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Projectfreetv Solar Impact
I liked it, I thought it was funny. And said some truth to it. But then again just about every movie has some truth in its name. Especially how Shari was dealing with a pregnancy, and a boyfriend who refused to get married because of being terrified which is really understandable. The relationship between the guys was really strange and amazing. Having that one friend that knows how to push someones buttons until they snap. We all have friends like that. But i have a question, do you know the song that was playing during the scene of Gregory's funeral? it really caught my attention and i want that song now. Any possible way of finding out the name of that song for me? thanks.
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Cast: Grace Dixon, Oliver Goodwill, Polly Kilpatrick, Peter Knight, Gary Knowles, Natalie Martins, Oliver Park, Simon Riordan

Projectfreetv Mortal
"Feline Follies" is a 1919 4-minute black-and-white cartoon about Felix the cat. American director Otto Messmes made this one almost 100 years ago and he went one to become one of the defining animation filmmakers in the 1920s before the real boom of cartoons started a decade later. He is probably not a name to many anymore today, but the Animation Oscars Annie Awards honored him with their most precious award.

The animation in this cartoon here is still really basic, that's why I cannot really recommend it, but the jokes are all fine and were reused in much more known films in decades afterward, such as the cat that is blamed for the chaos the mice made, or the mice having a party when the cat isn't home or people in the neighborhood complaining about cat noise. A solid watch all in all I guess, but really only for people who like old films.
Director: André Øvredal
Cast: Nat Wolff, Priyanka Bose, Iben Akerlie, Arthur Hakalahti, Oddrun Valestrand, Ania Nova, Ravdeep Singh Bajwa, Per Egil Aske, Per Frisch, Martin Grid Toennesen, Sunniva Lind H�verstad, Torunn L�demel Stokkeland, Craig Narveson, Inger Berit Gr�terud, Niko Rusakov

Projectfreetv Resistance
This is an honestly funny cartoon with great writing, incredible voice acting, unique looking animation, and an awesome presentation of all of it. Bill Burr is a genius and if you're a fan of slightly aggressive comedy, adult animation, or even just nostalgia of a time long past, you will not be disappointed. The entire 6 episode first season tells us the story of Frank Murphy, a lower middle class Irish blue collar guy, and his family. All of the characters are genuine and none of the writing or jokes come off as forced. The whole season flows organically from line to line, joke to joke, scene to scene, episode to episode. As a lifelong cartoon lover, I've never seen animation look quite like this. It's not incredibly fantastic, but looks different enough from most other adult themed cartoons to be intriguing, refreshing even. This truly is a complete package, by far the funniest cartoon I've seen since "Unsupervised" (which also featured Justin Long as one of the main characters) aired nearly four years ago and canceled before a second season could even be started. Hopefully "F is for Family" won't suffer a similar fate, it is far too funny for only 6 episodes.
Director: Jonathan Jakubowicz
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Edgar Ramírez, Clémence Poésy, Matthias Schweighöfer, Bella Ramsey, Géza Röhrig, Karl Markovics, F�lix Moati, Alicia von Rittberg, Vica Kerekes, Tobias Gareth Elman, Kue Lawrence, Christian Clarke, Aurélie Bancilhon

Projectfreetv Peninsula
I have watched 1 episode and not really interested to keep going. Sounds like another super hero TV show but not interesting at all. Normally i will try to watch a couple of episodes to see if it's good enough to keep going, but this show I have no intention to continue at all. If the show not interesting enough, there should be either a very attractive cast or character, but neither of both in this show. The twins are so stagy and poor acting. Their eye contact are very weird, and they're trying to be cool but not... billionaire IT genius twin?

The main character, not attractive, weird. The twins, weirder. The show, I will keep reading reviews to see if it will become better, but I don't expect there will be next season.
Director: Sang-ho Yeon
Cast: Dong-Won Gang, Jung-hyun Lee, John D. Michaels, Re Lee, Hae-hyo Kwon, Milan-Devi LaBrey

Projectfreetv Marriage Story
This show is an abomination. Never a funny moment, mostly just feels weird. Like the pretend stand-up routine with the fake brick wall behind him and canned laughter. Don't watch for entertainment unless you enjoy examining and deconstructing a terrible show, because that's all you can do with it. If you look at the positive reviews, they were written around the time the show first came out. Click on the author's name and you'll find that in the 2 years since, that is the only review they've ever written. Hmmm. How curious.
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Merritt Wever, Laura Dern, Ray Liotta, Julie Hagerty, Mark O'Brien, Wallace Shawn, Alan Alda, Kyle Bornheimer, Mickey Sumner, Azhy Robertson, Matthew Maher, Robert Smigel, Ayden Mayeri

