AT THE AGE OF SIX, MARTIN BRISTOL IS KIDNAPPED BY GRAHAM SUTTER, AN INSANE MADMAN AND SERIAL KILLER. MARTIN IS FORCED TO WATCH SUTTER AS HE KILLS HIS VICTIMS. FIVE YEARS LATER, ALLISON COMES TO LIVE WITH HER AUNT AND UNCLE, AND ONE DAY WHILE OUT JOGGING SHE SPOTS MARTIN IN THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE WHERE HE LIVES. WHEN ALLISON GOES IN TO TRY AND FIND HIM, SHE GETS CAPTURED BY SUTTER, WHO THEN GOES AFTER HER FAMILY.
THIS MOVIE IS A PREQUEL TO MALEVOLENCE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU HAVE SEEN MALEVOLENCE, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THE CHARACTERS IN THIS MOVIE. HOWEVER, WHILE THIS IS A HORROR AND SLASHER MOVIE, IT RELIES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL TERROR TO PROVIDE THE FEAR. GRANT RICKABY AS SUTTER EMBODIES THE ROLE OF INSANITY WITH A CHILLING CREEPINESS, VIOLENT AND ABUSIVE ONE MOMENT AND THEN CARING THE NEXT. THE REST OF THE CAST IS ALSO VERY GOOD: ALEXANDRA DADDARIO AS ALLISON, MICHAEL BIEHN AS HER UNCLE, NOLAN FUNK AS HER LOVE INTEREST AND SPENCER LIST AS THE ELEVEN YEAR OLD MARTIN DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB, CONVEYING HIS EMOTIONS AND FEELINGS THROUGH HIS ACTIONS SINCE HE DOESN'T SPEAK A WORD.
RATING 3.5 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD HAS A BEHIND THE SCENES, AN ON THE SET, DELETED AND EXTENDED SCENES AND A DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY.
Monday, November 28, 2011
BEHIND THE MASK:THE RISE OF LESLIE VERNON
LESLIE VERNON IS PLANNING ON BECOMING THE NEXT LEGENDARY MASS KILLER AND HE WANTS TO DOCUMENT HIS PATH TO THAT GOAL. SO HE HIRES A GROUP OF GRADUATE STUDENTS TO FILM HIM AS HE GETS READY TO DO THE KILLINGS. ALONG THE WAY, WE GET TO KNOW HIM AND HIS MOTIVATION FOR WANTING TO KILL.
NATHAN BAESAL PLAYS VERNON AND DOES A VERY GOOD JOB. FOR THE FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THE MOVIE HE COMES ACROSS AS INTELLIGENT AND LIKABLE BUT THERE IS AN UNDERLINING OF INSANITY THAT COMES THROUGH. THE LAST THIRD OF THE MOVIE HE BECOMES A MURDERER, FOCUSED ONLY ON THE KILLINGS. IT IS A VERY CHILLING PORTRAYAL. AS FOR THE STYLE OF THE MOVIE, IT BLENDS A DOCUMENTARY LOOK WITH A TRADITIONAL FILM LOOK, WHICH ADDS TO THE REALISM OF THE STORY. HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT AS MUCH AS THIS IS A SERIOUS MOVIE, IT IS ALSO A SATIRE ON THE SLASHER MOVIE GENRE, AND DOES HAVE MOMENTS OF COMEDY. BE SURE TO WATCH THE MORGUE SCENE THAT RUNS DURING THE FINAL CREDITS.
RATING 3.5 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS A MAKING OF FEATURE, EXTENDED AND DELETED SCENES, CASTING FOOTAGE AND A CAST COMMENTARY.
NATHAN BAESAL PLAYS VERNON AND DOES A VERY GOOD JOB. FOR THE FIRST TWO THIRDS OF THE MOVIE HE COMES ACROSS AS INTELLIGENT AND LIKABLE BUT THERE IS AN UNDERLINING OF INSANITY THAT COMES THROUGH. THE LAST THIRD OF THE MOVIE HE BECOMES A MURDERER, FOCUSED ONLY ON THE KILLINGS. IT IS A VERY CHILLING PORTRAYAL. AS FOR THE STYLE OF THE MOVIE, IT BLENDS A DOCUMENTARY LOOK WITH A TRADITIONAL FILM LOOK, WHICH ADDS TO THE REALISM OF THE STORY. HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT AS MUCH AS THIS IS A SERIOUS MOVIE, IT IS ALSO A SATIRE ON THE SLASHER MOVIE GENRE, AND DOES HAVE MOMENTS OF COMEDY. BE SURE TO WATCH THE MORGUE SCENE THAT RUNS DURING THE FINAL CREDITS.
RATING 3.5 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS A MAKING OF FEATURE, EXTENDED AND DELETED SCENES, CASTING FOOTAGE AND A CAST COMMENTARY.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
THE WOMAN
THE CLEEKS APPEAR TO BE YOUR TYPICAL FAMILY: MOM, DAD, TWO DAUGHTERS AND A SON. THEN ONE DAY DAD CAPTURES A FERAL WOMAN WHILE OUT HUNTING, LOCKS HER UP IN A ROOT CELLAR AND ORDERS THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO PARTICIPATE IN "CIVILIZING" THE WOMAN. HOWEVER, THINGS DON'T GO QUITE AS PLANNED, AND WE BEGIN TO LEARN THAT THE CLEEKS HAVE SOME VERY DARK AND DISTURBING PROBLEMS IN THEIR FAMILY.
