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My Summer of Love, a review by Tom

Title: My Summer of Love
Year: 2004
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Rating: 15
Length: 83 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Nathalie Press
Emily Blunt
Paddy Considine
Dean Andrews
Michelle Byrne

Plot:
Mona (Natalie Press)has just got hold of a brilliant moped that only cost a tenner. No engine but still dirt-cheap. She lives with her brother, Phil (Paddy Considine) who used to run a pub before he found God and poured away all the booze. Tamsin (Emily Blunt) is rich, spoilt and trying to live a life of seductive decadence.

They meet on the moors, above their quiet Yorkshire village and begin an intense, unlikely friendship.Tamsin and Mona want to escape their lives, but Phil wants to save them and save everybody else. Mona wants the old, dangerous, Phil back; the brother that she loved. Tamsin wants to see what it takes to break him.

Awards:

BAFTA	2004	Won	The Alexander Korda Award For The Outstanding British Film Of The Year	Tanya Seghatchian, Christopher Collins, Pawel Pawlikowski
British Independent Film Awards	2004	Nominated	Best British Independent Film
British Independent Film Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Director on an British Independent Film	Pawel Pawlikowski
British Independent Film Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Performance by a Actress in a British Independent Film	Natalie Press
British Independent Film Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Performance by a Supporting Actor or Actress in a British Independent Film	Paddy Considine
British Independent Film Awards	2004	Nominated	Most Promising Newcomer	Emily Blunt
European Film Awards	2005	Nominated	European Actress	Natalie Press
European Film Awards	2005	Nominated	European Cinematographer	Ryszard Lenczewski
European Film Awards	2005	Nominated	European Director	Pawel Pawlikowski
European Film Awards	2005	Nominated	European Film

Extras:
Featurettes
Scene Access
Trailers

This movie is okay. Not really my kind of movie. The performances were good. Also the story has some merrit, but in general it is just another one of those lesbian movies which just have to have a tragic/sad ending, like "Lost and Delirious", "Heavenly Creatures" and countless others. Sadly it is hard to find lesbian movies which are upbeat and have a happy ending.

Rating:

(From Lesbian Movie Marathon on March 5th, 2010)

Savage Grace, a review by KinkyCyborg

Savage Grace



Title:Savage Grace
Year: 2007
Director: Tom Kalin
Rating: NR
Length: 98 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Julianne Moore
Stephen Dillane
Eddie Redmayne
Anne Reid
Martin Huber

Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes


Very bizarre and disturbing movie. Based on a the true story of the prestigious Baekeland family, founders of Bakelite plastics. A more screwed up family you'll likely never encounter as adultery, paranoia, dementia and incest were common, ongoing themes throughout the movie.

I'll certainly give it marks for uniqueness... can't say I've seen a movie that even remotely resembled this but I mostly disliked it. Not for the subject matter, but for the wandering lack of direction that left me mostly baffled. Even when the son performs his concluding act I still couldn't figure out how the hell it even reached a conclusion.  

Too chaotic for me. I believe director Tom Kalin was going for the shock factor and had he been more purposeful with his storytelling he might have achieved it but overall this was an awful mess.  

KC



Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on October 23rd, 2010)

Angel Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: A group of youngsters fights on their own account and with self-made weapons against vampires. But the vampires intend to strike back and to strike back hard. Angel has to intervene to prevent a bloodbath.

My Opinion: The words "gang warfare" gets a whole new meaning. But the leader of the humans had to learn the hard way that the price can be high and that it is sometimes too high. This episode shows that very impressively.

Synopsis: A young woman attacks Angel and she can practically anticipate his moves. But there is a catch: she is blind and shouldn't be able to see anything at all.

My Opinion: This reminded me a bit of Daredevil with the exception that she went blind voluntarily. Why? To be able to see more. Unfortunately the attempt of Lindsey to return to the path of righteousness didn't last long.

Synopsis: A demon is summoned by Wolfram & Hart to retrieve the scroll that Angel stole. Additionally he is supposed to hurt Angel's friends.

My Opinion: I wasn't aware of the fact that Darla - Angel's Sire (the vampire who created another vampire) - was dead. If they've mentioned it in "Buffy" I must have missed it. But aside from that the season finale wasn't that interesting. The reason for that is that Angel didn't have a season enemy like it was usual in "Buffy". But at least Lindsey was punished for his betrayal.

The Season - My Opiniotn: To be honest, I am not very thrilled. That it would be different than "Buffy" was a given. But the show hasn't fully taken off yet and I would say this season was weaker than any "Buffy" season. But at least they have given Angel a goal. Now they have to make sure that he gets there.

(From Angel Marathon on February 15th, 2008)