The Colony

Starring:Robert Amico, James Avery, David Campbell, Cristi Conaway, Michelle Davison, Isabella Hofmann, Jeff Kober, Eric Allan Kramer, Nonie Muse, John Prosky, Clare Salstrom, James Sebastian, David Jean Thomas, Michael Weatherly
Director: Peter Geiger
Studio: Lions Gate
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com
Even connoisseurs of low-budget alien invasion flicks will be hard-pressed to recall one in which the weapon of choice for Earth's champion is a Swiss army knife. This alone makes The Colony a prime candidate for cheesiest movie ever shown on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Consider the opening credits--a naked blonde dances in slo-mo, languidly running her slender fingers over her--well, let's just say that what we're supposed to get from this dance solo is that the aliens are intrigued by the sensual possibilities of assuming human form. O-o-kay.... In any event, the premise here is that aliens have chosen Earth as their next target for invasion; quite naturally, they've decided that Southern California provides the optimum beachhead.

Customer Reviews:

Not "R" rated copy MAYBE "PG".......2006-08-18

Information on this item shows it as being rated-R. However the box shows R rating with this addition. "Some scenes of violence and language have been edited" This also includes all nudity. To watch this copy is like watching a "edited for television" cut. I returned my copy....

TERMINAL ISLAND.......2006-01-10

PURCHASING THIS DVD WAS A BIG DISAPOINTMENT! I WISH I HAD READ THE REVIEWS BEFORE BUYING IT!
I SAW THIS MOVIE BACK IN THE MID-1970'S,AND I HAPPEND TO BE A LOVER OF B-MOVIES BUT,THIS MOVIE WAS EDITED FOR TELEVISION SO THE BAD WORDS AND THE NUDITY WAS CUT OUT OF THE MOVIE! I WAS A FAN OF MISS PHYLISS DAVIS AND TO SEE HER SCENES OF NUDITY CUT OUT PISSED ME OFF!
IF ANYBODY HAS A VERSION THATS UNEDITED,PLEASE EMAIL ME!

Yes, I was duped with the editing too.......2006-01-03

I was fully expecting to replace my VHS tape from the 70's. Our cult following this movie was severely disappointed to find it was edited and still contained the R rating.

disappointed.......2005-09-16

there are two versions of this movie - one is edited and one is not - do not buy the edited one - it is not worth it.

Edited Down Terminal Island.......2005-04-07

This is a good movie in it's original form. The movie for sale is edited down and not worth buying. Back of package shows R rating and then in small print tells you they have edited it. Putting R on package is fraudulent. Do not buy this DVD until they get unedited version.

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Battling the occupier's propaganda
nice review, a little older documentary, but accurate

Stolen Freedom: Occupied Palestine
Starring: Hanan Mikhail Ashrawi , and Casey Kasem
Director: Tony Kandah
Manufacturer: DVD Colony
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Gaza Strip
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Paradise Now

ASIN: B0007II14C
Release Date: 2005-02-01

Description

Narrated by: Casey Kasem
Commentary by: Dr. Hanan Mikhail-Ashrawi, Fmr. Palestinian Spokesperson.

Synopsis: This film, shows a new side to this continuing saga; the story of children growing up and learning to survive in an atmosphere of daily tension. in eye-opening interviews, the young people explain what it means to live in a strife-torn environment and how they remain hopeful through they have managed to survive.

Customer Reviews:

Battling the occupier's propaganda.......2006-05-25

I agree with Kristen's review and her recommendations. I'd also add to her list, "Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land." Arab Film Distribution provides a good website to discover more films related to the region.
Also, to get more in-depth analysis of Palestine, Iraq and the rest of the Middle East, there's a grass-roots media project called "Justice Vision" that offers DVDs of lectures by people like Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk and the late (and great) Edward Said. "Justice Vision" offers their DVDs, at cost, and each DVD contains 3 or 4 lectures. You'll learn more in those 7-8 hours than you will during a semester at most schools.

