Post by: Jimmy on January 30, 2008, 08:07:43 AM
Here you will find many genre of movie, but all of them will have one point in common : they are not well known. I will try my best in each of those review to find the original poster and the trailer.
The focus is more on the film than the DVD, but everytime it will be possible I will add the DVD distributor (if it is not OOP) and some comment on the DVD extra (if the DVD countains just one movie).
My rating system will be simple :
;D = perfect
:) = Not so bad
:hmmmm: = Not bad but not good either
:yawn: = Boring
:yucky: = A waste of time
I hope that you will like it and, as always, your comments and sugestions are welcome. ;)
Post by: Jimmy on January 30, 2008, 08:42:18 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Original DVD cover My DVD cover Theatrical poster
Title: The Undertaker and His Pals
Year: 1966
Genre: Horror Comedy
Director: T.L.P. Swicegood
Rating: R
Length: 1h03
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English(Mono)
Subtitles: No subtitles
Stars:
Warrene Ott
James Westmoreland (credited as Rad Fulton)
Marty Friedman
Sally Frei
Rick Cooper
Plot:
Talk about killing your appetite! Two small town restaurant owners cook up a macabre scheme with the local undertaker to make a fortune. Their new menu is a hit - people are literally dying to get into the joint. However, two detectives soon suspect that the main ingredient isnt FDA approved.
My Thoughts:
For my fist review in this new topic I wanted to talk about a good little known movie and after some research in my collection I've found one that I've not seen for ages. This is a movie who was used as a second and third films features at the drive-in by Ted V. Mikels (The Corpse Grinders) at the end of the sixties. So this certainly not the most popular and known movie. This was one the first movie to used a mix of gore and humor (it was made 3 years after « Blood Feast » the first gore movie). It's evident that for appreciate this genre of film the expectation must be low, since this is not Citizen Kane. The beginning of the movie is in B/W (more brown and grey, but I've no idea what is the english expression for that) and the colour appear only after the first murder, I find that this idea is brilliant. Like I've said this is comedy and there are a lot of funny moments. By exemple : the restaurant menu who change everytime the trio had a new victim (leg of lamb after they had killed Sally Lamb, chicken breast after Ann Poultry,...), a poursuit who look like an old silent movie (piano and fast speed for the victim and organ and slow speed for the killer) and many more. Two actors are far more better than the rest of the cast : James Westmoreland (Don't Answer the Phone!) and Ray Dannis (The Corpse Grinders).
Evidently the movie is far from perfect since this is a low budget production. Some member of the cast are awfull (the actor playing the first victim dad is the worst) and we have the precense of the usual continuity time shifting (one poursuit at the end start at night and everything became sunny and bright very rapidly). The movie is cut too and it's evident, but those cuts has been made by Mikels before the film was released so it's impossible to see it complete.
This is a good little film, but the original DVD is OOP and cost 40$ and more for a new copy. It doesn't worth that so don't buy it for this price, but with some research it's possible to find it in some budget collection. My copy was released in 2002 by one Canadian label and this one too is curently impossible to find. Sorry I really feel like I tease you too much.
Rating : :D
Movie Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkHX9DODXwg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkHX9DODXwg)
Post by: lyonsden5 on January 30, 2008, 04:37:45 PM
My rating system will be simple :
;D = perfect
:) = Not so bad
:hmmmm: = Not bad but not good either
:yawn: = Boring
:yucky: = A waste of time
I love this rating system :laugh:
:cheers:
Post by: Achim on January 30, 2008, 04:52:22 PM
I love this rating system :laugh:Me too! I'll be using it in the next marathon, unless Jimmy claims copyright :laugh:
:cheers:
Post by: Jimmy on January 30, 2008, 06:38:06 PM
I love this rating system :laugh:
:cheers:
I was searching for a clearer system than the usual one with number. It's sometimes difficult to really see the diiference between 3 or 3.5
The smileys is a simple way to show my reaction.
Me too! I'll be using it in the next marathon, unless Jimmy claims copyright :laugh:
Feel free to use it as you wish
Post by: m.cellophane on January 30, 2008, 09:34:33 PM
Ooh, very nice! :ok:
My rating system will be simple :
;D = perfect
:) = Not so bad
:hmmmm: = Not bad but not good either
:yawn: = Boring
:yucky: = A waste of time
I love this rating system :laugh:
:cheers:
Post by: Jimmy on January 31, 2008, 01:03:02 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Cataclysm
Year: 1980
Genre: Horror
Director: Phillip Marshak (Dracula Sucks)
Tom McGowan (Wilbur and the Baby Factory)
Greg Tallas (Espionage in Tangiers)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h28
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English(Mono)
Subtitles: No subtitles
Stars:
Cameron Mitchell (Knives of the Avenger)
Marc Lawrence (Marathon Man)
Faith Clift (Horror Express)
Richard Moll (House)
Robert Bristol (Hangar 18)
Plot:
Charles Moll (A.K.A. Richard Moll), star of the hit 80's "Night Court," plays acclaimed author James Hanson who is trying to uncover the truth behind the belief in God and the Devil. Will James' effrontery to defy superstition put him and his devout Catholic wife in danger of losing their souls to one of the Devil's own henchmen?
My Thoughts:
This title probably told you nothing and for a good reason, it was only used for the theatrical release. This movie was released on VHS and DVD with those two titles : The Nightmare Never Ends and Satan's Supper, but it was also include in an horror anthology (Night Train to Terror) in a re-edited form. The version that I've used for my review is « The Nightmare Never Ends ».The first thing that we can see before without starting the movie is the fact that 3 directors work on this, usually this is not a good sign. The three directors are not unknown if you have listen some genre films. Marshak has directed 2 good adult films (Blue Ice and Dracula Sucks), McGowan has directed « Wilbur and the Baby Factory » and produced « Cherry, Harry & Raquel! » and, finally Tallas is the director of « Prehistoric Women » and « Espionage in Tangiers ». The other important crew member is the writter, Philip Yordan who received an Oscar in 1955 for the script of « Broken Lance ».
But all that didn't make a perfect movie. The big problem with it is that it has too many pointless subplot unresolved and a lot of characters who appear to die just 2 minutes after their introduction. The actor are not really good : Faith Clift always use the same tone of voice (like if she was reading all her line and has some difficulty with the language), Mark Lawrence (who was a veteran actor) is very anoying as an old Jewish man, Cameron Mitchell over-act like he always do and the others minor characters are not better. The special effect are not really good and usually I don't have a problem with that, but please a red light who kill someone is not really impressive (even more if this light is a demon attack).
But not everything is bad. The concept of the movie is good : The Devil is a person who exist just like us and he was and will be always there (he is not a red demon with one fork). The end is good too
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Rating : :hmmmm:
Movie Trailer : None Available,but...
I've found the complete version of « Night Train to Terror », but I don't know if the quality is good or if the anthology worth it. I have only a modem conection and the idea of listen one film on the net with 56K speed is not really a good one. But if the film is good let me know, maybe I will try to find it.
You could see it there : http://flickbyflick.com/showflick.asp?moid=598 (http://flickbyflick.com/showflick.asp?moid=598)
Post by: Touti on January 31, 2008, 01:19:48 AM
My rating system will be simple :
;D = perfect
:) = Not so bad
:hmmmm: = Not bad but not good either
:yawn: = Boring
:yucky: = A waste of time
What a smart idea, that's a 2 pointer.
