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The Road to Perdition

This TV review was written 4 years, 1 month ago.

The Road to Perdition (directed by Sam Mendes) was on Film4 last night, just days after the channel became free to view on digital TV. What a fantastic film!

The Road To PerditionI don’t think I would have ever deliberately watched the film, so I was lucky to find myself sitting in front of it while my wife put the kids to bed. I came in to the film about 20 minutes late, and now I want to make sure I see it again from scratch. I feel it will become one of the films I want to have in my DVD collection, and watch every once in a while.

Why did I like this film so much? I loved the part of the film where John Rooney (Paul Newman) sets his hitman Harlen Maguire (Jude Law) to kill Michael Sullivan (Tom Hanks). It was like a deadly game of chess, the battle of tactics between the two, and I found it to be captivating. Jude Law played a particularly corrupt and depraved character.

I also liked the development of the relationship between Michael Sullivan Sr., and his son Michael Sullivan Jr. (Tyler Hoechlin), as they escape from the awful murder of the mother and Sullivan’s other son. This aspect of the film meant something to me as I have two sons, and the issues they dealt with made me feel very reflective.

I thought the way that the mob boss in Chicago was portrayed was somehow lightweight and unreal, owing a great deal to the Godfather trilogy, but on reflection, the ethereal dream-like way that Tom Hanks had a relationship with the mob was one of the great aspects of the film, because ultimately this film was a simple story of good, evil, some evil men being somehow good, and the road to enlightenment.

Perdition actually means the loss of your soul and eternal damnation, and this was a theme that came up between Newman and Hanks in their scene beneath the cathedral, and later when Hanks confronts Newman with an awesome machine gun.

It was good to see Daniel Craig acting his heart out too, as John Rooney’s son. I started to like Craig when I saw Layer Cake, and can entirely understand why he was selected as the next James Bond.

I enjoyed the section of the film where Mike Junior learns how to drive and act as getaway driver when he and his Dad travel around small American towns stealing the mob’s money. That section of the film was just a fun romp, tinged by the feeling that Hanks’ time was limited because he was playing with fire. There are moments in films, and this was one of them, when you need to get all your enjoyment the first time you see it because the next time you won’t be able to enjoy the feeling of uncertainty as you know how things turn out in the end.

The cinematography was beautiful, and many of the scenes stick in my mind, combined with a very powerful musical score.

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Full cast list for The Road to Perdition : Brendan McKinney, Brian L. Orlinsky, Christian Stolte, Ciar Hinds, Cory James Krueckeberg, Craig Spidle, Daniel Craig, David Darlow, Diane Dorsey, Doug Spinuzza, Duane Sharp, Dylan Baker, Ed Kross, Gene Janson, Harry Groener, Heidi Jayne Netzley, Ian Barford, Jack Callahan, Jackie Moran, James Currie, James Greene, Jennifer Jason Leigh, JoBe Cerny, John Judd, John M. Williams, John Sierros, John Sterchi, Jon Sattler, Juanita Wilson, Jude Law, Kathleen Keane, Keith Kupferer, Kelly Hill, Kevin Chamberlin, Kieran O’Hare, Kurt Naebig, Lamont Kelly, Lance Baker, Lara Phillips, Lawrence MacGowan, Lee Roy Rogers, Liam Aiken, Mark Morettini, Martin Murphy, Marty Higginbotham, Maureen Gallagher, Michael Brockman, Michael Sassone, Mina Badie, Nicolas Cade, Paul Newman, Paul Turner, Peggy Roeder, Phil Ridarelli, Rob Maxey, Robert Jones, Roderick Peeples, Stanley Tucci, Stephen P. Dunn, Timothy Hendrickson, Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin.

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TV Reviews

Charmed Season 7 Review

This TV review was written 4 years, 1 month ago.

After having just finished watching the seventh season of the cult classic TV show “Charmed” I must confess that I’m feeling a little bit let down… I’d go as far as to say cheated even! The season as a whole had its good points, the introduction of the Avatars; powerful beings higher in the ranks than the oh so annoying ‘Elders’ - The return of Cole for the 150th episode and the short lived inclusion of the fantastic character ‘Drake’ played by Billy Zane. But sadly these good points were outweighed by a general feeling that something was missing.

Charmed Season 7 DVD CaseThe sisters seem to have lost their chemistry, and their will to fight… almost as if they are becoming as bored of the show as some of the most loyal viewers lately. Another thing that annoyed me is the introduction of some great characters ‘Drake’, ‘Agent Brody’ and a brilliant new role for Charisma Carpenter (Buffy/Angel star) because just when you start to get used to them and actually begin to like them they disappear! It really is getting a little tedious now.

