Continuing
the French theme
for a couple more
weeks:
Happy Few
Happy Few (2010)
has Elodie Bouchez
and Marina Fois
both starkers.
(see HD footage
from this film in
Defoe's section
above)
The
Scribbler
(2014)
Johnny's
comments below:
The
Scribbler is a thriller
where Suki (Katie
Cassidy), a woman with
multiple personalities, is
sent to a halfway house
for patients with mental
illnesses and that's been
generous. There she is
greeted by an assortment
of women with issues and
Hogan (Garret Dillahunt),
an old friend who seems to
be mistakenly there and he
uses this to 'comfort' the
women on the floor
including Suki. Suki is
given by her doctor (Billy
Campbell) a machine called
'The Siamese Burn', which
helps her control her
personalities with what
seems to be some kind of
electric shock, but it
causes her to lose days
and one of the girls on
her floor seems to die in
the lost days, usually the
ones that have slept with
Hogan. Also, Suki has a
personality called The
Scribbler, who seems to be
developing the Siamese
Burn machine in the lost
days and it now can show
the 'true self' of the
participant. But, the
floor is running out of
residents and the killer
is still unknown.
Meanwhile, a cop (Michael
Imperioli) and a
psychiatrist (Eliza
Dushku) try to get to the
bottom of the death by
interrogating Suki.
Interesting
little thriller that's
plays like a comic book
movie, but without the men
in capes and world saving
stuff. At times it's
completely over-the-top
and at other times it has
a go at trying to
understand the
complexities of mental
illness. While the
movie is not
wholly successful because
it's a little confusing,
The Scribbler is never
boring and is a pretty fun
ride.
Katie
Cassidy collages
'
See 1080HD video from
this film in Catch o'
the Day below
Scoop's
note: the
final "ow" in
German is
pronounced the
same as "off"
in English,
which gives
her one
helluva last
name. Sadly,
the "u" is
pronounced
like a long
"u" or "oo" in
English, which
tends to spoil
all the fun.
(It's
SOO-cough, not
SUCK-off. Darn
it.)