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« Reply #2055 on: June 13, 2022, 02:51:08 PM »

Highway Dragnet (1954) - very very minor film noir that is at the same time a lot more watchable than most of the junk out there today. A (American) Korean war vet has a moment with a trashy blonde at a bar. She ends up dead the next morning and his story doesn't add up. Did he do it??? or is something else afoot.

In order to evade the above mentioned dragnet, he ends up being part of a cheesecake photo shooting crew. There's a ton of the police just missing them and narrow escapes and so forth. TENSION in other words. There's nothing like one of those old film noir blondes and I would have liked to see more of this one, rather than endless shots of the B level cast going through the mystery motions.

watched on youtube. There are a dozen version if you watch it watch the one with the screenshot of the woman sitting in a bikini thats the best quality one.


thats this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5naA0kINZU uploaded 2 weeks. the other ones are choppy

edit: tonight I'm going to watch the great flamarion


a generous 4/5

Its not Bogart and Lauren Bacall but it'll do

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« Reply #2056 on: June 15, 2022, 02:35:01 PM »

The Great Flamarion (1945) - I hate to do this but....more like the not so great Flamarion. Eric Von Stroheim takes an acting turn as a sharpshooter who gets into a messy affair with his assistant. Problem: her husband, who's also in the act. The lead actress was a hot blonde in Highway Dragnet, that's why I watched it. She's less blonde but still pretty cute here, but it's an all too standard crime story done better and with more flair in a lot of other times and places.

The last part of the movie was actually decent and its generally okay, but there's a lot more exciting and interesting movies from the era than this

3/5

The Hypnotic Eye, for example, is a way way better movie about a diabolical stage act guy
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« Reply #2057 on: June 15, 2022, 10:01:35 PM »

"The Crow" (1994)
A year after he and his fiancee are murdered by a gang of vicious thugs, a musician (Brandon Lee) is brought back to life thanks to a mysterious bird to seek vengeance on those responsible.  
Based on J. O'Barr's graphic novel, this Gothic superhero/action flick is notorious for the on-set accident that took Lee's life, but it's a pretty great, stylish, emotional movie in its own right. It's become a cult classic in the years since, and deservedly so.
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« Reply #2058 on: June 17, 2022, 08:47:46 AM »

"The Island" (2005)
A couple (Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johanssen) who've been brought up in a tightly controlled, high-tech society learn that they're clones, grown to provide spare parts for rich & powerful people in the outside world. Mayhem ensues when they escape and the facility's corporate Powers That Be go into overdrive to re-capture them before they can reveal its secrets.
Michael "Transformers" Bay directed this fast moving sci-fi/action mashup that sets up a pretty cool, dystopian vibe in its first half (think Logan's Run) but in typical Bay fashion, it turns into an increasingly ridiculous series of chase scenes, crashes, and explosions in the second. A decent, if not particularly memorable, popcorn flick.
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« Reply #2059 on: June 17, 2022, 09:12:25 AM »

DAWN BREAKS BEHIND THE EYES (2021): A couple visit an old gothic castle the wife has inherited; it's haunted, and issues from their past erupt into anger--but then there's a twist. Influenced by Jean Rollin and slow-paced 60s-70s Eurohorror, DAWN gains momentum and moves into surreally artistic territory by the end, but the uninvolving first act makes it a near miss despite the interesting developments that later arise. 2.5/5.
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« Reply #2060 on: June 17, 2022, 02:53:46 PM »

Fear No More (1961) - Lively, conspiratorial film noir that probably has plot holes but who cares? A secretary wakes up to a crime scene that she is apparently the center of. The rest of the movie is her trying to prove her innocence and figure it all out. She meets a handsome man who is helping her. OR IS HE???

This type of movie is very common now and probably was then but I'm just not the type to sit there and try and guess whats going to happen. Give me all the plot twists especially if its cut with a demented sort of edge. life is messy

4/5

Now You See Me - I occasionally take in a normal movie and this fit the bill nicely. It was actually a bit like Fear No More in that its a bunch of plot twists and chase scenes with Clue type "which side is this person really on?" moments. I'll watch the sequel. Who can stop me?

