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Repulsion, a review by Antares

Repulsion





Year: 1965
Film Studio: Compton Tekli-Film
Genre: Drama
Length: 105 Min.

Director
Roman Polanski (1933)

WritingProducer
Gene Gutowski (1925)
Robert Sterne (1916)
Sam Waynberg (1925)

Cinematographer
Gilbert Taylor (1914)

Music
Chico Hamilton (1921)...Composer

Stars
Catherine Deneuve (1943) as Carole
Ian Hendry (1931) as Michael
John Fraser (1931) as Colin
Yvonne Furneaux (1928) as Helen
Patrick Wymark (1920) as Landlord
Renee Houston (1902) as Miss Balch
Valerie Taylor (1902) as Madame Denise
James Villiers (1930) as John

ReviewRepulsion

Review Criterion
5 Stars - The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.

(From Repulsion (1965) on June 7th, 2010)

Family Plot, a review by Achim

Title: Family Plot
Year: 1976
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Rating: PG
Length: 120 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Karen Black
Bruce Dern
Barbara Harris
William Devane
Ed Lauter

Plot:
In his final picture, Hitchcock weaves together suspense and humor in this tongue-in-cheek thriller about a wealthy woman who innocently hires a phony psychic to find her missing heir. The unforgettable all-star cast, including Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane and Karen Black, contributes to an enthralling merry-go-round of mayhem, mystery and murder.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Production Notes
Storyboard Comparisons

The Master's last film. It is very nice to see it didn't just play it safe on this one, but made some bold choices along the way. Not all works but it still produces a film other director's could only wish to make. Of course a lot rests on the fact that there was a solid script to work from, written by Ernest Lehmann (who he had worked with on North By Northwest), based on material created by Victor canning. The film deals with two sets of characters, two couples, whose fate is about to intertwine. I like how these two couples interact among each other and how different they are. Blanche and George are a poor couple who gets by driving taxi and scamming old ladies by pretending to spiritually contact their passed on loved ones. On the other hand we have Fran and Arthur who are quite active kidnapping people and collecting the ransom. As interesting it is to see both couples alternately, it makes it more difficult to connect with our heroes.

In typical Hitchcock fashion, the story is not about "whodunnit", but more about the people reacting in the situation they are in. That part works rather well though, as we learn early on who does what, yet we still anticipate where all that will bring our heroes towards the end. Here, again, I feel there is a missed opportunity, with the pacing of the end being a little too slow, emphasized by poor choice of music; which was already evident throughout the film (oddly enough this was scored by John Williams, who normally normally knows better )

In overall it's till a good film and is interesting to watch, although it could be a little shorter and cut slightly tighter (I hope it's not purely based on us being used to way faster pacing nowadays ) This being the first Hitchcock film I have ever seen, I have a soft spot for it, so here it goes:



(From Alfred Hitchcock Marathon on June 20th, 2010)

Dexter: The Fourth Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Dexter: The Fourth Season (2009/United States) IMDb |Trailer |Wikipedia |

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Stars:
Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan
Julie Benz as Rita Bennett
Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan
Desmond Harrington as Joey Quinn
C. S. Lee as Vince Masuka
Lauren Velez as Lt. Maria Laguerta
David Zayas as Angel Batista
James Remar as Harry Morgan
John Lithgow as Arthur Mitchell/The Trinity Killer

Extras:

• Galleries
• Production Notes/Bios
• 2 Episodes of Californication
• 1 Epiosde of Lock 'N Loaded
• 1 Episode of The Tudors

This is an excellent season to an excellent series! I loved every second of it! It has a great storyline in the Trinity Killer. Every single episode keeps you on the edge of your seat through-out the season. This is probably my favorite season of the series so far. Though I have to say... I hated how they killed off one of the main characters at the end of the season. Don't get me wrong... made for a great and shocking ending... but I just hate seeing this particular cast member leave the show... as she is one of my favorite actresses and played one of my favorite characters in the series. And I will miss her on here in the upcoming seasons. Part of me can't wait to watch the next season... but yet another part of me don't want to be let down since I am not so sure they will be able to top... or even come even with... this season.

If by any slim chance you never seen this series... it is definitely one I highly recommend!




(From Dexter: Season 4 on August 18th, 2012)