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Elena Undone, a review by Tom

Elena Undone (2010/United States) IMDb Wolfe Video (United Kingdom) Director: Nicole Conn Writing: Nicole Conn (Writer) Length: 111 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles:

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Stars:
Necar Zadegan as Elena
Traci Dinwiddie as Peyton
Gary Weeks as Barry
Sam Harris as Tyler
Connor Kramme as Nash

Plot:
Falling for a woman was an unimaginable situation for wife, mother and church-goer Elena (Necar Zadegan, 24). However when her friendship with out lesbian writer Peyton (Traci Dinwiddie, Supernatural) transforms swiftly from a one-sided crush into a torrid extramarital affair, her supposedly heterosexual world is turned upside down. Coming out of the closet won't be easy, with Peyton by her side, Elena is determined to put right all the wrongs and be true to herself.

Celebrated writer/director Nicole Conn (Claire of the Moon, Cynara) has crafted a beautiful tale of lesbian love, family commitments and everything in between is the ultimate ode to star-crossed lovers and desires that know no bounds.

Extras:

• Featurettes
• Scene Access

A nice movie. One of the better independently produced lesbian themed movies. Though no real surprises. It holds the record of the longest movie kiss "organic to the film".
The actors all did a great job.

Rating:

(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on February 12th, 2011)

Slap Shot, a review by Jon

Slap Shot
4 out of 5



A cult classic, acclaimed as "one of the top ten sports movies ever" (Sports Illusdtrated, ESPN.com, The Sporting News), this irreverent and outrageously funny look onto the world of professional ice hockey has Paul Newman as the coach of the Chiefs, a third-rate minor league hockey team. To build up attendance at their games, management signs up three odd looking players whose job it is to literally attack and pulverise the opposition, to the delight and cheers of a steady increasing throng of fans. SLAPSHOT'S hockey sequences, reminiscent of the football games in M.A.S.H., THE LONGEST YARD and the gruesome ROLLERBALL, offer a freewheeling mixture of slapstick and grisly physical violence.

Anyone who likes Kevin Smith movies should look up Slap Shot. Considering the balance between filth and poignancy, plus the fact it's about hockey, it had to have been an influence. Otherwise, it feels like it belongs somewhere between Animal House and The Cannonball Run, though comedy is more subjective than any genre and it might actually be better, with a great script by Nancy Dowd, peppered with quotable lines and based on her brothers experience in minor league hockey where violence was becoming the main attraction.

It's a typical sports movie plot with a collection of odd-balls making up the Chiefs, but what sets it apart is the slapstick violence and the underlying cynicism (the Chiefs only find success and popularity comes once the three brothers turn matches into bloodbaths), with one of the funniest moments being the match where everyone gets beaten up before it has even started! Paul Newman is fantastic, as you'd expect, and his foul-mouthed rant at the team owner is jaw-dropping. Still, it isn't all punch-ups and violence. It has a heart too, in particular with the sub-plot about Lily, the wife of the star player, who is quickly turning to drink. It's a very funny performance by Lindsay Crouse who was once married to David Mamet and who you may recognise from season four of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

This feels like Newman cutting loose a little and I suspect a bit of a stitch-up considering this was his third collaboration with director George Roy Hill. They previously did Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, then The Sting. You can't get much further away than Slap Shot!



(From Jon's Random Reviews on January 2nd, 2010)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

Due South
Due South is a lightning-paced action comedy in which a quintessential, polite, by-the-book Canadian Mountie from the frozen North is teamed up with a wise-cracking Armani-clad Chicago cop with a flexible sense of morality. Brought together in the Windy CIty by a mysterious murder which has personal ramifications for both men, these unlikely budies must find a common ground amidst overwhelming differences. Canadian actor Paul Gross (Wilby Wonderful, TV's Slings and Arrows) stars as Constable Benton Fraser, with David Marciano (TV's The Shield) as his reluctant partner, Detective Ray Vecchio.

Due South (Pilot Movie)
Robert Fraser is killed in a 'hunting accident' in the Northwest Territories, his son Benton investigates, which ends up leading him to Chicago, where he pairs up with a smart-aleck cop named Ray to find his father's killer.

My Thoughts:
Bring over the review from the other thread
OK... I must say... so far I like what I see. I really like the characters. This story did a really good job introducing everyone.... giving enough time to all the characters to give you a good feeling who they are. It did a good job showing someone that was truly out of place and the differences in the way he works compared to what they are used to. While watching this episode my mind kept flashing to the Dukes of Hazzard spin-off series called Enos... which was also about an out of place officer of the law (in that case a country cop) in the big city. I must say I am looking forward to watching more of this show. Though I must admit that I don't know how well the ghost of his father will fit into this series... such a supernatural twist to the show seems so out of place going by what I seen so far.

In Addition:
Unfortunately this show has lost a little something for me. I was loving every second of it throughout the first season. The second season really left me wondering what happened. I am to the point where there is still some good episodes here and there... but it just not the same as it was. I do plan on finishing it though.

(From Pete's Pilots on December 29th, 2009)