THIS MOVIE WAS DIRECTED BY LUCKY MCKEE AND WRITTEN BY MCKEE AND JACK KETCHUM, SO YOU KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE SICK, TWISTED AND PERVERTED. IT DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. THERE ARE SCENES WITH THE FAMILY THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, THERE ARE SCENES BETWEEN THE WOMAN AND THE FAMILY THAT WILL MAKE YOU SQUIRM AND QUITE POSSIBLY FEEL DISGUSTED AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER SCENES THAT ARE SWEET AND INNOCENT, IN A FREAKY KIND OF WAY. THE ACTING IS SUPERB, ESPECIALLY POLLYANNA MCINTOSH AS THE WOMAN: HER PORTRAYAL IS TERRIFYING AND HORRIFIC, BUT THEN THERE IS TIMES WHEN YOU WILL FEEL SORRY FOR HER. SEAN BRIDGERS AS THE FATHER IS SOMEWHAT OVER THE TOP, BUT STILL CHILLING; ANGELA BETTIS AS THE MOTHER IS SUBSERVIENT TO HER HUSBAND UNTIL SHE DECIDES TO STAND UP TO HIM, WHICH HAS A TRAGIC RESULT FOR HER AND ALSO SETS OFF AN UNSTOPPABLE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT LEAD TO A VIOLENT AND BLOODY END. THIS IS A HORROR FILM, BUT THE HORROR DOESN'T LIE IN THE IMAGES AS MUCH AS IT DOES IN THE STORY AND THE SITUATIONS THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE WOMAN FIND THEMSELVES IN.
RATING 3.5 OUT OF 5
WATCHED THROUGH http://www.1channel.ch/
THIS MOVIE WAS DIRECTED BY LUCKY MCKEE AND WRITTEN BY MCKEE AND JACK KETCHUM, SO YOU KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE SICK, TWISTED AND PERVERTED. IT DOES NOT DISAPPOINT. THERE ARE SCENES WITH THE FAMILY THAT WILL MAKE YOU FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, THERE ARE SCENES BETWEEN THE WOMAN AND THE FAMILY THAT WILL MAKE YOU SQUIRM AND QUITE POSSIBLY FEEL DISGUSTED AND THEN THERE ARE OTHER SCENES THAT ARE SWEET AND INNOCENT, IN A FREAKY KIND OF WAY. THE ACTING IS SUPERB, ESPECIALLY POLLYANNA MCINTOSH AS THE WOMAN: HER PORTRAYAL IS TERRIFYING AND HORRIFIC, BUT THEN THERE IS TIMES WHEN YOU WILL FEEL SORRY FOR HER. SEAN BRIDGERS AS THE FATHER IS SOMEWHAT OVER THE TOP, BUT STILL CHILLING; ANGELA BETTIS AS THE MOTHER IS SUBSERVIENT TO HER HUSBAND UNTIL SHE DECIDES TO STAND UP TO HIM, WHICH HAS A TRAGIC RESULT FOR HER AND ALSO SETS OFF AN UNSTOPPABLE CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT LEAD TO A VIOLENT AND BLOODY END. THIS IS A HORROR FILM, BUT THE HORROR DOESN'T LIE IN THE IMAGES AS MUCH AS IT DOES IN THE STORY AND THE SITUATIONS THE FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE WOMAN FIND THEMSELVES IN.
RATING 3.5 OUT OF 5
WATCHED THROUGH http://www.1channel.ch/
Sunday, November 20, 2011
BLOOD RANCH
A GROUP OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO BURNING MAN. THEY PICK UP A HITCHHIKER WHO IS AN IRAQI WAR VET AND THEN FIND A TERRIFIED AND BLOODY WOMAN OUT ON THE ROAD ALONE. IN TRYING TO GET HER HELP, THEY END UP AT A PLACE CALLED THE WEB, RUN BY A GUY NAMED SPIDER, WHO HAS COLLECTED A GROUP OF FREAKS AND ALLOWED THEM TO PHYSICALLY AND SEXUALLY TORTURE KIDNAP VICTIMS.
THINK OF CIRCUS FREAKS ON ACID WHO LIKE TO TORTURE PEOPLE AND YOU WILL GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS MOVIE IS. IT IS UNRATED, BUT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF BLOOD OR GORE AND NO NUDITY. HOWEVER, THE ACTIONS OF THE FREAKS ALONG WITH THE LANGUAGE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE GIVEN IT AN UNFAVORABLE RATING. THE STORY IS PRETTY THIN, AND MOST OF THE MOVIE IS JUST ONE FREAK AFTER ANOTHER DOING VERY WEIRD THINGS.
RATING 2 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS NO SPECIAL FEATURES.
THINK OF CIRCUS FREAKS ON ACID WHO LIKE TO TORTURE PEOPLE AND YOU WILL GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS MOVIE IS. IT IS UNRATED, BUT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF BLOOD OR GORE AND NO NUDITY. HOWEVER, THE ACTIONS OF THE FREAKS ALONG WITH THE LANGUAGE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE GIVEN IT AN UNFAVORABLE RATING. THE STORY IS PRETTY THIN, AND MOST OF THE MOVIE IS JUST ONE FREAK AFTER ANOTHER DOING VERY WEIRD THINGS.
