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**KingKeigh** · March 16th, 2014, 04:13 PM

This is the kind of stuff that makes my Netflix subscription totally worth it.

Filthy Gorgeous: Documentary on Bob Guccione, the founder of Penthouse magazine.

Very well-detailed account of Guccione's rise and fall. He was a self-made renaissance man who built an empire from his competition with Hugh Hefner and Playboy for the title of most successful adult magazine. Early on, he taught himself painting and photography and photographed most of his models himself. Unsuccessfully tried to open his own casino in Atlantic City and produced the most expensive porn movie of all time, Caligula. In the end, he lost it all amid a flurry of bad business moves, lawsuits and bankruptcies and died almost penniless. Lots of testimonials from family, ex-wives, business partners and Bob himself who died in 2010. R.I.P. Bobby G. 7.5

Prison Girls (1972): A group of female convicts are given a weekend pass to prepare them for their upcoming paroles. They take full advantage by getting into sexual situations.

Very hot, low-budget drive-in movie. I believe I read somewhere this was rated X but is now tame enough to be considered hard "R" but don't quote me. I was expecting more of a "caged women" vibe when I saw the title but very little happens behind bars. Still the girls are very hot, bosomy and built for comfort. Lots of bush shots and at least one brief but clear pussy shot from the doggy view. Not a stick figure in the bunch. I actually got fat hard-on watching this. Cameos by the legendary Candy Samples and swedish veteran hottie Uschi Digard among other popular sex actresses of the VE era. Im actually looking for a copy of this on Amazon as we speak. 8.5

Blue Summer (1973): Two teenage boys embark on a road trip by van and run into various characters and sexual opportunities.

Some typical early 70s drive-in, softcore porn. I swear some of that sex is real with some creative camera angles, especially considering its directed by Chuck Vincent and includes some pretty recognizable adult actors like veteran Eric Edwards in an early role. Hokey southern folk rock soundtrack though. 7.0

Quiquag · March 17th, 2014, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joszka

Thanks for the post to this classic, the link to youtube has been terminated. I found another link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZRH-A7Dz3w

Doing a quick search on Youtube, there's a number of drive-in B movies available.

**Wendigo** · March 17th, 2014, 02:32 PM

The Black Water Vampire (2014)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2853182/

Found footage meets Dracula as an investigative team searches for the truth behind the murders of 4 women on the Winter Solstice going back several years. The bodies were drained of blood leading some to suspect a vampire was involved.
The man convicted of the murders is to be executed in three months but is he guilty???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8kSdmh-A7w

**Joszka** · March 17th, 2014, 06:22 PM

"The Train", John Frankenheimer (with uncredited Arthur Penn), 1964.
With Burt Lancaster, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Paul Scofield, André Oumansky.

Seen last week on TV, I wanted to mention here how good is this movie and was
about to forget !!!

Not so far of the recent "Monuments Men" with George Clooney & Jean Dujardin or
at least with the same historical basis (pieces of art stolen by the Nazis), "The Train" is
an incredible suspense with a staging both spectacular and very sober.

And amazing actors. I really prefer Lancaster than Clooney and Michel Simon than Jean Dujardin.
Let say I prefer Hollywood 40 years ago...
Even if the Frankenheimer's movie got a lot of clichés (about French Resistance for ex.)
and had to obey to the Hollywood rules of the time : Lancaster, the "hero", a French resistant
played by an American is the only survivor when all others, played by French actors, are killed, etc.

No matter, I was really impressed by the efficiency and hopeless darkness of the movie.
And I don't mention a great music score by Maurice Jarre.

Plot : In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany.
The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo.

"Burt Lancaster is a French railway inspector bent on stopping a German train just days
before Allied liberation in this underrated, screw-tight World War II action-thriller.
The train in question, en route to Berlin, is carrying millions of dollars worth of French art
- Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, etc.

When asked initially, Lancaster (playing the resourceful and obstinate Paul Labiche) scoffs
at the idea of risking his life for senseless artifacts, but as the film and that wealthy
German train roll along, he witnesses the depth and affluence of national pride first-hand,
molding The Train into a beautiful coalescence of first-rate action filmmaking and
plucky patriotic collaboration.