4/5
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« Reply #2061 on: June 17, 2022, 09:28:35 PM »

ARMY OF THE DEAD (2021)  - Five years after the zombie apocalypse struck Las Vegas, the undead are contained in an exclusion zone, completely walled in the crumbling remains of the former gambling capital of the USA.  Now the President has decided to terminate the undead once and for all by dropping a low-yield nuclear weapon on Sin City, purging the zombies with fire and flame. The owner of a huge casino recruits the man who led the last human group to escape from the city to return before the bomb drops and retrieve $50 million from the casino's safe. Of course, there's more to the mission than meets the eye, and tons of undead gore ensue.  Zach Snyder's maiden voyage into zombieland is a fun and watchable flick, comparable to the later George Romero zombie movies.  4/5
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« Reply #2062 on: June 18, 2022, 03:47:19 AM »

"The Island" (2005)
A couple (Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johanssen) who've been brought up in a tightly controlled, high-tech society learn that they're clones, grown to provide spare parts for rich & powerful people in the outside world. Mayhem ensues when they escape and the facility's corporate Powers That Be go into overdrive to re-capture them before they can reveal its secrets.
Michael "Transformers" Bay directed this fast moving sci-fi/action mashup that sets up a pretty cool, dystopian vibe in its first half (think Logan's Run) but in typical Bay fashion, it turns into an increasingly ridiculous series of chase scenes, crashes, and explosions in the second. A decent, if not particularly memorable, popcorn flick.

When I saw it back then, I thought: "Hang on? Parts The Clonus Horror?"
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« Reply #2063 on: June 18, 2022, 08:22:15 AM »

"The Island" (2005)
A couple (Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johanssen) who've been brought up in a tightly controlled, high-tech society learn that they're clones, grown to provide spare parts for rich & powerful people in the outside world. Mayhem ensues when they escape and the facility's corporate Powers That Be go into overdrive to re-capture them before they can reveal its secrets.
Michael "Transformers" Bay directed this fast moving sci-fi/action mashup that sets up a pretty cool, dystopian vibe in its first half (think Logan's Run) but in typical Bay fashion, it turns into an increasingly ridiculous series of chase scenes, crashes, and explosions in the second. A decent, if not particularly memorable, popcorn flick.

When I saw it back then, I thought: "Hang on? Parts The Clonus Horror?"

Hah! I have never seen Clonus but Wikipedia sez that back when The Island came out, the  Clonus producers sued the hell out of Dreamworks Studios for stealing their plot! 
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« Reply #2064 on: June 18, 2022, 08:22:56 AM »

"The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years" (1988)
Penelope Spheeris' documentary about the glam-metal scene in late 80s Los Angeles is not just a time capsule of the Spandex and Aqua-Net era, it's a classic of unintentional comedy. Features interviews and live clips of legends (Lemmy, Paul Stanley, Alice Cooper), up-and-comers (Vixen, Poison, Lizzy Borden, Seduce, London) and a whole lotta nobodies who went on to become punch lines (Odin, the Wet Cherri guy). Plus, Chris Holmes drinks his way into metal history while floating in a pool. I never get tired of this flick.

"L7: Pretend We're Dead" (2017)
Documentary profile of all-girl grunge/punkers L7, who were never quite able to crack the glass ceiling of 90s rock superstardom despite tons of talent and 'tude and high powered friends like Nirvana, Marilyn Manson, and the Chili Peppers. Loaded with tons of cool/hilarious photos, behind the scenes videos and live footage. L7 was one of my favorites during the '90s and they're still kicking ass today.
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« Reply #2065 on: June 18, 2022, 10:45:46 PM »

"Hell Of The Living Dead" (aka "Virus" and "Night of the Zombies," 1980)
A chemical leak on a South Seas island turns the native population into flesh eaters. A commando team and a TV news crew battle their way across the undead-infested land to find the source of the infection.
Typically schlocky Italian Z-horror, with the usual muddled story, hilariously awful dubbing/dialogue, and plentiful but cheap gore. Directed by Bruno Mattei of "RoboWar" and "Rats" fame.

