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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Good luck with the snowpoc...
Last post by LilCerberus - Today at 01:33:31 PMBelow 20f the last two days....
About an inch or two of snow to look at, but mostly sleet & ice.....
About an inch or two of snow to look at, but mostly sleet & ice.....
#23
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 01:24:54 PMQuote from: M.10rda on January 24, 2026, 10:42:51 PMCHARADE (1963):
I've never seen it, but I do own (and enjoy) the Henry Mancini soundtrack.
THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR (2025): The story of how a neighborhood conflict with Florida woman, the ultimate "you kids stay off my lawn!" grump whom the kids universally call "the Karen," escalates into homicide, told mostly through police bodycam footage. Everybody has had a neighbor like this, but nobody expects to be killed by one. The footage of the immediate aftermath is emotionally devastating. On Netflix, worth checking out. 4/5.
#24
Bad Movies / Re: So-Bad-It’s-Good Movie Ind...
Last post by claws - Today at 01:01:46 PMAdded #11 and #12 to the Voting Zone, which is located underneath The Nomination Pool
Also, you can nominate movies (Nomination Pool) anytime.
Also, you can nominate movies (Nomination Pool) anytime.
#25
Off Topic Discussion / Re: Good luck with the snowpoc...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 12:50:33 PMLooks like we'll probably get near the bottom end of the projection, they're now saying 7 inches. Still snowing now, though. I doubt my street gets plowed until Monday at the earliest. Just hoping the power stays on the whole time.
#26
Bad Movies / Re: So-Bad-It’s-Good Movie Ind...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 12:43:11 PMMy random roll was 12, corresponding to Sharknado.
#27
Off Topic Discussion / Re: The New Happy Birthday Thr...
Last post by Rev. Powell - Today at 12:41:33 PMHappy birthday Bob! 
#28
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by FatFreddysCat - Today at 12:35:30 PM"The Terminator" (1984)
A time traveling cyborg from the future (Arnold Schwarzenegger) comes to 1984 L.A. to rub out a woman who will give birth to the man who will save Earth from the 21st century machine uprising. Bullets fly, cars crash, stuff blows up... a LOT of stuff.
James Cameron's classic sci-fi action flick turned Arnold into a legit movie star and created a franchise that's still going to this day.
A time traveling cyborg from the future (Arnold Schwarzenegger) comes to 1984 L.A. to rub out a woman who will give birth to the man who will save Earth from the 21st century machine uprising. Bullets fly, cars crash, stuff blows up... a LOT of stuff.
James Cameron's classic sci-fi action flick turned Arnold into a legit movie star and created a franchise that's still going to this day.
#29
Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2
Last post by M.10rda - Today at 11:44:16 AMBLACKMAIL (1929):
The first 10 minutes play out practically like a silent movie, and indeed there's apparently an entirely Silent version of BLACKMAIL, which I guess Alfred Hitchcock was tasked to then hastily reshoot with sync sound. (The mostly-Talkie version is what I watched on Prime.) Hitch made this a year before MURDER! and yet BLACKMAIL seems more sophisticated and advanced in some regards (and there is violent death in the bargain, if perhaps short of "murder!"). MURDER! is more complex in plot and construction yet more stagey, as early talkies tended to be. BLACKMAIL is shot simply for the most part - probably quickly, due to its circumstances - and the plot is pretty simple... and yet I found it ultimately more effective and suspenseful than MURDER!, and much more like what we'd later come to expect from a Hitch movie. So good for Hitch for working quickly and cannily under pressure.
It does take a long time to reach full speed. The first half hour is mostly committed to a goofy meet-cute/date night that rather tried my patience. But as we enter Act 2, one of the potential lovers is dead and the other will become the target of (...) blackmail! (It occurred to me that BLACKMAIL might be one of the Hitchcockian inspirations for DePalma's opening to SISTERS...)
From that point the plot builds methodically but persuasively in a couple of locations over the course of the following day. It isn't exactly a nailbiter but I was invested by the final scene - and the last shot is a really delicious turn-of-the-screw worthy of Hitchcock's reputation.
I had a good time w/ BLACKMAIL, though I could criticize it for how Hitch seems to frame his blonde female protagonist as a flighty, faithless idiot who deserves her predicament. She definitely put herself in a foolish position, but modern viewers are likely to excuse her response to what is unequivocally the behavior of a male predator. Then again, Hitch is reputed to have had a lot of predatory behavior of his own towards his lead actresses...
So lead Anny Ondry appears required to have a lot of overwrought and unnecessary breakdowns in cutaway. But when she's in wide shots with other actors, going about her business, Ondry acquits herself very nicely. She's also spunkier and cuter and more appealing than the ice queen ciphers that began headlining Hitch movies in later decades.
3.5/5 Maybe Hitch just couldn't stomach a girl with a personality!
