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Vampire in Brooklyn, a review by Tom

Vampire in Brooklyn (1995/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (Germany) Director: Wes Craven Writing: Eddie Murphy (Story By), Vernon Lynch (Story By), Charles Murphy (Story By), Charles Murphy (Screenwriter), Michael Lucker (Screenwriter), Chris Parker (Screenwriter) Length: 98 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: Czech: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, German: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Italian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hungarian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Arabic, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

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Stars:
Eddie Murphy as Maximillian
Angela Bassett as Rita
Allen Payne as Justice
Kadeem Hardison as Julius
John Witherspoon as Silas

Plot:
Maximillian is the only survivor from a race of vampires on a Caribbean Island, and as a vampire, he must find a mate to keep the line from ending...

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers

I was disappointed with this movie when I first watched. That was about ten years ago. I thought it may have been because of wrong expectations. So I thought I'd give it another chance in this marathon. This movie is boring, filled with bland characters. I just read that Eddie Murphy only did this movie to be free of his contract with Paramount. And it feels like it. He is obviously not into this movie.

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(From Tom's Horror Marathon 2012 on October 1st, 2012)

Kiss Me, a review by Tom

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Kiss Me (2011/Sweden) IMDb | Wikipedia TLA Releasing (United Kingdom) Director: Alexandra-Therese Keining Writing: Josefine Tengblad (Story By), Alexandra-Therese Keining (Story By), Alexandra-Therese Keining (Screenwriter) Length: 103 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: Swedish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: English

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Stars:Plot:
This year's runaway hit at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Kiss Me is a stunningly rendered and honest love story about what happens when you follow your heart. When Mia and Frida's eyes meet for the first time at a party the attraction is instant. However, Mia is engaged to be married to a man she believes she loves so acting on anything seems out of the question. When subsequent circumstances throw the two women together, openly gay Frida finds it impossible to resist seducing Mia, and Mia finds it impossible to resist. Soon, Mia must choose between following her heart or fulfilling everyone else's expectations of her. A candid and beautiful film, Kiss Me is a classic lesbian movie in the making.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers
• Bonus Trailers

Not really any surprises, but a really nice watch with a happy ending. I can recommend it and see myself watching it again.

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(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on February 2nd, 2013)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon, a review by goodguy

2x03 The Mousetrap
Synopsis: See Achim's post.
My Rating:

Another episode that I enjoyed more upon rewatching. The opening is especially great, with Charlie & Michelle on the desert road, making stop at a gas station. No words exchanged between them for several minutes, just a little country song playing along, but the emotions between them are almost tangible. TSCC has a knack for these moody and minimalist scenes and it is the main reason I like this show. Also notable just how gorgeous it looks most of the time, in an earthy and completely unflashy way. All things that are pretty untypical for an action show about killer robots - no wonder it got cancelled.

From the early kidnapping climax, we get to a single short scene with highly pregnant Kacy, whom I forgot to mention in the last episode. I've never seen Busy Phillips before and initially I thought it was Mercedes McNab (Harmony on Buffy/Angel) playing the character. Anyway, she again is wonderful here. Oh, and Beast Wizard 7 is hilarious.

Do terminators get bored? Cameron finds the center of the house, determines the timeframe for a paint job, and is eager to kill at least a bird (Maybe later?). That sounds like funny robot, but is has such a wry sense of humor that it doesn't feel out of place. Also noteworthy the perfectly timed "I don't swim" exchange with John much later in the episode.

Charlie's phone call to John and Sarah is another one of many excellent scenes. He is so completely and heart-wrenchingly lost. Top performance by Dean Winters.

Sarah gets to do the reluctant hero thing, angry and tired, lashing out at everyone in frustration. That's a fine line to walk, but mostly it works, even when Michelle is the target (Frankly, I thought it'd be easier. I thought you'd be dead).

After Cromartie's setup succeeds the plot gets a bit messy. Taking an injured Michelle with them doesn't make much sense, nor does the designated meeting point for Cromartie and John. As much as the show succeeds in creating atmospheric and dramatic scenes, it often seems that less thinking went into the plot mechanics. I can live with that most of the time, but sometimes it becomes a little distracting.

The funeral scene at the end, while moving, would be a bit generic, if it weren't for the two cuts to the dinner table at the Connor house, once with the VO from the priest and then again, silent. Great stuff.

As for Weaver and Ellison: I like that they take their time and advance that part of the story slowly. And Shirley Manson already seems much better here than in the first episode. Or it could be Richard T. Jones, who can make almost everything work, reflecting positively on her.


(From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete Second Season marathon on February 2nd, 2010)