"X-Men: First Class" (2011)
Fifth installment in the Marvel Mutants series is a prequel set in the early 60s. Charles Xavier and Erik "Magneto" Lensherr meet for the first time and assemble the first squad of X-Men to combat a powerful mutant (Kevin Bacon) who wants to use the Cuban Missile Crisis to kick off a war between mutants and humanity. Great performances by Bacon, Michael Fassbender as young Magneto, and Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique (taking over from Rebecca Romijn), great special effects, lots of action, tons of fun. I think it's the best X-Men movie of 'em all.
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« Reply #2066 on: June 19, 2022, 04:22:34 AM »

Last Night in Soho (2021)

Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) is obsessed with the swinging sixties and she overjoyed when she is accepted in the London College of Fashion. In her dreams she is magically transported to 60s London, where she shares the life of Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy) who wants to become the next Cilla Black. However, the glamour also has a dark side, and soon Eloise is haunted by the ghosts of a murder case of the sixties.

The start, with the wide-eyed country girl coming to fashionable London, is pretty much by the numbers, but once the haunting starts, the movie picks up. Full marks to Thomasin McKenzie who gives another solid performance. Her character really carries the movie, and she pulls it off beautifully. Not without its weaknesses (notably the fashion academy subplot, which is done on autopilot) but definitely worth a watch. It also has 60s icons Terence Stamp and Diana Rigg (her last appearance in a movie).
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« Reply #2067 on: June 19, 2022, 01:59:32 PM »

MST3K: DR. MORDRID: The "strange" Dr. Mordrid (Jeffery Combs) is a sorcerer protecting the world from another evil sorcerer, juggling duties as a lecturer on the intersection of crime and the supernatural and his duties landlord of a NYC apartment building. The second Emily episode, it's not as memorable as her debut, but I found the flick (a "Dr. Strange" ripoff from Full Moon) easy to follow, if goofy, making for a decent episode. Half the host segments were a setup for Joel to return to the series for a one-off episode next time. 3/5.
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« Reply #2068 on: June 19, 2022, 10:32:55 PM »

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022) - Of course the 1974 classic has been remade and sequelized to death, but this sequel is better than most.  LSS, this film is more of a direct sequel to the original classic film, ignoring all the sequels and remakes in between.  A group of entitled young city slickers have bought out the small central Texas town of Harlow, a ghost town with very few residents still around.  One of them is an old woman who ran the Harlow orphanage; when she is told her place has been sold she protests that she has the deed to the property.  The sheriff is summoned and she is roughly forced into the back of an ambulance along with her last surviving orphan, a hulking, sullen figure with long white hair who hold her as she suffers a fatal heart attack in the police van.   That, of course, sets him off, and lots of gory mayhem ensues, since he is none less than the original Leatherface from the 1974 murder spree.
Well done and nicely filmed, with some incredible gory kills, the movie finally fails in the last act by stretching credibility too far - but it was a fun ride up to that point!  4/5
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"X-Men: First Class" (2011)
Fifth installment in the Marvel Mutants series is a prequel set in the early 60s. Charles Xavier and Erik "Magneto" Lensherr meet for the first time and assemble the first squad of X-Men to combat a powerful mutant (Kevin Bacon) who wants to use the Cuban Missile Crisis to kick off a war between mutants and humanity. Great performances by Bacon, Michael Fassbender as young Magneto, and Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique (taking over from Rebecca Romijn), great special effects, lots of action, tons of fun. I think it's the best X-Men movie of 'em all.

One of my fave moments in that is where Erik tosses Banshee off of the telescope dish  Buggedout BounceGiggle
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