Shot genuinely and meticulously with real trains on location - opposed to the application
of miniatures or process screening - The Train has a rare industrialized authenticity in
its tilted angles and geographically perceptive cuts that are heightened by Jean Tournier
and Walter Wottitz's black-and-white cinematography. (Director John Frankenheimer
once proudly remarked that it was "the last action film shot in black-and-white.").

"As the chief saboteur, Burt Lancaster displays both virtuoso heroism and timidity -
someone caught between belief and morality. His on-the-job transformation
from caretaker to revolutionary provides the film with an all too rare emotional through-line".

IMDB.
Trailer. Not a bad one.

French documentary about the filming. Great ! And in colour ! But unfortunatly in French only.

**Immy** · March 19th, 2014, 05:49 AM

Law and Order (1932)

Been hunting this early western for years and a fellow VEFer kindly pointed me in the right direction (thanks BBN!

). An unusual example of a Pre-Code film that probably received that designation simply for the violence, as straight shooter, ex-lawman Walter Huston and friends ride into Tombstone and run afoul of the local bad guys. Much realistic gunplay ensues, and the body count adds up. Claimed to be one of the earliest depictions of the Earp/Doc Holliday/Clanton story, but the names are changed in this one. Raw, ripping good shoot-em-up that could've used a female character to spice things up. 8/10

**footstep** · March 19th, 2014, 03:13 PM

Rising sun. Sean Connery Wesley Snipes 1993 (from a Michael Crichton novel).

Sean Connery in a wise old man, Snipes a "sidekick" and a response to the omnipotence of the japanese economy and customs.

MaxJoker · March 19th, 2014, 04:48 PM

Hmmmm not sure what to say given I`m only seven minutes into streaming ,

This .

Then again considering it`s costing me nowt to watch it, who cares

**KingKeigh** · March 19th, 2014, 09:11 PM

Blackwater: Documentary about the killer whale, Tilikum, that was an attraction at SeaWorld and was responsible for the deaths of several aquatic trainers and the consequences of capturing and underestimating the intelligence of these magnificent animals.

One of the best movies I've seen this year. Very heart-breaking and at times frightening. Lots of graphic footage of attacks. A+

RUSH: Beyond the Lighted Stage: In-depth doc on the Canadian prog-rock band, RUSH.

A must for RUSH fans. A friend turned me onto RUSH in the late 70s and I got into them for a few albums through their most popular early 80s period. Includes interviews and detailed history of the band and all its previous and present members. Interesting to see how quirky the drummer Neal Peart is. The guy is one of the most influential and popular drummers on the planet but he avoids his fans. He thinks fandom is an intrusion on his life. It looks like he might suffer from Asperger's or some type of autism that he's lived with since he was kid. So while guitarist Alex and bassist Geddy are out doing "meet and greets" with some of their fans backstage after a show, Neal retreats to his dressing room and won't come out to meet the fans. Even Alex and Geddy say that Neal's the strangest person they've ever met. Also funny to hear KISS' Gene Simmons say that when RUSH used to open for them on tour, they'd never get laid after concerts because they were all in their rooms reading Ayn Rand and stuff. B+

**Pinkpapercut** · March 19th, 2014, 09:48 PM

I've just come in from the Cinema having watched "the Book Thief" with a female friend.

It's an adaption of the novel of the same name, which is one of my friend's favourite books. I haven't read it so I came to it fresh.

The film is set in Nazi era Germany and is the story of an illiterate young girl removed from her communist mother and fostered to new parents, where her foster father teaches her to read, which she takes to so much that she starts to steal books. We see Nazi Germany through her eyes - she is simultaneously inside the system as an aryan schoolchild, and outside it because her foster parents try in their own small way to help victims of Nazism.

To me it was watchable but essentially mediocre and full of bad directorial decisions. For instance all the interior domestic shots were very gloomy, as if lit by a couple of candles rather than the several electric lamps visible in every room. This was the case even in the pre-war scenes when there would have been no concerns about a black-out. All I could think of as a reason was the director must have thought "hey it's set back around 1940 in the olden days when everything was dark".

