A Perfect Getaway, Kiele Sanchez, Unrated Director’s Cut, Blu-ray

A Perfect Getaway, Kiele Sanchez, Unrated Director's Cut - Blu-ray

Kiele Sanchez

A Perfect Getaway Movie Review.

When you include the word “perfect” in your movie’s title, you leave yourself a rather easy target for cunning wordsmiths should the film not at least live up to the expectations of the genre. Double entendre aside, A Perfect Getaway does fulfill the suspense promised by the trailer and even throws in a little nastily creative violence, but also sadly offers far too many twists and turns and the much-dreaded flashback – letting the audience know they couldn’t have figured it out themselves. It becomes quite obvious early on that things are not what they seem, so attempting to guess the outcome replaces the tension; and oddly intentional screenwriting references spoil several surprises. By the end you should be able to decipher American Jedi from angry hitchhikers, but will you care? It’s a credit to David Twohy’s directing that you probably will, but the only real getaway is the climax when it perfectly escapes from the credibility of the plot. (more…)

Lost, The Complete Collection, DVD & Blu-ray, Amazon

Lost:The Complete Collection, DVD & Blu-ray, Amazon

Lost: The Complete Collection, DVD & Blu-ray

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Lost: Season One

Along with Desperate Housewives, Lost was one of the two breakout shows in the fall of 2004. Mixing suspense and action with a sci-fi twist, it began with a thrilling pilot episode in which a jetliner traveling from Australia to Los Angeles crashes, leaving 48 survivors on an unidentified island with no sign of civilization or hope of imminent rescue. That may sound like Gilligan’s Island meets Survivor, but Lost kept viewers tuning in every Wednesday night–and spending the rest of the week speculating on Web sites–with some irresistible hooks (not to mention the beautiful women). First, there’s a huge ensemble cast of no fewer than 14 regular characters, and each episode fills in some of the back story on one of them. There’s a doctor; an Iraqi soldier; a has-been rock star; a fugitive from justice; a self-absorbed young woman and her brother; a lottery winner; a father and son; a Korean couple; a pregnant woman; and others. Second, there’s a host of unanswered questions: What is the mysterious beast that lurks in the jungle? Why do polar bears and wild boars live there? Why has a woman been transmitting an SOS message in French from somewhere on the island for the last 16 years? Why do impossible wishes seem to come true? Are they really on a physical island, or somewhere else? What is the significance of the recurring set of numbers? And will Kate ever give up her bad-boy fixation and hook up with Jack? (more…)