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[Huntn]

Home again, work is behind me for a month or two, time to watch

Gold one of my all time favourites, simply splendid in 21:9 full screen

Susannah York a piece of woman indeed, however that's another tale

I never saw this, will check for streaming.
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I'm currently half way through Black Mass.

Started Deadpool last night...Watched the first 30 minutes...Not bad.

Both of these are on my to see list.

 

[millerj123]

Sure, I knew going in it would be a chick-flick, but wow, this was seriously sad.

I'd seen ads, and read the first book before seeing this. I definitely prefer the casting as opposed to the pictures used in the books. But, I can't figure out why they switched the love interest.

 

[D.T.]

Arrival

Solid SciFi, not for those seeking action, equally thought provoking...

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I missed this at the theater, and finally saw it last night - it's fantastic, like the post said above, it's a thoughtful slow burn, it uses sci-fi as a mechanism to explore matters of human existence, life, the consequence of decisions.

With this added to Denis Villeneuve's portfolio (that also includes Prisoners, Enemy and Sicario) I feel way better about the potential of Blade Runner 2049.

 

[Queen6]

I missed this at the theater, and finally saw it last night - it's fantastic, like the post said above, it's a thoughtful slow burn, it uses sci-fi as a mechanism to explore matters of human existence, life, the consequence of decisions.

With this added to Denis Villeneuve's portfolio (that also includes Prisoners, Enemy and Sicario) I feel way better about the potential of Blade Runner 2049.

Sicario another excellent & well recommended film. Blade Runner one of the very best the SciFi genre offers (once Scott put it back the way it should have been on release) if anyone can pull off BR-2 it's Denis Villeneuve, equally the bar is set stratospherically high - Ridley Scott at his very best. My fervent hope is the studio allows the director to do what he excels at. The very best films are not engineered for seats & watered down for PG-13, they are a vision and statement, warts and all such as Blade Runner and Arrival, amongst many.

Remain to be very impressed by Arrival, second time around the film very much impacted, provoking deep thoughts, equally not a film for all, as some may well not get or enjoy the questions Arrival can raise...

Closing, what else can one say Blade Runner on a screen near me right now

Only have two recommendations for Blade Runner; watch it, watch it in 21:9

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[Ulenspiegel]

The Last King (original title: Birkebeinerne) (2016). Really nothing to say about it. IMDb rating of 6.1/10 is too generous.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Give this one a miss if I were you. Did nothing for me.

 

[Huntn]

Animal House (1978)- Frat adventures filmed at University of Oregon. Sophmoric, not childish.

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Barbarella (1968)- Not even worth seeing Jane Fonda au-natural.

Regarding Sarah Holcomb who played the mayor's underage daughter* in Animal House and Maggie in Caddy Shack, both favored movies, I stumbled across this bio note (unverified):

Holcomb only appeared in two other movies in her brief acting career, Walk Proud (1979) and Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980). She retired from acting reportedly due to drug and alcohol addiction, brought on in large part by the older actors from Animal House and Caddyshack. She is still alive and reportedly living in Connecticut under a different name. While long gone from the acting world, her work, notoriety, and trivial status live on in two of the comedic hallmarks of the late ´70s/early ´80s.

She survived Hollywood.

*She was 20 years old.

 

[pachyderm]

hmmp. i did not know that either. good for her to have enough sense to get out of there.

 

[Queen6]

Totally randomly a blast from the past Creature From the Black Lagoon

Still stands up, one of the better films of the genre from the time period. Enjoyable watch with obvious caveats

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[D.T.]

Totally randomly a blast from the past Creature From the Black Lagoon

Still stands up, one of the better films of the genre from the time period. Enjoyable watch with obvious caveats

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Fun!

The underwater scenes in the original "Creature" where shot at Wakulla Springs Park (south of Tallahassee) here in Florida (everything else was shot on the Universal lot in California).

Even closer to home, the sequel, Revenge of the Creature, was shot here in Florida, the St. Johns river was used for the Amazon, the old Lobster House up (30 minutes north) in Jacksonville, and Marineland for the oceanarium.

 

[Queen6]

Couldn't get into Creature of the black Lagoon tonight, flipped to the beautifully restored "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" from 1961, an epic for it's time. One of my Cold War favourites, admittedly without mention the Cold War

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[Queen6]

The Devils Rejects; brutal & assaulting, equally top of the class for it's admittedly narrow audience

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[fitshaced]

I saw Patriots Day last night. Much better than I expected it to be.

 

[Huntn]

Couldn't get into Creature of the black Lagoon tonight, flipped to the beautifully restored "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" from 1961, an epic for it's time. One of my Cold War favourites, admittedly without mention the Cold War

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I can assume this is about WWIII? Seems to be the right time period for 60's Cold War heats up stories. Fail Safe and Dr. Strangelove 1964, On The Beach 1959, The Bedford Incident 1965.
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Alien 3, pity Fox didn't leave Fincher be, watching the assembled version, theatrical was just a mess IMO

I like the films bleakness & darkness, with the return to it's roots of a single unstoppable xenomorph, hunting it's prey, you also feel more for Ripley's character, enduring such trials, also like Aliens, albeit far more action driven.

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Queen6, if you read my original reply, my apologies. It was a bit harsh diected at the movie. Of the five Alien/s movies I've seen excluding Aliens vs Predator (which I also dislike ) I have the least regard for this, tied with beating the dead horse Alien: Ressurection. This was one reason why imo Prometheus despite some faults was a huge stylish, atmospheric rebirth for this franchise...

