Recent viewings

[Jack]

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) - some scientists get some of Godzilla's cells and of course they have to cross breed them with a plant creating the world's largest rose - which is also a monster. And some Arab guys want to steal the cells which results in several shootouts, and there are some psychic girls who can communicate with monsters, and the scientist comes up with some anti-radiation bacteria to stop Godzilla's nuclear core - so subplots o' plenty. Lots of cool miniature work too with the mega laser cannons and some little spaceship type thing that can reflect Godzilla's heat ray back at him, which gets him mildly annoyed. Kind of a favorite of mine, pretty much everything that makes for a good Godzilla movie is in here. 4/5.

Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996) - a big ol' space monster comes to earth accompanied by hundreds of little monsters, and it's up to our flying turtle, who's a friend to all children, to stop him. An entire city basically gets nuked when a hi-rise sized alien plant explodes; insurance rates must be through-the-roof in Japan. Pretty decent movie overall, the space monster was cool looking and the ending, well let's just say you don't wanna mess with Gamera, he'll blast you into a million little pieces   3.5/5.

[Andrew]

Sorceress (1982)
An evil sorcerer wants to sacrifice one of his twins to a dark goddess so that he will be granted ultimate power.  He is thwarted by a lawful good sorcerer who takes the two girls and magics them so that they are powerful fighters and can always see and feel what the other does.  The latter point leads to the film's most notable scene, when a handsome barbarian named Erlick is making love to one of the twins and the other is responding.  The second twin is many leagues away, being watched over by a viking and a satyr.  As she shares her sister's bliss, the second twin causes the viking to declare that it "must be Erlick" causing her pleasure.  When she starts having a second round of moaning the viking exclaims "Now I know it is Erlick!"

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) - some scientists get some of Godzilla's cells and of course they have to cross breed them with a plant creating the world's largest rose - which is also a monster. And some Arab guys want to steal the cells which results in several shootouts, and there are some psychic girls who can communicate with monsters, and the scientist comes up with some anti-radiation bacteria to stop Godzilla's nuclear core - so subplots o' plenty. Lots of cool miniature work too with the mega laser cannons and some little spaceship type thing that can reflect Godzilla's heat ray back at him, which gets him mildly annoyed. Kind of a favorite of mine, pretty much everything that makes for a good Godzilla movie is in here. 4/5.

Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996) - a big ol' space monster comes to earth accompanied by hundreds of little monsters, and it's up to our flying turtle, who's a friend to all children, to stop him. An entire city basically gets nuked when a hi-rise sized alien plant explodes; insurance rates must be through-the-roof in Japan. Pretty decent movie overall, the space monster was cool looking and the ending, well let's just say you don't wanna mess with Gamera, he'll blast you into a million little pieces   3.5/5.

These are a pair of enjoyable monster movies.  I loved Gamera:  Guardian of the Universe, and the 2nd film in that trilogy reboot was still very good.  The plant exploding, destroying the city and turning Gamera into a big old turtle charcoal briquet surprised me the first time I saw it.

[FatFreddysCat]

"Area 51" (2011) The super secret Air Force installation is being opened to reporters for the first time ever -- so of course, several of the base's carnivorous alien specimens naturally pick that day to go on a rampage. An even cheaper than usual SyFy craptacular.

[Jack]

Sorceress (1982)
An evil sorcerer wants to sacrifice one of his twins to a dark goddess so that he will be granted ultimate power.  He is thwarted by a lawful good sorcerer who takes the two girls and magics them so that they are powerful fighters and can always see and feel what the other does.  The latter point leads to the film's most notable scene, when a handsome barbarian named Erlick is making love to one of the twins and the other is responding.  The second twin is many leagues away, being watched over by a viking and a satyr.  As she shares her sister's bliss, the second twin causes the viking to declare that it "must be Erlick" causing her pleasure.  When she starts having a second round of moaning the viking exclaims "Now I know it is Erlick!"

Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) - some scientists get some of Godzilla's cells and of course they have to cross breed them with a plant creating the world's largest rose - which is also a monster. And some Arab guys want to steal the cells which results in several shootouts, and there are some psychic girls who can communicate with monsters, and the scientist comes up with some anti-radiation bacteria to stop Godzilla's nuclear core - so subplots o' plenty. Lots of cool miniature work too with the mega laser cannons and some little spaceship type thing that can reflect Godzilla's heat ray back at him, which gets him mildly annoyed. Kind of a favorite of mine, pretty much everything that makes for a good Godzilla movie is in here. 4/5.

Gamera 2: Attack of the Legion (1996) - a big ol' space monster comes to earth accompanied by hundreds of little monsters, and it's up to our flying turtle, who's a friend to all children, to stop him. An entire city basically gets nuked when a hi-rise sized alien plant explodes; insurance rates must be through-the-roof in Japan. Pretty decent movie overall, the space monster was cool looking and the ending, well let's just say you don't wanna mess with Gamera, he'll blast you into a million little pieces   3.5/5.

These are a pair of enjoyable monster movies.  I loved Gamera:  Guardian of the Universe, and the 2nd film in that trilogy reboot was still very good.  The plant exploding, destroying the city and turning Gamera into a big old turtle charcoal briquet surprised me the first time I saw it.

Yeah the third one was especially brutal.  I really liked the first one though, I'll probably watch that tonight. 