The acting was good but was badly undermined by the most disconcerting thing about the film, which was that almost all the dialogue was spoken in English but with cod-German accents, which made a supposedly serious film about the Nazi years in Germany and the Holocaust feel like a gloomy and unfunny episode of the old UK sitcom " 'Allo 'Allo!"

At one point a Nazi officer arrives at the heroine's home and we believe he is searching for a young Jewish man who is being hidden by her parents in their cellar, but the Naxi's cod-German accent made me expect he was about to bark at her parents "I vill ask you only vonce, vhere haf you hidden zer paintink of zer Fallen Madonna viz zer Big Boobies?"

beluga · March 20th, 2014, 12:18 AM

Space Pirate captain Harlock ( 2013 )

i grew up with the pirate, who in french is Called Albator. So when i had the chance i watched this one.

the Animation is magnificient. Kei is almost human with her unbelievable eyes and the space battles are just wouah. Unfortunately it misses a few things to make it a great movie. Not enough emotion/romantism, not epic enough when it should have been, the main theme of the story, if i understood correctly ( illusion is servitude ) is not very well exploited in my opinion. It was entertaining, but a pity the story and the characters connections were not thought more.

it s yet to watch for the fans. Arcadia Go !

March 17th, 2014, 06:22 PM	#6074
Joszka Farmer Stiff Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 17,825 Thanks: 233,954 Thanked 554,425 Times in 17,875 Posts	The train. "The Train", John Frankenheimer (with uncredited Arthur Penn), 1964. With Burt Lancaster, Jeanne Moreau, Michel Simon, Paul Scofield, André Oumansky. Seen last week on TV, I wanted to mention here how good is this movie and was about to forget !!! Not so far of the recent "Monuments Men" with George Clooney & Jean Dujardin or at least with the same historical basis (pieces of art stolen by the Nazis), "The Train" is an incredible suspense with a staging both spectacular and very sober. And amazing actors. I really prefer Lancaster than Clooney and Michel Simon than Jean Dujardin. Let say I prefer Hollywood 40 years ago... Even if the Frankenheimer's movie got a lot of clichés (about French Resistance for ex.) and had to obey to the Hollywood rules of the time : Lancaster, the "hero", a French resistant played by an American is the only survivor when all others, played by French actors, are killed, etc. No matter, I was really impressed by the efficiency and hopeless darkness of the movie. And I don't mention a great music score by Maurice Jarre. Plot : In 1944, a German colonel loads a train with French art treasures to send to Germany. The Resistance must stop it without damaging the cargo. "Burt Lancaster is a French railway inspector bent on stopping a German train just days before Allied liberation in this underrated, screw-tight World War II action-thriller. The train in question, en route to Berlin, is carrying millions of dollars worth of French art - Picasso, Renoir, Matisse, etc. When asked initially, Lancaster (playing the resourceful and obstinate Paul Labiche) scoffs at the idea of risking his life for senseless artifacts, but as the film and that wealthy German train roll along, he witnesses the depth and affluence of national pride first-hand, molding The Train into a beautiful coalescence of first-rate action filmmaking and plucky patriotic collaboration. Shot genuinely and meticulously with real trains on location - opposed to the application of miniatures or process screening - The Train has a rare industrialized authenticity in its tilted angles and geographically perceptive cuts that are heightened by Jean Tournier and Walter Wottitz's black-and-white cinematography. (Director John Frankenheimer once proudly remarked that it was "the last action film shot in black-and-white."). "As the chief saboteur, Burt Lancaster displays both virtuoso heroism and timidity - someone caught between belief and morality. His on-the-job transformation from caretaker to revolutionary provides the film with an all too rare emotional through-line". IMDB. Trailer. Not a bad one. French documentary about the filming. Great ! And in colour ! But unfortunatly in French only. __________________ *PM for all dead pics & links, thx.*