Maybe I’m being too harsh on the show, don’t get me wrong I am a huge fan of Charmed and will still continue to watch it for its final season (now being shown on T4) but it feels as though the series is being rushed to an end rather than gradually wrapping things up. I know that budget played a huge factor in the last few seasons of Charmed, as director Brad Kern fought to keep it running and cut costs wherever possible some of the cast even took lower paycheques to help with this, but I cant help thinking maybe it would have been better to have made season 7 the final season and tie up all lose ends there and then.

For me, the fact that Leo was made mortal has also affected the way the show runs. Leo was the person who the girls depended on to heal them, guide them and show them the way, but in season 7 he just seems a little out of the loop.

Some highly recommended episodes to watch are ‘Something wicca this way goes’ and ‘Charmageddon’ these are both interesting and have a few good twists.

Although I wasn’t a huge fan of this season of Charmed I am hoping that season eight will be better, and maybe give the fans some form of closure.

In short, true fans of Charmed will watch season seven and see it for its good points and for all the hard work the cast and crew have put into making sure it kept fighting for another year but others may see it as part of Charmed’s slow decline into obscurity. Personally I’m willing to stick with it for now and see what the final season brings.

Charmed Season 7 Episodes:

  • A Call To Arms
  • The Bare Witch Project
  • Cheaper By The Coven
  • Charrrmed
  • Styx Feet Under
  • Once In A Blue Moon
  • Someone to Witch Over Me
  • Charmed Noir
  • There’s Something About Leo
  • Witchness Protection
  • Ordinary Witches
  • Extreme Makeover World Edition (I)
  • Charmageddon (II)
  • Carpe Demon
  • Show Ghouls
  • The Seven Year Witch
  • Scry Hard
  • Little Box Of Horrors
  • Freaky Phoebe
  • Imaginary Friends
  • Death Becomes Them (I)
  • Something Wicca This Way Goes (II)

Cast list for Charmed Season 7 : Kevin Alejandro, David Anders, Ian Anthony Dale, Kristen Ariza, Lisa Arturo, Alex Avant, Julian Bailey, Rebecca Balding, Justin Baldoni, Stacy Barnhisel, Blake Bashoff, Steve Bean, Anna Bikales, James Black, Bre Blair, Peter Breitmayer, Chris Breslin, Patrick Bristow, Kristin Bryant, Charisma Carpenter, Christopher Carroll, Mary Castro, Carrie CeCe Cline, Mark Chadwick, Marcus Chait, Jim Cody Williams, Will Collyer, Dean Cudworth, Ann Cusack, Antonio D. Charty, Kevin Daniels, Brian David, Nicholas Davidoff, John de Lancie, Elizabeth Dennehy, Anthony DeSando, Seamus Dever, Chris Diamantopoulos, Keith Diamond, Jake Donahue, The Donnas, Finley Donoho, Denver Dowridge, Billy Drago, Anne Dudek, Hayley DuMond, Michael E. Rodgers, Ruseel Edge, Colin Egglesfield, Trey Ellett, Treva Etienne, Oded Fehr, Shelby Fenner, Patrice Fisher, Tac Fitzgerald, Dennis Flanagan, Mandy Freund, Drew Fuller, Kurt Fuller, Michael Gilden, Dave Goryl, Elizabeth Gracen, Bruce Gray, Dorian Gregory, Dax Griffin, Bug Hall, Jon Hamm, Sammi Hanratty, Donna Hardy, Danneel Harris, Brad Hawkins, Neil Hopkins, Brian Howe, Finola Hughes, Michelle Hurd, Muttalib J. Ibrahim, Hawthorne James, Brian Johnson, Reggie Jordan, Agim Kaba, Jeremy Kent Jackson, John Kesser, Ted King, Brian Krause, Suzanne Krull, Mark Kubr, Ricky Kurtz, James L. Avery, Sr., Nick Lachey, Sal Landi, Jenya Lano, Deji LaRay, Michael Lee Gogin, Scott Leet, Eddie Lehler, David Leitch, Gloria LeRoy, Greg Lindsay, Vince Lozano, Thomas Lumberg Jr., Jayden Lund, Andrew M. Chukerman, Michael Maize, Todd Mason Covert, Eddie Matos, Lorin McCraley, Laura McLachlin, Julian McMahon, Ralph Meyering Jr., Michael Milhoan, Kristen Miller, Gino Montesinos, Beans Morocco, Glenn Morshower, Bru Muller, Jordan Murphy, Brooke Nevin, Becki Newton, Frank Novak, Jim O’Brien, Lyne Odums, Evan Parke, Rick Pasqualone, James Patric Moran, Max Perlich, Tara Platt, Ely Pouget, Harve Presnell, Shani Pride, Sandra Prosper, Kevin R. Kelly, Vladimir Rajcic, Wes Ramsey, Betsy Randle, Kiran Rao, James Read, Stacy Reed, Laura Regan, Tawny Rene Hamilton, Jennifer Rhodes, Brett Rice, Branscombe Richmond, Mailon Rivera, Charles Robinson, Sebastian Roch Reggie Rolle, John Ross Bowie, Scott Roth, Sam Rubin, Jared Ryan Shaw, Beverly Sanders, Susan Santiago, Al Sapienza, Danielle Savre, Tom Schmid, Kenneth Schmidt, Erica Shaffer, Amanda Sickler, Kristopher Simmons, Jason Simmons, Peter Siragusa, Tommy Smeltzer, Kerr Smith, Stacy Soloman, Jessica Steen, Maury Sterling, Christian Stokes, Don Swayze, Joel Swetow, Scout Taylor-Compton, Simon Templeman, T.J. Thyne, Juliette Tinelle, John Todd, Todd Tucker, David Ury, Vanessa Vander Pluym, Eddie Velez, Tom Virtue, Dennis W. Hall, Katie Wagner, Zack Ward, James Wellington, David Wells, Alan Wilder, Kathleen Wilhoite, Marc Wilson, Matt Winston, Eric Winzenried, Peter Woodward, Billy Zane.

