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Stuart Atkinson

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19 Years on Show
1,509 Movie Reviews
16 Book Reviews
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Captain America (1990)

Captain in the Rye

Reviewed Jan 31, 2012
During World War II, a brave, patriotic American Soldier undergoes experiments to become a new supersoldier, "Captain America". Racing to Germany to sabotage the rockets of Nazi baddie "Red Skull", Captain America winds up frozen until the 1990s. He reawakens to find that the Red Skull has changed identities and is now planning to kidnap the President of the United States. Genres: Action, Adventure, Direct to Video/Streaming, Science Fiction, Superhero, War

Captain America (1979)

The only thing this has in common with the comic characte...

Reviewed Jan 17, 2012
Artist Steve Rogers is nearly murdered by spies, seeking his late father's national secrets. He is saved during surgery via a secret formula; this serum not only heals him but also gives him fantastic strength and lightning reflexes. To help solve the mystery behind his father’s murder and bring those guilty to justice, a government agency equips him with a special motorcycle loaded with gadgets and an indestructible shield. Now armed, he battles against the nation's enemies as the Sentinel of Liberty, Captain America. Genres: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Superhero, TV Movie

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Hell hath no Fury like David Hasselhoff!

Reviewed Jan 10, 2012
Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. The children of the former Hydra head, Baron Von Stucker, have taken charge of the terrorist organization. Under the lead of his vicious daughter, Viper, Hydra has seized a deadly virus and threatens the destruction of America. Genres: Action, Science Fiction, Superhero, TV Movie

The Punisher (1989)

What are you going to do with this podcast, play Ms. Pac-...

Reviewed Nov 8, 2011
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. His ex-partner believes Castle survived the blast and became the Punisher, living in the sewers and exacting vigilante violence against mob bosses throughout the city. When the populace is caught in the midst of a gang war that he caused, Castle must again emerge from the shadows and save the innocent. Genres: Action, Crime, Direct to Video/Streaming, Drama, Superhero, Thriller

The Thing (2011)

Live Free or Die Cold

Reviewed Oct 28, 2011
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller. Genres: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Theatrical Release

Hannibal

Foster wouldn't return. Demme wouldn't return. But Arnie,...

Reviewed Oct 18, 2011
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media. Genres: Crime, Drama, Theatrical Release, Thriller
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The Silence of the Lambs

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Reviewed Oct 11, 2011
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out. Genres: Crime, Drama, Theatrical Release, Thriller

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Time for the main course of the Lecter books!

Reviewed Oct 10, 2011
The Silence of the Lambs is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling. The novel won the 1988 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. The novel also won the 1989 Anthony Award for Best Novel. It was nominated for the 1989 World Fantasy Award. ---------- Also contained in: - ( Genres: autopsy, black witch moth, lambs, offender profiling, pupa

Red Dragon by Thomas Harris

Love at first bite

Reviewed Oct 4, 2011
Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows former FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to find and apprehend an enigmatic serial-killer nicknamed "The Tooth Fairy". The novel introduced the character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial-killer, whom Graham reluctantly turns to for advice and with whom he has a dark past. The title refers to the figure from William Blake's painting The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun. Genres: cannibalism, Novel, offender profiling, psychiatrists, serial killers