What movie are you viewing at the moment?

[svga]

Hello,

as a sister thread to the famous What do you listen to at this moment? (http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/showthread.php?p=496313) thread I introduce this thread.


I'm, looking "In the heat of the night" with a glamorous Sidney Poitier at the moment.:

[scoundrel]

Just finished watching Pleasantville, which I have seen several times before but was happy to watch again because its a film which rewards re-viewing.

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On one level it is a sweet and charming fairy tale and works fine watched only as such. But it is also a critique of 1950s America, both the real one and the one seen on film. The references to the civil rights struggle and the associated mob violence are implied, but unmistakeable. The set in the trial scene is exactly as seen in the trial of Tom Robinson in To Kill A Mockingbird with the ''coloured'' people relegated to the upper balcony. There are also witty and sharp references to the 1950s classic sci-fi horror flic Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, especially the wonderful bowling alley scene. The life-bringing change is misinterpreted as a sinister plot to destroy the pleasant world where everything is always predictable and safe, with the ''coloured'' people as the replicant aliens in the midst of the real b/w people. The critique is also of McCarthism and right wing despotism: there is even a book burning scene in which Reese Witherspoon's Jennifer clings tearfully and touchingly to the first book she has ever, in the true sense of the words, read and appreciated, and speaks out trenchantly for decency and common humanity: my how she has grown up since being transported to Pleasantville.

I really really really like this film.

The film is packed full of superb acting performances which really flesh out the whimsy of the fantastical situation with full blooded human credibilty. William H Macy as the soap opera father is splendid as ever. Toby Maguire carries much of the film and in guiding his sister (Reese Witherspoon) into the mysteries of the Pleasantville world acts as our guide and mentor also. But my especial plaudits are reserved for the female leads.

Reese Witherspoon as Jennifer (Mary Sue Parker in the series, seen above in the blue cardigan) is perfect. She brings both beauty and hugely enjoyable wickedness to her role, enthusiastically debauching and seducing not only Skip Martin, but little by little, all the youth of the town. She doesn't sleep with all of them by any means, though it seems as though she does cut a fairly impressive swathe through the best looking young men, but she influences the town by both her subversive attitude and her enquiring mind, ironic given that in the 1990s world she was blinkered, unacademic and self-absorbed. The sequence when she relates the plot of one of the few books she happens to have been compelled to read in her real school and the dummy copy of the book becomes real as she unfolds the plot, the blank pages filling page by page, is both ingeniously done and emotionally very satisfying: we see the process of this narrow-minded and selfish girl blossoming mentally and emotionally into a much more mature and spiritually aware young woman. The screen writers can be proud of writing this excellent part and Reese Witherspoon really does justice to it. Well done her.

Plaudits also to Joan Allen as the middle-aged innocent, Betty Parker, who looks like a middle aged stay-at-home housewife from the 1950s and is yet really beautiful: you don't have to be young and dumb to be desirable. She's the one above in pink on the park bench opposite William H Macy. Betty is much quicker then most of the Pleasantville habitues to learn the new realities; the scene where Mary Sue teaches her ''mother'' about the birds and the bees is exquisitely funny and also extremely sweet and touching, leading as well to the hilarious 'flames of passion' episode. Let me also put in a good word for pretty and talented Marley Shelton as Margaret Henderson, (above in red) who is the girl who breaks character by falling in love with Bud Parker (Tobey Maguire) when the series script intends her for a High School jock who turns out, once freed from the bonds of Pleasantville pleasantness to be a thuggish rednecked worthless pig; thanks to the wind of change, Margaret can make her own choices and shows excellent judgement in throwing her cap at Tobey Maguire's character instead.

No matter what the benefits of a controlled society, these women would very much rather enjoy the freedom to make their own mistakes and are prepared to accept the responsibility of freedom. Its an uplifting message and a firm rebuke to the various crypto-fascist voices from all different directions who think women should not have the right of choice. This is the most engaging and disarming feminist production I have ever seen.

I really really really like this film. Did I mention that before?

[MaxJoker]

Currently watching Day of the dead on itv4 , by the look of it the things not a re-make in the style of the updated Dawn of the dead but rather a low budget piss take with no style whatsoever . About 16 minutes in right now and i already understand how this one must have passed under my radar .Because if there`s anything i like it`s a good zombie film ,hell even an average one will do at a pinch. But this already comes across as a total waste of time , haven`t seen a zombie yet but some girl was grabbed and killed by one in the woods . Mind you i`m only guessing as they didn`t actually show anything , suppose the director figures he`s ranking up the tension that way ?.

Adverts have been and gone so we`re back , cue some pointless images of a sunset . So far the main leads have been identified , it`s a boy and girl soldier combo . Haven`t been bothered to retain the chicks name but the boys called Bud , which might be a homage or a sly nod to the original Day of the Dead but then am i meant to expend the energy to care ?.

They just entered a house and got spooked by a couple of stone dead corpses , blah blah and now they`re back in the car. Bud just asked the chick why her gun wasn`t loaded , she said it`s complicated , he repiled by informing us all he`s a vegetarian ............Hmmmmm i spy a future plot device on the horizon captain cliché . Wonder if he`ll get infected and turn into the worlds first veggy zombie huh , won`t that be a shocking surprise.

We`re now in a cheap looking set , i mean hospital. People are coughing and shaking , christ almighty the tension is unbearable :rolleyes:

Zombie spotted off the starboard side !

Some fat guy in a hospital bed just went a bit wanky , then his eyes turned milky and he changed into a bloke with a really bad skin condition :eek:

Titty Nora this films so cheap they`re even using digital blood effects , a person fav of mine :mad:

Like what the fack ?, are these zombies or aren`t they ?. If so why are they super strong and super fast ?, oh i spoke too soon . As their super strength must be fleeting since one zombie was able to throw three soldiers around a hallway like they were toys,but was then unable to kick open a thin wooden door when it was shut in his face

Wow this movies so mild , i mean wild

Advert break again , sod this shite :mad:

[hattertim]

Currently watching Day of the dead on itv4...

Yes, I stayed up to watch this last night as well! My one overriding thought while it was on was WTF? Especially when the "zombies" (I've put that in quotations as they're not really zombies in the Romero sense, or even the Snyder/28 Days Later sense) started jumping around like Kriss Kross on acid! Since when did becoming a zombie turn you into Spider-Man? (except in Marvel Zombies when Spider-Man became a zombie I suppose!)

However, unlike yourself, I managed to suspend my disbelief long enough to actually sit through the entire movie, which with all the cuts which must have been made only totalled 79 minutes or so (the running time on the IMDB has it as 86 minutes), so I feel I've not wasted too much of my life watching it all the way through!

My overall reaction? Shouldn't have been billed as a proper zombie movie, as compared to all of Romero's movies, the 2004 DOTD remake, and even zombie wannabees such as 28 Days/Weeks Later, this was more akin to an extreme outbreak of swine flu! IMBD users have given it 4.5/10, which is probably about right.

One more thing...before ITV4 started the movie, the continuity announcer even said it was the Romero version of the movie from 1985! Methinks he must have misread that it was based (extremely loosely) on this fine original!

[crazybikerme]

.........and who cares anyway? I just love it!!!!!!

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:p :p :p

[MaxJoker]

Yes, I stayed up to watch this last night as well! My one overriding thought while it was on was WTF?
One more thing...before ITV4 started the movie, the continuity announcer even said it was the Romero version of the movie from 1985! Methinks he must have misread that it was based (extremely loosely) on this fine original!


Well done for sticking with it , or was it the many "Text me now boys , i`m waiting for you right by my sink " adverts inbetween the film that held your interest :eek:

I heard that announcer as well and for a brief few seconds thought it was me who`d made the mistake , then i started to look forward to seeing the proper one .As despite it`s over the top performances and crummy ending it`s always worth watching , but no such luck.

Oh i take it Bud did in fact turn into a steroid speedy Gonzales ?, and became the telegraphed Vegan Zombie ?

I flipped over like i said ,then ended up watching Lovely & Amazing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovely_%26_Amazing) which was a good film well acted but it was one of those that did annoy as it just seemed to stop suddenly leaving the plot lines all unanswered :confused:

Still it was more enjoyable than watching Day of the Dead , but then so would have been removing my liver with a shoe horn :D

[hattertim]

Well done for sticking with it , or was it the many "Text me now boys , i`m waiting for you right by my sink " adverts inbetween the film that held your interest :eek:

I heard that announcer as well and for a brief few seconds thought it was me who`d made the mistake , then i started to look forward to seeing the proper one .As despite it`s over the top performances and crummy ending it`s always worth watching , but no such luck.

Oh i take it Bud did in fact turn into a steroid speedy Gonzales ?, and became the telegraphed Vegan Zombie ?

Worse..."Bud" turned into a zombie, but he didn't even attack anyone! They had him tied up in the back of the humvee most of the movie after he'd "turned", but spent most of the time looking gormless! He had the hots for Mena Suvari, though, for which I can't exactly blame him!

As for the ending, er, best I don't give it away, but it was certainly in keeping with the nonsensical plot of the rest of the film, so at least it was consistent.

Have to admit a liking for the 1985 version, which is superior in every way. But then whenever I'm asked, I always nominate the 1978 version of Dawn of the Dead as my favourite film, so I'm a bit biased when it comes to Romero's films!

And you're quite right, it was all those text/phone/chatline ads that really kept me watching!

[edward126]

Having recently been made redundant i seem to be watching a number of films. Some good, some bad.

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Night at the Museum. Battle of the Smithsonian. Only redeeming feature i found in this was Hank Azaria as Kahmunrah. He had some brilliant lines and was by far the funniest thing in the whole film. :(

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918927/
Meryl Streep was outstanding as Sister Aloysius Beauvier but Philip Seymour Hoffman stole the show. One of my all time favourite actors. :D

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1131729/
Very amusing and funny tale of a pirate radio ship in the 60's. Great British cast and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Took me back to the times of listening to Radio Caroline. :D

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/
Very weird and spooky animated tale of a bored, forgotten girl. :D

(http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000279/)

[Mal Hombre]

Just watched Hellboy II,better than the first one but still only a shadow of what it could have been.

[steve40]

i just picked up from a charity shop a film i thought looked good but it was totally odd, the passion of darkly noon starring brendan fraser, and believe me that film is weird.

[kananga]

i just picked up from a charity shop a film i thought looked good but it was totally odd, the passion of darkly noon starring brendan fraser, and believe me that film is weird.

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Funny you should mention Brendan Fraser, as I just watched "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", featuring Mr. Fraser and a very attractive female lead, (complete with 'cute' accent).

While I'm thinking Brendan Fraser is becoming typecast as an adventure hero, at least he has the decency not to take himself too seriously!
It's just an escapist adventure with great sets and special effects and reasonably entertaining, if you don't dwell on the impossibility of every outcome.

the Preview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xtff1ROz10

[Wendigo]

V for Vendetta
I watched it ages ago and quite liked it but has not read the book.
Now having just read the book I thought I'd watch the movie again. I can see why many fans didn't like it as it is not as faithful as they may have hoped for. Funny though how some aspects of the film seem to be more relevant these days, which probably says more about the world today than the movie though.

[imtrying]

I just finished watching "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" with the commentary track. Director Amy Heckerling and writer Cameron Crowe do it together. It's highly entertaining. The thing I found most interesting is that they continue to talk for almost eight minutes after the film has ended. I'm staring at a black screen and they're still talking. I've never seen that before. Has anyone seen that on another DVD commentary track?

[Wendigo]

Outpost - weird................followed by Dead Snow.
Why won't these Nazi's stay dead.
I've got Oasis of the Zombies and Zombie Lake, I've got to find a new copy of Shock Waves now

[Wendigo]

Death Note and the follow up Death Note : The Last Name.
Shame the perception of justice failing ordinary people is so universal.

[kananga]

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Just watched the third instalment and while I don't remember anything about the second, other than I didn't enjoy it as much as the first.

The 'Butterfly Effect" is the outcome of events that alter as a result of effecting change from traveling through time, a subject I find interesting.
I'd easily give this four out of five thumbs up while the cute little blonde barmaid with the big breasts and the unfortunate tatoo could easily get some thing else up, before she meets her demise.
Pretty gorey in places, but still good a good watch. (Hey it's a horror film!)
No added commentry, deleted scenes or extras and it doesn't really need any.


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[kananga]

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I just borrowed and watched the two disc deluxe edition of Jonathon Demme's Neil Young Nashville biopic.
It's okay. I personally prefer when he 'rocks out' on 'Old Black', which only makes one appearance here, in the hands of someone else.

Recorded in Nashville's "Grand Ol Opry" theatre home, the Ryman Auditorium, with the band that had just recorded the unreleased "Prairie Wind" album in 2006. He'd just been diagnosed as having a brain aneurysm and his father had recently died.
A very slick production considering the short amount of time they had to pull it all together.

Neil uses Hank Williams old Martin, on both the album and the film.
Also features Emmylou Harris, who in my opinion never looked finer!

Kinda funny really as I came out and checked the "What are you listening to" thread here, during a coffee break, to find two people consecutively were listening to Neil.
(You know you're spending too much time here when others start channeling you). :eek:

[John C. Holmes]

I'm currently watching "Porn King: The Trials of Al Goldstein" right now and I'm blown away by this guy. He's particularly detestable but somehow likeable. The inside look at the last gasps of SCREW magazine is simply an eye opener of how old school porning was done. It's also a good cautionary tale of what can happen to you if you stop caring just when the rest of the world is passing you by.

Highlights:

Larry Flynt's very insightful views on Al's psychie and their friendship. (Anyone who thought Larry was a fruitcake at this point in his life is WRONG.)

The insider's look at what was left of Screw Magazine.

GRANDPA AL LEWIS: CHARACTER WITNESS

All the great Midnight Blue footage. Ah to have been a New Yorker with no life in the late 70's...

