Gregory's Girl

Starring:John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Jake D'Arcy, Clare Grogan, Robert Buchanan (II), Billy Greenlees, Alan Love, Caroline Guthrie, Carol Macartney, Douglas Sannachan, Allison Forster, Chic Murray, Alex Norton, John Bett, Dave Anderson, Billy Feeley, Maeve Watt, Muriel Romanes, Patrick Lewsley, Ronald Girvin
Director: Bill Forsyth
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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There is something so utterly captivating about this Bill Forsyth film--whether it's the quaintness of authentic Scottish accents (softened for its U.S. release) or the wholly universal story of young love. But what really gives Gregory's Girl its evergreen appeal is the enchanting performance of young Gordon John Sinclair as the eponymous gangly lead. With his shock of red hair, he's all arms and legs--and inexperience. Gregory becomes infatuated with Dorothy (a lovely Dee Hepburn), who proves a heartier and better athlete than he is. Gregory's so clueless, he relies on advice from his wee sister. The story may be familiar, but Forsyth's astute and affectionate rendering gives the film its momentum (the film won best screenplay at the British Academy Awards). If American viewers at first struggle to understand the well-written banter, it is worth the effort because there's charm in nearly every line. It's curious that both Sinclair and Hepburn, seemingly poised on the brink of stardom here, either chose not to take advantage of the possible opportunity or weren't ever offered roles as wonderful as these. (Sinclair had a small role in Forsyth's Local Hero and starred in 1986's The Girl in the Picture and other small films. Hepburn appears to have worked only once post-Gregory, a brief stint in the British series Crossroads.) Forsyth completed a 1998 sequel, with Sinclair and Ever After's Dougray Scott. --N.F. Mendoza

Island Girl Dance Fitness Workout for Beginners: Tahitian Cardio
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Fun and Beautiful

Very good for the waist

Hawaiian Princess

If you've always wanted to try hula - DON'T PASS THIS UP!

Easy and motivating workout

Island Girl Dance Fitness Workout for Beginners: Tahitian Cardio
Starring: Kili
Director: Andrea Ambandos
Manufacturer: Goldhil Home Media
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ASIN: B0001EQIAG
Release Date: 2004-04-27

Description

Tahitian Cardio

Kili invites you to Hawaii, her beautiful homeland, to experience the popular Island Girl™ dance fitness series. Tahitian dance is the most sensual of the South Pacific, and can also be a challenging workout.

Kili demonstrates this unique dance method she calls her " ;secret weapon" for keeping in shape and having a bathing suit-ready body all year long. Kili has designed this workout to specifically target and tone legs, buns, and abs. You will learn three basic Tahitian moves: `ami, figure 8, and Tahitian bump. Combined with fitness steps, these moves offer an innovative and creative Tahitian Cardio workout to help you lose weight and shape the entire body.

Special Features:

Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound

Interactive Full Motion Menus

Chapter Selections

Customer Reviews:

Fun and Beautiful.......2007-05-19

I just tried Tahitian cardio today and I had a blast. It's only about 40 min but I was definitely sweating. I'm in pretty good shape and I have some dance experience but I still found it to be challenging but easy enough to improve with practice. Kili is cute and reminds me of Rania in manner and body type.
Most importantly I had a smile on my face the whole time. If you want a fun intermediate level workout where you learn beatiful dance moves, this is the DVD for you

Very good for the waist.......2007-05-16

Good work out for the waist. I could feel it the day after.
Shame that the box was broken during the shipment as well as the two other DVD boxes in the parcel.

Hawaiian Princess.......2007-04-03

I was very pleased with this workout. Kili actually teaches you the Tahitian Hula. It was very easy to follow and really works the thigh and hip muscles without being to strenuous. If you are looking for a nice, easy workout this is it. I will be getting more of her workouts.

If you've always wanted to try hula - DON'T PASS THIS UP!.......2007-03-11

This workout definitely isn't for any major fitness buffs looking to get even more buff, but for the regular gals, it's very fun, motivating, and relaxing, even though you're sweating at the end! After just one week, I'm already seeing my hips and waist start to slim down. I've been working out nearly every day for the past 2 months and had hit a plateau. Then I tried this and in one week, it kick started me back into losing weight - I lost 2.5 lbs just this week and my only exercise was doing this video!

Unless you're familiar with hula dancing, it will take 2-3 watchings to get the routine down. The first 2 times, I was constantly rewinding to try to be able to learn what they were doing. But just go for it and you'll pick it up quick. Just remember to keep your knees bent and it will be that much easier, as well as more effective. After a week, there are still a few places where I have trouble (I'm not the most coordinated when it comes to moving my hips and arms and feet all at the same time) I've found that the better I get at the video, the more of a workout I'm getting. I'm usually dripping with sweat at the end, but didn't feel like I'd worked that hard, until the next day :)

What I really like about the video is that it's broken down into 3 parts - the workout, where Kili shows you the dance, then breaks it down over the course of about 27 minutes; then there's the dance itself, where the routine is repeated 3 times for a total dance time of 3 minutes; and finally the cooldown, which brings the total video time to about 36 minutes. I find that I have so much fun doing the workout, that I will keep rewinding to do the dance 3-4 more times before moving on to the cooldown.

