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Darkness, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Darkness: Unrated Version Year: 2002 Director:Rating: Unrated Length: 102 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:Plot:
This extended unrated version of the hit thriller Darkness teams award winner Anna Paquin (X-Men ) with Lena Olin (Hollywood Homicide, Chocolat) and Iain Glen (Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) as a family whose life forever changes when they move into a new home with an ancient secret! Not long after Regina (Paquin) begins living in her family's remote country estate, she learns that there's something horribly disturbing about the old place. Even as her parents dismiss her concerns, strange things begin to happen whenever the lights go out. Soon Regina realizes that a series of escalating supernatural events will unleash the full evil that resides in their house...and once it's released you'll experience it like never before in this scarier, more shocking unrated version!

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
While looking through my unwatched DVDs... I spotted this movie. Another one I never seen with the adorable Anna Paquin (Sookie on True Blood). This one also has another familiar face with Lena Olin who was in a good handful of episodes of Alias. This one tries hard to make a good atmospheric movie... unfortunately it fell short for me. While not a terrible movie as it does have it's moments... I found myself watching the clock almost as much as I was watching the movie.




Count:
Movie Count: 4
TV Ep. Count: 0
Other Count: 0
Time Started: 4pm

(From Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon: 2010 on October 2nd, 2010)

World War Z, a review by addicted2dvd

World War Z (2013/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Paramount Home Entertainment Director: Marc Forster Writing: Max Brooks (Original Material By), Matthew Michael Carnahan (Story By), J. Michael Straczynski (Story By), Matthew Michael Carnahan (Screenwriter), Drew Goddard (Screenwriter), Damon Lindelof (Screenwriter) Length: 116 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Intense Frightening Zombie Sequences, Violence and Disturbing Images Video: Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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Stars:
Brad Pitt as Gerry Lane
Mireille Enos as Karin Lane
Daniella Kertesz as Segen
James Badge Dale as Captain Speke
Ludi Boeken as Jurgen Warmbrunn
Matthew Fox as Parajumper

Plot:
"The suspence is killer!" raves Peter Travers of Rolling Stone in this fast-paced, pulse-pounding action epic. Former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) is in a race against time to save both his family and the world from a pandemic that is toppling governments and threatening to destroy humanity itself. David Denby of The New Yorker calls World War Z "the most gratifying action spectacle in years!"

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Closed Captioned

When I saw so many good reviews for this one I knew I had to check it out. Though I did have reservations going into it. First it stars Brad Pitt and I never been much of a fan of his. Also my brother didn't care for it... and we do have similar tastes at times. Thankfully this is one time I didn't agree with him. Surprising I even enjoyed Brad Pitt in this one. I also like how they handled the fast zombies vs. slow zombies in this one. And finally I like how they handled the ending of the film. They obviously was trying hard to get the PG-13 rating. The one complaint I have here is there is extremely little... if any type of gore here. It seemed like they didn't even want to show much any blood. And that seems kinda weird when thinking of a zombie movie. But over all... I liked this one very much.... definitely recommended.



(From Addicted2DVD's Month Long Horror/Halloween Marathon on October 13th, 2013)

Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Season One, a review by addicted2dvd

Secret Diary of a Call Girl: Season One (2007/United Kingdom) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer |

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Stars:
Billie Piper as Belle / Hannah
Cherie Lunghi as Stephanie
Iddo Goldberg as Ben

Extras:

• Interviews
• Closed Captioned

This is a series I never heard of before finding the DVD set cheap at Big Lots back in January. I have been watching an episode or two here and there since I got it... and finally finished the set this morning. It took longer then I expected considering there is only 8 half hour episodes in the season. The series aired on Showtime (originally on ITV2 in the UK)... but I somehow missed it at that time. I found it to be a fun and interesting series... but it isn't something I could sit through many episodes of at one time. I tend to get tired of watching after a couple of episodes. But over-all I enjoyed the series... and I am interested in getting more seasons. The odd thing is though... after checking Amazon.com I learn that seasons 1, 2 & 4 are available on DVD... but there is no sign of the 3rd season. I really liked the star of this series, Billie Piper, I found her to be just adorable. Unfortunately this is the only thing in my entire collection that I have her in.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on June 25th, 2012)