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Matchstick Men, a review by Rich

Matchstick Men



If there's a sucker born every minute, these guys will work the delivery room. Meet Roy and Frank, con men who plan to flimflam a flimflammer out of big-time dough. They have a new partner to help them too: Roy's long-absent 14-year-old daughter, who has entered his life and is eager to learn the art of the con.
Just when you think you have it figured out you don't, during this acclaimed comedy thriller directed by Ridley Scott. Nicolas Cage is winningly quirky as Roy, genius at crime and basket case in life because he's an agoraphobe, a germaphobe and suddenly a parent. Sam Rockwell is wily Frank. And Alison Lohman plays the wild child at Roy's door. For fun, suspense and brain-busting twists, nothing's hotter than Matchstick Men.

Interesting film, intriguing plot, with a nice set of twists at the end that I didn't guess until close to the finish. Cage plays his neurotic character well, in an engaging and humourous story that Scott weaves well. The relationships and characterisations between the leads are particularly effective, and the performances and film stay with you.
Underrated movie that deserves watching.
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on June 14th, 2009)

Faces of Death II, a review by Jimmy

Title : Faces of Death II (1981)

Overview
Faces of Death, one of the most talked about video series of all time, examines the many guises of death in extreme close-up. Sure to shock, horrify and even repulse, these brutal films are not meant for the faint of heart. This classic series is the one true original. Accept no substitute!

My Impression
This one is different than the original, the difference is that the footages is real in it. Just one scene that I'm not sure of his reality (a theft in a pharmacy gone bad, it looks real but I don't understand why the complete police intervention is film by a newscrew[see edit]). So depending of your taste this one is better or worse than FOD1. Surprisingly for a documentary of this genre this is a good presentation of the different ways that we can be catch by the Grim Reaper. In fact even if the footage is gory this isn't too bad, most of it came from the TV news film archive (but we see the aftermath contrary of what we see in the news).

Sure you get the usual presentation of the results of death in car accident, train wreckage, plane crash and war. But not everything in it is death footage, by exemple there are some fail car stunt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSIhQxpdWdg
Don't worry this is perfectly safe to watch. Kenny Powers failed stunt (not surprisingly, I could say)

Like the precedent entry this one countains animal cruelty footage too (dolphin massacre, fur farm, laboratory experiment) so you are warned.
 
Rating :

edit : Finally this scene is fake. One of the thief is the director John Alan Schwartz who played the cult leader in the first one and Mike Lorenzo the snuff killer in the third one. But they almost got me with this scene

(From Shockumentary/Mondo Week Marathon on February 3rd, 2009)

Supernatural Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

EPISODE 6: Skin
A demonic shape-shifter adopts the likeness of Sam's college buddy to commit a gruesome murder. When the brother's investigate, the being "borrows" Dean's form to continue his killing spree.

Guest Stars:
Amy Grabow as Rebecca
Peter Shinkoda as Alex
Marrett Green as Anchorman
Anita Brown as Lindsay

My Thoughts:
Another good episode. I liked how they worked in how Dean has some form of resentment to Sam... and now Sam knows it. I also liked how the Shape Shifter changed shapes... it was pretty gross.

My Rating:

(From Supernatural Marathon on January 12th, 2010)