There's a short film starring Betsey Brown as the daughter of a famous actress who's still strugging to make her mark. And so she decides to arrange her own kidnapping.
These are shots of her as she pretends to be bound to a chair with a sack over her head. The film overall is very good. It'a more of a dark comedy about the effects of fame. You can watch it below:
Another one bites the dust. James Gunn, the writer/director of the Guardians of the Galaxy films, (as well as The Sucide Squad, one of my favorites) has either stepped down, or was fired (depending on who you talk to), from his job of running DC Comics studios. Gunn had big plans for his DC Universe, which were set to continue with his second film as director, the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow, which is still being planned for release in 2027. Gunn's producing partner, Peter Safran, is also out.
Gunn's DC was a mixed bag for me, overall. I loved his The Sucide Squad, and enjoyed his Superman, and I also liked Supergirl. But I didn't care for Lanterns, nor could I really get into Creature Commandos. And the second season of Peacemaker was a disappointment for me. I also had some doubts about the shows that Gunn was planning, such as TV series beased on secondary characters like Jimmy Olsen and Gorilla Grodd. Here's hoping whoever picks up the baton can make DC Comics a viable cinematic universe, like the MCU. But we'll see.
Moordvrouw is a crime drama from the Netherlands, with Wendy van Dijk as the lead.
But the real star here is Yara Alink. She's the one tied to the bed here.
The episode is from the third season, and it's the third episode. The third of the third.
Yara makes her escape in the beginning, but she's re-captured by her abductor. She's later saved by Wendy.
Yara is barefoot and clad in a bikini the whole time of her capture, which makes this even nicer for me. You can see the clip right here.
Story: Lena caught the surprise of her life when Gennero grabbed her from behind and dragged her into one of the unused cabins aboard the boat. Once there, he bound her hand and foot with duct tape, and then used duct tape to gag her mouth. Then he placed her bound body on the top bunk and walked away, leaving her alone and confused. Lena wasn't sure if she had been made as an undercover agent by Gennero, or if he was just being kinky with her.
Lena was a CIA operative who was working undercover aboard this yacht. Her cover was that as a local beach bunny who had been hired to be eye candy for the big boys on board. There was supposed to be a conference aboard the yacht later, which the Matchman would be attending. The Matchman was someone whom the Agency had great interest in. For one thing, the boys and girls back at Langley would love to know his real identity.
But Lena was stuck in this cabin, as she watched the Matchman's seaplane come in for a landing through the porthole. She was supposed to be on deck, waving at him with the other hired beach bunnies. The yacht was being watched by her fellow operatives, maybe they'll realize something was wrong and come rescue her.
At least, that was what Lena hoped.
Sydney Sweeney stars as Sister Cecilia in the horror movie Nunsploitation epic, Immaculate.
After finding out that the convent she's staying at is performing evil deeds, Cecilia is tied to a wheelchair and is taken on a tour of the facilities.
She's wheeled into a lab, and you could cut the tension with a knife, here.
Her ankles are freed so that her feet can be branded (to prevent any further escape attempts.)
Not a fun scene for me. Not a big fan of on on screen torture.
Cecilia's not too fond of the situation, either.
Overall, Immaculate is very good. It ewally came out of nowhere, but I'm glad I caught it. It gets very dark, but it is a horror movie, after all. And Sydney Sweeney is very good here. She easily carries the film with her great screen presence.
Immaculate is a very good Nunsplotation flick that starred Syndey Sweeney, but more about her later. Benedetta Porcaroli appears here as Sister Gwen, a friend of Sister Cecilia, Sweeney's character.
And Sister Gwen is about to have her tongue cut out! Not a fun place. Sadly, Gwen doesn't survive.
Cecilia, who's spying on the whole sordid affair, gets a hand gag for her troubles.
But the woman who caught her turns out to be a friend. Thanks for the handgag, buddy!
Later, after Cecilia makes a break for it, she's strapped down to a wheelchair.
She's clad in a white nightgown and is barefoot.
Unfortnately, her troubles are just beginning. Part 2 coming up.
One of my all-time favorites from the TV series Heroes is a pretty short scene. It's from the first season episode 'Six Months Ago'.
Nora Zehetner plays a mutant with the superpower to get people to do what she wants them to just by telling them. But she winds up getting caught by the gentleman in the background, whose own power nulls those of other mutants.
And so Nora winds up chained and handcuffed to a chair, barefoot, and clad in these weird PJs that the government makes the captured mutants wear.
Short and sweet and direct to the point. You can see the clip right here.