RATING 2 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS NO SPECIAL FEATURES.
MALEVOLENCE
AFTER ROBBING A BANK, THE ROBBERS TAKE A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER HOSTAGE AND HOLE UP IN AN ABANDONED HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. WHEN THE DAUGHTER MANAGES TO ESCAPE, SHE RUNS TO THE NEAREST HOUSE WHICH HAPPENS TO BE AN OLD SLAUGHTER HOUSE THAT A DERANGED SERIAL KILLER IS NOW LIVING IN. THE KILLER THEN COMES AFTER THE ROBBERS.
AS SOON AS THIS MOVIE STARTED IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THE DIRECTOR WAS TRYING TO CREATE THE FEEL AND LOOK OF AN 80'S HORROR MOVIE, WHICH HE DOES VERY WELL. HOWEVER, HE BRINGS NOTHING NEW AND AS A RESULT THE MOVIE IS BLAND AND PREDICTABLE. IT WAS FILMED IN AN ACTUAL RUNDOWN OLD SLAUGHTER HOUSE, AND IF IT HAD BEEN USED TO ITS FULLEST, THE MOVIE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE CREEPY AND SUSPENSEFUL. ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE, THE ACTING IS GOOD AND THE CAMERA WORK AND LIGHTING DO ADD TO THE MOVIE, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT ANYTHING MORE THAN A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FEATURE.
RATING 2 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS A MAKING OF SHORT, DELETED SCENES, AN INTERVIEW WITH SAMANTHA DARK (THE MOTHER) AND A COMMENTARY TRACK WITH THE DIRECTOR AND CAST.
AS SOON AS THIS MOVIE STARTED IT WAS VERY OBVIOUS THE DIRECTOR WAS TRYING TO CREATE THE FEEL AND LOOK OF AN 80'S HORROR MOVIE, WHICH HE DOES VERY WELL. HOWEVER, HE BRINGS NOTHING NEW AND AS A RESULT THE MOVIE IS BLAND AND PREDICTABLE. IT WAS FILMED IN AN ACTUAL RUNDOWN OLD SLAUGHTER HOUSE, AND IF IT HAD BEEN USED TO ITS FULLEST, THE MOVIE WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE CREEPY AND SUSPENSEFUL. ON THE TECHNICAL SIDE, THE ACTING IS GOOD AND THE CAMERA WORK AND LIGHTING DO ADD TO THE MOVIE, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MAKE IT ANYTHING MORE THAN A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FEATURE.
RATING 2 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS A MAKING OF SHORT, DELETED SCENES, AN INTERVIEW WITH SAMANTHA DARK (THE MOTHER) AND A COMMENTARY TRACK WITH THE DIRECTOR AND CAST.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
CENTURION
THERE IS A LEGEND ABOUT THE NINTH LEGION OF THE ROMAN ARMY: 3000 STRONG, THEY MARCHED INTO SCOTLAND AND WERE NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN, BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN AMBUSHED BY THE PICTS. THIS MOVIE BEGINS THERE, AND THEN TELLS THE STORY OF THE FEW SURVIVORS WHO TRY TO MAKE IT BACK TO ROMAN LAND.
THE CENTURION IS PLAYED BY MICHAEL FASSBENDER, WHO ENDS UP THE LEADER OF THE SURVIVORS. HE PROMISES THE NINTH LEGION'S GENERAL, PLAYED BY DOMINIC WEST, THAT HE WILL GET THE SOLDIERS BACK HOME SAFELY. FASSBENDER IS EXCELLENT, SHOWING EMOTIONS, BEING VIOLENT AND BEING HUMOROUS WHEN IT IS NEEDED. ALL THE SUPPORTING CAST, AS THE SURVIVORS, ALSO DO VERY WELL IN THEIR ROLES. BUT OLGA KURYLENKO IN THE ROLE AS A PICT TRACKER AND WARRIOR IS OUTSTANDING. THE ROMANS CUT OUT HER TONGUE SO SHE CANNOT SPEAK, SO ALL HER ACTING MUST BE DONE THROUGH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND BODY MOVEMENTS. THERE IS ONE SCENE WHERE SHE IS ABOUT TO FIGHT THE GENERAL AND THE LOOK ON HER FACE IS CHILLING. SHE IS RELENTLESS IN HER PURSUIT OF THE ROMANS, DRIVEN BY HATRED OF WHAT THEY DID TO HER AND HER FAMILY. AS ONE CHARACTER PUT IT "SHE IS AN EMPTY WELL THAT CAN ONLY BE FILLED WITH ROMAN BLOOD."
CENTURION WAS DIRECTED BY NEIL MARSHALL AND HIS MOVIES ALWAYS CONTAIN STRONG CHARACTERS, PLENTY OF VIOLENCE AND GORE AND A GRITTY REALISM. THIS MOVIE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT IN THAT REGARD. THERE ARE PLENTY OF FIGHT SEQUENCES WITH BLOOD SPURTING AND BODY PARTS FLYING. THE ENTIRE MOVIE WAS SHOT ON LOCATION, AND DURING THE SCENES IN THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINS THE TEMPERATURE GOT DOWN TO -18 CELSIUS. A VERY WELL DONE ACTION FILM WITH A GOOD STORY, EXCELLENT EFFECTS AND BELIEVABLE ACTING.
