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The Blood of Fu Manchu , a review by samuelrichardscott

The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968) R0 USA DVD

Overview
From his secret lair deep within the South American jungle, international super-villain Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) and his sadistic daughter Lin Tang (Tsai Chin of THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU and YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE) reveal their latest diabolical plot for world domination: ten beautiful women are infected with an ancient poison so deadly that one kiss from their lips will bring instant death and lead to a global plague. Now the Asian madman's nemesis, Nayland Smith (Richard Greene of TALES FROM THE CRYPT), must desperately hunt an antidote in a savage land where rape and torture reign and the ultimate evil lies in THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU.

Maria Rohm (THE BLOODY JUDGE) and Shirley Eaton (GOLDFINGER) co-star in this wild Fu Manchu feature written and produced by Harry Alan Towers (VENUS IN FURS) and directed by the one and only Jess Franco (VAMPYROS LESBOS, EUGENIE). Released in America as KISS AND KILL, Blue Underground has fully restored THE BLOOD OF FU MANCHU from its original European negative complete with additional scenes of nudity and violence!

Thoughts
I bought this for several reasons: I'm generally very happy with Blue Underground's output, I'm a fan of Christopher Lee and I'm a fan of Jess Franco. Unfortunately, this film, based on the character of Fu Manchu (whom until this film I was not familiar with) disappoints slightly. Lee overacts (not a problem), and Franco's direction is his standard nudity/violence affair (again, not a problem) but I felt that whilst the idea of Fu Manchu giving ten woman poison so that when they kiss the world's most powerful men, the men die, was a good one it was put together in a rather unconventional way without enough thought to structure. Fans of Franco and Lee might enjoy, but I would recommended a rental first. 2.5/5

(From Never Ending Movie Marathon (short reviews) on July 6th, 2011)

Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed, a review by addicted2dvd

Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004/Canada) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Lions Gate Home Entertainment Director: Brett Sullivan Writing: Megan Martin (Original Material By) Length: 94 min. Rating: Rated R : Strong Violence, Sexual Content, Some Language and Drug Use Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Emily Perkins as Brigitte
Katharine Isabelle as Ginger
Tatiana Maslany as Ghost
Janet Kidder as Alice
Eric Johnson as Tyler
Pascale Hutton as Beth-Ann

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Production Notes
• Storyboard Comparisons
• Closed Captioned
• Comic Book Art

I won't say I enjoyed this one as much as the first one... but it was close. I still definitely enjoyed this one. It of course takes place after... and is a good continuation of the first one. But this time it centers around Bridget more then Ginger. Though you do see and hear from her throughout the movie. I liked the character of the younger girl who is nicknamed Ghost. I also liked the ending of this movie. It was both interesting and unexpected.



(From Addicted2DVD's Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon on October 5th, 2013)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: Voyager
5.06 Timeless
Writer: Brannon Braga (Screenwriter), Joe Menosky (Screenwriter), Rick Berman (Original Material By), Brannon Braga (Original Material By), Joe Menosky (Original Material By)
Director: LeVar Burton
Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Dawson (B'Elanna Torres), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), Garrett Wang (Harry Kim), Christine Harnos (Tessa Omond), LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice (voice))

Voyager's 100th episode. Fifteen years in the future, Harry Kim tries to fix a mistake in the past which cost the crew of Voyager their lives, by sending back a message through time.
A good time-travel story with a nice conclusion. We also get the chance to see Geordi LaForge from Next Generation as the captain of a Galaxy class starship.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 29th, 2011)