Kili is an excellent hula instructor, and her two assistants are beautiful. Seeing how graceful the three are and how beautiful the dance looks really motivates me to try to get to their level. Kili has a very soothing voice and not at all annoying like a lot of video workout instructors.

What I don't like about the video is that in a few places, especially towards the end of the dance portion, the camera angle makes it harder to see what the girls are doing below the waist - but once I got the routine down, that wasn't an issue anymore. Also, when doing the bumps towards the end of the dance portion, the girls start moving a lot quicker and it's kind of hard to keep up, but that's getting easier the better I get.

Overall, I highly recommend the Tahitian Cardio with Kili. I love it so much that I'm planning to buy more of her Island Girl DVDs and have recommended it to all my friends

Easy and motivating workout.......2007-01-26

I have to say I just tried it yesterday, this workout really motivates you to move, dance and tone your body. I think the dance moves particularly tones the tummy/hip/thigh area if you do it everyday. Dance moves looks very elegant and takes a little bit time to learn to do it gracefully, needs practice therefore motivates me to do it everyday.
The workout flow is good, not too slow and can easily follow as a quick daily workout keep your heartbeat up!! You will love it if you like dance and need to excercise!

Island Girl Dance Fitness Workout for Beginners: Hula Abs & Buns

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Excellent workout!
A great alternative indoor workout!
Love this tape
We're loving it
Great authentic Hula in workout form

Island Girl Dance Fitness Workout for Beginners: Hula Abs & Buns
Starring: Kili
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Customer Reviews:

Excellent workout!.......2007-05-12

I now own four of Kili's Island Girl DVDs and love them. She gives you a very thorough workout, and the better you get, the more of a workout you're getting. This one really makes me sweat, and seems to be more of a cardio than the Tahitian Cardio, although that routine is excellent too.

If you've never done hula or Tahitian dance before, this video is hard on your thighs, but is very enjoyable. After doing this, I definitely feel it in my buns, more so than my abs, but I always feel like I got a well-balanced workout.

Doing these Island Girl routines will help you lose weight and get in shape, just stick with it. I've been doing them for a couple of months now and can see and feel the difference. I've slimmed down and lost about 12 pounds. I feel much stronger and healthier, and even sexier - my hips are moving in ways I didn't think possible :)

I highly recommend this workout

A great alternative indoor workout!.......2007-01-10

I have gotton two left feet on the dance floor but have wanted to learn some moves while exercising indoors on cold days. I was encouraged to try Hula after reading the reviews. I love the dance/workout, which is easy to follow, and do it when I cannot exercise outdoors. The dance moves coordinated with some squats make the muscles and the body relax and sweat. I am glad that I gave the Hula workout dvd a try.

Love this tape.......2006-07-12

This is a GREAT workout!!! I love it I do it everyday and It's fun not like the Jane Fonda old 80's crap!!

We're loving it.......2006-07-06

I ordered this dvd for two reasons...one I need to lose some weight and have fond memories of my trips to Hawaii two because I thought it would be fun to do with my 7 yr daughter who loves the hula dance scene from Lilo and Stitch, loves to dance and we could do it together. We love the dance and the music in it and I'm very happy I ordered and wish I would have thought of it sooner.

Great authentic Hula in workout form.......2006-06-29

This also comes in great 5.1 surround sound.

I loved her since her first DVDs "Hula Workout" though those used cutsy 60s music & added 60s american dance moves but still have a lot of authetic hula dancing.

These "Island Girl" hula workouts are more authentic. Just like her other ones, you get a great workout, your abs burn, your hips, legs get a nice workout. It's all authentic dance moves with some added quick squats, etc. added in so you barely notice it for adding toning. The authentic drum Hawaiian music is beautiful & does keep you stimulted too keep going just like a dance/rock beat would.

I had no trouble following & learning the steps, there are plenty of dance DVDs that I have had trouble with, but she breaks everything down well & shows it slowly several times before speeding it up. She even cues YOUR left & right, not hers.

There's a trailer for her "Hula Workout" DVDs & another authentic Hula workout like this called "Island Girl: Hula Abs & Buns" at collagevideo.com

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I loved this movie
Who's that Girl
Mediocre Movie, No Extras
Guilty Pleasure
It Was Alright

Who's That Girl?
Starring: Madonna , Griffin Dunne , Haviland Morris , John McMartin , and Bibi Besch
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After Desperately Seeking Susan, Madonna was proclaimed a promising screen presence, but the one-two punch of Shanghai Surprise and Who's That Girl put a dent in her ascent. Directed by James Foley, who worked with Sean Penn in At Close Range (and shot the video for "Papa Don't Preach"), it's an aggressively 1980s gloss on the screwball comedies of the 1930s. Jonathan Demme pulled off the gambit in Something Wild, but lightning did not strike twice. As the proceedings begin, platinum blonde bubblehead Nikki Finn (Madonna in Judy Holliday-gone-punk mode) has just been released from prison for a crime she didn't commit. Loudon Trott (Griffin Dunne, After Hours), a fastidious tax attorney, is assigned by future father-in-law Mr. Worthington to make sure she gets on the bus to Philly. (Turns out Worthington was involved with Nikki's bid in the pokey.) Loudon is also charged with delivering a rare cougar to eccentric superior Montgomery Bell (Sir John Mills)--on the day before his nuptials. In short order, the cat escapes and Nikki drags Loudon away from his wedding preparations to clear her name. Along the way, these two diametrically opposed entities fall improbably in love. The movie may have bombed, but the soundtrack, featuring four Madonna tracks, was a hit. Co-written by Ken Finkleman (The Newsroom) and lensed by Jan DeBont (Speed), Who's That Girl is manna for Madonna-philes. All others are advised to proceed with caution--or head straight for Howard Hawks' timeless Bringing Up Baby instead. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Description