Ron Jeremy's thoughts and stories. (One of MANY reasons why I can never hate the guy no matter how unattractive he is.)

Lowlights:

Good God Al is HARD to like. There were a lot of occasions where I thought 'karma's a bitch' when he fell on VERY hard times. Having said that I couldn't help but feel sorry for a guy who's mental problems have never been properly addressed.

ANY segment devoted to Al's estranged son were your cue to press the fast forward button.

Al's grip on reality in dealing with the judicial system was non existant. He was fighting first ammendment issues in the wrong venue for a crime he wasn't even being prosecuted for. This was borderline mental illness theater if he wasn't clearly doing this to sell copies of Screw.

Where Al is now. (Painful to sit through but I must to remind myself of what could happen to me.)

All in all it's a movie any fan of old school porn should see. Great documentary and lots of vintage clips and stories!

[Wendigo]

Finished Watchmen - now about to start on Confessions From a Holiday Camp.

[Clouddancer]

Finished Watchmen - now about to start on Confessions From a Holiday Camp.

I've just finished Watchmen, what did you make of it?
Was it just me who was confused & wondering what I'd just seen. Perhaps I'm just gtting too old!!!

[Wendigo]

I've just finished Watchmen, what did you make of it?
Was it just me who was confused & wondering what I'd just seen. Perhaps I'm just gtting too old!!!

I was a late developer with regards to Watchmen and only read the book a few weeks ago. It took a few liberties but on the whole was pretty good, especially Rorschach and The Comedian. I think it was wise to leave out the alien invasion idea.

[hattertim]

Just watched this...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499456/

..that's Days of Darkness (2007), which I recorded last night from Zone Horror.

Words fail me. One of the most bizarre, make it up as we go along, movies, I think I've ever seen. It's got zombies, controlled by parasitic aliens, or somesuch twaddle. Truly strange.

The moral of the story is if you read the synopsis on the TV guide, double-check it with the IMDB before viewing!

[Estreeter]

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"Hard Eight" is a tale of greed, murder, and deceit in Vegas. When an ex-hit man turned professional gambler takes on a young protoge, he deals into more than he expected when the younger man brings aboard a part-time hooker and a two-bit swindler, both with agendas of their own.

Guess ya can tell I just copied and pasted the above from a review:D:D:D Laziness is cool:cool:
Got one of my favorite actors, John C. Reilly, very underrated actor.
Just started on cable, have too watch

[kananga]

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Watched this last night. It's kind of disturbing, but unique and I think will be unforgettable.
It's a tragic love story, certainly not a comedy.
Kind of in the vein of "the Pursuit of Happyness", which although brilliant was a definate 'downer'.

I won't give away the plot as you spend half the film wondering who is this man and what has he done? Particularly after he 'flames' a blind meat salesman, played by Woody Harrelson, over the telephone.

Not a happy story, but one well told. Will Smith is well cast in this role, in that I can't imagine anyone else doing an equal or better job.
Worth watching, unless you're dying of some illness, or have a phobia about box jellyfish.

[Wendigo]

The Designated Victim - a classy Italian thriller based on the Strangers on a Train storyline.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067956/.
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Good effort by Shameless to resurrect this gem on DVD, plenty of deleted scenes and other extras.

[Wendigo]

Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer
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[rotobott]

Children of Men.

Wasn't expecting much,but I really enjoyed it,and there was plenty of food for thought about the nature of government,terrorism,immigration etc.

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[Wendigo]

Stir of Echoes, a great ghost story recommended by GreenSkull.
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[Giacson]

Watched "X-Men Origins:Wolverine" earlier tonight. I thought I would pass this one and wait for it on cable but, I had a free rental pass. Not a terrible movie but as sequels go, they are usualy overcooked. I liked the supporting cast, particularly Liev Schreiber. I was never a reader of the comic book so that didnt affect my opinion.

I'll watch to "Surveillance" with Julia Ormond and Bill Pullman to end my night.

[kananga]

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I watched this last night.
Didn't recognise any of the actors although Debra Kara Unger I feel I should know? Not that the acting's really bad - it isn't.
A lot of the budget was spent on internal sets for this imaginary huge apartment block in the middle of nowhere.
It wasn't bad, but I wouldn't rush out to rent and I personally won't be buying a copy.

trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgU271FAEfU

[MaxJoker]

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Watched this last night. It's kind of disturbing, but unique and I think will be unforgettable.
It's a tragic love story, certainly not a comedy.
Kind of in the vein of "the Pursuit of Happyness", which although brilliant was a definate 'downer'.

I won't give away the plot as you spend half the film wondering who is this man and what has he done? Particularly after he 'flames' a blind meat salesman, played by Woody Harrelson, over the telephone.

Not a happy story, but one well told. Will Smith is well cast in this role, in that I can't imagine anyone else doing an equal or better job.
Worth watching, unless you're dying of some illness, or have a phobia about box jellyfish.


You saying you actually liked it ?, you the Tasmanian Devil !!!

What were you under sedation when you watched it ?,or under armed guard and forced to write that :eek:

I thought it was totally terrible , and more a slow steady advert for Will Smith`s future run at the presidency (Or sainthood ) than a genuine film. I mean come on the plot could only ever and would only ever exist in one of these Smith show pony "I`m a great guy so gimmie an Oscar" set piece films.

" Strike two ! "

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Problem is Smithy isn`t a great guy , he`s a smile don`t reach the eyes , laugh doesn`t come from the heart type of guy. As anybody who saw his cringing stint on The Actors Studio will surely testify to.

Just thinking back , boy Seven pounds reeked . Fact it smelled like seven body parts left out in the sun far too long. Still that`s only my opinion , glad you enjoyed it :D

Who knows you might even like his next one as much ;)

Image taken on set from his forthcoming film " I was Helen Keller`s bi-racial son who got blinded rescuing a bus full of baby nuns , but then went on to regain my sight thanks to woofie the dancing dog and a firm belief in the lord"

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[kananga]

You saying you actually liked it ?, you the Tasmanian Devil !!! ... glad you enjoyed it :D


"Enjoyed it" is probably a little strong. :)
I will admit to liking a lot of his films, although I was in and out of the room for "the Pursuit of Happyness", (their spelling) when it aired on television and found that to be a "little" bleak :rolleyes: by comparison.

Ironically I just wandered here from viewing your comments on actor Eddie Murphy on another thread, with which I largely agree.
After seeing other comments on this forum today about recent Will Smith movies.. well I'm still going to stick with my original opinion, even though I haven't and won't be adding it to my personal collection.

Hey, if you knew this islands genocidal history concerning aboriginals you'd feel somewhat compelled to write something like that too. :o

[Wendigo]

Trog, recorded last night..............grrrrrrrr
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEswYNdBR1Y

[Clouddancer]

I can really reccomend this film. Starring... Richard Gere & Alfred Molina based on a true story


Early in 1971, Publishers McGraw-Hill reject Clifford Irving's new novel.
He's desperate for money, so, against the backdrop of Nixon's reelection Irving claims he has Howard Hughes's cooperation to write Hughes's autobiography.
With the help of friend Dick Suskind, Irving does research, lucks into a manuscript written by a long-time Hughes associate, and plays on corporate greed.
He's quick-thinking and outrageously bold. Plus, he banks on Hughes's reluctance to enter the public eye.
At the same time, he's trying to rebuild his marriage and deflect the allure of his one-time mistress, Nina Van Pallandt.
Can he write a good book, take the money, and pull off the hoax?

[Wendigo]

The Ups and Downs of a Handyman, 70's British smut.
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[Leprechaun]

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Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oO6pCRe3pM

I'm curious about Ridley Scott's Robin Hood version in 2010. :cool:

[rotobott]

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Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oO6pCRe3pM

Not a bad film.and that King Baldwin had such a lovely speaking voice,considering.

[tamsmith]

Just finished watching "The Taking of Pelham 123". Very watchable and maybe close to the original.
What I could not believe is that this was the very first time I have enjoyed John Travolta in a film.

Always hated him as much as Kirk Douglas. And that is saying alot.

[scoundrel]

http://img216.imagevenue.com/loc53/th_89120_Fly_Away_Home_122_53lo.jpg
Once again I'm bending the rules because its over 4 hours since this film finished on Channel 5, but its a delightful film and I wanted to give it a write up: this is the closest thread I can find to the essence of my intended post.

In another thread I commented that this film is marred by some indifferent acting: I take it back. The only poor acting was in a couple of cameo roles. The actors who portrayed the commander of the USAF base at Niagara and the wicked property developer trying to destroy the North Carolina bird sanctuary were cardboard cutouts but in fairness their parts were totally under-written in what is otherwise a very decent screenplay.

The story is really about the repproachment of 13 year old Amy Alden (Anna Paquin, absolutely terrific in this part) with the father she hasnt seen or heard from since she was three years old and moved to New Zealand with her mother after the divorce. Mother dies in a car crash and so Amy, herself recovering from the injuries and in deep shock, must go back to Canada and live with her father again: Jeff Daniels as Tom Alden is also first class. There is strong support from Terry Kinney as Tom's brother, Uncle David, from Holter Graham as Tom's friend and fellow inventor Barry Stickland and most of all from the attractive and very capable actress Dana Delaney as Tom's significant other, Susan Barnes. Amy is strongly inclined to resent her enforced contact with all these people, especially Susan, who has the audacity to stand in what should have been her mothers' shoes: never mind that her mother left her father, not the other way round, who says kids are logical...

Things start to change when a local developer bulldozes a tree adjacent to Tom's property where geese are nesting and Amy brings home over a dozen eggs they were forced to abandon. The scene where she opens the drawer and the goslings eyeball her as they are emerging from the eggs is intensely moving. She doesnt go to bed and her assorted guardians after a frantic search by torchlight find her asleep in the barn surrounded by tiny hyperactive goslings.

Tom appeals to the local office of the Nature Reserve Department for advice: big mistake. The DNR Game Warden (Jeremy Ratchford, a good performance) seems like a ''right on'', caring, environmentally aware and liberal chap, but is actually a total shit, drunk on his own power. He has been trained to ''pinion'' orphaned baby wild geese to stop them flying away by crippling their wings. When he tries this one on, Amy clocks him big time with a heavy pan, and Tom explains that he needs to leave and never return, unless he wants Tom to really really hurt him...

Thrown on their own resources against hostile government authority the family begins to unite and bond. Amy has accidentally become the surrogate parent of the geese, so if they are to migrate they must follow her. Tom is a microlight pilot who built his own aircraft, but the geese wont follow him into the air. Amy impetuously commandeers her fathers plane and flies it into a perimeter fence, but the geese follow her into the sky instantly, so the point is proven. Her father blows his savings to buy her a two-man microlight, then teaches her to fly, so they can take the geese south. Uncle David uses his contacts to find a derelict and abandonned bird sanctuary in North Carolina where the birds can go: but they must get there before November 1 or the land will be developed.

The actual migration sequences are visually stunning and very moving: excellent photography. The spectacle of the birds formation flying against Amy's plane as they would formate on their own mother is absolutely beautiful. There are several misadventures along the way: a forced landing at USAF Niagara nearly ruins everything, the US Airforce are initially extremely cross, but lighten up once they are fully in the picture, especially because one of the two miscreants is a 14 year old girl and because they see a media opportunity to show American taxpayers how cuddly their airforce is. Later the little flock is hopelessly lost in fog and ends up in downtown Baltimore, flying between skyscrapers: in the light of subsequent history, how poignant this sequence is. Office workers watch in total enchantment as the little flock sails quite slowly past their desks.

This film is that rare thing, a certificate U ''family'' entertainment which is fit for grown ups to watch and enjoy. Except for the two microlights there isnt anything in it which can have cost more than a tin of baked beans, yet it is a minor gem. The environmentalist theme is clear but not stridently so and it interesting that the outspokenly ''green'' game warden is the real villain, a tinpot fascist scumbag who very nearly gets the kicking he richly deserves, but instead is publicly shown up for the hypocrite he is. The true environmentalists are the ordinary citizens of several states in the US who follow Amy and Tom's flight in the news and rally round with hospitality wherever they land and who flock to the sanctuary to protest and thwart the developer when the news crews show him illegally starting to bulldoze the land because he knows the geese are coming.

Good film.:)

[bawjaws]

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watching Thunderball on the box ATM.. whatever Largo pays his henchmen, it isn't enough

[Clouddancer]

Starring Daniel Craig who was excellent in this film. Would recommend to everyone.


Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavour to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.

[rotobott]

Liquid Sky.

Batteries not Included,was never like this.

http://img131.imagevenue.com/loc517/th_37158_liquid_sky_poster_02_123_517lo.jpg (http://img131.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=37158_liquid_sky_poster_02_123_517lo .jpg)

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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9-n9gpFVpk

[Futuro]

"Brother" by Takeshi Kitano
I watched it yesterday for first time, so my first impression is that Brother is very violent yakuza vs.mafia themed film with lot of shouting, shooting and fingers cut-off and one seppuku. Add on that a little amount of quite dark humour and almost no soundtrack at all and you`re watching it very intensely, my popcorn consumption was far less average. Very cool movie, so cool that I could watch it only once per three years.


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[Clouddancer]

Just.watched.this.film..It.was.not.too.bad.


Quote.from.IMDB

After dropping you in the action right from the start, the movie keeps coming with constant laughs and good action. There were not a lot of scares in the movie, other than the few obvious scenes where you could see one coming, but horror is not what the director was going for in this film. Laughs, however, come often and from many different directions. Jessie Eisenberg's nerdy, insecure 'Columbus' character and Woody Harrelson's redneck zombie-killing 'Tallahassee' play very well off each other and provide plenty of memorable moments.

[tabler]

I am sitting watching Arsenic And Old Lace a fantastic black comedy about two maiden aunts who poison lonely men and have 13 bodies hidden around the house. It stars Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Jack Carson and Peter Lorre.
Its a great film and I forgot that I had the DVD so just dug it out this morning, it is one of those films that I never tire of.

