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Grease 2, a review by addicted2dvd

Grease 2 (1982/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Paramount Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Patricia Birch Writing: Ken Finkleman (Writer), Jim Jacobs (Original Characters By), Warren Casey (Original Characters By) Length: 114 min. Video: Widescreen 2.30:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Maxwell Caulfield as Michael
Michelle Pfeiffer as Stephanie
Lorna Luft as Paulette
Maureen Teefy as Sharon
Alison Price as Rhonda

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Closed Captioned

No, this one is not as good as the first one. But like the first one this one holds a bit of a special place in my hert. Plus I like this one for the fact that it has motorcycles instead of cars. I have always liked motorcycles. So while I don't know that I would recommend this one to others....I enjoy getting to see this one every now and then.



(From July Movie Marathon: Musicals (Yes... You read right!) on July 26th, 2016)

Heathers, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:Heathers
Year: 1989
Director: Michael Lehmann
Rating: R
Length: 103 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles:

Stars:
Winona Ryder
Christian Slater
Shannen Doherty
Lisanne Falk
Kim Walker

Plot:
Welcome to Westerburg High, where Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) is beginning to tire of her membership in the powerful yet cruel clique of 'Heathers'. When Veronica falls for the mysterious new kid Jason Dean (Christian Slater), their dislike for the Heathers quickly escalates into a savage cycle of murder, suicide and Slushies. Now that her teenage angst has a body count, are Veronica and JD headed for the prom or hell?

Shannen Doherty co-stars in one of the greatest black comedies of all time, now better than ever and loaded with awesome extras. What's your damage? This is HEATHERS like you've never seen or heard it before!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Production Notes
Closed Captioned
THX
Screenplay Excerpt: Original Ending, Booklet


I was sure I had watched this movie years ago... I mean who hasn't seen Heathers? After it was over I realized this was my first viewing.

Well, it certainly wasn't shy when it came to making a statement. In fact, it's easy to see why this became a cult classic... they made fun of teenage suicide! What better way to get people's attention!!

It started to get a little too silly for my liking after awhile and I thought to myself what kind of movie would it have been had they removed all the comedy elements and made this a serious movie about teenage angst? I think the impact may have been greater than it already was.

Christian Slater was quite the young pup and I get the feeling he was somewhat emulating Jack Nicholson... perhaps without even realizing it.

Wynona Ryder gave a performance that was quite similar to other roles she had around that time... slightly goth, sharp tongued and with a smart ass opinion about everything. Truly, nobody did it better than she did and I kind of miss that from her out of the meager performances we've seen from her lately.

The comedic spin on such a morbid subject was likely groundbreaking, even by late 80's standards. Nowadays nothing is taboo or sacred when it comes to film making. Brokeback Mountain was probably the last film to raise eyebrows. 

KC



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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on September 10th, 2010)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: The cult of the Pah-Wraith believers grows and even a Vedek and a friend of Kira's is now one. He abducts Kira from DS9 and brings her to Empok Nor where Dukat has become the leader of a group of that cult. They want to show her that the Pah-Wraiths are actually the good gods because they wanted to guide the Bajorans and that they would have never allowed to occupation to happen. And Kira has to learn that some Bajorans believe so strong in their former oppressor that they would give their life for him.

My Opinion: Now Dukat's religious phase begins. I don't like that story.

Synopsis: Two months ago, Nog has lost his leg in the Battle of AR-558 and now he's returning to DS9 with a new biosynthetic leg. But he's still on medical leave and he choses to avoid real life and become a permanent guest in Vic Fontaine's Las Vegas hotel. Ezri tries to reach out to him but the only one who can connect to Nog is Vic.

My Opinion: This was a decent episode. It reminded me a bit of Reginald Barclay III who also tried to escape reality back on the Enterprise. And I have to say that Vic is a better counsellor than Ezri. . But I also liked that Ezri could convince Vic that it was time for Nog to return into the real world and how Vic threw him out of his program. And I found it amusing when Nog complained about the realism in Shane when Shane didn't bleed after he got shot.

Synopsis: O'Brien who was looking for a missing woman on New Sydney has gone missing, too. An involvement of the Orion Syndicate is very likely since both are directly connected to O'Brien's undercover mission in the last year. Sisko sends Ezri home to her family who has some influence in the system since they are the sixth-biggest mining operation company in the sector. But Ezri and her mother have some unresolved issues.

My Opinion: Hmm. Maybe I am prejudiced and I don't want to like her but I couldn't care less about Ezri's family.

Synopsis: Mirror-Ezri comes to DS9 and "convinces" Quark and Rom to steal a klingon cloaking device. Zek tried to open negotiations in the mirror universe and became prisoner to the Regent. But neither Quark nor Rom trust Mirror-Ezri and go with her to the other side. There they find not only a pleasant and kind Brunt, but also a real Vic Fontaine.

My Opinion: Oh c'mon, really? A real Vic - are you kidding me? And of course a Mirror-Ezri. They couldn't resist. And they even killed Jadzia in the mirror universe, too, instead of simply not showing her.

(From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Marathon on March 1st, 2009)