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Hi there. Nice to meet you. I guess I don't have to tell you I like movies? I like all sorts of movies. B/W classics, silents, Drama, thriller, comedy, horror and splatter... and more. Only movies I rarely see is romance. There are good ones of course, they are just too far apart to make me want to look for them. I also happen to 'like' bad movies, so watch out I don't 'recommend' a movie you'd hate...
Anyways, look around and let me know what you think. But if you leave any widgets, I'm gonna shoot you in your fucking brain! To all those who think I look "interesting" and would like to know me better. Don't! I'm not interested in that. If you want to discuss movies, tell me I have good taste or that I watch crap movies, by all means, add me. But if your profile is private so I can't see who you are, I'm gonna reject the add. P.S. I won't be online much as I'm on a roadtrip. |
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From Beyond
R
A delight of an 80's horror film, but ultimately too overrated. The story is a great mix of over the top horror typical of the eighties, and the ingenuity of Lovecrafts imagination.
Hampered by a weak script, and a studio that on one side want's to ride on the success of Re-animator, but on the other side were reluctant to release a grotesque film as 'The Beyond'. And some unconvincing dialogue...
It probably only deserves two and a half, but being a kid of the eighties, I grew up on movies like these. So three it is.
Zibahkhana (Hell's Ground)
Unrated
First pakistani zombie splatter fest I've heard of. Zombies in burka's, 70's throwback and no dancing. Or so I'm told. Lets all show our support, whadda ya say?
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Once Upon a Time in the West
PG-13
The most beautiful film I know of. Everything is perfect, from the characters and actors, to the story, cinematography and score. Perhaps my very favorite film.
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Gojira
Unrated
The one that started it all. There's two ways to watch this film. One is as a campy suit-mation like the others Kaiju. But the other better way, is as a testament to the state of Japan after being nuked back to the stone age. A well acted movie, full of darkness and despair, and a seriously strong anti-nuke statement.
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The Wages of Fear
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It's funny how this movie change once the truck engine starts. It's the middle of the night, and a very oppressive atmosphere is, as slowly as the trucks, closing in on the viewer. And it's funny how Clouzot can use such a long build-up to make sure none of the characters are particularly likeable, and still have you sitting on the edge of the seat when they risk their lifes so recklessly. Clouzot is a cinematic mastermind, and the only reason he is always compared to Hitchcock and not the other way around, is probably because Clouzot only made 4 films. and Hitchcock made an impossibillion
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Vampire Hunter D (Banpaia hantâ D)
by Duncanposted 17 hours ago -
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Two-Lane Blacktop
by El HombreNot everyone will embrace it, but for me it's the best road film ever made. Some are going to find this film very dull and wonder what there is to admire and respect about it. Others are going to discover all sorts of things that are not actually present in the film itself, but are thoughts and reactions from it.
Ever wonder what a zen film might be like? This might be it. It's definitely an art film, but it's not stuffy or trying to express some sort of exaggerated importance in the least.
The Criterion Collection version has finally given this film the look and sound it deserves.
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Come see this movie with me...POISON POISON POISON POISON
MONSANTO'S in my home town.
Anyone whos seen this, please leave me a msg. Thanx--CJ.posted 3 days ago -
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The Damned Don't Cry
by Veronique"the damned don't cry" is the ultimate epitome of joan crawford's irreconcilable womanhood in its hybridized maximum: ghetto mother's heart-aching tale as foreshadowing, then the brazen survivor attitude as she utters "the world is not for nice guys", and the flattering success proceeds afterwards, and eventually her social-climber dream crushes into irreparable ruin by backstabbing mobster feuds. inevitably, it has a moral message to be delivered: every sin has a price to be paid.
crawford this time begins as a affectionate mother in a poor family, striving to earn a living, heartbroken by her son's sudden demise after her stingy husband refuses to grant the boy a bicycle for christmas. (analogous to "mildred pierce") then crawford is determined to wrestle her way thru the city jungle, utilizing her sex appeal to pebble prominent men toward the top of the world. it's intertwined with gangster genre as crawford becomes the moll who tumbles over two mobster heads when one and another are keen to doublecross and eliminate each other.
