Recent Viewings, Part 2

[lester1/2jr]

House of Usher (1960) - I'd never seen this and didn't know the (Poe) story. It might be my favorite Vincent Price role of the ones I've seen. His hair is died blonde and he's thoroughly believable as a gay-ish introverted control freak trying to prevent a suitor from taking off with his hot sister from within their massive, falling apart estate.

The polar opposite of the supernaturally infused, garishly colorful "Masque of the Red Death", this earlier Corman feature is downbeat and depressing but actually has more in common with a modern horror movie. Not much else to say. I might watch Tomb of Ligeria next. 

4.5/ 5


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[FatFreddysCat]

"Beverly Hills Cop III" (1994)
Axel Foley is causing chaos in the 90210 again, when he tracks a gang of counterfeiters from Detroit all the way to a SoCal amusement park called "Wonder World."
This lukewarm third installment is noticeably cheaper looking than the first two BHC movies, and everybody seems to be simply going through the motions. Watchable, but not necessary.

[Rev. Powell]

PREPARATION FOR THE NEXT LIFE (2025): An undocumented Uyghur refugee in New York falls for a young soldier with a troubled past. Slow-moving, socially relevant, realistic romantic drama that excites mainstream film critics. 2.5/5.

[Trevor]

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[lester1/2jr]

Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour (1931) - This is a very early (obviously) Sherlock Holmes movie and the guy who plays him is good. There's even a fairly hot girl and, as usual, I mean hot for 1931 not in general. It's very talky in that "let's take a radio show and make it a movie" sort of way and it got to be a little much, but I still mostly enjoyed it. The classic Holmes villain "Mr. Moriarity" is featured. He acts as a kind of reverse Sherlock Holmes, using his advanced intelligence to do crimes rather than stop them. His appearances are really the high point.

I've always liked how kind of decadently buffoonish and average Watson is. He has no intuition whatsoever and talks to Holmes like he's insane. "The killer climbed a tree?? haha are you mad??"

3.75 /5 It was good and had some very cool stuff, I just had trouble keeping up with all the talking at 4 in the morning. In 1931, I would have been psyched to see it though.

[FatFreddysCat]

"Identity Thief" (2013)
A Denver financier (Jason Bateman)'s life is turned upside down when his identity is stolen by a con artist (Melissa McCarthy). Frustrated by the slow response by law enforcement, he tracks her down and tries to bring her to justice himself, which of course leads to all sorts of chaos.
McCarthy is a hoot playing yet another Sassy Fat Broad and it's fun to watch Bateman get put thru the wringer.