belladonna2054

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"Horror Movie Queen of Southwest Virginia"

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I love movies. I love to talk about movies. I get envious at shows that feature producers, movie critics talking about movies because I want to be there.

Like to get know people of like mind to share, discuss movies or whatever :)

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Interested in:Avant-garde / Experimental, Comedy, Crime, Culture & Society, Drama, Epic, Family & Personal Relationships, Horror, Language & Literature, Musical, Mystery, Reality Show [TV], Science Fiction, Spirituality & Philosophy, Theater, Thriller

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Who Framed Roger Rabbit

The 21st Century Female Version ...
By belladonna2054 in belladonna2054 Blog
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"An epidemic of a lethal virus has spread in modern day Scotland, sending the United Kingdom into a crisis state. Everyone is racing to get out before they become infected or stuck. Unfortunately this is the case for many people, including Eden Sinclair's (played by Rhona Mitra) mother. 30 year later the quarantine still holds and the rest of the world believes that everyone locked inside has died from either becoming infected or starving to death. But they receive an unlikely challenge to their belief: infected people were able to get through the guarded barriers and more survivors have been discovered via satellite. Believing that the survivors have a cure to the virus, the UK government quickly assembles a team of soldiers to go into the area to retrieve it. Once inside, they discover how the survivors have descended into animals in near literal sense. Director Neil Marshal directed Doomsday (2008) who also drected the cult hits Dog Soldiers (2002) and The Descent (2006) mis ... " [More]

Doomsday

The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things

The Heart and the Film is Most ...
By belladonna2054 in belladonna2054 Blog
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"The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) was a movie based on the bestseller "biography" that was written by J. T. Leroy. The book was based on Leroy's traumatic childhood of living in and out of foster homes and with his unstable mother. But prior to the film's release, it was discovered that the author himself never existed. Though the book was entirely fiction, it was made into a great film. Directed by and stars Asia Argento as Sarah, Jeremiah’s drug crazed mother. We first see Jeremiah (at age 7 played by Jimmy Bennett), taken away from his foster parents who tried to adopt him, but were denied by his mother. Before Jeremiah knows it, he is given back to Sarah. It becomes clear that something is not quite right with her. The apartment that she lives in is a wreck: very little furniture, no dishes and little food. Jeremiah, not unexpected, is very upset and is in a state of denial of it all. He does not want to be there, he does not believe that the woman h ... " [More]

Belladonna2054 Has What You Nee ...
By belladonna2054 in Community Recommendations
"For great movie suggestions and to answer your questions. I'm known as "The Horror Movie Queen of Southwestern Virginia" (though now I live in Northern Virginia, but the title still applies!). I can recommend or research for you great classic or modern horror films or any general film because I love all the little tid bits of behind the scenes or background information. I also love historical and independent films and documentaries. So drop me a line if you want to watch a great film! " [More]

Juno

Re:So Bad They're Good
By belladonna2054 in HORROR MOVIES 101
"Ahhh the quasi-horror pics that are more laughable than scary. These poor cult classics (two of the ones that you have listed or others that have responded, were referenced in the movie Juno) have several factors going against them that you have already mentioned: bad acting, budget, makeup, etc. These are the beginnings of the sexploitation films or grindhouse films. If I recall my history correctly, these types of films which have beautiful women or women who can hold their own and were killed for being so was done so as a response to the feminist movement. But they can be fun films to laugh at at least for being so bad. [quote user="divinemsjunebug"] Okay, I found the PERFECT movie for this discussion. It is a 1961 (Netflix says 1961 but Spout says 1963) movie called Blood Feast. I have never seen such bad makeup (especially on the"old" man - spray on gray hair and gray eyebrows), bad acting, bad gore scenes, cheesey clothes and props. The lead actress is really beautifu ... " [More]

The Sixth Sense

Innocence Does Not Come Undone
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"Mauro (played by Michel Joelsas) is like all ten-year-olds. He loves his parents, his friends, but most of all soccer. However innocence is only granted to the children of Brazil in 1970. Unbeknownst to Mauro, his parents are in trouble. They all quickly pack their things and take Mauro to his grandfather’s place. His parents continue to say that they are only ‘going on vacation’ and they should return soon. When Mauro asks when they would return, they say they will return by the World Cup. This sets the stage for Cao Hamburger’s The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2007). 1970 is a tumultuous year in Brazil. The political climate is changing with a dictatorship taking over which creates a militant state for those who are opposed to the new regime. Mauro, left in care of his grandfather, Motel (Paulo Autran), in a Jewish town of Sao Paulo or so they thought. He waits for hours until Motel’s neighbor, Shlomo (Germano Haiut) comes home and f ... " [More]

