Tuesday, December 31, 2019

Movie Review: "Fade to Black" 10/14/80


This is a movie review for "Fade to Black", released October 14, 1980. I watched this on VHS on May 30, 2019.




Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Run Time: 1 Hour 42 Minutes

Trailer





(Main) Cast

Dennis Christopher ... Eric Binford
Tim Thomerson ... Dr. Jerry Moriarty
Gwynne Gilford ... Officer Anne Oshenbull
Norman Burton ... Marty Berger (as Normann Burton)
Linda Kerridge ... Marilyn O'Connor
Morgan Paull ... Gary Bially
James Luisi ... Captain M.L. Gallagher
Eve Brent ... Aunt Stella Binford (as Eve Brent Ashe)



Plot

A young man named Eric has one hobby: movie trivia. He watches movies whenever he is not working at his dead-end job (delivering film supplies). He also has an obsession with Marilyn Monroe, queen of the silver screen. Eric sees a girl that reminds him of Marilyn Monroe, with the actual name of Marilyn, and he asks her for a date. When she stands him up, something snaps within himself and he partially loses his mind. He decides to start standing up for himself against the bullies at work, his aunt, and everyone else - movie style. Who will be taken out? What costume will he use next....?  Will he get his just revenge?




Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated


Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.

3/5 - *SPOILERS* This is a psychological movie about a kid that loses his mind/reality when he is dejected by his aunt, his coworkers, and a pretty girl (Marilyn Monroe look alike). The reaction of the cops is pretty depressing - killing him without him pointing his gun at anyone. He got his little bit of fame at the end but it didn't save his life...

I personally did not like this movie but that doesn't mean that it is bad for everyone. Feel free to view it as you wish. [The trailer is much more interesting than the movie, honestly.]

Thanks for reading! More reviews to come.



~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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Movie Review: "Dead and Buried" 10/09/81


This is the movie review for "Dead and Buried", released October 9, 1981. I watched this on VHS on May 29, 2019.



Genre: Horror, Mystery
Run Time: 1 Hour 34 Minutes

Trailer







(Main) Cast

James Farentino ... Sheriff Dan Gillis
Melody Anderson ... Janet Gillis
Jack Albertson ... William G. Dobbs



Plot

Crimes start popping up in the quiet town of Potter's Bluff, in weird ways. While looking into the crimes around town, Sheriff Dan Gillis also notices his wife talking about voodoo and dark arts. Is there more to the story than mere crimes? Could something or someone be taking over the town? Can the Sheriff save himself, his wife, and his town from whatever this is?



Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated


Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.

3/5 - *SPOILERS* Zombie voodoo movie. Good mystery but pathetic character/mystery building. Oh, the whole town is dead and brought back to life by the mortician who is far too eager to add to his collection.

The ending disappointed me severely, even worse than any Stephen King book ending. Like "Oh, sorry, everything and everyone is dead and you are too. No way back from this and probably no way forward."

Not that great of a movie. If you want to watch some old school horror, then go for it. I would personally recommend "The Shining" over this if you wanted an older horror. Honestly, I kinda don't want this VHS for "Dead and Buried" in my collection anymore after being so disappointed in it but it will stay in the collection for a while longer.

Well, that's my movie review. Thanks for reading. More reviews to come!



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Movie Review: "Egypt: The Quest for Immortality" 1995 TV

This is the movie review for "Egypt: The Quest for Immortality", released in 1995 to TV with Time. This is the first episode of the first season of "Lost Civilizations". I have this on VHS and watched it May 27, 2019.



Genre: Documentary
Run Time: 40 Minutes



Plot

This is about how Egypt had a thing for immortality: life after death. This episode talks about how much the culture paid attention to taking care of their departed, the tombs, their folklore, etc. 




Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated


Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.

4.5/5 - This was a very biased view on Egypt (not paying attention to how they treated Jewish slaves) and their quest for immortality. It was very interesting to watch, especially finding out what the Rosetta stone actually is and how it was found, how the tombs were robbed (animal burial tombs too!), and how the scientists are trying to preserve the remnants of the pharaohs.

