Recent viewings

[claws]

Skinwalkers (2006) - there's these two groups of werewolves - one is good, they don't eat people, they just tie themselves up so they can't move when the moon is full.  The other group is bad, they like to dine upon us tender humans.  And there's some legend  where if this 12 year old kid turns 13, the werewolf curse will be ended.  So the bad werewolves want to kill the kid because they enjoy being the way they are, and the good guys try to protect him.  Frickin' precocious little turd and his clueless mom.  There's lots of shootouts and werewolf fistfights.  I didn't care if everybody died.  Jason Behr (you may remember him from such TV shows as Roswell) is the head bad guy, and probably the most interesting character in the movie.  It was kind of slow moving too, and dragged on too long at the end.  No, I don't give a damn if everybody lives happily ever after - just roll the credits please.  3/5.

I own the German DVD release of this, which is the R-Rated version. Not a great movie but you'll get more violence and more swearing compared to the PG-13 only U.S. release.

[HappyGilmore]

The Beast of Yucca Flats- Tor Johnson and a bunch of people driving about and walking, with a lot of sound effects and limited dialouge obviously added post-production as you never see a person's lips moving. 

The Lost Continent- Hugh Beaumont, Cesar Romero and lots of rock climbing.  Rock climbing.  Dinosaurs. 

Two classics.

[Jack]

The Crypt (2009) - watched this again.  A half-dozen hot babes break into some catacombs with the intention of stealing the jewelry from the corpses entombed there.  There's a small cave in, which makes exit difficult.  Just to add to their problems, the place is full of ghosts who aren't to happy that the girls are stealing their stuff.  This was fairly good.  Several hot babes - oops, I guess I already mentioned that - dressed in tight tank tops and short-shorts;  the apparent uniform of hot babe burglars.  It had pretty good atmosphere, and the characters were well done.  I may be biased in that regard though.  Pacing was okay and I've watched it several times now.  4/5.

[HappyGilmore]

Jack Frost- Some 1964 Finnish movie with Witches, A Mushroom Man, a guy looks like Simon LeBon who gets turned into a bear, a floating house. 

[Hammock Rider]

DOUBLE EXPOSURE(1944): A corn fed girl from Iowa tries to make it in New York as a photographer. It's a comedy that touches on gender roles, dating and the workplace.  It has unexpected plot twists, snappy dialog and good character actors in supporting roles. At just over an hour long it doesn't over stay its welcome. It stars Nancy Kelly and Boston Blackie himself, Chester Morris. It's charming, a bit wry, short and sweet.

[lester1/2jr]

Brotherhood of Satan(1971)- failed slow, bad horror movie. The pacing is what sinks it. The elderly satanic council aren't scary.  2/5

[God the Worms]

Friday- Some consider this to be some kind of "neo-blaxploitation" film. I don't really see that, but I've always enjoyed it. I see it as more of a laid back movie where stuff just happens. It isn't preachy like "South Central" or as violent as "Menace to Society" or as F-IN' hilarious as "Don't be a Menace", but still good as far as 90's hood movies go. 

[HappyGilmore]

Crash of The Moons

[JaseSF]

Lots of Christmas holiday viewing:

A Christmas Story (1983): "Oh Fudge...only I didn't say fudge." Scut Farkus and Grover Dill. The Leg Lamp. The Bumpus' Dogs. Chinese Turkey. Everyone knows this one or should. It's a Christmas classic. So so funny. Can't miss for me every Christmas. ***** out of ***** stars on Christmas.

A Christmas Carol (1951): The classic starring Alistair Sim, the quintessential Scrooge film. A moving classic that provides laughs, chills, drama and has a good moral ethic at heart. Another can't miss at Christmas. ***** out of ***** stars on Christmas and honestly anytime.

White Christmas (1954): a personal Christmas favourite, this stars Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye as former soldiers turned successful comedy team who pair up with a pair of performing sisters played Rosemary Clooney and Vera Allen to save the failing inn of their old army general (Dean Jagger). Not for everyone but I really enjoy this delightful Christmas themed blend of musical, comedy, romance and touching drama. I think I watched it five times over Christmas. For me, it's ***** out of ***** stars I think by this point, most everyone else would probably give it between **1/2 and ***1/2.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966): Narrated by Boris Karloff, this quirky adaptation of Dr. Seuss's tale, is a pure delight for me personally. Just so much fun and I watched it every Christmas since I was little. ***** out of ***** stars on Christmas.

