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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a review by Danae Cassandra

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Year of Release: 2005
Directed By: Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr, Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen
Genre: Comedy, Suspense/Thriller, Crime

Overview:
They say love and money don't mix, but you can't blame Harry Lockhart for trying. He's been whisked from a life of petty crime to Hollywood, where he'll audition for the role of a movie detective and be tutored for the part by a private eye. Now all he has to do is convince the dream girl he meets that he's a real detective. And not stumble over the corpses as reel life abruptly gives way to the real.

Lights, camera, plenty of action! Shane Black (Lethal WeaponKiss Kiss, Bang Bang. Watch Watch.

My Thoughts:
This film was a lot of fun.  The performances are all great, the script is fast and witty, and the mystery does keep you guessing (especially in the beginning).  Yes, it's self-aware, breaks the 4th wall, and is almost deliberately hip.  But that also part of it's charm.  It's a film that never takes itself seriously, but invites the audience to laugh with it in its send-up up of noir cliche and Hollywood life.  I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoyed "Snatch," which is the only film I've seen that this reminds me of.

Bechdel Test: Fail

Overall: 3.75/5

(From Within My (Mom's) Lifetime Marathon on April 3rd, 2015)

Repo! The Genetic Opera, a review by addicted2dvd

Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Lions Gate Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Writing: Darren Smith (Original Material By), Terrance Zdunich (Original Material By), Darren Smith (Screenwriter), Terrance Zdunich (Screenwriter) Length: 98 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Alexa Vega as Shilo Wallace
Paul Sorvino as Rotti Largo
Anthony Head [Anthony Stewart Head] as Nathan/Repo Man
Sarah Brightman as Blind Mag
Paris Hilton as Amber Sweet

Plot:
In the not-so-distant future, a worldwide epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GENECO, a biotech company that offers organ transplants...for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession...and hunted by the REPO man!

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Gallery

I had no idea what to expect going into this one. I found it to be nothing more then an average film as I liked the story... but didn't care much for the style. I found it to just be a little too much on the weird side for my taste. I did like seeing Anthony Stewert Head in something other then Buffy the Vampire Slayer.



(From July Movie Marathon: Musicals (Yes... You read right!) on July 26th, 2016)

Charmed: The Complete Seventh Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Charmed: The Complete Seventh Season (2004/United States) Follow the Charmed Ones, Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Paige (Rose McGowan), on their suspenseful adventures of the supernatural! In Charmed: The Complete Seventh Season, the magical Halliwell sisters are called to travel back in time, protect the innocents from the deadly demon Sarpedon, and keep Zankou from claiming the powerful Book of Shadows. join the Charmed Ones in the ultimate battle of impending doom when the almighty Avatars from ancient Egypt plan to vanquish anyone who threatens their Utopian transformation of the world! Charmed: The Complete Seventh Season is filled with pure excitement, romance and mystical thrills The Power of Three has never been better! EPISODES: 1. A Call to Arms 2. The Bare Witch Project 3. Cheaper by the Coven 4. Charrrmed! 5. Styx Feet Under 6. Once in a Blue Moon 7. Someone to Witch Over Me 8. Charmed Noir 9. There's Something About Leo 10. Witchness Protection 11. Ordinary Witches 12. Exteme Makeover: World Edition 13. Charmageddon 14. Carpe Demon 15. Show Ghouls 16. The Seven Year Witch 17. Scry Hard 18. Little Box of Horrors 19. Freaky Phoebe 20. Imaginary Fiends 21. Death Becomes Them 22. Something Wicca This Way Goes

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Stars:
Alyssa Milano as Phoebe Halliwell
Rose McGowan as Paige Matthews
Holly Marie Combs as Piper Halliwell
Brian Krause as Leo Wyatt
Dorian Gregory as Inspector Darryl Morris

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Closed Captioned

Just finished this season. I enjoyed this set a bit more then the previous season. In this case instead of having one season length "Big Bad" to fight... they had 2. One for the first half of the season involving the Avatars. Then the second half the season they had to go up against one of the most powerful demons they ever came across. One that actually gets control of their home and their Book of Shadows. When this season originally ended they weren't sure they would see another season... so they thought ahead and came up with a finale that could work either as a season finale or a series finale. While we did get another season I am thrilled they took that into consideration. Because if we didn't and it ended in a cliffhanger... well that would have been a very sad thing for such a popular series. I really liked all the episodes this season... so it is very hard to pick out any favorites... but a few I would definitely mention would have to be..

2. The Bare Witch Project
5. Styx Feet Under
10. Witchness Protection
22. Something Wicca This Way Goes

There is a guest star I enjoyed from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel in a few episodes this season that I wanted to mention. That being Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia)... in this she played The Seer... a demon psychic. So far into the series... and still being able to give it such high ratings. Definitely a series I would recommend!



(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on April 19th, 2012)