[Rev. Powell]

PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE (1974): Swan, a diabolical music producer, steals a composer's rock cantata for the opening of his new venue, the Paradise; scarred and hidden behind a mask, the musician opposes the evil tycoon who may be more than he seems. A mix of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and FAUST with just the right amount of crazy, this midnight musical satire is worthy of its cult reputation. 4.5/5.

[lester1/2jr]

I've thought about watching that but it's just so depressingly 70's

[Rev. Powell]

I've thought about watching that but it's just so depressingly 70's

The 70s sucked for fashion but they were a great decade for movies!

[lester1/2jr]

The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993) - This is one of the weirdest and most exhausting movies I've seen in a while. It's a 90's kung fu movie that due to some combination of hipness, corny jokes, and homosexuality ended up being released by Kino video. Brigitte Lin and Joey Wang are in it and it's circa Bride With White Hair and all those movies.

The plot: I can't really remember. Some sort of princess played by Lin gets caught up in some sort of thing, we meet a bunch of generally pretty strange people out in the countryside who all end up falling in love and / or trying to kill each other at an Inn. The director is kind of in the Steven Chow mold but it's more about slapstick gags and ridiculous dialogue than belly laughs and special effects. There is some okay kung fu of the wire assisted variety.

It's purposely annoying and the plot isn't super strong but it was fun in it's own strange way. All the stuff with certain characters being gay was ridiculous and probably offensive but pretty groundbreaking really. It was basically a very silly parody of kung fu movies. I enjoyed it but it's wacky 3.75/5

Eagle Shooting Heroes (DVD Trailer)

[Rev. Powell]

THE BIG FIGHT [AKA BLOOD ON THE SUN] (1972): In occupied China during WWII, one stepbrother fights for the resistance, while the other collaborates with the Japanese invaders, attempting to lure his brother and his team into a tournament where locals face Japanese martial arts champions from different disciplines. This movie explains how the Japanese conquered China, even though the average Chinese farmer could thrash an armed squad of ten men without breaking a sweat: they fought dirty. 2/5.

[FatFreddysCat]

"Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011) an experimental serum turns super-wimp Steve Rogers into World War II's greatest super soldier in an action packed period piece that ranks as one of the best of the Marvel films.

[Silverlady]

"Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011) an experimental serum turns super-wimp Steve Rogers into World War II's greatest super soldier in an action packed period piece that ranks as one of the best of the Marvel films.

I've watched bits and pieces of this movie on occasion.  It's been on tv a lot.  For some reason, I just can't sit and watch the whole thing at once.

[Jack]

Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995) - actually he only seems to guard Earth, but whatever. It's Gamera vs. Gyaos, that flat-headed bird thing, with Japan taking a wee bit of damage in the process. This was a pretty good one, the characters weren't bad and I always get a kick out of seeing a giant turtle tottering around. 3.5/5.

Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)  - there's a dinosaur living in a lake and it occasionally eats somebody. For no other reason than that pterodactyls lived during the same time as dinosaurs, one of those shows up as well. Some unlikable guy investigates, and there are a couple of cute scuba diver babes too. The big battle at the end drags on forever, but even that's not as boring as Mt. Fuji erupting and causing a tree to fall across a crack in the earth, which one of the scuba babes dangles from for, I dunno, an hour it seems like. Bad to the point of comedy, but still bad. I've watched it maybe 4 times now    2/5.

[FatFreddysCat]

"Goldeneye" (1995) Pierce Brosnan's debut as James Bond is also the first post-Cold War 007 adventure. This time out, James and a lovely Russian computer wiz match wits with a former double-0 who now heads a Soviet crime syndicate -  and also has control of a powerful weapon satellite. This flick brought 007 back in a big way!

[lester1/2jr]

"I've watched it maybe 4 times now  Smile  2/5." haha

[JaseSF]

They Came From Beyond Space (1967): A team of scientists assigned to investigate a mysterious cluster of meteorites that landed on Earth find themselves somehow taken over by alien forces but to what ends and for what purpose? Dr. Curtis Temple (Robert Hutton), protected from their influence via a metal plate, searches for answers and tries to reach out to his love Lee Mason (Jennifer Jayne) whom he learns has been taken over by the alien influence.

Part of me kind of digs this classic Sci-Fi action adventure story from Amicus directed by Freddie Francis particularly for its look and style. However, this film has lots of problems particularly in terms of plot continuity. In particular, one wonders how the aliens realize in one scene those who are blocked from their influence but then later seem to no longer possess such an ability, also in some scenes they quickly act to take over the minds of potential enemies but later when our heroes begin to infiltrate into their territory, they are much slower taking any such action. Things like this are what bog this film down. Well, that and the fact that star Robert Hutton just seems a tad too old to be an action hero/ladies man here. There's a fun sci-fi twist ending towards the end and it's fun to see Michael Gough in a bit part as the alien mastermind known as the Master of the Moon but really this one works best if you don't think too much while watching it and just enjoy the ride. Still all in all, this movie proves all too forgettable and I find not long after viewing, I find it hard to recall it aside from bits and pieces. Still some good ideas here albeit done better before elsewhere. (Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the Outer Limits) I'll give it *** out of ***** stars just for perhaps originating the protect yourselves from aliens with something goofy on your head plot/idea.