"If Palestine becomes a bantustanized police state, the outcome will be a disaster - for both peoples." - Mustafa Barghouti

nice review, a little older documentary, but accurate.......2005-02-18

this documentary was done in the 90's but is an accurate portrayal of what palestinians go through. narrated by casey casum which seemed an odd choice to me, as im used to his doing the top 40 music hits sunday morning, the feature is nevertheless a good overview of the situation, though a little older version. i strongly recommend people to view more than just this film to get a good portrait of what the situation is overall in palestine/israel. there is a huge situation going on and it deserves to be investigated by everyone. i have come to recognize cencorship of materials locally, as i was searching for many items relating to this conflict in chain stores locally, and found NONE WERE AVAILABLE. i was told by several people that titles were out of print or not even available for special order. that to me reeks of censorship of the truth, and i was heavily disappointed. thanks to amazon, these are available to be purchased, and i recommend everyone do so, because you will not find them in stores, and the truth should be known. also check out, brothers and others, gaza strip, tragedy in the holy land, jenin jenin, jenin-massacring the truth, i think you will find these titles will help in addtition to this title here.

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Nudity , the "Aussie way" .
Nude beach, bad script
TWO STARS ONLY FOR THE STORY LINE
If you're on a tight budget, don't bother with this one
Naked people say it better

Maslin Beach
Starring: Michael Allen (VIII) , Eliza Lovell , Leylah Love , Simon Bond , and Bonnie-Jaye Lawrence
Director: Wayne Groom
Manufacturer: Vanguard Cinema
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The Same River Twice
Naked in the 21st Century
Naked World
Anarchy TV
Kelly's First Nudist Retreat

ASIN: B00008V621
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Customer Reviews:

Nudity , the "Aussie way" ........2007-05-17

In a few words : blatant , uncomplicated , straightforward .
A typically Australian non-conformistic view about nudity .

Nude beach, bad script.......2007-04-20

Here is what you get: a low budget picture that takes place on a nude beach in Australia, lots of male and female nakedness, no sex, a poor script loaded with pointless and unamusing vignettes of romances gone hot, cold, and lukewarm, lame humor involving farting (definitely not in place in a movie about nude beaches), etc. It's worth a peek if you want to see the bodies. Don't expect anything else. As someone who enjoys naturist beaches, this could have been much more interesting. As it is, it is exploitative and just plain dumb.

TWO STARS ONLY FOR THE STORY LINE.......2007-03-22

Quite frankly, I was embarrassed for all the blokes that decided to do this movie 'au naturel'. If I were equipped as little as all of them were, I certainly would never have done a nude movie that's for sure. Thank goodness the cameras caught very few close-up shots of their private parts!

For the storyline, I must admit that it was kind of OK. A bit stupid in some segments, but OK. Definitely not one to add to one's DVD library like I did. Put it at the back of the stack if you do decide to buy it. I would suggest if this is your cup of tea, rent it first.

If you're on a tight budget, don't bother with this one.......2007-01-10

About the best that I can say about this movie is that the nudity on the beach is treated as no big deal, in fact if that's the reason you're thinking about buying it- better go buy something from Playboy.
I "get" the plotline- sort of- but the story is presented in a disjointed manner with several segments split apart by bits of other stories put in between. I found the people to generally be a bunch of losers that I had a hard time caring about and so boring that a viewer might want to fast forward (don't do that- you might miss some of whatever you consider to be the "good" bits).
It appears to have been filmed with one camera held in a stationary position, not a lot of movement, with just one small microphone- the sound could've been better, many times you'll know a person is undoubtedly nude but the camera is held above the level you'd need to see any of it. I'm not sure how clear the original film was, the DVD seems soft focused to me with the color maybe a little bit off.
The subject matter is treated respectfully (the nudity part is fairly well so anyway, you never really get a good look at most of the beach itself or most of the nudity for that matter) but the romance/life part is just so BORING!
Unlike some I found the cast to be generally attractive enough but I pretty much wish I hadn't bought the DVD, try looking for it in used/good condition at a cheaper price.

