Recent viewings

[Shadow]

Barbara Crampton fans should note that she gets into a really sexy S&M leather outfit at a certain point in the movie and also has some topless activity.

How does it compare to her brief boom-boom scene in Body Double?

[CheezeFlixz]

Burial of the Rats (1995)

I caught this on Showtime ... man stupid movie but enough skin to keep watching it. Skin lots and lots of skin.

[HappyGilmore]

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)- Decent enough adaption of the televison series.  Somewhat new costumes, good villian, and the Hitchiker from the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre played Lord Zedd.

[hellbilly]

Afraid Of The Dark (1991) - Creepy, unsettling and a bit twisted. Loved it.
It's the type of movie David Lynch should've made. And yeah, totally forgot Catriona McColl was in this!

[HappyGilmore]

Blow- Decent flick, with Johnny Depp, Paul Reubens and Ray Liotta.  Johnny Depp is a coke dealer who keeps screwing up.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl- Watched this afternoon.  Johnny Depp is hilarious in it.  Keira Knightly is cute, but could stand to gain like, 10-15 pounds.  Great flick.

[Mr_Vindictive]

From Beyond  *** out of ****.   Stuart Gordon's followup to his amazing directorial debut Re-Animator re-teams Barbara Crampton and Jeffrey Combs from that 1st film in addition to Ken Foree.  While not as good as Re-Animator it is still a whole lot of fun, especially in it's unrated version on the very recent unrated DVD.  Barbara Crampton fans should note that she gets into a really sexy S&M leather outfit at a certain point in the movie and also has some topless activity.  Pretty good gore effects and lots and lots of slime all over the place.  Jeffrey Combs is a hoot.


Ginger Snaps.  ***1/2 out of ****.  One of the best werewolf movies that I've seen and it's awesome in that it tells a werewolf tale from a female perspective.  Great performances all around and some ferocious attack sequences.  The sequel was decent and the 3 film (a prequel of sorts) was terrible but the 1st is a near classic.

I'm still waiting on my copies of From Beyond and The Burning from Amazon.  I really need to learn to not pre-order from them anymore as it normally takes a week or two for me to get my DVDs where as sites like Buy.com get me my DVDs on or before their release date.  I didn't really care for From Beyond my first time around with it, but that was years ago on a torn up VHS.  I'm hoping a better DVD transfer will make the film more enjoyable for me.

Ginger Snaps is a modern classic.  It's a great little retelling of the classic werewolf story.  I have yet to see either of the sequels, but I've heard the 2nd is decent with the third being trash.  I need to get around to netflixing them sometime.

[HappyGilmore]

Vegas Vacation (1997)- I gotta say, being the fourth "Vacation" flick with the Griswold's, I feel this is still a decent flick.  I loved Wallace Shawn as the Blackjack Dealer. 

[HappyGilmore]

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians- I watched the dvd today.  Gotta love Dropo.

Coyote Ugly- Eh.  Decent enough I guess.  But two hours of Tyra Banks, Piper Perabo and other hot chicks dancing on a bar makes up for the lack of a plot.

[Pilgermann]

Yesterday afternoon I watched The Creature with the Blue Hand (comments in the "recent purchases" thread).   I also watched Godzilla vs. Hedorah for the first time and it was a wonderful thing.  I absolutely loved how odd and bizarre it was.  One brief review I've read compared it to a Seijun Suzuki film, and while I've only seen Branded to Kill, it seems like a good way of describing it.

[HappyGilmore]

An Evening With Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder- Not as good as the first.  But, some decent questions/answers.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3- Saw this bad boy in the theater when it came out.  Worst of the three, I suppose.  I liked it though.

[Torgo]

Ginger Snaps is a modern classic.  It's a great little retelling of the classic werewolf story.  I have yet to see either of the sequels, but I've heard the 2nd is decent with the third being trash.  Isometime.

The 2nd one is decent and the 3rd one is complete crap.  You are correct!

[Torgo]

Knocked Up.   *** out of ****
Not quite as laugh-out-loud-funny as The 40 Year Old Virgin and about 30 or so minutes too long, but still very funny.  Great performances all around and most of the regulars from 40 Year Old Virgin are here in new roles. I had read that Knocked Up was originally intended to be a sequel to 40 Year Old Virgin but following Seth Rogen's character, but they decided to just make it it's own movie.

[HappyGilmore]

Freaked- Funny, funny movie.  Underrated classic.  "Styrofoam Cup."

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Good stuff.  Moved up to my top ten list.

[Torgo]

The Brave One.  *** out of ****.

Jodie Foster turns in a ferocious performance in this vigilante tale that doesn't necessarily reinvent the cinematic wheel but is very entertaining.   Terrific performances all around overcome some of the plot holes and contrivances that are unfortunately part of the vigilante genre.

[wtffilm]

HOUSE [1977]

Probably the weirdest haunted house film you'll ever see - 7 Japanese school-girl friends take a trip through the glory of forced perspective sets and absurd optical effects to a house that eats unmarried women.  Some highlights include a kung fu battle between a girl and a bunch of firewood and an entirely bizarre sequence in which the most musically inclined of the group is devoured by a piano.

Highly recommended for weird cinema enthusiasts, this one is definitely getting a review from myself in the near future.

Kindest regards,

Kevin P.
http://www.wtf-film.com