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Blade II, a review by Hal

Title: Blade II
Year: 2002
Director: Guillermo Del Toro
Rating: R
Length: 117 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital EX: 5.1 (Matrixed 6.1), English: DTS ES: 5.1 (Matrixed 6.1), English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Wesley Snipes
Kris Kristofferson
Ron Perlman
Leonor Varela
Norman Reedus

Plot:
When the world is threatened by a new and deadlier breed of super vampires, the legendary 'Blade' (Wesley Snipes) and his mentor Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) must join forces with the Bloodpack, an elite team of vampire warriors. In order to stop the carnage, the ravenous fiends must be destroyed at all costs. This high-voltage adventure is exploding with spectacular effects and martial arts action!

Extras:
Scene Access
Closed Captioned

Every bit as good as the original, they've made it a lot harder to kill the Reepers.  It had gotten a little too easy to kill vampires, so this picked it up a notch.  It is a bit annoying how Blade goes from the brink of death, to full-charged super-hero in no time flat so many times.  I could also have done without the rap music!    Otherwise, one of the best sequels around.

Rating:

(From Hal's 2010 Horror Marathon Reviews on October 11th, 2010)

Christina, princesse de l'érotisme, a review by Danae Cassandra

Year of Release:  1971
Directed By:  Jess Franco
Starring:  Christina von Blanc, Britt Nichols, Rosa Palomar, Anne Libert, Howard Vernon, Jess Franco, Paul Muller
Rated:  Not Rated

Overview:My Thoughts:
This is a beautiful, bizarre film and I'm not completely sure what to make of it.  It has beautiful cinematography, a haunting score, great use of outdoor locations, a suitably creepy atmosphere and a gorgeous, and often nude, female lead.  On the other hand the plot is sketchy and more than a bit surreal.  Is it a haunted house, are they vampires, is Death really calling for her, or is she simply deliriously imagining the whole thing?  I think the director intended us to question what was going on and if I'm right he succeeded.  I'd definitely be willing to watch it again, perhaps I'd get more out it.

Given some of the titles he's reviewed, I think this might be right up Jimmy's alley.  Could be wrong though.

Bechdel Test:  Pass

Overall:  3/5


(From Danae's 2012 Horror on October 10th, 2012)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

11. Damage
Original Air Date: 1/28/2004
When Angel and Spike try to help a young woman who escaped from an asylum, they discover she's actually a potential slayer empowered by the spell Willow cast back at the Hellmouth in Sunnydale.

Guest Stars:
Tom Lenk
Navi Rawat
Jasmine Di Angelo

My Thoughts:
Andrew from Buffy the Vampire Slayer was in this episode. I swear he always aggravated me on that show!  Is a good episode that I enjoyed quite a bit. I like how they continued a storyline from the last season of Buffy... updating us on some of the main characters of that series a little.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 24th, 2010)