RATING 4.5 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS DELETED SCENES, BLOOPERS, A MAKING OF FEATURE, BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE, CAST AND CREW INTERVIEWS AND AN AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH THE DIRECTOR AND CREW.
THE CENTURION IS PLAYED BY MICHAEL FASSBENDER, WHO ENDS UP THE LEADER OF THE SURVIVORS. HE PROMISES THE NINTH LEGION'S GENERAL, PLAYED BY DOMINIC WEST, THAT HE WILL GET THE SOLDIERS BACK HOME SAFELY. FASSBENDER IS EXCELLENT, SHOWING EMOTIONS, BEING VIOLENT AND BEING HUMOROUS WHEN IT IS NEEDED. ALL THE SUPPORTING CAST, AS THE SURVIVORS, ALSO DO VERY WELL IN THEIR ROLES. BUT OLGA KURYLENKO IN THE ROLE AS A PICT TRACKER AND WARRIOR IS OUTSTANDING. THE ROMANS CUT OUT HER TONGUE SO SHE CANNOT SPEAK, SO ALL HER ACTING MUST BE DONE THROUGH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND BODY MOVEMENTS. THERE IS ONE SCENE WHERE SHE IS ABOUT TO FIGHT THE GENERAL AND THE LOOK ON HER FACE IS CHILLING. SHE IS RELENTLESS IN HER PURSUIT OF THE ROMANS, DRIVEN BY HATRED OF WHAT THEY DID TO HER AND HER FAMILY. AS ONE CHARACTER PUT IT "SHE IS AN EMPTY WELL THAT CAN ONLY BE FILLED WITH ROMAN BLOOD."
CENTURION WAS DIRECTED BY NEIL MARSHALL AND HIS MOVIES ALWAYS CONTAIN STRONG CHARACTERS, PLENTY OF VIOLENCE AND GORE AND A GRITTY REALISM. THIS MOVIE DOES NOT DISAPPOINT IN THAT REGARD. THERE ARE PLENTY OF FIGHT SEQUENCES WITH BLOOD SPURTING AND BODY PARTS FLYING. THE ENTIRE MOVIE WAS SHOT ON LOCATION, AND DURING THE SCENES IN THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINS THE TEMPERATURE GOT DOWN TO -18 CELSIUS. A VERY WELL DONE ACTION FILM WITH A GOOD STORY, EXCELLENT EFFECTS AND BELIEVABLE ACTING.
RATING 4.5 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS DELETED SCENES, BLOOPERS, A MAKING OF FEATURE, BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE, CAST AND CREW INTERVIEWS AND AN AUDIO COMMENTARY WITH THE DIRECTOR AND CREW.
SEASON OF THE WITCH
TWO KNIGHTS, PLAYED BY NICOLAS CAGE AND RON PERLMAN, DEFECT FROM THE CRUSADES. WHEN THEY ARE CAPTURED AND CHARGED AS DESERTERS, THEY ARE GIVEN A WAY OUT BY THE CHURCH: TAKE AN ACCUSED WITCH TO A MONASTERY TO BE JUDGED BY MONKS TO SEE IF SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BLACK PLAGUE THAT HAS RAVAGED THE LAND.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD ACTION MOVIE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF FIGHT SEQUENCES, ALTHOUGH NOT TOO BLOODY SINCE IT IS RATED PG-13. AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE ABBEY, THEY DO RUN INTO A FEW OBSTACLES THAT ALSO CREATE SOME GOOD ACTION SCENES. THE MOVIE STARTS OUT BASED IN HISTORY, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A FEW MISTAKES, AND GRADUALLY MOVES INTO MORE OF A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION STORY. THE CGI EFFECTS ARE DONE WELL, BUT TO ME THEY ALWAYS SEEM A BIT CARTOONISH, BUT THEN THAT IS INEVITABLE WITH CGI. CAGE AND PERLMAN ARE BELIEVABLE AS KNIGHTS, BUT SOME OF THEIR LINES SEEM A LITTLE TO CONTEMPORARY TO BE SAID IN THE 14TH CENTURY. THE SUPPORTING CAST ALSO DOES WELL, ESPECIALLY CLARE FOY WHO PLAYS THE WITCH: 90% OF HER SCREEN TIME IS SPENT CAGED UP IN A WAGON -- THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN EASY. THE ENDING WRAPS UP THE STORY WELL, BUT IT IS A LITTLE "HOLLYWOOD" IN ITS POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
RATING 4 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS ONLY THE MOVIE.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD ACTION MOVIE. THERE ARE PLENTY OF FIGHT SEQUENCES, ALTHOUGH NOT TOO BLOODY SINCE IT IS RATED PG-13. AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE ABBEY, THEY DO RUN INTO A FEW OBSTACLES THAT ALSO CREATE SOME GOOD ACTION SCENES. THE MOVIE STARTS OUT BASED IN HISTORY, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A FEW MISTAKES, AND GRADUALLY MOVES INTO MORE OF A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION STORY. THE CGI EFFECTS ARE DONE WELL, BUT TO ME THEY ALWAYS SEEM A BIT CARTOONISH, BUT THEN THAT IS INEVITABLE WITH CGI. CAGE AND PERLMAN ARE BELIEVABLE AS KNIGHTS, BUT SOME OF THEIR LINES SEEM A LITTLE TO CONTEMPORARY TO BE SAID IN THE 14TH CENTURY. THE SUPPORTING CAST ALSO DOES WELL, ESPECIALLY CLARE FOY WHO PLAYS THE WITCH: 90% OF HER SCREEN TIME IS SPENT CAGED UP IN A WAGON -- THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN EASY. THE ENDING WRAPS UP THE STORY WELL, BUT IT IS A LITTLE "HOLLYWOOD" IN ITS POSITIVE OUTLOOK.