[scoundrel]

http://img5.imagevenue.com/loc584/th_68846_The_Raven_122_584lo.jpg (http://img5.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=68846_The_Raven_122_584lo.jpg)I have just been watching The Raven on DVD by courtesy of tabler: thanks for the loan mate!

The Raven actually has a very strong cast, with Vincent Price in the lead as, unusually, a (mostly) good guy, retired sorcorer Dr Craven; Peter Lorre in classic back-stabbing form:

Lorre: Let me go! Oh please let me go! I don't care what happens to the others!
Karloff: You really dont care what happens to your friends?
Lorre: Why, no...Should I?
Karloff: Such perfect treachery fills me with admiration...

Boris Karloff, much more suave and articulate than in Frankenstein mode, is the lead villain and gives brings wit and charm to the task of being thoroughly bad. He is ably assisted by femme fatale Hazel Court, second wife of Dr Craven, who convinced her husband she was dead in order to run off with Karloff's Dr Scarabus and enjoy the finer things in life, conjured up for her by a more extravagent magician, and because she prefers bad boys.:D

There is also an early outing for Jack Nicholson, before he became an icon of sixties counter-culture, as Peter Lorre's not too bright son:

Nicholson: Why father...I thought you'd left us?
Lorre: Move around my boy, I cant reach the knots from here. Did you really think I would leave you and run away?
Nicholson: Well...
Lorre: You think exactly like your mother.

The Raven is a lightweight horror movie spoof, nothing more ambitious than that, and it is about 90 minutes of honest fun, laced with some excellent comic diologue and sharp sight gags. For example, Lorre and Price run out of dead man's hair for a spell they are creating and visit Price's father's sarcophagus for a top-up. First they remove the heavy silk shroud from his embalmed body and neatly fold it four times between the two of them like they are folding bed linen in a laundrette: this combination of the gothic with the utterly banal is typical of the entire film and made me giggle almost throughout.

If you liked the original b/w tv series The Addams Family and The Munsters then this is for you.:D

[tabler]

I am watching a film on BBC1 right now called Small Engine Repair starring Iain Glen and Steven Mackintosh about small town Ireland and an aspiring country singer.
The film is fairly mediocre but the reason I am posting this is that the soundtrack is absolutely superb Iain Glens singing and Guitar work is just great (unless its dubbed), its like a cross between Johny Cash and Neil Diamond. Infact tomorrow I think I will try and get the soundtrack.....oh bugger its just finished as I'm typing this.:rolleyes:

[haldane4]

I am watching a film on BBC1 right now called Small Engine Repair starring Iain Glen and Steven Mackintosh about small town Ireland and an aspiring country singer.


Unfortunately this didn't show up in my BBC region - did you happen to notice if Ms Clarke obliged us by dis-robing?

[tabler]

No afraid not (I wasnt even aware she was in it:rolleyes:) but believe me, the songs are great (and I am not even a country fan).

[Wendigo]

Not a movie but it's a marathon TV viewing. The box-set of Sapphire & Steel, good stuff.

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[Wendigo]

Mirrors - with Kiefer Sutherland, nicely eerie.
Thanks to the original capper for the pic of Amy Smart.
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[Clouddancer]

An absolute pile of toss,;) but it passed an hour or two!!!

[rotobott]

The Legend of Hell House (1973)

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An oldie but scary,should have stuck to watching porn.

Still I can always sleep with the light on,but I can never sleep with a hard on.

[Estreeter]

Never thought i would watch this

http://thumbnails21.imagebam.com/5339/9f3f9553380647.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/9f3f9553380647)

It ain't too bad, and I avoided it for years. Jack Nicholson puts on a good performance as usual.

[Mal Hombre]

The Simpsons movie_again

[haldane4]

I re-watched Truffaut's film of Fahrenheit 451 this evening - an amazing piece of work that gets better and better with every viewing and which is easily superior to Bradbury's rather heavy-handed novel. Great work all round, but special praise for Oskar Werner for his amost child-like sagacity as Montag and for Bernard Herrmann for his fabulous score.

The final scene is one of the most memorable in cinema history.

[Wendigo]

Turkey Shoot with Steve Railsback.
Complete with typically unobrustive satellite TV logo, thanks for that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcN68XFGoiI

[Mal Hombre]

About to watch The Dark Knight

[chaabane]

http://i34.*******.com/mkdwy.jpg

[roswell]

just watched public enemies johnny depp is a very good actor

[Wendigo]

The Messengers - good start so far
http://img240.imagevenue.com/loc251/th_98964_themessengersposter_123_251lo.jpg (http://img240.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=98964_themessengersposter_123_251lo. jpg)

[kananga]

A short Australian Zombie film featuring several short Australians.

I Love Sarah Jane (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYxs7Y7ulrM&feature=player_embedded#)

[chaabane]

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[kananga]

http://thumbnails22.imagebam.com/5372/15f6f253712368.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/15f6f253712368)

Although I think I personally preferred Mandy Patinkin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Patinkin) who played "Rube" in the pay t.v. series, I've had a few chuckles already, as somebody has posted the whole Dead Like Me Movie - Life After Death (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5c3rsIsOJs&feature=related) on youtube.

[tamsmith]

Just saw "Law Abiding Citizen". Very enjoyable. Violent but it makes you understand why no-one likes or trusts Lawyers.

[inflamez]

Yep, Public Enemies was very good.
Johnny is one of my favourites...

[wizarddrummer]

Surrogates

[goonerkev]

Recently saw The Boat That Rocked , which is a newish British film
(2009) about the advent of pirate radio stations off the English coast in the mid-sixties. Very well made I thought - with an excellent soundtrack for those who like 60s music.

[grunde]

Jess Franco - Les Nuits Brulantes De Linda

[Estreeter]

Started too watch this a few years ago, till interupted and didn't get a chance too see all of it.
http://img157.imagevenue.com/loc71/th_70004_displaymedia_123_71lo.jpg (http://img157.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=70004_displaymedia_123_71lo.jpg)
Justed started on cable, thought I'd give it a go again, looks good.
My kind of story line, Rock music and growin' up:cool:

[inflamez]

It was a great movie!!!
http://img1.pixhost.org/thumbs/265/898590_moon-movie-poster.jpg (http://www.pixhost.org/show/265/898590_moon-movie-poster.jpg)

[scoundrel]

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This is the film which almost invented chick flick/romantic weepies as a genre (''Oh Jerry, lets not ask for the moon; we have the stars.'') It depicts the emergence of a repressed and emotionally abused spinster, Bette Davis as Charlotte Vale in one of her greatest outings on celluloid, as an independent spirit. Quite advanced for an early forties film, the film explores the theme of female liberation, the right of an unmarried woman to be an adult and to have her own life, not kept as a child and a chattel by unpleasant, manipulative and controlling relatives. It also deals intelligently with psychological problems centering on low self-esteem, and with the pain of frustrated love.

Perhaps the most lasting and remarkable insight of the film is the simplest: that in order to be loved and integrated as a human being in the company of others, you have to give love in return. The core romance between Charlotte and Jerry Durrance (Paul Henreid, excellent) is the central story, but around it we see Charlotte building viable new relationships with relatives and family friends, to whom she has always previously been a clinging nuisance and embarressment. The only relationship which fails is that with her tyrannical mother: Charlotte tries her best but this woman cannot adjust to no longer being Charlottes owner and pocket tyrant, and in the end dies of a heart attack in the intensity of her thwarted bile. I am reminded of the utterly dysfunctional relationship between Jane Eyre and her guardian, Mrs Reed, in Charlotte Bronte's classic novel Jane Eyre.

The part which I found more moving than the unconsumatable romance was the last section, where, in mourning for the mother who she loved and who never loved her back, and feeling guilty for her part in the quarrel which triggered her mother's fatal heart attack, Charlotte returns to the psychiatric clinic which first helped her and finds that Henreid's emotionally disturbed 12 year old daughter is there, a close facsimile of the 12 year old girl she herself once used to be. There is an instant bond of empathy and, expecting to be receiving treatment and support, Charlotte instead is thrown into the role of therapist and surrogate mother to this girl who is heartbroken and as lonely as could be, because she knows for a fact that her own mother hates her. Charlotte has been there and done that, and is uniquely placed to reach out to and rehabilitate this damaged child. In fact Tina is extremely good for Charlotte as well, banishing the ghosts of Charlotte's guilt and misery completely.

Its not full of cliches: its the film that got copied so much that the ideas which are original and inventive here became the cliches of romantic melodrama, right down to the gloriously OTT musical score by Max Steiner. Definitely a girls film, but I liked it anyway because its also damn good.

[Wendigo]

Who can kill a child? - I've not seen this little gem for years.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075462/

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[Wendigo]

Jesus Franco's - Mansion of the Living Dead, naked women and Knights Templars, spot on!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089547/
Starring Lina Romay but my favourite here is Mari Carmen Nieto
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[Estreeter]

Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back:thumbsup:
http://img216.imagevenue.com/loc252/th_11442_jay_and_silent_bob_strike_back_123_252lo. jpg (http://img216.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=11442_jay_and_silent_bob_strike_back _123_252lo.jpg)
I think this film should have won every academy award, just some Hollywood elite have no sense of humor,

[Wendigo]

Not strictly at the moment but last night at the cinema, and boy was it loud.
Enough strands left for another gore-fest sequel.

[hattertim]

Just watched Quarantine...

http://img228.imagevenue.com/loc202/th_46216_Quarantine_123_202lo.jpg (http://img228.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=46216_Quarantine_123_202lo.jpg)

...a decent enough movie, but I was struck whilst watching it that everyone in movies of this type always do the dumbest things, even when something similar has already happened in the movie! I've not seen the original Spanish movie this was based on ([REC]), but I think I will now that I've seen this re-make.

[Devius]

Death Race

(it's a pile of crap though - I'm killing time until "True Blood" is on)

[MaxJoker]

Just watched Quarantine...

http://img228.imagevenue.com/loc202/th_46216_Quarantine_123_202lo.jpg (http://img228.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=46216_Quarantine_123_202lo.jpg)

...a decent enough movie, but I was struck whilst watching it that everyone in movies of this type always do the dumbest things, even when something similar has already happened in the movie! I've not seen the original Spanish movie this was based on ([REC]), but I think I will now that I've seen this re-make.



If you`re intending to watch the original

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May i suggest you do so at 3am ,when you`re all alone ,in the dark and with your back to an open door , either living room or bed :D

Telling you if you manage to last up until the final ten minutes that way you surely won`t be able to continue any further without turning on the light , bolting the door and arming yourself with something sturdy :cool:

An excellent zombie film fully recommended :thumbsup:

[anklebiter]

Just watched the first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies with my kid.Decent enough, and some really cool characters, but I really had a hard time understanding the muffled, heavily accented dialogue.
Also, it turned me on to a new actress, Naomi Harris, and marks the first time I've had the Hots for a girl with black teeth :p
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[Estreeter]

An old film I'd never seen until tonight
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The legendary James Dean in "Giant". I'd always heard it was good and though I've never been a big viewer of older films, thought I'd give it a go and turned out very enjoyable. Liz Taylor looked spectacular as always:). James Dean:thumbsup:, Rock Hudson, errrrr, no comment:p

[Clouddancer]

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Quote
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?

Need I say more!!!! :(:(

[palo5]

A nine-part series and several hours of watching. Extremely tiring to watch in one go, because your brain won't stop working, even when you're exhausted

Even if you thought you knew "everything", it's well worth a look and not at all "cranky". This is well presented and documented :thumbsup:

[MaxJoker]

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Quote
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
Need I say more!!!! :(:(

Almost hate to admit this and i really didn`t expect it , but the films actually not half bad as far as hormone driven teen angst horror films go. If you liked Ginger Snaps you should like this , i did erm and did :o

[Devius]

Watched "W." earlier roday...Josh Brolin did a great job portraying George Bush

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[Wendigo]

666 : The Child,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0783492/
Yet another demon child movie, helped by Sarah Lieving and Nora Jesse.
http://img233.imagevenue.com/loc176/th_27689_666-01_123_176lo.jpg (http://img233.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=27689_666-01_123_176lo.jpg)http://img171.imagevenue.com/loc1001/th_27690_666-02_123_1001lo.jpg (http://img171.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=27690_666-02_123_1001lo.jpg)http://img233.imagevenue.com/loc21/th_27691_norajesse-2a_123_21lo.jpg (http://img233.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=27691_norajesse-2a_123_21lo.jpg)http://img184.imagevenue.com/loc366/th_27692_norajesse-3a_123_366lo.jpg (http://img184.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=27692_norajesse-3a_123_366lo.jpg)

[Wendigo]

Shutter - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482599/
Yet another Asian horror story remade in the USA, watch out for some recognised cliches from the likes of the Ring etc., I liked the ending though.

