Recent viewings

[RCMerchant]

BATTLEGROUND (1949)-Saw this loooong ago...and watched it last night on TCM. A GREAT early WW II movie that doesn't show propaganda done yer throat. James Whitmore,Van Johnson and Ricardo Montablan stand out. 

[InformationGeek]

Shark Swarm:   I wanted to find something special to do review on in honor of Shark Week.  I found this and it certianly wasn't special!  The acting was bland to weird, CGI shark attack scenes were recycled over and over again, the setting was too genetric, and how no one in this town noticed that everyone was missing was very surprising.  Anyways, bad film!  Then again, this was made for the Sci-Fi Channel...

[Jim H]

Ninja Terminator - Had this on in the background.  Laughably bad, with some entertaining moments and some simply dull ones.  I didn't enjoy it quite as much as some of the other Godfrey Ho films I've seen, even though this one is one of the most ridiculous.

No rating, as I wasn't fully paying attention.

Puppet Master 3 - quite entertaining and solidly made little film.  Guy Rolfe was perfect casting, and his is the best version of Toulon.  I hadn't seen this in quite a while, but overall I still found it quite entertaining.  I think this is overall the best in the series.

8/10

[Jack]

Land of the Lost - the old TV show from the '70s.  They had a marathon of it yesterday on the Sci-Fi Channel.  A guy and his two kids are rafting, go over a waterfall, and wind up in a mysterious land with dinosaurs, Sleestaks, time portals, and all sorts of other stuff!  This was very entertaining.  The settings are very creative, and although it's obviously just green screen stuff, it's cool!  The acting is surprisingly good and the characters very likable.  Plots are, well, it's made by Sid and Marty Croft;  just about anything that pops into their minds is good for an episode.  The only annoying part was that there were several episodes in a row featuring some little proto-human creature, and half the dialog was some nonsense language.  The special effects were totally retro and cool as hell.  This show has really aged well, it's just as fun and interesting for an adult to watch (well, for me to watch) as for the kids.  4/5.

[metalmonster]

I Also Saw Some Of LAND OF THE LOST On The Sci-fi Channel Yesterday , I Thought The Show Was Great.....I Wonder Where I Can Find It On Dvd


Also In The Last Week I Saw The Movies

THE CORE
Mesa Of Lost Women
And Blood Tide

All Of Them Were Pretty Good

[Torgo]

WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER  *** out of ****.  Funny parody of early 80's summer camp films is a bit of an acquired taste. But for people with quirky senses of humor it's a lot of fun though it takes a little bit to get going.

[Jack]

The Marine (2006) - Pro wrestler John Cena stars as an ex-marine who's wife is kidnapped by a group of murderous jewel thieves.  The bad guys are led by Robert Patrick (Doggett from the X-Files).  The people who made this did a good job of it, giving Cena only a small amount of dialog, which he handles competently.  Robert Patrick gets most of the screen time, playing a slightly tongue-in-cheek bad guy - "I tried killing him three times but he's still alive.  I must be having an off day".  A real throwback to action movies of the '80s, with lots of really big explosions, and the fight scenes are exceptionally well done too.  Kept me interested straight through to the end.  There's even a catfight to boot!  4/5. 

[Torgo]

Y Tu Mama Tambien  ***1/2 out of ****.   Fun & at times touching Mexican film follows two horny recent high school  graduate guys who hit the Mexican roads with a  mysterious & gorgeous 28 year old woman from Spain who is having some issues that don't come to light until much later in the film.  The boys are looking to score with an older woman while traveling to a supposedly mythic beach spot while the lady is trying to escape her life for a while and just be free. Very sexually explicit at times, though the movie is never smutty. It actually acts as a sort of travelogue of the backroads of Mexico since it's a dramatic but still funny at times road movie. The ending is just a bit too abrupt though. Highly reccomended but make sure to get the unrated theatrical version.

[Xendinthian]

I saw Star Trek (2009) for the 2nd time. A second viewing affirmed to me that the movie was... okay.

[Joe the Destroyer]

Being down becauase of my surgery, I've had a lot of time to watch some flicks.

Bless the Child- Seen it before, still really like it. 

The Burning- Finally caught this film.  While I do like it (and the early appearance of Jason Alexander), there doesn't seem to be much that separates it from other summer camp slashers out there.  Still a fun movie that plays out kind of like a campfire story. 

Negadon: The Monster From Mars- Technically good, but way too short.  It pays homage to other kaiju films, but... 30 minutes!?!?! That's it? 

Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane- Basically Snakes on a Plane with zombies instead of snakes.  Still a fun, bloody film.   