Four years unjustly jailed haven't dampened the spirits or determination of Nikki Finn. The spunky parolee sets out to clear her name - and sets the Big Apple spinning in deliriously funny ways. "Madonna is sexy and funny - a very engaging comedian," Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote of her work in Who's That Girl. The music/movie superstar displays kicky comic flair and sings four terrific soundtrack tunes (Causing a Commotion, The Look of Love, Can't Stop and the title song). Griffin Dunne co-stars as an uptight, soon-to-wed attorney whose mild lifestyle swerves into the path of uproarious oncoming traffic courtesy of Nikki. This frisky caper proves screwball comedy is alive and swell.

Customer Reviews:

I loved this movie.......2007-07-01

Madonna may not be the best actor in Hollywood but she certainly can play a GREAT ditzy blonde. When I was younger, this movie made me laugh, but I never payed that much attention to the story line. Now, as an adult, I have learned to appreciate everything about this movie and it STILL makes me laugh. One moment, in the movie, that will ALWAYS stand out in my mind, is when Madonna's character tells everyone in the hospital that Louden's last name is CLEAR. That is great comedy! Overall, I think this movie was underrated and the only reason why it flopped is because the majority of the populous just didn't give it a chance! I think this movie should be seen by everyone, at least once in their lifetime!

Who's that Girl.......2007-05-19

This movie is really funny and very sweet. I am not sure why it did not do well at the box office. Great music, funny writing, cute story.

Mediocre Movie, No Extras.......2007-02-06

...unless you count other languages as extra features. DVD plays fine so if all you want is the movie, it'll do. The movie itself is pretty lame, an hour into the film you want to choke her character, a seriously annoying chick who steals, ruins people's property, and dresses like an escapee from the mental ward. Somehow we are to believe a rich goodlooking guy actually falls for this loser. Not cute, not funny, just annoying. Anything after "Susan" was downhill, but in "Susan" she played herself. "Who's That Pest."

Guilty Pleasure.......2007-01-19

I bought this DVD as a Christmas present to myself. It's a movie that I watched repeatedly as a young girl when I was obsessed with Madonna. I've grown up but (I had her in my cab once) I still love this movie. It's what it is and nothing more and that's what I like about it.

It Was Alright.......2007-01-05

Being set in New York City, the events in the film were kind of unrealistic. But it's a comedy so I guess it doesn't matter. Madonna's acting wasn't that bad but her character Nikki Fin sure was annoying. And what was up with those eyebrows and those silly outfits? The only time Madonna looked halfway decent in the film was when she wore that white dress. Other than that the movie was somewhat cute and entertaining.The music was also good.

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My name sake...
Gregory's Girl
Fantastically fun cinema!
In Which Room Did the Penguin End Up?
Scottish Charmer

Gregory's Girl
Starring: John Gordon Sinclair , Dee Hepburn , Jake D'Arcy , Clare Grogan , and Robert Buchanan (II)
Director: Bill Forsyth
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There is something so utterly captivating about this Bill Forsyth film--whether it's the quaintness of authentic Scottish accents (softened for its U.S. release) or the wholly universal story of young love. But what really gives Gregory's Girl its evergreen appeal is the enchanting performance of young Gordon John Sinclair as the eponymous gangly lead. With his shock of red hair, he's all arms and legs--and inexperience. Gregory becomes infatuated with Dorothy (a lovely Dee Hepburn), who proves a heartier and better athlete than he is. Gregory's so clueless, he relies on advice from his wee sister. The story may be familiar, but Forsyth's astute and affectionate rendering gives the film its momentum (the film won best screenplay at the British Academy Awards). If American viewers at first struggle to understand the well-written banter, it is worth the effort because there's charm in nearly every line. It's curious that both Sinclair and Hepburn, seemingly poised on the brink of stardom here, either chose not to take advantage of the possible opportunity or weren't ever offered roles as wonderful as these. (Sinclair had a small role in Forsyth's Local Hero and starred in 1986's The Girl in the Picture and other small films. Hepburn appears to have worked only once post-Gregory, a brief stint in the British series Crossroads.) Forsyth completed a 1998 sequel, with Sinclair and Ever After's Dougray Scott. --N.F. Mendoza

Description

High school oddball Gregory (Gordon Sinclair, Local Hero) discovers that the only thing better than scoring on the soccer field is scoring off it in this "ever delightful adolescent romantic comedy" (The Village Voice) that won a British Academy Award for Best Screenplay. "Likable andlight-hearted" (The Hollywood Reporter), this delightful Scottish film triumphs with "sweetness, good humor, a gentle, compassionate spirit and winning performances" (Los Angeles Times)! Gregory is upset. He's been bumped from his position on the soccer team by a girl! However, his anger turns to frustration when he realizes that he's not only jealous of his replacement he's also in love with her! And though she agrees to go out on a date with him, Gregory finds that, as both a player and a love interest, she kicks well above his head! "Fresh, true, funny [and] full of charm" (The New Republic), Gregory's Girl is the match of the day!

