Recent viewings

[Leah]

Return of the Living Dead- Very funny and the movie knows it, zombies come to life because of some gas and it is a hell of a hard time to kill them. 5/5.

[InformationGeek]

Red Riding Hood: In some remote apart of the world during the Medival Age, a werewolf terroizes a little town while there is some sappy romance story going on.  Rather boring, but has a neat mystery going on for it.  Ok acting, decent effects, but not much else is going for it.  2 or 2.5 of 5 for a score.

[bob]

Highlander directors cut 5/5 - easily one of my favorite action/adventuree films. The directors cut only has 6 minutes of exclusive footage,but I think it helps the film.

Robot Monster - 4/5...gotta love this.

Inception blu ray - 20/5

The Dark Eyes of London 4/5 early Lugosi...I really liked this but it's hard to take it seriously went a main character looks like the mentally challenged brother of Frankenstein

Amerros Perros 4/5 - this beigns with a car crash follows the paths of those in the crash and a witness and what let to them being at the location at the time it occured. it also takes a look at their lives after the incident

[Couchtr26]

TIDELAND is not exactly a feel-good, pick me up movie.  By far the darkest thing Gilliam has ever done.  But I hope you like it!

Well, I enjoyed it.  It didn't lift me up in the way most would think.  However, it was nice to see something besides Voodoo Black Exorcist. 

[FatFreddysCat]

"Red State"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ1v6oFHefc&feature=player_embedded
Kevin ("Clerks") Smith's new film about a midwestern town's battle with the members of a religious cult, run by a preacher who's kinda like a combo of Fred Phelps and David Koresh.

For months & months I've been hearing this film hyped as Smith's first "horror" movie, but it's more of a thriller/drama. If you're looking for a horror flick you won't find it here. The film isn't bad in and of itself, but it's not quite what I was expecting.

[Rev. Powell]

THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD (2003):A legless Canadian beer magnate (Isabella Rosselini) holds a contest during the Great Depression to discover the titular music; the bout attracts in a musical family with a very odd and twisted history. Very funny movie if you can get past the need for everything to make absolute sense; Guy Maddin continues his visual experiments in recreating the look and feel of movies from the 20s and early 30s, but this may be his most accessible and mainstream story.   4.5/5.

[FatFreddysCat]

"The Legend Of Hell House" (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MDF9vZVd_s

Very dry ghost story in which a team of paranormal investigators are summoned to a renowned haunted house to "unlock its secrets." Over time they hear creepy voices, stuff moves around, they yell at each other a lot, aaaaaaand...that's about it, really. It looked like they might be building up to something for a while but nope, it just plods along till a very flat ending. Boring. Skip it.

[JaseSF]

Wait Until Dark (1967): Susy Hendrix (Audrey Hepburn), a recently blind woman, becomes the target of crafty thugs who try and work their way in and out of her house searching for a doll hidden somewhere in her apartment that is filled with heroin. Eventually things get more intense as the hoodlums become more desperate to get their hands on the stolen drugs.

This was a very well done suspense thriller. It keeps you guessing how things will turn out until the very end and has a very suspenseful darkness filled conclusion that must have been quite good to take in the movie theatre. This movie is actually in its own way and certainly for its time more frightening than many out and out horror slashers and features fine acting from the likes of Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna and Jack Weston. It is a little slow getting going but worth the wait IMO.  ***1/2 out of ***** stars.

Bee Movie (2007): A bee named Barry B. Benson (voiced by Jerry Seinfeld), not entirely happy with the ordered existence of bees, seeks adventure in the outside world where he eventually meets and befriends a human named Vanessa (voiced by Renee Zellwegger) and learns what humans have been doing with the bees' honey leading him to take a rather unlikely action -  sue humanity.