Naked people say it better.......2006-02-25

Maslin Beach can be best described as a movie depicting a typical day at an Australian nudist beach.

It opens with a guy and his girlfriend driving to the beach in the morning. As they walk onto the beach, the narration begins. It is the guy, Simon, he wants someone to tell him how one knows if he or she are in love. He is having doubts about his relationship with his girl Marcie. This provides a thread that links the various vignettes throughout the movie together.

As the film progresses, it focuses on various male/female couples and a group of three girls. Soon the viewer relalizes that these people did not come to the beach to tan those bits that rarely see the sun, but to explore and evaluate their relationships. Being naked merely makes the process easier because, as the old saying goes, "Naked people don't have anything to hide!"

Maslin Beach features more than a few stark naked and semi-naked people. It is a credit to the director that the cast is not made up of only "beautiful people," as the film features dorky-looking guys, saggy gals, and very physically unfit people of both sexes.

It doesn't take long for the bushy deltas and dangling penises to take a backseat as the dialogue begins to assert itself. This is where the movie both succeeds and fails. The writer seems to lack confidence as he gives the viewer far too many discussions to follow. I found some to be almost profound, while others were absurd. All were too short. The viewer would have been better served by two or three long conversations rather than the banal chatter of six or seven. For my money, I would have picked the three girls, Simon and Marcie, and the couple discussing the lying daughter.

Nonetheless, this is a nice, quirky little movie that is not deep, but does cause one to think.

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Fortress 2
Oh the humanity!
Doesn't add up to the original...
Sequel lacks the budget and performances of the original
great stuff

Fortress 2: Re-entry
Starring: Christopher Lambert , Aidan Rea , David Roberson , Liz May Brice , and Beth Toussaint
Director: Geoff Murphy
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Release Date: 2000-04-25

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Christopher Lambert in a straight-to-video sci-fi film? You know it's gotta be good. Here he reprises his role as John Brennick, former leader of the Resistance and thorn in the side of the MEN-TEL corporation. In the first movie, Brennick escaped from and destroyed MEN-TEL's high-tech "inescapable" prison. In the 10 years since then, he's gotten himself a house in the woods and some horses, and has illegally procreated with his wife. When Resistance members find him and try to recruit him back into the cause, the bad guys are not far behind, and after some two-dollar action scenes he finds himself captured and thrown into MEN-TEL's brand-new prison, which happens to be orbiting the Earth. Surely, nobody could ever escape from this! Except maybe, just maybe John Brennick!

The plot is even more predictable than the placement of the co-ed shower scenes, to the point that you can practically quote the dialogue before it's spoken, with the only surprises being which cliché they're going to use, and when. (By the way, these violent prisoners are actually being used to build and modify the satellite they're imprisoned in!) Pam Grier has an embarrassing cameo as the owner of MEN-TEL, and the dignity she tries to bring to the role is entirely out of place. The only fun to be had is if you watch it as if you're watching a bunch of adults play "action film," making for a strange entertainment, indeed. --Andy Spletzer

Customer Reviews:

Fortress 2.......2006-02-17

As Fortress was an excellent film I was very disappointed with this sequel. The first one had nice ideas not in a realistic setting but in a nice way. This was just repeated and overdone in the second part so that it became ridiculous, e.g. fighting in outer space for hour without oxygen and in jeans? So I recommend the first part but forget this.