Projectfreetv Greyhound
ased upon the novel "The Good Shepherd" by C S Forester, this is the thrilling story of the leader of an Allied convoy crossing the North Atlantic in 1942 as he faces relentless attack by a Nazi submarine wolf pack. The leader of the convoy's destroyer screen is a US Navy commander making his first Atlantic crossing. The story focuses on the his command responsibility as he fights the cold, the relentless night, the brutal sea and his deep fatigue as he chases down the attacking submarines in the deadly game of cat and mouse. The exciting story, a thrilling ride-along with the beleaguered captain, so deeply portrays the elements of battle command that for a long period of time the book was used as a text at the US Naval Academy.
Director: Aaron Schneider
Cast: Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham, Elisabeth Shue, Michael Benz, Rob Morgan, David Maldonado, Jimi Stanton, Matt Helm, Tom Brittney, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Travis Przybylski, Jeremy Daniel Madden, Devin Druid, Travis Quentin, Will Pullen

Projectfreetv The Old Guard
Good to see content from Japan. Great production values.

I found the musical score intrusive and too 'on the nose'. Signaling what you should be feeling now in case you can't figure it out from the script - determination, inspiration, sadness etc. Lush, redundant and mostly saccharine. Especially that damn piano! Coincidentally just having rewatched The Birds which has no musical score at all. Wish there was a separate mute for the music.

Subtitles in yellow often lost on a light background.

A weirdly depopulated Ginza and too-blue sky over Tokyo. The distraction of anime-looking characters thanks to cosmetic surgery especially among the young actresses.

The melodramatic line readings and swelling music when someone said something like, I will make...bras that I like! The simpering overacting and fumbling by the doe Kiritani in the early episodes.

Male characters mostly emasculated or evil. What was up with the coffee guy? Poor schmuck.

Not crazy about the stereotypical work-life imbalance, would like to have seen some of the characters' lives outside of work.

Other than Kiritani, a great cast. In particular could watch Mao Daichi sew and drink coffee all day. Without music and maybe without that Anna Wintour haircut. Her 'regal bearing' is an inspiration, as is her enunciation which is great for students of the language.
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Cast: Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Harry Melling, Van Veronica Ngo, Natacha Karam, Mette Towley, Anamaria Marinca, Micheal Ward, Shala Nyx, Majid Essaidi, Joey Ansah

Projectfreetv First Cow
Great performance, great singers, great music. What more do you need? There are no dialogs on this film, just music. All performances are obviously lip sync but they don't seem so. Ted Neeley as Jesus has an incredible and powerful voice. Carl Anderson as Judas is also great. I'm sure thousands of people are waiting for a better DVD edition than the ones we have. What if they put some old footage like interviews, making of, deleted scenes, etc? As a curiosity, the music is slightly different from the CD. It looks the same recording but it's not. You can hear some little differences. Make no mistake: this is the real JCS. There are other JCS but this Ted Neeley IS definitely JCS.
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Cast: John Magaro, Orion Lee, Rene Auberjonois, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Scott Shepherd, Gary Farmer, Lily Gladstone, Alia Shawkat, John Keating, Dylan Smith, Manuel Rodriguez, Clayton Nemrow, Jared Kasowski, Jeb Berrier

Projectfreetv Palm Springs
While stuck at a wedding in Palm Springs, Nyles (Andy Samberg) meets Sarah (Cristin Milioti), the maid of honor and family black sheep. After he rescues her from a disastrous toast, Sarah becomes drawn to Nyles and his offbeat nihilism. But when their impromptu tryst is thwarted by a surreal interruption, Sarah must join Nyles in embracing the idea that nothing really matters, and they begin wreaking spirited havoc on the wedding celebration.
Director: Max Barbakow
Cast: Andy Samberg, Cristin Milioti, J.K. Simmons, Peter Gallagher, Meredith Hagner, Camila Mendes, Tyler Hoechlin, Chris Pang, Jacqueline Obradors, June Squibb, Tongayi Chirisa, Dale Dickey, Conner O'Malley, Jena Friedman, Brian Duffy