RATING 4 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS ONLY THE MOVIE.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
MAD COWGIRL
THERESE IS A HEALTH INSPECTOR WHO IS DYING FROM SOME TYPE OF BRAIN DISEASE. SHE IS DIVORCED, IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A PRIEST, IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER WOMAN, IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER BROTHER, OBSESSED WITH A KUNG FU TELEVISION SHOW, OBSESSED WITH RELIGION AND MAY HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH MAD COW DISEASE.
THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE STRANGEST MOVIES I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT WAS CHOPPED UP INTO SCENES THAT SOMETIMES CONNECTED BUT USUALLY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER. THERESE DEFINITELY HAS MENTAL PROBLEMS, AND I THINK THE DIRECTOR MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONVEY HER MADNESS BY MAKING THE MOVIE ALMOST SEEM LIKE IT WAS CRAZY. SARAH LASSEZ PLAYS THERESE AND DOES A VERY GOOD JOB. SHE GOES FROM BEING SEXY TO BEING DEPRESSED TO BEING VIOLENT ALL DONE QUITE BELIEVABLY. IF YOU WATCH THIS ALONE, IT WILL MAKE YOU THINK AND IF YOU WATCH IT WITH SOMEONE, YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION AFTER IT IS OVER.
RATING 2.5 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD HAS BIOS OF THE CAST, DELETED SCENES, SOME PRODUCTION AND BLOOPER SCENES AND ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF TRAILERS FOR KUNG FU MOVIES WHICH I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE STRANGEST MOVIES I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT WAS CHOPPED UP INTO SCENES THAT SOMETIMES CONNECTED BUT USUALLY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER. THERESE DEFINITELY HAS MENTAL PROBLEMS, AND I THINK THE DIRECTOR MAY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CONVEY HER MADNESS BY MAKING THE MOVIE ALMOST SEEM LIKE IT WAS CRAZY. SARAH LASSEZ PLAYS THERESE AND DOES A VERY GOOD JOB. SHE GOES FROM BEING SEXY TO BEING DEPRESSED TO BEING VIOLENT ALL DONE QUITE BELIEVABLY. IF YOU WATCH THIS ALONE, IT WILL MAKE YOU THINK AND IF YOU WATCH IT WITH SOMEONE, YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION AFTER IT IS OVER.
RATING 2.5 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD HAS BIOS OF THE CAST, DELETED SCENES, SOME PRODUCTION AND BLOOPER SCENES AND ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF TRAILERS FOR KUNG FU MOVIES WHICH I HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
MY DEAD GIRLFRIEND
STEVE AND AMY ARE IN A RELATIONSHIP. ON THE DAY SHE MOVES IN WITH HIM, HE ACCIDENTALLY BACKS OVER HER WITH HIS CAR AND KILLS HER. DISTRAUGHT, STEVE RECITES A SPELL FROM ONE OF AMY'S WITCH BOOKS AND BRINGS HER BACK TO LIFE, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, WHEN THE DEAD COME BACK TO LIFE THEY COME BACK AS ZOMBIES WHO ARE, AS AMY SAYS, "HUNGRY."
THIS IS A LOW BUDGET INDEPENDENT HORROR FILM, AND IT SHOWS IN THE ACTING AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS. HOWEVER, IT IS ALSO A COMEDY WITH A WELL WRITTEN AND VERY FUNNY SCRIPT. THERE WERE A FEW TIMES WHEN I LAUGHED OUT LOUD AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN MUCH WITH ME. THERE IS GORE, BUT NOT TO A SICKENING DEGREE, NO NUDITY AND THE F WORD IS USED, BUT NOT OVERUSED. WHEN YOU WATCH THIS YOU WILL BE ENTERTAINED, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT FROM A MOVIE.
RATING 3 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS A CAST INTERVIEW, BLOOPERS, DELETED SCENES, A SHORT FILM AND A COMMENTARY TRACK.
THIS IS A LOW BUDGET INDEPENDENT HORROR FILM, AND IT SHOWS IN THE ACTING AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS. HOWEVER, IT IS ALSO A COMEDY WITH A WELL WRITTEN AND VERY FUNNY SCRIPT. THERE WERE A FEW TIMES WHEN I LAUGHED OUT LOUD AND THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN MUCH WITH ME. THERE IS GORE, BUT NOT TO A SICKENING DEGREE, NO NUDITY AND THE F WORD IS USED, BUT NOT OVERUSED. WHEN YOU WATCH THIS YOU WILL BE ENTERTAINED, WHICH IS WHAT YOU WANT FROM A MOVIE.
