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The Girl in Blue, a review by Jimmy

Title: The Girl in Blue (1973)

Genre: Drama
Director: George Kaczender
Rating: R
Length: 1h39
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None

Stars:
David Selby
Maud Adams
Gay Rowan
William Osler
Diane Dewey

Plot:
Scott (David Selby - DARK SHADOWS, FALCON CREST, RAISE THE TITANIC) has it all - he's a well paid corporate attorney and lives in a nice apartment with a girlfriend who would do anything for him. But David is troubled. He has a vision of a beautiful blonde woman whom he saw four years earlier, but never knew. One morning, without telling anyone, David climbs in his car and sets out to look for "The Girl in Blue" (Maud Adams - OCTOPUSSY, TATTOO, ROLLERBALL, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN). His search is romantic, exciting, funny and passionate.

This is a story of love and desire - of dreams and memories. It is unguarded ardor, both emotionally and sensual smoldering in the wake of the moment. THE GIRL IN BLUE is a love story of one man's search for the perfect woman and the perfect love. Scorpion Releasing presents this film's first official DVD release, in gorgeous widescreen and approved by the director!

It's been awhile since I did my last review, I know I'm very lazy this year on this aspect. For my return as a reviewer I decided to talk about a genre of film I usually don't watch : a love story...

The reason I bought it in the first place is the fact it's a canadian movie made in the seventies and in those years our industry was a good one. The film action happen at Montreal and Burritt's Rapids in Ontario (what a beautifull little town), so they don't try to make believe it's in the USA (for me it's the big reason why the english cinema industry is almost dead in the country now). It's a story about what could have been if...

Scott is a lawyer with a perfect life with his girlfriend (Gay Rowan), but a woman (Maud Adams) he saw very briefly 4 years before taking a ferry continue to haunt his mind. Is it possible that she could have been the woman of his life? This is what he will try to find in this film by researching this woman with the little info he had, but by doing so his actual union will be in jeopardy. Will he find her? Will his couple survive? Sorry I will not give the answers

Like I said this isn't my typical genre of cinema, but I was pleasantly surprise by this film. The story isn't too sugary for a love story and I was able to easilly identify myself with the protagonist and his quest (dreaming about a person briefly seen is something that happen to everybody). The chemistry between the actors (Selby and Rowan) playing the couple is excellent and Maud Adams give also a good performance (even if her part is short). The film location is also well choose (this little ontarian island town is really beautifull or was since this film was made 38 years ago). Good performance also by many character actors that we have seen often in our cinema but always forget their name (except for a young Aubert Pallascio who play the ferry driver).

Not a movie that I can recommand to everybody here, but certainly a film that Kathy or Marie could appreciate.
 


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Unrelated but the dvd also had a trailer for another love drama that looks really good : Fools a 1970 movie with Jason Robards and Katherine Ross that I will probably buy also

(From The little known movie review depot on September 6th, 2010)

Cremains, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Cremains Year: 2000 Director: Steve Sessions Rating: NR Length: 107 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: : Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Dick Dyszel
Eleanor Herman
Rhiannon
Martin Richard Campbell
Chester Delacruz
Debbie Rochon

Plot:
Cremains is a macabre, twisted and sexy horror anthology in the tradition of Tales from the Crypt, Asylum, and The House That Dripped Blood !

A funeral director accused of mixing the ashes of cremated bodies faces interrogation from his sinister captors. He is forced into telling them other frightening, real-life tales of terror and gruesome goings-on that he has collected during his years in the death business. What ensues is a foursome of horrifying stories featuring demented serial killers, lesbian vampires, brutal bondage murders, town sacrifices, and a resurrection gone unspeakably wrong, ending with a creepy little monstrosity called "The Cremainder."

Prepare to descend into the ghastly world of Cremains...where being scared to death will never make you feel so alive.

Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers

My Thoughts:
This is one of those extreme low-budget films. It was one of the DVDs that was recently given to me. I expected it to be worse then what it was. Sure it was basically like watching a student film. But I found it entertaining all the same. I liked the final story in this anthology the best. Though it seemed like while the writers had good ideas of each of the stories themselves... they had a bit of trouble getting a decent ending for the most of them.




Count:
Movie Count: 25
TV Ep. Count: 12
Other Count: 2
Time Started: 12:00pm

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 8th, 2010)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

18. Origin
Original Air Date: 4/21/2004
When Connor and his new parents show up at Wolfram and Hart asking for help, Angel refuses, leading Wesley to uncover how Angel had everyone's memory altered.

Guest Stars:
Vincent Kartheiser
Dennis Christopher
Jack Conley
Jim Abele
Adrienne Brett Evans
Adam Baldwin

My Thoughts:
This one I enjoyed quite a bit. It was good to see Connor again. And I had to laugh at the scene with Spike and Illyria.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 24th, 2010)