This clever little movie is certainly quite amusing and at times fun and funny. All in all, yeah it's pretty silly stuff and whether you enjoy it or not may depend on well you like Jerry Seinfeld and his style of humor although I feel this film was somewhat of a little departure for him. Just don't expect anything too serious here. Aside from Seinfeld and Zellwegger, I got the biggest kick and laughs out of Ken, who was voiced by Patrick Warburton (also of "Seinfeld" and "Tick" fame). *** out of ***** stars.

Suspect Zero (2004): A new brand of serial killer seems to be on the loose, one who is hunting other serial killers. Recently demoted FBI agent Thomas Mackelway (Aaron Eckhart) and reluctant partner Fran Kulok (Carrie-Anne Moss) work against time to stop the man they believe might just be the undetectable serial killer nicknamed "Suspect Zero" only to eventually learn more unexpected truths about the vigilante Benjamin O' Ryan (Ben Kingsley) than anyone could ever have guessed.

This was pretty different- it's kind of like a blend of gory horror mixed with science fiction style spy-fi. It felt kind of "X-Files" like but was different than that too. Early on, it's seems kind of like a confused jumbled mess but in the end, it all surprisingly does come together and as a story wasn't too bad overall just rather striking in its utter bleakness. Not a movie to watch I'd say if you're feeling down in the dumps but certainly different, interesting and kind of unique. It also makes great use of visuals, albeit mostly bizarre and disturbing ones, to tell its story. In the end though, I did like it but yeah it's a bit of a downer in some ways. *** out of ***** stars.

The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975): Mr. Russel Donovan (Bill Bixby) is tricked into accepting a delivery package which turns out to be three orphan kids he then finds himself, a bachelor, saddled with. Said kids, the Bradleys, too are prone to getting into trouble and eventually dig up a lot when they discover a huge gold nugget that soon becomes the target of bumbling would be thieves Theodore (Don Knotts) and Amos (Tim Conway) and eventually the more serious gang leader Frank Stillwell (Slim Pickens) not to mention has the whole town wanting to adopt the kids to get their greedy hands on their treasure.

This is a fun little Disney film that features a great mix of comedic hijinks, serious family drama, and western style shootout and brawling adventure. Granted, it stretches credibility quite a bit on some levels yet it's really quite a lot of fun and pretty suitable fare for the whole family. *** out of ***** stars.

Of Unknown Origin (1983): A man named Bart Hughes (Peter Weller) finds himself in a desperate battle with a rat to maintain ownership of the home he built with his own hands.

The premise here is surprisingly simple and this film is surprisingly effective and downright intense. Granted credibility is stretched here on many levels on the viewer is definitely asked to suspend their disbelief for several of the more shocking acts done by an apparent "super rat" yet this is one of those films that IMO stays with the viewer after watching and will likely creep you out for days and make you look perhaps in the nooks and crannies of your house and have you listening for odd sounds at night. My girlfriend could barely take this one and had to look away several times and yeah it is pretty suspenseful and disturbing in some scenes although the FX isn't always convincing. Still good acting from Weller, some clever humor and irony and some neat camera tricks helped enhance this one and make it a most satisfyling unsettling movie experience. A lot of Canadians involved in this one too - Louis Del Grande , Jennifer Dale and Shannon Tweed,  who was born in Newfoundland, in her I believe film debut.

Oliver and Company (1988): Disney animated movie loosely mixes in elements of "Oliver Twist" with cute animal adventure as an orphaned kitten named Oliver (voiced by Joey Lawrence) unlikely enough ends up joining a gang of dogs who make their living for themselves and their master Fagin (voiced by Dom DeLuise) by engaging in petty larceny on the streets of New York. Eventually during one of these crime schemes, Oliver ends up meeting a wealthy and lonely little girl named Jenny Foxworth, an event that will eventually change and/or affect the lives of practically every other character in the story.