Post by: Jimmy on January 31, 2008, 08:57:29 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Dvd cover Theatrical poster
Title: The Horror of Party Beach
Year: 1964
Genre: Monster Movie
Director: Del Tenney (Zombies)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h18
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English(Mono)
Subtitles: English
Stars:
John Scott (No other credit)
Alice Lyon (No other credit)
Allan Laurel (No other credit)
Eulabelle Moore (Brenner – TV series)
Marilyn Clarke (Kolchak: The Night Stalker – TV series)
Plot:
A drag race between hot rodders and bikers winds up at a swinging rock-and-roll beach party where the Del-Aires perform some rockin' tunes. Nearby, a barrel containing radioactive waste is unloaded from a passing ship, and plunged to the bottom of the sea, splitting against a jagged rock. When a peculiar black liquid oozes out covering a human skull, a vicious monster slowly twitches into life, and "The Horror Beach Party" is born!
My Thoughts:
The teens beach movie (Beach Blanket Bingo, Beach Party,...) were successfull in the sixties and the monster movie was always popular (and they continue to be). Del Tenney has decided with this movie to mix this two genres together. Before that he has directed 2 serious horror movie : Zombies (64) and The Curse of the Living Corpse (64). The best things in this films (everyone who have seen it will agree with me) is the music and the party at the beach. The band in the movie was called the Del-Aires and they were a local New Jersey club band. They did release some single and they were popular in the club scene untill 1964 when the group split after a seven years career. The beach party got all the good ingredients : teenagers (older looking, but that's usual), good looking girl, a biker gang and a fight between the hero & the biker leader. Everyone in the cast perform corectly, no one is really bad and it's surprising since they are not really professional actors (many of them are just local habitants of Stamford, Connecticut). The story is not really original (toxic waste are dump in the sea and create a monster who will go on a rampage), but the script goes on a straight line and doesn't add any useless sub-plot.
On the less good side. The monster is a member of the silly and awfull monster club and since I can find a good way to describe it, I give you a picture. The first time you see it you could do nothing but laugh.
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The only black character in the movie is a servant woman and she's a running sterotype (her name Eulabelle, she only exist to serve her boss and her reaction when she hear about the monster attack is to call it voodoo).
This is good little movie, not really an horror films but certainly a fun one. The DVD release by « Dark Sky Films » in 2006 countain a good commentary track by Del Tenney.
Rating : :D
Post by: Jimmy on February 01, 2008, 10:51:50 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Guyana: Crime of the Century
Year: 1979
Genre: True story
Director: René Cardona Jr. (The Bermuda Triangle)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h47 (the time on the cover is not good)
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English(Mono)
Subtitles: No subtitles
Stars:
Stuart Whitman (Night of the Lepus)
Gene Barry (Turn Back the Clock)
John Ireland (Salon Kitty)
Joseph Cotten (Citizen Kane)
Bradford Dillman (Piranha)
Plot:
Nearly thousand people – even tiny babies and children – lay dead and rotting in the morning sun in the South American country of Guyana, all victims of cult leader Jim Jones, who had ordered the mass execution of his followers in the 1978 incident called by many « The Crime of the Century ».
My Thoughts:
November 18, 1978. Almost everyone know what happen at this date, I remember to have heard about it on the news even if I was only eight years old at this time. This day is the day where the bigger Cult massacre happen, maybe I'm wrong but I'm sure that nothing have been worst to this day. 913 members of the cult, 3 members of the media, 1 defector from Jonestown and the Congressman Leo J. Ryan had been killed this day in Guyana. This movie was made very rapidly after the event (february 1979). Enough of that you don't read that for receiving an history lesson.Contrary to what we may think this film is respecfull and tastefull (remember that this not the U.S. version who use the real photography of the dead people). Stuart Whitman gave a great performance as James Johnson (Jim Jones), it's very easy to understand is power and control on his people and he is always credible. Gene Barry is also good in the rôle of Leo Ryan. The film is made in Guyana and they had used the real photography of Jonestown to recreate it for the movie, these 2 facts add a lot to the production value. They present some fact who didn't happen as they show in the film (no proof that Jones was killed, the mass suicide happen more calmly and some others), but it's understandable since the film was made very shortly after the event.
The only negative point is the fact that the movie start too rapidly. By this I mean that the story start when the congregation is on the move to Guyana. I know about the story of this cult, but I think that an introduction of its history who had made the film clearer for an average viewer.
My second experience with Cardona and like my precedent (Bermuda Triangle) it was a good one. I can't wait to receive my next one « Supervivientes de los Andes » based on the 1972 crash of an Uruguayan rugby team on the Andes Mountains.
The DVD is OOP but it's easy to find it on Amazon marketplace for a low price.
Rating : :)
Movie Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwmbzrPepqk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwmbzrPepqk)
For more information about this event and the cult
http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/jonestown/index_1.html (http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/mass/jonestown/index_1.html)
Note : the 1980 American teleseries « Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones » is available too on DVD.
Post by: Jimmy on February 02, 2008, 08:00:23 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical poster
Title: Who Wants to Kill Jessie?
Original Title: Kdo chce zabít Jessii?
Year: 1966
Genre: Comedy
Director: Václav Vorlícek (Tri orísky pro Popelku)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h20
Video: Widescreen
Audio: Czech
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Dana Medrická (Tag der Idioten)
Jirí Sovák (Marecku, podejte mi pero!)
Olga Schoberová (Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera)
Juraj Visny (Objídzdka)
Karel Effa (Perinbaba)
Plot:
In this zany Czechoslovakian comedy, a scientist invents a machine that projects a sleeping person's dream on a screen. The trouble begins when she tries the contraption out on her husband and discovers his dreams are filled with cartoon-like characters doing outrageous things. Naturally, the scientist is quite shocked. Believing that such frivolous fantasies just won't do, she tries to manipulate his dreams. Disaster soon follows when the machine malfunctions and the dream characters become very real.
My Thoughts:
I like this film and it's one of my best luck buying. This is a good comedy, in fact it is more amusing than any comedy produce now. Just to watch a cow dreaming that it was relaxing in an hammock and listening a band who played classical music for her at the beginning sell it for me. But the fun start really when the dreams of the Professor become real. 3 characters get out of his dream : 2 bad guys and the heroine. The bad guys are one cowboy and one superhero (they represent the capitalist world, it's my interpretation) and the heroine is a sexy blond (a little bit like Barbarella). The bad guys create one big mess (they destroy an apartment, start a fight in a school, ...) and the girl will try to retrieve the professor (this create a jealousy problem with his wife). They will be arrest and trying in a court of Justice (why the court had 3 judges?). I don't tell the rest but it continue like it for the rest of the film. Now, the more important, the professor dream about a comic book so the 3 characters are not really human and that make the funiest part. They don't talk! Everything they say appear in a bubble and they have written sound effect too (like the old Batman teleseries). That doesn't seem to have many sense, but this film is really good. I can evaluate the talent of the actors since I, obviously, don't understand the czech language, but miss Schoberová (the dream heroine) is certainly pleasing for the eyes.Thats what is good with the DVD, we can see and try every genre of movie that were never release in the North American market. I recommand this one, It isn't that expensive (25-30$) and it's really an original concept.
