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Continuing on my (seemingly) solo spate of viewings: The Child's Eye (2010) -- the Pang's are back with more HK vacationers being given the heebie-jeebies by Thai ghosts. They even manage to wangle in references to the Red Shirt protests that shut down half of Bangkok's CBD, and the airports. This one is more serious in tone than the last one, but by the final act it's closer to Re-cycle than a regular Eye film. But it has something way cool: a human-dog boy! Wish I could have seen this one in its original 3D...
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We watched Bruno Mattei's CRUEL JAWS last night and I loved it! In fact, I think I might have loved it WAY more than I should have!Comment
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Saturday was catch-up-on-rest kinda day so watched the Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest and Frozen on Netflix. I even had time to review 'em. Go figure.It's not going to suck itself...Comment
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I watched Sharktopus the other day. It's horrible, but at the same time, it entertained me enough but I won't pretend it's anything but a big pile of movie poop.
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I think I like this one better than GREAT WHITE.Originally posted by Mike Howlett View Post
Watched VIGILANTE FORCE last night. Wow! Kris Kristofersson is one stone cold sociopath in this. I think I saw this a long time ago but I had forgotten how great it is. Kris and his Vietnam vet buddies are hired to clean up a town but they end up being a lot worse than the riff raff they got rid of. The rest of the cast is pretty great too - Jan Michael Vincent, Brad Dexter, Victoria Principal (HOT in this film), Dick Miller cameo, and I'm pretty sure I spotted an uncredited Loni Anderson too. Oh, and Paul Gleason from THE BREAKFAST CLUB as a nasty protection racket thug, haha. Massive gun play and an ending that cops from WHITE HEAT...top notch all the way. The m.o.d. disc has a trailer too.I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.Comment
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I've never seen that but you definitely sell it.
Last night? Monsters. Not a bad movie, at least it was a different approach to the whole alien invasion sort of story we've seen before. It works some interesting political angles into the storyline as well. Good acting from the two cast members (it really is basically just two people) and some decent effects work.Rock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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Watched this over the weekend, as you say not bad...nothing too outstanding but worth a look. I've read that the two leads became romantically involved while filming this and that no doubt helped their onscreen chemistry.Originally posted by Ian Jane View PostI don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.Comment
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Yup, that's confirmed in the extras. They're married now.Rock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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Last night? Argento's Phenomena. I still think this movie is dumb.Rock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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Funny...I thought it was dumb about twenty five years ago when I first saw it. That opinion never changed much over the years...Originally posted by Ian Jane View PostComment
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Rewatched TONY ARZENTA last night, damn, this is up there among the best in Italian crime in my book. There's a pronounced noir influence and the ending is a real gut punch. No lie, I rate this one just about the equal of Di Leo's best stuff. Amazing cast in addition to Delon and Conte, hell Rosalba Neri and Erika Blanc are in throwaway parts, only onscreen for a few minutes. Also, this film has a killer car chase! Top it all off with a superb Gianni Ferrio score and you've got a winner. I wonder why this one doesn't get much love? Maybe it's the relative scarcity of it. I know the Japanese dvd is mildly cut but it's still well worth owning. This is my top want for a BD as far as Italian crime goes.I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.Comment
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I really like that one, but the score didn't click for me. It's been a while since I watched it, maybe my opinion might have changed, but I remember thinking it didn't quite fit. Delon is rad in it though.Rock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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The Spikes Gang: This is a surprisingly good mid 70s western, mainly because Lee Marvin is in it. The man radiates cool like no one else. I was talking to my older brother on Christmas day and we both agreed that Lee Marvin makes just about every male movie star today look like a little boy. Lee is an aging bank robber in this, 3 teens find him half dead in the brush, posse hot on his trail. They nurse him back to health and he's on his way with promises to repay their kindness one day. The day comes pretty damn quick as the boys run away from home shortly after and try their hand at bank robbing. Soon Lee has agreed to tutor them in the fine art of it. Ron Howard, Gary Grimes, and Charlie Martin Smith play the teens, and while none of them really make a big impression, it's really Marvin's film as soon as we see him anyway. I had fairly low expectations for this but was pleasantly surprised, it's quite violent at times and surprisingly, it's also pretty powerful emotional stuff. No lost classic but well worth a look for Marvin's philosophising, cold-hearted bandit alone. Director Richard Fleischer does pretty bog standard work here, no real style to speak of. He did some classic noirs in his early days like The Narrow Margin and Armored Car Robbery.I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.Comment
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Nice piece, Mike. I need to get on this one asap - now that I know it has flying cats in it and all.Rock! Shock! Pop!Comment
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Thanks! I was inspired to take a crack at reviewing it after our banter here about it. I'm not usually uber-keen on reviewing Shaw films, as there's quite a few fruitloop-rabid fans of the studio out there (who seem to think they know everything there is to know about the Shaws, and more) who do their best to absolutely slay people like me when we write-up a Shaw. Thankfully, I realised that I don't really give a shit about those wankers much these days...so there was some motivation to try and get back to writing again. ;)Originally posted by Ian Jane View PostComment
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