I am definitely still interested in learning more about the Egyptian culture so I will continue to search for more information in the future. For those that find Egypt interesting, I highly recommend this episode. There are probably newer shows about this same thing that can give better entertainment but this was still informative.

That's my review. Thanks for reading! More reviews are to come.

~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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Thursday, December 26, 2019

Movie Review: "DragonHeart" 05/31/96

This is a movie review for "DragonHeart", released May 31, 1996. I watched this on VHS tape on May 27, 2019.



Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Run Time: 1 Hour 43 Minutes


Trailer





Cast

Dennis Quaid ... Bowen
David Thewlis ... King Einon
Pete Postlethwaite ... Gilbert of Glockenspur
Dina Meyer ... Kara
Jason Isaacs ... Lord Felton
Brian Thompson ... Brok
Sean Connery ... Draco (voice)




Plot


While the king and prince are out enforcing their laws, the king is killed and the prince is gravely wounded. The queen brings her son to a dragon and asks him to save her son. He does so but demands that the main knight [Bowen] teach him in the old way of the knights (honor, justice and nobility). After the dragon saves the prince, the prince changes for the worse and Bowen swears it was because of what the dragon did to him. Bowen goes around the country taking down dragons because that seems the best way to get revenge for what happened.

Along the way, Bowen meets an old dragon and he finds himself in a stand-still with this dragon - neither can kill the other without themself dying. They sit down and talk, coming to a conclusion that there is a way they can survive: why not make it seem like Bowen is still this great dragon-slayer when he "saves" villages from a dragon and "slays" it? They seem to have everything going for them but then the prince, now king, has a bit of an ego thing and wants to entrap the dragon. Turns out that the fate of the king is intimately connected to the fate of the dragon and vice versa.

How can Bowen stop the corrupt king and save his friend Draco the dragon?




Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated



Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


5/5 - *SPOILERS* This is a wonderful movie. It is very captivating. I found it very sad to hear that the dragons' souls might have been lost when they were slain. It was sad that Bowen had to kill Draco to defeat the evil king but it was worth it when Draco's spirit transcended to the heavens.

Why is it PG-13? Probably because of violence and because the king did try to force/suggest sex onto Kara, though she got away.

Anyways, very good movie that I recommend; that's my movie review. Thanks for reading!



~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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Movie Review: "Reasonable Doubt" 01/17/14

This is a movie review for "Reasonable Doubt", released January 17, 2014. I watched this on May 18, 2019 via Vudu.



Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Run Time: 1 Hour 31 Minutes


Trailer







(Main) Cast

Dominic Cooper ... Mitch Brockden
Samuel L. Jackson ... Clinton Davis
Gloria Reuben ... Det. Blake Kanon
Ryan Robbins ... Jimmy Logan
Erin Karpluk ... Rachel Brockden




Plot

A young District Attorney named Mitch Brockden has everything anybody might want - a good stable career, a loving partner, a brand new baby, and a good house. One night, after hanging out with some friends, he starts heading home. Someone seemed to be about to vandalize his vehicle so he decided to drive the vehicle away from there even though he was buzzed from the night. As he is heading home, he bumps into a person on a side street. He knows that if he stays around, he will get charged for drunk driving. He wants to help the guy so he gives him his coat for a little as he goes to a booth to call 911. He takes his coat once he has placed the call and heads home. Of course, it is still on his mind in the morning and he starts looking into what happened.

A man (Clinton Davis) is brought in for a hit and run for the man's death, which Mitch is afraid might have been his fault, so Mitch takes up the case as if to clear his conscious. However, afterwards, he finds out that the man is not so innocent as he thinks. In fact, it starts becoming a matter of how much can Mitch say and how much can he risk? Can he get the real suspect arrested before something evil befalls himself and his family?







Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated


Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


4/5 - This movie was much more interesting than I thought it would be. The twists of the plot ("war") between the two were very good and kept the viewer on edge. It was a bit of a psychological thriller with Clinton messing with Mitch's mind as he set him up very cleverly.