House of Wax (remake)- Despite a few cool scenes (like Paris Hilton getting a pipe through her head), the film is over all boring and missing some of the elements that make slasher films fun.  Also, I don't feel it made the best effort of what it was supposed to be: a combined remake of House of Wax and Tourist Trap, though it utilizes very few elements from either movie effectively.   

Sisters of Death- A fun, old school whodunnit with plenty of charm.  It's on that Horrorlicious movie collection  I'm betting this one was made for TV, because it kind of has that made for TV feel.  Even if not, it's still worth a watch. 

Braveheart- Yes, I've seen this movie before.  Yes, it's still awesome.  Have you ever slowed down the part where Willaim Wallace smashes the dude's face with the ball n' chain?  The dummy they used for that scene looks hilarious.   

[Joe the Destroyer]

You know, I could have sworn I posted on here not to long ago talking about a few movies earlier in the week.  I'll see if I can remember them.

Wedding Crashers- Fun movie, even though I didn't laugh as hard as I thought I would.  Despite the lack of direction toward the end of the film, I still felt I enjoyed it for the most part. 

The Butterfly Effect 2- Simply awful.  It felt like the movie spent its premise within the first half hour, and the rest of the film felt like a bunch of padding and plot vomit.   

Demons- Finally watched this movie, and even though I didn't find it as enjoyable as everyone hyped it out to be, I still liked it.  It has plenty of 80's kitsch in the tradition of movies like Evil Dead. 

[JaseSF]

Horror Express (1972): Chilling thriller set on a train heading from China to Russia. Things turn terrifying when a fossilized remains brought aboard by Professor Alexander Saxton, played by Christopher Lee, seemingly comes to life and starts killing people turning their eyes white and erasing their brains in the process. The ultimate explanation for this proves even more surprising yet. There's lots of good suspense and chills here and this movie proves to be a good blend of horror, mystery and science fiction. The cast are great especially Lee, Peter Cushing as the affable scientist Dr. Wells, Alberto de Mendoza as the mentally unsettled Father Pujardov, Julio Peña as Inspector Mirov who investigates the unusual murders and Alice Reinheart as Miss Jones - an assistant to Dr. Wells. There's always a level of suspense and mystery at work that will keep viewers guessing until well towards the end and some startling visuals as things work their way to climax. It's not always fully successful and Telly Savalas' scenes in particular come across as cheesy and forced. Still it's something of an enjoyable thrill ride for most of its running time although it can be a bit hard to follow at times. ***1/2 out of *****

Fury of the Wolfman (1972): Paul Naschy is back as Waldemar Daninsky one more time. This time however a former jilted love interest/mad scientist/daughter of mad scientist has her eyes firmly set on gaining control over Daninsky, especially while he is in full werewolf mode. Perla Cristal in the role of Dr. Ilona Elmann steals this movie practically every time she appears and really it's only the scenes that feature her that really work. The werewolf scenes are effective, especially the transformations, but for the most part are also predictably dull. In fact, dull is a good word to describe this movie in general for the most part, along with disjointed, as the film seems to suddenly jump from place to place probably due to cuts made for the Enlish language version. It usually isn't a good sign when a movie features lots of lots of wandering around which this movie has in spades whether it be Daninsky and love interest Karen, played by Verónica Luján, wandering around trapped in a castle or Daninsky as a werewolf wandering about the countryside looking for potential victims. *1/2 out of *****

[Joe the Destroyer]

Terror Creatures from the Grave- A solid start and good, old school feel are eventually laid to rest when the film becomes unexplicably boring.  There was so much about the film that was quite effective, but the fact that they really tried to force the film to be interesting made it feel dull.  Sad, because I was enjoying it for the most part. 

[Doggett]

The X Files; I want to Believe
2.5/5
Man, I'm a fan and even I could only have moderate intrest.

There's a missing agent, who must be very important because she seems to have the whole of the FBI looking for her, and the feds even dropped chargeds against Mulder so he could help too. And if this wasn't enough, they get help from a peodophile priest. It's not too bad, although the plot does come to a grinding hault when ever Scully is at the hospital.

As a crime thriller it's fine, but as an X File it's a little weak. I hope they do another one as there was no explantion as what happened to Dogget or Reyes or the X Files or the 2012 alien invasion.
I think people were hoping for answers.
Maybe one day we'll get 'em, after all, the truth is out there.

[indianasmith]

Last night I watched CARNIVOROUS, the worst "fake snake" movie since ANACONDA.  Get this - the snake had the head of an ALLIGATOR!!!!  Summoned by a young boy who drew it's picture using a magic pencil he stole from the house of a local vodoo priest, it eats his acoholic, abusive father, enabling him to grow up with his loving mom and marry the sweetheart next door . . . who, 30 years later, discovers the stolen box with the magic pencil moments before getting struck and killed by a carload of drunk college students.


Guess whose picture grieving hubby draws next . . . .