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Pirates Of The Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest, a review by KinkyCyborg

Pirates Of The Caribbean : Dead Man's Chest



Title:Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Year: 2006
Director: Gore Verbinski
Rating: PG-13
Length: 151 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Johnny Depp
Orlando Bloom
Keira Knightley
Jack Davenport
Bill Nighy

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Outtakes/Bloopers


Took me a bit to piece things together at first as it had been some time since I had watched Curse Of The Black Pearl and you could easily tell it picked up right where the last one left off.

Great action and fantastic make-up/artistry especially for Davy Jones' minions who more closely resemble crustaceous sea creatures.

I made a discovery after watching this film. Johnny Depp, who seems to have a tendency to lean towards roles of utmost silliness (Jack Sparrow, Mad Hatter, Willy Wonka, Raoul Duke)... it's starting to get a bit tiresome for me as these roles are all similar in nature. The facial expressions, the lingo, the body language.... getting a bit annoying. I mean he's great in the roles but it seems to me like he's turning into Tim Burton's bitch. 

Keira Knightley is gorgeous but has a few embarrassing scenes where the brave, smart, athletic and aggressive persona she exudes throughout most of the movie is taken over by that of a complete ditz... i.e. the scene on the beach where she watches the three boys play swords. 

Looking forward to At World's End where Rush is back as Captain Barbossa and Chow-Yun Fat joins the cast. The fourth entry is apparently in production now too, sans Bloom and Knightley... one too many perhaps?

KC

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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on January 21st, 2011)

13 Frightened Girls, a review by addicted2dvd

13 Frightened Girls (1963/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Mill Creek Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Director: William Castle Writing: Robert Dillon (Screenwriter), Otis L. Guernsey, Jr. [Otis L. Guernsey Jr.] (Story By) Length: 88 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: Mono Subtitles:

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Stars:
Murray Hamilton as Wally Sanders
Joyce Taylor as Soldier
Hugh Marlowe as John Hull
Khigh Dhiegh as Kang
Charlie Briggs as Mike

Plot:
The girls of a Swiss boarding school have one thing in common they are all daughters of diplomats. One in particular finds out that she has a knack for espionage, and uncovers the murder of a Russian diplomat. Now she must escape using her girlish wiles.

Extras:

This turned out to be an interesting film. Though it did start out a bit on the slow side. It did build up to keep my interest. I must say this is different then any other William Castle film I have seen before. Worth the time put in to watch it. But I am not sure how much re-watch value it has.



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

Off the Map: The Complete Series, a review by addicted2dvd

Off the Map: The Complete Series (2011/United States)

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Stars:
Jonathan Castellanos as Charlie
Valerie Cruz as Dr. Zitajalehrena "Zee" Alvarez
Caroline Dhavernas as Dr. Lily Brenner
Jason George as Dr. Otis Cole
Zach Gilford as Dr. Tommy Fuller
Mamie Gummer as Dr. Mina Minard
Martin Henderson as Dr. Ben Keeton
Rachelle LeFevre as Dr. Ryan Clark

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• Closed Captioned

I just finished this complete series set. It was a new series that aired last season... made by the same people that make Grey's Anatomy. The series is more then a medical drama... it is more like a medical drama mixed with an action/adventure type series. Unfortunately it only lasted a half of season before getting canceled. Since it was canceled so quickly there isn't a satisfying ending to the series. To many questions left unanswered. While I enjoyed every minute of this series, I am not surprised that it was canceled the way it was. It isn't the best medical drama I ever seen... and I can see where some people wouldn't like it considering the main storyline and location. But personally that is one of the things I liked about it. My favorite character on this series is Dr. Lily Brenner played by Caroline Dhavernas... who coincidentally starred in another short-lived series I really liked... Wonderfalls. My Favorite episode is a little hard for me to pick since I enjoyed them all so much... but I guess I would have to go with I'm Here... an episode where the doctors had to amputate a girls leg underwater when she gets trapped in some rocks while scuba diving. Surprisingly for a short-lived series... there is a nice amount of extras. My favorite extra is normally the Outtakes/Bloopers... but not in this case as there really wasn't much to them at all this time. So in this set I would have to say the Making Of featurette has to be my favorite. It really was interesting to see all the locations and how they shot some of the stuff they did.

I would say if you can deal with the fact that there is no satisfactory ending to the series... this is one I would recommend checking out. Especially if you normally enjoy medical dramas. As this is a medical drama with a twist.




(From Off the Map: The Complete Series on February 2nd, 2012)