Recent viewings

[claws]

Hatchet II: Unrated Director's Cut (2010) Blu-ray

Same location, more gore, new characters, less comical. Oh yeah, less boobs too. This sequel didn't gel as I thought it would which is odd since its from the same director.
It's basically a retelling of part one including the same but extended flashback of Victor's origins. The new characters didn't make me giggle once but the gore was impressive and CGI free. There are a few bad lines and the plot seemed kind of lazy. I have a hunch I will enjoy this more on my second viewing though 3.5/5

[Jack]

Breeders (1986) - We meet some girl, she gets naked, than a monster shows up and attacks her.  Cut to the hospital where the doctor and the detective puzzle over the whole thing.  Repeat about 7 times.  **SPOILERS**  In the end the doctor and detective go to the monster's lair, throw about a half cup of gas on it and it ignites like it's covered in napalm.  Then the obvious mannequin falls over.  There are also some naked girls in a little pool of goo.  A couple of them stand up and go "grrrrrr!".  **END SPOILERS**  It was watchable, but rather boring.  Oh look, yet another pair of boobs!  Well, gotta give 'em some credit I guess.  3/5.

[lester1/2jr]

Tarzan (1985)- This is the Bollywood version. I rarely venture out into the Bollywood movies because their combination of epic length and sacharine sort of naivite is not my bag, but I have seen some stuff I really liked so I go for it sometimes. This is a light, easy to follow and all around okay movie but not one I would really recommend. The people who did "Disco Dancer" made this and it's not as over the top as that and the songs aren't as good. It does have some of its ridiculous charm though. I liked especially one song where they worked elephant and tiger roars into it.

The main draw here is the main actress Kimi Katkar. She looks fantastic and wears a number of revealing outfits. At one point she is soaking wet and you can see her nipples, I don't know how that got past the censors. Some of these Indian babes REALLY know how to fill out those saris.

too long, but I've seen alot worse 3.5/ 5

here's a  longer review

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Saw 3D (2010) Blu-ray

Even though I have seen all Saw movies I can never keep up with who the actual killer is, or who did what to whom. Too many new surprise flashbacks, too many new surprise plot twists. That said, I really enjoyed this one. Stylish splatter in HD and lots of nasty moments that made me gag and turn my head. In other words, I loved it. 4.25/5

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Breeders (1986) - We meet some girl, she gets naked, than a monster shows up and attacks her.  Cut to the hospital where the doctor and the detective puzzle over the whole thing.  Repeat about 7 times.  **SPOILERS**  In the end the doctor and detective go to the monster's lair, throw about a half cup of gas on it and it ignites like it's covered in napalm.  Then the obvious mannequin falls over.  There are also some naked girls in a little pool of goo.  A couple of them stand up and go "grrrrrr!".  **END SPOILERS**  It was watchable, but rather boring.  Oh look, yet another pair of boobs!  Well, gotta give 'em some credit I guess.  3/5.

I believe the pool was filled with alien semen. That was the impression I always got 

[Jack]

Clawed:  the Legend of Sasquatch (2005) - Ol' Sas man kills some people out in the woods, which riles up the local townsfolk.  So some drunken rednecks head out to the hills with lots of rifles and beer.  Meanwhile, some high school kids who are in danger of failing one of their classes head out to the woods to do a research project (and drink beer and maybe even, you know...).  This started out pretty slow but the action picked up halfway through and it got pretty good.  I really like the high school kids, their characters were at least moderately believable and not complete cliches.  One of the better bigfoot movies I've seen.  3.5/5.

[Rev. Powell]

Breeders (1986) - We meet some girl, she gets naked, than a monster shows up and attacks her.  Cut to the hospital where the doctor and the detective puzzle over the whole thing.  Repeat about 7 times.  **SPOILERS**  In the end the doctor and detective go to the monster's lair, throw about a half cup of gas on it and it ignites like it's covered in napalm.  Then the obvious mannequin falls over.  There are also some naked girls in a little pool of goo.  A couple of them stand up and go "grrrrrr!".  **END SPOILERS**  It was watchable, but rather boring.  Oh look, yet another pair of boobs!  Well, gotta give 'em some credit I guess.  3/5.

I believe the pool was filled with alien semen. That was the impression I always got 

Of course it was!  It's the little details like that that make BREEDERS the work of art that it is! 

[claws]

Breeders (1986) - We meet some girl, she gets naked, than a monster shows up and attacks her.  Cut to the hospital where the doctor and the detective puzzle over the whole thing.  Repeat about 7 times.  **SPOILERS**  In the end the doctor and detective go to the monster's lair, throw about a half cup of gas on it and it ignites like it's covered in napalm.  Then the obvious mannequin falls over.  There are also some naked girls in a little pool of goo.  A couple of them stand up and go "grrrrrr!".  **END SPOILERS**  It was watchable, but rather boring.  Oh look, yet another pair of boobs!  Well, gotta give 'em some credit I guess.  3/5.

I believe the pool was filled with alien semen. That was the impression I always got 

Of course it was!  It's the little details like that that make BREEDERS the work of art that it is! 

Thank you. Sometimes I doubt my judgment regarding entertainment value of certain bad movies. Your comment just confirmed that I wasn't wrong about Breeders. 

[Nightowl]

Shawshank Redemption-Best movie to ever come out of the 90's   5/5

[Rev. Powell]

WILD ZERO (2000): Ace is befriended by the band Wolf Guitar, who give him a whistle to call them, which comes in handy when a town is overrun by zombies.  Basically, this movie is about the magical power of rock n' roll (and to a lesser extent, love) to overcome the undead; it's more "awesome" than "good."  There's also a hermaphrodite and an invasion of flying saucers.  I thought it was a decent hour and a half but I think most folks here would like it better than I did, so I rate it 3.5/5.   

[Cthulhu]

The Orphanage

Very good, very creepy, very effective.

[Doggett]

The Orphanage

Very good, very creepy, very effective.

In my top 10 of all time that flick. 
I think its utterly wonderful.

[indianasmith]

You said it, Doggett!  One of the most poignant ghost stories ever filmed . . .

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Night Skies (2007)

Retelling of the 1997 Phoenix Lights UFO incident beefed up with John McCain archive footage and evil aliens attacking an RV full of traveling young adults. Solid B-stuff and Fire in the Sky rip off. 3.5/5

[Jack]

Silent Hill (2006) - A woman loses her kid in the spooky town of Silent Hill, and for the first 90 minutes (it's two hours total) we watch her walk around and get scared by stuff.  Too bad we barely know her, and we don't have any idea what's going on, so you're basically left with a long parade of special effects sequences.  It's pretty obvious they were going for the whole 'living through a nightmare" thing, but I've never had a nightmare that consisted of one big budget special effects shot after another after another so it didn't work for me.  Eventually we do get to know this woman a bit, and they finally explain the plot, but it's fairly confusing (I guess I should have been taking notes).  Then there's a whole bunch more special effects and the twist ending.  The effects were really good, both in a technical and creative sense.  Definitely needed more character development early in the movie at the very least.  3/5.