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Labyrinth, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Labyrinth
Year: 1986
Director: Jim Henson
Rating: PG
Length: 101 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
David Bowie
Jennifer Connelly
Toby Froud
Shelley Thompson
Christopher Malcolm

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes
Closed Captioned
6-Page Booklet


A classic! Jim Henson magic at it's finest. This has always been my favorite David Bowie performance. He blends his music into his role perfectly and is deliciously evil. A cute Jennifer Connelly, on the brink of being breathtakingly gorgeous, takes us on a magical quest born of her imagination. Only Jim Henson could make his muppets looks so ugly and yet be so endearing, often delivering performances that make them more believable than those of their human acting counterparts.

My daughter made it through about half of this movie before she fell asleep, asking me every 5 minutes if they were going to save the baby boy. I'll have to put the rest of it back on for her tomorrow.

KC


Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on September 15th, 2010)

Audition, a review by Kathy

Overview: A middle-aged widower is urged by his teenage son and a film producer friend to start dating again.  They devise a plan to hold a phony film audition to meet new women.  The widower falls for a beautiful ballerina with a suspicious past, and their courtship veers from polite romance to psycho-nightmare!

Audition was a blind buy for me. I found it in the WalMart value bin for $5 and thought it sounded perfect for the horror marathon.

I like the horror films that are made in Asia and this one is no exception. Asama Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina), the psychotic ballerina, is simply fantastic. She appears to be so sweet and innocent yet the truth is so much different. These qualities are what makes the things she does seem so much more horrific.

Another thing that was great was the buildup of suspense. Unlike most horror films Mike Takashi, the director, takes his time in developing the story and the graphic violence that happens. I thought this technique was most effective and made this film special.

I'm finding it difficult to talk about this movie without giving away too much information for those who haven't seen it. There are disturbing scenes and images throughout the movie. I like it when a film leaves me with something to think about, Audition does that for me.

 



(From Audition on November 13th, 2008)

Fear Itself Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. Eater
Rookie cop Danny Bannerman spends the night in an isolated precinct guarding a serial killer who eats his victims and is intent on making Danny his next "meal."

Stars:
Elizabeth Moss
Russell Hornsby
Stephen Lee
Stephen R. Hart
Pablo Schreiber

My Thoughts:
This is one of the episodes I actually missed when it was on TV. It is the 4th episode to air. I really wish I seen this one on TV as it may have given me some more hope for the series... as I really liked this one a lot. Sure there was some problems with it.... some good sized plot holes and such. But it was entertaining... and kept my interest throughout the episode.

My Rating:

(From Fear Itself Marathon on December 28th, 2009)