*SPOILERS* Ending of "happy family" was overdone, in my opinion, but it was done in a decent manner.

I would recommend this movie, but not for children because of the violence (yes, rated R is accurate for the violence and whatnot). As for Morgan Freeman, this is one of the best movies I have seen him in, right up there with "Shawshank Redemption".

Anyways, that's my movie review. Many more to come, so look for them! Thank you for reading.



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Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Movie Review: "Fed Up" 01/19/14

This is a movie review for “Fed Up”, released January 19, 2014. I watched this on Vudu on May 7, 2019.


Genre: Documentary
Run Time: 1 Hour 32 Minutes


Trailer





Plot

Why are there so many children with obesity? How can we fight it? Easy - reduce sugar; difficult - fight processed foods and fast foods.



Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated


Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.

4.5/5 – This is an interesting documentary about obesity and how to lose weight (by reducing added sugar, resisting fast foods and resisting processed foods). The main issue for dealing with fast foods is that many times, it is much easier to go to a drive through than to go to a dine-in restaurant. It is also much easier to buy foods that you can throw into the microwave or oven without having to prepare, because of busy schedules. The main issue is to actually put effort into eating foods that are as unprocessed as possible. I know that is difficult as I myself am guilty of this issue (eating quick instead of good).

Why it is rated Parental Guidance: mainly because they compare consuming sugar to smoking.

Is it biased? Yes, this movie is biased but it seems to be on the right course for trying to eat better. Of course, just eating in moderation (with all things, even wine, steaks, and carbohydrates) might just be the best suggestion for how one should eat. Modify according to your needs and allergies, but keep a mind out for the issue with added sugar, preservatives, etc.



Anyways, that's my movie review. Thanks for reading!


~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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Movie Review: "Shallow Grave" 01/06/95 UK

This is a movie review for “Shallow Grave”, first seen at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 1994. It was later released in Australia and then in UK (country of origin) January 06, 1995.  I watched this movie during May of 2019.



Genre: Crime, Thriller
Run Time: 1 Hour 29 Minutes


Trailer







Cast

Kerry Fox ... Juliet Miller
Christopher Eccleston ... David Stephens
Ewan McGregor ... Alex Law
Ken Stott ... Detective Inspector McCall
Keith Allen ... Hugo







Plot

Three roommates are searching for a roommate to help fill their flat and help pay the rent. After passing through many applicants, they come up with someone that they think will fit well. He moves in and they haven't heard from him in days, even after knocking on the door. They knock the door in to find him dead on the bed, a suitcase full of money next to him. What can they do? Is it wise to keep the money? What should they do with the body? Will the money attract bad attention (like the mafia or something like that)?



Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated


Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.

3.5/5 - *SPOILERS*  This movie is a good look into the psychological issues that one might face after sawing a dead body apart and burying it. The amount of money makes the three friends fight each other, get greedy, and become paranoid. There is one part of the movie where the one character ends up locking himself in the attic with the money because he thinks it should not be spent for a while. As the other two friends try to get him to lighten up, they are attacked by people who were looking for the money. Soon, the police are sniffing around and the question is whether to be truthful about everything, to leave the country, or to simply lie.

The question for viewers is how greedy can money make you? What can money do to your personality, especially when received through ill means (like on a dead body)?

Yes, this is definitely a R rated movie because there are dead people, there is the (not shown) dismemberment of bodies and dumping them in a shallow grave out in the forest, violence, attacking each other, a hint of potential mafia (?), and some other things. Not really for those kids, sorry.

I'll leave the pondering to you and won't tell more of the plot line because I enjoyed this movie. I recommend it, though I did not give it a higher rating. That's my movie review. Thank you for reading!

[Bonus for Ewan McGregor! So cute! And Christopher Eccleston, the reason I searched for it because this is a pre-Doctor Who movie for him, was awesome. It was great to see his character degrade...]


~ Gracie Mae DeLunac


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Movie Review: "Quick Change" 07/13/90

This is a movie review for “Quick Change”, released July 13, 1990. I watched this on Vudu on April 28, 2019.

