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Love Sick, a review by Tom

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Love Sick (2006/Romania) IMDb | Wikipedia TLA Releasing (United Kingdom) Director: Tudor Giurgiu Writing: Cecilia Stefanescu (Original Material By), Cecilia Stefanescu (Screenwriter), Razvan Radulescu (Writer) Length: 84 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85 Audio: Romanian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Romanian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Maria Popistasu as Kiki
Ioana Barbu as Alex
Tudor Chirila as Sandu
Catalina Murgea as Dna. Benes
Mircea Diaconu as Dl. Dragnea

Plot:
Love knows no boundaries when a fiery lesbian love affair between two Romanian students is put to the test. It's Alex's first year at university and her world turned upside-down when she meets savvy and sexy Kiki. Despite her lover's baggage, the naive freshman falls head over heels in love.
But threatening their bliss is Kiki's emotionally explosive brother whose attachment to her seems downright incestuous. Directed with a poetic eye, Love Sick spins its quick wit and hard-edged romance into a sublimely sensual portrait of first love.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers
• Photo Gallery
• Bonus Trailers

This is my first Romanian movie. I always was interested seeing one, since I work daily with Romanian colleagues. But they couldn't recommend me a good one. Last week I stumbled across this one while browsing Amazon.
I enjoyed this movie. On Wikipedia it is said to be often compared to "My Summer of Love". There are some similarities, but I enjoyed "Love Sick" more.

Rating:

(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on January 12th, 2013)

Onec, a review by Antares

Once (2006) 85/100 - Very quick, very real and very indie, good and bad. It takes a while to get going in the beginning and just when it really hits its stride, it's over. Yet it reminded me of the intensity, the awkwardness and the aspirations of youth and it's in this where the film is successful. There's a scene early in the film where they go to a music shop and he teaches her a song he's written and you can sense a melding of passion and promise. It's in these brief moments in the film where I felt myself being drawn in to their special relationship, two talented souls longing for more in their lives through their music. There's no quirk, no cheeky humor, no sudden fame and acceptance, just the reality of two people who share something special, a gift, the ability to write and create music. I myself have a gift, I can turn food into culinary creations worthy of the praise of kings and queens, but I'd trade that talent in a heartbeat, to be able to play music. It took a while, but this film got to me, and as I sit here typing, it's pulsing through my brain and it has me pondering what might have been, had I not quit taking guitar lessons back when I was 11 years old, after just a few weeks. And one last note, if you can pardon the unintentional pun, this film also made me yearn for the bygone days when The Independent Film Channel wasn't brazenly commercialized, as it is now. I miss the days of finding great, little gems such as this one.

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on February 21st, 2015)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

2. Are You Now or Have You Ever Been
Original Air Date: 10/3/2000
Angel directs Cordelia and Wesley to investigate a mysteriously abandoned hotel in Hollywood and as they piece together the building's dark history, they discover that his interest is that of a personal nature.

Guest Stars:
Melissa Marsala
John Kapelos
Tommy Hinkley
Brett Rickaby

My Thoughts:
This is the episode that tells how they got the old hotel for their new home base. It is a very good episode. One of my favorites. And another one that shows flashbacks to Angel's past.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 1st, 2010)