March 19th, 2014, 04:48 PM	#6077
MaxJoker Beloved Brother Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cemetery Gardens_Arterial Blood Lane_Rampton Secure Unit_Extra Violent F Wing_Cell 19 Posts: 69,106 Thanks: 372,713 Thanked 987,605 Times in 69,067 Posts	Hmmmm not sure what to say given I`m only seven minutes into streaming , This . Then again considering it`s costing me nowt to watch it, who cares __________________ My hypocrisy only goes so To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

March 19th, 2014, 09:48 PM	#6079
Pinkpapercut Rust Never Sleeps Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: North of the Channel, west of the hills, south of the mountains Posts: 984 Thanks: 31,846 Thanked 20,519 Times in 986 Posts	I've just come in from the Cinema having watched "the Book Thief" with a female friend. It's an adaption of the novel of the same name, which is one of my friend's favourite books. I haven't read it so I came to it fresh. The film is set in Nazi era Germany and is the story of an illiterate young girl removed from her communist mother and fostered to new parents, where her foster father teaches her to read, which she takes to so much that she starts to steal books. We see Nazi Germany through her eyes - she is simultaneously inside the system as an aryan schoolchild, and outside it because her foster parents try in their own small way to help victims of Nazism. To me it was watchable but essentially mediocre and full of bad directorial decisions. For instance all the interior domestic shots were very gloomy, as if lit by a couple of candles rather than the several electric lamps visible in every room. This was the case even in the pre-war scenes when there would have been no concerns about a black-out. All I could think of as a reason was the director must have thought "hey it's set back around 1940 in the olden days when everything was dark". The acting was good but was badly undermined by the most disconcerting thing about the film, which was that almost all the dialogue was spoken in English but with cod-German accents, which made a supposedly serious film about the Nazi years in Germany and the Holocaust feel like a gloomy and unfunny episode of the old UK sitcom " 'Allo 'Allo!" At one point a Nazi officer arrives at the heroine's home and we believe he is searching for a young Jewish man who is being hidden by her parents in their cellar, but the Naxi's cod-German accent made me expect he was about to bark at her parents "I vill ask you only vonce, vhere haf you hidden zer paintink of zer Fallen Madonna viz zer Big Boobies?" __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. That's To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 's bottom and I'd love it for a pillow Last edited by Pinkpapercut; March 20th, 2014 at 08:18 AM.. Reason: Added paragraph explaining the film's set-up

March 16th, 2014, 04:13 PM	#6071
KingKeigh Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 514 Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,538 Times in 512 Posts	This is the kind of stuff that makes my Netflix subscription totally worth it. Filthy Gorgeous: Documentary on Bob Guccione, the founder of Penthouse magazine. Very well-detailed account of Guccione's rise and fall. He was a self-made renaissance man who built an empire from his competition with Hugh Hefner and Playboy for the title of most successful adult magazine. Early on, he taught himself painting and photography and photographed most of his models himself. Unsuccessfully tried to open his own casino in Atlantic City and produced the most expensive porn movie of all time, Caligula. In the end, he lost it all amid a flurry of bad business moves, lawsuits and bankruptcies and died almost penniless. Lots of testimonials from family, ex-wives, business partners and Bob himself who died in 2010. R.I.P. Bobby G. 7.5 Prison Girls (1972): A group of female convicts are given a weekend pass to prepare them for their upcoming paroles. They take full advantage by getting into sexual situations. Very hot, low-budget drive-in movie. I believe I read somewhere this was rated X but is now tame enough to be considered hard "R" but don't quote me. I was expecting more of a "caged women" vibe when I saw the title but very little happens behind bars. Still the girls are very hot, bosomy and built for comfort. Lots of bush shots and at least one brief but clear pussy shot from the doggy view. Not a stick figure in the bunch. I actually got fat hard-on watching this. Cameos by the legendary Candy Samples and swedish veteran hottie Uschi Digard among other popular sex actresses of the VE era. Im actually looking for a copy of this on Amazon as we speak. 8.5 Blue Summer (1973): Two teenage boys embark on a road trip by van and run into various characters and sexual opportunities. Some typical early 70s drive-in, softcore porn. I swear some of that sex is real with some creative camera angles, especially considering its directed by Chuck Vincent and includes some pretty recognizable adult actors like veteran Eric Edwards in an early role. Hokey southern folk rock soundtrack though. 7.0