Projectfreetv Relic
When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam rush to their family's decaying country home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence. After Edna returns just as mysteriously as she disappeared, Kay's concern that her mother seems unwilling or unable to say where she's been clashes with Sam's unabashed enthusiasm to have her grandma back. As Edna's behavior turns increasingly volatile, both begin to sense that an insidious presence in the house might be taking control of her. With RELIC, first-time writer/director Natalie Erika James crafts an unforgettable new spin on the haunted-house movie.
Director: Natalie Erika James
Cast: Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, Bella Heathcote, Jeremy Stanford, Chris Bunton, Christina O'Neill, Catherine Glavicic, Steve Rodgers, John Browning, Robin Northover

Projectfreetv Hamilton
Anyone who has watched Game of Thrones and enjoys it will know the standard that it keeps to, being produced by HBO. When the first 'Beowulf:Return to the Shieldlands'episode began you had the title sequence, what's that music I hear?... yes it sounds a bit like the Game of Thrones main theme! What interesting visuals in this cg Title sequence, reminds me of something... oh yes it's sort of like..... Game of Thrones!...

So straight off the people behind this are basically saying 'This is our attempt at Game of Thrones, and we're so lazy that we're not even going to try and come up with our own unique style of title sequence' - EMBARRASSING!

The first shot has some weird things running on a beach, but they're not really running, they look like weird ape things with horns that have been poorly rigged by a 3D artist who was rushed for time. So they sort of limp in an odd way along the beach. OK so the people behind this series didn't seem to put all the money into vfx then! SO where has the money gone? Costumes, set design? Maybe some well known great actors?

Keep watching the episode and you'll see lots of leather costumes, overly designed, mostly dark in colour, just lots of leather everywhere. Somehow the costumes although looking like time was spent on them, look unconvincing and dull, not very cool or stylish, just a bit 'meh'

The more you watch the only familiar face I saw was William Hurt, oh but he's (spoiler!) already dead a third of the way into the episode, oh it's OK we have some flashbacks that use him. But oh well guess he wont be seen again after this episode. Anymore good actors? Nope. the rest of the series we're stuck with this Kieran Bew guy. Kieran Bew is Beowulf.. apparently. To me he looks more like a bloke you'd see in a greasy spoon, enjoying his fried eggs with bacon and baked beans before going about his day on a building site. Either that or he'd be selling mobile phones. This is Beowulf..... BEOWULF! He does not look cool, I don't look at him and think, yeah this guy can fight monsters, hell yeah!.... No he's just an average looking bloke who you'd see down the pub. The rest of the cast seem to be black people or white people with stupid hair styles. Now I have no problem with black people being in Beowulf, there could have been a few around at that period, fair enough. I'm happy to see the blacksmith is a woman who knows how to use a sword. Considering the period and location though I really have to say they went a bit too far with the casting, by the end of episode 2 I'm left with the impression that there are a lot of black people living in Scandinavia, for some reason. I'm all for equality but I think this is too much.

And then I have to move onto production design. Exteriors are fine but not overly memorable. Interiors? Oh dear! The main hall, well basically the production designer seems to love gold and swirls, as that's all you see, EVERYWHERE its GOLD and SWIRLS? Is there any design to it? No it's just messy and all over the place. Money has been thrown into this set, but no thought has. So it ends up looking awful, cheap and tacky!

So what about the overall story from the first 2 episodes? Well in the 1st episode we saw Grendel, and Grendel had feelings for this woman who's like a poor mans Anne Hathaway. SO instead of going around ripping people apart Grendel has feelings now, it's a 21st century Grendel. The 2nd episode is about some shape shifting guy, how does this relate to Beowulf? It doesn't, they may as well have just made up a new hero with a different name, completely different universe etc why bother calling it Beowulf?? Because the people in charge of the project were creatively sterile. The people calling the shots on this production have completely missed the reasons why Game of Thrones works. Everything HBO produces is pretty much film quality, from the cinematography to the costumes and sets. Game of Thrones killed off its biggest actor at the END of series 1. NOT the first episode! You have to give audiences reasons to stay hooked! You need good writing and acting. You need good sets and locations. Beowulf is incredibly lacking in every department, the biggest mistake for me is the casting coupled with the poor writing that takes a great historical legend and turns it into Hollyoaks level Television.
Director: Thomas Kail
Cast: Daveed Diggs, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Jonathan Groff, Chris Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Leslie Odom Jr., Okieriete Onaodowan, Anthony Ramos, Phillipa Soo, Carleigh Bettiol, Ariana DeBose, Hope Easterbrook, Sydney James Harcourt, Sasha Hutchings

Projectfreetv The Outpost
Normally, there are just too many great shows to be watching shows rated "7.3".

