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Isola, a review by Eric

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Isola


Overview: The second film based on the works of award-winning novelist, Yasuke Kishi. When Yukari, a psychic able to read the thoughts of other, comes to help suvivors of the 1995 Kobe earthquake, she encounters a trouble girl named Chichiro who is suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. Chichiro has 13th different personalities and her 13th personality is a revengeful ghost named Isola. Can the psychic find a way to stop Isola without harming Chichiro ?

My Thoughts: I'm a bit puzzled by this movie.  Not that it isn't good but not what I would expect from a horror movie.  It's difficult to judge this one because it's made by and with people from a culture I know very little about.  I think what leaves me puzzled is that the chararacters don't show much emotion, even when they're scared or hurt, they're all a bit cold all the time.  On the other hand it's not necessarily a bad thing as it adds to the strangeness (is this a word ?) to the movie which it can use as it needs something to compensate for a little lack of action you would normally find in horror movies.  Watching a Japanese horror movie with English subtitles was an interesting experience nonetheless.

My Score:



(From Eric's 2009 "Best Effort" October Horror Marathon. on October 3rd, 2009)

Perfect Stranger, a review by Hal

Title: Perfect Stranger
Year: 2007
Director: James Foley
Rating: R
Length: 109 Min.
Video: Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: PCM: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

Stars:
Halle Berry
Bruce Willis
Giovanni Ribisi
Richard Portnow
Gary Dourdan

Plot:
When her friend's affair with married ad exec Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis) ends in the woman's murder, investigative reporter Rowena Price (Halle Berry) vows to bring the killer to justice. Suspecting Hill of the crime, she goes undercover by posing as two highly alluring women: Katherine, a sexy temp who works within his agency, and Veronica, a seductive temptress he chats up online.

Engaging in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, both Rowena and Hill begin to realize things may not be what they seem. For some people will go to great lengths to protect their secrets, even if it means risking everything.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes




(From Perfect Stranger on July 25th, 2010)

"Due South" marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Chicago Holiday - Part 2

I agree that they did a good job wrapping up this story. I had to laugh at Ray getting stuck in the garbage chute.... but felt it was a little to obvious he would come un-stuck at just the right time. Over-all it was a really fun two-part episode.

Rating: 

(From "Due South" marathon on July 6th, 2009)