Customer Reviews:

My name sake..........2007-02-03

This is a charming and pretty realistic film about young people and young "love". It is refreshingly unsentimental, and shows that young people are just confused about love (even though it's not like adults are experts, either). It's a nice contrast to the silly, flagrantly unrealistic depictions of young "love" you get in American films and sitcoms. The film is also drop dead hilarious at times, and incredibly charming. This DVD has the original Scottish soundtrack, which is really nice. When I first saw the film, I saw it on VHS which was dubbed by more "understandable" English voices. I didn't even know it had been dubbed. But when I watched this with the Scottish soundtrack, I still understood it. They're still speaking English, you know! I was rather annoyed that they dubbed the film, but at least the DVD has both soundtracks. Choose the Scottish one. It's fine. A lovely piece of cinema, this is...

Gregory's Girl.......2007-01-04

I like this movie even more now that I have seen it again.

Fantastically fun cinema!.......2006-03-21

"Gregory's Girl" is simply wonderful cinema. It is funny, witty, and riveting. If you'd like a film that simply cracks you up and makes you appreciate life in general, then this is a film for you.

In Which Room Did the Penguin End Up?.......2005-10-11

As go films of this ilk, Gregory's Girl is certainly one of the tamest, sweetest, and most sanitized. All the kids in "this" high school are on the same side, of the same mindset, and relate to each other with almost unnatural compliance. For the most part, the adults act as good-natured adults. Is it really like this in Scotland? In any case, it was refreshing, if not exactly believable--which one supposes is much of the film's point and purpose.

The sunny humor emanates from the irresistable character of Gregory, whose awkward demeanor and goodhearted nature immediately makes one root for him. The low-key depiction of his coming-of-age and the innocent dialogues with his peers and little sister make for some marvelous moments. One also believes that the Scottish accents and milieu only add to the charm, especially for "New World" audiences.

This is certainly a film suitable for all ages (though there is a brief distant shot of a topless female)--a breath of fresh highland air with nary a wisp of cynicism...nor realism.

Scottish Charmer.......2005-03-27

"Gregory's Girl" is a rarity in that it's a film that defies you to dislike it. Released in 1982, this is a refreshing response to the smarmy American teen comedies that were in vogue then i.e virginal male get's seduced by hot teacher/tutor/maid etc. Director Bill Forsyth presents teenage puppy-love in all it's awkwardly hilarious glory. Gordon John Sinclair as Gregory has an affable gawky charm. The objects of his affection Dorothy(Dee Hepburn) and Susan (Clare Grogan) are attractive but not in that blow-dried Hollywood sense but conventionally so. MGM offers both an English and Scottish track on this DVD. Opt for the Scottish track. It may take a few moments to adapt to the language but you are rewarded with a more authentic viewing experience.

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PUBERTY ROCK!
Totally Fabulous but it is a B-Movie!
*YAWN*
Silly
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Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity
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A pair of bikini-clad babes escape from a deep-space prison ship and crash-land on a remote jungle planet. They're greeted by a pair of bickering robots, two other stranded travelers, and a flamboyant hunter who's grown bored of wild animals and prefers to pick off his guests in nightly adventures. "You've got spirit. This will be fun," he says, smiling wickedly while sizing up his latest prey. While the film is never quite as campy as its title would suggest, this trashy remake of The Most Dangerous Game delivers on everything else: studio-bound jungle chases through mist-shrouded sets, B-movie starlets in skimpy outfits, medieval castles in the technologically advanced future, and the obligatory succession of topless scenes. Shakespeare this ain't, and frankly writer-director-producer Ken Dixon can't summon the barest hint of style to enliven the usual clichés, but the comic bluntness serves its purpose, and Dixon does deliver striking sets and a few slick special effects that belie his meager budget. Cindy Beal and Elizabeth Kaitan play the bodacious fugitives, and kittenish cult actress Brinke Stevens costars as a previously grounded babe in reserve. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews:

PUBERTY ROCK!.......2006-05-14

Guys who are hitting PUBERTY will love this movie!

I watched it several times..

and it does have monsters and half naked women and crazy stuff like that!

Totally Fabulous but it is a B-Movie!.......2006-01-02

Sometimes, when you watch something that is totally absurd, with awful acting, cheap sets and nudity for no apparent reason you end up really liking it! It's just so bad...that it's good. The low budegt b-movie can be entertaining, if nothing else, on a comical level and this is what should be expected from this Roger Corman classic. Believe it or not, this is one of his better films and is sure to deliver some laughs with the bad jokes and ridiculous plot but for under $10 you can't really complain!