March 17th, 2014, 02:32 PM	#6073
Wendigo Former Staff Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Blighty Posts: 113,804 Thanks: 259,912 Thanked 1,139,537 Times in 113,923 Posts	The Black Water Vampire (2014) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2853182/ Found footage meets Dracula as an investigative team searches for the truth behind the murders of 4 women on the Winter Solstice going back several years. The bodies were drained of blood leading some to suspect a vampire was involved. The man convicted of the murders is to be executed in three months but is he guilty??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8kSdmh-A7w

March 19th, 2014, 05:49 AM	#6075
Immy Maestro Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sin City Posts: 4,505 Thanks: 26,116 Thanked 83,676 Times in 4,342 Posts	Law and Order (1932) Been hunting this early western for years and a fellow VEFer kindly pointed me in the right direction (thanks BBN! ). An unusual example of a Pre-Code film that probably received that designation simply for the violence, as straight shooter, ex-lawman Walter Huston and friends ride into Tombstone and run afoul of the local bad guys. Much realistic gunplay ensues, and the body count adds up. Claimed to be one of the earliest depictions of the Earp/Doc Holliday/Clanton story, but the names are changed in this one. Raw, ripping good shoot-em-up that could've used a female character to spice things up. 8/10

March 19th, 2014, 03:13 PM	#6076
footstep Lost luggages? Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: France Posts: 7,268 Thanks: 92,097 Thanked 86,765 Times in 7,170 Posts	Rising sun. Sean Connery Wesley Snipes 1993 (from a Michael Crichton novel). Sean Connery in a wise old man, Snipes a "sidekick" and a response to the omnipotence of the japanese economy and customs.

March 19th, 2014, 09:11 PM	#6078
KingKeigh Vintage Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Southern NJ Posts: 514 Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,538 Times in 512 Posts	Blackwater: Documentary about the killer whale, Tilikum, that was an attraction at SeaWorld and was responsible for the deaths of several aquatic trainers and the consequences of capturing and underestimating the intelligence of these magnificent animals. One of the best movies I've seen this year. Very heart-breaking and at times frightening. Lots of graphic footage of attacks. A+ RUSH: Beyond the Lighted Stage: In-depth doc on the Canadian prog-rock band, RUSH. A must for RUSH fans. A friend turned me onto RUSH in the late 70s and I got into them for a few albums through their most popular early 80s period. Includes interviews and detailed history of the band and all its previous and present members. Interesting to see how quirky the drummer Neal Peart is. The guy is one of the most influential and popular drummers on the planet but he avoids his fans. He thinks fandom is an intrusion on his life. It looks like he might suffer from Asperger's or some type of autism that he's lived with since he was kid. So while guitarist Alex and bassist Geddy are out doing "meet and greets" with some of their fans backstage after a show, Neal retreats to his dressing room and won't come out to meet the fans. Even Alex and Geddy say that Neal's the strangest person they've ever met. Also funny to hear KISS' Gene Simmons say that when RUSH used to open for them on tour, they'd never get laid after concerts because they were all in their rooms reading Ayn Rand and stuff. B+

March 20th, 2014, 12:18 AM	#6080
beluga Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 125 Thanks: 977 Thanked 1,401 Times in 104 Posts	Space Pirate captain Harlock ( 2013 ) i grew up with the pirate, who in french is Called Albator. So when i had the chance i watched this one. the Animation is magnificient. Kei is almost human with her unbelievable eyes and the space battles are just wouah. Unfortunately it misses a few things to make it a great movie. Not enough emotion/romantism, not epic enough when it should have been, the main theme of the story, if i understood correctly ( illusion is servitude ) is not very well exploited in my opinion. It was entertaining, but a pity the story and the characters connections were not thought more. it s yet to watch for the fans. Arcadia Go !