Genre: Comedy, Crime



Trailer







(Main) Cast


Bill Murray ... Grimm
Geena Davis ... Phyllis
Randy Quaid ... Loomis
Jason Robards ... Chief Rotzinger





Plot

Three friends want to find a way to get out of New York City. It is should be easier to do after robbing a bank, or so they think, but almost everything gets in their way. Is there a way that they can get out or will they end up getting caught?





Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated


Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


5/5 – *SPOILERS* This is a very good comedic crime movie. The beginning of the movie starts out with the bank robbery which seems to be sloppy. Of course, the main characters planned the robbery very well and managed to get out without much issue at all. The problems started up after they got out of the bank.

There are little things here and there that make this movie very entertaining: bad traffic sign people {not caring for if the signs are accurate or posted properly}, mafia issues, people giving bad directions on how to get out of the town or robbing them, bus driver being insistent on getting paid the perfect exact change for the bus fare to get to the airport, a guitar guy that was refusing to get off of the bus, a man getting a hair cut on the bus, lady selling flowers for the dead, non-English speaking cabbie (poor guy!), the mafia bagman Mario ratting out mafia boss Lombino and also loving Lombino's wife, the police chief catching Lombino on the plane that the main characters were on, and the trio getting away without being caught (even with so close an encounter). Very good movie. I highly recommend this movie and would watch it again in the future.

Why is it rated R for Restricted? Crime (stealing from a bank), mafia, threatening violence, etc. I kinda think that it could have been a PG-13 but okay. For those with kids, please pre-view before you let them watch just in case you think it IS a rated R movie.


That's my movie review. Thanks for reading!

~ Gracie Mae DeLunac


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Movie Review: "Train Driver's Diary" 09/14/16 SERBIA


This is a movie review for “TrainDriver's Diary”, released June 23, 2016 in Russia at the Moscow Film Festival. This is a Serbian film, in the Serbian language. I watched this via a streaming app on my Roku on April 25, 2019.



Trailer







Cast

Lazar Ristovski ... Ilija

Petar Korac ... Sima

{There are other characters but these are the most important and most prominent.}





Plot

An old train driver saves the life of a 10 year old orphan boy Sima that was walking on the track because he had given up on life. Many years later, the boy is a young man (having grown up under the care of a few train drivers) and has aspirations of becoming one himself. As the boy starts losing his sanity due to being afraid of running someone over, the old man starts losing his own sanity thinking his (dead) sweetheart from 25 years ago had come back. The old man sees how much the stress and worry about what it would be like running over someone is affecting the young man and starts debating on what he can do to help. How can he help the young man from losing his mind?





Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated




Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


4.5/5 – It was a very interesting movie, especially as a commercial driver. When you're driving for a living, you do worry about what happens when you get into a crash. Of course, it is more horrific for train drivers than bus drivers because the time to stop can be miles after the crash, depending on the speed of the train. The other part about this movie that I found interesting is the fact that all of the train drivers accepted the fact that they run over cars and people all of the time because people are stupid around trains; psychologically, that is difficult to wrap the mind around realizing and coming to terms with the fact they are killers. If that is how the industry is, I would not be able to be a train driver because of this factor.


The rating was knocked down for the lack of emotion/love expressed from the adopted father to the “son”, though it was great that he and Diesel beat up the guy that threw Sima behind the wheel of a train without training/teaching him. I mean seriously, if you are taking responsibility for that much weight and power, get some training first!

(I don't understand why YouTube and IMDB both call it a "dark comedy"/"comedy" ; I did not find much comedy from it. Maybe that's because I am a commercial driver and know the fear that other commercial drivers have... Or I'm "just a square".)

Definitely at least Parental Guidance for rating because they are constantly talking about death, depression, and killing people.



That's my movie review. Thank you for reading!

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Movie Review: "My Super Ex-Girlfriend" 07/21/06



This is a movie review for “My SuperEx-Girlfriend”, released July 20, 2006 in Australia. I watched this via a streaming app on my Roku on April 22, 2019.