Rating : ;D
Movie Trailer : No Trailer
Post by: Jimmy on February 02, 2008, 10:49:19 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical Poster
Title: Invasion USA
Year: 1952
Genre: Cold War exploitation
Director: Alfred Green (The Jackie Robinson Story)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h14
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English(Mono)
Subtitles: No subtitles
Stars:
Gerald Mohr (The Black Rebels)
Peggie Castle (Beginning of the End)
Dan O'Herlihy (Halloween III: Season of the Witch)
Robert Bice (It! The Terror from Beyond Space)
Phyllis Coates (The Incredible Petrified World)
Plot:
A handful of strangers are suddenly thrown together as America goes face-to-face against the Communist threat in this curious example of Cold War exploitation.
My Thoughts:
In the fifties the nuclear scare film genre was a popular one and the anti-communist propaganda was at a high level. So it was a natural to combine all this and create the first « Russian invasion of the USA with nuclear bomb propaganda scare film ».This film is known for is use of stock footage, a normal thing at that time. But, when your movie use more than 75% of footage this is problematic. This footage doesn't fit : we see naval combat from the WW2 Pacific combat zone, air bombing against European country, paratroopers with American army uniform,... The fact is that all the attack are against the United States and not one single frame of the battle footage happen on the country. When the attack against Washington happen the air defence is set on a big plain, not a single city is on sight. To contourn the fact that the military uniform are all American the film use this trick : The Russian soldiers are dress up as American soldier and have learn english (this lead to a little funny scene when an American soldier find a Russian because he doesn't know who are the Cubs, so if you know anything about baseball take care if an invasion happen). The rest of the story (the not stock part) is not that great either : the Russian are walking stereotype (drunk, violent, comic accent,...), a love story who appear from nowhere... The end is so cliché that it is stupid, usually I don't spoil the ending but I will do an exception with this one because it was already a cliché in 1952 : The event didn't happen, that was an illusion create by one man who had hypnotize the others.
The good point is not really on the film but on the DVD release by Synapse Films. One of the extra is the short movie (29 minutes) « Red Nightmare » made in 1962 who is a perfect exemple of a good American propaganda film. You have 2 audio to listen with the film in suplement of the movie track : « If the Bomb Fall » (an audio disc from 1961 who teach you how to be prepare and live in a fallout shelter in case of a nuclear attack) and « The Complacent American » (an audio disc released in 1961 by the civil defense to teach you how to survive from a nuclear attack).
So even if the movie is bad as hell, I recommand the DVD because of the quality of the extra material in it. But my rating reflect only my view on the film.
Rating : :yawn:
Movie Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZaMm5q_BA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNZaMm5q_BA)
If you want to watch « Red Nightmare » you can see it there :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wexMivQi3k (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wexMivQi3k)
Post by: Kathy on February 03, 2008, 01:14:26 AM
Post by: Jimmy on February 03, 2008, 02:10:21 AM
:surrender:Try the French territory ;)
Maybe it's too easy now :hmmmm:
Post by: Jimmy on February 03, 2008, 07:59:19 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical Poster
Title: Grapes of Death
Original Title: Les Raisins de la mort
Year: 1978
Genre: Horror
Director: Jean Rollin (Requiem for a Vampire)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h30
Video: Widescreen
Audio: French
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Marie George Pascal (Les Petites filles modèles)
Félix Marten (Le Tueur)
Serge Marquand (Frankenstein 90)
Brigitte Lahaie (Je suis à prendre)
Mirella Rancelot (Les Bronzés)
Plot:
A vacation with a friend turns into a horrifying nightmare when a young woman flees from a train, only to stumble into a remote village overtaken by its zombie-like inhabitants. One by one, the townspeople are slowly turning into violent, deformed killers. The local winery may hold the key to the hellish transformers. Perhaps the pesticide used on the grapes does more than just kill insects…
My Thoughts:
The french cinema is more known for the author movie, the quality of its adult movie and the not really funny comedy (Les Bronzé, everything with Louis de Funès,...) than the horror genre. In fact this genre is not very popular with the Frenchman, they like foreign horror but not their home product. That's why there are not a lot of good French horror director (I don't consider Alexandre Aja a good one, Haute tension had one of the more stupid ending that I've never seen). Jean Rollin is one of the best French genre director, his vampire movies are a good exemple of sensual horror (I will certainly review some of them later).First thing first, this is not a zombie gore fest this is more an epidemy movie a little bit like in « The Crazies » by Romero. The film foundation is the isolation feeling that is palpable almost at the beginning at the film in a great train scene and throughout almost the runing time because of the location (I've made some screen capture to show what I want to say). The fact that the film doesn't need a lot of blood or jump scare are the sign of its quality, this is a movie where you must immerse yourself in to appreciate it. Marie George Pascal is extraordinary in this film, all the emotion pass completly nothing seems forced when she's anxious, affraid or relieved that looks natural. The ending is great too
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This is one movie that I recommand, even if you don't usually appreciate the horror genre I think that you could like it. The movie is in french, but the english subtitles are easy to read.
Rating : ;D
Movie Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajeVz2mJ2UQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajeVz2mJ2UQ)
Post by: Jimmy on February 03, 2008, 11:51:58 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical Poster
Title: Werewolves on Wheels
Year: 1971
Genre: Biker Movie
Director: Michel Levesque (Supervixens – Art Director)
Rating: R
Length: 1h19
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Stephen Oliver (Motor Psycho)
D.J. Anderson (Count Yorga, Vampire)
Duece Berry (The Velvet Vampire)
William Gray (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
Barry McGuire (The singer of Eve of Destruction)
Plot:
The Devil's Advocates - an outlaw gang of Harley-riding hellions led by Adam (Stephen Oliver of "Motor Psycho" and "Peyton Place" fame) and his 'ol lady Helen (D.J. Anderson) - troll the dusty highways of the American Southwest in search of the next great kick, whether it be sex, drugs, or violence.
My Thoughts:
This movie is a mix of two genres : Biker and horror movie and it was a little budget drive-in film. The big majority of the cast members are non actors (stuntman and real gang members), in fact there are only six actors in this movie.The amalgamation of the 2 genres is not a perfect success, the bikers movie element is the best part. On this we see the lifestyle of the gang : great bike riding scene, violent way of dealing with the « normal » society, the camaradery of the members, etc. The horror part is the weak point : the werewolf effect are not that great (even for the seventies standart) and the satanic element is not really interesting too (the director stretch a black mass way too long : more than 20 minutes). But the snake/skull dance who is a part of the celebration is a high point. Another thing who is a big problem is the fact that the DP don't use other source of lightning than the natural one during the night scene, so we don't see a lot of important scene (the majority of the werewolves attacks). The soundtrack is really good with the use of southern rock song by Don Gere.
I can't really recommand this film, the biker part is well done and maybe it would have been better to continue only with this genre, since it's a good base for a biker movie.
Rating : :hmmmm:
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VujduJa6vn0
Post by: Jimmy on February 04, 2008, 05:51:50 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover
Title: The Hard Road
Year: 1970
Genre: Cautionary tale
Director: Gary Graver (Amanda by Night)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h25
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Connie Nelson (Dracula vs. Frankenstein)
John Alderman (Love Camp 7)
Gary Kent (Swingers Massacre)
Liz Renay (Refinements in Love)
Bruce Kimball (The Scavengers)
Plot:
After giving up her baby for adoption, 17-year-old Pam realizes "she can never be a kid again," so embarks on a career as a Hollywood tramp.
