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« Reply #135 on: November 12, 2007, 11:00:01 PM »

Carrie   (1976)  *** out of ****
Terrific performances and taut pacing help overcome Brian DePalma's at times annoying and intrusive camera/directorial tendencies.  The ending is still a chiller.  Sissy Spasek and Piper Laurie are tremendous in Oscar nominated roles.
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« Reply #136 on: November 13, 2007, 10:24:55 PM »

FIVE DEADLY VENOMS: A dying master's last pupil is sent to a town where five former students are congregating.   Each is master of a different style of kung-fu named after a venomous animal, and the identities of each, and whether they use their powers for good or evil, are unknown.  Surprisingly inventive torture scenes are a highlight, as is the final four-combatant brawl.  I thought that given all the possibilities for intrigue, there could have been more double-crossing, backstabbing and surprises than there were.  I guessed the identity of the "good" venom pretty quickly.  This may be a case where I was disappointed by high expectations after hearing what a masterpiece this movie was, but if I had watched it without hearing the hype, I would have thought it was an above average Shaw Brothers picture with too much plot getting in the way of the ass-kicking.  3 of 5 slimes.

MST3K SHORTS VOLUME 2:  These shorts are always fun, but a disc full of them is like a meal composed only of appetizers.  Get all your driving, dating and personal hygiene advice here ("In the 50s, people responded well to authoritative, disembodied voices," Mike observed).  The strangest one to me was "The Days of Our Years," a doom-laden pro-safety short sponsored by Union Pacific.  A melancholy pastor wanders around the most hope-foresaken town in America, recalling the terrible tragedies that befell the townsfolk when they forgot to put safety first, EVEN FOR A SECOND.  And these are not everyday tragedies either, like shearing off a finger in a buzzsaw. These are grandiose  ironic tragedies that leave a wake of shattered lives, like when a shop worker gets a telephone call announcing the birth of his first child and is immediately blinded for life when he taps a welder on the shoulder to pass him a celebratory cigar.  I think they adapted this short from a lost manuscript of Dostoevsky.  3 of 5 stars.       
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« Reply #137 on: November 13, 2007, 11:06:30 PM »

FIVE DEADLY VENOMS: A dying master's last pupil is sent to a town where five former students are congregating.   Each is master of a different style of kung-fu named after a venomous animal, and the identities of each, and whether they use their powers for good or evil, are unknown.  Surprisingly inventive torture scenes are a highlight, as is the final four-combatant brawl.  I thought that given all the possibilities for intrigue, there could have been more double-crossing, backstabbing and surprises than there were.  I guessed the identity of the "good" venom pretty quickly.  This may be a case where I was disappointed by high expectations after hearing what a masterpiece this movie was, but if I had watched it without hearing the hype, I would have thought it was an above average Shaw Brothers picture with too much plot getting in the way of the ass-kicking.  3 of 5 slimes.

I like this one a lot, but people really hyping a film can definitely screw with your enjoyment when you finally see it.  I'd call it a 4 out of 5 slimes movie.  There are some good fights and the idea behind each of the Venoms is kinda fun.  I still like to say stuff along the lines of, "You're the Toad!" when we do close combat training.
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« Reply #138 on: November 14, 2007, 12:35:54 AM »

FIVE DEADLY VENOMS: A dying master's last pupil is sent to a town where five former students are congregating.   Each is master of a different style of kung-fu named after a venomous animal, and the identities of each, and whether they use their powers for good or evil, are unknown.  Surprisingly inventive torture scenes are a highlight, as is the final four-combatant brawl.  I thought that given all the possibilities for intrigue, there could have been more double-crossing, backstabbing and surprises than there were.  I guessed the identity of the "good" venom pretty quickly.  This may be a case where I was disappointed by high expectations after hearing what a masterpiece this movie was, but if I had watched it without hearing the hype, I would have thought it was an above average Shaw Brothers picture with too much plot getting in the way of the ass-kicking.  3 of 5 slimes.

I like this one a lot, but people really hyping a film can definitely screw with your enjoyment when you finally see it.  I'd call it a 4 out of 5 slimes movie.  There are some good fights and the idea behind each of the Venoms is kinda fun.  I still like to say stuff along the lines of, "You're the Toad!" when we do close combat training.