Oh the humanity!.......2004-01-22

The only word you need to know relating to the atrocity that is "Fortress 2: Re-entry" is, quite simply, LAMBERT! That's right, master thespian and international film god Christopher Lambert returns to reprise his role as the persecuted John Brennick, the bane of the powerfully evil Men-Tel corporation. The first film in the series, which arrived on the scene some six years before its sequel, was an enjoyable action/drama film larded with good characters, occasionally intriguing special effects, and lots of shoot 'em up action. The first film was even directed by Stuart Gordon ("Re-Animator," "From Beyond") and employed solid character actors like Jeffrey Combs and Kurtwood Smith to good effect. It got so you didn't even mind Christopher Lambert starred in the movie since the secondary elements made up for his lack of talent. You would think at least a little charm from the original might rub off on its sequel. You would be wrong. "Fortress 2" is a disaster across the board: bad acting, lousy script, slow pacing, and a forgettable supporting cast destroys any chance this movie had at success. "Fortress 2" is to the world of cinema what Linda McCartney was to Wings.

Once again John Brennick and his wife are on the run from the Men-Tel Corporation. At the end of the first movie the couple escaped the clutches of the evil plutocrats and went underground in order to defy the ban on having children. The opening of "Fortress 2" shows the Brennicks safely ensconced in a cabin somewhere far from the overpopulated urban centers run by Men-Tel. A group of rebels from the resistance pay a visit to Brennick so they can convince him to rejoin their efforts to destroy the corporation. Predicatably, Men-Tel thugs clandestinely follow these upstarts out to the cabin and launch a raid. Lots of bullets fly, Brennick and family escape through a tunnel under the house, and Johnny blows a helicopter out of the sky before the soldiers finally capture him. Brennick's spouse and young son escape, so there will be no wife in prison to compromise John's attention this time around. And prison is exactly where he is going, but this time the penitentiary is a floating space station revolving around the earth. It would seem that walking out of this situation will not be as easy as it was last time. C'mon, you know better! This is big, bad John Brennick we are talking about here. Of course he will escape. Our job is to play like good little sheep, shut our mouths, and watch how he does it.

The space prison is pretty much like the institution encountered in the first film with a few minor exceptions. First, the beloved intestinators from the first film are long gone, replaced with a different implant device that causes everyone to fall on the ground and roll around shrieking in pain whenever the guards punch a button. Second, one of Brennick's cellmates is a sexy young woman who takes lots of showers to distract the bulls whenever John and his allies are plotting something. Third, this is a dumb movie. There is a bunch of nonsense about Men-Tel building some huge project and using the prisoners as slave labor, but it is largely uninteresting most of the time. Pam Grier turns up in the role as the head of Men-Tel, perhaps the most egregious crime the film commits because she doesn't have much to do except threaten the prison warden via video screen and show up briefly in the end. Another wasted opportunity arrives in the shape of Yuji Okumoto as the sadistic guard Sato. Viewers will recognize this veteran character actor and loudly lament the inability of the script to put him to better use. By the way, did I mention this movie reeks?

I actually followed the movie for a bit before issuing an increasingly loud series of raspberries at the stupidity unfolding onscreen. A few things were slightly interesting, such as Brennick's turn in "solitary" after a failed escape attempt. The punishment differs slightly from a similar penalty on earth: guards lock Brennick in a transparent bubble on the outer shell of the station, thereby exposing him to extremes of cold and heat as the prison revolves around the earth. Alas, this scene is the only good point in an otherwise useless production. One need only watch one of the characters attach a miniature video camera to a roach to understand the ridiculous depths to which this movie sinks. The absolute worst, and I mean WORST, situation occurs when Brennick, in an effort to reach another part of the rapidly deteriorating space station, holds his breath and flies through space without any sort of protective gear. You heard me right. A man soars through deep space wearing nothing but the clothes on his back--with only a bloody nose to show for it--and survives to fight another day. This scene alone guarantees a one star review. How dare the screenwriters, the director, and the producer attempt to foist off such an idiotic scenario on viewers.

