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List Price: $26.95
Our Price: $19.99
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Manufacturer: Liberation Ent
Starring: Rena Riffel, Stephen Amell, Michaela Mann, Zara Taylor, Lindsay Maxwell
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
EAN: 0796019795180
Format: Color
Label: Liberation Ent
Manufacturer: Liberation Ent
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Liberation Ent
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-08-08
Running Time: 190
Studio: Liberation Ent
Theatrical Release Date: 2005-10-07
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Editorial Reviews:
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Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 08/08/2006
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Customer Rating:
Summary: two ways
Comment: There are two ways of approaching a product such as this: thinking what this basic quite good idea could have become in the hands of better creators and actors, wailing about the opportunity lost (but remakes are always a distinct possibility, let us keep that in mind) or appreciate the effort of the people involved who, at least, tried to do their best.
The main asset is -o no, not the boys- the settings: creators have chosen a beautiful location and the home shared by the characters is nice too. This allows even the mediocre director to obtain some very nice effects, a filming which is always pleasing to look at. Told like this it sounds a little offensive, well it might be meant to: with such location even I could have been able to shot something nice.
Sex is explicit but quite soft core: I found little to be excited about these pretty boys (and girls) having glossy sex in sugar-candied environments except perhaps its being explicit. This not being a porn one should not expect anything crude, of course, but more could have been done in the thrill department, hinting at hot and perhaps a little perverse action (we are talking about warlocks and witches after all, are we not?).
This not being the case, I watched this first serial -concluded by a very high cliffhanger- bemused and only a little amused by the elementary storyline and the simplistic dialogues: the main evidence of this might lie in the fact that I began watching season two several months after concluding the first, despite the presumably thrilling cliffhanger.
Acting is certainly not an asset.
Ambrosius and Grace are possibly more interesting than the rest: Tracy Scoggings seems a decent actress, even if it is difficult to tell, considering the bad lines she is given and her only problem is that, beautiful a woman as she is, she still looks older than her fictional mother.
William Gregory Lee seems a decent actor too and his rugged looks add to the charm.
The rest play chorus, even those playing Toby and Kevin. They and the others are "pretty", they say their lines and that's all. Sorry to say this about Nadine Heiman too who is a breathtaking exotic beauty but as plain acting as the rest.
Buy it if you will, but look for a bargain boxed set with the other seasons.
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Summary: Truly shocking
Comment: I think I can unequivocally say this is the worst writing on a TV show that I have ever encountered. The acting and dialogue are, as I said, truly shocking in how bad they are. The only thing that saved it from one star for me was the mildly hot sex scenes. Anyone expecting something on the level of Queer as Folk will be disappointed.
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Summary: weak, but fun
Comment: The first scene man-to-man is quite explicit. The lover's toy is long and quite "cheerful". But that's all for the whole box. It's entertaining. I enjoyed it. However, it lacks what has promissed, more skin and hot scenes. Okay, there's skin, but I would not say it was hot. So, be aware.
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Summary: The Worst Addiction I've Ever Developed
Comment: Dante's Cove is AMAZING! Everything bad most of the reviews say about it is true and it's FABULOUS anyway. I don't think I've ever found anything so totally absurdly cheesy so completely and totally obsession-worthy. Guilty pleasure is right. Yes the story is weak to non-existent, the writing is bad at best, the acting is greatly hit-and-miss (fortunately the primary leads are the best), the editing and directing is terrible. But there is something inexplicably compelling about it. I mean...literally. I was hooked from the first episode and watched all three seasons in three days because I just couldn't get enough. I suppose the bottom line is that the story is interesting, the leads are endearing (even the villians), and it is easy to get invested in where the story is going. Another big plus is that it gets better and better and better as the seasons go by (on almost every level) and the total "semi-unintended-corny-camp value" bizarrely adds another level of entertainment to the whole package. It really is hard to describe but I told a straight girl-friend of mine about it and (since she shares an appreciation for totally bad tv) she wanted to borrow it. She LOVES it, too, and in fact, is having a hard time getting through all three seasons because she keeps going back again and again to rewatch parts. Yes...it is really bad...but rest assured you will LOVE it anyway. Think Dark Shadows meets Passions meets Melrose Place but totally gay, sweet and charming. Even the villian Ambrosius is so fabulous that I'd have a sex-change just to get him to sleep with me in real life.
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Summary: A Rocky Start!!
Comment: This was a pretty good show. I admit it gets a little cheesy at times but it was pretty cool, and the men are nice to look at.
Season two is WAY better!
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