*YAWN*.......2005-12-01

Two slave girls escape slavers to end up on a planet where they end up becoming the prey for a insane hunter. As somebody pointed out already, in one of the other reviews, it is silly. The females are cute, above advantage pretty, but not that impressive even when topless. The sci-fi parts of the story, such as the robots, space ships and zombies, are cool for a 1980's film (if it had been made for TV). I don't know what they were trying to make. The story is OK but nothing to dish out money for. The girls are good looking, as I have already pointed out, but they barely do anything to give the film a R rating. A mixture of many things.
It's nice but don't ask for too much. Get it used.

Silly.......2004-06-08

A title like "Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity" is sure to strike absolute terror into the hearts of even the most stalwart B movie fans. Here's a film that sounds like an offbeat 1950's atomic age UFO cheesefest, one of those obnoxiously cheap pictures featuring pie pans on strings bouncing against a poster of the sky as overweight stage hands wearing zipper showing costumes lurch and stumble around in the foreground. Well, before you can say "take me to your leader," let me tell you that "Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity" is not an offbeat 1950's atomic age UFO cheesefest featuring pie pans on strings bouncing against a poster of the sky as overweight stage hands wearing zipper showing costumes lurch and stumble around in the foreground. Nope, it's got nothing to do with the 1950s or atomic age UFO scares. Instead, it's an 80's version of "The Most Dangerous Game." In "Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity," you see several scantily clad women with huge hair stumbling around a jungle as some guy hunts them down for sport. Sounds great, doesn't it? Not really. In fact, it's quite boring even for fans of this junk. The movie has such a high cheese level that I needed a cholesterol test after watching it.

Two prisoners, Daria (Elizabeth Kaitan) and Tisa (Cindy Beal), find themselves in quite a predicament. Locked away in a cage on a transport barge, the two must discover some way to escape before the overlords of the ship sell them into slavery. One of the girls figures out how to break their chains-must have studied physics in high school-and the two overpower their guards and escape in a smaller spaceship. Adrift in deep space, Daria and Tisa worry whether they will ever find a civilized planet on which to land. Just when the situation looks bleak, the ship picks up a signal from a nearby planet. The ship crash-lands on the planet and the two are briefly separated. They reunite at a medieval looking castle in the middle of a jungle owned by a man named Zed (Don Scribner). This guy, who has two robot helpers, already plays host for two other crash survivors-Shela (Brinke Stevens) and Rik (Carl Horner). Daria and Tisa soon learn that Zed is a little odd, that he likes to spend his time playing weird holographic musical instruments, hosting lavish dinners, and hunting. Especially hunting. Zed's huge basement is loaded with trophies celebrating his excursions into the jungle.

Our heroines soon discover that Zed likes to hunt humans instead of animals. He draws wayfarers to the planet only so he can turn them loose in the jungle and, using his robots as hounds, flush them into the open to finish them off. Daria and Tisa, along with Rik and Shela, will soon form the next contingent for a new hunting expedition. In the meantime, the girls discover what Zed is up to and attempt to escape. No good. Zed is determined to hunt, so after recapturing the cuties he cuts them loose with a few weapons and instructions about how to play the game. It's to the credit of our heroines that they aren't willing to just lie down and accept their fate. They truly fight to stay alive despite the traps, the slanted odds of the game, and the dangerous wildlife in the jungle. There's the noble sacrifice, the discovery of a strange alien structure, and the usual table turning moment. You can probably guess how this one ends. If not, you ought to. So many other films have ripped this idea off that you have definitely seen some version of the story at some point in your life.

I incorrectly labeled "Slave Girls From Beyond Infinity" as a B movie, and it is, but I should make a distinction between the special effects (certainly B budget) and the acting, dialogue, and pacing. The latter is pure Z grade schlock, with the characters tossing off brain deadening dialogue and one-liners even as they prance around in bikinis and lingerie. Where did they get these clothes, anyway? Zed lives in a huge castle with everything he could want. Couldn't he at least have the decency to find a pair of pants for these gals? Actually, the skimpy outfits make the film somewhat impressive. How much cooler is it for a couple of woman to stand up to two robots and a heavily armed man in a bikini than wearing shirts, pants, and shoes? Anyway, the pacing of the film positively drags even though the movie only runs for seventy some minutes. The acting, too, is the pits. It's a sad commentary on the state of cinema when you watch a movie like this one and recognize that the robots turned in the best performances. Still, discerning viewers can distill a few interesting things about the future by watching the movie. For example, at some point when spaceships exist, the fashion trends and hairstyles of the 1980's will make a comeback. I kept expecting that guy from A Flock of Seagulls to step out of the shadows like some bizarrely coiffed Rod Serling clone, telling us the movie an illusion.

Extras on the DVD version, if memory serves me correctly, consisted of several trailers for cheese classics like "The Creepozoids." I can't really recommend this film to anyone. It's too corny for science fiction fans, too non-horror for the horror crowd, and too foolhardy for lovers of tongue in cheek comedy. Even viewers looking for girls walking around in next to nothing might be disappointed. The image of beauty has obviously changed quite a bit between 1987 and now. These girls will probably do nothing to raise the pulse of today's young male audiences. Give it a shot if you just have to see it. Others, stay light years away.