Brennick escapes in time for the inevitable reunion with his loved ones (in front of a picturesque sunset, no less), but the viewer has nowhere to go after watching this piece of crud except perhaps to the local pharmacy to pick up a bottle of Thorazine. Whatever your poison, pray it is strong enough to burn the memory of this film out of your head. The DVD is fortunately sparse, with a trailer for this film, one for a movie called "Resurrection," and a widescreen presentation of the movie. The lack of a commentary surprises me not at all; I wouldn't want to take any responsibility for such a worthless project either if I was associated with it. Good luck with this one, faithful viewers.

Doesn't add up to the original..........2002-10-02

Our story picks up about ten years where the original ended. Brannick is caught and put in a new prison, this time in space orbiting Earth. The characters are plenty fun and the humor is well-placed, but the acting and overall script leave much to be desired. The film is very watchable, but little comes from it. Christopher Lambert is not a good enough actor to make his character as interesting as he was in the first film, but his supporting cast is not all bad. Mostly, I liked the computer effects and some of the action was neat. The star rating can be ignored here. I really give it 2 1/2, but Amazon.com won't let me do halves.

Sequel lacks the budget and performances of the original.......2002-08-01

Although I really enjoyed the original movie, "Fortress 2: Re-entry" is disappointing in comparison. The film offers a promising storyline: John and Karen Brennick are shown 10 years later with their son, hiding from the MenTel Corporation. John is eventually captured and sent to a prison space station to serve his sentence for having another child, while Karen and her son are still being pursued by MenTel. Again, John is driven to escape from this dismal prison. The magic that made the first "Fortress" work is not present in this film. The special effects are of poor quality, and the actors' performances are not very good. This movie may be worth renting just to see what happens to the characters from the first film.

great stuff.......2002-05-04

Action, Sci-fi, nudity, 'behaviour modification' and Christopher Lambert? You know you're in for one hell of a ride!
This movie is at least as good as the original, and looks and sounds great on dvd.
No, it's not one of the most intelligent flicks out there, but who cares? The movie-makers set out to make the movie an exciting romp in space, and in that they certainly succeed.
The only thing that let me down a little was the abrupt ending, something the original suffered from too, but trust me, this is good fun if you're not looking for a masterpiece!

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I have seen the future of horror...

Zoetrope
Starring: Zoetrope
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Zoetrope
The Place Where The Black Stars Hang
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The Devil's Backbone (Special Edition)

ASIN: B000BO0LJU
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Description

ZOETROPE is a haunting and explosively surreal film set in an apocalyptic, decaying world. Based on Franz Kafkas In the Penal Colony, a man is imprisoned for an unnamed crime and tortured by a nameless sadistic bureaucrat. As the chilling nightmare unfolds, the prisoner peels away the layers of his own metaphysical existence, inching ever closer to his inescapable fate. Hatched from the fertile imagination of Director Charlie Deaux (System of a Down, Mortiis), ZOETROPEs richly complex visuals and dark atmosphere cast a spell of fear and terror far beyond its tightly edited 20 minute length.

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I have seen the future of horror..........2006-05-15

Can you imagine a movie that combines the `human body manipulation' of Rammstein's video clip "Mein Teil", Judas Priest's strobocopic lightning in their video "Painkiller", the black and white approach of "Pi", together with the weirdness of "Eraserhead" and "Begotten", the hellish production design of Brad Andersson's "The machinist" and the cinematic fetishism of the twin brothers Quay ("Street of Crocodiles" and "Institute Benjamenta")?

Probably not. But, believe me, there is such a movie.
It's Charlie Deaux' 18 minute tour-the-force "Zoetrope", a deranged, mindblowing, futuristic adaptation of Franz Kafka's "In the penal colony".
After a surreal opening in which we are, seemingly trapped in a void, approached by an unidentified flying object, we witness the final wanderings of a trapped, naked man, who crawls around his cell, waiting for his death sentence to be carried out. Above him, in the `upper world' there is the man, in the uniform, expressionistically gesturing, articulating his words of doom, and operating all kinds of seemingly purposeless tools and machinery.

