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07-12-2001, 09:46 PM
<B><I>ROADSHOW ENTERTAINMENT.</I>
<center><H2>SUGAR & SPICE</h2>
Release Date: January 09, 2001
Roadshow Entertainment
Rating: M15+
RRP: $34.95 </b></center>
<UL><center><b>SPECIAL FEATURES AND SPECS</b></CENTER>
<LI>Cast & Crew Filmographies.
<LI>Deleted Scenes.
<LI>Trailer
<LI>Character Profile.
<LI>Sound Bites.
<LI>Running Time: 78 minutes.
<LI> English Dolby Digital 5.1 & Dolby 2.0
<LI>English subtitles.
<LI>Aspect: 2.35:1 widescreen 16:9 enhanced.
<LI>Single layer/ Single sided.</ul>
<center><b>CAST</b></center>
Marla Sokoloff , Marley Shelton, Mena Suvari, James Marsden, Melissa George
DIRECTED: Francine McDougall.
<center><B>FROM THE BACK COVER</b></center>
With a soundtrack worth yelling about featuring Spiderbait, Garry Glitter, The Dandy Warhols and Republica.
For Lincoln High School A-Squad, cheering comes easy. It's the Bank robbery that's gonna be tough.From the Academy Award winning producer of Forrest Gump and Step Mom comes to a deliciously naughty tale of a team that takes cheerleading to a whole new location - with far more lucrative benefits!
Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Marla Sokoloff (Dude, Where's My Car?), Melissa George (Mulholland Drive) and hearthrob, James Marsden (X-Men) star in the criminal comedy that everybody's rooting for, Sugar and Spice.
<center><b>AUDIO/VISUAL</b></center>
Sugar & Spice has two audio tracks. DD 5.1 or Dolby 2.0.
The DD 5.1 track sounds great! The audio is mixed well through all speakers.
The front sound stage is strong with speech being clear, easy to understand and in sync at all times.
The rears provide plenty of subtle background sounds and they occasionally do come to life in places such as the crowd and cheering scenes.
The music thumps along nicely and really stands out in this movie.
Sugar and Spice has an energetic soundtrack with some superb music from Spiderbait, Garry Glitter, The Dandy Warhols and Republica.
The movie is shown in 2.35:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
The picture quality of the DVD is very nice indeed.
The picture is very clear and sharp and there are no real signs of grain, marks or blemishes.
Colours look great and are very rich and bright. Blacks are spot on as is the shadow detail.
It's a very clean and pleasant looking picture overall, which should be expected from a very recent release movie.
<center><B>EXTRA FEATURES</b></center>
<LI><B><I> Cast & Crew Filmographies. </I></b> - Here you select any of the main characters.
This gives you a further 3 options to choose from.
Filmographies, which is the usual still photo and a list of the persons past work.
Character Profile, is basically a still photo accompanied with profile of the character selected.
Sound Bites, has the person selected talking about their character.
<li><I> <B> Trailer </I></b> - This is an enjoyable trailer that does a good job of selling the movie and is in widescreen with DD 5.1 audio.
<li><I><B> Deleted Scenes</i></b>- There are 4 on offer here, but 2 of them are basically slightly extended versions of what you see in the movie. All 4 of them look like finished pieces of the movie that have been removed and are in widescreen with Dolby 2.0 sound.
<center><B>OVERALL</b></center>
Hmmm....A movie about pretty young cheerleaders who want to rob a bank.
Leave your coat and brain at the door before sitting down to enjoy this one folks.
Sugar & Spice is an interesting, but immature movie that has a running time of only 78 minutes which is maybe just long enough for the attention span of the 15 year olds who this should appeal to.
The performances by all involved are maybe a little over the top, but this suits the movie very well and actually helps it from going any further downhill than it already is.
I guess you can see that I didn't particularly enjoy this movie that much.
It was all a bit too silly for me but I have to admit that I couldn't stop watching it til the end. (and the girls in cheerleading outfits had nothing to do with it! heh,heh,heh)
I watched it with the wife, who thought it was a good bit of light hearted fun and would easily watch it again if given the chance.
The music was the highlight for me and I'll be having a bit of a look around for the soundtrack.
As for the DVD itself.
Well, the audio/visuals are pretty spot on and Roadshow Entertainment have provided us with another quality transfer. The music really does suit the movie and sounds pretty damn good.
The extras are a bit light on though, and don't take much time get through at all.
This one definitely fits into the rent first category, but some people (such as my wife) will enjoy it enough to own on DVD.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" ALIGN="center" BORDER="1">
<tr><td><B>VIDEO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>8.5/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>AUDIO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>8.5/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>EXTRAS</b> </td><td><B> 6/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>THE MOVIE</b> </td><td><B> 6/10 </b></td></tr>
<tr><td><B>OVERALL</B> </td><td><B>8/10 </b></td></tr></table>
Thanks for reading…
<center><H2>SUGAR & SPICE</h2>
Release Date: January 09, 2001
Roadshow Entertainment
Rating: M15+
RRP: $34.95 </b></center>
<UL><center><b>SPECIAL FEATURES AND SPECS</b></CENTER>
<LI>Cast & Crew Filmographies.
