Sam & Janet (2002)

Sam & Janet (2002)
Director: Rick Walker
Writer: Rick Walker
Release Date: 29 May 2002 (USA)
Genre: Comedy - Drama - Romance
Runtime: 01:31:00


* PLot:

Awarded romantic drama.
Sam has been in high demand since the end of his miserable, six year marriage. He's smart, good looking and athletic, but his search for the relationship has come up empty. Until he meets and falls in love with Janet. Together, they embark on a perfect one year relationship. Sam fights it, but if he's ever going to give marriage another shot, Janet's the one. . .until he discovers their entire existence has been one big lie...

***Audience Choice Award Best Feature -- Bare Bones International Film Festival 2002***

***Best Feature Film -- Dead Center Film Festival 2002***

***Best Screenplay -- New York International Independent Film Festival***

***Grand Jury Award Best Drama Feature -- Bare Bones International Film Festival***


* Cast:

Ryan Brown ... Sam Evening
Jennifer Ferguson ... Janet Clark
Gary Busey ... Bartender
Anna Beck ... Susan
Blake Wolney ... Evan
George Back ... Parker
Shawn Jefferson ... Steven
Vanessa Altshuler ... Darian
Verna Vaughan ... Maw
Mark Martello ... Marty
Angela Erwin ... Angie
Lauren DeBrus ... April
Fawnda McMahon ... Sharon

Jackie Chan's Fantasy Mission Force (1982)

Fantasy Mission Force (1982)
Director: Yen-ping Chu
Writer: Hsin Wei (screenplay)
Release Date: 1982 (Taiwan)-
Genre: Action - Adventure - Comedy - Crime - Thriller - War
Runtime: 01:28:00


* Plot:

Similar to "The Dirty Dozen" or one of that nature. Japan is trying to take over the world and the generals of the allied forces trying to stop the Japanese have been taken prisoner.

A force of loners and fighters is put together to try and rescue the generals and save the war effort with the promise of gold and/or pardons of past crimes.


* Cast:

Jackie Chan ... Sammy (as Jacky Chan)
Brigitte Lin ... Lily (as Chan Hsia Lin)
Yu Wang ... Don Wen (as Yu Wang)
Yueh Sun ... Old Sun
David Tao ... Billy (as Tao Da Way)
Jung Fang ... General
Shiu Bu Lia ... Stone
Ling-feng Kao ... Grease Lightning
Adam Cheng ... Amazon Leader (as Adam Cheng Siu-Chow)
Ling Chang ... Emily

I'm Crazy About Prem (Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon - 2003)

I'm Crazy About Prem (Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon - 2003)
Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya
Writer: Sooraj R. Barjatya
Release Date: 27 June 2003 (USA)
Genre: Musical - Drama - Romance
Langauges: English and indian with English (Put the video on full screen for better watching)


* Cast:
Abhishek Bachchan ... Prem Kumar
Ruby Bhatia ... Herself (Special appearance)
Tanaaz Currim Irani ... Roopa (as Tanaaz Currim)
Javed Jaffrey ... Himself (Special Appearance) (as Jaaved Jaaffery)
Farida Jalal ... Mrs. Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor ... Sanjana
Pankaj Kapur ... Satyaprakash
Shubha Khote ... Mother Fernandes
Reema Lagoo ... Prem Kumar's mom
Johnny Lever ... Johnny
Hrithik Roshan ... Prem Kishen Mathur
Kusumit Sana ... Shabnam
Himani Shivpuri ... Susheela
Manmeet Singh ... Hrithik's friend - Abhishek's manager
Upasna Singh ... Secretary
Raju Srivastava ... Servant


* Plot :

Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon is the story of Sanjana (Kareena Kapoor), a girl of today's generation full of life and vibrant ecstasy. She lives life on her own terms and gets very upset when her mother Susheela (Himani Shivpuri), arranges for her to see a boy leading to a marriage prospect. Roopa, the eldest daughter shows Sanjana's photos to Prem's mother who instantly approves of her. She eventually meets Prem Kishen (Hrithik Roshan).


At first she cannot stand him but eventually both fall in love with each other. Her parents are happy that Sanjana likes him, but suddenly Sanjana's sister Roopa, e-mails them and tells them that Prem could not make it so they sent someone else.


The confused parents later find out that the boy that is here is not in fact the Prem, the rich N.R.I (non resident Indian) whom Sanjana was meant to meet. He is Prem Kishen, an employee in Prem Kumar's company. It gets even worse when the real Prem (played by Abhishek Bachchan) arrives to meet Sanjana.