Meanwhile, the clock, of which we often see its inner structures, is ticking. Time collapses. Mindgames alter, but still sore. It's a nightmarish existence of which there is no escape, the claustrophobia of the machine-filled upper world being as immens and exhausting as the claustrophobia in the large, empty prison cell.

And, to make it even worse, all this is set to the music of Brian Williams' terrifying one-man-act Lustmord, who brought us such dark ambient albums as "Heresy", "The place where the black stars hang" and the Robert Rich-collaboration "Stalker".

The CD "Zoetrope" contains considerably more music, and in the hands of Lustmord, we can be thankful for that, allthough, just like the film, it isn't a journey one would care to make out of choise- more out of some deeply rooted necessity.

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OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
Informative
New Revolution In Hip Hop
Revolutionary

Hip Hop Colony
Director: Michael Wanguhu
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
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The Art of 16 Bars
Rize

ASIN: B000MRA57E
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Description

Experience an exciting new chapter in Hip-Hop music as you travel into Kenya, deep into the heart of East Africa. Known as Genge music, Kenya's unique brand of Hip-Hop was initially dismissed as a passing fad, but this exhilarating new musical style -- a dynamic fusion of traditional African music with American Hip-Hop -- is exploding in popularity around the world. You are at the center of Kenya's emerging rejuvenated Hip-Hop culture where raw, talented new artists are bumping aside familiar American Hip-Hop superstars on radio and TV and making their mark!

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OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-06-29

Mambo Vipi,

Jina langu ni "E"arl aka Otieno The Luo Man kutoka South Bronx New York. Sasa ninakaa katika Pasadena California. Nilijifunza Kiswahili mwaka iliyopita na sasa najaribu kupata kila mtu weusi katika America kujifunza lugha hii. Nilinunua Hip-Hop Colony wiki iliyopita na ilikuwa nzuri sana!! In New York slang...it's OFF THE HOOK...STRAIGHT BANGIN'... HOT TO DEATH!!! I am so happy to hear the mixture of Swahili and Hip-Hop. The freestyles and flows are unbelievable! I want to convince African-American hip-hop artists to learn Swahili and use it in their flows. My website above now encouraging its visitors to buy this CD and I will show this to all of the young teenagers I work with in schools and as a counselor. Please continue to flow and expand.....amani.

Informative.......2007-05-15

If you love Kenyan music you'll love this movie it is very entertaining especially the freestyle sessions K-shaka, bamboo and nannoma stole the show.

New Revolution In Hip Hop.......2007-05-10

This is a step in showing how hip hop is evolving around the world especially in Africa. This shows you a different side of Africa from the eyes of the people, as you go through this hip-hop journey. It would be put in the category of documentaries that introduced hip-hop to mainstream America. This, too introduces us to the hip-hop revolution that has started in Africa.

Revolutionary.......2007-04-11

Wow there has never been a film I have purchased that is as dear to me as this one. There are so many reasons why one should get hold of it.

1. The Film itself is of very high standards...Strong script and production, very informative and most of all entertaining.
2. If u r a hip hop fanatic, general music fun, then this will inspire u regardless of what type of music u r into. The life of a musician is somewhat the same globally.
3. If u r of African decent, in particular Kenyan then u should be so proud. First beacuse it shows that we are capable of producing good films...secondly because of the content of the film.

Buy it for yourself, friends and any one in the entertainment industry....invest in your country it's your heritage.

