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The Fish Child, a review by Tom

The Fish Child (2009/Argentina) IMDb Peccadillo Pictures (United Kingdom) Director: Lucía Puenzo Writing: Lucía Puenzo (Writer) Length: 92 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Inés Efron as Lala
Mariela Vitale (Emme) as la Guayi
Pep Munné as el Juez Bronté
Diego Velázquez as el Vasco
Arnaldo André as Sócrates Espina

Plot:
Lala, (Inés Efrón) a teenager from the most exclusive suburban neighborhood in Argentina, is in love with the Guayi, the 20-year-old Payaguayan maid working at her mansion. The pair hatch a plan to rob Lala's family to fund their dream of living together in Paraguay, but while Lala waits to be reunited with her lover, she is detained in a prison in the outskirts of Buenos Aires for a crime she committed long ago. Desperate to be with her girlfriend, Lala devises a dangerous rescue plan to get her back.

Boasting beautiful cinematography and electrifying performances from its two female leads, celebrated Argentine director Lucía Puenzo (XXY) returns with a gripping tale of forbidden lesbian romance and a crime heist gone awry.

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Storyboard Comparisons
• Trailers

An okay movie. A little clichéd. The young lesbian couple is involved in a crime and one of them is now trying to get to the other who is in prison.
The two leads are natural beauties.
This is my first Argentinian movie.

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(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on March 14th, 2011)

Creature With the Atom Brain, a review by Danae Cassandra

Creature With the Atom Brain
Year of Release: 1955
Directed By: Edward L. Cahn
Starring: Richard Denning, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Michael Granger
Genre: Science-Fiction, Horror

Overview:
From the pen of the legendary Curt Siodmak (The Wolf Man, ) and director Edward L. Cahn (It! The Terror From Beyond Space) comes this smash-bang thriller starring Richard Denning (Creature From The Black LagoonMy Thoughts:
For all its lurid title, this is a surprisingly watchable B-movie. Yes, the premise is ludicrous, but what 1955 sci-fi B-movie's isn't? This is definitely more sci-fi than horror, even with the presence of zombies animated by a mad ex-Nazi scientist. I expect, if I was drunk, I would laugh at how earnestly upstanding Richard Denning plays his police doctor, or how very 50's era sexist his relationship with his wife is. If I didn't know better, I'd think the script writer contributed to The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra. Recommended only if you enjoy 50's B-movies; in which case you'll enjoy this.

Watched For:  Scavenger Hunt 19, Horror/Halloween Challenge 2016

Bechdel Test: Fail
Mako Mori Test: Fail

Overall: 2.5/5

Horror/Halloween Challenge Films: 8/52

(From Horror/Halloween 2016 Challenge on October 6th, 2016)

Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon, a review by Tom

6.21 Two to Go
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), Douglas Petrie (Writer), Joss Whedon (Writer)
Director: Bill Norton
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Danny Strong (Jonathan Levinson), Tom Lenk (Andrew Wells), Jeff Kober (Rack), Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles), Steven W. Bailey (Cave Demon), James C. Leary (Clem), Jeff McCredie (Officer), Damian Mooney (Patrol Cop), Michael Younger (Truck Driver)

The showdown of this season. Not as good as I remember it, but worth nonetheless.

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6.22 Grave
Writer: Joss Whedon (Created By), David Fury (Writer), Joss Whedon (Writer)
Director: James A. Contner
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy Summers), Nicholas Brendon (Xander Harris), Emma Caulfield (Anya), Michelle Trachtenberg (Dawn Summers), James Marsters (Spike), Alyson Hannigan (Willow Rosenberg), Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles), Danny Strong (Jonathan Levinson), Tom Lenk (Andrew Wells), Steven W. Bailey (Cave Demon), Brett Wagner (Trucker)

The conclusion is better than the previous episode. I liked that it is Xander, the one without any superpowers, who saves the day.
I am not sure of it was on purpose by Joss Whedon, but I had the feeling that he was giving his opinion on this season through Giles. The first season which wasn't headed by him. When Buffy confesses all the bad things which she did this season concluding with her sleeping with Spike, Giles gets a laughing fit because of the absurdity of it and then tells her, that he (Giles/Joss) should have been here.

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(From Tom's Buffy and Angel Marathon on February 12th, 2011)