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Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers, a review by Rogmeister

Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956)  B&W  83m
Special Effects by Ray Harryhausen
Directed by Fred F. Sears
Cast: Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor, Donald Curtis, Morris Ankrum

Dr. Russell Marvin heads up Operation Skyhook, which is tasked with sending rockets into the upper atmosphere to probe for future space flights. Unfortunately, all the rockets are somehow disappearing. While investigating this strange occurrence, Russell and his new assistant/wife Carol Marvin are abducted by a flying saucer, where the aliens demand to meet with certain people in order to negotiate. But it was a trick; the aliens only wanted to kill them. The invasion has begun and if Russell and Carol can't find a way to get past their defenses and stop these creatures, it may be the end of the human race.

Science fiction movies seemed pretty rare prior to 1950...you got a few here and there (like Metropolis in the silent era) but they didn't really come into their own until the 1950s.  In fact Sci-Fi films of the fifties seem to be a genre all their own.  Some were excellent, some less so, but most of them seem at least interesting to check out, if for nothing but to see how we might react to aliens from outer space and other such things.  This is definitely one of the better ones with first rate special effects by Ray Harryhausen, a stop-motion artist normally known to work with mythological beasts such as might appear in the Sinbad movies but who nonetheless gave us some first rate flying saucer effects here.  Not only that, but we get to see most of Washington D.C. get destroyed...the Washington Monument, the Capitol building, even the Lincoln Memorial all reduced to rubble at the hands of these mysterious aliens.  Interestingly enough we do get to see the interior of a saucer but it's all rather bare and we do get one look at an alien but all in all it's quite a good action film.  Check it out.  

I got this DVD as part of a set...The Fantastic Films of Ray Harryhausen: Legendary Science Fiction Series which includes four other movies.  The movie was also released by itself.  The disc has a few extras but it was re-released early last year in a 2-disc special edition.

(From DCO third annual November Alphabet Marathon - discussion/review/banter thread on November 28th, 2009)

Love Sick, a review by Tom

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Love Sick (2006/Romania) IMDb | Wikipedia TLA Releasing (United Kingdom) Director: Tudor Giurgiu Writing: Cecilia Stefanescu (Original Material By), Cecilia Stefanescu (Screenwriter), Razvan Radulescu (Writer) Length: 84 min. Video: Widescreen 1.85 Audio: Romanian: Dolby Digital 5.1, Romanian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Maria Popistasu as Kiki
Ioana Barbu as Alex
Tudor Chirila as Sandu
Catalina Murgea as Dna. Benes
Mircea Diaconu as Dl. Dragnea

Plot:
Love knows no boundaries when a fiery lesbian love affair between two Romanian students is put to the test. It's Alex's first year at university and her world turned upside-down when she meets savvy and sexy Kiki. Despite her lover's baggage, the naive freshman falls head over heels in love.
But threatening their bliss is Kiki's emotionally explosive brother whose attachment to her seems downright incestuous. Directed with a poetic eye, Love Sick spins its quick wit and hard-edged romance into a sublimely sensual portrait of first love.

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Trailers
• Photo Gallery
• Bonus Trailers

This is my first Romanian movie. I always was interested seeing one, since I work daily with Romanian colleagues. But they couldn't recommend me a good one. Last week I stumbled across this one while browsing Amazon.
I enjoyed this movie. On Wikipedia it is said to be often compared to "My Summer of Love". There are some similarities, but I enjoyed "Love Sick" more.

Rating:

(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on January 12th, 2013)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

5. Supersymmetry
Original Air Date: 11/3/2002
After Fred's physics article is published; she's invited to speak at a symposium where a portal opens, bringing her face to face with a demon and a dark secret about her old professor..

Guest Stars:
Stephanie Romanov
Randy Oglesby
Jerry Trainor
Jennifer Hipp

My Thoughts:
A pretty good episode. We find out in this episode how Fred ended up in that alternate dimension. While a decent episode... it is a little on the slow side.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 16th, 2010)