My Thoughts:
This movie genre is nothing new, in 1912 already « For his son » a cautionary film about drugs was produced and they continue to be done now. Many time those films lost all credibility because they are too over the top, « Reefer Madness » and «Narcotics: Pit of Despair » are two good examples of this. This movie was made as an exploitation/genre picture and, contrary of what we could think, it's a very serious movie about the danger of the drug consumption. The story begins with Pam a 17 years old who is pregnant and give her child for adoption after the delivery (now since it's an exploitation films the movie stop and a doctor show a little film about the baby growth and the child delivery. Don't worry this is not too graphic). Pam will find a job, smoke her first joint and catch a STD (second interruption. No film this time, but a lot of pictures showing the effect that the syphilis have on the body, this time this is pretty disturbing). After that her mother throw her out of the house and her fall into hell start untill the inevitable conclusion.
This movie is well made and doesn't give a positive image of the drug consumption. For her first movie Connie Nelson give a very good performance and it's very surprising that she have made only 3 movies (IMDB is totally wrong on her credit). John Alderman show another time why he was the best actor in the exploitation films in the rôle of a junkie, the scene where he is affected by drugs withdrawal symptoms in jail is something to see. Graver use is camera (he is the DP too) in a perfect way to show the effect of the drug trip (fast editing – new image each second, fast zoom in zoom out, slow motion and image out of focus). The film doesn't end in a good way
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A very good movie well made and credible, that’s really too bad that the print quality isn't very good (a lot of scratch line and popcorn). But just to have this after more than 30 years is already something.
Rating : ;D
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y9leQL7qDM
Post by: Jimmy on February 05, 2008, 04:58:29 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical Poster
Title: Happy Birthday to Me
Year: 1980
Genre: Slasher Movie
Director: J. Lee Thompson (Battle for the Planet of the Apes)
Rating: R
Length: 1h51
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, Japanese and Spanish
Stars:
Melissa Sue Anderson (Little House on the Prairie)
Glenn Ford (Superman)
Tracy Bregman (The Young and the Restless)
Lawrence Dane (Scanners)
Lisa Langlois (Class of 1984)
Plot:
Popular high school senior Virginia Wainwright (Melissa Sue Anderson) survives a freak accident, but suffers from memory loss and traumatic blackouts. As she attempts to resume a normal life, something terrible is happening -- her friends are ruthlessly murdered one-by-one. Will she be the next victim or is she the killer? The terrifying truth is finally uncovered at Virginia's 18th birthday party...and you're invited.
My Thoughts:
During the seventies and the eighties the Canadian cinema industry was in good shape and a lot of the best Canadian movie are from this period. In those years the Canada was a cinema tax shelter like the Germany is now and that's why the Canadian producer was not affraid to take some chances. Now, sadly, it's all over and my country doesn't produce nothing really great, the Province of Quebec was an exeption for some time but the French Canadian had follow the same road : pale copy of the American cinema (Bon cop bad cop, Nytro, Les Boys,...) and the only criteria is now the possibility of financial success.« Happy Birthay to Me » was not really a success in 1980, because the market was already saturated with slasher movie and it's really sad. This film is probably the best slasher movie of all time and I don't exagerate at all. This is an intelligent horror movie, the killer is not an invinsible creature like Jason and the story challenge you all the time you watch it. You will think many times that you have found the killer and everytime you will be wrong, when it will be reveal at the very end you will be surprise. The script is good with a backstory who explain why the events happen. In the acting side Melissa Sue Anderson proove that she was a real good actress, Tracy Bregman is good too in her first film role (it's sad that she is stuck on the soap opera, she have too much talent for that) and nobody is really awfull in the cast.
I really recommand it, it's the best slasher movie of all time and I don't joke at all about this. Am I the only one who find that the DVD cover is really awfull?
Rating : ;D
Movie Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mKLMUnw2ag
Post by: RossRoy on February 05, 2008, 06:09:24 AM
Title: Happy Birthday to Me
Hmmmm you've piqued my interest on this one. Mostly because it is a Canadian movie and I'm always on the lookout for good local offerings. +1 on my wishlist! ;D
Post by: Jimmy on February 05, 2008, 04:04:20 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical Poster
Title: April Fool's Day
Year: 1986
Genre: Slasher Movie
Director: Fred Walton (When a Stranger Calls)
Rating: R
Length: 1h28
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English and French
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Deborah Foreman (Valley Girl)
Amy Steel (Friday the 13th Part 2)
Ken Olandt (Leprechaun)
Griffin O'Neal (The Wraith)
Jay Baker (The Incredible Hulk Returns)
Plot:
When Muffy St. John invited her college friends up to her parents' secluded island home for the time of their lives, she just forgot to tell them it just might be the last time of their lives.
As soon as the kids arrive on the island, someone starts trimming the guest list… one murder at a time. And what starts out as a weekend of harmless "April Fool's Day" pranks turns into a bloody battle for survival.
My Thoughts:
I will be very brief on this one. This is just a typical not really original eighties slasher movie. Everyone act as a bunch of idiot young adult, Amy Steel and Thomas Wilson are wasted in this. We see the end coming from one mile because of the title, the french one was not that obvious (Weekend de terreur/Weekend of Terror), certainly lame but not obvious. Some movie deserve to be lost and forget, this is one of them. Wait, the worst thing about it ... it'll we be remade this yearRating : :yucky:
Movie Trailer : No Trailer
Post by: Jimmy on February 05, 2008, 08:52:41 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD cover
Title: Alice in Wonderland
Original Title:
Year: 1976
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bud Townsend (Coach)
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h21
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Kristine DeBell (Meatballs)
Larry Gelman (The Odd Couple - TV)
Bree Anthony (The Taking of Christina)
Juliet Graham (The Story of Joanna)
Terri Hall (The Story of Joanna)
Plot:
This witty, appealing fantasy musical skin-flick treatment of the Lewis Carroll classic starring former Playmate Kristine DeBell as Alice features original songs like "What's a Girl Like You Doing on a Knight Like This" and will have you laughing as familiar characters such as the Queen of Hearts, the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit put a titillating twist on the children's tale. While certainly not for the kiddies, it doesn't have the hardcore, unemotional edge common to the genre--just lots of flesh, silliness and fun.
My Thoughts:
The seventies is the Golden Age of the adult industry and a lot of quality « pornographic » title were made in those years. It's difficult to understand for someone who is only familiar with the adult material from mid-eighties untill the present days, but many of those adult movies are real movies. They was made to play at theatre, they use script, real actors and all what is considered production value for the mainstream industry.The movie reviewed here is an adult version of the child tale. This is not only an adult version, but a pretty good adaptation who follow the Lewis Carroll novel too. Like I've said the production of this time were considered as movie, don't expect wall to wall sex with this films and that's a good thing for me. You have real actor with mainstream credit (Kristine DeBell, Larry Gelman, John Lawrence, Kristen Steen and Jason Williams [Flesh Gordon]) and a lot of familiar east coast performer (Terri Hall, Bree Anthony and Nancy Dare). You have a real and good story, in fact there are very few adult material and nothing is gratuitious or in bad taste. This is also a musical so a lot of singing and dancing are present and some songs are really good, but I can garantee for sure if the actors are the real singers. This is, like many other films of this time, more a sensual movie with sex scene than a gynecological examination as the actual films are.
If you want to taste the flavour of the seventies this movie is a good solution, even a woman will apreciate it since this is a couple movie.
The DVD have an X rated version too (the same films without the sex scene), but I've not watched it.