Trailer





Cast

Uma Thurman ... Jenny Johnson / G-Girl

Luke Wilson ... Matt Saunders
Anna Faris ... Hannah Lewis
Rainn Wilson ... Vaughn Haige
Eddie Izzard ... Professor Bedlam / Barry




Plot

An architect that has had many bad relations ends up dating a confusing woman. She breaks his bed during sex, he is hung upside down from the Statue of Liberty by a villain and a female superhero rescues him. After giving him crap for being captured by the villain, she finally tells him that she is that superhero. Put off by her crazy mood swings, he tries to break up with her, which makes her try to get revenge. Can he survive a superhero's wrath?



Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated



Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


3.5/5 – This was a cute superhero/super-villain movie. The reasoning of the villain is kinda exaggerated (wanting to get her attention by attacking her, seriously?) but it makes sense that he was upset that he lost his friend when she got the super powers. The mood swings of the hero were way over-exaggerated and ridiculous, especially with the throwing of the shark at him after they broke up. Throwing his car into space was funny and it was strange that she brought it back down to him instead of just buying him a new car, but I guess that works. There aren't many other things that are note worthy. For a superhero movie, it is comical and interesting but I think I'd rather watch Thor or the Avengers again.

Is it PG-13? Yes because of violence, bad guys, and sex (though they are clothed). Parental guidance suggested for sure.

That's my movie review. Thanks for reading! Keep an eye out for more reviews.

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Movie Review: "Dogtooth" 11/11/09 GREECE


This is a review for “Dogtooth”, released May 18, 2009 in France at the Cannes Film Festival and then released to public on November 11, 2009 in Greece. This is a Greek movie, in the Greek language. I watched this on Tubi on April 21, 2019, in Greek with English subtitles.



Trailer





Cast


Michele Valley ... Mother
Mary Tsoni ... Younger Daughter
Anna Kalaitzidou ... Christina







Plot

A father and mother raise their three adult children in a very isolated and repressed lifestyle. The world outside of their blockaded house is evil and dangerous, they tell their children. How can they survive? Is there a way to be ready to take on the outside world?



Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated



Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.

1/5 - A father and mother take a "The Village" type stance on life: they teach their children that the world is evil (cats are the most evil creatures out there) and keep them locked away in a country-side house [which Dad comes and goes from – hypocrisy].

They bring a woman over so that the son can take care of his sexual needs. Being that he doesn't know how to take care of a woman, she doesn't get satisfaction for intercourse. She then goes to one of the daughters and gets her satisfaction, which angers the parents. They stop bringing the woman over [I can't remember if they kill her?] and then talk about promoting incestual sex {keeping it “in house”}.

The parents also promote violence among the children (fighting to get something or do something and getting rewarded for it), repression, and abusing the children physically as well as poisoning their minds with false definitions/viewpoints (no religion involved). They tell the children that mother is expecting another sibling and a dog, which is really messed up how they bring that up. They tell their children that airplanes are very small things in the sky that can fall down to the ground (as toy airplanes). One thing they tell their children is that they cannot go out into the real world until their dogtooth falls out, which it is biologically NEVER supposed to do. Overall, the parents are terrible people. This is much worse than “The Village” because there doesn't seem to be a reason, though they think it is right somehow. Stories of survival is one thing but “Dogtooth” is worse because the family relies on father telling a lie, working a job in the outside world, and keeping the family away from everyone. If it had been just a survival story, like post-apocalyptic, that would be one thing but they took it way out of line.

Suggested? No. Interesting psychology but not that great of a movie. If you want to know about propaganda and mind-washing, then sure. Aside that, this movie is worthless. From someone that just got out of a repressive background, it was a bit disgusting to watch this but glad that my situation was better than the childrens' situation in the movie. I would not want to watch this again; even just reviewing it makes my stomach turn. Definitely NOT for children.

So, that's my movie review. Thanks for reading! There are more reviews in the future, as always.