Jack Frost (1979): the Rankin Bass animated cartoon with Jack Frost wanting to become human to win the love of a young woman is surprisingly touching and a tad bit sad at times. Still it has some fun songs, some funny moments, a memorable villain in Kubla Kraus, King of the Cossacks and his metallic army. It's a little disheartening at times but I still liked it. ***1/2 out of ***** stars.

Two Christmas episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies  on a DVD which was a gift I received for Christmas.

"Home For the Holidays" (1962) - The Clampetts return home for the holidays somewhat startled by all the surprises their bus (actually a jet) passage takes. Back home meanwhile Cousin Pearl, Jethro's Mom whom they hope to surprise, is trying to get Mr. Brewster to ask for her hand in marriage.

This episode was great fun and it was great seeing Bea Benaderet (Kate Bradley on Petticoat Junction) as Pearl Bodine. ***1/2 out of ***** stars

"Christmas at the Clampetts" (1963): Mr. Drysdale sets out a number of special gifts he hopes will entice the Clampetts to stay put in Beverly Hills including scuba gear for Jethro and Elly May, a television set Grandma mistakes for a washing machine, a boat along with a chimpanzee skipper. Meanwhile the Clampetts are planning to give Mrs. Drysdale that "mink" they heard she wants so badly for Christmas although they're curious as to just why.

This was a little bit lesser of an episode but it was still quite funny mostly due to the reactions of Jed and Grandma to the gifts. *** out of ***** stars.

[Jack]

Jennifer's Body (2009) - I had absolutely no idea what to expect with this movie - something like Bring It On, except sexier?  It turned out to be a sort of "Heathers" meets "Decoys".  A high school cheerleader is possessed by evil, and her plain-looking best friend tries to stop her.  Very dark humor, it was worth a few chuckles.  Very stylish as well.  I liked it.  4.25/5.

[venomx]

My netflix list, past week...

2012
Jaws 1
Fright Night
Godzilla Final Wars
The Omega Man
Cheech and Chong Nice Dreams
Class of Nuke'Em High
Clash of the Titans 1981
Romancing the Stone
Mega Shark VS Giant Octopus

[Rev. Powell]

DOUBLE EXPOSURE (1983): Prostitutes are turning up dead in L.A., and our womanizing jerk of a hero is having dreams about killing models.  Are the two related?  Predictable, flat, annoying thriller that's like a made-for-TV movie, but with lots of nudity and a little violence.  Everything about it rings false and stupid, like the fact that the hero takes a nice girl to a mud wrestling match on a date and she has no comment.  If I was in the mood I may have gotten into mocking this, but for some reason this bad movie just got under my skin and annoyed the hell out of me.  1.5/5, and that's for nudity only. 

[dean]

The Social Network:

Great movie, funny characters and fantastic performances about the beginnings of Facebook.  Who would have thought that such a movie would be so interesting and engaging, even if every character is a bit of a smart alec Aaron Sorkin style, it is well worth a watch!  4/5

[JaseSF]

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1994): Animated version of the classic tale is a pretty by the numbers direct to video  adaptation surprisingly similar with regards to the appearance of its ghostly characters as to those in the classic 1951 Alistair Sim version although here Scrooge looks much younger. Has a cool but somewhat unsettling little tune entitled "Sleep No More" to its credit which is one of its best features. Really nothing special or all that memorable overall but there's nothing too offensive about it either. O.K. timewaster I guess but there's way better versions out there. Found this in a Wal-Mart cheap bin. **1/2 out of ***** stars

[RCMerchant]

CHAIN GANG WOMEN (1972)
With a name like that-how can you go wrong? Heres how-
Well for one,its not about women onna chain gang. fact is-the title makes no sense. 2 hillbillys escape from the chain gang in Georgia-one's a rapist,the other a pothead. The go to potheads girlfreinds house,and Rapist-well-rapes Potheads girlfreind. They go to a farm house-and Rapist gets a girl drunk and rapes her too. (oh- none of the rapes are shown on screen-thank gawd) They run around in a car from police-to the music of some faux bluegrass/folk music-back track to the farmhouse,and are shot. The end. Bleh.
The chain gang start was interesting-but goes quickly waaaay down hill. Offa cliff kinda downhill.  This movie also has a habit of using the 2 screen and 4 screen montage thingy (like in The BOSTON STRANGLER) which is very distracting. And most of all-it was BORING.