Sun Dogs

It's Straight to the Dogs
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"Sun Dogs is a documentary about Jamaica's first dog sled team. This film really is about the underdogs. Like Jamaica's first bobsled team, which was featured in the movie, Cool Runnings, people didn’t think it would work. However through perseverance and a lot of gull, one can succeed. The difference between Jamaica’s dogsled team and other countries’ teams is that it consists of all stray dogs. These were dogs that have been rescued from the streets of Kingston, which is considered one of the hardest towns to live in Jamaica. Neglected and without homes, these dogs were taken to a school to be cared for and trained to be what would be Jamaica’s first dogsled team. It was Danny Melville, who created Jamaica’s first bobsled team and the endorsement of Jimmy Buffet to put in all in motion. The challenge was difficult because these dogs were not raised like traditional sled dogs, but it was the dogs’ and their trainers’ determinatio ... " [More]

Wondrous Oblivion

A Wondrous Review
By belladonna2054 in belladonna2054 Blog
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"Wondrous Oblivion is about a young boy named David Weisman (played by Sam Smith), in 1960 London, who dreams of one day of being a cricket star, however there is one problem: he has no talent. This does not stop David’s passion for the sport, much to the chagrin of his classmates and family. One day new neighbors, the Samuels, move onto David’s block which causes a stir within the community. The new neighbors are from Jamaica. This causes racial tensions to rise further for David’s family, who are already subtly persecuted by their neighbors because they are Jewish. It is further raised as David sees Dennis Samuel (played by Delroy Lindo) build a cricket fence in his backyard. Seeing this as his opportunity to build his cricket skills, he breaks his mother’s (played by Emily Woof), rules by going over and being coached by Dennis. The other neighbors quickly take notice to David’s time spent with the Samuels and trouble begins for Mrs. Weisman ... " [More]

Summer Palace

Summer Palace
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"Summer Palace (2006) is based on a true story that centers on a young woman named Yu Hong (played by Hao Lei) as she goes on a 20-year journey from the late 1980s to present day China. We first see her as a young girl falling in love with the boy next door named Xiao Jun (Lin Cui) only to move on after being accepted into Beijing University. While attending university, we see her study, make friends, and become involved with the political activity that sweeps the campus. All the while Yu Hong records every thought and feeling she experiences in her diary which becomes the narration of the film. We see the conditions that she and other college students had to endure and restrictions placed on them by the Chinese government. Through it all she meets and falls in love with a man named Zhou Wei (Xiaodong Guo). It is their tumultuous relationship becomes the main focal point of the film. Yu Hong constantly says in the film that she wants to live and experience things more intens ... " [More]

13 Tzameti meets Hostel But Wit ...
By belladonna2054 in belladonna2054 Blog
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"13 Tzameti (2007) meets Hostel with little gore, but a lot of sophistication. Directed by Gela Babluani, the story revolves around Sebastian (Georges Babluani), the main supporter of his immigrant family, who struggle to survive in a small French town. He works as a handyman of a gentleman named Jean-Francois Godon (Philippe Passon). While fixing the roof, Sebastian overhears a conversation between Jean-Francois and his wife, Madame Godon (Olga Legrand), that he is expecting a package that holds promise to obtain a lot of money. While Jean-Francois leaves to take a bath, Madame Godon takes a look at the letter and sees a paid hotel bill and a ticket for a train to Paris. Realizing that he was not joking, she is startled as she sees water coming out of the bathroom. Unable to open the door, she calls on Sebastian for help. Sebastian runs quickly to the bathroom and breaks the door down finding Jean-Francois dead of an overdose. With Jean-Francois dead, leaving no one to pay h ... " [More]

Re:Mother of Mine
By belladonna2054 in Spout Mavens
"I just saw the trailer to this film and it looks very interesting. I would love to screen it. " [More]

Re: 13 Tzameti
By belladonna2054 in Spout Mavens
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Paris, je t'aime

A Long Road to Become Clean
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"Clean (2004) is a movie by Olivier Assayas, director of as Paris, je t’aime (2006), takes us on a journey into the hard world of the music business and drugs. Clean stars Maggie Cheung in her award winning role as Emily Wang, girlfriend and heroin addict of a struggling rocker and fellow junkie, Lee Hauser (played by James Johnson). After breaking off a potential gig in Canada, both travel back to their hotel. They both argue about how she is blamed for Lee’s continuing failures and she ends up leaving for the night and gets high in an empty parking lot. The next morning when Emily returns, the police are in the room where Lee was found dead of a drug overdose. The police arrest her when she attempts to get into the room and discover a couple of bags of heroin in her purse. Emily is sentenced to six months in prison and when she is released, she is briefly reunited with Lee’s father Albrecht (played by Nick Nolte). Albrecht also takes care of Emily and Lee& ... " [More]