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TV Reviews

At Last! Film4 is now free!

This TV review was written 4 years, 1 month ago.

On July 23rd 2006 at 9pm Film4 went free. Then after Monday 24th July anyone with the right equipment can see free films every day from 3pm to 3am.

Film4 LogoThe only equipment you need is a Freeview receiver, and cable and satellite viewers can see Film4 for free.

Film4 is now on:

Channel 31 on Freeview
Channel 315 on Sky
Channel 701/50 on NTL
Channel 444 on Telewest

It’s not completely clear to me exactly why Film4 has been turned from a subscription service to one that is free. It’s going to have advert breaks, which you might or might not think is a good thing. How are they going to finance the classics and Hollywood epics that they plan to show every day, along with the cult films later at night? There will not be an on-screen logo on Film4 which is great because I really dislike the distraction that these logos cause, even when they are very subtle.

In the first month they will be screening a season of Roberto Rossellini filmsand 7 films from Hayao Miyazaki, including Princess Mononoke and Kiki’s Delivery Service.

As well as launching the new free-to-air film channel, Channel 4 is also planning the launch of a Film4 branded video-on-demand subscription service on a variety of media platforms including broadband, mobile and cable.

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DVD Reviews

Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl

This DVD review was written 4 years, 1 month ago.

Disney have been promoting Dead man’s chest for so long now that when I recently saw a newly packaged version of Curse of the Black Pearl in Sainsbury’s I mistakenly bought it thinking the new film had already made the move from film to DVD.

Orlando Bloom as Captain Jack SparrowWhat a muggins, eh? And I already own a copy of Curse of the Black Pearl from when it was first released on DVD. Anyway, can you really blame me for failing to keep the name of the film in my long term memory? After all, I struggle to remember what the Black Pearl was and I’ve seen the film loads of times since I originally bought the DVD. Maybe I don’t pay enough attention…

So, if you are one of the few who haven’t seen the original film that spawned the sequel, what can you expect from the DVD of Pirates of the Carribean - The curse of the Black Pearl?

Pirates of the Caribbean - The curse of the Black Pearl is an action packed movie from Producer Jerry Bruckheimer. The film shot to success on its release in 2003 despite worries over the fact that it was based completely on a Disney theme park ride.

When Elizabeth (Kiera Knightly) is kidnapped by a group of pirates, lead by the villainous Captain Barbosa (Geoffrey Rush) who believes she holds the key to lifting the terrible curse bestowed upon them, it is up to her one true love Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and a renegade pirate Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) to bring her back to safety. The unlikely duo must face pirate gangs, sword fights and use their wit and cunning to outsmart the pirates before Elizabeth is lost forever at the hands of the gruesome cursed pirate crew.