Rating : :D
Movie Trailer : No Trailer
Post by: DJ Doena on February 05, 2008, 09:45:00 PM
Post by: Jimmy on February 05, 2008, 10:36:08 PM
btw: Your April Fool's Day movie poster doesn't show. Instead there is a huge placeholder.It appears on my screen. Maybe your firewall block it or something? I add it here as an attach file.
Post by: DJ Doena on February 05, 2008, 10:52:07 PM
I think it is a "don't steal my bandwith referer" and the reason you see it is because you were on their site and now have the correct image in your browser cache.btw: Your April Fool's Day movie poster doesn't show. Instead there is a huge placeholder.It appears on my screen. Maybe your firewall block it or something?
Just a wild guess.
Post by: Jimmy on February 05, 2008, 11:41:51 PM
Post by: DJ Doena on February 06, 2008, 12:20:53 AM
I've change the link. Does it appear now? BTW thanks to let me know, if that happen again tell me and I will try to make the corection.
Thx now it works :)
Post by: Achim on February 06, 2008, 06:23:34 AM
The DVD have an X rated version too (the same films without the sex scene), but I've not watched it.Something about this doesn't seem right... An X rated version without sex scenes?
What you mean by X-rated? Or did you mean that that one has more sex scenes?
Post by: Jimmy on February 06, 2008, 01:56:15 PM
Some X or NC-17 movie : Midnight Cowboy, Boys Don't Cry, 1900 and the majority of the T&A movie of the seventies (most of the time self apply by the movie producer)
The meaning of this is adult material but not pornographic.
The MPAA don't rate the pornographic production, but the industry itself use the XXX who is not an official U.S. rating.
Remember my post on this subject on the DVDP forum?
Let me know if it still unclear.
Post by: Achim on February 06, 2008, 03:58:14 PM
I'd expect an R rated version without the sex scenes and then an X rated version with the sex scenes in tact; kinda like they did with Thriller: A Cruel Picture.
Post by: Jimmy on February 06, 2008, 05:40:35 PM
In 1980, the movie was re-released on video in it's complete form. This version add the cut done to the 1976 version. Those cuts are the pornographic parts (masturbation, blow job and penetration sex scene).
The confussion is probably because I use the 3X rating who is an unofficial one. If I take your example it exactly that,
1976 X version = They Call Her One Eye (the cut version)
1980 XXX version = Thriller: A Cruel Picture (the movie with porn insert)
I use the term "X" when the sex scene are fake and the "3X" one when it's real.
Hopes I'm clearer now
Post by: Jimmy on February 06, 2008, 05:48:50 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Impulse
Year: 1974
Genre: Thriller
Director: William Grefe (Sting of Death)
Rating: PG
Length: 1h27
Video: Full Screen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
William Shatner (Star Trek)
Ruth Roman (The Baby)
Jennifer Bishop (Mako: The Jaws of Death)
Kim Nicholas (Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny)
Harold Sakata (Goldfinger)
Plot:
A paranoid, leisure-suit-wearing conman/gigolo named Matt Stone seduces lonely women, bilks them of their savings via an investment scam, then kills them. When he begins seeing an attractive widow, her daughter Tina becomes suspicious of his motives.
My Thoughts:
William Shatner was certainly the most active of the cast member of Star trek after the end of the show. Not necessary in quality term, but in quantity. The movie here is a low budget Florida production by Bill Greffé who was an important director in the Florida states exploitation scene.The film start strong with the always welcome Bill Kerwin (Blood Feast, Two Thousand Maniacs, Porky's 2,...) in a flashback scene. I have no idea where Shatner had studied acting, but I've never seen an actor over-acting that much. This is not that I dislike that but sometimes too much is like not enough, every little reactions are amplify at an extreme level. The story is good, but thing are not explicated at all and some of those look important. By example at one moment a man visit Matthew Stone (Shatner) and he wants to get in the scam with him, but we have no idea who he is and why he knows about that. The little girl is very annoying, she pass the majority of her screen time angry for every reasons. Ruth Roman does a good job as she did in « The Baby ».
This is not the best movie made by Greffé. Not really recommanded, but if you are an admirator of Shatner the chances are high that you could like it.
Rating : :hmmmm:
Movie Trailer : No Trailer
Post by: Jimmy on February 07, 2008, 05:25:19 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The All-American Girl
Year: 1972
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Haggard (The First Nudie Musical)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h22
Video: Fullscreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitle
Stars:
Peggy Church (A Touch of Sweden)
Alan Burton
Andy Mitchell (The Teaser)
Paul Berry
Tracy Rodgers (The Big Snatch)
Plot:
Debbie's boyfriend Bobby has left for Guatemala for three months and Debbie is expecting a boring summer. But then she hasn't considered her neighbours and their 14-year old son Johnny...
My Thoughts:
The American exploitation films were about the familiarity of the woman, every fan have is favourite one. Many of those girls had a long career like Rene Bond, Marsha Jordan, Ushi Diggart, Maria Arnold, ... But some didn't made a lot of film. Peggy Church is one of them and it's very hard to find her films and to find them with good quality. She had done seven features in six years and her first two are considered lost. The All-American Girl is her last one and the only one where she is the star. If I had to choose one movie in the Something Weird Video collection that I would like to have in a special edition, this is the one. But, their distributor (Image Entertainment) have always refuse it. So the only way to watch it is on DVD-R (note : SVW have all the rights of their movie, so no bootleg here) with no remastering job, so the image and sound are not really great.
The story is interesting, but it can be shocking for some viewer since Peggy Church plays an 16 years old (she had 18, but she was young looking), she have relation with an adult man, an adult woman and a 14 years old boy (who look much more like 30). Peggy Church performance is really good in this and she proove that she can be a star, it's surprising that she had stop her career with this one. The rest of the cast is OK, this only exeption is Paul Berry (the 14 years old) who is a real bad actor and never did anything else. Some scenes are pretty borderline for a soft X film : girl masturbation (no close up but it's clear that it's the real thing) and adult-teenager sexual relation. Now keep in mind that it's not a pornographic movie, but an exploitation picture who goes just a little bit farther than usual. Last thing the theme song is really catchy.
I like this one, but because of the poor quality of the print use it's hard to recommand it. unless you are a fan like me and you are satisfy to have one film and the quality doesn't matter.
Rating : :)
Movie Trailer
Sorry it was a good one, but Youtube had deleted it because of some cry-baby. :rip:
Post by: Kathy on February 07, 2008, 06:28:23 PM
I'm interested in how/who got you interested in these films. I've only heard of a few of the ones you've been kind enough to critique. The only problem is between you and Pete I'm slowly going broke! :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on February 07, 2008, 07:26:17 PM
Jimmy,Like everyone else, I've started watching mainstream movie (not that I really have a choice, since I'm from a town with less than 1000 peoples. I live in bigger one now, but not that much). But my main preference was the horror movie, good or bad it didn't make a difference.
I'm interested in how/who got you interested in these films. I've only heard of a few of the ones you've been kind enough to critique. The only problem is between you and Pete I'm slowly going broke! :laugh:
So fast forward at the time where I get the internet (something like 10 years ago). I was searching for some horror movie and one of the place (lordman??) who doesn't exist anymore was about "weird" movie. The way that they describe those films catch my interest and I have start to order some of them (at that time on VHS and hard to find since I was ordering them by mail to french canadian seller). This database make me discover some movie like Nekromantik, Bad taste, Guinea pig, I spit on your grave, Bloodsucking freaks, etc...