When I say great shows, I mean Game of Thrones, Homeland, Westworld, Vikings, The Americans, Fargo, American Gods, Billions, True Detective S01 (since S02 was crap), Counterpart, Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead (from S03 and up since S01-02 are 100% pure crap), Ray Donovan, Outlander, Power, and older shows like Breaking Bad, The Wire, Sopranos.

Other shows I got addicted to are/were The Path, 12 Monkeys, Hell on Wheels, Justified, Travelers, The Terror, The 100, Better Call Saul, and Mr. Mercedes.

So when I saw the rating for "Colony" was a 7.3, I didn't even want to give it a chance. Some of the negative reviews didn't help the case.

But after watching Colony episode 1 and especially after episode 2, I was hooked.

Like all great shows, the story is more about family and people and less about aliens.

So give it a chance. You may get hooked on this show.
Director: Rod Lurie
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Scott Eastwood, Caleb Landry Jones, Milo Gibson, Bobby Lockwood, Jacob Scipio, Jack Kesy, Celina Sinden, Taylor John Smith, Alexander Arnold, Cory Hardrict, James Jagger, Will Attenborough, Kwame Patterson, Fahim Fazli

Projectfreetv Luce
IN A NUTSHELL:

This psychological thriller is a movie that begs you to talk about it afterward. The cast is brilliant and the story is provocative, skillfully addressing some fascinating themes and questions about society and our identities. I can often tell what's going to happen in a movie, but this drama kept me guessing the entire time. It challenges you to think and look at what's happening from several different perspectives. Julius Onah directed the movie that is based on the play by J. C. Lee.

TIPS FOR PARENTS:

Some profanity, including F-bombs. Talk of racism, sexism, tokenism, privilege, assimilation Crude language and sexual references One of the high school girls talks about a terrible game that was played at a party. I sure hope that game doesn't really exist, but I fear that it does. You see a topless woman in a short shower scene and a completely naked woman in a long scene. Two times, you see and hear blurred sex scenes. Talk of assault. Vandalism

THEMES:

"We should speak our mind, no matter the cost." - Luce (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) Violation of privacy Limits Family Accusations Truth vs. rumor vs. what we think we know Being put in a box Identity Trust Parenting choices

THINGS I LIKED:

The cast was absolutely fantastic and includes Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer and Academy Award nominee Naomi Watts. Also included are Tim Roth, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Deshaun Meeks, and Andrea Bang. I imagine we're going to see some Oscar nominations arriving in a few months that congratulate these performances. Kelvin Harrison Jr. is really great and has a bright future in film. Fans of Lie to Me: Season 1 will enjoy seeing Tim Roth. I loved the first season of that show and then it started going south. Luce means "light". Luce said that his adoptive American parents named him that because he had some light in him even though he had a dark past in war-torn Eritrea.

THINGS I DIDN'T LIKE:

I hated that pounding drum sound effect that went on and on in several scenes. This is a serious drama with no humor. We didn't have to see all that flesh. I much prefer scenes that are subtle and imply certain actions rather than showing you everything. It definitely takes its time to unwind the story. Some people might be confused and wonder what happened.

You can read the rest of my movie review at Movie Review Mom.
Director: Julius Onah
Cast: Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Norbert Leo Butz, Andrea Bang, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Omar Shariff Brunson Jr., Noah Gaynor, Astro, Christopher Mann, Hannah Cabell, Colton Osorio, Ian Unterman, Souleymane Sy Savane

Projectfreetv Impractical Jokers: The Movie
Based on a collection of dated educational stickers (pictures and words) that he found in a junk shop, director and writer Run Wrake fashions a morality tale that sees a rabbit becoming the object of desire for a young girl and a young boy who is keen to impress her. When they kill the rabbit they find it contains a small gold idol who turns irritating house flies into jewels. Eager to get as much as they can the pair try to use the idol for their own ends.

