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Les Filles du Botaniste, a review by Tom

Les Filles du Botaniste (2006/France) IMDb | Wikipedia UFA Art Home Entertainment, Universum Film (Germany) Director: Dai Sijie Writing: Dai Sijie (Screenwriter), Nadine Perront (Screenwriter) Length: 94 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Mandarin: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: German

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Stars:Plot:
At the house of a famous Chinese botanist teacher his daughter and a female intern fall in love with each other - a forbidden love that must be kept secret.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers
• Bonus Trailers

A nice romance which is fun to watch. It's a French movie shot in Mandarin. Originally I thought this would be set in the past (19th century or so). I was pleasantly surprised that it is set in the relative present (I read that it is supposed to be set in the 80s or 90s). I enjoyed it, but the ending is stupid, though not unexpected.

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(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on October 23rd, 2010)

One Night with the King, a review by Hal

Title: One Night with the King
Year: 2006
Director: Michael O. Sajbel
Rating: PG
Length: 122 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Tiffany Dupont
Luke Goss
John Rhys-Davies
John Noble
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister

Plot:
With lush cinematography, a mesmerizing score, and an all-star cast that includes Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif and John Rhys-Davies, 'One Night With The King' is a sweeping epic about Hadassah, the young Jewish orphan who becomes the biblical Esther, Queen of Persia.

Born into poverty, Hadassah (Tiffany DuPont) grows up to become a beauty who catches the eye of the powerful King Xerxes -- and ultimately becomes his bride. But despite her position, Hadassah's life is in danger, as the state has decreed all Jews will be put to death. Defying warnings to remain silent, however, Hadassah struggles to save her people, even as she attempts to hide her heritage, in this exciting and inspiring story about courage, faith and destiny.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Closed Captioned

Reminiscent of the lavish studio productions of the 1950s, this film was beautifully photographed, elegantly costumed and given a majestic musical score.  Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss and James Callis give moving performances as they deal individually with revenge, duty, honor, love, loyalty and betrayal.  Since I have a soft spot for historical novels and have a particular interest in the history of Judaism, I was thoroughly satisfied with this one.  While Joan Collins and Richard Egan did a credible job in the 1960 version, Esther and the King, I enjoyed this version much more.

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(From One Night with the King on July 22nd, 2010)

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

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
4.03 The Visitor
Writer: Michael Taylor (Writer)
Director: David Livingston
Cast

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 3rd, 2011)