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And Then Came Lola, a review by Tom

Title: And Then Came Lola
Year: 2009
Director: Ellen Seidler, Megan Seiler
Rating: 15
Length: 70 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English: DTS 2.0 Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles: English, German

Stars:
Ashleigh Sumner
Jill Bennett
Cathy DeBuono
Jessica Graham
Angelyna Martinez

Plot:
Sizzling lesbian newcomer Ashleigh Summer takes the leading role as Lola alongside cult lesbian heartthrobs Jill Bennett (Dante's Cove), Cathy DeBuono (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Out At The Wedding) and Jessica Graham (2 Minutes Later) in this sexy lesbian romp inspired by the classic Run Lola Run.

Sassy lesbian photographer Lola is on the verge of success in both love and work, yet she could lose it all if she doesn't make it on time to a crucial meeting with her girlfriend. But, as usual, Lola is late! Racing through the streets of San Francisco, Lola gets into an ever increasing number of outrageous scrapes involving ex-lovers, wannabe girlfriends and part-time stalkers. As the clock counts down, Lola realises that it will take more than one chance to make this date...

Awards:
Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Commentary
Featurettes
Interviews
Photo Gallery
Picture-in-picture
Scene Access
Trailers

I didn't really enjoy this movie. I found the story boring. I didn't feel any real chemistry between the actresses. And how come that in movies made by lesbians there only seem to be lesbians and hardly any straight characters? Every woman Lola encounters in San Francisco is gay.
The girlfriend of Lola is really hot though.

Rating:

(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on May 27th, 2010)

My Girlfriend Is An Agent, a review by Tom

My Girlfriend Is An Agent (2009/South Korea) IMDb Universe Digital Entertainment (Hong Kong) Director: Terra Shin Writing: Seong-il Cheon (Screenwriter) Length: 112 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: Cantonese: Dolby Digital 5.1, Cantonese: DTS 5.1, Korean: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Chinese, English

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Stars:
Ha-Neul Kim as Ahn Soo-ji
Ji-Hwan Kang as Lee Jae-joon
Elizabeth Sujin Ford as Sonya Victoria
Goutsou Iliana as Natasha Valleschkova
Nam-yeol Jang as Department chief Jo

Plot:
A Russian crime syndicate is plotting to steal a biochemical weapon from Korea and two secret agents have been appointed to stop them. Beautiful AHN Soo-ji (KIM Ha-neul) is a veteran secret agent who is fond of all forms of martial arts. LEE Jae-joon (KANG Ji-hwan) is a beginner who never been out on the field and always goof up on the job. Soo-ji and Jae-joon were once a passionate duo who split bitterly because of Soo ji's constant lying to conceal her work. Destiny brings them together again. Both of them don't know that the other is a spy. The missions are adventurous and amusing. Will they accomplish the mission or to flourish their loves? How will they choose?

Extras:

• Featurettes
• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Trailers

The German title for this movie is "Mr. & Mrs. Lee", an obvious reference to "Mr. & Mrs. Smith". The couple is not married in this movie, but you can cleary see where the idea to give that title is coming from.
I enjoyed this movie. It hasn't as much action as Mr. & Mrs. Smith. It focuses more on the relationship between those two characters.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on November 6th, 2010)

2016 TV Pilot Reviews, a review by DJ Doena

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Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell, Veronica Mars) just died. And now she is in a multiplayer role-playing game on one of the infinite game servers that somewhat resembles the idea of the good version of the afterlife, like the Greek Elysian Fields or the Christian Heaven.

There's only one catch: They are extremely (and I mean: extremely) picky on who gets in there. Everyone else from Joe(sephine) Average to Adolf Hitler gets send to the "bad place". And Eleanor does not belong in the "good place".

She's just there by accident. Like it or not: The bureaucracy in the afterlife apparently has the accuracy of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. Eleanor is only in the good place because she shares her name with a really good person.

She's the glitch in the matrix. The fly in the ointment. The butterfly that causes the storm. Shortly after her arrival, the perfect balance of the good place is shattered and weird things start to happen. And the only way to stop it is for Eleanor to actually become a good person.

I had really high hopes for this show. While I was never a regular viewer of Ted Danson's Cheers, I did enjoy the episodes of that show. And Kristen WAS Veronica Mars.

And since I'm neither Christian nor of any faith I also have no problems with making fun of any aspect of any religion.

But this was just bland. Even the basic premise was self-contradictory. One the one hand every tiny, minute action or inaction you do in your life is counted in your favour or against you. But then you can just get mixed up with someone else?

And while I do understand the idea that not everyone can get into "heaven", it's rather ridiculous that not even Florence Nightingale had made the cut and is basically lumped in together with Genghis Khan and Pol Pot. I agree with Eleanor in this regard. There should be an "ordinary" afterlife for ordinary people if there's such a high standard for the good place.

There were other problems with this idea as well. I don't know if it's going to be explored in future episodes but let me explain it here: According to Whatshisname (Danson) there are 322 people on this instance of the (in lack of better terms) "game server". 322 people perfectly selected for this group with everyone having a soulmate for eternity. But what if there's a family of do-gooders? Do they land in the same instance? Can I visit other instances? Is each instance designed for people who died in a certain era, i.e. will people from the middle ages also have a big view screen and a holo helping program?

But the main problem was that it was bland. What are the episodes going to be like? Eleanor screws up differently in each episode due to her narcissism and then tries to fix it by the end of the episode and has learned some Aesop lesson?

Unfortunately, it just wasn't all that funny and interesting to watch. Also, the woman with the English accent was just annoying. What has she done to deserve to be there and grate on the nerves of her Buddhist "soul mate"?

Nah, I'm good. I prefer to decompose in peace and get blasted across the universe when our sun goes supernova in five billion years.



(From 2016 TV Pilot Reviews on September 21st, 2016)