<LI>Deleted Scenes.
<LI>Trailer
<LI>Character Profile.
<LI>Sound Bites.
<LI>Running Time: 78 minutes.
<LI> English Dolby Digital 5.1 & Dolby 2.0
<LI>English subtitles.
<LI>Aspect: 2.35:1 widescreen 16:9 enhanced.
<LI>Single layer/ Single sided.</ul>
<center><b>CAST</b></center>
Marla Sokoloff , Marley Shelton, Mena Suvari, James Marsden, Melissa George
DIRECTED: Francine McDougall.
<center><B>FROM THE BACK COVER</b></center>
With a soundtrack worth yelling about featuring Spiderbait, Garry Glitter, The Dandy Warhols and Republica.
For Lincoln High School A-Squad, cheering comes easy. It's the Bank robbery that's gonna be tough.From the Academy Award winning producer of Forrest Gump and Step Mom comes to a deliciously naughty tale of a team that takes cheerleading to a whole new location - with far more lucrative benefits!
Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Marla Sokoloff (Dude, Where's My Car?), Melissa George (Mulholland Drive) and hearthrob, James Marsden (X-Men) star in the criminal comedy that everybody's rooting for, Sugar and Spice.
<center><b>AUDIO/VISUAL</b></center>
Sugar & Spice has two audio tracks. DD 5.1 or Dolby 2.0.
The DD 5.1 track sounds great! The audio is mixed well through all speakers.
The front sound stage is strong with speech being clear, easy to understand and in sync at all times.
The rears provide plenty of subtle background sounds and they occasionally do come to life in places such as the crowd and cheering scenes.
The music thumps along nicely and really stands out in this movie.
Sugar and Spice has an energetic soundtrack with some superb music from Spiderbait, Garry Glitter, The Dandy Warhols and Republica.
The movie is shown in 2.35:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
The picture quality of the DVD is very nice indeed.
The picture is very clear and sharp and there are no real signs of grain, marks or blemishes.
Colours look great and are very rich and bright. Blacks are spot on as is the shadow detail.
It's a very clean and pleasant looking picture overall, which should be expected from a very recent release movie.
<center><B>EXTRA FEATURES</b></center>
<LI><B><I> Cast & Crew Filmographies. </I></b> - Here you select any of the main characters.
This gives you a further 3 options to choose from.
Filmographies, which is the usual still photo and a list of the persons past work.
Character Profile, is basically a still photo accompanied with profile of the character selected.
Sound Bites, has the person selected talking about their character.
<li><I> <B> Trailer </I></b> - This is an enjoyable trailer that does a good job of selling the movie and is in widescreen with DD 5.1 audio.
<li><I><B> Deleted Scenes</i></b>- There are 4 on offer here, but 2 of them are basically slightly extended versions of what you see in the movie. All 4 of them look like finished pieces of the movie that have been removed and are in widescreen with Dolby 2.0 sound.
<center><B>OVERALL</b></center>
Hmmm....A movie about pretty young cheerleaders who want to rob a bank.
Leave your coat and brain at the door before sitting down to enjoy this one folks.
Sugar & Spice is an interesting, but immature movie that has a running time of only 78 minutes which is maybe just long enough for the attention span of the 15 year olds who this should appeal to.
The performances by all involved are maybe a little over the top, but this suits the movie very well and actually helps it from going any further downhill than it already is.
I guess you can see that I didn't particularly enjoy this movie that much.
It was all a bit too silly for me but I have to admit that I couldn't stop watching it til the end. (and the girls in cheerleading outfits had nothing to do with it! heh,heh,heh)
I watched it with the wife, who thought it was a good bit of light hearted fun and would easily watch it again if given the chance.
The music was the highlight for me and I'll be having a bit of a look around for the soundtrack.
As for the DVD itself.
Well, the audio/visuals are pretty spot on and Roadshow Entertainment have provided us with another quality transfer. The music really does suit the movie and sounds pretty damn good.
The extras are a bit light on though, and don't take much time get through at all.
This one definitely fits into the rent first category, but some people (such as my wife) will enjoy it enough to own on DVD.<TABLE WIDTH="90%" ALIGN="center" BORDER="1">
<tr><td><B>VIDEO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>8.5/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>AUDIO QUALITY</b> </td><td><B>8.5/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>EXTRAS</b> </td><td><B> 6/10</b> </td></tr>
<tr><td><B>THE MOVIE</b> </td><td><B> 6/10 </b></td></tr>
<tr><td><B>OVERALL</B> </td><td><B>8/10 </b></td></tr></table>
Thanks for reading…