The Devil's Messenger (1961)

The Devil's Messenger (1961)
Director: Herbert L. Strock
Writer: Leo Guild
Genre: Horror


* Cast :

Lon Chaney Jr. ... Satan
Karen Kadler ... Satanya
Michael Hinn ... John Radian (archive footage)
John Crawford ... Donald Powell (archive footage)
Ralph Brown ... Charlie (archive footage)
Inga Botorp ... Dixie (archive footage)
Eve Hossner ... Girl in Photo (archive footage)
Edward Maze ... Girard (archive footage)
Frank Taylor ... Swen Seastrom (archive footage)
Sara Harts ... Frozen Girl (archive footage)
Jason Lindsay ... Museum Chief (archive footage)
Lennart Melin ... Dr. Olsen (archive footage)
Tor Steen ... Dr. Lund (archive footage)
Gordon Adler ... Policeman (archive footage)
Ann Catrine Widlund ... Secretary (archive footage)



* Plot :


In this feature version of the Swedish TV series "13 Demon Street," a 50,000-year-old woman is found frozen in an ice field, and a man's death is foretold in dreams.

Audition (1999)

Audition (オーディション, Ōdishon?) is a 1999 Japanese horror film directed by Takashi Miike and starring Ryo Ishibashi and Eihi Shiina. It is based on a Ryu Murakami novel of the same title. Over the years, the film has developed a cult following.


* Plot :


Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi), a middle-aged widower who lost his wife to an illness seven years prior, is urged by his 17-year-old son, Shigehiko (Tetsu Sawaki), to begin dating women again. I, accordance to wikipedia, Shigehiko is somewhat doubtful of his father's love life, but plans to move out when he finishes school and does not want his father to be alone. Aoyama's friend and colleague, Yoshikawa (Jun Kunimura), a film producer, devises a plan to hold a mock-audition, in which young, beautiful women would audition for the "part" of Aoyama's new wife, under the impression that they are auditioning for a new film, but actually so Aoyama can marry one of the finalist contestants.


Aoyama is immediately enchanted by Asami Yamazaki (Eihi Shiina), a 24-year-old woman with a soft voice and reserved, yet confident, mannerisms. In her audition, Asami says that she was once a ballerina headed for greatness, but had to give up dancing after an injury. Aoyama, still reeling from the death of his wife, is attracted to her apparent emotional depth.


Yoshikawa warns him about Asami, saying that he has a bad feeling about her. None of the references on her résumé were able to be reached and her job history is shaky. The music producer she claimed to work for had gone missing. Unfortunately, Aoyama is so enthralled by her inner and outer beauty that he is blinded by his feelings for her.


She lives in an empty apartment, furnished only with a sack and a telephone. Four days following the audition, she sits perfectly still in the middle of the floor next to the telephone, waiting for it to ring. When it finally does, the sack lurches across the room and makes gurgling sounds. She ignores it as she waits a few rings before answering.


When Asami answers the phone, she confesses to Aoyama that she never expected him to call. After several dates, she agrees to accompany him to a seaside hotel. Once at the hotel, Asami tells Aoyama about the abuse she suffered as a child and shows him the burn scars on her body. Asami asks Aoyama to love only her. Aoyama promises to do so and they make love.


The next morning, Aoyama is awakened by a telephone call; it is the front desk wondering if, since his companion left, he too would be checking out. He realizes Asami is nowhere to be found. Using her résumé, Aoyama searches in vain for her.


Aoyama visits the old ballet studio where Asami claimed to have trained for 12 years. He finds that the studio is now inhabited only by a disabled old man in a wheelchair with artificial feet. It is revealed that the man caused the burn scars on Asami's legs.


Then he goes to the bar where Asami used to work and someone tells him that it has been closed for a year because the woman who was in charge, the wife of a record producer, was found dismembered. When the police put her body back together, they found 3 extra fingers, an extra ear, and an extra tongue.


Asami goes to Aoyama's house during his search. Once there, she finds a photo of his dead wife. Enraged, she slips a sedative in his drink and hides. Aoyama comes home, has a drink and faints. The movie cuts to a sequence about Asami's past and present. In one scene, The contents of the sack are revealed to be a man missing both feet, his tongue, one ear and three fingers on one hand. He crawls out of the sack and begs for food. Asami vomits into a dog dish and places it on the floor for the man. The man sticks his face in the bowl of vomit, and hungrily consumes it.