 

[Huntn]

The Blues Brothers (1980)- Good music and 103 cars and one mall destroyed in the making of this movie along with Carrie Fisher as the explosive jilted fiancé of Jake Blues, neo-Nazis and a Paul Ruebins appearance. Interesting enough it's no where near the record which according to this article belongs to Transformers 3, 532 cars, but many of those were flood damaged. Matrix Reloaded 300, but the BB is my favorite car destruction movie!

 

[pachyderm]

not bad. not great, but not bad.

 

[SevenHeaven]

Ma-ma with Penelope Cruz

 

[kazmac]

Currently watching The Black List (1972). Indy fu of the basher variety, in which in Bronson-like Chen Sing seeks revenge on his former criminal cohorts who sent him up river for the robbery and murder they committed six years prior. So Chen goes after the quartet now on his "black list". He wants them to turn themselves into the police so they can experience time behind bars, but you know that won't happen.

Simple and all kinds of fun, this feels like a spaghetti western in all the right ways. And Chan Wai Man vs. Chen Sing is almost as fun as CWM vs. Ti Lung, just a lot dirtier.

This needs a proper release.

 

[Queen6]

I can assume this is about WWIII? Seems to be the right time period for 60's Cold War heats up stories. Fail Safe and Dr. Strangelove 1964, On The Beach 1959, The Bedford Incident 1965.

Similar theme to the excellent Bedford Incident; accidental outcome to deliberate actions, worth a watch if you into the nuclear drama films of the era.

Queen6, if you read my original reply, my apologies. It was a bit harsh diected at the movie. Of the five Alien/s movies I've seen excluding Aliens vs Predator (which I also dislike ) I have the least regard for this, tied with beating the dead horse Alien: Ressurection. This was one reason why imo Prometheus despite some faults was a huge stylish, atmospheric rebirth for this franchise...

No not at all, I just like the film beside it's faults, mostly the premise of a small band of people versus the xenomorph. Not a fan big fan of AvP, and agree resurrection should have never been made, putting it in the "Alien" universe was not a good fit by any means. Watchable as Scifi goes, equally there's a lot junk out there, most of which i've watched

Prometheus I also like, raises a lot of questions, equally not sure all will be answered. For Ridley Scott to go back to Alien would have been near impossible, he nailed with the original Alien and the film has aged beautifully, a remake IMHO would be a mistake.

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[doublepost=1486483252][/doublepost]Late to post, starting off with some late 90's action & adventure Deep Rising from 1998

It is what it is, nothing to shout about, just a likeable action flick with no real meaning, an easy watch for a tired mind


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[Queen6]

More late 90's late night entertainment - Event Horizon 1997

Starts great, however tails off towards the end, over all a solid Sci-Fi horror watch with the basis on the latter

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[kazmac]

Similar theme to the excellent Bedford Incident; accidental outcome to deliberate actions, worth a watch if you into the nuclear drama films of the era.
No not at all, I just like the film beside it's faults, mostly the premise of a small band of people versus the xenomorph. Not a fan big fan of AvP, and agree resurrection should have never been made, putting it in the "Alien" universe was not a good fit by any means. Watchable as Scifi goes, equally there's a lot junk out there, most of which i've watched

Prometheus I also like, raises a lot of questions, equally not sure all will be answered. For Ridley Scott to go back to Alien would have been near impossible, he nailed with the original Alien and the film has aged beautifully, a remake IMHO would be a mistake.

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[doublepost=1486483252][/doublepost]Late to post, starting off with some late 90's action & adventure Deep Rising from 1998

It is what it is, nothing to shout about, just a likeable action flick with no real meaning, an easy watch for a tired mind


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Deep Rising was a lot of fun, as you say an easy watch. Also agree with your assessment of The Devil's Rejects. I was one of the limited audience, having seen it several times in the movies. Not part of that audience anymore though.

 

[LizKat]

Rented Café Society from iTunes awhile back, finally got around to making time to see it. Loved the soundtrack and cinematography; for me the movie was fresh, I've watched very few of his films so the love triangle, while a cliché, didn't strike me as a Woody Allen cliché. Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart were very fine, with memorable moments from some of the others as well. The movie has some hilarious one-liners in it, of course. I won't spoil any of them for you. I might buy the film and stash on my iPad to have around for the impulse rewatch. The clothes and locations,,,, ooh la la. And the jazz: the soundtrack alone would be worth the buy.

 

[JamesMike]

Watching 'Stagecoach' with John Wayne.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Fell asleep watching Now You See Me.
Woke up to Resident Evil.

 

[kazmac]

In another thrilling episode of the things I watch for my Chan Wai Man fix, this evening's viewing was a stinker of a Hong Kong tweak on William Lustig's skanky Maniac called Dressed Off for Life (1984). Chan attempts to play an impotent boxer whose inability to prove his manhood sends him on a serial rape and killing spree*. Enter the cops including my Shaw Brothers' allergy Wong Yue. Well, this wasn't suspenseful, thankfully not that graphic and CWM was completely miscast.

*Miscast despite this guy constantly playing assassins and being nominated for an award for playing an ultra realistic, very abusive and overbearing lover a couple of years earlier.

Now my curiosity has been sated and I permanently shelve this one.