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Sea Purple, a review by Tom

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Sea Purple (2009/Italy) IMDb Peccadillo Pictures (United Kingdom) Director: Donatella Maiorca Writing: Mario Cristiani (Screenwriter), Donatella Diamanti (Screenwriter), Donatella Maiorca (Screenwriter), Pina Mandolfo (Screenwriter), Giacomo Pilati (Original Material By) Length: 105 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Valeria Solarino as Angela/Angelo
Isabella Ragonese as Sara
Ennio Fantastichini as Salvatore
Giselda Volodi as Lucia
Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Agnese

Plot:
Growing up in 19th-century Sicily, rebellious Angela finds herself attracted to her best friend Sara. As deep friendship turns to passion, Angela's strict father demands that the relationship cease. Refusing, Angela is locked away until her resourceful mother comes up with a solution that enables her to live with her lover, and seemingly satisfy convention.

Based on a true story, Sea Purple has drawn comparisons with The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister for its depiction of a landmark lesbian love story that defies convention.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes

An interesting and entertaining movie. I enjoyed it. It was better than I had expected.

Rating:

(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on January 6th, 2013)

The Mummy, a review by GSyren

Title	The Mummy (085392-203420)
Director	Terence Fisher
Actors	Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux, Eddie Byrne, Felix Aylmer
Produced	1959 in United Kingdom
Runtime	88 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital Mono, French Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles	English, French
Overview
My thoughts	Anytime you put on a Hammer movie with their two greats, Michael Ripper and George Woodbridge, you know you're in for a treat. And this one also got some fellows by the name of Cushing and Lee. I remember well the first time I saw this film in the cinema. That iconic poster (same art as the DVD cover) sure looked promising. I was a little bit disappointed that the mummy didn't actually walk around with a great gaping hole in his body, though. But apart from that, I loved it. Seeing it again this many years later, I'm a bit surprised how obvious it is that "Egypt" is really a studio set. I guess I'm not quite as easily fooled any more. Not that I think that I actually ever believed that they had gone to Egypt to film. Just as in The Curse of Frankenstein, Christopher Lee doesn't get to speak as the monster. He does speak, however, in the flashback as Kharis before he gets mummified. Actually, you never see him getting mummified. He's just wrapped in gauze and made to stand in a hidden compartment in the tomb. I'm not sure how that kept him from decaying. Must be some kind of magic. Or - a curse? It's said that Kharis is put there to guard the tomb. But in order to wake him one has to read from the scroll of life. That doesn't seem to be a very effective way of guarding. What if the people opening the tomb just took the scroll and didn't read it out loud...? Well, I guess you shouldn't look for too much logic in a film like this. But all that means nothing. The film has all the Hammer style you've come to expect from the early Hammer horror films. And Cushing and Lee are great as always. Not to mention... (so I won't, again). A strong 4 out of 5.
My rating	4 out of 5

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on July 21st, 2013)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

Frasier


The Good Son
Frasier has his new life in Seattle disrupted after meeting his brother Niles, and ends up with his father, Martin, his dog Eddie and Martin's physical therapist Daphne all moving in to his apartment.

My Thoughts:
I got this set as a gift from my brother. At the time I had never seen it before. When I originally watched it... I went into it a bit worried. For one thing Cheers was, while alright, not a favorite show of mine. And another Frasier was my least favorite character on the show. But I must admit... this show is pretty good. I would rank it right there with Friends. Worth watching... but not something I would go out of my way to watch. Years later (I got this in 2006) and I still only have the one season... but if I could get the sets cheap enough I would pick up some more.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on January 25th, 2010)