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I Can't Think Straight, a review by Tom

Title: I Can't Think Straight
Year: 2008
Director: Shamim Sarif
Rating: 12
Length: 79 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Chinese, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Stars:
Lisa Ray
Sheetal Sheth
Antonia Frering
Dalip Tahil
Nina Wadia

Plot:
Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend.

Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents.

As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.
Moving between the vast enclaves of Middle Eastern high society and the stunning backdrop of London's West End, I Can't Think Straight explores the clashes between East and West, love and marriage, conventions and individuality, creating a humerous and tender story of unexpected love and unusual freedoms.

Awards:
Extras:
Bonus Trailers
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Interviews
Music Videos
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailers

The story could have been told much more interesting, but this movie and the script is quite amateurish. The overview of the cover summarizes the whole movie.

Rating:

(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on May 30th, 2010)

Black Book, a review by Eric

Black Book


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Some time ago, when SailorRipley still liked us (trying to guilt him into posting if he reads this), he wrote an interesting article on dvd's he wanted to buy and for what reason.  Black Book which I had never heard of was one of them and since I considered SailorRipley a "connaisseur", if figured if he has an interest in it then it can't be a very bad movie to anyone.  It was however quite expensive so I waited until recently to get it and watched it last week-end.

I have to say I was not disapointed.  I had the chance in my life to be close to someone (a romanian jew) who's been a prisoner in a nazi concentration camp.  I consider it a chance because such a person can make a teenager aware of the world, the different cultures and society.  He had quite an influence on my life and because of him and the amazing things he did and lived through, I've always had a great interest in the resistance movements in different countries of Europe during the WWII.

Black Book is the story of a young Dutch woman who works as a spy for the Resistance in Netherlands.  It is not a true story but the director claims that many of the events are true.  If you like that kind of movies I highly recommend it, I enjoyed every second of it.

Rating:

(From Eric's DVD watching. on June 27th, 2008)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

7. The Demon Hand

Not bad... definitely a decent episode... but for some reason I felt like I wanted more.

8. Vick's Chip

Pretty cool episode... I enjoyed the storyline this one has.

9. What He Beheld

Maybe not the best of season finales.... but I did enjoy it... and liked the cliffhanger they had.



(From Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Complete First Season marathon on January 22nd, 2009)