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Monday, December 23, 2019

Movie Review: "XXY" 06/14/07 ARGENTINA



This is a movie review for “XXY”, released May 20, 2007 in France at the Cannes Film Festival. This is an Argentinian/Spanish/French film, in the Spanish language. I watched this on Tubi on April 21, 2019 in Spanish with English subtitles.


Trailer







Cast

Ricardo Darín ... Kraken

Germán Palacios ... Ramiro
Inés Efron ... Alex







Plot

An intersex "girl" (from before birth) reaches puberty and tries to figure out her/his identity and wants, much to the anguish of her/his family.



Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated




Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


4/5 – This was an interesting movie to think about intersex beings and what kind of issues many have. Whether or not the story is true, I liked learning about the complications of not being normally in accordance with the binary gender “standards”.

During November of 2019, I have learned more about intersex people (and not just “hermaphrodites”). I do believe that I will be researching more into this in the future. It isn't enough to merely say “I am a woman and all should be either men or women” - one should learn how others perceive life and accept it as a valid point. So what if a person is born male but feels that they are a female? So what if a person is attracted to both males and females? Live and let live, is what I am learning.

Highly recommended for those that want to view something different and to open your mind. If you want to be close minded, especially thinking in binary terms, this is not a movie for you.

Anyways, that's my movie review. Thanks for reading! I have over 30 movies to review to catch up between April 2019 and November 2019, so more reviews are to come.


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Movie Review: "The Seven Deadly Sins The Movie: Prisoners of the Sky" 09/18/18


This is a movie review for “The Seven Deadly Sins The Movie: Prisoners of the Sky”, original Japanese released August 18, 2018. I watched this via Netflix on April 19, 2020. We watched this as English dubbed, since we watched the whole series on Netflix in English dubbed.



Trailer







Cast

Yûki Kaji ... Meliodas (voice)

Sora Amamiya ... Elizabeth Liones (voice)
Misaki Kuno ... Hawk (voice)
Aoi Yûki ... Diane (voice)
Tatsuhisa Suzuki ... Ban (voice)
Jun Fukuyama ... King (voice)
Yûhei Takagi ... Gowther (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto ... Merlin (voice)
Tomokazu Sugita ... Escanor (voice)
Tsubasa Yonaga ... Solaad (voice)
Haruka Tomatsu ... Ellatte (voice)







Plot

This is about the 7 Deadly Sins, including Escanor, dealing with a demon group called the 6 Knights of Black and how, after passing through a portal that dropped them off on an island in the sky, the Sins helped a celestial named Solaad (that looks exactly like Meliodas but with wings) learn how to stand up for himself.





Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated






Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



3.5/5 – This is not part of anime story-line canon, as far as we know by the end of Season 3 Episode 24 (“So Long As You're Here”, released Oct 15, 2018) because Escanor is in this movie and he didn't show up until episode 14 of season three (“Master of the Sun”). It was good to see the whole group here but it made no sense regarding where it sat in the canon timeline. I would have liked to see it linked in with the show better because then it wouldn't feel like such a filler between seasons (and they still haven't brought out the next season as of the end of November 2019).

One major thing I didn't like was the fact that the celestial Solaad and his celestial girlfriend were darn near identical to Meliodas and Elizabeth. It is fine that the plotline revolves around the fact that Meliodas and Solaad look darn near identical but Elizabeth and her counterpart?! *fumes*

The artwork and animation of the movie were in good taste and were very much in the same vein as the show, so if you like the show, you'll like the artwork/animation of the movie. I would not suggest this as a stand-alone movie because it tells nothing of the characters aside the celestials and it is not very good with the canon of the anime (though I have no clue how it works with the manga) but it is a cute movie. [Stick to the anime, in my opinion.]

Well, that's my review. Thanks for reading! More reviews to come in the future.

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Sunday, October 27, 2019

Movie Review: "The Magic Pill" 09/07/17 AUSTRALIA

This is a movie review for "The Magic Pill", released September 07, 2017 in Australia. I watched this around the beginning of April 2019 via Netflix.





Trailer








Plot


Humans are having issues medically - cancer, diabetes, autism, etc. So many of the pharmaceutical industry say that you just need to add more medicines to your life: add one for the diabetes, one for the weight loss, one for high cholesterol, etc.