RATING 3 OUT OF 5
THE RENTAL DVD CONTAINS A CAST INTERVIEW, BLOOPERS, DELETED SCENES, A SHORT FILM AND A COMMENTARY TRACK.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
SYMPATHY
TRIP (STEVEN PRITCHARD) HAS JUST ROBBED A BANK AND TAKEN AS A HOSTAGE SARA (MARINA SHTELEN) A REBELLIOUS TEENAGER WHO TRIES TO THWART TRIP ANY WAY SHE CAN. THEY HOLE UP IN A MOTEL FOR THE NIGHT WHERE ESCAPED CONVICT DENNIS (AARON BOUCHER) BARGES INTO THEIR ROOM AND TAKES BOTH TRIP AND SARA HOSTAGE. THEN THROUGH THEIR ARGUING, FIGHTING AND LYING TO EACH OTHER THE TRUTH ABOUT EACH OF THEM IS REVEALED.
THIS IS A CHARACTER STUDY SET IN A MOTEL ROOM WITH ONLY THREE PEOPLE. ALL THREE ACTORS DO A GOOD JOB, ESPECIALLY SHTELEN AND BOUCHER. SHTELEN GOES FROM BEING A SCARED LITTLE GIRL TO A WOMAN USING SEX AS A WEAPON TO A CRAZED VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE PERSON. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS SHE WILL DO ANYTHING TO SURVIVE. BOUCHER IS THE HEAVY, AND HE DOES A VERY GOOD JOB. MANY TIMES HE APPEARS TO BE ON THE EDGE OF GOING BERSERK, USUALLY FUELED BY ANGER. THE LAST 30 TO 40 MINUTES ARE VERY INTENSE, BRUTALLY VIOLENT AND UNABASHEDLY BLOODY.
RATING 4 OUT OF 5
WATCHED THROUGH http://www.1channel.ch/ BUT IS AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX.
THIS IS A CHARACTER STUDY SET IN A MOTEL ROOM WITH ONLY THREE PEOPLE. ALL THREE ACTORS DO A GOOD JOB, ESPECIALLY SHTELEN AND BOUCHER. SHTELEN GOES FROM BEING A SCARED LITTLE GIRL TO A WOMAN USING SEX AS A WEAPON TO A CRAZED VIOLENT UNCONTROLLABLE PERSON. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS SHE WILL DO ANYTHING TO SURVIVE. BOUCHER IS THE HEAVY, AND HE DOES A VERY GOOD JOB. MANY TIMES HE APPEARS TO BE ON THE EDGE OF GOING BERSERK, USUALLY FUELED BY ANGER. THE LAST 30 TO 40 MINUTES ARE VERY INTENSE, BRUTALLY VIOLENT AND UNABASHEDLY BLOODY.
RATING 4 OUT OF 5
WATCHED THROUGH http://www.1channel.ch/ BUT IS AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
PERVERT
JAMES COMES HOME FROM COLLEGE TO SPEND THE SUMMER WITH HIS FATHER, WHO IS BORDERLINE CRAZY AND PAYS HOOKERS TO LIVE WITH HIM. AFTER A FEW DAYS, THE HOOKERS START SHOWING UP DEAD, KILLED BY SOME STRANGE CREATURE RUNNING AROUND THE HOUSE. WHEN THE CREATURE IS DISCOVERED, JAMES AND PATTY, HIS DAD'S NURSE, TRY TO STOP IT.
THE STAR OF THIS MOVIE IS ADULT FILM ACTRESS MARY CAREY. A MAJORITY OF HER SCENES ARE TOPLESS, AND SHE IS COMPLETELY NUDE A COUPLE OF TIMES. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE JUST ON HER ALONE, BUT THEN IT IS A HOMAGE TO RUSS MEYER, SO THERE IS A QUIRKY SENSE OF HUMOR, A SICK PERVERNESS THROUGHOUT AND THE CAMERA WORSHIPS BOTH MARY'S FABULOUS CHEST AND THAT OF JULIETTE CLARKE, WHO PLAYS THE NURSE. YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED WHEN THE CREATURE IS REVEALED. ALL IN ALL A VERY GOOD SEXUAL HORROR COMEDY FILM.
RATING 3 OUT OF 5
THE DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE A MAKING OF FEATURE, DELETED AND EXTENDED SCENES, BLOOPERS AND TWO AUDIO COMMENTARY TRACKS.
THE STAR OF THIS MOVIE IS ADULT FILM ACTRESS MARY CAREY. A MAJORITY OF HER SCENES ARE TOPLESS, AND SHE IS COMPLETELY NUDE A COUPLE OF TIMES. I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE JUST ON HER ALONE, BUT THEN IT IS A HOMAGE TO RUSS MEYER, SO THERE IS A QUIRKY SENSE OF HUMOR, A SICK PERVERNESS THROUGHOUT AND THE CAMERA WORSHIPS BOTH MARY'S FABULOUS CHEST AND THAT OF JULIETTE CLARKE, WHO PLAYS THE NURSE. YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED WHEN THE CREATURE IS REVEALED. ALL IN ALL A VERY GOOD SEXUAL HORROR COMEDY FILM.
RATING 3 OUT OF 5
THE DVD EXTRAS INCLUDE A MAKING OF FEATURE, DELETED AND EXTENDED SCENES, BLOOPERS AND TWO AUDIO COMMENTARY TRACKS.
ICE SCREAM THE REMIX
RICKY OWNS AN ICE CREAM SHOP THAT IS FAILING, SO TO INCREASE BUSINESS HE CHANGES IT INTO AN ADULT ICE CREAM SHOP, HIRES SOME SEXY WOMEN AND CHANGES THE FLAVORS TO VIRGIN VANILLA, BUSTY BUTTERCRUNCH ETC. BUT, THEN SOMEONE STARTS KILLING OFF HIS EMPLOYEES.