Yeah, high expectations definitely damaged my enjoyment.  But ironically it was also a little too "good" for my tastes, tried a little to hard to make sense and have a meaningful plot.  I prefer my chopsocky consistently absurd, like MASTER OF THE FLYING GUILLOTINE. 
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« Reply #139 on: November 15, 2007, 11:15:17 PM »

The Full Bottom Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson's early-mid 90s comedy series. Christopher Ryan, also of Young Ones fame, is on board as clueless old codger Dave Hedgehog who along with his fat friend Spudgun are Eddie Hitler (Edmondson)'s only friends. Richard Richard (Rik Mayall) is the thoroughly unlikable and detestable, slovenly sweaty lead who wants nothing more than for some woman to finally have a shag with him only he's positively too revolting for that to ever happen. Thoroughly offensive (what do you expect from the former Young Ones?), this show was ahead of its time only unlike today's series, this was actually laugh out loud funny more often than not. Also the usual level of looniness one expects from Mayall and Edmondson. **** 1/2 out of *****

The Young Ones: Every Stoopid Episode The series that started it all for Mayall and Edmondson. Groundbreaking and widely influential. The first series to portray realistic unlikeable characters getting up to various hijinks. Sure there's a lot of weirdness with this one as elements of sci-fi, fantasy and horror creep their way into the series and the show does just about everything it can to defy the censors. Hilariously funny if you don't mind in your face comedic hijinks. Not for the weak or faint hearted but brilliant to those who are able to appreciate it's wonderfully vulgar charms. ***** out of *****
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« Reply #140 on: November 18, 2007, 11:14:31 AM »

Brides of Dracula - the old Hammer Horror movie.  A young girl is travelling through Transylvania on her way to a teaching assignment.  She gets stranded and ends up staying the night at the castle of a spooky old woman.  Turns out the woman's son is a vampire, and she keeps him chained in his room.  The young girl unwittingly releases him, and I wish I could say he goes on a killing spree, but in reality he just bites one girl.  Then like an hour later he bites a second one.  Then he gets engaged to the young teacher.  Peter Cushing shows up as Van Helsing, and hunts down the evil bloodsucker.

This was pretty good, with all the Gothic atmosphere you'd expect from Hammer.  Fairly good performances, though Cushing takes the whole "understated" thing a bit too far.  I especially liked the crazy old maid character, she stole every scene she was in.  Unfortunately it was really slow moving, not picking up until the end.  I also found it a bit cheesy, probably due to my modern cynicism, but when somebody holds up a crucifix and the vampire recoils in pain and hides behind his cape, I kinda gotta chuckle.
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« Reply #141 on: November 18, 2007, 12:32:47 PM »

Orgazmo- Matt Stone and Trey Parker's second live action flick, about a Mormon in Los Angeles trying to convert people, only to be hired to act in a Superhero based Porn flick.  Then the movie becomes the second highest grossing movie after Titanic.  Downright hilarious, and Dian Bachar shines as the sidekick.  Features a cameo by Troma Pictures founder Lloyd Kaufman in the final scene.
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« Reply #142 on: November 19, 2007, 01:29:15 AM »

Not really movies per se but, given the inspiration from Akira's '80s cartoon thread, I've been searching for some of those old school shows.  I watched the whole C.O.P.S. ("It's crime fighting time") series, and The Silverhawks series.  And now, through the miracle of the Big Apple Comic Convention that finished up yesterday, I'm now in the middle of watching the Mighty Orbots series and Bionic 6, both of which were burned to dvds.  And as a bonus, I also got the Robotix movie.
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« Reply #143 on: November 21, 2007, 09:57:43 AM »

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians- Good flick.  Dropo rocks. Smile
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« Reply #144 on: November 21, 2007, 10:08:48 AM »

BLACK BOOK - good film from the Netherlands about WWII and the plight if some of the Jews. Really good film I though.
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« Reply #145 on: November 23, 2007, 08:22:29 PM »

BLACK BOOK - good film from the Netherlands about WWII and the plight if some of the Jews. Really good film I though.
4.5 out of 5