So it was a natural when I move to DVD to try to find the same genre of film. But with the DVD it was easier to find them and the price was better than it was for the VHS. I've found that one label (SWV) was specialize in those movie and everything they release became an "I have to have this title". So with them at my new starting point I have discover some other label (Shriek show, Barrel, Grindhouse releasing, Dark sky,...) and my taste expand way more (exploitation, italian movie, asian,...).
I think that I've said it before, but I find that those genre movie are better than the studio production. Not on the screen since it's obvious that they don't have the same ressources, but the actor/actress seem to care, many times those movies are more original and they take more chances because they are outside the studio system.
But I can appreciate something like "Batman" too, just not enough to buy it. ;D
I hope that I was not too boring :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on February 08, 2008, 12:04:00 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical Poster
Title: Incubus
Year: 2005
Genre: Horror
Director: Anya Camilleri
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h27
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, French
Stars:
Tara Reid (Alone in the Dark)
Akemnji Ndifermyan (Doctors – TV series)
Alice O'Connell (Separate Lies)
Christian Brassington (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)
Mihai Stanescu (Catacombs)
Plot:
In the dead of night, a group of lost college students stumble upon what appears to be an abandoned laboratory hidden deep within the woods. Cold and exhausted, they break in, only to find the hallways littered with dead bodies. Coming across a coma patient locked within an isolation cell, they discover The Sleeper, a deranged murderer who can literally dream his way into their minds.
My Thoughts:
I don't watch only « old » movie, sometimes I like to try a relatively new film who look interesting. The results are rarely the same, some of those movie were really good but some were just lost of money and time.This one has two prejudice against it : It was released as a direct download (DD) and Tara Reid is the star in it. For a DD movie this is not a cheap one badly done (I've seen far worse direct to DVD), so forget about this bias. For Tara Reid forget the fact that her private life is a mess and what you I've seen of her in « Alone in the Dark ». She can act when she is cast for a role in her range.
Sure this is not an a+ horror movie, but the feeling of claustrophobia is always present since they are locked in the building where 95% of the movie take place. The killer doesn't seem dangerous at first (he doesn't move), but the way he use to do is work is very hard to fight. But the protagonists are not really brilliant, why enter in a vacant building by the ventilation roof system if you are not chase by a bunch of zombie? There not really a reason for that. The movie was filmed in Romania and the accent could be disturbing sometimes since this is suppose to happen in the United States.
This is not a great movie, but it's certainly better than the remake that are considered as good horror now. It could be a good renting, since it is a little bit costly for a DVD without any extra.
Rating : :hmmmm:
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJttMNOCEEc
Post by: Najemikon on February 08, 2008, 12:28:47 AM
"If you're happy and you know it..." :P
Post by: Jimmy on February 08, 2008, 08:41:27 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfxwsgvtgq8
Post by: Jimmy on February 08, 2008, 08:47:37 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical Poster
Title: Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Year: 1987
Genre: Slasher movie
Director: Lee Harry (Street Soldiers)
Rating: R
Length: 1h28
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: CC
Stars:
Eric Freeman
James Newman (The Cool and the Crazy)
Elizabeth Kaitan (Vice Academy Part 3)
Jean Miller (Speak of the Devil)
Frank Novak (Carnosaur)
Plot:
In Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2, Ricky (Eric Freeman) follows in the familly tradition of Christmas carnage. Psycho Santa is back ... to deck the halls with chunk of bodies !
My Thoughts:
I has already review the original one last Christmas, so you can read it in one of my previous review topic. This is the second entry in the « Silent Night » series, there 5 movies in this series but I've never seen the last three.Maybe you have heard about this one, many peoples hate it because of the heavy use of footage of the original (more than 40 minutes). But those so-call critics miss the point, the producer wanted to re-edit the first one because of all the contreversy that it have. But the director had decided to make a new movie and since the budget was low (250 000$), he have done the best he can.
This one is about Ricky (the younger brother of Billy, the killer of the original) who are in a psychiatric institution where he is interviewed by a doctor. That's the first part of the movie and that's where the stock footage are use, some of his memory is illogic (he remember the night of his parents murder even if he was 1 or 2 years old), but that's not the end of the world. The real films start with his life remembering and this part is good. In a scene, that I consider great, he is at a theatre with his girlfriend and guess what movie they are watching? Silent night part one, it's illogic but it's a good reference. The best he kill an annoying guy who talk and do stupid jokes while the movie play, honestly everyone would like to do that sometimes at movie theatre. The principal actor really over-act, but in a good way (he didn't got a lot of acting job after that).
Sadly the movie is OOP and I don't think that it will be re-release anytime soon. But, I have add what I consider one of the best moment of the film at the end of my review for your enjoyment (if you want to see a stuntman almost get kill wait untill the 5 minutes mark).
Rating : :D
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJJCprO_vBY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xh7junyB2o
Post by: Tom on February 08, 2008, 08:48:11 PM
I'm particularly fond of her in Jodie and The Pussycats...
Great underrated movie! And it is my favorite Tara Reid performance. Reminded me of Bubbles of the Powerpuff Girls :laugh:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7ntnSReyFt8
Post by: Najemikon on February 09, 2008, 01:51:13 AM
Especially for you Jon. Enjoy ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfxwsgvtgq8
Thank you very much! Ain't she got the cutest ears? :P
Post by: Jimmy on February 09, 2008, 06:01:14 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical Poster
Title: Score
Year: 1972
Genre: Comedy
Director: Radley Metzger (The Opening of Misty Beethoven)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h29
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitle
Stars:
Claire Wilbur (Teenage Hitch-hikers)
Calvin Culver (The Opening of Misty Beethoven)
Lynn Lowry (The Crazies)
Gerald Grant (Naked Came the Stranger)
Carl Parker (The Image)
Plot:
In the village of Leisure - in the land of play - deep within the Erogenous Zone - live Jack and Elvira, a swinging married couple who have their sights set on seducing a pair of naïve newlyweds. The sparks fly in this erotic classic.
My Thoughts:
Radley Metzger is the best director when we talk of erotic movie and this film is not an exeption. This is the last softcore movie that he direct before he takes the pornographic road for 3 years as Henry Paris. Just this 3 years he had done some of the best adult movie ever made : The Opening of Misty Beethoven (a favourite of mine), The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann, The Image and Naked Came the Stranger (sadly the DVD is heavily cut). But I'm not here to talk about this phase of his career.The Score is base on a sucessfull off-broadway show about a sexual game play by one couple. Everyone is well cast in the film even Lynn Lowry (I'm not a big fan of her) in the role of the innocent young married woman. The movie was made in Croatia and the location add to the beauty of it. This film is highly erotic and I have just one warning to make. The game played by Elvira and Jack as one goal : Seduce a member of the same sex, so if this idea repulse you don't watch this. Habitually nobody had a problem with a girl-girl scene, but that's not the same thing with the opposite. Metzger is the only director who can make a man-man scene erotic, there are no penetration shot but Culver and Grant french-kiss each other, caress themselves mutually and use their mouth for something else than kissing (we don't see it really, but I'm sure that you understand what it is). This scene is intercut with the one of Lowry & Wilbur and the editing, the way it's film and the music use make of this one of the best scene I've seen in an erotic movie.
If you can forget the homosexual aspect this is a movie that you could appreciated. I'm 100% straight and I think that it's a masterpiece. Give it a chance, you could be very surprise and discover one of the best director of the sixties and the seventies.
