Hobo with a Shotgun: I tried watching it when it came out and it was OTT that I couldn't get into it. I hate wink and nod self-aware movies (with insanely few exceptions). But this is all right and Rutger is amazing in it of course. It's background noise.
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Roma A Mano Armata
Great Italo-crime with awesome people. Well acted and rapidly paced with some truly butt puckering car chases. Funky music too. Maurizio Merli was cool as fuck. I wonder why Milian and him hated each other. The Grindhouse blu-ray is beautiful with shitloads of extras. Best release of the year this far. Not sure I needed a trinket bullet pen but it looks pretty cool to be honest. I'll put in on my shelf next to my Maurizio Merli mini bust.Last edited by Nabonga; 07-26-2019, 08:07 AM.
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After watching all of the extras it seems to have been a pure ego diva thing more than anything else. Merli was vain and insecure and Milian was a drunk and a druggie. Both were talented and captivating to watch.
Picnic At Hanging Rock (The TV show) - Episode 3
I sort of forgot about this. Liked the first 2 episodes well enough but this one
was a sloooooooog to get through. It really is a well shot show (A++ cinematographer)
but I'll have to force myself to finish the remaining three episodes if they're like this
one.Last edited by Nabonga; 07-29-2019, 02:00 PM.
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VAMPIRE'S KISS - Near-brilliant piece of outsider art, with an amazingly unhinged Nic Cage performance. He is fearless and fucking hilarious. All of the stuff with him terrorizing his secretary is disturbing, yet funny. I wish Shout! paired this up with EDGE OF SANITY on Blu-ray (instead of the pretty dismal HIGH SPIRITS): it would've been a perfect double bill showcasing two of the great insane central performances of the '80s.Why would anybody watch a scum show like Videodrome? Why did you watch it, Max?
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Der Todesrächer Von Soho
Lazy and poor uninspired Franco outing. Lots of bad wide angle lens photography that
looks like it's filmed through a dirty sock (I think they were trying to simulate London fog
with vaseline on the lens). Maybe I was tired from work but I had absolutely no clue at all
about what was happening. Looking at imdb afterwards it seems I'm not alone in that confusion.
A one time only curio if you're a Franco completist.
Footlight Parade
Goddamn what an entertaining old time spectacle. Ruby Keeler while not the most graceful dancer
had buckets of charm, Dick Powell does his usual youth crooner to perfection, Joan Blondell is spunky as
a secretary with the hots for her boss played by the wonderfully charismatic James Cagney who sings and
dances here. Lots of fun actors. The only one missing is the great Una Merkel who was soooo cool in 42nd
Street. The musical numbers are by Busby Berkeley who outdoes himself with some awesome, awesome set
pieces where you have to suspend your disbelief quite a bit but it doesn't matter because they're all so damn
cool. Especially the Waterfall number. Like John Landis says in the extras, shooting in pools is a real hassle which
makes it all the more impressive. This is top tier 30's cinema with great performances by all. Well, maybe not 9 year
old Billy Barty who overacts like crazy but... well... he was 9. I had no idea that was him until I saw the extras.
I didn't know he went that far back in the business. Since the film is pre-code there's lots of cheese cake and many
perky ladies running around. There is also a scene in a drug den (I think it was) were they're basically topless. WAC
new blu-ray is very much recommended!
Nightmare At Noon
This was a real hoot. The helicopter footage at the end goes on for too long (awesome as it is) but besides that this is
good explody fun from Nico Mastorakis. Brion James poisons the water supply of a small town making people go rabid and
violent, killing each other. Some citizens and three tourists passing through get caught in the middle. Cool actors in here
like Wings Hauser, George Kennedy, Bo Hopkins (who is super cool in this film). I liked the cute lady cop actress who seemed
to retire after this film. Too bad, I would've liked to see her in more stuff. She was pretty badass. This is fun b-trash.Last edited by Nabonga; 07-31-2019, 05:55 PM.
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3 Avengers
Mid tier peplum with some very silly Hill/Spencer type fight scenes. Trampolines aplenty.
Alan Steel is a decent lead and Rosalba Neri sauces things up with her magnetic presence.
This time she plays a good person for a change. I had fun with this but I doubt I'll revisit it.
Agent For H.A.R.M.
For some reason I always thought this was an Italian production but apparently it was a pilot
for an American tv show that never materialized. It makes sense because it is sorta U.N.C.L.E-ish
in nature and feel. This has 2.1 on imdb but I suspect that's Mystery Science Theatre 3000's fault
(goddamn I hate juvenile disrespectful crap like that). It's nowhere near that bad. Although a tad
uneventful the music is nice, Barbara Bouchet is awesome as always and the plot is pretty cool in
its nefariousness. A face melty spore weapon is an awesome concept. The lead could've done without
the mr Rogers sweater he rocks for most of the film however but that's my only complaint. This is a
fun movie. Bonus points for the slick Bruno Mars henchman who gets shot in the face.Last edited by Nabonga; 08-01-2019, 05:14 PM.
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Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
Loud, bombastic, completely idiotic and very very entertaining. I had some
delicious chinese food before the movie that didn't agree with me so I spent
the entire running time praying I wouldn't shit myself. It's 2h 16min's... so yeah. :-/
Other than that I enjoyed the hell out of this. Genuinely funny at times and with
some fun surprise cameos that made everybody laugh. I think this'll be a hit. Cry
some more Tyrese! Apparently there were mid-end credits scenes but I missed those.
I didn't want to tempt fate anymore so i booked it.