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth SwannPirates of the Caribbean was without doubt one of the biggest and best films of 2003. With its all star cast, and brilliant acting from all involved you can’t help but be drawn into this swashbuckling adventure that really is action packed from start to finish. Johnny Depp is the obvious star of the show from the start, his portrayal of the slightly mad Jack Sparrow is fantastic and dare I say it… faultless? He gets all of the movies classic laugh out loud lines and is a constant source of amusement throughout the entirety of the film. Kiera Knightly shines as the feisty Elizabeth, and delivers possibly one of her best performances to date.

Another great personality in the film is the character of Captain Barbosa; Geoffrey Rush plays this role so well, capturing the essence of an evil pirate perfectly.

The special effects were done extremely well; the scenes featuring the cursed pirates in their true form were fascinating and brilliant to watch and played a huge part in making this film actually work, frightening the hell out of my kids in the process. It could have easily flopped, but due to its high standards of acting, effects and genuinely fun plotline it has now become one of the best loved films of 2003, having spawned a sequel which is out in cinemas now.

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The cast of Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl : Alosio, Guy Siner, Ian McIntyre, Isaac C. Singleton Jr., Israel Aduramo, Jack Davenport, Jerry Gauny, John Boswall, John Mackey, Johnny Depp, Jonathan Pryce, Jordi Caballero, Jose Zelaya, Keira Knightley, Kevin McNally, Lauren Maher, Lee Arenberg, LeJon, Lucinda Dryzek, Luke de Woolfson, M. Scott Shields, Mackenzie Crook, Marco Khan, Martin Klebba, Matthew Bowyer, Maxie J. Santillan Jr., Michael A. Thompson, Michael Berry Jr., Michael Earl Lane, Michael Sean Tighe, Michael W. Williams, Mike Babcock, Mike Haberecht, Nej Adamson, Orlando Bloom, Owen Finnegan, Paul Cagney, Paul Keith, Paula J. Newman, Ralph P. Martin, Robbie Gee, Rudolph McColam, Sam Roberts, Spider Madison, Tobias McKinney, Tommy Schooler, Treva Etienne, Trevor Goddard, Vanessa Branch, Vince Lozano, Zoe Saldana.

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DVD Reviews

Derailed DVD Review

This DVD review was written 4 years, 1 month ago.

The new film just released in the UK on DVD: Derailed from director Mikael Hafstrom is a Hitchcock style thriller starring Jennifer Aniston, Clive Owen, Vincent Cassel and Melissa George.

Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston in DerailedThe story starts off simply, Clive Owen and Jennifer Aniston meet on a train. Owen has forgotten his wallet and Aniston offers to pay his fare, and so begins the start of their adulterous and dangerous affair. Both of them are married but can’t seem to resist the temptation and the chemistry that is seemingly pulling them closer together. However, no sooner than the affair has begun, the couple find themselves in the middle of an elaborate blackmail scheme. They must then choose which is more important, their money, or their lives and individual marriages.

This is a film that really does have both its strong points and its weak points. It did have the promise of being a truly great film, the storyline is strong and the acting is fantastic but there’s just something about it that doesn’t quite feel right. Maybe it’s the fact that it feels a little rushed, or perhaps it just doesn’t quite live up to the way it has been portrayed in the trailers for the movie. Either way, Derailed just didn’t quite deliver the goods for me. I did however love watching Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen in their roles and felt that they really clicked and gave the performance everything they could. Vincent Cassel was also absolutely fantastic, he had just the right mix of psychotic unstable tendencies and is just one of those characters you can’t help but love to hate.

All in all this movie is definitely well worth a watch, but it’s not one worth making a priority to rush out and see. Great performances from a star studded cast, but sadly didn’t quite live up to its full potential as a truly great thriller.


Full cast list for Derailed: Addison Timlin, Aimee Muschamp, Alexandra LoRusso, Angelina Riposta, Anthony Velasco, Big Kalvin, Catherine McCord, Cherie Nichole, Chik konkwo, Claire Lubert, Clifford M. Freeney, Clive Owen, Danny McCarthy, David Morrissey, David Oyelowo, Denis O’Hare, Dozer, Floyd Bradley, Gary Sedlock, Georgiana Jianu, Georgie Smith, Georgina Chapman, Giancarlo Esposito, Ike Ononye, James Bednark, James Crisman, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Joan Taylor, Joey Strobel, Joshua Brail, Kalvin Watson, Leo McCoy, Marcus Holton, Mehru Khan, Mel Raido, Melissa George, Michael Stailey, Nathan Lee, Ortis Deley, Patricia E. Harrington, Rachael Blake, Rayn Romain, Richard Leaf, Richard Strobel, Roberto Rangel, Ron Valdez, Ronald Tanner, Sam Douglas, Sandra Bee, Sue Durso, Sue Follansbee, Tom Conti, Vincent Cassel, William Armstrong, Xzibit, RZA.