Maybe there is a better way to treat and conquer these illnesses/diseases? How about lowering processed foods (including breads), eating more good oils, and cooking at home more?





Rating Criteria

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.


4/5 - Interesting documentary about the ketogenic diet. I personally find the Knives over Forks diet better or the vegan diet better, but the idea of going for more of a whole foods diet is good. I like that they were trying to say that coconut oil and peanut oil is better for you when you cook than vegetable oil, but not all "bad oils" are bad. The key to a decent diet is moderation and modifying the diet according to your specific body. Not everyone can eat the same thing, especially with allergies and lifestyles (especially pregnancy). Suggested to watch this for another view on dietary suggestions, but don't take it for "the Bible" on what you personally should do.




~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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Saturday, October 26, 2019

Movie Review: "Mermaid's Song" 09/26/2015 CANADA

This is a movie review for "Mermaid's Song", released September 26, 2015. I watched this on March 23, 2019 via Hulu. The original title of this movie was "Charlotte's Song", which I found had a better trailer than the official trailer for this movie (as seen below). I have included the official trailer for your viewing though I prefer the original title's trailer.




Trailer

Charlotte's Song trailer:





Official Trailer:







Cast

Iwan Rheon                 Randall
Katelyn Mager         Charlotte
Brendan Taylor         George




Plot

A mermaid was rescued by a human male and they fell in love. He kept her from returning to the ocean so a bargain was made. Eventually, a replacement would have to return to the ocean since the original mermaid was unable to. The man (George) and the woman (Serena?) had six daughters. They started a song and dance show (and bar) that capitalized on the woman's mermaid song to entice and entrance the men that came to visit.

Mother tries to save her youngest daughter (Charlotte) so that she wouldn't have to leave home. The only way she can think of potentially saving her daughter is to sacrifice her own life. With mother gone, father has to find a way to provide for their 6 daughters alone. As it is during the depression (dust bowl) in the 1930s, the bar/show was struggling as was before mother's death but without mother to entrance the guests, the family started to struggle even more. The requirement of Charlotte becoming a full mermaid is still an issue and now, with the help of a mafia man named Randall, father has changed the show into a more risque show and started prostituting out the girls. When one of Randall's guards tries to take interest in Charlotte, she turns mermaid on him.

The question is how can Charlotte, a young teenager about 15 years of age, survive? Can she stay human or must she become mermaid? Does she have to return to the ocean or can she stay amongst her family? How can their family come out the stronger after so many bad things have happened?






Rating Criteria

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



3/5 - *SPOILERS* Good movie and interesting plot, especially with the Mafia leader dude Randall being a supernatural creature that was not fully defined/shown during the movie. Interesting that the girl was able to transform into the mermaid to exact revenge on the Mafia folk and her father, transform back to the humanoid form, and be able to walk around like almost nothing happened.


Overall, it was not a bad movie. Yes, the dialogue of the actors is very quiet so it is hard to hear but that is not a major issue if you like subtitles like I do. It is a very good dark version of Hans Christian Anderson's story, though I have never read it myself, and the effects of the transformations to mermaid form are amazing. The change from changing into mermaid, exacting revenge as a vicious creature, transforming back to human, and walking around as if the transformation didn't take energy out of her really bothers me. Changing forms should have taken something out of her, especially since she is so young and not used to her mermaid form. Aside that, not too bad. NOT for children because of the violence, prostitution, alcohol, and other things, but I recommend if you have some time and want to see a darker version of a beloved story.



More reviews are to come so keep an eye out for them! Thank you for reading my review.


~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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Movie Review: "Knights of Badassdom" 09/25/13 ISRAEL

This is a movie review for "Knights of Badassdom", released September 25, 2013. I watched this on March 17, 2019 via Tubi.





