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Heathers, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Heathers
Year: 1989
Director: Michael Lehmann
Rating: R
Length: 103 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles:

Stars:
Winona Ryder
Christian Slater
Shannen Doherty
Lisanne Falk
Kim Walker

Plot:
Welcome to Westerburg High, where Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) is beginning to tire of her membership in the powerful yet cruel clique of 'Heathers'. When Veronica falls for the mysterious new kid Jason Dean (Christian Slater), their dislike for the Heathers quickly escalates into a savage cycle of murder, suicide and Slushies. Now that her teenage angst has a body count, are Veronica and JD headed for the prom or hell?

Shannen Doherty co-stars in one of the greatest black comedies of all time, now better than ever and loaded with awesome extras. What's your damage? This is HEATHERS like you've never seen or heard it before!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes
Closed Captioned
THX
Screenplay Excerpt: Original Ending, Booklet


I was sure I had watched this movie years ago... I mean who hasn't seen Heathers? After it was over I realized this was my first viewing.

Well, it certainly wasn't shy when it came to making a statement. In fact, it's easy to see why this became a cult classic... they made fun of teenage suicide! What better way to get people's attention!!

It started to get a little too silly for my liking after awhile and I thought to myself what kind of movie would it have been had they removed all the comedy elements and made this a serious movie about teenage angst? I think the impact may have been greater than it already was.

Christian Slater was quite the young pup and I get the feeling he was somewhat emulating Jack Nicholson... perhaps without even realizing it.

Wynona Ryder gave a performance that was quite similar to other roles she had around that time... slightly goth, sharp tongued and with a smart ass opinion about everything. Truly, nobody did it better than she did and I kind of miss that from her out of the meager performances we've seen from her lately.

The comedic spin on such a morbid subject was likely groundbreaking, even by late 80's standards. Nowadays nothing is taboo or sacred when it comes to film making. Brokeback Mountain was probably the last film to raise eyebrows. 

KC



Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on September 10th, 2010)

Baadshah, a review by Tom

Title: Baadshah
Year: 1999
Director: Abbas-Mustan
Writing: Shyam K. Goel (Writer), Neeraj Vora (Writer)
Rating: PG
Length: 175 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.85
Audio: Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Rakhee Gulzar as Gaytri Bachchan
Shahrukh Khan as Baadshah
Twinkle Khanna as Seema Malhotra
Amrish Puri as Suraj Singh Thaper
Johnny Lever as Ram Lal

Plot:
K. Jhunjhunwala would like to find his runaway daughter, so that he can get her married. Prominent businessman, Mahindra, would like to negotiate with his daughter's kidnappers, and secure her release. And the CBI would like to protect the life of chief minister Gayatri Bachchan under the mission code-named --Maa, and the CBI officer in charge to be code-named -- Baadshah. Now, Baadshah also happens to be an out of work private investigator, who has agreed to assist Jhunjhunwala and Mahindra. While doing so, Baadshah is mistaken for the CBI agend and ends up working for the assassins. He must assassinate Gayatri or end up losing his team and Mahindra's daughter, with whom he has fallen in love with.

Awards:

Filmfare Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Comedian Award	Shah Rukh Khan
Filmfare Awards	2000	Nominated	Best Villain Award	Amrish Puri

Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Music Videos
Scene Access

A really silly movie, but I enjoyed it. Shahrukh Khan makes watching this movie worthwhile. He is great as the guy who is a very capable private detective, but because of his name gets confused in a murder plot without him knowing. And as it seems like in a lot of 90s Shah Rukh Khan movies, Amrish Puri plays the villain and Johnny Lever the comic relief sidekick. Both did a good job. Twinkle Khanna is also fun to watch as the female lead.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 8th, 2010)

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: Buffy has decided to run for Homecoming Queen in order to prove that "she's still got it". But she runs against Cordy and it won't be easy since both Willow and Xander are helping Cordy out of a feeling of guilt for kissing one another. But Mr. Trick has also something planned: He creates "SlayerFest '98", a hunt where both Humans and demons are the hunters and the Slayers are the hunted.

My Opinion: I liked the assortment of hunters because everyone hunted in his own way (but naturally they all lost), especially the mix of the types "Daniel Boone" and the german high-tech hunters. And I loved it when the "second Slayer" (Cordy) scared the Vampire off just by threatening him. It's a talent she will use in Angel again.

Synopsis: Principal Snyder forces everyone to sell candy bars to finance new uniforms for the school band. But suddenly all the adults start to behave like teenagers and don't acknowledge their proper age. As it turns out, Ethan Rayne is the producer of the bars - but he's only a subcontractor for Mr. Trick who works for the mayor now.

My Opinion: Ethan is back and the episode is fun. Snyder reminded me a lot of Quark when he tried to chase after the women and couldn't be discouraged in any way. And Giles and Joyce were also great in reliving their youth. What we've learned so far about the mayor also explains some of the put-it-under-the-rug events of the second season.

Synopsis: Faith has gotten a new Watcher, a stiff english woman who expects nothing less than the best. And Buffy is still hiding the fact that Angel has returned. And a new demon is in town and he wants the Glove of Myhnegon, a very powerful artefact. In the end, all their paths will cross in Angel's hideout place. And Xander and Willow have a hard time denying their feelings or refrain from showing affection to each other.

My Opinion: Xander has never really liked Angel, even before he knew that he was a Vampire. But in episodes like this he shows pure hatred towards the guy and except for the Angel-Buffy thing I never understood why his emotions towards Angel are that strong. But it was great to once again see a real Slayer vs. Slayer fight. They both kicked ass!

Synopsis: Spike is back in town, but he's a wreck. Dru has left him for a chaos demon and he wants her back. Buy chance he runs into Willow who is just buying ingredients for an anti-love spell for Xander and her and he considers the general idea of a love spell a good one. So he kidnaps her and Xander and forces her to make one for him and Dru. Meanwhile the rest of the Scooby gang is looking for them.

My Opinion: Spike - Phase II has just begun. First he was the villain, now he will be the comic relief for quite some time. But in the end, he will take his rightful place as one of the heroes. Too bad this will be his only appearance in this season. And from a retrospective POV I liked Xander's and Willow's little affair. First of all because it didn't feel forced, there have been hints towards this since the pilot. And second of all it ultimately leads to the introduction of Anyanka in the next episode. I also liked how Spike could look right through Angel's and Buffy's we-are-only-friends charade.

(From "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Marathon on June 27th, 2009)