I thought that Black Book was great as well.  I'm glad to see Verhoeven back making great films again in his native country.
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« Reply #146 on: November 23, 2007, 08:25:54 PM »

Live Free or Die Hard  (unrated version)  ***1/2 out of ****
Surprisingly great and I agree with Bruce Willis that it's the 2nd best film in the series  next to the 1st one.  The action set pieces are great with the filmmakers thankfully opting to do everything as old school and real as possible only resorting to CGI when they had to do accentuate scenes.  The fight between Willis and the sexy Maggie Q was great.  Anyone like myself doubting them making a 4th Die Hard flick should really check this one out.    Great stuff IMO!
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« Reply #147 on: November 25, 2007, 02:37:55 PM »

The Screaming Skull (1958): Dull, predictable, cliched. That said, buried deep within this are some decent scare attempts that don't fully succeed because of a limited budget. Still there's moments here that certainly could give some viewers the willies. The best and by far most exciting part of this movie is what happens after we hear the repeated pounding knocks at the door. Unfortunately it proves rather hard to stay awake through until we get to this final bit. The whole plot of a dashing widow marrying a rich but mentally unbalanced woman was ridiculously overdone in this era and the whole thing plays out in pretty much expected fashion. Laughably bad at times and dreadfully dull at others, this does have its moments. Enough for me to give it ** out *****

Lightning: Bolts of Destruction (2003) (TV): A modern era dull, predictable cliched film, this one runs through every expected twist typically used in the disaster formula. While the cast here including Joanna Pacula, Nick Mancuso, Ellen Dubin and Noel Fisher do the best they could and prove rather likable for the most part, nothing could save this poorly written film with FX and a plot about as convincing as those of Ed Wood's films, maybe even less so. Just simple-minded pointless escapist fare that comes across as way too wholesomely clean and PC on every level. * out of *****

The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961): Undeniably one of the worst films I've ever seen, there's something mindbending about this viewing experience. Tor Johnson stars as a scientist who gets caught in the aftermath of an A-Bomb explosion and becomes an hulking monster whose sole desire is to kill. Meanwhile police on the hunt for him seem just as intent on killing as ole Tor himself. How this all ties to a mysterious voluptuous woman getting strangled as this one opens is anyone's guess? The movie plays pretty much the same way a silent film does only this movie has completely ridiculous and downright demented surreal narration. That said, the desert night setting creates an unsettling iolsated feel and one wonders how this might have played without the narration but then again, the narration is bizarrely entertaining in its weird fashion, almost zen-like as my old buddy Dr. Mality described it. * 1/2 out of ***** just for entertaining me on some weird b-movie loving level.

The Terror (1963): Not even a cast of favourites including Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson, Sandra Knight, Dorothy Neumann and Dick Miller can save this turkey. Basically it stars Jack Nicholson as wandering French soldier Lt. Andre DuValier during the turn of the 19th century. He encounters a mysterious girl who has an odd habit of disappearing and tracks her to a spooky castle inhabited by a kooky old eccentric named Baron Victor Frederick Von Leppe (Boris Karloff). Eventually the mystery unravels and we learn of murder, witchery and a plot of revenge. Unfortunately it's complete dullsville sitting through this movie. It's mainly focuses on people wandering around. Going for an eerie chilling atmosphere believe it or not isn't aided by padding a film with scene after scene of people walking or riding on horseback. Still it's amazing this is as good as it is given director Roger Corman made this film in like 2 or 3 days. However it's very tough slugging unless you have incredible patience. I often find myself lulling into sleep while watching this to be honest. Tough one to stay awake throughout. * out of *****
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« Reply #148 on: November 27, 2007, 08:44:51 PM »

Revolt of the Zombies (1936): A follow-up zombie film from the Halperin Brothers following their success with WHITE ZOMBIE. Follows more of less the same plot only this time the lead jealous protagonist learns the ancient art of turning men into zombies via an hidden in ruins South American formula. This lacks all the chilling impact of WHITE ZOMBIE and suffers greatly for a lack of Bela Lugosi or someone equally effectively eerie. Even the zombies here seem too much like ordinary people. In fact, they are more like individuals mass hypnotized although there's one startling scene featuring a small army of zombie soldiers. Way too bland and dull with no truly effective leads. * 1/2 out of *****

