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* Yellow asterisk: funny (maybe).
* White asterisk:
expanded format.
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Blue asterisk: not mine.
No asterisk: it probably
sucks.
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OTHER CRAP:
Catch the deluxe
version of Other Crap in real time, with all the bells and whistles,
here.
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Ung Flukt
(1959)
Ung Flukt (1959), or "The Wayward Girl" was Liv Ullmann's first
starring role, and is a lovely coming-of-age film. She plays Gert,
the fatherless daughter of a traveling door-to-door saleswoman.
Lacking parental supervision, Gert is running with a wild bunch. Atle Merton is a
college-bound young man
from a good home, but he loves her. His mother
doesn't approve, and his father backs his mother to a point. As the
film opens, the young man is taking Gert to a remote country location to try
and save her from her friends and herself. When his father and her
mother arrive days later, it looks like the party is over, but the
parents end up leaving them there. Then, a stranger arrives, and
Gert seems interested in him, causing her young man to be jealous. When
the stranger robs a store, things get really tense.
I found it a
lovely film with a credible "feel good" ending which
doesn't promise happiness ever after, but at least opens the
possibility. People who demand plot-driven films with pace, or
who hate subtitles, will not be won over, but I give it a very enthusiastic thumb
up, and will watch it again and again.
It is only available from RLDVDs.com on a
Norwegian Region 2 PAL. It is in the original Norwegian with
optional English subtitles, and features one of the best transfers
of a B&W film I have ever seen.
IMDb readers say 6.6, but with very few votes.
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Notes and collages
"Charmed"
Shannen Doherty, Season 1, Episodes 21 and 22 |
Episode 21
Episode 22
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The Abandoned
(2006)
Arty horror film, cosmopolitan co-production.
Spanish director, filmed entirely in Bulgaria, performed in English and
Russian. (Bulgaria plays the part of Russia.)
The mixed
reviews basically said, "looks like it should be a brilliant movie,
minus the actual content." Some people were sufficient dazzled by the
atmosphere to praise the film, while others praised the atmosphere and
asked where the beef was.
Gotta love the nude scene.
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Latin Lover
More from the naughty Peruvian soap
opera
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