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BOO! It's The Take's Halloween special!! Gather around the warm glow of your computer screen or TV and be regaled by haunting Tales From the Take! A review of the 2017 horror, thriller film "IT". Clips used under fair use. Starring: Jaeden Lieberher, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer, Wyatt Oleff and Bill Skarsgard. Directed by Andy Muschietti. Plot synopsis from IMDB: A group of bullied kids band together when a shapeshifting demon, taking the appearance of a clown, begins hunting children. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S02E10 of The Take. A review of the 2015 American science fiction adventure film. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Irrfan Khan, & Vincent D'Onofrio. Directed by Colin Trevorrow. Plot Synopsis from IMDB: A new theme park, built on the original site of Jurassic Park, creates a genetically modified hybrid dinosaur, which escapes containment and goes on a killing spree. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S02E09 of The Take. A review of the 1986 American science fiction action film. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, and Bill Paxton. Directed by James Cameron. Plot Synopsis from IMDB: Ellen Ripley is rescued by a deep salvage team after being hypersleep for 57 years. The moon that the Nostromo visited has been colonized, but contact is lost. This time, colonial marines have impressive firepower, but will that be enough? Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S02E07 of The Take. A review of the 1990 American superhero action comedy film. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Kevin Clash, and Corey Feldman. Directed by Steve Barron. Plot synopsis from IMDB: Four teenage mutant ninja turtles emerge from the shadows to protect New York City from a gang of criminal ninjas. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S02E06 of The Take. A review of the 2016 American science fiction film. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, and Jaeden Lieberher. Directed by Jeff Nichols. Plot synopsis from IMDB: A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S02E05 of The Take. A review of the 2001 American adventure comdey film. Clips used under Fair Use (US Code Title 17, Section 107). Starring: David Spade, Brittany Daniel, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, and Erik Per Sullivan. Directed by Dennie Gordon. Originally aired on YouTube and OUTV November 1st, 2017. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S02E03 of The Take. A review of the 2016 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Captain America. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, and Chadwick Boseman. Directed by Anthony & Joe Russo. Originally aired on YouTube and OUTV May 15th, 2017. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S02E02 of The Take. A review of the 1975 summer blockbuster. Clips used under Fair Use (US Code Title 17, Section 107). Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Originally aired on YouTube and OUTV April 17th, 2017 Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S02E01 of The Take. A review of the 2014 Australian-Canadian psychological horror film. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, & Tim Purcell. Directed by Jennifer Kent. Originally aired on YouTube and OUTV March 10th, 2017 Plot synopsis from IMDB: A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S02E08 of The Take. A review of the 1982 American action film. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, and Bill McKinney. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Plot Synopsis from IMDB: Former Green Beret John Rambo is pursued into the mountains surrounding a small town by a tyrannical sheriff and his deputies, forcing him to survive using his combat skills. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com

It's the Christmas special! In this super-sized episode we bring you not one but TWO reviews!!!! A review of the 1988 action thriller Die Hard. Clips used under fair use. Starring Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia and Reginald VelJohnson. Directed by John McTiernan. Plot synopsis from IMDB: John McClane, officer of the NYPD, tries to save his wife Holly Gennaro and several others that were taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles. A review of the 2015 horror comedy film Krampus. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Adam Scott, Toni Collete, Krista Stadler, Allison Tolman and David Koechner. Directed by Michael Dougherty. Plot synopsis from IMDB: A boy who has a bad Christmas ends up accidentally summoning a festive demon to his family home. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

NOTE: I no longer have faith in Disney "Star Wars", the rose colored glasses were real with this one. - Matt S01E09 of The Take. A review of the 2015 sci-fi adventure film Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fischer, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Lupita Nyong’o. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Originally aired on OUTV and YouTube November 29th, 2016 Plot synopsis from IMDB: Three decades after the defeat of the Galactic Empire, a new threat arises. The First Order attempts to rule the galaxy and only a ragtag group of heroes can stop them, along with the help of the Resistance. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com

S01E08 of The Take. A review of the 1991 drama film JFK. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, and Tommy Lee Jones. Directed by Oliver Stone. Originally aired October 14th, 2016 Plot synopsis from IMDB: A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S01E06 of The Take. A review of the 2014 Crime Thriller Nightcrawler. Clips used under fair use. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Rick Garcia, Bill Paxton, and Kevin Rahm. Directed by Dan Gilroy. Plot synopsis from IMDB: When Louis Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran. Originally aired on OUTV and YouTube June 16,2016. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S01E05 of The Take. A review of Weird Al Yankovic's 1989 cult classic comedy UHF. Clips used under fair use. Starring Weird Al Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards and David Bowe. Directed by Jay Levey. Plot synopsis from IMDB: A local public station gets a new owner. The station becomes a hit, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S01E10 of The Take. A review of the 1979 war drama Apocalypse Now. Clips used under fair use. Starring: Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Harrison Ford and Dennis Hopper. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Originally aired on OUTV and YouTube February 3rd, 2017. Plot synopsis from IMDB: During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S01E07 of The Take. A review of the 2002 horror film Dog Soldiers. Clips used under fair use. Starring Shawn Pertwee, Kevin McKidd, Emma Cleasby and Liam Cunningham. Directed by Neil Marshall. Originally aired on OUTV and YouTube August 18th, 2016. Plot synopsis from IMDB: A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S01E04 of The Take. A review of the 2006 Fantasy/War Drama Pan's Labyrinth. Clips used under fair use. Starring Ivana Baquero, Sergei López, Maribel Verdú, Doug Jones and Ariadna Gil. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. Originally aired on OUTV and YouTube April 14th, 2016. Plot synopsis from IMDB: In the falangist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S01E03 of The Take. A review of the 1978 horror/sci-fi film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Clips used under fair use. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright and Leonard Nimoy. Directed by Philip Kaufman. Originally aired on OUTV and YouTube March 30th, 2016 Plot synopsis: In San Francisco, a group of people discover the human race is being replaced one by one, with clones devoid of emotion. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern mailfern.net

S01E02 of The Take. A review of the 1994 dramedy Forrest Gump. Clips used under fair use. Starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise and Sally Field. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Originally aired on OUTV and YouTube March 23rd, 2016 Plot synopsis: Forrest Gump, an unintelligent but kind man, has been present at many historic moments. However, the love of his life, Jenny Curran, continues to elude him. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com youtube.com/mailfern

S01E01 of The Take. A review of the 1968 Zombie film, Night of the Living Dead. Clips used under fair use. Directed by George A. Romero. Originally aired on OUTV and YouTube March 23rd, 2016. Plot synopsis: In what has come to be regarded as one of the first true zombie films that set the gold standard for those to come, a small group of survivors barricade themselves in a farmhouse to hide from zombies. Links: https://www.facebook.com/mailfern www.youtube.com/mailfern https://twitter.com/themailfern themailfern@gmail.com