I, Monster (Amicus Collection) (DVD)

I, MONSTER - NO I'M NOT - WHO TOLD YOU THAT?!

Advantages: part of cinema history
Disadvantages: poorly filmed, very dated now

This film is set in 1906 with Christopher Lee's character Marlow experimenting with a drug which produces one of three states of the human psyche, in his case resulting in Blake. The film follows his fall from normality and sanity as he loses all sense of morality. Although the film credits Robert Louis Stevenson for writing the story, it changes the main character's names to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. The film was initially filmed in 3D, then partway through production this was dropped. God knows why they did this, but it makes the film seem very strange in places!. I think that that Lee makes a very memorable Jekyll/Hyde. Lee's portrayal is a more even-tempered character than is sometimes portrayed in these films.. He hates violence and wants to bring it to an end by taking this part of the person's character away ...

kismet 27.05.2005 (31.05.2005) · Read full review
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ROMAN AROUND OUR DVD COLLECTION?.

Advantages: Excellent acting, compelling story, fascinating, great cast, wonderful script
Disadvantages: Very basic special effects (but the acting compensates!)

So, hubby and I had finished watching Between the Lines Series 1 and the next draw from our little tub of white slips of paper produced - I, Claudius. I wasn't thrilled. Hubby's choice had won out yet again and after the fast and exciting Between the Lines, I feared I, Claudius would be slow and dull. Still, I'd give it a try? I, CLAUDIUS - THE FACTS I, Claudius is a BBC TV series shown back in 1976 (I turned seven that year.) and was based on Robert Graves' two novels. The DVD boxset came out in 2002 and currently costs £26.97 at Amazon. It contains five discs with a running time of 648 minutes and is rated 15. The first episode is a double one, to introduce you to the characters, but the rest are around fifty minutes each. We ended up watching one or two episodes most evenings, but I found the first episode harder to get ...

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Futurama - Monster robot maniac fun collection

Advantages: Four great episodes, each from a different series.
Disadvantages: Expensive for only four episodes.

Futurama is an animated comedy by the legendary creator of the simpsons, Matt Groening. It is about fry, a pizza delivary boy, who falls into a cryrogenics tube and gets frozen, waking up in the year 3000. Confused and out of place in this new world of robots, space aliens and monsters, he finds work for a package delivary company owned by his great great nephew. This DVD Contains four different episodes from different series's. Each is very funny and entertaining, with crazy plots and wacky characters (as the title suggests) : 'Hell is other Robots' Whilst attending a Beastie boys concert, frys robot buddy bender meets his old friend Fender, who turns him onto electricity abuse. After almost killing the entire space crew, bender seeks forgiveness through religion, but under pressure from his friends, he breaks the rules ...

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