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[bob]

The newborn son of Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) and his wife, Katherine (Lee Remick), dies shortly after birth in Rome. Robert is coerced by Father Spiletto (Martin Benson) into substituting for the dead child an orphan whose mother died at the same moment, without telling Katherine. Out of concern for his wife's mental well-being, Robert agrees. They name the child Damien (Harvey Stephens). Soon after, Robert is named U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain.


This is everything I look for in a horror movie: it's smart, it makes me think and its damn good.


I haven't explored all the extras on dick 2 yet but there are a lot of them.

5/5

[FatFreddysCat]

"Red Dawn" (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_I4WgBfETc

World War III breaks out and the U.S. is invaded by Communist forces, forcing a gang of Colorado high schoolers to escape into the mountains, form a band of guerrilla fighters ("WOLVERIIIIIIINES!") and start killin' lotsa commies for their Mommies.

Depending on who you talk to, "Red Dawn" is either one of the most bad-ass action flicks of the early 80s, or a totally absurd piece of Cold War propaganda. I'm somewhere in the middle. Sure, the film is totally out of date and therefore pretty ridiculous now, but at the time it was made the USSR was still the world's number one bad guy so it almost seemed plausible.

Besides, you can't help rootin' for Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen and the rest of the gang when they start givin' them dirty Reds the what-fer!!

I had a history teacher in high school who was obsessed with this film. To him, it wasn't just a movie, it was a cautionary tale about what could happen and an instruction manual on what we'd have to do!

[bob]

Troll 2, right up there with The Room and Birdemic: Shock and Terror as one of the best bad movies of all time.

YOU CAN'T p**s ON HOSPITALITY! I WON'T ALLOW IT! 

this is epic: from one of the main characters being dead from the beginning of the movie, to the hilarous faces of the goblins,  and the item which Joshua takes out of the backpack are just some of the many highlights of this great movie

but.....I was disappointed with somethings

This is a 20th anniveray Niblog edition on bluray. Most blurays have a couple of extras on it and this one only had the original trailer on it. My copy of the 20th annversary of Hobgoblins, which I have on a standard DVD format,  has a ton of special features.

That not with standing I loved this movie.

5 out of 5 stars 

[Vik]

Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Glad I finally saw this. It was really bizarre but very good. Klause Kinski was intense, especially near the end.

Adaptation
Even better than I expected. Clever and funny all the way through. Cage was perfect.

[bob]

Barry Lyndon is a 1975 British-American period romantic war film produced, written, and directed by Stanley Kubrick based on the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray which recounts the exploits of an 18th century Irish adventurer involving dueling, love and being a proper gentleman. Ryan O'Neal stars as Barry Lyndon. The costumes are absolutely fantasic!

5/5

[retrorussell]

The series "Trailer Park Boys".  Funny show involving dumb Canadian trailer park residents attempting get-rich-quick schemes, as well as growing dope, wrecking things, getting wasted and p*ssing off their park manager and his obese sidekick.

[Rev. Powell]

EVANGELION 2.22: YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE (2009): More giant robots battle "angels," and hero Shinji continues whining about how his father doesn't love him, in this second installment of the anime series.  Pretty and logic-free, with candy-colored visuals and teenage angst.  2.5/5. 

[bob]

Nolan's first Batman film. I rewatched this late last night for the first time in a while and it's ever better then I rememeber. The was the first Batman movie for me that made Bruce Wayne/Batman very interesting as in the past it was all about the bad guys in that regard.

5/5

[Rev. Powell]

BUNNY & THE BULL: An agoraphobic young man remembers (or hallucinates) a trip he took across Europe with his hard-drinking, sexually voracious, gambling-addicted pal Bunny.  Starts off with an interesting premise but it gets lost in sketch comedy styled road trip scenes (including a tasteless bit about a homeless Russian dog herder); the art direction is sometimes artificial and brilliant but stylistically inconsistent, as if they ran out of money halfway through production.  2/5.

[Pilgermann]

Sledgehammer (1984) - A group of young folks on vacation visit an old house in the middle of nowhere to party-it-up, but the house was the scene of a murder 10 years earlier.  A woman having an affair met her lover at the house and locked her son in the closet there while she went about her business.  The kid went wacko or maybe he was possessed by some kind of spirit, I dunno, but he wound up killing them with a sledgehammer.  Cut to the present-day partiers and gruesome hilarity ensues.