I am not old enough to remember the cards used as the visual basis for this film but I have seen them and I was totally captivated by the look of the film and by how cleverly the film used these images as an inspiration for the story but mainly for the animation. It looks great and it engaged me to the point where the wild sweep of the story wasn't a problem. It does work as a warning against greed but the excesses are a bit damaging to the message because it is more about the former than the latter. However it is still a good tale albeit it one that is more adult than the bright and educational animation would suggest.

Overall this is an OK short film in regards story but it is a supremely interesting one in terms of animation and imagination. Yet another good example of why you should make the animate! short films a regular viewing habit.
Director: Chris Henchy
Cast: Brian Quinn, Joe Gatto, James Murray, Sal Vulcano, Paula Abdul, Athena Akers, Andrea Andrade, Guilherme Apollonio, Madison Bailey, Andrew Bechtold, Evan Castelloe, Hunter Deno, Joey Fatone, Tiago Ferreira, Will Ferrell

Projectfreetv The Personal History of David Copperfield
Get past S1 and its smooth sailing. I think it needed to find its legs and the actors needed to discover the characters more. And S2 doesn't disappoint. The cast and characters are diverse spaning across the spectrum in personality, ethnicity, and sexuality. Strong women who support each other, men who break free of the stereotypes of true masculinity, badass fight sequences (come S2)...its just good. Though it's a fantasy show, it deals with real world problems with care. The special effects and writing improve greatly in the second season. And this current third season just keeps getting better. Hoping for a season 4!!
Director: Armando Iannucci
Cast: Fisayo Akinade, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Albie Atkinson, Aneurin Barnard, Tuwaine Barrett, Nigel Betts, Ruby Bentall, Darren Boyd, Peter Capaldi, Gwendoline Christie, Morfydd Clark, Daisy May Cooper, Matthew Cottle, Faisal Dacosta, Glen Davies

Projectfreetv Artemis Fowl
This is not one of the best TV movies I've ever seen, but it isn't hateful. The acting of Kiera Knightley was excellent, as was Stuart Wilson(Robin Hood) and Crispin Letts (Will Scarlett). Most of the others were pretty terrible, but that's forgiving. The script needed a bit of a touch up in places, but I don't think there is even one line of Robin's that I didn't like. "You have egg in your beard..." he says to Prince John.

The one thing that really bothered me in this movie was the sword fights. They looked as if these extras coordinated them on their own, and had about an hour to practice. They have no speed, no feeling, and I imagine that Bob Anderson would have had a fit with these.

Apart from the sword fighting (and that annoying Pope near the end...), nothing really bothered me about this movie. If you're looking for something to watch while holding the hand of your date, avoid this movie at all cost. If you're baby-sitting several kids, or are just bored out of your mind, this movie is flawless. Other than that, it seems to be just average. I've seen better, but I've seen much worse *cough*Attack of the Clones*cough*
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Cast: Michael Rouse, Racheal Ofori, Josh Gad, Ferdia Shaw, Simone Kirby, Joe O'Grady, Finian Duff Lennon, Grace Fincham, Toby Eden, Gerard Horan, Colin Farrell, Nonso Anozie, Emily Brockmann, Jessica Rhodes, Charlie Cameron

Projectfreetv The Blackout
Worst. Film. Ever. If I could post pictures here, I would post a picture of a pool of puke with this film's name written next to it on paper (thankyou Mighty Boosh). If you value your time...don't watch it! The picture quality is terrible, the audio is terrible, the actors would be more convincing if they WERE cardboard cutouts (not just acting like them) and the "gore" looks of the same quality as halloween novelty makeup!! The only thing that actually convinced me about the entire movie was the creepiness of the main character! He was a convincing psycho in that respect - but all other elements of his performance were absolutely atrocious! Truly and completely terrible!!
Director: Egor Baranov, Nathalia Hencker
Cast: Maksim Artamonov, Filipp Avdeev, Yuriy Borisov, Oleg Boyko, Aleksey Chadov, Oleg Chugunov, Simon Dobravets, Maksim Emelyanov, Sergey Ershov, Artyom Eshkin, Maksim Evseev, Pyotr Fyodorov, Beso Gataev, Artem Gaydukov, Sergey Godin