PROBABLY THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THIS MOVIE ARE THE WOMEN, ALL ARE HOT AND HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING TOPLESS. ALSO, THE SOUNDTRACK HAS SOME GOOD SONGS ON IT. THE STORY IS WEAK, THE ACTING IS BAD AND THE EFFECTS ARE ON THE BORDERLINE. ONLY WATCH THIS IF YOU LIKE SEEING TOPLESS WOMEN SERVING ICE CREAM.
RATING 2 OUT OF 5
THE DVD HAS A BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURE.
PROBABLY THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THIS MOVIE ARE THE WOMEN, ALL ARE HOT AND HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING TOPLESS. ALSO, THE SOUNDTRACK HAS SOME GOOD SONGS ON IT. THE STORY IS WEAK, THE ACTING IS BAD AND THE EFFECTS ARE ON THE BORDERLINE. ONLY WATCH THIS IF YOU LIKE SEEING TOPLESS WOMEN SERVING ICE CREAM.
RATING 2 OUT OF 5
THE DVD HAS A BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURE.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE 2 FINAL SEQUENCE
MARTIN IS A SHORT FAT MENTALLY CHALLENGED SEXUALLY ABUSED LONER WITH ASTHMA WHO IS OBSESSED WITH THE MOVIE "THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE FIRST SEQUENCE" AND DECIDES TO EMULATE THE EXPERIMENT FROM THAT FILM BY LINKING TOGETHER 12 HUMANS.
SICK, DISGUSTING AND PERVERTED ARE HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE THIS MOVIE. THE DIRECTOR DEFINITLY PUSHED THE LIMITS OF DECENCY, AND A COUPLE OF TIMES CROSSED THEM COMPLETELY. THAT BEING SAID, YOU GO INTO THIS MOVIE KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT AND IT MORE THAN DELIVERS ON THAT. YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF ITCHING TO SEE THE NEXT SCENE, NOT BECAUSE THE ACTING IS GREAT OR THE STORY COMPELLING, BUT BECAUSE YOU WILL WONDER WHAT SORT OF DEPRAVED LUNACY IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.
RATING 2.5 OUT OF 5
WATCHED THROUGH THE WEBSITE http://www.1channel.ch/
SICK, DISGUSTING AND PERVERTED ARE HOW I WOULD DESCRIBE THIS MOVIE. THE DIRECTOR DEFINITLY PUSHED THE LIMITS OF DECENCY, AND A COUPLE OF TIMES CROSSED THEM COMPLETELY. THAT BEING SAID, YOU GO INTO THIS MOVIE KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT AND IT MORE THAN DELIVERS ON THAT. YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF ITCHING TO SEE THE NEXT SCENE, NOT BECAUSE THE ACTING IS GREAT OR THE STORY COMPELLING, BUT BECAUSE YOU WILL WONDER WHAT SORT OF DEPRAVED LUNACY IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.
RATING 2.5 OUT OF 5
WATCHED THROUGH THE WEBSITE http://www.1channel.ch/
THE SEDUCTION OF MISTY MUNDAE
MISTY (MISTY MUNDAE) SPENDS A WEEK WITH HER AUNT INGA (JULIAN WELLS) AND DURING THAT TIME HAS HER CURIOSITY AWAKENED FOR SEX WITH BOYS AND ESPECIALLY SEX WITH WOMEN.
THIS MOVIE IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT: A THIN STORY ONLY THERE TO TIE TOGETHER THE SEX SCENES, MOST OF WHICH INVOLVE WOMEN. IF YOU ARE INTO SOFT CORE LESBIAN SEX WITH SEMI-HOT WOMEN THEN THIS IS THE MOVIE FOR YOU.
RATINGS MOVIE: 2 OUT OF 5 SEX: 4 OUT OF 5
WATCHED THROUGH THE WEBSITE http://www.1channel.ch/
THIS MOVIE IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT: A THIN STORY ONLY THERE TO TIE TOGETHER THE SEX SCENES, MOST OF WHICH INVOLVE WOMEN. IF YOU ARE INTO SOFT CORE LESBIAN SEX WITH SEMI-HOT WOMEN THEN THIS IS THE MOVIE FOR YOU.
RATINGS MOVIE: 2 OUT OF 5 SEX: 4 OUT OF 5
WATCHED THROUGH THE WEBSITE http://www.1channel.ch/
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
HESHER
HESHER IS LOW LIFE CRIMINAL WHO MOVES IN WITH TJ, HIS DAD AND TJ'S GRANDMA, A FAMILY TRYING TO COPE WITH A TRAGEDY AND NOT DOING A GOOD JOB. ALONG THE WAY, TJ IS BEFRIENDED BY NICOLE AND SEES HER AS A FRIEND, BUT ALSO HAS A CRUSH ON HER.