Notorious for being one of the first shot-on-video horror films, and it's incredibly weird and cheap.  There're gobs of slow motion shots for no real reason, shape-shifting killer who can materialize out of thin air, sparsely decorated rooms, strange droning synth soundtrack, and dorky acting.  It's a lot of fun to watch, actually.  8/10

[FatFreddysCat]

X-Men: First Class (2011)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yq7Za1JnZg&feature=player_embedded

Prequel to the X-Men saga takes us back to the early 60s, when Charles Xavier and Eric (Magneto) Lensherr were friends and eventually teammates. With the help of the U.S. government, they recruit the first squadron of X-Men and then battle against the Hellfire Club, who want to use the Cuban Missle Crisis to kick off a nuclear war.

I had my doubts about this one since it had an entirely new cast (except for Hugh Jackman, who gets a brief, hilarious cameo as Wolverine that lasts about ten seconds) and a new setting but this turned out to be a damn cool flick. It may be the best X-Men movie yet.

[FatFreddysCat]

"Green Lantern" (2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-GO9fo9DtM

Ryan Reynolds stars in the latest DC Comics adaptation as hot shot test pilot Hal Jordan, who becomes the first Earthling ever chosen to join the intergalactic peace keeping force, the Green Lantern Corps. Shortly after his induction, he has to save Earth from the alien baddie Parallax.

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I dug this one, especially since my expectations were pretty low. Even at the height of my comic book geek days I was never much more than a casual fan of G.L., and I usually can't stand Ryan Reynolds either. I seem to remember this getting a lot of fanboy hate when it was first released too. However, despite all those bad omens I thought it was a decent flick. Lotsa action and great special effects.

[indianasmith]

Earlier this week I watched ATTACK OF THE VEGAN ZOMBIES.  It was really, really awful.
Tonight I watched FINAL DESTINATION 5.  I am a pretty big fan of this series, and the twist at the end this time was actually quite clever.  I do kind of hope this is the last one, though - they have pretty much worn the premise thin.  But this one did have some pretty original kills.

[bob]

Kirk Douglas plays the title character who was born into slavery who along with several slaves are purchased by Batiatus who takes them his gladiatorial training camp

this epic is fantastic

5/5



much to my surprise I enjoyed this almost as much as the first 2 Terminator films

I thought it wouldn't have the feel of the previous 2 which is a key reason I enjoyed the previous 2
also the storyline continues perfectly


4.5/5



this movie is brutal

Joe Don Baker plays an unlikable cop

1/5



Christian Bale and Hugh  Jackman are rival magicians who are bitter rivals

one of my favorites, are you watching closely

5/5



what is there to say about The Godfateher that hasn't alreayd been said, it's a classic for a reason
10/5

[JaseSF]

Roujin Z (1991): a nurse tries her best to help an elderly patient who gets picked for an experimental new robot bed that's supposed to take care of his every need but she doesn't believe it can provide human companionship. Things take a turn towards the unexpected when the robotic bed runs amok and somehow ends up seemingly possessed by the spirit of his dead wife.

This was surprisingly fun and funny, a goofy kind of tale that does deal a bit with some serious issues as it concerns the way we treat the elderly but I have a feeling a lot of the more serious stuff here gets lost in the dubbed translation. Still enjoyable enough and the time flies watching this 80 minute film. *** out of ***** stars.

License To Wed (2007): a newly engaged couple (Mandy Moore & John Krasinki) finds their upcoming wedding commitment to one another seriously put to the test by the kooky and eccentric Reverand Frank (Robin Williams). This chick flick was watchable enough for the most part and even has a few funny moments here and there but Krasinski's character Ben is such a wussy pushover it's hard to feel any sympathy for him which I feel makes the film much less effective. I keep waiting for him to show some signs of manhood yet it never comes. Also Robin Williams character comes off just a tad creepy at times. **1/2 out of ***** stars.

50 First Dates (2004): Womanizer Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) finds himself unexpectedly smitten with local art teacher Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) in an Hawaiin cafe. There is however one major problem, Lucy suffers from Goldfield Syndrome, a fictional form of anterograde amnesia which means she forgets all the days events after falling asleep every night so Henry finds himself trying to win her love repeatedly everyday over and over again.

This one surprised me. It was kind of sweet and touching and Sandler was more tolerable than usual here. This is certainly one of his better film efforts. It does seem he does well when paired off with Barrymore, whom he also starred with in The Wedding Singer and Sandler doesn't hog the spotlight as much here giving time to some fun comedy moments from supporting stars Rob Schneider and Sean Astin. Also the gross out humor is toned down and the story is a more moving drama for the most part with surprisingly likable characters all around. ***1/2 out of ***** stars.