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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by lester1/2jr - Today at 03:57:53 PM

Blood on Méliès' Moon (2016) - Wacky side project sort of thing directed by Luigi Cozzi of Starcrash and Hercules fame. There are brief appearances by Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava if that impresses you. Méliès made the 1902 movie where the air craft flies in to the moon's eye. This loose, self indulgent, but different and colorful story is about how some rare science fiction book holds the key to some sort of mystery about the very early years of film.

Cozzi owns an Italian cinema memorabilia store, which it looks like he does in real life. An annoying guy comes in and asks him all these questions and he kicks him out of the store, but that same guy ends up having the secret knowledge to help him solve the big mystery. At one point, Cozzi wakes up from a nightmare where he is being called the Italian Ed Wood. He then decides that that is actually good because Ed Wood was very famous and that means he is, too. There's bits of humor and even a little action and a lot of foolishness.

The whole thing with the mystery could have been much clearer, but it was actually pretty enjoyable and probably moreso if you are interested in the world of directors and "film", which I'm really not.

Charitable 4/5 some would really like it, others wouldn't last 5 minutes.

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Games / Re: Answer the question with a...

Last post by bob - Today at 03:52:08 PM

What's with the wood?

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Bad Movies / Re: 100 *alliterative* movie t...

Last post by bob - Today at 03:48:02 PM

53

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Good Movies / Re: Have you seen any South Af...

Last post by Trevor - Today at 03:24:38 PM

Outside of a couple of James Ryan & Ivan Hall collaborations, I'm not aware of any.....

Ivan was a nice guy. Gave me some good career advice in 2007.

The films he and James Ryan made - KARATE OLYMPIA and KILL OR BE KILLED - were great.

[NEIL YOUNG After The Gold Rush]

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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Allhallowsday - Today at 03:06:45 PM

NEIL YOUNG After The Gold Rush

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Good Movies / Re: Have you seen any South Af...

Last post by Trevor - Today at 02:39:49 PM

Besides The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)    have you ever dipped into South African cinema?

If so, please list them here.

Seen all of them except  most of the early silents which are lost.

Best ones:

SHANGANI PATROL
KATRINA
THE WINNERS
DIE KANDIDAAT (THE CANDIDATE)
WILD SEASON
THE SHADOWED MIND
JANNIE TOTSIENS (JOHNNY FAREWELL)
MAJUBA
KILL AND KILL AGAIN
SEVEN AGAINST THE SUN
RIDE THE HIGH WIND
LORD OOM PIET (LORD UNCLE PETE)
DINGAKA

And foreign funded films made here including

DARFUR
THE WILD GEESE
ZULU
ZULU DAWN
THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS
THE NAKED PREY
SANDS OF THE KALAHARI

Most of these are on YouTube.

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Bad Movies / Re: 100 *alliterative* movie t...

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 02:03:56 PM

52. NO TIME TO DIE (2021)

the final 007 entry here.

(how on earth is that 5 years old?!)

[SKIP JAMES Devil Got My Woman]

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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Allhallowsday - Today at 01:49:53 PM

SKIP JAMES Devil Got My Woman

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Good Movies / Re: Have you seen any South Af...

Last post by zombie no.one - Today at 01:49:34 PM

I don't tend to look up which country a film was made in.

me neither... I'm sure I've got a few action-y type US movies which were filmed in SA but off the top of my head not sure what

[ELTON JOHN Greatest Hits Vol. II]

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Entertainment / Re: What have you been listeni...

Last post by Allhallowsday - Today at 01:32:49 PM

ELTON JOHN Greatest Hits Vol. II