A while later, Asami returns to the drugged and paralyzed Aoyama. As she walks into the room, the audience sees the twisted body of Aoyama's pet dog. She proceeds to inject Aoyama with an agent that paralyzes his body, but keeps his nerves alert. She then tortures him with needles in his abdomen and under his eyes. As she is torturing him, she tells him he is just like everyone else in not being able to love only her. She talks about how he has love for his son (whom she plans to kill as well) and their dog, and how this is not acceptable, because then he will never be completely hers. Her torture of him, she explains, is to teach him the meaning of needing someone. She then cuts off his left foot with a wire saw.


While Asami begins to cut off his other foot, she is surprised by Aoyama's son returning home. She hides and prepares to attack Shigehiko. Shigehiko discovers his father on the floor, turns, and is surprised by Asami. Asami fails to disable Aoyama's son. In defense, he kicks her down a flight of stairs, breaking her neck. Aoyama tells his son to call the police.

Spanish Civil War: Libertarias (Subtitled)

Libertarias (1996)
Director: Vicente Aranda
Writers: Vicente Aranda(screenplay), Vicente Aranda(story).
Release Date: 19 April 1996 (Spain) more
Genre: Drama - History - War
Length: 02: 01: 23


* Cast :

Ana Belén ... Pilar
Victoria Abril ... Floren
Ariadna Gil ... María
Blanca Apilánez ... Aura
Laura Mañá ... Concha
Loles León ... Charo
Jorge Sanz ... Obrero Hijo
José Sancho ... Obrero padre
Joan Crosas ... Boina
Antonio Dechent ... Faneca
Miguel Bosé ... Cura secretario de Durruti
Paco Bas ... Un miliciano
Greg Charles ... Reportero extranjero
Claudia Gravy ... Madama del burdel
Francisco Maestre ... Obispo



"Libertarias" is a Spanish historical drama made in 1996. It was written and directed by Vicente Aranda.

In 1936, Maria (Ariadna Gil), a young nun is recruited by Pilar (Ana Belén), a militant feminist, into an anarchist militia following the onset of the Spanish Civil War. Guided by the older woman, Maria is exposed to the realities of war and revolution, and comes to question her former, sheltered life.



* Plot :



In the midst of the Spanish Revolution and Spanish Civil War in Barcelona, militia women Pilar (Ana Belen) and Floren (Victoria Abril) are joined by former prostitute Charo (Loles Leon) and former nun Maria (Ariadna Gil). The film opens with scenes of working class militants demolishing and burning religious icons, as they shout "down with Capitalism!" and "long live the libertarian revolution!"


While fully immersed in the overall enthusiasm of revolutionary Spain, Pilar and friends find themselves fighting against deep gender inequality which complicates their efforts in the war against Francisco Franco's Nationalist/Fascist/Catholic forces. They encounter resistance even within their own "Free Women" (Mujeres Libres) organization as one woman (that resembles Federica Montseny) tries to persuade them to stay and work in defense factories, while men try to convince them to go work as cooks, not front-line soldiers.

Africa Addio / Farewell Africa (English Subtitles)

Africa Addio - Farewell Africa (1966)
Directors: Gualtiero Jacopetti & Franco Prosperi
Writers: Gualtiero Jacopetti & Franco Prosperi
Release Date: 11 February 1966 (Italy)
Genre: Documentary
Length: 02:18:37


Africa Addio is a famed 1966 Italian documentary film about the end of the colonial era in Africa. The film was released under the names "Africa Blood and Guts" in the USA (which was only half of the entire film) and "Farewell Africa" in the UK.


The film was shot over a period of three years by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi, two Italian filmmakers who had gained fame (along with co-director Paolo Cavara) as the directors of Mondo Cane in 1962. This film ensured the viability of the so-called Mondo film genre, a cycle of "shockumentaries" - documentaries featuring sensational topics, which classifications arguably characterize "Africa Addio". It is included in the "Mondo Cane Collection" currently being distributed by Blue Underground.


The film contains evidence of cynical treatment of humanity to itself, as seen during the first wave of what became endemic African revolutions. The film includes gruesome evidence of the Zanzibar revolution- which included the massacre of approximately 5000 Arabs in 1964.[1], as well authentic footage of the 'Mau-Mau Rebellion's aftermath. The latter includes scenes of damage at the scenes of massacres on white Highland farms, the mutilation of British livestock (and, apparently, wild animals including baboons), participants' sentencing in colonial British court, & their re-appearance at the popular celebration of Jomo Kenyatta's pardon of all Mau-Mau 'heroes' of anti-colonial resistance.


The film has been hailed as a masterpiece by some but has also been criticized as being racist, misleading, exploitive, or staged. The film arrived at the height of the Cold War, and well-before the popularity of 'de-contextual' reconsiderations of Colonialism.