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[Wendigo]

Transformers - after reading reviews about this I finally got round to watching it.
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[MaxJoker]

Shutter -
Yet another Asian horror story remade in the USA, watch out for some recognised cliches from the likes of the Ring etc., I liked the ending though.

http://img157.imagevenue.com/loc1197/th_91930_shutter_01_123_1197lo.jpg (http://img157.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=91930_shutter_01_123_1197lo.jpg)


Agree about the ending , just a pity they couldn`t have played up that creepy aspect of the film more :(


Right now i`m watching

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Must have seen it a dozen times or so , and that was just this week ! :rolleyes:

No really like the film , in fact i like it so much i`m not going to watch the last ten minutes and so kid myself that Breck makes it back to France :cool:
Great adaptation and a great performance from Caine , still that might be because he`s effecting a decent Scottish accent . Find by and large his best acting efforts have been associated with putting on a voice , well Jaws 3 excluded of course :D

[scoundrel]

Right now i`m watching

http://img178.imagevenue.com/loc559/th_40911_1_123_559lo.jpg (http://img178.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=40911_1_123_559lo.jpg)

Must have seen it a dozen times or so , and that was just this week ! :rolleyes:

No really like the film , in fact i like it so much i`m not going to watch the last ten minutes and so kid myself that Breck makes it back to France :cool:
Great adaptation and a great performance from Caine , still that might be because he`s effecting a decent Scottish accent . Find by and large his best acting efforts have been associated with putting on a voice , well Jaws 3 excluded of course :D

Good film of a good book: Alan Breck is one of the great anti-heroes, years before anyone knew what an anti-hero was. Caine did well in the part, showing the charm, super-abundant animal spirits, warmth and loyalty to friends which make Alan Breck so likeable, but not downplaying the man's ferocious bad temper, fondness of drink and gambling (both in cards and life generally) and his ruthlessness in doing what he sincerely believes to be the right thing. In Stevenson's novel he gets away, as he did in the pages of Sir Walter Scott and, much less attractively, he did in real life, leaving his guardian, James Stewart of the Glen, to be hanged in his stead for the assassination of Colin Campbell, the kings factor who was rack-renting and bullying the tenants on the Stewart estate. Arguably, Colin Campbell had it coming, but to murder him, then bail out and leave others to carry the can, was neither clever nor honourable.

The fictional Alan Breck is cleaner than that, but in the film the Michael Caine character does what the real Alan Breck did not, and takes the rap to save his family and friends from suffering. It is the hard decision, but paradoxically the right decision for Alan, to die in Scotland, still burning with the belief in his dream, rather than to languish in permanent exile and watch impotently as the Hanovarians cement their power. The film ending is in keeping with the central theme of honour, loyalty and fidelity: Alan Breck dies a man's death because he is a man and no coward. At the end even the English respect him for his example (NB Trevor Howard was also good as the Lord Advocate, articulating the English establishment's point of view).

Think of it this way: would anyone give a damn about Che Guevara today if he had served out a career as a functionary in the communist Cuban government of Fidel Castro?

[Wendigo]

Ghost Writer (aka Suffering Man's Charity) - 2007
A manic Alan Cumming and a living dead David Boreanaz

http://img216.imagevenue.com/loc183/th_10612_ghost_writer_01_123_183lo.jpg (http://img216.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=10612_ghost_writer_01_123_183lo.jpg) http://img17.imagevenue.com/loc256/th_10618_ghost_writer_02a_123_256lo.jpg (http://img17.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=10618_ghost_writer_02a_123_256lo.jpg )http://img239.imagevenue.com/loc121/th_10621_ghost_writer_03_123_121lo.jpg (http://img239.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=10621_ghost_writer_03_123_121lo.jpg)

[dbailey]

Just watched 2001 Space Odyssey collectors edition digital remaster.

Superb photography, slowly building doom, terrific use of music by Richard Strauss and Johann Strauss II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)

This is everything that Star Wars isn't.

[Estreeter]

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Don't know why I've been watching older films lately, but Chinatown came on and I had too watch it, forgot how good it is. As for Faye Dunnaway:thumbsup:

[Devius]

On Film4 now...

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[MaxJoker]

On Film4 now...

http://img214.imagevenue.com/loc647/th_31930_00zatoichi-takeshikitano1_122_647lo.jpg (http://img214.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=31930_00zatoichi-takeshikitano1_122_647lo.jpg)

Watched that a while ago , an interesting kind of samurai mystery that one. With some pretty decent acting and slashing techniques plus an excellent finale. Only two things spoilt it for me , the endless scene where the guy who`s dressed as a girl dances while his sister stares at him and stares and him and stares at him . Also the maddening use of unconvincing digital blood effects . I can see what the director was thinking i suppose as it must have sped up production a bit , still i thought it looked bleeding (Excuse the pun) awful and detracted from the films reality no end :(

Was the main reason i couldn`t watch the repeat last night , pity about the pathetic splatter as overall i liked it .

[Wendigo]

Dead Birds - an odd ghostly little number set during the American Civil War as Confederate soldiers stay in a haunted house.
http://img128.imagevenue.com/loc974/th_10907_dead_birds__01_123_974lo.jpg (http://img128.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=10907_dead_birds__01_123_974lo.jpg)h ttp://img237.imagevenue.com/loc358/th_10908_dead_birds__02_123_358lo.jpg (http://img237.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=10908_dead_birds__02_123_358lo.jpg)h ttp://img260.imagevenue.com/loc117/th_10910_dead_birds__03_123_117lo.jpg (http://img260.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=10910_dead_birds__03_123_117lo.jpg)

[haldane4]

Foxtrot - starring Peter O'Toole, Charlotte Rampling and Max Von Sydow. Bizarre and little known film dating from the mid-70's.

An aristocrat, his wife and their staff retire to a tropical island in 1939 to escape the vulgarity of the war in Europe, but the war becomes evident in their behaviour as they decend into savagery and murder.

A pretty good idea, but so slow-burning that it becomes quite boring. No doubt Stephen Poliakoff *didn't* watch this one when dreaming up Glorious 39.

[kananga]

... saw "2012" yesterday - talk about getting all your disasters in one basket! ...:D

I literally had to do a doubletake there, as I thought you were talking about 2010, the sequel to "2001 - A Space Odyssey".

I just had a thought. It's not that they've run out of ideas, although they save a fortune on scriptwriters,
I'm thinking the reason for the plethora of recent remakes is that they are running out of new titles!!!
Could it be in the not too distant future, all films will have just numbers for titles :D

I have read about 2012 (http://www.whowillsurvive2012.com/). Being a fan of armaggeddon themes I'll be sure to check it out ... hopefully before 2010.

[Clouddancer]

Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin
A german film with English subs.

http://img264.imagevenue.com/loc149/th_90634_10011509_122_149lo.jpg (http://img264.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=90634_10011509_122_149lo.jpg)


Quote from IMDb
This is a real diary from a real woman. The woman cast in this film is too young too play the real woman. The diary was written by a woman in the basement of her bombed out building during the invasion of Berlin by The Red Army in the last months of WWII. It details the way German women survived the rapes the Red Army officers felt they deserved in victory. Anonymous uses one soldier to her advantage and essentially considers him her lover not her rapist. Her real fiancé returns from the front only to spurn her for being raped. The inginuity of the survival techniques used by the Berliners of this time round out Anon's tale. The diary should be read by every priveleged person, man or woman. Americans especially. War is no place for socialites.

War is not a pleasant experience. Those who follow the news know that there have been several of our own soldiers accused and prosecuted for rape and murder in Iraq. In all wars there are local citizens who prostitute themselves to feed their family. It is often hard to make a choice between honor and survivaL.

I can reccommend this film.

[Estreeter]

Quite a good film, just finished watching it
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The Darwin Awards are a real-life phenomenon presented to individuals who improve the human gene pool by removing themselves from it when they accidentally kill themselves in incredibly stupid fashions.
The film is based around some of the real life Darwin Awards

For a good laugh click here Darwin Awards (http://www.darwinawards.com/)

[Wendigo]

Godzilla - Final Wars, - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0399102/
Multi monster mayhem and sub-standard Matrix style Mutant fighters, great fun though.
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[tabler]

I am just about to put on Casino. This was inspired by a really cool post that GS made earlier today on the 'violent movies' thread, you see I never realized that this was a true story until I read that. So I wlll watch it now with renewed interest.

[MaxJoker]

Am watching The Empire Strikes back on ITV1 , only i soon discovered it`s been edited for television as they`ve cut the part where Luke hacks off that snow creatures arm . Along with the scene where Han slices open the stomach of his steed to push Luke into and help keep him warm . Which is well weird to see , because the way it`s been edited if you didn`t know better you`d think Han was intending to shove Luke up the things backside ?. Because they didn`t show him cutting anything , so how`s he going to put Luke inside if not rectally ?

Class film though , just a shame about the adverts .

Bloody stupid scheduling if you ask me , why didn`t they save the two trilogies until Christmas and show one a day till new years eve ?

At a time where editing isn`t needed !

Not that i think it was anyway , bloody films a PG for gods sake :confused:

[donnalangtonukmode]

Fall Of The Republic OBAMA:eek:
you'll find it on youtube 1 of 14 parts.........


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDQ6nIsgKW0

[scoundrel]

Am watching The Empire Strikes back on ITV1 ,
Class film though , just a shame about the adverts .

I'm watching it as well. The light sabre duel with Darth Vader still holds up well nearly 30 years on. Luke is just finding out information he could have gleaned from reading his birth certificate.:D

[MaxJoker]

I'm watching it as well. The light sabre duel with Darth Vader still holds up well nearly 30 years on. Luke is just finding out information he could have gleaned from reading his birth certificate.:D

Just reading up on Lucas now (As you do) and it`s telling me what i always thought . That being Lucas only made Vader Luke`s father shortly before the pre-final script draft and after exhausting other plot possibilities. Lying neck-less slug , i`ve seen him claim at least five times that Vader was always down as Luke`s father and that he created the entire "Star War`s " universe based around that link.

Talk about a re-writer of his own history !

The guy could even give lessons to Jeff Archer !

Oh and right now i`m half watching Kung Fu Hustle :cool::thumbsup:

[brianwp]

Just watched "The Return of the Pink Panther". Peter Sellers was the inspector! I like Steve Martin, but PS wins this one hands down!

[Devius]

Just finished watching "Watchmen" - a visual masterpiece, but it deserves all the scathing criticism heaped on it.

Save yourself some money and buy the graphic novel instead.

I'm watching it as well. The light sabre duel with Darth Vader still holds up well nearly 30 years on. Luke is just finding out information he could have gleaned from reading his birth certificate.:D

Ditto - still my fave Star Wars movie, but all I kept thinking was: how did Lucas go from this slice of cinematic heaven to JAR-JAR BINKS????....:mad:

Psst - here's a clue:

http://thumbnails18.imagebam.com/5801/bd242e58000253.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/bd242e58000253)

[Wendigo]

A very low budget Satan worshipping movie starrig Debbie D.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1077236/
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[scoundrel]

Just finished on TCM. Stagey, but well acted and a really clever battle of wits between blind Susy Hendrix (Audrey Hepburn, superb) and a gang of highly dangerous and ruthless conmen villains who want her to produce a doll containing contraband which is somewhere in her apartment. The divided and disfunctional personalities of the villains are all nicely observed. Alan Arkin is splendidly creepy as the murderous, sexually twisted (he wants more from Audrey than just the doll) and loathsome Mr Roat; Richard Crenna also puts in a good turn as the light heavyweight villain, suave, plausible, quietly menacing, but determined that Mr Roat will get the doll and nothing else...But Susy Hendrix is not as easily victimised as either of them thinks.

It was a real treat to watch an old fahsioned dramatic thriller in which character is fate.

[Devius]

Billion Dollar Brain

I know it's OTT, but I still find it fun to watch...

[Wendigo]

In the cheapo horror movie box-set I have it's known as "Into Thy Hands" BUT it also rejoices under the other title "Jesus Christ: Serial Rapist", which is guaranteed to raise hackles everywhere.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438883/
There's no dialogue, just black metal music over director/actor Bill Zebub (mmmmm!) as he plays a supposed schizophrenic long haired hippy type who makes his way through a cast of attractive looking naked women crucifying them. According to imdb (although no other source confirms this) there is a hardcore version of this out there, the version I saw was 72 mins so there's about 25 minutes cut.

http://img13.imagevenue.com/loc257/th_14158_a_jesuschristserialrapist_3_123_257lo.jpg (http://img13.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=14158_a_jesuschristserialrapist_3_12 3_257lo.jpg)http://img45.imagevenue.com/loc711/th_14160_jesus-christ_serial_rapist-06_123_711lo.jpg (http://img45.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=14160_jesus-christ_serial_rapist-06_123_711lo.jpg)http://img185.imagevenue.com/loc160/th_14165_jesus-christ_serial_rapist-07_123_160lo.jpg (http://img185.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=14165_jesus-christ_serial_rapist-07_123_160lo.jpg)

[Estreeter]

Great cast, Great story..........No wonder it won several academy awards.
http://thumbnails23.imagebam.com/5820/725e7d58192857.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/725e7d58192857) :cool:

[Estreeter]

I'm in desperate need for some classy culture tonight so.......

Dumb and Dumber (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqifx0wwHL8&feature=fvst):D
http://thumbnails20.imagebam.com/5843/db7eae58425864.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/db7eae58425864)
is the obvious choice :thumbsup:

[MaxJoker]

Just finished watching

http://img18.imagevenue.com/loc575/th_44432_The-Way-Home_2_123_575lo.jpg

Which was an effort for me as it was subtitled . Was about a spoilt city boy who`s sent to live with his impoverished old granny in her tiny shack in the woods ,and how he changes for the better because of it. Lovely film but man alive index this one under the heading "Pulling at the hearts strings until they snap ! " .

[pissedfish]

"The Last Castle" with Robert Redford and James Gandolfini.

[haldane4]

Just a reminder to everyone that An Englishman Abroad is on BBC2 this evening around 7. One of the greatest television films ever made, with Alan Bates superb as spy Guy Burgess, trapped in a dreary life in a Moscow suburb.

Don't miss.

[Wendigo]

Another low budget anthology shocker, Grave Tales aka Killer Story.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401448/
2 old guys meet in bar and tell horror stories "in the spirit of Poe", a reasonably good cast but the tales although gruesome fail to light up the sky.
http://img170.imagevenue.com/loc921/th_36142_killer_story_dvd_123_921lo.jpg (http://img170.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=36142_killer_story_dvd_123_921lo.jpg )

[Devius]

Just finished on the Military History channel...stayed up to watch it.

http://img164.imagevenue.com/loc704/th_79753_fa35810ae7a0b3073ec8a110_L_122_704lo.jpg (http://img164.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=79753_fa35810ae7a0b3073ec8a110_L_122 _704lo.jpg)

[Sharu]

Olaf Ittenbach s "Beyond the Limits" (nice, little gory piece)

Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neGSCyJ3IWE&feature=related

Footage from the set:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdLa_h5whBQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGc8TdN2_dY&NR=1

hf

[grunde]

The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse by Fritz Lang

[MaxJoker]

It`s just ending

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Like this for any number of reasons , never more so than it helps reminds me what my own family get together`s were like.