Average Buxom Slave Warrior in Outer Space Camp Fare.......2004-03-11

This is nothing more than 'The Most Dangerous Game' meets the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders on the set of 'Space 1999'. I expected high camp value out of a film with a title like this, and there is a degree of campiness present, but overall it is bland. The 'outer space' dialogue is often hilarious, and the acting itself is wooden and unsubtle, just like you would expect.

This is almost literally an exact remake of 'The Most Dangerous Game', with a few added mutants and bickering androids for good measure. There is actually not much nudity, and what little bit there is not what you would call titillating. This should have been a more upbeat, fun camp classic, but it tried to be too many things. Notably the director attempts to make it genuinely scary and suspenseful during the hunting scenes, but given the silly nature of the material they are working with, the end product never seems to quite click as a movie.

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Great Set for Red Shoe Diaries fans.......2003-02-14

This is a nice boxed set for fans of the Red Shoe Diaries tv series, it comes with 2 DVDs and a soundtrack of the show's great music. The episodes can be a bit pretentious but I really enjoyed the original film and the episode "Girl on a Bike". The box is attractive and sturdy and I recommend this DVD highly.

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Not a Sellers market
I hate this silly movie!!!!
Charming Rom-Com
memorable interaction
If you can bear the soundtrack, it's a GEM!

There's a Girl in My Soup
Starring: Peter Sellers , Goldie Hawn , Tony Britton , Nicky Henson , and Diana Dors
Director: Roy Boulting
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B0000DGKI9
Release Date: 2003-12-02

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The best that can be said for There's a Girl in My Soup is that it is not quite as bad as its reputation. A belly flop in the careers of Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn (she was fresh off her Oscar® for Cactus Flower), this Boulting brothers production did nothing to showcase the sparkling comic talents of those two performers. Sellers has some nice moments early as a famous TV-host twit, whose career as a serial seducer is halted after meeting hippie chick Goldie. It's one double-entendre after another: "You only want one thing," says one of Sellers's conquests. "Yes, but what a lovely thing," he sighs. Seen now, the movie is most fun for its goofy look at the gestalt of swinging London: Sellers' automated bachelor pad was surely an inspiration to the Austin Powers folks, and his checkered beige suit must be seen to be believed. --Robert Horton

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Not a Sellers market.......2005-11-19

Peter Sellers is rightly hailed as one of the screen's great comic geniuses. Unfortunately, even a genius falters, and Sellers had more than his share of misfires. In fact, when a Peter Sellers movie is bad, it goes far beyond the usual definition of the term. This 1970 sex farce is one of his worst, which means it's unmitigated garbage.

Sellers plays a middle-aged lothario who meets his match in a free-spirited young kook (Goldie Hawn, in her second starring film role), and before long, they're off on a series of wacky romantic adventures. Nothing seems more dated than this sort of '70s "mod" comedy, and nothing seems more wasteful than an actor of Sellers' stature wallowing in material clearly beneath him. Sellers and Hawn never click as a screen couple; he comes across too smarmy and she comes across too flighty to even be a likable pair.

I hate this silly movie!!!!.......2005-11-13

stupid peter sellers is terrible in this movie, he plays a tv personality who seduces sexy women who are not sexy at all. goldie hawn is soooo ugly and she goes to bed with peter sellers nude, then the phone rings then peter is at the phone, then goldie gets out of bed, then i see her ass, then she puts on her robe (this movie is soooo immature!)

Charming Rom-Com.......2005-10-27

This is a terrifically engaging May-December romance picture about a middle aged lothario (Peter Sellers) who begins to question his value system when he embarks on an affair with an outspoken hippie chick(Goldie Hawn) in swinging London. Sellers and Hawn are wonderful together and there is a discernible screen chemistry between them. My only qualm with the film is that it's central message throughout is to extol the virtues of romance and fidelity but the ending negates that for one of promiscuity.

memorable interaction.......2005-10-04

'There's a girl in my soup' is memorable for its cute interaction between Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn. Although both Sellers and Hawn surely did better in other roles, their co-chemistry in this late Sixties-comedy deserves a closer look. Actually, I think it the only reason why this movie is still around.

Sellers acts out a pretty vain, succesful & womanizing host of a tv-show on cookery. Being truly English, he fully lives its corresponding glamor. American Goldie Hawn performs some pretty down-to-earth girl, having close ties to the underground pop-scene. Originating from these two different planets, somehow they connect.

However, their different social backgrounds never fade away -- this movie was shot in an era emphasizing on differences like that. Things get worse when Hawn messes up one of Sellers' refined wine-tastings. Gradually their differences take over, and the end of this movie inevitably sees the end of their relationship. Sellers goes on by chasing another attractive female, while Hawn disappears in the psychedelic-painted van of her underground pop-group.

If you can bear the soundtrack, it's a GEM!.......2004-07-13

Terrible music that will unfortunately stick in your head for days, but Goldie and Peter are so witty, touching and hilarious in this movie, it's worth it. I especially enjoyed the scene where Peter's character helps Goldie's character move out of her boyfriend's flat...classic. Some great moments. (It might even make you cry - and not just because of the music!) Kind of an odd movie and probably an acquired taste, but I love to pull this one out every few years and watch it again.

