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Ichi , a review by Tom

Ichi (2008/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia Manga Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Fumihiko Sori Writing: Kan Shimosawa (Original Material By), Taeko Asano (Screenwriter) Length: 119 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85 Audio: Japanese: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Haruka Ayase as Ichi
Yukina Kashiwa as Ichi (Youshouki) (Early childhood Ichi)
Sayumi Kimura as Ichi (Youshouki) (Early childhood Ichi)
Takao Oosawa as Touma
Kazuma Chiba as Touma (Youshouki) (Early childhood Toum)

Plot:
Ichi (Haruka Ayase) is a blind minstrel searching Japan for her childhood mentor: a master of the martial arts. In a town beset by bandits, she comes to rescue Toma (Takao Osawa), a samurai unable to use his own sword. Refusing to believe that a blind woman was his saviour, the townsfolk want Toma as a lawman, and the bandits want him dead. Ichi is their only hope for survial... she may be blind, but darkness is her ally.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers

This is a sequel to Zatoichi. I enjoyed it more than its predecessor. It stars Haruka Ayase ("Cyborg She") as the blind swordswoman.
At times a little dull, it is overall worth a watch.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on December 30th, 2010)

House of Dracula, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: House of Dracula: The Legacy Collection Year: 1945 Director: Erle C. Kenton Rating: NR Length: 67 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Lon Chaney, Jr.
John Carradine
Martha O'Driscoll
Lionel Atwill
Onslow Stevens

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access

My Thoughts:
Even though not a bad sequel... there is nothing really special about it... other then I did of course enjoy the fact that all 3 of my favorite classic movie monsters is in this movie. One thing I did see in this one that struck me as unusual (at least from any other classics I have seen so far)... is that in this movie the Hunchback is a woman instead of a man. I personally don't remember ever seeing that in any of the other movies before this one. Quality wise.. this movie looks/sounds great... just like the rest of the set.




Count:
Movie Count: 11
TV Ep. Count: 5
Other Count: 0
Time Started: 2:30pm

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 3rd, 2010)

Birthday Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Friends: Season 3
The One Where Chandler Can't Remember which Sister
A handsome stranger offers Rachel a fashion-buying job. Chandler forgets which of Joey's sisters he fooled around with after getting drunk on Joey's birthday.

My Thoughts:
This is a fun episode. One I enjoyed quite a bit. Both the storyline of Chandler and Joey's sister and the one about Rachel getting the buying job had some real funny scenes in them.



(From Birthday Marathon on May 28th, 2009)