Actually it`s one of the finest adaptations ever filmed , or for that matter acted.

Man alive but i wish i could write five percent as well as the late great Eugene O'Neill :(:(:(

Been on a few times now , still have no idea why it`s always shown at eleven in the morning though :confused:

[Sharu]

Goin to chill on this one later,

Touch of Death (When Alice broke the mirror, Quando Alice ruppe lo specchio)

http://img235.imagevenue.com/loc373/th_82652_TouchofDeathB_123_373lo.jpg (http://img235.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=82652_TouchofDeathB_123_373lo.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095941/

hf

[nevermind]

The cult of Cartman....

http://img202.imagevenue.com/loc550/th_67006_cult-of-cartman_8840_123_550lo.jpg (http://img202.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=67006_cult-of-cartman_8840_123_550lo.jpg)

.

[Estreeter]

The true story of Mark Brandon "Chopper" Reid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopper_Read)

http://thumbnails23.imagebam.com/5923/0e52f159227991.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/0e52f159227991)

Stars Eric Bana in one of his earlier roles. Great performance by Eric:thumbsup:

[Clouddancer]

A comedy centered on three museum security guards who devise a plan to steal back the artworks to which they have become attached, before they are transferred to another museum


http://img194.imagevenue.com/loc561/th_42381_Maiden_Heist_Cover_2_122_561lo.jpg (http://img194.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=42381_Maiden_Heist_Cover_2_122_561lo .jpg)






Cast

Morgan Freeman ... Charles

Christopher Walken ... Roger Barlow

William H. Macy ... George McLendon

Marcia Gay Harden

Breckin Meyer ... Starving Artist

Wynn Everett ... Docent

Sophya Gudelman ... Car driver

Nicki Connors ... Museum Goer

Bates Wilder ... Warehouse Foreman
Joseph McKenna ... Lead Villain
Christy Scott Cashman

Despite its stellar cast it didn't quite make it, but there were so funny moments.


Quote: --I wish I could say that The Maiden Heist achieves Hewitt's stated goal of emulating the classic Ealing comedies of the 1950s. Unfortunately, it amounts to a minimally charming time-waster that will go down as a misfire on the resumes of all involved.

[Mal Hombre]

They Wait,one of The Horror channel's better offerings ,a ghost story with links to Chinese folklore and the experience of Chinese immigrants to the U.S in the early 20th century.

[squigg58]

While it's tempting to wait until I'm sitting down with a decent film, I must own up to having just watched Harry Potter And The Half Baked Prince. In my defense, I was trying to ingratiate myself with a Potter fan but I think I blew it about half-way through when my cat decided to cough up a furball and I decided that was much more entertaining!

I did watch The Usual Suspects yesterday. Perhaps I should have posted then!

[hattertim]

I'm sure I should've read the reviews of this movie beforehand, but for some reason I still decided to watch it....it's Against The Dark (2009), which currently scores a massive 3.4 out of 10 on the imdb...

Having sat through this, the one thing that strikes me is that the top-billed star (Steven Seagal!) isn't actually in the movie very much, and actually has less dialogue than Arnie in the first Terminator film! Add to this the fact that the second billed guy has more action in the fight scenes, and you can't help but feel slightly cheated by the end of the film.

Like I've said, if I'd read about this movie before, I would have had second thoughts about even watching it, especially as it apparently went straight to video (not entirely surprising!). But take it from me, Steven Segal + vampires doesn't necessarily equal a good movie, even if you leave your brain behind when you watch it! Here's the poster, if anyone's interested...

[donnalangtonukmode]

Saw 2012 last night and it was just another graphics are great movie and no doubt the conspiracy people out there will think it a pile of puke! as it never touched on the mayans (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&safe=off&ei=tpUhS828IIfUjAeG4JzcBw&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&ved=0CBMQBSgA&q=mayans+2021&spell=1) and how ancient cultures spoke about this date.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190080/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190080/)

:thumbsup:Yet today I saw the graphics free & excellent 1952 Bogart film "The African Queen" which was pretty cool. Shame they don't make movies with stories anymore that don't look like a computer game.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043265/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043265/)

Tomorrow it's the directors cut of the "The Da Vinci Code" & 3 hours long night in.
http://www.amazon.com/Vinci-Code-Two-Disc-Extended-Blu-ray/dp/B000I2J2XG (http://www.amazon.com/Vinci-Code-Two-Disc-Extended-Blu-ray/dp/B000I2J2XG)

[Devius]

Watched "Planet Terror" earlier today - imo I thought it was superior to "Death Proof" - but it was the "trailer" for "Machete" that blew me away....

[Oswald]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064505/

http://www.wheels-near-u.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/italian-job-original-poster.jpg

[brianwp]

"The Green Mile"..that's really a good movie!

[Sharu]

Uri Dongne aka Dark Town (its not that crappy vampire movie Dark Town)

http://img217.imagevenue.com/loc966/th_01066_1494_9810_123_966lo.jpg (http://img217.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=01066_1494_9810_123_966lo.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1201168/

hf

[Sharu]

next one for today is more from my personal classic section:

Eat The Rich

http://img44.imagevenue.com/loc459/th_04483_31012005_123_459lo.jpg (http://img44.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=04483_31012005_123_459lo.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092944/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIo3NMpH-84

hf

[Mal Hombre]

Watched Airplane for the umteenth time, still the best of the spoof movies.

[Devius]

Watched Airplane for the umteenth time, still the best of the spoof movies.

They should force-feed Airplane! to those bozos responsible for Meet The Spartans, Date/Epic/Superhero/Disaster Movie....:mad:

[Oswald]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040761/

John Mills gives the stiffest of stiff upper lip performances. The scene where the mules are taken away to be shot always gets me.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51AnajW7rGL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[captpike]

Nine Miles Down (2009)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0812352/

[biggold80]

The Great Escape...

[Wendigo]

Abe's Tomb, hick cops v vampires with a civil war ghoul thrown in.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1271966/
http://img261.imagevenue.com/loc576/th_42673_abe01_123_576lo.jpg (http://img261.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=42673_abe01_123_576lo.jpg)

Followed by low budget end of the world vampire movie - Blood Bound.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1134554/
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[sydney1]

I shall go without Mrs Sydney to watch Cameron's latest mega-buster, I will even don the stupid 3-D Elvis Costello spectacles and probably look like a right mongi, along with everyone else in the cinema:rolleyes:

[scoundrel]

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It had a few decent moments but its as dated as a five day old bottle of milk. James Mason makes more out of the cardboard villain, Lord Mandeville than either the scriptwriters or the original novellist had any right to expect. He really give the film what impetus it has: the frisson of mutual hatred between Mason's Mandeville and Phyliss Calvert's Fanny Hooper, their blood feud, is the centre of the plot, and the two players make this tension work well. Mandeville hates Fanny but also wants to seduce her: Fanny would cheerfully cut his throat, a strength of feeling quite interesting from an otherwise mild and forgiving character.

The film is commendably upfront about the sexual undercurrents of the story, dealing openly with the hypocrisy and plain lies which underpin ''respectability'' in the Victorian world. The deeply unlikeable mother and sister of the hero opine endlessly on the ''unsuitability'' of the heroine, constantly accusing her of being a woman of easy virtue, with only gossip to support this, when the real problem, as everyone knows and only the hero will say, is that she is illegitimate and has no money or high born relatives. In the end, the relationship is founded on the hero's unspoken but sincere contempt for his hypocritical female relatives. It's valuable as a social document of the brutal snobbery of those times, but not all that entertaining.

[Mr. Christy Canyon]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990

[Estreeter]

Love this film
http://thumbnails21.imagebam.com/6018/88a6b160174194.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/88a6b160174194) :thumbsup:

From time too time I'll hear some garbage on the radio during the day, so as a relief I'll whack this in the DVD player and watch a good story with some cool rock music.

[dohupa]

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Watched it last night - barely reasonable quality off some cam rip in a warez site.

I liked the plot and it will be a massive hit with the effects and all... once again Cameron doesn't give a toss about directives from the studios about the duration... so just like the Abyss is long but worth of your time. :)

[Wendigo]

Who'd have thought it? A parody of Jaws based on a killer TREE!
Step forward Director Michael Pleckaitis, what an absolute gem of a movie littered with lots of loving references to Jaws. "We're gonna need a bigger axe"... "My husband tells me that you work in trees"... it's unbelievably daft but I loved it
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337332/

I've got the follow up to watch afterwards Trees 2 : The Root of All Evil
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0419098/

[tamsmith]

Its an oldie but a goodie.

One of my favorites.

"Tamsmith rides again and again".

[Devius]

Frost/Nixon

Good film....

[hattertim]

Dug out an old fave tonight...

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...This Island Earth (1955)...one of the best sci-fi films of the 1950's! Along with Forbidden Planet, Them!, War of the Worlds & When Worlds Collide, this has stood the test of time for me.

[Mr. Christy Canyon]

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

It's an ok movie, not bad but not great, though I just LOVE Kristanna Loken!!!

[Devius]

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Watched it last night - barely reasonable quality off some cam rip in a warez site.

I liked the plot and it will be a massive hit with the effects and all... once again Cameron doesn't give a toss about directives from the studios about the duration... so just like the Abyss is long but worth of your time. :)

Saw Avatar today. Visually speaking, it was like watching the artwork of Roger Dean on steroids, and I thought it was truly fantastic!!!
However, the plot felt cobbled together from The Last Samurai, Dances with Wolves and Gorillas In The Mist, to name but a few films...why, oh why does these movies with such dazzling spectacle, let us down with so-so plotting???
:rolleyes:

[st4bilo]

Wayne's World

A blast from the past.....

[dohupa]

....why, oh why does these movies with such dazzling spectacle, let us down with so-so plotting???
:rolleyes:
Not an easy task to write up something extravagant these days; script writing ain't easy. Most has been told anyway, so how do you come up with something original that will surprise the crowd? :rolleyes:

You need sharp minds AND also give them some air to breathe; that is, not have 200 pages done during the course of a weekend. :eek:

I will definitely watch it again though on Blue Ray over at my buddy's massive 1080p projector lol. :thumbsup:

[Devius]

Not an easy task to write up something extravagant these days; script writing ain't easy. Most has been told anyway, so how do you come up with something original that will surprise the crowd? :rolleyes:

You need sharp minds AND also give them some air to breathe; that is, not have 200 pages done during the course of a weekend. :eek:

I will definitely watch it again though on Blue Ray over at my buddy's massive 1080p projector lol. :thumbsup:

James Cameron's message appears to be that for mankind, exploration & exploitation goes hand-in-hand (and after Copenhagen, he could be right).
But his message got smothered in the delivery, imo...

[Oswald]

The Happiest Days Of Your Life

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d2/HappiestDaysDVD.jpg/200px-HappiestDaysDVD.jpg

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042541/

A 1950 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder, based on the play by John Dighton. The two men also wrote the screenplay. It's one of a stable of classic British film comedies produced by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat for British Lion Film Corporation. The film was made on location and at Riverside Studios, London.

Set in 1949, confusion reigns when St Swithin's Girls School is accidentally billeted at Nutborne College: a boys school. The two heads, Wetherby Pond (Alastair Sim) and Muriel Whitchurch (Margaret Rutherford), try to cope with the ensuing chaos, as the children and staff attempt to live in the newly cramped conditions (it being impossible to share dormitories or other facilities), and seek to prevent the children taking advantage of their new opportunities.

Additional humour is derived from the departure of the Nutbourne College domestic staff and their hurried (and not very effective) replacement with the St Swithin's School Home Economics class.

The main comedy is derived from the fact that the parents of the St Swithins girls would consider it improper for their daughters to be exposed to the rough mix of boys in Pond's school, and from the consequent need to conceal the fact that the girls are now sharing a school that's full of boys. Pond is offended at the suggestion that his boys are not suitable company for the young ladies of St Swithin's, but he needs to appease Miss Whitchurch in order to salvage his chances of an appointment to a prestigious all-boys school for which he is in the running, and which depends on his ability to prevent his current post presenting the appearance of a bear garden.

Matters come to a head when a group of school governors, from the prestigious establishment to which Pond has applied to become the next headmaster, pay a visit at the same time as the parents of some of the St Swithin's girls. Frantic classroom changes are made, and hockey, lacrosse and rugby posts and nets are swapped about, as students and staff try to hide the unusual arrangement.

Two simultaneous tours of the school premises are arranged: one for the girls parents, and a separate one for the Governors; and never the twain must meet! The facade finally collapses when the parents become obsessed with seeing a girls lacrosse match at the same time as one of the Governors has been promised a rugby match.

The punchline is delivered - a clever swipe at wartime bureaucracy - when, weeks too late, a Ministry of Schools official arrives, to declare everything sorted out. "You're a co-educational school, I believe; well I've arranged for ANOTHER co-educational school to replace St Swithin's next week... Oh, it appears they're ahead of schedule." At this point, several more coachloads of children and staff appear noisily, and utter chaos reigns.

Fade out on Alastair Sim and Margaret Rutherford, quietly discussing in which remote and unattractive corner of the British Empire they might best try to pick up the pieces of their respective careers.

[Sharu]

http://img17.imagevenue.com/loc476/th_79249_SkinnedDeep_123_476lo.jpg (http://img17.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=79249_SkinnedDeep_123_476lo.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0304722/

hf

[Wendigo]

Stiff Odds - purely as it's next in the box set I'm working my way through.
Check this out; or, on second thoughts, don't....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDy_jxIs9hM
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[haldane4]

This evening I watched a long forgotten Claude Rains film called The Man Who Reclaimed His Head. Now this was extraordinary.

