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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 07:31:11 AM
"Murder In The Front Row" (2019)
Members of Metallica, Megadeth, Exodus, Slayer, Death Angel, and many more recall the 80s glory days of the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal scene, with tons of great stories abd loads of ultra-violent vintage photos and film clips. A fun trip down mosh pit memory lane.
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Solved / Re: Thriller/horror short abou...
Last post by Daniel517 - Today at 03:21:01 AM
Hey, reading this reminded me how frustrating it can be to chase a memory of something you barely saw and never find it. I got a bit tired of searching and decided to take a break, which led me to playjonny while scrolling online. I lost a few spins on slots at first, then risked a bit more on roulette and finally landed a solid win. That sudden thrill after repeated misses felt strangely satisfying, almost like finally recalling a forgotten scene, and it made the whole evening more fun.

At the end, the man's face comes into view in another close-up and he rests his head on a block to a thunderous BANG!! At which point, the man appears to die eyes wide open looking directly into the camera lens.

Finally, the camera zooms all the way out to reveal the cause of his mysterious demise was suicide via A GIANT, SPRUNG, HUMAN-SIZE MOUSETRAP!!!

Can anybody remember the name of this short and possibly a location where I might view it again??
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Off Topic Discussion / Re: What are you cooking?
Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 01:17:24 AM
No pictures, I'm afraid, but it is sprout season, so lots of Brussels sprouts in the last couple of weeks.
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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...
Last post by LilCerberus - January 18, 2026, 10:15:03 PM
Tonight's Stinker
Black Killer (1971)
https://youtu.be/VQ9fXq21y1Y?si=RL6txmmXNGsQFFei

Opens with techno music, & Klaus Kinski in one of the corniest overdubbs I've ever seen in a foreign movie....
So, Kinski pulls into town with a lotta books, all of which have a gun hidden in them... A group of Mexicans with Irish surnames are expecting a government inspector, & at first assume it might be Kinski.... The inspector is supposed to be in on their plan to run people off their land & force them to sign over the deeds, but when the real inspector shows up, they kill him anyway.....
The next day, a gun fighter pulls into town to visit his brother.... Meanwhile, Kinski coerces the local judge to put a warrant on the leader of the Mexi-Irish, & convince the gunfighter to become sheriff.....

Decent action & pacing, though certain plot points are left up to the viewer to figure out.... Kinski's real motives are never fully revealed.... There's also a matter of Kinski, the gunfighter and a blonde bad guy all wear black & have the same haircut, making it hard to recognize certain characters at times.....
Also, about halfway through, the closed captions get ahead of the movie, so you might wanna turn those off.....
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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - January 18, 2026, 07:49:45 PM
"Collateral Damage" (2002)
Arnold Schwarzenegger is an L.A. firefighter whose wife and child are killed in a terrorist bombing. When the U.S. government doesn't seem all that interested in tracking down the bomber, he heads to South America to do it himself. Naturally, lots of bullets fly and things explode in the process.
This slow burning action thriller was a victim of bad timing - it was supposed to release in Sept. 2001, but was shelved till the following year due to the 9/11 attacks.  It's not a top drawer Arnold flick, but it deserved better.
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Bad Movies / Re: After Last Season (2009)
Last post by M.10rda - January 18, 2026, 06:43:40 PM
Speeding it up would definitely help. One could say the same thing for Tarkovski films. A 2h40m Tarkovski sped up 2x's (thus 1h20m) would probably still make perfect sense and just about deliver the same impact. (I have also often encouraged people to just skip the first 2/3rds of ANDREI RUBLEV, watch the last hour, and have a perfectly lovely and complete experience.)

In the case of ALS though I don't know if 2x would suffice. 4x seems a little closer to the right speed. A 20-25 minute version of ALS might be perfectly snappy!
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Press Releases and Film News / RIP Roger Allers.
Last post by Alex - January 18, 2026, 05:23:12 PM
The Lion King director and Aladdin co-writer Roger Allers has sadly passed away at the age 76.
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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...
Last post by bob - January 18, 2026, 04:26:20 PM
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