Rent a Girl / Aroused / Help Wanted Female (Something Weird)

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Pretty good SWV offering
If nothing else,
Murder, Prostitution and Black Lace Panties

Rent a Girl / Aroused / Help Wanted Female (Something Weird)
Starring: Sebastian Gregory , Lucki Winn , Inga Olsen , Dianne Michaels , and Barbara Wood (II)
Director: Harold Perkins , Nudie Rullie , and William L. Rose
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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ASIN: B0000E69IJ
Release Date: 2003-12-02

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Enter the Bizarre World of the Psycho-Sexual! Eager for a career in modeling, naive-and-not-very-bright Karen Anderson signs with a creepy brother and sister team whose Rent-a-Girl agency actually procures women for a rich and kinky clientele. Starting with posing for pictures in the nude, Karen soon graduates to being The Guest of Honor at a Special Party thrown by wealthy Harriet Grant, "a disgusting lady who enjoys whipping little girls 18 to 22." Full of sick eccentrics, the party's highlight comes when two women beat the bejesus out of Harriet before Karen is blindfolded and branded on the leg with a red hot poker! Plus: A "Sex Killer" prowls the streets of Manhattan killing hookers: "This guy is a nut! He'll grab any woman he thinks is a whore!" But when the lesbian lover of working girl Ginny Smith is strangled by the Aroused maniac, Ginny turns vigilante and, together with some of her prostitute pals, invades the creepy mannequin-filled apartment of their number-one suspect whom they plan on turning into "a boy soprano." Also: LSD causes Sebastian Gregory to tell a hooker all about how he and a bad blonde named Barbara murdered a teenage hitchhiker before he in turn hacked up Barb. The hooker thinks the acid is making him hallucinate -- until she finds blood in his bathroom and a trunk full of bones. So live dangerously and let these three strange Nudie-Noirs bring out the Freak in you

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If you see trash, pick it up..........2005-07-18

The acting is bad which is what makes this offering soooo good!Help Wanted Female is the best of the lot, with a Loretta Swit look alike beingsmarmy and seductive. The short film as a bonus features Betty Paige slapping another woman's butt for about 3 minutes. No story, just a pounding.

Pretty good SWV offering.......2004-10-09

This SWV DVD includes three b&w titles from the 60s. Rent a Girl was pretty good but I felt that it was too short. A young woman sits in the seventy something year old New York DA's office and recounts the sad tale of how she arrived in NYC with her hopes and dreams and came to grief. She found an apartment and a good, well-to-do boyfriend, but no job. When her boyfriend gets cold feet about their relationship she decides to go and investigate the strange, orgy-like sounds that come from the apartment upstairs. The occupants are a young brother and sister who run a phony modeling racket that is really a front for a call girl operation specializing in satisfying the perverse appetites of rich but decadent people. Of course they offer her a job and she is soon on her way to depravity. There follows a series of episodes involving the girls and their clients. Darlene Bennett fans will be pleased to know that she appears in this movie (not as the lead character) in a couple of kinky scenes as she does in many other SWV titles. In one scene she is dressed in a summer dress and teeters on high heels in a basement with her hands tied above her head with a rope from the rafters while an old creep squirts her with water from a hose. In another she plays a strip poker version of billiards with some other party girls. There are party scenes where many other familiar faces from SWV titles are also present, like Gigi Darlene. I liked it. The second movie Aroused was the weakest of the three. Some sicko stalks and murders a young prostitute in her NYC apartment. The straight-laced detective working on the case develops sympathy for her live-in girlfriend, an older, more mature prostitute, even though it soon becomes clear that the two women were a lesbian couple. The two women worked out of a small Manhattan bar where the owner, a middle-aged man, is basically a pimp with a bunch of girls who he employs. The detective has a nice wife who he worries about because he knows how bad the sicko situation is. The rest of the movie was pretty run-of-the-mill for this genre and forgettable. The third movie Help Wanted Female was easily the most interesting. Two young attractive blonde women are best friends in LA or thereabouts. One is a karate instructor who supplements her income by occasionally picking up out-of-town businessmen at the train station or wherever and then rolling them for their dough. She looked really good in her short summer dress and naked. Her girlfriend is a dyed blonde professional call girl with an established clientele. She goes to a private home to see one of her regular customers, a middle-aged man with jet black dyed hair combed greaser style who apparently hires her about once a month to do a regular routine of striptease dances and role-play, etc. He pops sugar cubes into his mouth (LSD used to be taken that way) and tells her an eerie story about how he and a young woman friend were bored and decided to pick up a teenage girl off the street who they then murdered for kicks. He claimed that he then decided to murder his girlfriend as well and then partied for a while with her dead corpse. This guy was such a joker that the prostitute just assumed that he was full of BS until she happened to go in the kitchen and found some strange bones and what appeared to be a head wrapped in tinfoil in the refrigerator. She soon panicked and ran for it into the protective presence of her martial arts expert girlfriend. He follows her home where he then grapples with her friend who brags to him that she is capable of ripping him apart. Nevertheless, he gets in a good blow that sends her sprawling and rubbing her jaw. She exclaims, "I can't place your fighting technique!" to which he replies, "I don't have a technique, I just fight dirty." That was a great line and a pretty good movie.

