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Sea Purple, a review by Tom

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Sea Purple (2009/Italy) IMDb Peccadillo Pictures (United Kingdom) Director: Donatella Maiorca Writing: Mario Cristiani (Screenwriter), Donatella Diamanti (Screenwriter), Donatella Maiorca (Screenwriter), Pina Mandolfo (Screenwriter), Giacomo Pilati (Original Material By) Length: 105 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Valeria Solarino as Angela/Angelo
Isabella Ragonese as Sara
Ennio Fantastichini as Salvatore
Giselda Volodi as Lucia
Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Agnese

Plot:
Growing up in 19th-century Sicily, rebellious Angela finds herself attracted to her best friend Sara. As deep friendship turns to passion, Angela's strict father demands that the relationship cease. Refusing, Angela is locked away until her resourceful mother comes up with a solution that enables her to live with her lover, and seemingly satisfy convention.

Based on a true story, Sea Purple has drawn comparisons with The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister for its depiction of a landmark lesbian love story that defies convention.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes

An interesting and entertaining movie. I enjoyed it. It was better than I had expected.

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(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on January 6th, 2013)

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years, a review by addicted2dvd

Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (2011/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | (United States) Director: Michael Damian Writing: Janeen Damian (Writer), Michael Damian (Writer), John Grogan (Original Material By) Length: 86 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Travis Turner as Bodi Grogan
Donnelly Rhodes as Fred Grogan
Alex Zahara as Hans Von Weiselberger
Geoff Gustafson as Henkle
Sydney Imbeau as Kaycee

Plot:
Marley is back for more tail-wagging fun, and this time he speaks! That's right, "the world's worst dog" has a frisky voice and an attitude to match. Join Marley for his mischievous puppy years, as he and his summer pal, Bodi Grogan, wreak havoc on a neighborhood dog contest. Marley outwits Dobermans, Shepherds and Collies, while stealing hearts in his own unique and lovable way. Get your paws on MARLEY & ME: THE PUPPY YEARS and getch big laughs for the whole family!

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes

I found this one to be a right cute film. While it is definitely geared more to the younger teen crowd I found it to entertain. There is a few decent chuckles in it. I definitely can think of worse ways to waste an hour and a half. If you like shows like buddies movies then this one won't disappoint.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on September 27th, 2017)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

My Dear Marie (1996/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 87 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
Perfect women aren't born everyday, you have to build them!

Ever met the perfect girl? Did she have the perfect boyfriend? Feel like you can't compete? Why not build your own?

When an amateur mad scientist attempts to build a robotic duplicate of his dream girl, Marie is the result. Of course, there are the usual unexpected complications. He build her so well that Marie has a mind of her own and a whole host of questions to go with it. The same questions that each of us ask of life. Where did I come from? Why am I here? Why do I look just like that girl over there?! Well, perhaps we don't all have to worry about that, but Marie does!

My Dear Marie
.01 The Birth of Marie
Writer: Sakura Takeuchi (Original Material By), Gou Sakamoto (Screenwriter)
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Cast: English Vocal Cast), Joseph Anthony (Hiroshi (voice)), Lauren Worsham (Robot Marie (voice)), Shawn Sides (Human Marie (voice)), Greg Dorchak (Tanaka (voice)), L.B. Bartholomee (TV Voice (voice)), Ellie McBride (TV Voice (voice)), Charles Campbell (Additional Voices (voice)), Gary Dehan (Additional Voices (voice)), Kathryn Feller (Additional Voices (voice)), Robert Fisher (Additional Voices (voice)), Japanese Vocal Cast), Yuko Miyamura (Marie Karigari (voice)), Mitsuo Iwata (Hiroshi Karigari (voice)), Yoko Asada (Mari (voice)), Nobutoshi Hayashi (Tanaka (voice)), Takashi Nagasaka (TV Man (voice)), Fujiko Takimoto (TV Woman (voice)), Kouichi Touchika (Member of Club (voice)), Taeko Endou (Member of Club (voice)), Jun Kisaichi (Deliveryman (voice)), Airi Yoshida (TV Announcer (voice))

A very good episode. It takes a seemingly ridiculous premise and makes it fun.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 10th, 2012)