Trailer








Cast

Sean Cook           Winston
Peter Dinklage    Hung
Summer Glau            Gwen
Steve Zahn                 Eric
Margarita Levieva    Beth



Plot

After Joe is dumped by Beth, he wants to waste away at home. His two friends (Eric and Hung) won't have it. They kidnap him and take him to a medieval LARP [Live Action Role Play] game but since Joe is taking over a new position in the game, the wizard Eric needs to summon him into the game. Unfortunately, he uses a sacred book during the fake summoning and summons an actual succubus (female demon from hell). Oh, and it happens to have the appearance of Joe's ex (Beth) because he was thinking of her after the break up.

How can they send the demon back to hell? How can they survive? And who (if anyone) is going to get with the hot Gwen?




Rating Criteria

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



3.5/5 - *SPOILERS*  Summer Glau was the best of the movie: sexy, sarcastic and aloft, and intelligent. The plotline was messed up but interesting to watch: Summoning a succubus/demon (in the appearance of your recent ex) because they were playing LARP and beating it with his music, seriously? Honestly, the demon defeat song is pretty awesome. I wish they had incorporated more of Joe's music in the movie but that was so background that it made the plotline go "wtf, here's a song".


The defeat of the succubus:






Anyways, I wouldn't recommend it for someone that values their movie watching time and it is definitely NOT for children. I won't watch this again unless someone else suggests it.


That's my movie review. More reviews to come, so keep an eye out for them!


~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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Friday, October 25, 2019

Movie Review: "Tangled" 11/24/10

This is a movie review for "Tangled" released November 24, 2010. I watched this on March 13, 2019.





Trailer








Cast

Mandy Moore                           Rapunzel (voice)
Zachary Levi                           Flynn Rider (voice)
Donna Murphy                   Mother Gothel (voice)




Plot

This is Disney's take on Rapunzel: bad boy thief meets very sheltered (and very pretty) girl. She wants to see the world and he wants to stay out of prison, with his booty that he stole from the palace. Where will their path together lead? And above all, who is this girl and why was she sheltered?



Rating Criteria

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



3.5/5 - *SPOILERS* Songs were super cheesy (and can REALLY get stuck in your head - see below the videos that I have added) and the horse was not believable [and definitely not nearly as awesome as Altivo from "The Road to El Dorado"] but the story was decent (though unrealistic). I liked how they came up with this flower to create the story but it still seemed a bit weird. I liked the fact that the old woman turned into nothing because she lost contact/control with the flower to keep her young but why did Eugene cut Rapunzel's hair before he was healed? Just to make sure that she would be free? Good intention but you died because of it, dummy. Luckily her tear brought you back to life because no one expected that.

Mother Gothel trying to convince Rapunzel to stay in the tower in the song "Mother Knows Best":





Rapunzel's Mood Swings about leaving the tower :









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Movie Review: "Suspiria" 08/12/77

This is a movie review for "Suspiria", released August 12, 1977. I watched this on February 6, 2019.





Trailer








Cast

Jessica Harper                 Suzy Bannion
Stefania Casini         Sara


{Many others in the cast but these two were essential.}


Plot

A young ballet dancer (Suzy) is accepted to attend a prestigious dance school in Germany but, from the moment that she arrives at the school, things seem off. For example, a gal that she meets outside the school building ends up being killed, a blind pianist is mauled to death by his guide dog, etc. Can Suzy find out what is behind all of the issues at the school? Is it more complex than sheer pressure to be excellent?



Rating Criteria

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.



3.5/5 - Slow and trippy beginning with a flat ending; not much body to the movie aside the fact that it seemed a lot of coincidences were happening: the first gal leaving (and dying), the blind pianist's dog turning on him, and the investigating girl (Sara) winding up dead. Oh, and WTF with Sara being manipulated to come back to attack Suzy.

*SPOILERS* The staff of the school are witches from a coven and are casting spells on the students (and on Daniel) especially when they want to leave from the control/power the school has over them.

I am curious if the new remake is better but haven't seen it yet. It is not high on my priority list, honestly, because this one was dry and far too trippy for a murder/paranormal investigation movie IMHO.





That's my review. Thanks for reading! More reviews to come eventually so keep an eye out for them.

~ Gracie Mae DeLunac

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