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In this collection of three stories, an emotionally abused
wife finds comfort in the arms of her brother-in-law, a young
dancer undertakes an erotic and redemptive pilgrimage to Rome
involving live sex shows and nude photography, and a femme
fatale looks into a mirror as she recalls a sadomasochistic
love affair...
Try
imagining an erotic version of Alfred Hitchcock Presents,
and you'll have some idea of what this DVD series is like.
Only less well made. Producer Tinto Brass has little direct
involvement with these short films, apart from introducing
each one while puffing away characteristically on a cigar,
and making the occasional cameo appearance.
Though
the productions claim to have been directed in the "Tinto
Brass style", there is scant evidence of it here. Only in
A Magic Mirror is there any hint of Brass's eccentricity,
in the grotesque character of a brusque layabout husband (Ronaldo
Ravello), who spends much of his screen time lounging around
in a bath, like the captain of the B-Ark in The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy. But, although this tale displays
the most humour in the entire collection, it also shows off
the least amount of bare flesh, which is surely another important
ingredient that the audience will be expecting.
Things
get sexier in Julia, the story from which this collection
takes its name, which includes some particularly explicit
and highly charged sex scenes. Unfortunately, the plot is
almost totally incomprehensible - something to do with a dancer
(Anna Biella) going to Rome, but wildly at odds with the description
on the back of the sleeve, which mentions a photographer's
three beautiful models. I counted two of them at the most.
This production is also blighted by amateurish editing, which
leaves several gaping holes in the soundtrack. Oh well, at
least this DVD is subtitled, which spares us from woeful English
dubbing of the type recently heard on Brass's Private.
The
final tale, I Am the Way You Want Me, is a very weird
and nasty little minx. In it, a naked woman (Fiorella Rubino)
sprawls around in her bathroom, mouthing various strange utterances
to camera, and doing erotic things to herself, such as shaving
with a fearsome-looking cutthroat razor (shudder). And that's
about it.
A
further disappointment is the lack of any extra features.
So, all in all, this DVD has left me feeling rather brassed
off!
Chris
Clarkson
Avatar 2009 — Hindi
Jake opens his eyes – blue, tall, whole. Neytiri looks at him, and says, "I see you."
An "Avatar" is a genetically engineered Na’vi-human hybrid body, controlled by a human via a psychic link. Jake’s mission? To infiltrate the Na’vi and convince them to leave their sacred home, , which sits directly on the largest deposit of Unobtanium. Avatar 2009 Hindi
The year 2154. Earth’s resources are exhausted. The RDA Corporation has discovered a rare mineral called Unobtanium on a distant moon, Pandora , orbiting a gas giant. Pandora has a toxic atmosphere for humans, but it is home to the Na’vi – a race of 10-foot-tall, blue-skinned beings living in perfect harmony with nature. Part 1: The Broken Warrior The story begins with Jake Sully , a former Marine left paralyzed from the waist down. His twin brother, a scientist, has been killed. Because Jake shares his brother’s unique DNA, he is sent to Pandora to take his place in the Avatar Program . Jake opens his eyes – blue, tall, whole
Flying on Toruk, Jake lands before the Omaticaya. He hangs his head and says in Na’vi: "I was a fool. I thought I could be one of you, but I was only a puppet. Now I will fight as one of you. I will die as one of you." To infiltrate the Na’vi and convince them to
Heartbroken, Neytiri whispers, "You have a poisoned heart." The RDA destroys Hometree, killing Neytiri’s father. Jake is captured and put in a human cage. Grace is shot. At this lowest moment, Jake makes a choice. He escapes with the help of the pilot Trudy Chacón . But Grace is dying. The Na’vi refuse to help the traitor. Jake does the unthinkable: he tames Toruk Makto – a beast so feared that even the Na’vi bow to its rider.
But his double life collapses. When Jake hesitates to give intelligence to Quaritch, the Colonel takes matters into his own hands. Using bulldozers and missiles, the RDA attacks Hometree. Jake begs the Na’vi to fight, but they refuse. In desperation, Jake reveals the truth: "I was sent to destroy you." |
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