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For the Term of His Natural Life
great adaptation
up with the best
Brilliant story and Colin Friels is magnificent so young
The Sad tale of a prisoner

For the Term of His Natural Life
Starring: Patrick Macnee , Anthony Perkins , Penelope Stewart , Rod Mullinar , and Samantha Eggar
Director: Rob Stewart (III)
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ASIN: B00005N5RE
Release Date: 2001-08-14

Customer Reviews:

For the Term of His Natural Life.......2007-05-16

Although dated with a mildly cheesy script we found it enjoyable enough for even the teenage kids asking for the next disc.
The transfer is grainy but not to off putting.Although the cover shows what would appear to be a head line production for Anthony Perkins he only appears much later in the film.

great adaptation.......2007-03-30

Great job. Anyone who read the book would know there is no way to do the whole thing on screen, but what a terrific job they did. I think even a novice would still understand the movie without the insider knowledge left out from the book.

up with the best.......2006-12-03

Colin Friels is probably less known or acclaimed internationally than his wife Judy Davis. His effort in this miniseries though early in his career should have him right up there equally recognized. A great story and a miniseries collectable.

Brilliant story and Colin Friels is magnificent so young.......2005-03-08

I saw this on TV, here in Australia a long time ago and only recently again on Pay TV and have straight away placed it in my shopping cart. It is the magnificent story of an Englishman who after learning he is the barstard son of another man is disinherited. He is then falsely accused of the murder of his true father and the theft of a watch and sent to a Penal colony in Van Diemen's Land (Now Tasmania) for the term of his natural life. It shows his struggle for freedom against the tyranny of British rule and countless altercations with other prisoners and a particular Prison officer. He saves the life of the Commandents daughter, but is tricked and sent back to prison. He strives for freedom and a possible return to England so he can reunite with his mother. It is a long program over 5hrs, possibly best watched over a couple of nights. Though if you're like me won't be able to turn it off.

The Sad tale of a prisoner.......2001-08-24

This is adapted from a book written in the 1800's. It was considered a strong novel about the bad state of prisons. It is about a prisoner who is innocent, but his whole life, is accoused of killing another person. The film seems less severe than the book. As more sad things happen in the book. So get your hankey's out, it's a tear-jerker...

Classic Ants Colony Films DVD: 1950s Ant Colonies Behavior, Ant Lifecycles, & Ant Extermination and Control History Pictures Films

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Classic Ants Colony Films DVD: 1950s Ant Colonies Behavior, Ant Lifecycles, & Ant Extermination and Control History Pictures Films

Manufacturer: Quality Information Publishers Inc.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

Table Of Contents:
(1) Ant City (1949) - 10 Minutes (2) Goodbye, Mrs. Ant (1959) - 13 Minutes

ASIN: B000QJ1X5Q

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This vintage ant films collection explores the amazing and complex world of ant colonies. The film Ant City examines the hierarchy in ant life while Goodbye, Mrs. Ant, focuses on ant control and extermination while acknowledging their societal sophistication. After all, "when the objective is the human home, ants are pests" Table Of Contents: (1) Ant City (1949) - This playful film discusses the complex and interwoven lives of ants living in an ant colony. Narrated by Johh Kieran and produced by Paul F. Moss, this delightful film compares the lives of ants to that of humans and includes a grand wedding as the queen ant get married. This classic film discusses all facets of ant life focusing on activities of worker ants 10 Minutes (2) Goodbye, Mrs. Ant (1959) - This ant propaganda piece begins by explaining that "ants live in a highly developed social order," and should be admired for their intelligence. Quickly the film changes its tone and begins to explore ant control and extermination methods, calling ants "greedy" and in need of rigid population control. This film was created by Johh Kieran and produced by Paul F. Moss & Thelma Shnee along with the University of Georgia & Velsicol Chemical Corp 13 Minutes

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4 Humans Against the Aliens
SWISS CHEESE
A made for TV science fiction on an alien threat to Earth.

