HelenDamnation57 Reviews

King Cobra (2016)

Who was Stephen again, played by Slater?

[24 October 2016]

This is sort of a real life comment type of review, as I knew both Harlow and Joe before they were both convicted.

I had an affiliate sales porn blog, and Harlow and Joe's porn company and their corresponding porn site (BoyBatter.co/) were big money-makers. They focused on military, hyper-masculine types of young men, and their fans couldn't get enough.

They focused on bareback porn, which means of course "without condoms", pioneers of the industry at the time. Now bareback porn has become almost the standard in most markets, as it seems to sell better than safe sex videos.

After arrest and before conviction, Harlow called me often always to reiterate that he wasn't guilty, and I supported him in my own naive way. (The collect telephone calls from prison/jail were outrageously expensive, and I asked him not to call me unless it was something urgent.) But my question is why is Bryan Kocis, who was the actual owner of Cobra Video, (hence the title of the movie) named and referred to in the film as Stephen? Was there a prenuptial type of agreement with Bryan's family to completely avoid using his real name?

I'm going to watch the film tonight, and will update this, if possible, after viewing it.

The Other Side (VIII) (2015)

the quintessence of "disturbia"

[8/10 · 23 May 2016]

IMDb has erroneously labeled this film as "PG", instead of the "X" it deserves, in today's US film environment. If this film is ever shown to children, there will be hell to pay. The film is indeed the quintessence of "disturbia".

I was "raised" across the river in the West Monroe's twin city, Monroe, but have spent most of my life away from Ouachita Parish. I now live in West Monroe, after a long absence. While I knew this culture(s) is present here, I was not aware of the severity and the hopelessness that is served with it. If you live here, you will know there are some places, some neighborhoods, some parts of town you just don't visit, especially at night, as in Memphis, or most other cities.

If you're not familiar with Louisiana and especially West Monroe, this film will cause you to take the area off of your "places you must visit" list. A little contrast would have been nice, especially considering the OTHER side of the other side are the majority of folks who live here.

Jack and Jill (I) (2011)

Not even worth the electronic words from my keyboard...

[1/10 · 10 March 2012]

I can't waste a whole lot of time on this movie. I like Adam Sandler, and have found him funny and entertaining in most of his previous films. I admit, I do know a lot of folks who don't like him at all. This movie will give them all the ammunition they need.

I tried to get through the entire movie, but just couldn't. I kept thinking, wishfully, it will get better. It has to. It will; it's Adam Sandler, for god's sake.

But it never did. Adam, what were you thinking? Did anyone read the script before they agreed to have any part of this horrible project? There was absolutely nothing funny in any fashion in the dialog. I never laughed, not even once.

I really can't believe how bad this movie was. And why anyone, any producer or anyone else who are professional movie makes, would put any money into this really, awful film.