Entry Eight.

Go Fish: Mid 90's lesbian comedy/drama that has a suitable look for it's low budget roots, and boasts an earnest interest in "what lesbians really think about", but is far too interested in its own navel gazing to entertain. Max is in a 10 month dry spell when she meets Eli, whose been in a relationship for 3 years, but only seen her girlfriend twice during that period. They meet, and they seem interested in each other, but can they overcome their respective hang-ups to make the connection? Sure they do, and there's a few nice scenes involving their tentative attempts at beginning a relationship, but it's interspersed with some truly awful philosophical rumblings with some dire performances from a mostly amateur cast.

Love on the Side: Predictable, but pleasant nonetheless, this romantic comedy stars Marla Sokoloff as an overweight(!) waitress who dreams of becoming an artist and hooking up with the town stud when a beautiful woman from out of town arrives and shows a romantic interest in her. While there's some nice comedy to be mined from the awkwardness, all the complications that might arise from such a situation are readily glossed over and turned into a more palatable plot for mainstream audiences. It also has some silly plot contrivances that make sure everybody ends up happy and in love.

Charge of the Light Brigade: 30's action/drama starring Errol Flynn as the man in charge of that fateful military assault where a bunch of light cavalry charged against Russian guns during the Crimean War. It's complete historical nonsense, of course, with everything given a "motivation" other than War, and there's some eyeball rollingly stupid melodrama involing Flynn, his fiancee and his brother. The action is nicely handled, but when you learn that almost 200 horses died during the making of the movie, it's a little tainted.

The Ballad of Josie: Tired western comedy with Doris Day as a recent widower trying to make a go of it on her own with a ranch and finding that the men won't let her. I suspect the movie would be hugely inoffensive if it weren't so unmemorable, with the main point of the movie seeming to be "women are only independent when they can't find a man, but when they do, they'll give up everything, even their rights!" And Day's buffoonery just doesn't have the charm of her earlier films.

This Kiss: Australian drama about two high school friends who reunite with each other after 15 years after an incident which tore them apart (hint: it's in the title). It has the look of an amateur film, with a cheap camera and some naive mistakes from the director, but the performances are good, and it's pretty short (a plus when it comes to watching every film ever made).