Recent viewings

[Jack]

Digital Man (1995) - a super cyborg soldier is sent to thwart the plans of some terrorists who want to launch some nukes. He kills those guys no problem, but then he gets the missile launch codes and wants to transmit them to somebody - I really never understood that. But anyhow, a group of soldiers is sent to take out digital dude, and much firing of surprisingly ineffective large caliber weapons ensues. This was entertaining. The characters had some personality and the whole thing was a bit tongue-in-cheek which helped keep it form getting boring. There's some subplot with an evil military commander who's up to no good as well; I didn't understand that either but Ed Lauter makes a good bad guy. 3.75/5.

[RCMerchant]

"Galaxy of Terror" (1981)
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJO07ylhTu4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJO07ylhTu4</a>

Also known as "Mindwarp," this is one of two sci-fi/horror pix released by Roger Corman's New World Pictures in the early 80s to cash in on the success of "Alien" (the other was "Forbidden World" aka "Mutant.") In this one, a crew of astronauts on a rescue mission to a hostile planet become victims of their own fears and get picked off one by one.

More elaborate than your average Corman production, this one suffers from a muddled story but features some cool set design, some nasty ass gore, and a cast that includes a young Robert "Freddy Krueger" Englund, Erin "Joanie Cunningham" Moran, and Ray "My Favorite Martian" Walston. Oh, and there's a scene where a chick gets raped to death by a giant slimy space slug, which is worth the price of admission all by itself.....

This is actually a remake of  JOURNEY TO THE 7TH PLANET (1962)-though much,much,gorier!

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Cix53XRVs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Cix53XRVs</a>

[Rev. Powell]

TRISTANA (1970): An old man (Fernando Rey) becomes obsessed with an beautiful orphan girl (Catherine Denueve) whom he adopts; she leaves him but returns when she loses her leg. All of Luis Bunuel's usual intelligence and obsessiveness is on display here, but there's little passion or magic in this melodrama that's only slightly twisted. TRISTANA serves as a breather between the masterpieces BELLE DE JOUR and DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE. 3/5.

[alandhopewell]

     DAREDEVIL (2003)

     I saw this film in '04, in a crowded tv room, and I didn't enjoy it, because of the noise, and because-

A-I didn't like Affleck.
B- I thought "Alias" was a stupid show, so I didn't like Garner.
C- I thought the casting of Michael Clarke Duncan as the Kingpin was guilty-liberal PC-crap.
D- I hated the costume; didn't look enough like the comics.

     FF nine years, and I'm in Hastings, and what should I find, for $1.99, but this....



The 2-disc Special Edition. For that price, I would've at least CONSIDERED buying HOWARD THE DUCK.

Just kidding.

     This is a very good movie. It's a wonderful superhero film, and a wonderful, tragic, yet redeeming love story.

I'm really glad I got the chance to re-visit it. If you can find the Special Edition, get it-the extra stuff makes it more than worthwhile.