Rating : ;D
Post by: Kathy on February 09, 2008, 02:27:50 PM
Post by: Najemikon on February 09, 2008, 03:15:44 PM
Post by: Achim on February 09, 2008, 04:09:22 PM
Comedy in the truest sense of the genre doesn't have to be funny... but somehow I bet this is! ;)Sorry for this off-topic question, but I am really curipus about the "truest sense of the genre" for Comedy... What is that and why doesn't it have to be funny?
Post by: Najemikon on February 09, 2008, 04:45:16 PM
You only have to think of the sub-genre, Romantic Comedy. Sleepless in Seattle has no laugh out loud moments, but the story as a whole is slight, convenient, broad and is designed to leave you with a huge grin at the end.
Comedy at it's very core is simply reflecting life, without necessarily making you laugh. Maybe that's why quite serious and dark stories about superheroes are published as "comics". I can't remember the last time Batman told a joke! And Judge Dredd can be funny, but only because it's so absurd, yet so applicable.
Post by: Achim on February 09, 2008, 06:58:54 PM
Post by: Najemikon on February 09, 2008, 07:46:57 PM
If you have any interest in the history of film, a really great DVD is "A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies". He's a motormouth at the best of times and seems to know more about movies than anyone; my wishlist about doubled after watching it! The first section is about genre and I never would have guessed, but comedy and gangster movies both came from musicals! Listen to the rhythm of dialogue in early examples of either and you can see why James Cagney, singer and dancer, became public enemy number 1...
Post by: Jimmy on February 10, 2008, 03:09:41 AM
Are you categorizing the genres in the movies you review? I find it interesting that this one is listed as a Comedy.Sorry if I'm late to answer, but I have an excuse : I was absent today, because it was the birthday party of my little niece and she didn't want to let me go untill now.
For me a comedy doesn't need to make me laugh to the beginning to the end (Is it possible? except for Airplane). If a movie make me smile because of the situation or the screenplay it's a comedy. This is more the interaction between the 4 protagonist who make this a comedy. The official genre classification for this film is "drama", but I don't agree with this at all. There nothing dramatic in it, the game is played as something funny and everyone enjoy it.
The other possibility for a genre is "adult", but this is not really an adult films (the theme is not for the kid, but this is not "The adventure of Butman 26).
So it can't be an adult movie (not pornographic) and not a drama (nothing made me cry in it). But, the movie made me smile so, for me, it's a comedy.
Post by: Achim on February 10, 2008, 03:48:44 AM
If you have any interest in the history of film, a really great DVD is "A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies". He's a motormouth at the best of times and seems to know more about movies than anyone; my wishlist about doubled after watching it! The first section is about genre and I never would have guessed, but comedy and gangster movies both came from musicals! Listen to the rhythm of dialogue in early examples of either and you can see why James Cagney, singer and dancer, became public enemy number 1...I own that already! ;D IIRC it was basically a recommendation from James. He also made the same comment about a rather quickly growing Wish List while viewing it :laugh: Guess it's about time I go ahead and watched it. (The current Academy Awards Marathon makes me watch a lot of my DVD with old movies, which I enjoy a lot and basically now look for inspiration what more to get.)
Post by: Jimmy on February 11, 2008, 02:15:17 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Brides Wore Blood
Year: 1972
Genre: Horror
Director: Bob Favorite (Indian Raid, Indian Made)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h24
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitle
Stars:
Dolores Heiser
Paul Everett
Bob Letizia
Chuck Faulkner
Jan Sherman
Plot:
The 1970's are back in this hip hop and hapennin' of retro tale of drugs, vampires and exorcisms.
Girls are invited to a crappy mansion in Florida only to become blood-sucker bait for a centuries old demon who wants to be your daddy !
My Thoughts:
I got this one by error, because I've made a title error after I've seen the trailer for a movie that was looking interesting. Finally I got the good one (The Blood Spattered Bride), but not before another title error order (Blood Castle) it's something frequent with European movie since they are known under many different titles. I've keep the DVD, because it was my error and maybe the movie will be interesting.The story looks promising : a vampire curse runs in a familly and for defeating it a girl must be made pregnant by the the older vampire son. When the child is born the curse is defeat. This is not really original, but it's enough to make something not so bad. The end result is not good at all, the problem start with the cast : everyone is untalented (nobody have done anything before or after that), they miss their line and most of the time doesn't know how to react. The story is confusing, they mix too many thing (vampires, an hunchback (that or a drunk guy, this is not really evident by the way he act), an hairy beast (why they had it in the basement is unclear), a medium woman (the majority of what she said make no sense),...
Don't waste your time with that. Even the vampire look is ridicule (just look at the screen capture that I've attach to my post)
Rating : :yucky:
Movie Trailer : No Trailer
Post by: Jimmy on February 11, 2008, 04:54:17 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Beast That Killed Women
Year: 1965
Genre: Nudie-cutie
Director: Barry Mahon (P.P.S. - Prostitutes Protective Society)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h00
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Byron Mabe (The Defilers)
Dolores Carlos (A Taste of Blood)
Darlene Bennett (Olga's Girls)
Gigi Darlene (White Slaves of Chinatown)
June Roberts (The Sin Syndicate)
Plot:
A Miami nudist camp is invaded by The Beast that Killed Women, a gorilla with an appetite for the ladies. Murder and panic quickly spread before a pretty policewoman volunteers to enter the camp as ape bait.
My Thoughts:
This movie was made at a time when nudity was not permited on screen by the different censor board, but the nudist colony pictures were ok since a New-York court judgement about the movie « Garden of Eden » rules that a movie that promoting nudism wasn't obscene. This is how to view and understand those films : they were the way to show woman nudity on screen legally more than forty years ago.With this film Barry Mahon mix the nudist colony picture and the horror picture. Don't expect a great horror movie, this is just a silly man in a gorilla suit movie. But it's really a fun movie. Byron Mabe is the only good actor in it, but it's not really important. If you are a regular watcher of this genre of movie you will see many familiar faces and finaly you see them in color. The story is simple : the gorilla attack two women and the police kill it at the end. The rest of the screen time is fill with the nudists doing their things (playing volleyball, dancing, swimming and talking in bed).
If you want to pass an hour in front of your TV without thinking too much and seeing some beautiful and natural looking woman (and some men bottom), this is the movie for you. Even if you see a lot of nudity in the movie nothing is really shocking in it, they only show breasts and buttocks.
Rating : :)
Post by: Jimmy on February 11, 2008, 10:35:44 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: She Demons
Year: 1958
Genre: Horror
Director: Richard E. Cunha (Missile to the Moon)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h16
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Irish McCalla (Sheena: Queen of the Jungle – TV series)
Tod Griffin (She Devil)
Victor Sen Yung (Kung Fu – TV series)
Rudolph Anders (Phantom from Space)
Gene Roth (Attack of the Giant Leeches)
Plot:
A hurricane shipwrecks an expedition of American treasure-hunters on an uncharted Pacific island. Searching for food, the Americans happen upon a secret Nazi base where a sadistic scientist is conducting experiments on a tribe of local jungle maidens. Horrific experiments mutate the island beauties into hideous, savage she-creatures!