"the damned don't cry" could be a closure for joan crawford's tough gun-posing dame image initiated by award-winning "mildred pierce". and also she gives another perfect interpretation of being "cheap and hard" but this time there's no agreeable ending for redemption or salvation as her character no longer slaps men or women around, and she even receives the rumination of being bludgeoned to bruises then rots in the gutter at last with a gun wound.
this is also crawford's final cooperation with director vincent sherman (whom she also had an affair with) and b-actor david brian, and crawford exploits her last draining potentialty at her golden period in 1940s, so there's nothing innovative she could really launch upon this genre until her revival in "sudden fear" and her tentative trial fir musical in "torch song". it is worth watching as a dirge of the 40s crawfordian icon, as its title suggests, the damned shall never cry but lives just like joan crawford wouldn't cease to re-invent herself in this merciless cinematic field with discriminative men."the damned don't cry" might be gangster version of "mildred pierce" without that much dose of maternity. surprisingly, it lacks the classic slapping scenario but crawford gets beated up instead.
highly restricted for viewers who appreciate joan crawford and mildred pierce. but if you're interested in the eminence of female part in a gangster flick. it might be a fun trial since gangster genre usually discriminates the existence of women, but this one centers upon a woman. AND it's based upon a true story.posted 4 days ago -
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The Night James Brown Saved Boston
by El HombreTaped during his historic April 5, 1968 show only 24 hours after Martin Luther King's assassination with cities burning across America and angry riots raging in the streets. The scheduled appearance there was turned into a televised memorial concert and an opportunity to relieve tensions in a peaceful way. The mood is initially tense as Boston's councilman Thomas Atkins and the city's mayor Kevin White introduce Brown while urging everyone to honor Dr. King's legacy of non-violence. Then James Brown takes the stage and performs full-throttle for over an hour.
This is an amazing document of what is perhaps the most important performance of James Brown's career. What almost turned it into a disaster comes in the latter minutes of the concert. With people crowding forward and starting to climb onstage, Brown's security men shove them back one by one and are soon joined by Boston police in flinging people off the stage. Brown calls a halt to this with the assurance that he can handle his people, but in no time is surrounded by a swarm of rowdy fans who refuse to back off. Brown strongly expresses disappointment and demands they show him some respect along with respect to themselves. James Brown's role as one of the most influential leaders of the civil rights movement and a racial ambassador helped to bring people together when it seemed the world was falling apart.
Hey, you should really see this!
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One Nite in Mongkok (Wong gok hak yau)
by xGaryWhen street violence spirals out of control, a police unit attempts to cope with the situation and track down a hired killer who proves rather more resourceful than the double-crossing contractor who sells him out had counted on. One Night In Mongkok centres around the criminal underbelly of a district in one of the most densely populated areas of Hong Kong. It involves a dash of social commentary in its portrayal of how rural Chinese flock to the bright lights of Hong Kong to escape poverty only to become treated as a disposable commodity by the ruthless criminals who rule there. Its approach will be familiar to any who have seen the likes of Infernal Affairs or City Of God, falling somewhere between the two in plot and execution. The direction is just the right combination of gritty realism and style and the cast are all strong. The usual combination of brutal violence and grey morality all round won't win any awards for originality, but to anyone who enjoys this type of film, it's a fine example.
Imagine Infernal Affairs centred around street gangs instead of organized crime and you won't be far off the mark.
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Pickup on South Street
by Veronique"pickup on south street" is samuel fuller's gritty noir interpreted in the his trademarked journalist perspect, within a disorietated world, in lack of humprey bogart's sam spade or philip marlowe. inevitably, director fuller infuses his political cynicism upon the scenario of communist apprehesion as well as the anarchic disbelief in patriotism.
richard widmark plays a pickpocket whose thievery casts great hinderance to communist conspiracy so he sinks into a target as the ultimate wanted man. it evocates the involvements of walks of life in the ghetto, such as thelma ritter's stool pidgeon who is keen to gather the sum of her final decent funeral; jean peters as the sappy girl who descends as the mistress of abusive communist agent. the usage of slangs are a hard-boiled defiance for certain audience to follow. eventually widmark vows to beat down the communist not for the sake of his devoted enthusiasm over this country but for avid sense of vegence for his beloved girlfriend who refuses to doublecross him.