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DVD Reviews

Jeepers Creepers DVD Review

This DVD review was written 4 years, 1 month ago.

Jeepers Creepers DVD Cover ImageDirector Victor Salva brought us one of the most talked about horror films of 2001 for all the wrong reasons. Jeepers Creepers starts off being genuinely scary, as we follow two youngsters: Brother and Sister Darryl and Trish on their journey through deserted outback roads on their way home for a college break. As they are driving along they are run off the road by a mysterious stranger in a black hat and trench coat, they manage to escape, but later when they drive past an old deserted church with the same van outside curiosity gets the better of them and they foolishly rush to take a look. Little do they know that the strange creature they previously saw feeds off of humans and drags their remains down into the tunnels under the church yard. Darryl makes the gruesome discovery and the two desperately head to safety. However, unaware to them they have something that ‘The Creeper’ wants, and he won’t stop until he gets it. What follows can only be described as a cat and mouse chase as the harsh reality soon dawns on the siblings that they may not survive to tell the gruesome tale of The Creeper and his unsuspecting victims.

This film started off in the right direction; with the brilliant and genuinely scary chase scenes between the kids and ‘The Creeper’ but before you know what’s hit you we have seen far too much of the villain to make him menacing anymore. Not only do we now know what he looks like but we have figured out exactly what he wants and how he’s going to get it about half way through the movie leaving the rest of the film just moving along at a steady pace with not much else to look forward to. This is a terrible shame, as the promising first half of this movie had so much to offer; the acting was of high standards and was well built upon by a general sense of fear and suspense that really worked.

The Creeper himself was a brilliant character until he was ‘unmasked’ and the frankly less than impressive makeup effects overpowered what mystery and menace there was about him quickly being replaced by the sudden urge to laugh out loud! In short, had they planned this movie better, panned the storyline out and not given quite so much away too early on this would have almost definitely become a cult classic, instead it received a rather poor reception from both critics and the public. If you get the chance to watch Jeepers Creepers, what I would recommend you do is watch the first hour, get a bit scared then force yourself to turn it off and go and watch a real classic horror movie instead that won’t leave you feeling like you’ve wasted your money when you get to the end. All in all Jeepers Creepers is a sad letdown of a movie that had the promise of being something truly brilliant.

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Full cast list for Jeepers Creepers : Angus Barnett, Antonio Valentino, Ben Roberts, Ben Wilson, Brazil Joseph Grisaffi III, Brye Cooper, Bud Mathis, Christian Martin, Christopher Adamson, Christopher S. Capp, Christopher Sullivan, Craig Thomson, D.P. FitzGerald, Damian O’Hare, David Bailie, David Keyes, David Patykewich, David Schofield, Don LaDaga, Dustin Seavey, Dylan Smith, Fox Castro, Finneus Egan, Fred Toft, Geoffrey Rush, Georges Trillat, Gerard J. Reyes, Giles New, Greg Ellis, Gregory Avis-Marie Barnes, Brandon Smith, Chris Shepardson, Clint Wilder, Eileen Brennan, Gina Philips, Jeffrey William Evans, Jon Beshara, Jonathan Breck, Justin Long, Kim Kahana, Patricia Belcher, Patrick Cherry, Peggy Sheffield, Steve Raulerson, Tim Phoenix, Tom Tarantini, Victor Salva, William Haze.

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DVD Reviews

Christiane F. (1981) DVD review

This DVD review was written 4 years, 1 month ago.

Christiane FChristiane F. is based on a true story about a 14 year old girl who experiments with a range of drugs, quickly becoming addicted to heroin. It’s an amazing film that I’ve always found to be very deep and engaging.

This film has a strong emotional effect on me, and it was a matter of urgency to find it on DVD to add to my collection.

It’s one of those DVD’s that I watch every few months because I want to experience that strong effect again, like plunging into another world. Among the many effects it has had on me, it makes me want to go to Berlin, and it contains some of the few David Bowie songs that I like, and whenever I look at a desolate inner city tower block I think of Christiane F. and her Mum and Sister.