This was a fun little Disney film. Obviously it doesn't delve very deeply into the darker elements presented in "Oliver Twist" only skimming the surface but it does feature some rather intense villains for a Disney film in the menacing Sykes (voiced by Robert Loggia) and his snarling pit bull lapdogs. I'd say Sykes can stand toe to toe with some of other more notorious and more noted classic Disney villains. There are as one should perhaps expect from Disney some songs and cute comedy adventure before getting to the more serious cat-kid-napping plot. The most notable and entertaining song perhaps is "Why Should I Worry?" sung by Billy Joel who provides the voice of Dodger, the cool streetwise smartmouth mutt who's something of a lovable scoundrel. Other stars of note here include Cheech Marin who provides the voice of scrappy Latino Chihuahua/gang member Tito, Richard Mulligan who provides the voice of the wise gang member Einstein, Roscoe Lee Browne who gives voice to the more refined bulldog/gang member Francis and finally Bette Midler as Georgette, the pampered and spoiled Foxworth family pet poodle who isn't too fond of the idea of sharing space with Oliver. This one is probably a bit overlooked and underrated. ***1/2 out of ***** stars.

[Vik]

The Tommyknockers
Very silly at times, but pretty entertaining. Overstayed its welcome to an extent with a three hour long running time, and the soundtrack was annoyingly cheesy.

[lester1/2jr]

Shot Through the Heart- I'd rather have seen that Jude Law/ Ed Harris movie again in the final analysis, but this was kind of interesting because I didn't know anything abuot the post commie yugoslavia conflict. Imagine if all the sudden the catholic people in your town went to war with the protestant people when the day before everythin had been fine. That seems to be waht happened in Sarayevo. This wasn't bad, just kind of dull. 3/5

[JaseSF]

Problem Child (1990): The title problem child Junior (Michael Oliver) is such a nightmare handful that he's been passed from home to home until finally ending up in an orphanage runs by Nuns until he pushes even them to their limits and they insist he be removed. This leads to unscrupulous adoption agent Igor Peabody (Gilbert Gottfried) tricking and pushing the unwanted 7 year old on an unsuspecting couple hoping to newly adopt a child. Said couple are the Healys- there's kindly and good natured Ben Healy (John Ritter), who works for his controlling and manipulative tyrannical father Big Ben (Jack Warden) who owns a sporting goods chain and now plans on becoming the town's mayor, and his image obsessed selfish wife Flo (Amy Yasbeck) who cares more about the parties she might now be invited to than in actually having a kid. Junior inevitably wrecks havoc and the Healys soon come to regret their decision. More chaos ensues mostly centered around Junior doing awful nasty stuff to avenge those he feels have crossed him. Also on hand is Micheal Richards as Martin Beck, the Bow-Tie Killer, a serial killer with whom Junior develops a fascination who factors pretty strongly in a chase oriented climax.

Even the ever-likable John Ritter can't save this one. Not to say it doesn't have its moments, its' best ones usually featuring Ritter or scene stealing from Gottfried and Richards but Junior ultimately proves very hard to truly feel sympathy for as he does awful and sometimes downright mean-spirited things to others throughout this story and things definitely get immensely far-fetched during the big chase climax. That Junior is really a rather unlikable character for the most part and Ritter is too much of a pushover detracts somewhat from this film that might have been better if toned down a bit more but no, they definitely prefer to push things to the hilt in terms of Junior being bad. **1/2 out of ***** stars.

[Cthulhu]

Curse of The Blue Lights-Goofy, but boring movie. It has something to do with an ancient god, some ghouls, and zombies.
It failed to entertain me.

[FatFreddysCat]

"Orphan" (2009)

I meant to catch this when it first made the DVD rounds a while ago but never got round to it. Imagine my surprise when it turned up on the Lifetime Network (!) of all places last night. Anyway, this was a cool, effective "Creepy Kid" flick.

[Pilgermann]

Reflections of Evil (2002) - I liked it so much I made a thread about it, so I won't go into any detail.  It's unique. 9/10

[Flick James]

Scream 4 -

Yikes. That's two hours I won't get back. So boring. Just one samey-same kill after another, and uninteresting story, and just nothing going for it.

Now that there's been 4 of these movies, I am more certain than ever that the first one was the only one that had any merit.