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L'Age d'or, a review by Danae Cassandra

L'Age d'orOverview:My Thoughts:
Maybe I just wasn't in the right mood for this film. It's a series of vignettes, loosely strung together by following a man and woman who can't seem to manage to get enough privacy to have sex. There's a cow in the bed. She fellates a statue's toes and french kisses her father. It just gets weirder from there. It's a surrealist film, a collaboration with Salvador Dali, so that's not surprising. I didn't really enjoy it, and I usually appreciate this sort of thing, so I'll give it another try later on. Definitely not for those who want a linear story.

Bechdel Test: Fail

Overall: 2.5/5

(From March Around the World 2016 on April 7th, 2016)

The Greatest Show on Earth, a review by Rich

Academy Award Best Picture winner 1952

The Greatest Show on Earth





How did this beat High Noon to the best picture?
Clearly made for the big screen, the cast of thousands and multiple scenes within one would no doubt have been better to watch in the cinema. It does come across rather lack-lustre and dated, and I was underwhelmed by Heston as the lead.
By far the best part of the film was watching the real circus performers, both human and animals, totally spectacular performances and something that must have been amazing to see live, in truth I would have preferred watching them without the piss poor editing and wet dialogue of the movie itself.
The worst part besides the corny acting, the appalling 'train crash' scene, Hornby must have been rubbing his hands together!
Seen once, you'd have to be a clown to see it twice
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on February 1st, 2009)

Sliders Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. PILOT (Double Length Episode)
A physics accident sends student Quinn Mallory and his trio of companions on an interdimensional roller-coaster ride to an apocalyptic San Francisco. After a narrow escape from an icy death, the Sliders find themselves in a Soviet-ruled U.S., where their only hope of escape is to free an imprisoned revolutionary.

My Thoughts:
This is a very good story. I enjoyed every second of it. It is a good introduction to all the characters. And the ending is well thought out where you think everything is going to be fine... then everything is turned upside down in a shocking and emotional way.

My Rating:

2. FEVER
When Wade is infected with a deadly virus on an Earth wracked by an epidemic, Rembrandt and Arturo race to find a cure and free Quinn from a Gestapo-like health agency.

My Thoughts:
Another good episode... I enjoyed a lot. This one shows that something that is simple and taken for granted can be life changing in one of the alternate universes.

My Rating:

3. LAST DAYS
The salvation of a world facing destruction by an asteroid rests in the hands of Arturo and an overzealous young scientist. Meanwhile, Quinn and Wade begin to face their feelings for each other.

My Thoughts:
Another episode I enjoyed a lot. I always enjoyed the disaster type movies with such storylines... and they did a good job converting it to a TV episode. This episode completes the first disc. The extras on this disc includes previews and a commentary on the pilot episode.

My Rating:

(From Sliders Marathon on August 12th, 2009)