The Colony
Starring: Robert Amico , James Avery , David Campbell , Cristi Conaway , and Michelle Davison
Director: Peter Geiger
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B00000G3DY
Release Date: 1998-11-10

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Even connoisseurs of low-budget alien invasion flicks will be hard-pressed to recall one in which the weapon of choice for Earth's champion is a Swiss army knife. This alone makes The Colony a prime candidate for cheesiest movie ever shown on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Consider the opening credits--a naked blonde dances in slo-mo, languidly running her slender fingers over her--well, let's just say that what we're supposed to get from this dance solo is that the aliens are intrigued by the sensual possibilities of assuming human form. O-o-kay.... In any event, the premise here is that aliens have chosen Earth as their next target for invasion; quite naturally, they've decided that Southern California provides the optimum beachhead.

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4 Humans Against the Aliens.......2004-06-23

A brutal race of expansionist aliens has just target Earth for harvesting. The planet will be stripped of its resources and the inhabitants will be enslaved. But before the fleet arrives, there is a chance to discover more about humans; particularly why so many are resistant to the alien's mind control.

Four humans have been collected for study. Three are resistant to mind control and one is not. But while the alien scientist pushes for understanding, the commander pushes for elimination of the humans. The scientist has been worried. The normal expansion methods enslave alien races but they have all died out within a year of servitude. Can this be prevented? Meanwhile, the captive humans keep trying to escape and pull every trick they can think of.

This is a good drama where characters' behavior is more important than effects. The sets are rather crude, looking like old sci-fi shows of the 70's but as such they do not distract from the real point of the film. The acting is surprisingly good and the casting is excellent. My only problem was the use of gratuitous nudity at several points in the film. Sometimes we just see a naked girl posing while the dialog still goes on. I do not know why this was included. Otherwise this is a very decent film and well worth watching.

SWISS CHEESE.......2004-04-18

The Scifi Channel coproduced this lame, low-budget yawner. Once everyone gets on the space ship, the set looks like something thrown together by a junior high thespian troupe. Isabella Hofmann plays Harper, an alien out to experiment and study humans to find out their makeup. (ho hum). John Prosky is the alien leader, shaved head and filled with misanthropic nothings. Michael Weatherly is the somewhat hunky hero; Cristi Conaway is the sexy but bland other alien; only Eric Allan Kramer as the almost beefcake Bravo makes an impression: watch as he follows Conaway's sinewy, sexy glide in an attempt to pick up girls--it's funny. Even Jeff Kober (from Falcon Crest) doesn't do his usual seedy job as a snarly redneck. Low production credits, a meandering pace, and relatively poor acting sinks this one fast.

A made for TV science fiction on an alien threat to Earth........1999-01-08

The colony is a story about a group of scout aliens sent to check out the earth for the possibility of exploiting it. The story is a bit confusing at first, but by the middle one figure out what is going on. The story revolves arround a small sample of humans that are captured and experimented on. They try to escape and fight back, but in the end their humanity saves themselves and us from these aliens. The special effects are ok for a TV series but not at par with say STARTREK-INSURRECTION. There are also three un-necessary nude scenes which probably earns the film the R rating. The DVD features are basic and the version reviewed did not have a Dolby 5.1.

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If you can't be there in person

Perry Mann's Exotic Erotic Ball
Starring: Exotic Erotic Ball
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Hundreds of thousands of fans--sexhibitionists and show-offs, voyeurs and vixens, and friendly, fun-loving freaks of all sexual passions have enjoyed 22 years of masquerade madness in San Francisco at the Exotic Erotic Ball, created by Perry Mann and Louis Abolafia. Without a doubt, the Exotic Erotic Ball ranks #1 in the world as the largest and longest running event of its kind--part Mardi Gras, burlesque, circus, Vegas, rock concert and Rio Carnival all blended into one spectacular extravaganza!

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If you can't be there in person.......2004-01-15

For years I have wanted to go to San Francisco's Exotic Erotic Ball. This video is a good, but short (less than an hour) recap of the evening. Focus is on bare breasted women. I would have preferred to see naked men. This is some party and I definitely want to attend in the future. If you are a sensual person, this is for you.

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