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The Girl Who Knew Too Much, a review by GSyren

Title	The Girl Who Knew Too Much (5-027035-011912)
Director	Mario Bava
Actors
Produced	1963 in Italy
Runtime	86 minutes
Audio	Italian PCM Mono, Commentary Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles	English
Overview
My thoughts	Mario Bava was a great cinematographer before he became a celebrated director. Well, perhaps not so much celebrated while he was active as he became later. The Girl Who Knew Too Much The Girl Who Knew Too Much, and perhaps that's part of the reason that it didn't impress me all that much. It might have been different if I had seen it back in the sixties. So while style over logic doesn't sit that well with me, I can't overlook that the style is very impressive. And although the story is kind of weak, it is still entertaining, so I'll give this a strong three stars.
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on December 10th, 2014)

Sanshiro Sugata, a review by Antares

Sanshiro Sugata (1943) 3/5 - Interesting for those who want to see what Kurosawa's first film making experience would show, and in that aspect, it's revealing. He already shows a mastery of framing and the use of scene wipes is on hand. Unfortunately with 18 minutes of footage lost due to war time censorship, we' ll never know what a good story this could have been. Of course it was nice to see my favorite actor, Takashi Shimura in a somewhat prominent role, but the rest of the cast is rather lackluster. You can see the seeds of greatness in many shots of the film, namely the finally fight sequence in the open field. Which must have been influential to Masaki Kobayashi, who used similar settings in both Harakiri and Samurai Rebellion. Definitely a film for Kurosawa disciples only, and from that standpoint, an interesting, historical curiosity.

(From Antares' Short Summations on March 13th, 2012)

Birthday Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Episode Count: 16


Without a Trace: Season 1
Birthday Boy
For his eleventh birthday, Gabe Freedman is going to a baseball game at Yankee Stadium with his father. When the two get separated at the subway station, Bob is convinced he will meet up with his son at the next station, or at the park itself. After being unsuccessful in locating his son, Bob calls in the team who is convinced that the boy was abducted until evidence leads them to believe that Gabe may have run off on purpose.

My Thoughts:
This is a series I never knew of when it originally aired. I bought the first season set blind... I been wanting to pick up season 2 as well but never got the chance yet. Watching this episode makes me want to pick up the second season soon though. It is a very good episode. Of course it helps that I forgot the outcome from the first time I saw it.



(From Birthday Marathon on May 29th, 2009)