Set in France just before the First World War, Rains played a visionary author employed to ghost-write pacifist editorials and speeches for a prominent left-wing politician. Rains' prose lent the politician such gravitas that he became the most powerful force for peace in the country. An approach by several armaments manufacturers results in the politician being bought out and backing the call to arms; Rains winds up in the trenches at Verdun, a broken man - he decides to desert his post and return to Paris to assassinate the politician....

I'd advise anyone to look this film up. It is quite topical and the script could quite easily be recent, given current events. The title makes it sound like a horror film, and I suppose it is more horrific than any common horror because it portrays our politicians with utter contempt.

Rains turned in a brilliant, almost other worldly performance.

I'd like to see a good clean print of the film though - mine was 2nd generation VHS.

[captpike]

I Just watched District 9 It was better than I thought it would be.

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[almeidaCTU]

Tropa de Elite

http://filmifriik.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/tropa-de-elite-poster.jpg

www.tropadeeliteofilme.com.br (http://www.tropadeeliteofilme.com.br/)

[Wendigo]

Johnny Sunshine - fresh zombies made to take part in sex movies then killed on camera. It's better than it sounds and the star Shey Bland is stunning.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1263687/
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[Geo3030]

Watching Drive-Thru. Very funny horror movie IMO.

[Devius]

Matrix Revolutions

:(

[Oswald]

I recently bought a 'Sherlock Holmes' boxset which features Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson. It features all the films that these two actors played in this series (1939-46).

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DK410RK1L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[jch48]

Star Trek- Watched this one tonight,okay movie with the obligatory shoot out in space,as a child of the 60's brought up in the original series,it was fun to identify the Sulu,Checkov,Bones,Scotty characters.Young Spock was excellent and the idea of resurrecting Leonard Nimoy to appear in the film was a masterstroke.My only let-down was the Kirk character,totally obnoxious,played as a role from Beverly Hills 90210 and the Eric Bana Romulan baddie was over the top ham-acting Simon Cowell like at its best.Verdict of my audience Sister and Brother-in-law,they enjoyed it,12 year old niece,fantastic movie!.18 year old niece,"what's that crap you're watching"?.My verdict,glad I never bought the DVD.

[Devius]

Just saw Se7en on the Alibi satellite channel. Definitely one of the best flicks of the 1990s.

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[mr_tibbs]

Mona Lisa w/ Michael Caine

[kraig420]

2 30 am....smokin a joint, watching the classic..... Alien

[Wendigo]

For my sins, and there must be more than I thought......
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0918627/
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Take a cannibalistic Hungarian chef (yes they do use the Hungary/Hungry line), liberal dashes of black schoolboy humour, some sexual innuendoes and a fair deal of nudity and you still get a mess.

[Mr. Christy Canyon]

Terminator Salvation (Maximum Movie Mode) Blu-Ray

[jch48]

Open Range-Beautifully filmed,elegaic western harking back to the John Ford,Anthony Mann films of the 50's where a mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.Starring Kevin Costner,Michael Gambon,Annette Benning,and a stand-out performance from Robert Duvall.Costner and Duvall are the open-rangers of the story who come into conflict with Michael Gambons Cattle Baron who instigates through threats and intimidations a shoot-out with our good guys,Costner has previous as he used to be a ruthless killer who wants to forget that part of his life and reluctantly has to protect his friends and his way of life,and he dreams of settling down with Annette Benning in her white-fenced home.The shoot-out occurs ,not in any way glamourous,at times frantic and claustrophobic.Full of little cameos,a slow film but worth watching

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[nevermind]

Great cast,
and another great movie from Tim Burton.. :thumbsup:

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[scoundrel]

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Lindsay Lohan vehicle and a poor effort. Ms Lohan is decorative (the poster doesn't do her justice actually) and does have some screen presence, it's a real shame that she seems to be following the path of Britney Spears and Amy Winehouse, falling apart like a badly made toy after a promising start to her career. But for all that Ms Lohan is pretty and superficially charming, she isn't engaging my interest. The heroine of a romantic comedy is it's lynchpin. If her character doesn't engage our sympathy and we don't care very much what becomes of her, the film isn't going to work. This film script is puddle shallow and gives Ms Lohan precious little to work with. With a half-decent script and the monkey of drugs and alcohol off her back, I suspect she could be really good.:(

[haldane4]

Just watched Rod Serling's wonderful 1956 film Patterns - an expose of corporate ruthlessness in the boardroom of an American firm. Absolutely stunning script, with Van Heflin as the new guy drawn into Everett Sloan's power play against fall guy Ed Begley.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049601/

A must see if you can find a copy (it can be had from CG or iloveclassics if you're a member there).

[Mal Hombre]

The Heart of Darkness.Nicholas Roeg's film of Joseph Conrad's novella.As ever not as good as the book,it lost it's way once Marlow (Tim Roth) finally encountered Mr Kurtz (John Malkovich) .The book's message about the nature of human evil is obscured by scenery and imagery,but it does hint at the enormity of Belgium's ruthless exploitation of The Congo in the nineteeneth century.

[dohupa]

Not atm, but watched a nice Nicole Kidman movie the other day. Like her quite a bit, so when I spot her on the telly - I grab sth fresh off the fridge and relax at the settee. :)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188453/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Birthday-Girl-DVD-Nicole-Kidman/dp/B0015N2YNC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262962518&sr=8-1

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She really gives an outstanding performance (as does the rest of the cast in fact) with hardly speaking any English in the 1st half of the film! Fine optimistic film - really enjoyed it. :thumbsup:

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[Wendigo]

Steel Trap - a group of strangers trapped in a building after a New Year's party has wound down get taken out one by one. Not brilliant but it has a nice twist at the end
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0973790/
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[Estreeter]

Got a few Robert Redford DVD's for Christmas,
Watching Spy Game later tonight when I crawl into bed
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Hope it's good, seen all his films i think except this one.

[donny1]

Odd Man Out (1947) is an Anglo-Irish film noir directed by Carol Reed, starring James Mason, and is based on a novel of the same name by F. L. Green
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Classic film got the Bonus DVD for Christmas

Reed also directed The Third Man, The Agony and the Ecstasy and Oliver!.

[Wendigo]

Barely Legal Lesbian Vampires....take the barely legal with a very large pinch of garlic salt.
I wonder what the plot could be about?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892864/
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[Devius]

Currently on ITV....good special effects, but the Willy Wonka movie with Gene Wilder has the magic imo...


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[Wendigo]

The Abberdine County Conjuror, now this IS a weird one. Zombies, a blood drinking witch and some good looking women. Low budget but fun.
Great line - Steel, Sean Steel....zombie hunter.
http://www.b-films.com/acc/index.html

[Wendigo]

Amadeus - a visually stunning masterpiece, Tom Hulce and F Murray Abraham's finest hour.
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[welderman]

http://img165.imagevenue.com/loc1045/th_94801_ph7_123_1045lo.jpg (http://img165.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=94801_ph7_123_1045lo.jpg)

Brilliant Acting from both Tom Hanks
And Denzel Washington...10/10..:thumbsup:

[Sharu]

Goin to watch this later, love this movie (THIS ONE IS what Hostel was claimed to be).

Grotesque

http://img25.imagevenue.com/loc492/th_87222_grotesque-movie_123_492lo.jpg (http://img25.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=87222_grotesque-movie_123_492lo.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352369/

[haldane4]

Separate Tables - John Schlesinger's 1983 version of Terence Rattigan's world-class play. I've watched this one several times but keep coming back to it - mainly due to Alan Bates' splendid dual performances of the wife-beating Labour firebrand, and then as revolting old Major Pollock, whose character I like quite a lot.

When he utters those lines about why he can't change his life - 'I know my form' you know you're in the company of a great actor and a great writer.

[Devius]

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Keanu is more robotic than his robot...:rolleyes:
But I digress - if there was ever a thread on movie characters you'd kill at a moment's notice, Jaden Smith would be high on the list (alongside Justin Chatwin as Tom Cruise's son from War of the Worlds - another crap movie with another dysfunctional family)

[Wendigo]

Walter Hill's 1979 classic gang movie. Great closing scene with "In the City" by Joe Walsh
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwcLL0Ffj7I&feature=related

The remake's got a lot to live up to

[Clouddancer]

An excellent & engaging Film based on a play by Noel Coward rather in the vein of Brideshead Revisited, or Bright Young Things ( Which in turn were both adaptations of novels by Evelyn Waugh)
A good English cast, alongside Jessica Beale - who plays Larita - with aplomb

A young Englishman marries a glamorous American.
When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.


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Jessica Biel ... Larita Whittaker

Ben Barnes ... John Whittaker

Kristin Scott Thomas ... Mrs. Whittaker

Colin Firth ... Mr. Whittaker

Kimberley Nixon ... Hilda Whittaker
Katherine Parkinson ... Marion Whittaker
Kris Marshall ... Furber

[MaxJoker]

I`m currently watching The Foot Fist Way (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Foot_Fist_Way)

http://img208.imagevenue.com/loc445/th_98867_foot_fist_way_123_445lo.jpg (http://img208.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=98867_foot_fist_way_123_445lo.jpg)

Very funny and about as low a budgeted film as i`ve ever seen :cool:

Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJmKsSXgf9w&feature=related)

[brianwp]

Yeah, well, he may not have been in the mob, but he was clearly sympathetic, so to speak. He didn't finger Sonny, either, and told his son he did the right thing by keeping his little yap shut. (To this day, nobody I know likes a rat). He even told Sonny he knew who he was, and respected that. But he didn't want to saddle up with them, and that I can understand, believe me. His wife, (the beautiful Kathrine Narducci, see my new thread) was even more leaning towards them, but DeNiro was the head of the house.

I guess I can say this now, naming no names, but I had opportunities years ago back in Jersey, but I politely turned them down, a couple of times. I could have made a lot of money, but like DeNiro, I knew what responsibilities it led to, and I could not commit. But I still knew some wise guys, and they respected that, and everything was pretty cozy, I must say. They understood, and we always stayed on a friendly basis. Sure, there were some real monsters in that business, but a lot of them that I knew were just regular guys, just trying to make a living, like anybody else. So to speak. Trust me, I've known a lot of people down south here in the church, "Christians", who had much worse attitudes than those guys back in Jersey.

[Clouddancer]

I personally can't see what the fuss is about. granted I didn't see it at the cinema in 3D or on an Imax screen, but merely on TV played by my media player. So I probably didn't see it at its stunning best. Some good visual effects, however.


A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.


http://img19.imagevenue.com/loc547/th_37422_avatar_122_547lo.jpg (http://img19.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=37422_avatar_122_547lo.jpg)



Cast
Sam Worthington ... Jake Sully

Zoe Saldana ... Neytiri

Sigourney Weaver ... Dr. Grace Augustine

Stephen Lang ... Colonel Miles Quaritch

Joel Moore ... Norm Spellman (

[Sharu]

Die durch die Hölle gehn (The Deer Hunter)

http://www.imdb.de/title/tt0077416/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077416/

a real classic

hf

[Devius]

Batman Forever

Sorry...:o

[captpike]

Watcher these two again today haven't seen them in years

Jeremiah Johnson (1972) & The Last Boy Scout (1991)


http://img222.imagevenue.com/loc1129/th_09212_jeremiah_122_1129lo.jpg (http://img222.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09212_jeremiah_122_1129lo.jpg)http://img151.imagevenue.com/loc988/th_09213_ostatniskaut_122_988lo.jpg (http://img151.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09213_ostatniskaut_122_988lo.jpg)

[Trip]

http://img239.imagevenue.com/loc133/th_20280_district-9-poster_123_133lo.jpg (http://img239.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=20280_district-9-poster_123_133lo.jpg)http://img11.imagevenue.com/loc511/th_20281_district-9-poster-0_123_511lo.jpg (http://img11.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=20281_district-9-poster-0_123_511lo.jpg)

[Wendigo]

Shadowhunters......cheesy and fun. 4 demon hunters and a hospital full of lingerie clad teens.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0444978/
http://img177.imagevenue.com/loc47/th_47747_shadowhunters_01_123_47lo.jpg (http://img177.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_47747_shadowhunters_01_123_47lo.j pg)http://img195.imagevenue.com/loc938/th_47748_shadowhunters_02_123_938lo.jpg (http://img195.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=47748_shadowhunters_02_123_938lo.jpg )http://img257.imagevenue.com/loc355/th_47748_shadowhunters_03_123_355lo.jpg (http://img257.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=47748_shadowhunters_03_123_355lo.jpg )

http://www.horrortalk.com/reviews/ShadowHunters/Shadowhunters.htm

[Wendigo]

Russian roulette as a live TV show, credit to the OP for these caps of Katie Cassidy
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0810945/

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[MaxJoker]

http://img239.imagevenue.com/loc133/th_20280_district-9-poster_123_133lo.jpg (http://img239.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=20280_district-9-poster_123_133lo.jpg)http://img11.imagevenue.com/loc511/th_20281_district-9-poster-0_123_511lo.jpg (http://img11.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=20281_district-9-poster-0_123_511lo.jpg)


I watched that late Friday night , and it has to be the single best CGI film to date. At one point i started to think that maybe Jackson had discovered a real Alien world somewhere and hired some of it`s population to star alongside the human cast.

Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6PDlMggROA)

Completely brilliant film , but bloody sad ending :(

Roll on District 10 :thumbsup:

[Trip]

I watched that late Friday night , and it has to be the single best CGI film to date.
Completely brilliant film , but bloody sad ending :(:




Yes it was outstanding, but I don't know mate, this next one blows it away:

Just saw Avatar in the theater, with 3D glasses.

Totally recommend this film.