If nothing else,.......2004-08-17

it's strange enough to hold your interest to wonder how much worse it can get. These are sort of like soft-core Bettie Page stuff, although there is real-life, honest to gawd nudity ... although when they turn around (yes, the rear view), some of these women have no business undressing! The plot in them is pretty much non-existent (except Aroused; that tries harder); more or less of an excuse to show nudity. And, every guy apparently makes love without ever taking off his pants. Cheap thrills, 60s style. The acting in the final whipping scene in Rent is to die for. As a matter of fact... and that makes no sense either, given why it happened. You'll understand when you see it.

Murder, Prostitution and Black Lace Panties.......2004-02-29

This Something Weird Video triple feature has the binding themes of prostitution, murder and black lace underwear. It's a winning exploitation combo, though not all the movies on this DVD are winners. The first movie, "Rent-A-Girl," made in 1965, is the least interesting. The flimsy story is told in flashbacks as the heroine recounts how she became witness to the murder of a wealthy client after getting involved with a brother-and-sister-run "modeling agency." Along the way there's a little bit of whipping, a little bit of lesbianism, an extended body-painting sequence, and branding. Though it has higher production values than the Olga movies or the twisted features of Michael and Roberta Findlay (the closest comparisons for this movie), "Rent-A-Girl" lacks an intriguing screen presence like Audrey Campbell or the enjoyably sick outrageousness of the Findlay films. It's a roughie with a limp whip.

Far superior is the 1966 movie "Aroused," which plays like a real movie--that is to say it has something of a plot, some full-fledged (if cliché) characters, decent acting, stylish direction (by Anton Holden) and even some moments of real suspense. This briskly-paced, trashy thriller revolves around the hunt for a "sex killer," with hardened hooker Ginny (Janine Lenon) out for blood and tortured cop (Steve Hollister) out for an arrest. It's still exploitation, so there's lots of sex, nudity and gore, but it's all done a lot more imaginatively than other movies of this type. This is the best of the three.

The title of the last movie, "Help Wanted Female," has little to do with the actual film, but that only makes sense in this nonsensical movie from 1968. The bulk of the movie centers on Sebastian Gregory (as Sebastian Gregory) dropping acid and telling the hooker he's hired for the evening about two murders he's committed, the loony details of which are revealed in flashback. The hooker, a toothy blond who looks a cross between Doris Day and Martina Navritolova, does lame striptease routines and tells Gregory she doesn't believe a word he's saying--until she discovers blood in the bathroom and a foil-wrapped head in the fridge. It's silly but fun to watch, especially Gregory (think Ray Liotta made up to play John Ashcroft in a TV movie), who's dancing scene is almost as embarrasing as Charlotte Rampling's boogying in "Swimming Pool." There's even a "Weekend at Bernie's"-type sequence when Gregory inexplicably takes one of his dead victims to the beach.

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Customer Reviews:

Not a Sellers market.......2005-11-19

I hate this silly movie!!!!.......2005-11-13

Charming Rom-Com.......2005-10-27

memorable interaction.......2005-10-04

If you can bear the soundtrack, it's a GEM!.......2004-07-13

Golden Girl Double Feature: The Rotten Apple/Hollywood After Dark

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Who Knew, Rue?

Golden Girl Double Feature: The Rotten Apple/Hollywood After Dark
Starring: King Moody , Gaye Gordon , Will Gregory (II) , Paul Leder , and Rue McClanahan
Director: John Hayes
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ASIN: B000FILUKG
Release Date: 2006-07-11

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Two with Rue! Long before she starred on TV as one of The Golden Girls, Rue McClanahan played Sandy, a reluctant stripper struggling to survive Hollywood After Dark. Embarrassed at having to peel for the public, Sandy is offered a way out by Tony, a loser in love who promises her cold hard cash once he commits a robbery for a sleazy mobster. Unfortunately, a double cross is in the cards along with a couple of murders in this brooding bit of existential exploitation that aspires to be a bit more profound than the average "B"... Plus: Miss McClanahan is Poochie, the "crazy damn whore" who lives in a junkyard in The Rotten Apple. When Ben's car breaks down, the poor guy leaves it by the side of the road with his wife and infant daughter, enters Harry's Junkyard seeking a spare part and, well, steps into Hell. He's promptly seduced by Poochie, framed by owner Harry ("a wrecker of human beings"), and beaten by two corrupt cops, while a bruiser named Blowhard attacks Ben's wife. Re-released as 5 Minutes to Love, this version contains the original title and a lengthy prologue by producer-star Paul Leder (director of I Dismember Mama and My Friends Need Killing) who asks the burning question: "Why would anyone want to make a story like this?"

Customer Reviews:

Who Knew, Rue?.......2007-03-18

These films are maybe not quite as campily delicious as they could be, but they are both worth watching, simply for the fact that each of them star a young and sultry Rue McLanahan, who probably wouldn't want to own up to either of these parts, if you asked her now. In one of the films, she plays "Poochie," a junkyard tramp who keeps hapless men seductively occupied while the guy who owns the lot strips their cars. In the other one she plays a hard-luck stripper. In the world of B or camp movies, these both fall a little short of the upper echelon. But they stand out because in both of them Rue stands in.

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