THIS MOVIE IS VERY EMOTIONAL BUT ALSO HAS SOME EXTREMELY FUNNY MOMENTS. HESHER IS PLAYED BY JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT AS A MENACING VIOLENT THUG. HE IS VERY CONVINCING JUST THROUGH SOME OF THE TERRIFYING LOOKS HE GETS ON HIS FACE, ALONG WITH HIS ERRATIC DEVIL-MAY-CARE ACTIONS. TJ IS A 13 YEAR OLD TRYING TO COPE WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS GOING ON IN HIS LIFE WITH NOT VERY GOOD RESULTS. HE IS PLAYED BY DEVIN BROCHU, A VERY TALENTED YOUNG ACTOR. MANY TIMES TJ LASHES OUT IN ANGER AND BROCHU PULLS OFF THE EMOTIONS WELL. RAINN WILSON PLAYS THE DAD. HIS WAY OF DEALING WITH EVERYTHING IS MEDICATION AND SLEEP. NICOLE IS PLAYED BY NATALIE PORTMAN WHO, BY ACCIDENT, GETS PULLED INTO THIS FAMILY AND JUST SORT OF RIDES ALONG WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING. THROUGH UNCONVENTIONAL ACTIONS, HESHER GETS THROUGH TO TJ AND HIS DAD AND HELPS THEM GET ON THE ROAD TO NORMALCY.
RATING 3.5 OUT OF 5
THIS RENTAL DVD HAS DELETED SCENES, OUTTAKES, A BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURE AND OTHER EXTRAS.
THIS MOVIE IS VERY EMOTIONAL BUT ALSO HAS SOME EXTREMELY FUNNY MOMENTS. HESHER IS PLAYED BY JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT AS A MENACING VIOLENT THUG. HE IS VERY CONVINCING JUST THROUGH SOME OF THE TERRIFYING LOOKS HE GETS ON HIS FACE, ALONG WITH HIS ERRATIC DEVIL-MAY-CARE ACTIONS. TJ IS A 13 YEAR OLD TRYING TO COPE WITH ALL THE PROBLEMS GOING ON IN HIS LIFE WITH NOT VERY GOOD RESULTS. HE IS PLAYED BY DEVIN BROCHU, A VERY TALENTED YOUNG ACTOR. MANY TIMES TJ LASHES OUT IN ANGER AND BROCHU PULLS OFF THE EMOTIONS WELL. RAINN WILSON PLAYS THE DAD. HIS WAY OF DEALING WITH EVERYTHING IS MEDICATION AND SLEEP. NICOLE IS PLAYED BY NATALIE PORTMAN WHO, BY ACCIDENT, GETS PULLED INTO THIS FAMILY AND JUST SORT OF RIDES ALONG WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING. THROUGH UNCONVENTIONAL ACTIONS, HESHER GETS THROUGH TO TJ AND HIS DAD AND HELPS THEM GET ON THE ROAD TO NORMALCY.
RATING 3.5 OUT OF 5
THIS RENTAL DVD HAS DELETED SCENES, OUTTAKES, A BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURE AND OTHER EXTRAS.
THOR
THOR TELLS THE STORY OF THE GOD OF THUNDER FROM A LITTLE BOY UP THROUGH HIS BANISHMENT FROM ASGARD TO LIFE ON EARTH AND HIS EVENTUAL RETURN TO ASGARD.
I'M NOT A BIG COMIC BOOK FAN, SO I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT OF THE HISTORY ABOUT THOR, BUT THE MOVIE COVERS THE MYTH WELL ENOUGH SO THAT I DIDN'T FEEL LOST IN WHAT WAS GOING ON. THOR STARTS OUT ARROGANT AND RECKLESS AND BY THE END OF THE MOVIE HAS GROWN INTO A CARING AND RESPECTFUL GOD. THE ACTION SEQUENCES WERE WELL DONE, EVEN THROWING IN A LITTLE HUMOR WHILE THOR WAS ON EARTH. THE CGI EFFECTS FOR THE MOST PART WERE WELL DONE, ALTHOUGH AS WITH ANY CGI THERE IS ALWAYS A CARTOONISH LOOK TO IT. THE PRINCIPLE ACTORS ARE CHRIS HEMSWORTH AS THOR, ANTHONY HOPKINS AS ODIN AND NATALIE PORTMAN AS JANE FOSTER. THEY ALL DO A GOOD JOB, AND YOU WILL RECOGNIZE MANY OF THE SUPPORTING ACTORS.
RATING 4 OUT OF 5
THIS DVD RENTAL HAS NO SPECIAL FEATURES.
I'M NOT A BIG COMIC BOOK FAN, SO I DIDN'T KNOW A LOT OF THE HISTORY ABOUT THOR, BUT THE MOVIE COVERS THE MYTH WELL ENOUGH SO THAT I DIDN'T FEEL LOST IN WHAT WAS GOING ON. THOR STARTS OUT ARROGANT AND RECKLESS AND BY THE END OF THE MOVIE HAS GROWN INTO A CARING AND RESPECTFUL GOD. THE ACTION SEQUENCES WERE WELL DONE, EVEN THROWING IN A LITTLE HUMOR WHILE THOR WAS ON EARTH. THE CGI EFFECTS FOR THE MOST PART WERE WELL DONE, ALTHOUGH AS WITH ANY CGI THERE IS ALWAYS A CARTOONISH LOOK TO IT. THE PRINCIPLE ACTORS ARE CHRIS HEMSWORTH AS THOR, ANTHONY HOPKINS AS ODIN AND NATALIE PORTMAN AS JANE FOSTER. THEY ALL DO A GOOD JOB, AND YOU WILL RECOGNIZE MANY OF THE SUPPORTING ACTORS.
RATING 4 OUT OF 5
THIS DVD RENTAL HAS NO SPECIAL FEATURES.
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