"pickup on south street" might be a new breed of film noir then, and absolutely iconclastic to the classic noir heroism magnefied by humprey bogart or dick powell as the die-hard noir savior who straightens things off with un-fading mettle and belief into the righteous. the abscence of heroism is one particular trait for this flick as well as the specific indication toward fanatic maccathyism. fuller cannot help but vent his patterned reel of newspaper realism.
and also, the major star richard widmark does ignite the screen with his irreconciled paroteriat pride while thelma ritter sneers at you with her street-cred then it shatters into pieces of broken ghetto dream as she gets shot to death by the communist at last.richard widmark made his earliest noir appearance in billy wilder's "double indemnity" as the obnoxious prodigal boyfried of the murdered husband's daughter. i wonder if few would remember. he died in march of this year.
"pickup on south street" is a different kind of noir enhanced more by harsher cynicism and the loss of one ultimate hero. the slangs are sorta hard to follow, and you might need to consult someone with street-cred to comprehend that.posted 7 days ago -
Come see this movie with me...I know this school!! It's gotta' be Henryetta High School, Henryetta Oklahoma.
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The Little Mermaid
by seyyed ariaI love it.one of the best animated movies.I can't forget "under the sea".It is one of my favorite songs:
under the sea
under the sea
when the sardine begin the beguine
it's music to me
what do they got? a lot of sand
we got a hot crustacean band
each little clam her
know how to jam here
UNDER THE SEA
each little slug here
cutting a rug here
UNDER THE SEA
each little snail here
know how to wail here
that's why it's hotter
under the water
we are
we're in luck here
down in the muck here
UNDER THE SEAHey, you should really see this!
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Scarface
by seyyed ariaGreat Muni! Great Hawks!Great Raft & Great movie! It is so better than Little Caesar & The Public Enemy. It is even better than it's remake.
Hey, you should really see this!
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Body Double
by El HombreThe story goes that De Palma got extraordinarily sick of his buddies Spielberg and Lucas making the big bucks, and of Coppola and Scorsese being revered as cinematic auteurs, and that his response was a big "fuck you" to Hollywood in the shape of Body Double. DePalma was now like the guy who showed up to the party with the good weed.
To call Body Double excessive would be a nearly irresponsible understatement. To label it a combo-remake of Vertigo and Rear Window is merely to state the obvious. To call it my favorite guilty pleasure, ever, is stating fact.
Body Double is a filthy, violent, perverted movie...and I love every minute of it. HBO was like a god
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Breakfast of Champions
by El HombreWARNING: Any attempts at adapting the contents of this novel to the silver screen may be hazardous to your career.
I move for a vote of No Confidence
Lame
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Samehada otoko to momojiri onna (Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl )
by El HombreA man named Samehada (Ichi The Killer's Tadanobu Asano), on the run from the Yakuza for stealing one hundred million yen joins up with a woman, Toshiko, on the run from her job at her perverted uncle's hotel. The uncle hires an elven hitman with a unibrow, Yamada, to kill Samehada and ensure Toshiko's safe return.
Even tho it seems the viewer is thrown into the fast-paced film with so many characters, they're all well developed and the film becomes very easy to follow.
Sure, the story of a yakuza being chased for stealing money from the gang isn't anything original, but this film has something others don't. Style.
Includes a favorite opening credits sequence.
Hey, you should really see this!
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"A bodybuilder named Herschel has become a serious marijuana addict. One day, while working on a turkey farm, Herschel consumes contaminated meat, and soon after, his head is transformed into a turkey head"
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The Dark Knight
by SaskiaI'm sorry to say this, but really: what is all the fuss about!!! Did you see something that I didn't?
Yes: Ledger's performance as the Joker is brilliant, but the rest? This movie is already on Nr. 3 in the IMDB top 250, but COME THE F**K ON! Better than Seven Samurai or Apocalypse Now? Paleeze..
