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The Human Contract, a review by KinkyCyborg

The Human Contract



Title:The Human Contract
Year: 2008
Director: Jada Pinkett Smith
Rating: R
Length: 107 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Jada Pinkett Smith
Jason Clarke
Paz Vega
Idris Elba
Steven Brand

Plot:
Corporate player Julian Wright (Jason Clarke) stands on the verge of the deal of his career. But his life just crossed paths with a woman (Paz Vega) who will turn his world upside down, triggering emotions Julian never knew he had. As he pursues her in a dangerous game of seduction, he is forced to confront his past. Ultimately, Julian must face the dark family secrets that continue to haunt him and his troubled sister (Jada Pinkett Smith). Jada Pinkett Smith makes her directorial debut with this sophisticated, stylish and suspenseful film.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes


Directorial debut of Jada Pinkett Smith which was much better than I was expecting. The ending left a boatload of unanswered questions but it was compelling to watch throughout.  

An arrogant, hotshot corporate prick named Julian, played by an ugly Jason Clarke (he's the spitting image of Quentin Tarantino) after meeting up with a beautiful free spirit named Michael, played by Paz Vega, has his wall of defenses, born of a troubled childhood, slowly begin to disintegrate.

Very slow pace to this film but not in a bad way as the time is used to deftly develop the interesting characters. Some intensely erotic scenes make things interesting as well.

Jason Clarke, despite a face that only a mother could love, is a very intense, good young actor whom I'd like to see more from. Paz Vega is a gorgeous woman but it's unfortunate she has to speak. I've always found her rapid, clipped dialogue rather exasperating and difficult to understand at times although here she does manage to convey a lot of emotion.

Good supporting roles from Idris Elba, Jada Pinkett Smith and Ted Danson along with an excellent musical score make this a surprising good pick up of a movie that I knew little to nothing about. I'd recommend this for a watch.

KC



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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2011 on June 10th, 2011)

Mondo Topless, a review by Jimmy

Title: Mondo Topless (1966)

Genre: Documentary
Director: Russ Meyer
Rating: 18 (British dvd)
Length: 1h00
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None

Stars:
Babette Bardot
Darlene Grey
Pat Barrington
Diane Young
Sin Lenee

Plot:For those who think that I don't review serious films let me prove you are wrong with a very profound documentary... OK not really, seriousness isn't my cup of tea

The documentary isn't really complicated since it's a bunch of well endowed women dancing while they talk about their vision of life (surprisingly their comments are interesting and not always stupid). All of this accompany by a great musical score, so Pete this film isn't for you . As a bonus some footage from Europe in the Raw is included in this film (for those who don't know it's a film that Meyer had made in Europe shooting at French and German club). But the most important, at least for me, is the fact that this documentary had the only color footage of Lorna Maitland, she had only appeared in four black and white movies (Lorna, Mudhoney, Hot Thrills and Warm Chills & Hip Hot and 21) during her career.

Not the deepest documentary ever made, but watching those natural girls dancing topless over and over is quite hypnotic... What can I say? I'm a guy    
 
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(From The little known movie review depot on January 6th, 2010)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

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Chuck: Season Five (2011/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Bros. Home Video (United Kingdom) Length: 540 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish

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Plot:
Chuck is back with new missions, a new business - and no intersect. the stakes are high as Chuck sets out to become a full-fledged spy. But without the CIA backup, Chuck will have to rely now more than ever on John Casey, Sarah Walker and a new intersect - Morgan Guillermo Grimes.
Across all 13 episodes of this thrilling final season, Chuck will find that his wits, his friends and his family are the only backup he needs.


Chuck
Season 5.13 Chuck Versus the Goodbye
Writer: Josh Schwartz (Created By), Chris Fedak (Created By), Chris Fedak (Writer)
Director: Robert Duncan McNeill
Cast: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Grimes), Ryan McPartlin (Captain Awesome), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester Patel), Scott Krinsky (Jeff Barnes), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Adam Baldwin (John Casey), Angus MacFadyen (Nicholas Quinn), Linda Hamilton (Mary Bartowski), Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman), Mekenna Melvin (Alex McHugh), Mark Pellegrino (Hector), Vladimir Kulich (Renny Deutch), Jessie Heiman (Fernando), Michael Kawczynski (Skip), Ilka Urbach (German Woman), Robert Duncan McNeill (Operative), Alexander Von Roon (Lutz), Lawrence Stachowiak (Larry), Daniel Samadani (Daniel), Gabrielle Eisenstadt (Gabbie), John Jurgens (John), Natasha Soudek (Wienerlicious Girl)

As I just finished watching this series, I am posting this review out of order. This last season was a nice watch. I really enjoyed it. And we got a nice conclusion to the series.
And I have to admit, that I am happy that contrary to rumors I had read when this season first aired
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(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on February 1st, 2013)