One of many trailers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrDoWdOIYNg

I worked in one of James Cameron's VFX companies a few years ago
and what he was doing then in Los Angeles seemed amazing,
but this new film is just incredible....story as well as VFX and CGI.
There are tear jerking moments as well as cute and humorous moments, but the onslaught
of color, creativity, and fantasy are just an overwhelming combination.

http://img237.imagevenue.com/loc466/th_72539_Avatar001_123_466lo.jpg (http://img237.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72539_Avatar001_123_466lo.jpg) http://img234.imagevenue.com/loc586/th_72540_avatar_eye_lg_123_586lo.jpg (http://img234.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72540_avatar_eye_lg_123_586lo.jpg) http://img13.imagevenue.com/loc104/th_72540_avatar-poster-0_123_104lo.jpg (http://img13.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72540_avatar-poster-0_123_104lo.jpg)

[Devius]

Frost/Nixon

(again - but I don't care...it is simply brilliant)

[djhr]

I view Crimson Tide,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Tide_%28film%29

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/Crimson_tide_movie_poster.jpg/200px-Crimson_tide_movie_poster.jpg

I like U-Boot films, Hunt for Red October etc..

(http://3.bp.********.com/_T_JachDW9ag/S0Fa8UTWyhI/AAAAAAAAFPE/0AdmAp-ykgk/s1600-h/0013_6430_800.jpeg)

[donny1]

http://www.*******.com/show/3981/63084b9cbcf8c4166284aa1f1a27194e/3/thumb3.jpg (http://www.*******.com/show/3981/63084b9cbcf8c4166284aa1f1a27194e/0/state_of_grace.jpg) http://www.*******.com/show/3981/9ad3dcb3e9bd3fe29786db2f6857f613/3/thumb3.jpg (http://www.*******.com/show/3981/9ad3dcb3e9bd3fe29786db2f6857f613/0/State1.jpg)

www.imdb.com/title/tt0100685/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Grace_(film) -

Underrated 1990 Gangster film with Sean Penn, Ed Harris & Gary Oldham

[snowy25]

just been watching a lot of german movies right now, shame i cant speak german but the subs are usually quite good. recently watched these 3 movies.
barfuss
rabbit without ears (keinohrhasen)
das experiment

i enjoyed them all. the first two were funny to waatch and the third wasa little tougher to watch, mainly because its based on a true story but overall enjoyed all 3.

[scoundrel]

http://img203.imagevenue.com/loc414/th_53457_Good_morning_miss_dove_122_414lo.jpg (http://img203.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53457_Good_morning_miss_dove_122_414 lo.jpg)http://img167.imagevenue.com/loc944/th_53458_Good_Morning_Miss_Dove_-_Jennifer_Jones_and_Robert_Stack_122_944lo.jpg (http://img167.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53458_Good_Morning_Miss_Dove_-_Jennifer_Jones_and_Robert_Stack_122_944lo.jpg)htt p://img270.imagevenue.com/loc72/th_53459_Good_Morning_Miss_Doce-Chuck_Connors_as_Bill_Holloway_122_72lo.jpg (http://img270.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=th_53459_Good_Morning_Miss_Doce-Chuck_Connors_as_Bill_Holloway_122_72lo.jpg)


Just finished on Film4. Not an outstanding classic but very watchable and features some good character acting from Jennifer Jones as Miss Dove and others, particularly Robert Stack and Peggy Knudsen (who seems to have worked mostly in television but had the bit part of gangster Eddie Mars' wife in the 1946 classic noir The Big Sleep).

It's a re-imagining of Goodbye Mr Chips: Miss Dove is a formidable and uncompromising schoolmarm in a very small town in middle America who is taken very ill with a tumour and has to be hospitalised. The film alternates from her perilous present to flashbacks of her life.

By becoming a schoolteacher, Miss Dove loses the chance to marry. But her apparent loss is the gain of generations of children who pass through her schoolroom and the film shows that she is held in deep affection by these kids now they are adults. It could be unbearably sentimental. But Jennifer Jones brings a refreshing toughness and astringency to her character. Miss Dove is feared as well as loved, because she is extremely strict: she is loved for being fair, honest (sometimes brutally so) and kind when this is the right response. A number of her grown up former pupils, their own home circumstances chaotic, turn to her at various times for crucial advice as to a surrogate mother, knowing she will pull no punches, but also knowing she will tell no tales and that she will wish them well.

The school precinct cop, William Holloway (Chuck Connors) idolises her because she refused to allow the middle class parents to marginalise him in her class on the grounds that his family were ''white trash'' (although this term is implied rather than stated in the genteel filmscript) and instead provided in her classroom the only stable and supportive environment in his childhood. He graduates high school, the first member of his family ever to do so, joins the US Marines to serve in WW2, is promoted to sergeant and wins a few creditable campaign medals, and ultimately, with Miss Dove's help, uses his GI Bill entitlement to go to college before joining the police. He acknowledges her as the inspirational figure of his life.

Another pupil is hospital nurse Billie Jean Green (Peggy Knudsen), a very capable nurse who gives Miss Dove very good care in her hospital bed. But Billie Jean has a bitter secret: she is an unmarried mother, not a widow, as she publicly maintains for the sake of her daughter. In mid century middle America, illegitimate children and unmarried mothers were ostracised (see Peyton Place a film from the same era about the same social time and place). Billie Jean has worked and struggled to raise her daughter, always hiding the secret. Only because she is being seriously courted by Officer Holloway has she told him the truth. He can be relied upon to tell no-one else, but he handled it badly and the newly re-injured Billie Jean confides the story to her former teacher in the hospital room. Miss Dove is firmly Victorian in her sexual mores and doesn't soften her words in saying so, but she isn't shocked as Officer Holloway was because she never had a false illusion about Billie Jean. However, she approves of Billie Jean as a nurse and as a person, likes the way she has rebuilt her life, and takes her opportunities to let Officer Holloway know he has been a fool. Gradually, with a little manipulation from their former teacher, these lovers are reconciled.

The reversal of authority roles when Miss Dove falls sick is a theme anyone who has ever had the experience of being hospitalised will relate to. Her doctor, Thomas Baker (Robert Stack) is another ex-pupil but once Miss Dove is in his care, she is the one who must behave herself and do as she is told. The most intriguing moment is when he diagnoses her tumour, on her spine, an extremely difficult operation even today and right on the limits of surgury in the era of the film. Offered a famous and eminent surgeon by the retired bank president, played by Robert Douglas, who wants to redeem his debt of honour from the day she stood in the queue and bought crucial minutes until he could close the till when there was a run on his bank, Miss Dove prefers that Dr Baker do the operation. As a child, he once ''borrowed'' her fathers' gold watch, took it apart and reassembled it perfectly, and she observes drily, ''You were always very delicate with your fingers, Thomas...''

Before being anaesthetised, she asks Baker: ''Where will I wake up?''

''Here, Miss Dove. In your room.''

But Miss Dove spots the hesitation and knows what he is trying not to say. So she gives him her father's gold watch, just in case she doesn't wake up in her hospital room. It's very understated, but an impressive portrayal of cold courage.

Jennifer Jones was a very good character actress. Except in the sequence when she is a young woman, she uses acting craft, not her undeniable good looks, to carry this film. She does this very well.:cool:

[MaxJoker]

http://img224.imagevenue.com/loc1030/th_31512_Battle_for_the_Planet_of_the_Apes_123_103 0lo.jpg (http://img224.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=31512_Battle_for_the_Planet_of_the_A pes_123_1030lo.jpg)


Currently watching it on plus plus minus Four extra (Or whatever the repeating channel is called ) ,eventhough it`s cheesier than a ton of Stilton :D

Come to mention it slowly watching a ton of Stilton would be more entertaining.

Well it couldn`t be any worse :thumbsup:

[hattertim]

http://img224.imagevenue.com/loc1030/th_31512_Battle_for_the_Planet_of_the_Apes_123_103 0lo.jpg (http://img224.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=31512_Battle_for_the_Planet_of_the_A pes_123_1030lo.jpg)


Currently watching it on plus plus minus Four extra (Or whatever the repeating channel is called ) ,eventhough it`s cheesier than a ton of Stilton :D

Come to mention it slowly watching a ton of Stilton would be more entertaining.

Well it couldn`t be any worse :thumbsup:

It's fair to say that it was the law of diminishing returns (and a lower budget) when it came to the Apes films. However cheesy this one is, though, it's a hell of a lot better than many 5th films in other franchises!

[TCO95]

The True Story of Sherlock Holmes.

I had no idea Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based the character on a real man, his teacher Dr. Bell. He's credited with being the first forensic investigator. He seems to be a very forward thinking man for his times. Very interesting program.

[Sharu]

Tokyo Gore School (2009

http://www.freemoviestheatre.com/free_movie/10240-Tokyo_Gore_School_2009.html

[MaxJoker]

It's fair to say that it was the law of diminishing returns (and a lower budget) when it came to the Apes films. However cheesy this one is, though, it's a hell of a lot better than many 5th films in other franchises!


What you mean like police academy , Halloween , Friday 13th ?

Because if you do we`ll have to differ ;)

As Planet was so cheesy i had to go take a cholesterol test after watching it.

Yet i do love it so :D

Yeah i especially loved the attention to detail concerning the monkey masks , because as we all know Apes faces are completely rigid expressionless unmoving ,and for some reason contain a set of human lips and teeth just behind the outer fraying rubber layer :rolleyes:

Anyway i`m currently half watching Primal Secrets on Five USA , supposed to be a mystery but it`s just over half an hour in and i`ve guessed the harmless old lady in it must have killed her daughter.

Only got it on because Meg Tilly`s in it , she`s such an elfin cutie :cool:

[MaxJoker]

I now be half watching ( Hey i`m working here boss, i`m working ! ) Living with the enemy on Channel 5 , it`s a typical TV movie of the minute bit of nonsense but it`s on because the utterly lovely Sarah Lancaster is starring in it :thumbsup:


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" HOT DAMN !!! "

[Extempus]

The last movie I watched was Scooby Doo. Yes, I watch fun, mindless movies on occasion.

[Estreeter]

Just been watching "The King Of Comedy"
http://thumbnails21.imagebam.com/6777/4acba667766222.gif (http://www.imagebam.com/image/4acba667766222)
with Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, great film:thumbsup:
De Niro proves he can play any kind of role. A bit weird seeing Jerry Lewis in a role where he has not got a funny role.

[Devius]

Finished watching "District 9" - imo, it's superior to "Avatar"


http://img206.imagevenue.com/loc398/th_47437_district_9_movie_poster14_122_398lo.jpg (http://img206.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=47437_district_9_movie_poster14_122_ 398lo.jpg)

[Jeff Vader]

just been watching a lot of german movies right now, shame i cant speak german but the subs are usually quite good. recently watched these 3 movies.
barfuss
rabbit without ears (keinohrhasen)
das experiment

i enjoyed them all. the first two were funny to waatch and the third wasa little tougher to watch, mainly because its based on a true story but overall enjoyed all 3.

I thought that Das Experiment was also a bit disturbing, in how quickly things got out of hand - I don't want to go into too much detail and spoil the film for people. I'd also recommend it.

[Devius]

Just finished watching "Hero" on SKY...


http://img134.imagevenue.com/loc233/th_49375_hero_122_233lo.jpg (http://img134.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=49375_hero_122_233lo.jpg)

I've seen "Hero" before, but it's still mind-blowing no matter how many times I've viewed it...

[tmee2000]

http://img20.imagevenue.com/loc592/th_02850_kukushka_123_592lo.jpg (http://img20.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=02850_kukushka_123_592lo.jpg)

Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Anni-Kristiina Juuso ... Anni
Ville Haapasalo ... Veikko
Viktor Bychkov ... Ivan or Psoltõ

Language Finnish Russian Sami

The Cuckoo (English) takes place during World War II from the perspective of opposing Russian and Finnish soldiers stranded at a Sami woman's farmhouse.

None of the three can speak the language of the others, fortunately the SBS version showed it with subtitles (not being up on Finnish, Russian or Sami).

I would recommend this, I thought it was terrific.

Previously mentioned by Palo5.

[Trip]

Finished watching "District 9" - imo, it's superior to "Avatar"



Hearing this a lot lately Dev.

Both are up for best picture, as well as "Hurtlocker", which I haven't seen yet.

Will be interesting to see who the academy gives the Oscar to.
I loved District 9 but working in VFX and post, I go with Avatar.
Maybe that is just my creative side speaking out in tears.
So beautiful and yet so harsh, a crushing blow to humanitarianism.
In the end, I hope one of these two brilliant films wins the Oscar.
Wish that District 9 had of been in 3D like Avatar, that was another edge up.


Just finished watching "Repulsion" (1965) again. Psychotic and bizarre.
First saw it in college at an art house midnight cinema in San Francisco.
Catherine Deneuve at her finest, twisted by her own beauty....


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[Lunarbong]

A recent film which I highly recommend to everyone is 'A Prophet' or 'Un Prophete' in it's original French:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235166/

It's in French with English subtitles, but please don't let that put you off. It's about an Arab man called Malik who is sent to prison in France for 6 years. Many of the other prisoners look down on him because he is Arabian. He is recruited by a Corsican crime boss who seems to be the top dog and the film follows his evolution throughout the time he is in jail. It is a brilliant story and the best new film I have seen in a while.
You can watch it for free online, if you know the right sites. I don't think I'm allowed to give the link here though. Search it out!

[rc_riddle]

Just finished watching GodfatherII for the umpteenth time. Just realised that the 'guns in the bath' scene was catalytic to the rest of the movie. Respect to Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Copula for weaving this ever revealing web.

[Devius]

Hearing this a lot lately Dev.

Both are up for best picture, as well as "Hurtlocker", which I haven't seen yet.

Will be interesting to see who the academy gives the Oscar to.
I loved District 9 but working in VFX and post, I go with Avatar.
Maybe that is just my creative side speaking out in tears.
So beautiful and yet so harsh, a crushing blow to humanitarianism.
In the end, I hope one of these two brilliant films wins the Oscar.
Wish that District 9 had of been in 3D like Avatar, that was another edge up.