It started out pretty realistic, and then this guy shows up in a bat-costume, it seemed a little misplaced, and then the guy in the bat-costume started "talking", (I'm sorry Christian, I still think you're one hell of actor) it really lost me there..
What I did like (yes, somebody else had to point this out to me, because I slept through the last 1,5 hours -just kidding-) is that the Joker compared himself to a dog chasing a car (I heard it, it just didn't register), I mean he's a bad boy just because he is, and he doesn't have to have a deeper psychological motive to do the things he does. And "The Batman" becoming The Dark Knight? Pretty awesome too, but shit, the rest did not leave any impression on me whatsoever.
It did succeed in one thing, I'll ckeck the other Batman movies again.Hey, you shouldn't really see this!!!
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Cha no aji, (The Taste of Tea)
by El HombreContrary to those Oscar-heralded pieces of garbage, this is a movie that doesn't structure its characters into the confines of a narrative pie chart and doesn't treat these individual experiences as manipulated moments for the audience to laugh at, but as a collective recollection we can all fondly recall as at least partially our own. Too many films falsely pretend that people aren't inherently weird. Here, that quality is the one most celebrated.
Incorrect synopsis which should be corrected by flixter soon. Synopsis from IMDB:
A spell of time in the life of a family living in rural Tochigi prefecture, north of Tokyo. Though her husband is busy working at an office, Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project at home. Uncle Ayano has recently arrived, looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo for several years. Meanwhile, Yoshiko's daughter Sachiko is mainly concerned with why she seems to be followed around everywhere by a giant version of herself.posted 13 days ago -
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Z Channel - A Magnificent Obsession
by El HombreZ Channel: A Magnicent Obsession is a film buffs delight, but it also should interest the casual movie-goer searching for a guide to movies not that familiar but worth seeing. Directed by Xan Cassavetes, daughter of maverick filmmaker John Cassavetes. This well-crafted documentary puts together a fitting tribute to Jerry Harvey, who was head of programming at Z Channel, an independent groundbreaking Pay TV station founded in 1974 (before there were video stores or HBO).
Films shown were as diverse as Heaven's Gate, Fitzcarraldo, The Leopard, Andrei Rublev, Das Boot, The 400 Blows, The Wild Bunch, Salvador, Once Upon A Time In America, 1900 and many others that would have been overlooked and most likely forgotten if it were not for Z Channel. Many of these films bombed in the theater because they were cut up by hack editors hired by the studio, but Jerry was able to get them shown in their uncut version, and this later led to films re-released as director's cut. It was through such a cross-section of art films and commercial ones, European, Asian and American, that Z station built a loyal and broad audience. A host of film people are interviewed such as James Woods, Jacqueline Bisset, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Altman and Jim Jarmush who speak of Jerry's contributions and his love for film.
Hey, serious film buffs. You should really see this.
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A camping trip goes wrong when five college students are kidnapped by a cult that plans to sacrifice them to a hairy beast, the Yeti (who, btw, has an attraction to young men). The situation starts to improve when one of the victims begins to examine his own desires and finds that the Yeti doesn't seem so unappealing.
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A record producer convinces his scientist nephew to construct the world's greatest musician from the body parts of rock legends. They use the hands of Jimi Hendrix, the brain of Elvis and other choice bits and pieces.
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Irma Vep
by El HombreBurned out new wave director, played by one-time Truffaut alter ego Jean-Pierre Léaud, decides to remake Louis Feuillade's french melodrama, Les Vampires, with the Hong Kong starlet Maggie Cheung as the black-latex-clad leader of a gang of jewel thieves.
Amusing behind-the-scenes look at the French film industry that's critical of how it's funded, how it looks upon its' cinematic legacy and how its' complancency, seriousness, self-importance, fighting and jealousies crush any real creativity. Maggie Cheung, who in the film can't understand the french language, is great to watch as she's allowed to be herself and put her own personality into the film, improvising and reacting with surprise and incomprehension to the insanity around her.
If you've considered french films to be pretentious, here's one that allows you to laugh at the making of such.
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