The first 10 minutes play out practically like a silent movie, and indeed there's apparently an entirely Silent version of BLACKMAIL, which I guess Alfred Hitchcock was tasked to then hastily reshoot with sync sound. (The mostly-Talkie version is what I watched on Prime.) Hitch made this a year before MURDER! and yet BLACKMAIL seems more sophisticated and advanced in some regards (and there is violent death in the bargain, if perhaps short of "murder!"). MURDER! is more complex in plot and construction yet more stagey, as early talkies tended to be. BLACKMAIL is shot simply for the most part - probably quickly, due to its circumstances - and the plot is pretty simple... and yet I found it ultimately more effective and suspenseful than MURDER!, and much more like what we'd later come to expect from a Hitch movie. So good for Hitch for working quickly and cannily under pressure.
It does take a long time to reach full speed. The first half hour is mostly committed to a goofy meet-cute/date night that rather tried my patience. But as we enter Act 2, one of the potential lovers is dead and the other will become the target of (...) blackmail! (It occurred to me that BLACKMAIL might be one of the Hitchcockian inspirations for DePalma's opening to SISTERS...)
From that point the plot builds methodically but persuasively in a couple of locations over the course of the following day. It isn't exactly a nailbiter but I was invested by the final scene - and the last shot is a really delicious turn-of-the-screw worthy of Hitchcock's reputation.
I had a good time w/ BLACKMAIL, though I could criticize it for how Hitch seems to frame his blonde female protagonist as a flighty, faithless idiot who deserves her predicament. She definitely put herself in a foolish position, but modern viewers are likely to excuse her response to what is unequivocally the behavior of a male predator. Then again, Hitch is reputed to have had a lot of predatory behavior of his own towards his lead actresses...
So lead Anny Ondry appears required to have a lot of overwrought and unnecessary breakdowns in cutaway. But when she's in wide shots with other actors, going about her business, Ondry acquits herself very nicely. She's also spunkier and cuter and more appealing than the ice queen ciphers that began headlining Hitch movies in later decades. 3.5/5 Maybe Hitch just couldn't stomach a girl with a personality!
#30
Bad Movies / Re: The Ultimate So Bad It's G...
Last post by bob - Today at 10:47:42 AM+ Sharknado
- House of the Dead
- Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
10 Apple, The (1980)
11 Atomic Submarine, The (1959)
11 Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
11 Babe Ruth Story, The (1948)
10 Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965)
12 Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955)
11 Ben and Arthur (2002)
13 Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966)
10 Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle (2022)
15 Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
10 Blood Diner (1987)
11 Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
13 Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)
10 Codename: Wildgeese (1984)
13 Conqueror, The (1956)
14 Dragon Lives Again, The (1977)
15 Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) aka Turkish Star Wars (1982)
15 Fatal Deviation (1998)
17 Glen or Glenda? (1953)
13 Gymkata (1985)
13 Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
16 Hobgoblins (1988)
3 House of the Dead (2003)
11 Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising, The (1995)
1 Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
9 Maniac (1934)
13 Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
14 Message from Space (1978)
10 Miami Connection (1987)
14 Mommie Dearest (1981)
9 New Year's Evil (1980)
15 No Holds Barred (1989)
23 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
5 Protector, The (1985)
10 Reefer Madness (1936)
10 Return of the Family Man (1990)
14 Robo Vampire (1988)
21 Robot Monster (1953)
22 Room, The (2003)
10 S.I.C.K. (Serial Insane Clown Killer) (2003)
14 Samurai Cop (1991)
11 Santa Claus (1959)
13 Sharknado (2013)
10 Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
21 Showgirls (1995)
14 Space Mutiny (1988)
12 Starcrash (1978)
20 Troll 2 (1990)
10 Wicker Man, The (2006)
18 Zardoz (1974)
- House of the Dead
- Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island
10 Apple, The (1980)
11 Atomic Submarine, The (1959)
11 Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
11 Babe Ruth Story, The (1948)
10 Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965)
12 Beast with a Million Eyes, The (1955)
11 Ben and Arthur (2002)
13 Billy the Kid vs Dracula (1966)
10 Birdemic 3: Sea Eagle (2022)
15 Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010)
10 Blood Diner (1987)
11 Bloodsucking Freaks (1976)
13 Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)
10 Codename: Wildgeese (1984)
13 Conqueror, The (1956)
14 Dragon Lives Again, The (1977)
15 Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saves the World) aka Turkish Star Wars (1982)
15 Fatal Deviation (1998)
17 Glen or Glenda? (1953)
13 Gymkata (1985)
13 Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
16 Hobgoblins (1988)
3 House of the Dead (2003)
11 Howling Part 7: New Moon Rising, The (1995)
1 Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island (1954)
9 Maniac (1934)
13 Manos: The Hands of Fate (1966)
14 Message from Space (1978)
10 Miami Connection (1987)
14 Mommie Dearest (1981)
9 New Year's Evil (1980)
15 No Holds Barred (1989)
23 Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
5 Protector, The (1985)
10 Reefer Madness (1936)
10 Return of the Family Man (1990)
14 Robo Vampire (1988)
21 Robot Monster (1953)
22 Room, The (2003)
10 S.I.C.K. (Serial Insane Clown Killer) (2003)
14 Samurai Cop (1991)
11 Santa Claus (1959)
13 Sharknado (2013)
10 Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
21 Showgirls (1995)
14 Space Mutiny (1988)
12 Starcrash (1978)
20 Troll 2 (1990)
10 Wicker Man, The (2006)
18 Zardoz (1974)