The Giant Gila Monster (1959): Laughably silly when it's not flat out dull. Has to be seen to be believed. Teen leads, who look much older than teens in reality, are the only ones who can be counted to get anything effective down in small backroads country towns it seems. Lead Chase Winstead (Don Sullivan) is a 1950s Buckaroo Banzai who speeds around in his car, gives everybody valued and solid advice, sings and plays completely inappropriate tunes at just the right times (albeit most of his songs are pretty bad), all while eventually being the only man to tackle a giant Mexican beaded lizard posing as a giant gila monster. However not even Don gets as many close-ups as said monster. A true bad movie experience everyone should have at least once. ** out of *****

The Fatal Hour (1940): Boris Karloff returns yet again as Mr. Wong. This time he joins Captain Street (Grant Withers) and reporter Bobbie Logan (Marjorie Reynolds) as they try to track down the killer of police officer and friend Dan O' Grady who was getting close to cracking a smuggling case from the Orient wide open. While Karloff as one might expect is never fully convincing as an Oriental, this movie proves a likable enough murder mystery than should keep most guessing until the very end. More enjoyable than perhaps it should be, perhaps due to a very likable set of leads. At least it is for me. ** 1/2 out of *****

Dead Men Walk (1943): George Zucco really gets an opportunity to shine here playing both lead hero and lead villain as a pair of long feuding brothers, one good and one evil. The evil brother eventually manages to return from the grave and aided by a manical henchman named Zolarr (the one and only Dwight Frye) plots to feed on the blood of the living to quench his vampire taste. Eventually he sets his sights on his own daughter as he knows her habits while her good uncle, who greatly loves her, sets out to try and save her. This is really in essence yet another variation of the Dracula story. However while there are some plot similarities, this one proves wholly unique in its approach. Could have perhaps been a bit better and less predictable in places but certainly worth a watch for Zucco, who proves convincing in both his roles, and Frye, who's always entertaining. **1/2 out of *****

The Mad Monster (1942): George Zucco again, this time in perhaps his most over-the-top but nevertheless very entertaining mad scientist role, a role he played often and in fact may have somewhat become typecast for him to perform. This time he's turning country bumpkin Glenn Strange, another familiar face to most horror fans, into a menacing werewolf in a plot of revenge against those other scientists who discredited him and scoffed at his idea of creating an army of wolfmen. I kid you not! Sadly this film proves at times a bit more dull than exciting although I think a lot of people are too hard of it. I rather enjoyed it for the most part myself, especially for the wild expressions and antics of Zucco's Dr. Cameron and Strange's reluctanct hillbilly werewolf.  ** 1/2 out of *****
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« Reply #149 on: November 27, 2007, 10:56:14 PM »

Art School Confidential  *** out of ****
A very strange film that isn't as much a straight up comedy as it was advertised. There's some very funny stuff in this film but there's also a subplot about a serial killer offing students as well that makes the movie a weird concoction, but it somehow works thanks to the talented cast and director.

The Dreamers  (NC-17 version)   ** out of ****
Bernardo Bertolucci's sexually explicit and daring film is too pretentious to be all that entertaining.  While the movie is very erotic at times (thanks in large parts to an almost always nude Eva Greene) the movie moves as slow as molasses and it really doesn't seem to say all that much at all.  It's almost like he was trying to make another film like Last Tango in Paris (which is his best film) but missed the point of what made that movie truly one of the greats of all time IMO. BTW, anyone who saw Casino Royale and wondered what Eva Greene would look like sans clothes, check this one out.   TongueOut 

Hard Boiled  ***1/2 out of ****
One of my favorite action films of all time and IMO John Woo's best film to date. Chow Yun Phat has never been better (or cooler) and the rest of the cast is fantastic.   The extended shoot out in the hospital is one of the most intenese and hypnotic action set pieces ever put on film.

The Princess Bride  **** out of ****
IMO Rob Reiner's best film and still one of the most entertaining and delightful films of all time. So many quotable lines and situations in this movie to count. 
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