New York Ripper
Couldn't for the life of me go to sleep this morning so I crawled back out of bed to watch this
for like the 15th time or something like that. It's a great cracking little scuzzball of a film.
Grimy 80's New York feel, sleazy sex and hardcore violence in spades. All set to a wildly funky
soundtrack. Blue Underground's latest release is absolutely beautiful. For the most part. They
went a little overboard with the green and blue. Most noticeable in the morgue and the subway
scenes. The whites of peoples eyes are also off. Almanta Keller's whites are green-ish instead.
That said, it's not too distracting and overall it's a complete homerun as far as picture quality is
concerned. The film has never looked better. Very much recommended if you're looking to upgrade.Last edited by Nabonga; 08-05-2019, 05:28 PM.
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Didn't sleep much the past two nights so took a long nap today. Gonna be up all night so getting around to watching some horror off Hulu.
School Spirit-New film from August 2019. Worth seeing if you enjoy slashers.
Cursed-The PG 13 cut too.. Never seen this. But own it on at least 3 DVD sets. Great cast. Neat idea for a film. Wow this is bad. The werewolf and other CGI wankery are Sega CD level crap. I really wanted to like this. But I am betting even the R rated cut cant polish this turd.
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Originally posted by Newt Cox View PostDidn't sleep much the past two nights so took a long nap today. Gonna be up all night so getting around to watching some horror off Hulu.
School Spirit-New film from August 2019. Worth seeing if you enjoy slashers.
Cursed-The PG 13 cut too.. Never seen this. But own it on at least 3 DVD sets. Great cast. Neat idea for a film. Wow this is bad. The werewolf and other CGI wankery are Sega CD level crap. I really wanted to like this. But I am betting even the R rated cut cant polish this turd.
I couldn't find School Spirit. I could only find the one from 85. Is that the right title?
Edit: I saw School Spirit was in fact an episode of Blumhouse's Into the Dark series.Last edited by Alex K.; 08-08-2019, 07:24 AM."Ah! By god's balls what licentiousness!"
Marquis de Sade, The 120 Days of Sodom.
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Emanuelle And Francoise
This was a very pleasant surprise. D'Amato is one of the most hit and miss guys out there.
This movie was pretty cool though. Lots of sleaze. George Eastman plays a great dirt bag,
the music is good, it's well shot (as per D'Amato's usual standards) and the surreal hallucinations
Eastman suffers while doped up are a hoot. This one's a keeper. I don't know how closely it follows
the greek film they ripped off. Some day I'll check that out as well.
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The Hitcher is a remarkable film. I wasn't expecting to go away with that opinion when I purchased the German Mediabook. I've always thought Rutger Hauer was a special talent but this film ices him as stone cold favorite now. I enjoyed him in Verhoeven's films, Hobo With a Shotgun, and his Roy Batty is one of my alltime favorite film characters. That said, I've found a number of his other characters to be kinda meh (Split Second, Blind Fury). The Hitcher might have been incredibly mediocre if not for Hauer's nuanced performance. He's terrifying and cold without being over the top but little touches like when he shows disappointment with the lead character are what really stuck with me. Another great part of the film is that there are no monologues explaining everything or long stretches of deep character development. The crazy starts right from the opening credits and doesn't slow down. Mix that with how John Ryder (Rutger Hauer) shows up out of nowhere and the film takes on a dream/nightmare quality. I left the film wondering if John Ryder was human or possibly a demon sent from hell, if the whole thing was taking place in hell, or perhaps a dream. There are too many strange moments to believe this film takes place in our world which I find to be a brilliant move on the filmmaker's part. My one critique would be that I would have liked for there to have been one extremely gory set-piece or wish they wouldn't have faded to black so quickly at the conclusion of the most shocking death of the film. That one kill was horrifying and by fading to black so quickly I felt rescued from having to deal with it. The film is incredibly tense but one really nasty kill would have punched up the tension even more. I also would have appreciated a little more car porn. I dig the Chevy pickup but wish the primary car had been a 70's muscle car that they fetishized the hell out of. That said, I loved the film and can only see it getting better with each viewing. I was more than pleased with the German Mediabook and didn't find the transfer's deficiencies to be distracting at all.
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Assault On Devil's Island
Excellent DTV action cheese brrrother! Roided out dudes
and a hot bimbo storm an island. Lots of gunfire, Carl Weathers,
whiny gymnasts and the great Billy Drago at his weaselly best.
Fun stuff.
Take This Waltz
Overlong indie wankery. Well acted and nicely shot but so slooow.
The lead character is kind of despicable. And the dude she falls head
over heels for is awfully bland. I dunno. Not terrible but pretty lame and
uninteresting. I'll never watch it again. Fantastic nudity by Michelle Williams
though, which helped. She acts circles around everyone else. Very talented
actress. Cute as a button too. The husband and wife cutesy, cuddly
interplay between her and Seth Rogen (whom I really hate) was so cringe and
ill advised I ran out of shame pillows. Sara Polley should probably stick to acting.
Or at least learn to kill her darlings and how to pace stuff better.
Venom
Continuing my Michelle Williams bender with this. The trailer made this look awful but I
gotta say... I fucking loved this. Very fun and entertaining. Tom Hardy and Williams are
solid, the action is fun and exciting and the film is nicely paced. It should've been R-rated
though. I'm buying this when life stops sucking. I have so many bills this month it's not even
funny.Last edited by Nabonga; 08-13-2019, 11:19 AM.
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