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'1941' movie review

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(C) 1979 Universal Pictures 1941 (1979) Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, based on a story by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, and John Milius Starring: Dan Ackroyd, John Belushi, Ned Beatty, Nancy Allen, Lorraine Gary, Wendie Jo Sperber, Dianne Kay, Murray Hamilton, Toshiro Mifune, Christopher Lee, Slim Pickens [ reporting over the radio on a riot at the USO ] Raoul Lipschitz : Ladies and gentlemen, every where I look... soldiers are fighting sailors, sailors are fighting Marines! Directly in front of me, I see a flying blond floozy! Everywhere I look... everywhere, pure pandemonium... pandemonium! Steven Spielberg is doubtlessly  one of the most popular and influential filmmakers in the history of the movie industry. As a member of the New Hollywood group of directors and producers that emerged in the 1970s, Spielberg has helmed such successful films as Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), E.T.  the Extra-Terrestr

'Star Trek: The Compendium' Blu-ray box set review*

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(C) Paramount Home Entertainment “Star Trek: The Compendium” Blu-ray Set (2014) Contains: “Star Trek” (2009), “Star Trek Into Darkness - IMAX Edition” (2013) The bureaucratic mentality is the only constant in the Universe - Dr. Leonard McCoy, “Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home” The Enterprise Runs Aground When Paramount Pictures’ Home Media Distribution division released the Blu-ray edition of J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” back in October of 2009, it created several editions which varied in price. Some, like the 1-disc edition, were inexpensive but still offered a standard set of extra features like an audio commentary track and a couple of making-of featurettes. Others were multi-disc sets with an additional extra features disc and a third disc with the digital copy and a “Star Trek D-A-C” game trial. Paramount also created  more expensive versions as exclusive offers for Target and other retailers, but in all of them the extras on the feature film disc, including the comme