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Vacancy, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Vacancy
Year: 2007
Director: Nimrod Antal
Rating: R
Length: 85 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
Kate Beckinsale
Luke Wilson
Frank Whaley
Ethan Embry
Scott G. Anderson

Plot:
When David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox's (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them - until they discover that the low-budget slasher videos they find in their room were all filmed in the very room in which they're sitting. With hidden cameras now aimed at them - trapping them in rooms, crawlspaces, underground tunnels - and filming their every move, David and Amy must struggle to get out alive before they end up the next victims on tape.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Closed Captioned
Alternate opening sequences Extended Snuff Films


Decent thriller although I thought Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson were a bit of an odd pairing. The hotel manager was like a psychotic, real life Ned Flanders!  Some edge of your seat cat and mouse thrills keep you revved up. The extended snuff videos in the extras were cool to watch too. 

KC

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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on August 23rd, 2010)

12 Angry Men, a review by Antares

12 Angry Men





Year: 1957
Film Studio: United Artists
Genre: Drama, Classic
Length: 96 Min.

Director
Sidney Lumet (1924)

Writing
Reginald Rose (1920)...Story
Reginald Rose (1920)...Screenplay

Producer
Henry Fonda (1905)
George Justin (1916)
Reginald Rose (1920)

Cinematographer
Boris Kaufman (1906)

Music
Kenyon Hopkins (1912)...Composer

Stars
Martin Balsam (1919) as Juror #1
John Fiedler (1925) as Juror #2
Lee J. Cobb (1911) as Juror #3
E. G. Marshall (1914) as Juror #4
Jack Klugman (1922) as Juror #5
Edward Binns (1916) as Juror #6
Jack Warden (1920) as Juror #7
Henry Fonda (1905) as Juror #8

Review12 Angry Men12 Angry MenRatings Criterion
- The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.
- Not quite an immortal film, yet a masterpiece in its own right.
- Historically important film, considered a classic.
- Borderline viewable.
- A gangrenous and festering pustule in the chronicles of celluloid.

(From 12 Angry Men (1957) on March 14th, 2010)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

3.02 Eclipse (1997-09-21)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), John Krizanc (Writer)
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), Callum Keith Rennie (Stanley "Ray" Kowalski), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Tom Melissis (Detective Dewey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Gordon Pinsent (Fraser Sr.), Jackie Burroughs (Gladys Caunce), Diego Matamoros (Detective Hallet), Alan Peterson (Brandauer), Maria Vacratsis (Charmain), Walter Alza (Jimmy), Steve Michalchuk (Bronco), Tyler Kyte (Young Raymond), Peter Bray (Marcus Ellery), Diana Salvatore (Young Stella), Aron Tager (Tom)

A good episode where we (and Fraser) learn more about the new Ray. Nice touch is, that Ray needs glasses for shooting. With them he is a really great shot, but without them he doesn't hit anything.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on September 13th, 2009)