Just finished watching "Repulsion" (1965) again. Psychotic and bizarre.
First saw it in college at an art house midnight cinema in San Francisco.
Catherine Deneuve at her finest, twisted by her own beauty....


http://img126.imagevenue.com/loc32/th_04843_repulsion1_123_32lo.jpg (http://img126.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=04843_repulsion1_123_32lo.jpg)



Visually speaking Avatar is mind-blowing...I compared it to Roger Dean on steroids...

But I enjoyed District 9 more..

[Giacson]

Starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler.Not a bad movie to watch,story revolves around Butlers wife and daughter getting raped and murdered by a pair of robbers whilst he is tied up and sees the ensuing crime.Jamie Foxx,hot shot prosecutor makes a deal,wrong guy goes to prison,real baddie gets away.Move on ten years Gerard Butler gets his revenge,as first of all the guy on death row has an agonising death,next the main baddie is captured,and has an unpleasant end by torture,body dismembered by Butler.Foxx by this time has risen through the legal hierarchy gets Butler charged and after this the fun begins,various unpleasant endings for the people at the original trial whilst Butler plays some mind-games with them.Won't spoil the ending,but somebody does'nt walk away from the carnage.

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Just finished watching this. Fell a little flat at the end but enjoyed this one. Very fast moving, clever film.

[Sharu]

Just stumpled bout this one yesterday, this is worth a watch

http://img198.imagevenue.com/loc1049/th_89557_104938_PB_123_1049lo.jpg (http://img198.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=89557_104938_PB_123_1049lo.jpg)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0988108/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo_LYkn88o8

hf

[IronMan]

Just got back from Avatar and it was pretty much everything I assumed it would be. Cookie cutter story with lots of cliches and great visuals. An enjoyable film if you turn your brain on auto-pilot and just watch the spectacle.

[scoundrel]

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It's a very very quaint period piece but still enjoyable. Don Ameche is witty and elegant in the starring role of Henry van Cleve, a disreputable old rake who has ended a life of chasing women known to run slowly in the only appropriate way, by dying in the care of a ravishingly pretty nurse. Now, while not positively looking forward to the prospect, he feels he has thoroughly earned an eternity in Hell and is rather crestfallen that the Devil (Laird Cregar) insists on hearing what Henry has done to deserve admission: they don't take just anybody...

What follows is the story of Henry's life, told via his feminine relationships: a dull but doting mother; a shrewd and slightly naughty French governess who coached him for his adult vocation; some chorus girls (Henry is a stereotypical ''Stage Door Johnny''; his exemplary and insufferable goody two shoes cousin's fiance (Gene Tierney looking glorious in her first outing as female lead), with whom he elopes; and finally a consoling conveyor belt of naughty girls when he is a forlorn widower.

The core of the movie is the story of Henry's 26 years of marraige to Martha Strabel (Tierney). Typically, Henry is drawn to Martha not so much by her demure manner and ravishing good looks but because he overhears her brazenly lying to her mother on the telephone in order that she can go shopping unchaparoned: she may look innocent, but there's that hint of the bad girl in her that he likes. Most of the time they are very happy, but Henry isn't quite reliable and on their 10th anniversary Martha leaves him because he had an affair: it isn't only the betrayal, its the taking her for granted she is very miffed about. She isn't really ending the marraige: she is merely putting her foot down and giving him a fright he'll never forget. Later, on their 25th anniversary, the boot is on the other foot. Martha has taken to disappearing for hours in the afternoon and Henry is frankly jealous. The pathos of the scene where Martha explains that she has not been feeling well and has been secretly seeing a physician is touching: Ameche's abrupt transition from jealous anger to fear, suppressed as far as possible for his wife's sake, is a good little acting display.

At the end, the Devil pleasantly refuses Henry admission. He has actually given pleasure to quite a few young women and great happiness to his late wife, except for the one time he was unfaithful. She and some of the less significant others are in heaven, together with Henry's rather disreputable grandfather: if Henry reports to the Other Place, he may find he has to spend quite a while in the waiting room, but Martha will plead for him and he will probably be accepted.

The film is pleasantly humanistic in outlook: the characters are to be judged on their treatment of other people and not on their adherence to tenets of Victorian ''moral values.'' The acting is slick and polished, the script witty and amusing without often being laugh out loud funny and it is laced with some telling moments of serious emotion. I enjoyed it.

[Clouddancer]

Superficial crap, but some lifelike sex scenes & Anne Heche gives a truly erotic performance as Samantha the rich attorney.




A sex comedy centered on a serial womanizer and his jilted lover.



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Cast

Ashton Kutcher ... Nikki

Anne Heche ... Samantha

Margarita Levieva ... Heather

Sebastian Stan ... Harry

Ashley Johnson ... Eva

Sonia Rockwell ... Christina
Rachel Blanchard ... Emily

[Mr. Christy Canyon]

Marathon Man

"Is it safe?" :D

[Estreeter]

Just finished watching Dazed and Confused :thumbsup:
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Great movie with great music also, a comedic look at the last day of High School in Texas and set in the mid 70's.

[berigan]

A Bronx Tale

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Great movie. I just realizes the kid was the same age as me, so this stuff was going on in the Bronx at the same time as it was for me across the river in Jersey. Anyway, it was DeNiro's first directoral effort, Hank, you'll particularly enjoy this one.

Not from Jersey, but really enjoyed the movie! I loved the scene where the kid asks Chazz's character about how you know a girl is the right girl(it's been awhile since I've seen it) and he starts making some long drawn out speech then stops himself and says nope, she will reach across and unlock the car door for you! It probably sounds stupid to anyone that didn't see the film but it's a beautiful moment when a girl does just that for him....

[Mal Hombre]

Watched "The Spirit" last night ,not too impressed ,it just reminded me of other better films.

[Wendigo]

The Howling - 2 disc special edition, brilliant
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082533/
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[Leprechaun]

Sleepers

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Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1piB0xIkvUU

[IronMan]

Sleepers

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Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1piB0xIkvUU

The book is way more graphic, which isn't necessarily a good thing. :eek:

[Sharu]

Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror



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This film is soooo bad, it s entertaining. I watched this film bout 40 - 50 times over the years, and I m not goin to stop; It s like an adiction, I know it s bad, but I have to do it.
Bad acting, more than bad story, bad make up, bad sfx, all what a good and funny b-movie needs. I love this kind of stuff (just like Pieces, Nightmare in a damaged brain, Contaminated, I drink your blood, all Troma films, aso). Mariangela Giordano tits as zombiefood for her sun (this funny old guy with the ugly whig), how good could a movie get (not to mention Patrick, where she learns what it means to be a meat skewer, goin to watch this masterpiece later)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOOwXX-uuso

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081248/

hf

[Devius]

Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror


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This film is soooo bad, it s entertaining. I watched this film bout 40 - 50 times over the years, and I m not goin to stop; It s like an adiction, I know it s bad, but I have to do it.
Bad acting, more than bad story, bad make up, bad sfx, all what a good and funny b-movie needs. I love this kind of stuff (just like Pieces, Nightmare in a damaged brain, Contaminated, I drink your blood, all Troma films, aso). Mariangela Giordano tits as zombiefood for her sun (this funny old guy with the ugly whig), how good could a movie get (not to mention Patrick, where she learns what it means to be a meat skewer, goin to watch this masterpiece later)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOOwXX-uuso

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081248/

hf

Remember buying this ages ago (along with Black Belt Jones). I always thought Mariangela Giordano's "son" (aka the funny old guy with the ugly wig) was more creepy than the zombies!!!!

:D

[Devius]

Currently on Sky Movies...

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Watched it last night (but that was after taking in a few beers, hence the repeat viewing).
I recall this movie got royally slated when it came out, but while it's not the great bit of celluloid, it's not a complete fiasco either...

[Dumbassgo]

I watched 'Dead Snow' last night, as I think it was mentioned in the 'most violent movies ever' thread on here.

I quite enjoyed it - it was comedy horror. But no way should it have appeared in the 'most violent movies thread' - it's got 20 minutes of slapstick gore. It's laughable, and I think that's the whole point of it. It made me laugh and that's what it was supposed to do.

It's an Evil Dead 2 tribute - it even mentions it within itself, and the parallels within the film are unmissable - the main guy cuts off his right arm - I mean, come on.

Cheers,
Dumbassgo.

[Wendigo]

Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation (2004)
Hokum, but enjoyable hokum
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367093/
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[maildude]

Schindler's List

[fleetwood77]

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"Love Exposure" [Ai no mukidashi] Japan 2008

One of the best [and weirdest] Japanese films I've seen, from the celebrated director Sion Sono - it's a satire on religion, a sex comedy, a love story and many other things - 4 hours long but I liked it so much I wished it was longer. Here's a review I found

"Protagonist Yu comes from a devoutly Christian family. A certain incident results in his priest father forcing him to confess his sins, which he commits daily out of a strong desire for praise. In the process Yu develops a taste for the sin of secretly taking photos of others and becomes the sneak photography king of high school students, but then he falls in love with a girl named Yoko who he meets by chance one day in town. Their relationship leads to unexpected developments involving a mysterious religious cult...With an extraordinary running time of almost four hours, Sono Sion's latest film is an unconventional masterwork that throws various aspects of contemporary Japan into its wild potpourri, depicted in the framework of an epic love story. His adeptness in presenting chaos as chaos while also realizing breathless entertainment is worthy of admiration."

[Sharu]

Recently got this one, I heard a lot bout it, so...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUhBB3FgslI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIkoRvOJvd0

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massaker_von_Katyn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0879843/

original footage:



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[Clouddancer]

The usual Tim Burton fare, big on visuals but not much in content, worth a watch but I wouldn't recommend a visit to the cinema to see it, save your cash for something more worthy.


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Quotes courtesy of IBDm

STARRING

Johnny Depp... as The Mad Hatter, if The Mad Hatter hadn't been Michael Jackson

Mia Wasikowska... as a winsome young lady Alice who discovers her inner fortitude

Crispin Glover... who doesn't dance, unfortunately

Helena Bonham-Carter... with a big head

Matt Lucas... as two Matt Lucases

Stephen Fry... who does actual voice acting and doesn't just read his lines

Paul Whitehouse... who against all my expectations, still does know how to be very funny

Alan Rickman... who nearly steals the movie, just by doing what he does best

Christopher Lee... who actually steals the movie with just two lines

[Sharu]

The Beyond, think Im not the only one, who calls this film Fulcis masterpiece, Fulci made lots of good gore stuff (but made a lot of unlogic scripts too, remember the doc in The Beyond, coming in his private car to the accident, without an ambulance??? lots of examples in my mind...). Zombi Flesh Eaters, Nightmare Concert, City of the living Dead, House by the Cemetary... what a legend. R.I.P. Lucio

Zombi Holocaust, funny (specially the german dub, with a very special sountrack using the sung words : Zombi - Kill - Blood (Zombie - Töten - Blut), while the camera shows the famous operation room), pretty graphic, lots of mistakes, 6 min filmed in a park in Italy, claiming that they are on the tropical island, but total different flora.
I love the scene, when the canibal guy jumps out of the hospital window, and the doll, that smashes the floor, loose the left arm, and in the close up, he got both arms where they belong to be.
One good thing on this film, it was one of two films in this aera, that used the canibals for whatever, without killing animals. From Mondo Canibale to Holocaust and Ferox, they all had scenes, where animals got killed, only for the film; Zombi Holocaust did not, and this film Apocalypse Domani aka Cannibal Apocalypse aka Cannibals in the Streets aka Asphaltkannibalen, didn t use these scenes too.

hf

[Sharu]

...only my personal sight. Don t torture the duckling is a great movie (Florinda Bolkan is amazing), with a very deep atmosphere (he used beating with chains the first time in this one). I love the way both films (Lizard in a womans skin too) come up, but I didn t mention them, cause they don t belong to the legendary gore output of Fulci. OK, don t torture has some harsh moments, and the animal vivisection in lizard is, hmm, fulci had problems in Italy, cause they thought, that this scene was real.
I m a big Fulci fan, he managed to make a lot of good splatter/gore/suspense movies, without focusing on a, nearly most of the time nude actress (I don t hate nudity^^, but a good movie works without this focus).
Who would watch D'Amatos Zombi/Canibals, if he made them without Laura Gemser running round nude all the time? D'Amato was nothing without nudity (I mean, how boring is Antropophagus?)
At that point, I m a guy, who makes a big difference between porn and gore. When it comes to porn, my first look goes to the cast list, I don t want to see every actress in the adult bizz (too much girls in the bizz, that hate/are afraid of sperm/swallowing, come on, if you are afraid of blood, you don t choose to work as a butcher); but when it s bout horror, I don t care that much bout female cast (so long most of them die, they are all ok for me:));
I m more interested in "who made this film, and (very important) who made the gore fx."

hf

[Sharu]

preparing for a long evening...

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no more words needed to explain what I mean...

hf (i will :) )

[Sharu]

Rosso Sanque, aka Antropophagus 2 aka Absurd aka...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084028/

the best D'Amato gore movie, but if you thought the script of Antropophagus aka Man Eater was hardly believeable, than this is hmmm, but it s worth to watch if you like italian gore.

hf

[palo5]

It's a bit jaded, true
But it's amusing to watch Bruce Lee duff up Europe's and Japan's finest in seconds flat :D

And for "America's best" he needs less than a few minutes :eek:

Good not to underestimate China, methinks :thumbsup:

[Dirty Old Man]

Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N., (1951) Gregory Peck
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043379/

I watched this last night, this is my go to movie when all I want is to be entertained, not scared, grossed out, figure out a puzzle or preached too. I just want to sit back, and let it unfold in front of me.

plus, I find Virginia Mayo's neck very appealing, it is where my neck fetish(?) probably sprang from.

[Wendigo]

The French connection - still great after all these years.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/

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