I have similar feelings about this film to the way I feel about William Burroughs’ book Junky - it’s amazing to have an insight into the life of people who take drugs, and somehow to feel that there is a chance for rehabilitation from an addiction.

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Cast list for Christiane F.Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo - Andreas Fuhrmann, Bernhard Janson, Catherine Schabeck, Christiane Lechle, Christiane Reichelt, Daniela Jaeger, David Bowie, Eberhard Auriga, Ellen Esser, Jan Georg Effler, Jens Kuphal, Kerstin Malessa, Kerstin Richter, Lothar Chamski, Lutz Hemmerling, Natja Brunckhorst, Peggy Russiek, Rainer Woelk, Stanislaus Solotar, Thomas Haustein, Uwe Diderich. Directed by Uli Edel. Written by Kai Hermann, Horst Rieck and Herman Weigel.

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Film Reviews

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)

This Film review was written 4 years, 1 month ago.

Is it possible to review a film before you’ve seen it? No, it’s not. But it is possible to review a review of a film.

And I’m reviewing the review of Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest that appeared in the Guardian newspaper a week ago.

It was great, funny, witty and insightful. The idea is that the plot of Dead Man’s Chest is basically the same as the plot of Star Wars. Captain Black is Hans Solo, there is an asexual leading couple, similar plot twists, and so on.

The downside to the Guardian review was that it was all leading to a final joke, that Dead Man’s Chest is “Star-haaarr! Wars”. And that’s great, but it left me feeling the same way I do when I hear a comic onstage telling a joke. It’s all about the laugh, and just make sure you suspend your disbelief. But it made me feel the opinions voiced in the review were weighted towards the joke and away from the facts.

We’re going to see the film this week, and I’ll make my own mind up.

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DVD Reviews

Due South - The Complete First Series

This DVD review was written 4 years, 1 month ago.

Benton Frasier and Stanley Raymond KowalskiDue South features Paul Gross as Canadian Mountie Benton Frasier and Callum Keith Rennie as detective Stanley Raymond Kowalski. Frasier has a pet wolf and they deal with crime in Chicago in the only way they know how, which is weird, interesting and funny.

When it was on TV in the nineties I always flicked past Due South with the remote control because it never engaged me. And now I realize this is a real pity, because my Mum recently lent me the first series boxed set of 6 DVD’s.

Maybe it was because it was a long weekend waiting for the World Cup to play out in Germany, or I just wanted something to take my mind off work, but we’ve had a great weekend, with the whole family sitting around watching it compulsively.

The first episode explains why Frasier leaves his Canadian home and sets up the background that I always missed when I skipped past it.

In summary, this gets an unexpected five stars from me, and it’s just a question of time before I go out and buy the boxed set of series two.

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Full Cast list for Due South first season : Alan Murley, Alex Carter, Aron Tager, Arthi Sambasivan, Beau Starr, Beth Amos, Bill MacDonald, Bob Fisher, Bruce McFee, Camilla Scott, Catherine Bruhier, Christina Cox, Christopher Babers, Craig Eldridge, Daniel DeSanto, Daniel Kash, David Calderisi, David Marciano, Dean McDermott, Deborah Rennard, Denis Forest, Djanet Sears, Dominic Cuzzocrea, Eric Fink, Falconer Abraham, George Buza, Gordon Pinsent, Ho Chow, J.D. Nicholsen, Jim Bracchitta, Joe Lisi, Joseph Ziegler, Karyn Dwyer, Kaye Ballard, Kelly Proctor, Ken Pogue, Ken Quinn, Kenneth Welsh, Kevin Rushton, Kimberly Ange, Lee Purcell, Leslie Nielsen, Lisa Jakub, Louis Di Bianco, Marc Donato, Maria Ricossa, Mark Melymick, Martin Roach, Marvin Karon, Matt Birman, Melina Kanakaredes, Michael Donaghue, Nicole Crozier, Paul Gross, Paulina Gillis, Peter Williams, Philip Williams, Ramona Milano, Reiner Schwartz, Rino Romano, Ron Lea, Rummy Bishop, Sam Malkin, Sam Moses, Sandi Stahlbrand, Sarain Boylan, Scot Denton, Scott Gibson, Shawn Wright, Shay Duffin, Sherry Miller, Stacy Haiduk, Stephen Shellen, Todd Schroeder, Tony Craig, Victor Ertmanis, Vito Rezza, William Dunlop.

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