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New Releases with Cyrus: "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" and "The Secret in Their Eyes"
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (Blu-Ray and DVD)
One of the best movies of 2009 that you never saw was this arty Argentinian crime film that took home the “Best Foreign Language Film” Oscar, edging out the better known “A Prophet” in a surprise that cost me the Oscar pool that year. You’d think I’d be more bitter, but after seeing this quietly engrossing thriller, I can’t stay mad.
Told in flashback, the story is of a federal justice agent who becomes obsessed with the rape and murder of a young woman, determined to bring her killer in. As the justice system fails her, he only becomes more set on his path, especially after finding some old pictures with a creepy guy who seems to be checking out the victim in all of them. After much exploration of the case, (we're talking years) you still will NOT see the ending coming.
A thriller well outside the realm of what we’d normally expect in this vein from Hollywood. Here’s a blurb for the cover: “A breath of fresh air”. Or how about, "The absorbing mystery will keep you guessing". However, if we were to be honest and weren't only trying to get in print, we'd say, "Be sure to be wide awake for this very slow moving, but, for all that, next to perfect, character study wrapped around a murder mystery". They tend to hate that 'slow moving' part, but I calls 'em as I sees 'em.
---CLICK HERE TO BUY The Secret in Their Eyes [Blu-ray]
SPARTACUS: BLOOD AND SAND - SEASON ONE (DVD)
It seemed like everybody with this swords and sandals drama, at first, was complaining about how corny it was, but, much to my surprise, they kept watching. Why? Because the thing was damn near drowned in blood and boobs. Sometimes (and often) bloody boobs. I had to check this out for myself. Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, the future of pornography. At least, I kind of secretly (ok, not so secret now) hope so.
There's not much depth to this Starz television series, but there's certainly lots of surface to stare at. Each episode is an hour of Roman drama about the Thracian slave who has been renamed by his captors as Spartacus (Andy Whitfield). Ol' Sparty become thrust into the Roman gladiatorial arenas and his growing popularity with the crowds makes some of the snobby toga-wearers nervous. One has to mention the behind-the-scenes wheelings and dealings of shady Romans like Batiatus (John Hannah) and his wife Lucretia (Lucy Lawless), but mainly so one sees what we're dealing with here. When you've got a period piece television show and you call Lucy Lawless, you're probably not trying to get across 'historical accuracy' to your audience.
I'd call this Zack Snyder's wet dream of a television show, filmed in hyper-stylized slo-mo, in brightly color saturated unreal CG environments, and swimming in preposterous amounts of super-red plasma. Oh yes, and punctuated with regular gasping, moaning, clawing, one camera angle away from being actual porn, sex scenes. But who's complaining? Sure, it's all trash, I can't argue that, but that's exactly what it wants to be. And despite myself, I'm going back to watch more.
---CLICK HERE TO BUY Spartacus: Blood and Sand - The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]
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Comment by Ebony on October 20, 2010 at 1:24am -
Ppl who didnt like Spartacus obviously didnt watch more than maybe the first couple episodes, the show was Freakin AWESOME reminds me of Rome, 300, Gladiator, all rolled into 1 with characters and plots u actually grow to care about. Theres 1 death in particular that made me pause the movie just to take in what just went down and understand just how cruel it was, and omg the final episode Freakin Awesome watched it over and over and over! So many characters each with their own story and plot Spartacus wasnt even my #1 fav to be honest, and the ladies, omg they were out for blood and def nothing to mess with. I hope the show goes on thought Poor Andy Witfield will not be coming back after doing such an awesome job as Spartacus, His Cancer is back and I thing its pretty bad. Such a shame! b$ I get all choked up and mushy, Get past the 1st coupleepisodes, skip ahead if u have to (dont recommend it) u will miss alot of the backstabbing and plots etc) its sooooo Worth It guys! Dont miss out becuz some1 watch 1 or 2 episodes of an entire series and labled it garbage, if u only watch 1 episode watch the finale it will mke u wanna watch from begining!
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Comment by Joe on October 19, 2010 at 6:42pm -
I havent seen it but I herd good things about Spartacus. Should I watch it? I hope there isnt any religious crap shoved down your throat.
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Comment by ARIKUZU on October 16, 2010 at 6:56am -
im like cyrus i find this show awful but i cant help watchin it on my xbox sky player, just watched 3rd episode, i hope you lot are right and it does pick up
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Comment by manny p on October 11, 2010 at 11:39am -
this show is FANTAWESOME!!!!!!!!!! its a shame that andy whitfield wont be returning for season 2
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Comment by Shane Beacham on October 8, 2010 at 2:33pm -
The Spartacus show got better with each episode to be truthful I loved it.
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Comment by Adam Yates on October 1, 2010 at 12:30pm -
Spartacus was great my kind of tv so many dick jokes ridiculously awesome Kill Them All and they deliver or do they?(For the Dons sake)
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Comment by Don Panini on September 28, 2010 at 10:07pm -
I would like to thank everyone who has commented, in not spoiling anything, since my local movie-channel is only in the middle of the season.
Cyrus has chosen to be misleading in an effort to be comedic, and I hope he did not do it on pourpose. I guess he dropped out after the sex scene between Barca and Pietros.
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Comment by ArmedVegan on September 28, 2010 at 1:49pm -
I agree at first that Spartcus came off as a 300 ripoff and porn, which at least caught my interest. I disagree with Cyrus though, because the writing did pick up the later episodes like people below have said. The show and the acting and characters became much more engaging and entertaining, and might deserve a 2nd look from other Spill members. Thanks for the write up Cyrus!
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Comment by Gerald on September 27, 2010 at 7:29pm -
i agree with you fungus monkey, when the series first started, it was a cheap knock off but somewhere along season 1, (i think after episode 5 or 6 with the gladiator orgy but the death of an important side character), the story gets a whole lot better and you begin to really like Andy Whitfield as Spartacus. And to sex was tuned down in favor and character developement of the other gladiators and slaves. And the final episode was one of the best and most satifying endings ever filmed. I can't wait for the prequel to Spartacus comes out later this year.
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Comment by Mr. E on September 27, 2010 at 10:44am -
Ya, I'm going to back up the other posts from people who watched all of Spartacus. Cyrus, it would seem VERY apparent from your review of the show that you did not watch the whole series yet. Yes the first few episodes are deserving of the comparisons to light porn and 300, but the show became SO much more than that if you stick with it. It was actually one of my favorite programs of the last year, and I'm very saddened that the show may be over forever at this point.
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