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The Curse of the Cat People, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: The Curse of the Cat People
Year: 1944
Director: Gunther V. Fritsch, Robert Wise
Rating: NR
Length: 70 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Simone Simon
Kent Smith
Jane Randolph
Ann Carter

Plot:
Simon returns in The Curse of the Cat People, a sequel in title and a landmark study of a troubled child in fact. Robert Wise makes his directing debut, co-helming a gothic-laced mix of fantasy and fright so astute it was used in college psychology classes.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
This really is just a sequel in name only. The story itself had nothing to do with the first one... other then having a couple of the same characters. Definitely not what I was expecting when I bought it... but thankfully I was warned ahead of time and went in expecting it. And you know... I really enjoyed it. Just as much as I did the first one. The story is interesting... the time spent watching it just flew by. While I may have preferred a more straight forward sequel, I am glad I have this in my collection... and must say... give it a chance. As long as you go in knowing that this has extremely little to do with the first part I think you will like it. And once again... that Simone Simon is adorable... I just wish she had a bigger part in this on. I mean she has a nice sized part but took a while for you to see her for the first time. She isn't really in the beginning of the movie.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on November 11th, 2009)

Altered States, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Altered States
Year: 1980
Director: Ken Russell
Rating: R
Length: 103 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: English, French

Stars:
William Hurt
Blair Brown
Bob Balaban
Charles Haid
Thaao Penghlis

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers
Cast/Crew Bios
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I am embarrassed to say that I bought this movie back in April of 2003... and I am just now getting around to watching it. First thing coming to my mind is damn this is a weird movie! But did I like this movie? Well, I found it weird... but interesting. It definitely kept me entertained... but I swear there is stuff that happened in this movie I am still not sure I understood!



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs on January 7th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Weißblaue Wintergeschichten (1994/Germany) IMDb Euro Video (Germany) Length: 704 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Weißblaue Wintergeschichten
Season 1.01 Folge 1
Writer: Rolf-René Schneider (Writer)
Director: Peter Weissflog
Cast: Gerhart Lippert, Karin Kienzer, Andrea L'Arronge, Nicola Tiggeler, Martin Halm, Michael Fitz, Svenja Pages, Peter Weck, Rosel Zech, Karl-Heinz Vosgerau, Hans Clarin, Oliver Grobeer, Kathrin Strauss, Andreas Schwaiger, Gerd Fitz, Hans Bergmann, Bernd Helfrich

This is a kind of spin-off of Weißblaue Geschichten. The stories told here are all set in the winter. Mainly in skiing locations. I never saw this series before. I liked the first episode, but not as much I enjoyed watching "Weißblaue Geschichten".

Rating:


(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on November 14th, 2012)