin devouring the panther's corn.

My Thoughts:
I decided to expand on what I watch... instead of just the DVD set from the opening post... I decided to watch a toon or two from the Pink Panther DVD I recently got as well. I chose this particular short because the back of the DVD has the original air dates for each short... and this one came out just 2 days before I was born. When I saw the date I figured why not?

Once again... this is a toon I haven't seen since I was a kid. And I must admit... it is better then I remembered. I actually got more of a laugh out of this then I had out of all of the previous toons I watched together.

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Title: M:i-2
Year: 2000
Director: John Woo
Rating: PG-13
Length: 123 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Tom Cruise
Dougray Scott
Thandie Newton
Ving Rhames
Richard Roxburgh
John Polson

Plot:
The world's greatest spy returns in the movie event of the year, M:I-2. Top action director John Woo brings his own brand of excitement to the mission that finds Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) partnering up with the beautiful Nyah Hall (Thandie Newton) to stop renegade agent Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) from releasing a new kind of terror on an unsuspecting world. But before the mission is complete, they'll traverse the globe and have to choose between everything they love and everything they believe in.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Featurettes
Production Notes
Music Videos
Interviews
DVD-ROM Content
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
Going into this one I couldn't remember if I seen it before or not. There was enough scenes in it that looked familiar to make me believe I have. Though I am sure it hasn't been since it was originally released. I did enjoy this one... but not as much as I did the first one. I found I just didn't care about the story in this one as much as I did the first.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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Cartoon Break

Show: The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther is an heroic, moral cartoon cat with pink fur and the manners of an English aristocrat. He only becomes flustered or angry at obtuse or offensive humans who try to disrupt his existence, or at troublesome gadgets, rodents, or insects. In most of his cartoons, he stumbles into a difficult situation and stoically endeavors to make the best of it.

Short: Extinct Pink
In a fast moving, keystone cops-like series of events, the Pink Panther, a caveman, a small dinosaur, and a large dinosaur fight over a bone with hilarious results.

My Thoughts:
After that last short... I felt like watching some more Pink Panther. I enjoyed watching this short as well. Though I did like the first one I watch a little more. This one wasn't far behind it though. I may have to keep The Pink Panther in mind... and get me some more shorts on DVD.