Projectfreetv The Invisible Man
On the surface, "The Swiss Conspiracy" seems to have a lot going for it. It has a good cast (including David Janssen, John Saxon, John Ireland, and Ray Milland.) It was also completely filmed in Switzerland, a country you don't often see in a movie. Also, the plot, concerning the secretive world of Swiss bank, seems fresher than usual. Unfortunately, the end results simply don't work. The movie is extremely talky, with precious little action to enliven things up. What little action there is is also not that well constructed, coming across as humdrum as those talky parts. And while the cast may be made of professionals, the performances aren't that interesting - maybe the actors sensed they were in a bomb and decided not to make any effort. About all the movie has going for it are some scenic Swiss locations.
Director: Leigh Whannell
Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Michael Dorman, Benedict Hardie, Renee Lim, Brian Meegan, Nick Kici, Vivienne Greer, Nicholas Hope, Cleave Williams, Cardwell Lynch, Sam Smith

Projectfreetv Brahms: The Boy II
Instead of a shrewd Yankee blacksmith from Connecticut it's a NASA scientist played by Dennis Dugan who arrives in Camelot at the court of King Arthur in Camelot. Dugan steps into the tradition of Will Rogers and Bing Crosby as the Disney Studios now do its version of the old Mark Twain tale.

Only Dugan is not looking to modernize the place. In fact he got trapped in the rocketship when it lifted off from Cape Kennedy. The passenger is supposed to be a robot who looks like Dennis Dugan which is only right since he designed him. So it's twins who arrive in Camelot .

But who can predict the ways of love as Dugan falls for peasant girl Sheila White, the human Dugan that is.

But there's trouble afoot as Kenneth More who is King Arthur is having trouble from Merlin who is played by Ron Moody and that ever villainous nephew of his Mordred played here by the Carry On troupe's Jim Dale.

With some NASA style ingenuity put to use Dugan takes up the King's cause and defeat's the villains as you would expect. As was in books and previous films. Will he defy time and space and get the girl though?

It worked differently for Will and Bing.
Director: William Brent Bell
Cast: Katie Holmes, Owain Yeoman, Christopher Convery, Ralph Ineson, Anjali Jay, Oliver Rice, Natalie Moon, Daphne Hoskins, Joely Collins, Ellie King, Joanne Kimm

Projectfreetv Onward
This hilariously inept Italian movie was obviously, uh, inspired by the German art film "Christiane F", which was about a young teenage junkie and prostitute. If you like "Christiane F.", you will probably hate this though because it's almost an unintentional parody of that film. On the other hand, if you find the German film rather heavy-handed, moralistic, and depressing, this is frankly a lot more fun.

"Hanna D." is played by Ana-Gisel Glass, who looks too old to be a young teenager (she was actually about twenty) and too healthy to be a junkie. This is no doubt for the best, however, since she spends a lot of her screen-time butt-naked and/or engaged in various sexual situations. Glass surprisingly went on to a long career in Germany, but her only previous credit was as one of David Hamilton's barely-legal model/actresses in "First Desires". 'Hannah's" booze-soaked mother meanwhile is played by veteran European sex star Karin Schubert (who ironically later dove into hardcore porn to support her own drug habit). Schubert, and the woman who dubbed her here, should have shared some kind of special alternate Academy Award for this hilariously overwrought performance. There's plenty of sordid stuff here--prostitution, anal drug smuggling, murders, gratuitous sex, gratuitous showers, topless dancing, prison scenes, shooting up, ad infinitum--but it's hard to take any of this seriously. From the opening scene featuring a school-uniform-seduction-on-a-commuter-train (which I imagine went over like gang-busters in Japan), to a ridiculous scene where "Hanna" gets in a fight with her pimp and then goes into the next room and takes all her clothes off for no apparent reason, to the laughable finale containing the most unconvincing drowning in the history of the dramatic arts, it's 90 minutes of sheer cinematic ineptitude.

The incredibly generic plot has "Hanna" torn between her brutal pimp and a nice guy she falls in love with. Although credited to "Axel Berg" this was actually written and directed by the infamous Italian Rino DiSivestri, who gave the world "Werewolf Woman" and "Deported Women of the SS". I actually liked his first film "Woman in Cellblock 7", however, and I understand he actually received letters of thanks from real prostitutes for his movie "Red Light Girls". I can't imagine ANYBODY recognizing themselves in this movie though even if it was allegedly inspired by "real events". But what a hoot!
Director: Dan Scanlon
Cast: Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Octavia Spencer, Mel Rodriguez, Kyle Bornheimer, Lena Waithe, Ali Wong, Grey Griffin, Tracey Ullman, Wilmer Valderrama, George Psarras, John Ratzenberger