My Thoughts:
We are on fifties B-movies territory with this one. We start with 4 shipwreck survivors, all of them are one stereotype : an all-american man, a rich spoil woman, a comic relief asian man and a black man (who is doom from the beginning and is the only one to die). But the stereotype don't stop with them since they are not the only one on this island. So we have the natives women who don't do nothing except a native dance. The rest of the people are escape German nazi with really funny accent, the way they are represented make me wonder how it was possible for them to win a single battle (they are really presented as caricature).The story is stupid : the German doctor was working on a way to remove scar, because the Aryan as to be perfect (I don't invent that it's the doctor who say that). So they are gone on a volcanic island to experience, the method is a blood (??) transfer but the donor receive blood and animal DNA (something like that). This procedure transform the donor to a she-demons for a couple of days, after that she returns to normal but doesn't have any memory at all (I don't invent that either, the doctor explain it). The story continue untill the nazi doctor try the experience on the white woman, but at this moment the island come under shellfire (why? No idea the war is over for quite some times) and the three survivors escape. I've forgot something : the all-american man and the rich spoil woman fall in love even if they hate each other at the beginning.
The acting are not really good, except for Irish McCalla (enough to make me interested in her TV series, but it is not release yet and will probably never been). The make up effect for the She-demons are well done and the filming location look good too.
I don't necessary think that it's a bad movie, but many others b-movies of this time are better than this.
Rating : :hmmmm:
Movie Trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV82_LkAjZY
Post by: Jimmy on February 12, 2008, 04:35:00 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical Poster
Title: Blackwoods
Year: 2002
Genre: Thriller
Director: Uwe Boll (BloodRayne)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h32
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Patrick Muldoon (Starship Troopers)
Keegan Connor Tracy (Final Destination 2)
Will Sanderson (BloodRayne)
Michael Paré (Eddie and the Cruisers)
Clint Howard (Ice Cream Man)
Plot:
A tragic accident leaves a young girl dead. The man responsible goes free. But for the victim's family, no crime goes unpunished.
Pursued by a family thirsty for vengeance, Matt (Patrick Muldoon) tries to escape to the Blackwoods. But escape is never that easy.
My Thoughts:
I don't think that it will be a surprise for anyone if I say that I'm a fan of Uwe Boll. I find all the critics on the web from the wanabe IMDB reviewers and the other like them pretty ridicule and childish. If not explain to me how someone can rate and review a movie who is not even release yet? The more recent exemple is Seed : will be release only in the month of march in North America, played at 4 European festivals and was released at the end of november in Germany. More than thousand peoples who frequent IMDB have already seen it... Don't make me laugh! In fact, the only movie that I've seen so far directed by him who is really bad is « Alone in the Dark ». Yes, I've seen « House of the Dead » and I find it better than « Resident Evil » and as good as « 28 Days Later » (but I find the video game segment stupid). It's pretty evident that whatever he direct will never get a fair review. Ok, enough ranting I go on with my review.Blackwoods is the second North American movie directed by Uwe Boll after « Sanctimony » that i've not seen yet. This movie is a good film about the way we escape our crime and the consequence that we have to go through. The story is well construct and they are a logic follow from the beginning to the end (many fact are clearer at the end), every little details are important and have a reason to happen. Muldoon is perfect in the lead and it's hard to understand why is career never really take off, Paré and Howard are reliable as usual, Keegan Connor Tracy is surprising, but Sanderson is waste and doesn't have too much to do. As usual Boll use a lot of camera trick (slow motion, rapid flashing image and fuzzy image), but those tricks are not done without reason like in « Alone in the Dark ». The end is great and take the viewer by surprise (don't read this if you want to see the movie, it's the end)
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If you want to see a proof that he is a good director forgot the Boll-bashing and give this film a chance, by the way the price is really low (http://www.amazon.com/Blackwoods-Patrick-Muldoon/dp/B00006HAYT/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1202786290&sr=1-1). This is the better movie directed by Uwe Boll that I've seen untill now. One last thing : It's important to buy the « Velocity » release, because the other one is defective (the last chapter doesn't work).
Rating : :)
Post by: Jimmy on February 14, 2008, 05:30:16 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Amazing Transplant
Year: 1970
Genre: Crime Mystery (this one is not easy to set)
Director: Doris Wishman (Double Agent 73)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h11
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
João Fernandes (Submission)
Linda Southern (Love-In '72)
Larry Hunter (Olga's Dance Hall Girls)
Kim Pope (Through the Looking Glass)
Janet Banzet (A Thousand Pleasures)
Plot:
Amorous Artie is not your average ladies man. For years, the guy couldn't even get a date. Now, however, formerly dorky Arthur has become a sex-crazed lunatic who murders at the mere sight of cheap gold earrings on cheap cold women.
My Thoughts:
Doris Wishman was one of the rare woman who has directed movie in the exploitation fields, in fact the only other one that I can think of is Roberta Findlay. In this one who got all the distinctive trait of her work : a lot of feet shot, close-up on weird thing (couch, radio, ...) for no reason, the person on screen is not the one who talk but the person who react and the majority of the actor voice are replace.This movie had probably the most bizarre motive that I've seen and I have watched a girl poison by a cat paw, a man sex-kill by four women and a killing turkey-man. The killer in this movie act this way because he had received a transplantation, not that bizarre but ... This is a penis transplant and the previous owner of the male organ has a fetish. He was attracted by the women with golden earings and this fetish came with the gift.
The good thing about this movie is the fact that it was filmed at New York, so many Michael Findlay regular are in this. Just to name the women : Janet Banzet (usually credited as Marie Brent), Alice Grant, Linda Boyce and Uta Erickson (I love this woman). I like the fact that the movie switch to B/W for a flasback scene before the operation, a trio fake sex scene with Boyce and Erickson (she is so sexy in B/W). Sure the dialog make no sense, the dubbing is apparent and the story motive is ridiculous, but I like this movie.
If you are not familiar with the work of Doris Wishman this is not the one to watch first (a little bit too bizarre). « Nude on the Moon » is a better way to start, I will certainly review it later when I will rewatch it.
Rating : :)
Edit : Just notice the the original running time was 1h20, so there a lot of cut on this release (unusual from SWV). From the trailer it's evident that the operation is cut and a lesbian scene between Janet Banzet and Alice Grant are missing.
Post by: Jimmy on February 18, 2008, 05:36:00 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Sorry if this one takes more time than usual, but for this experience I need to have almost 4 hours of free time. You probably ask yourself what I'm talking about. This is what is call a drive-in experience and what is this : 2 movies, a lot of trailers, intermission short and drive-in announcement. For this one I will make it differently, I hope that you will appreciate.
It's saturday night and what's better than going to our local drive-in (a lot more, but we are in the year 1968). After a look of what play tonight we decide to go see the new Hershell Gordon Lewis movie and the second feature is one of his other movie from last year.
Our program for tonight
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We arrive at seven o'clock, a little bit soon but we have to find a good place to park the car. We are not the first here, but the place is good. So we install the speakers on the car and we wait (I'm with my girlfriend, so use your imagination).
Finally it start, it was about time the clients were starting to be impatients. No, we have seven minutes of publicity to listen. This is for the refreshment stand and this make me hungry. Gaze at hot dog, hamburger, fries, chilly dilly (a big pickle :yucky:) and Italian meatball sandwich for seven minutes have this effect on me. So after my visit at the concession stand I'm 5$ short (don't forget we are in 68). I came with this too, it looks like something fun to play with
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Not ready yet, we have to watch the trailers. This is what will come in the next week at the drive-in...
Just for the hell of it (This is the one that we will see tonight)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0NLqqh81U
The Gore gore girls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SoFUY2Zl4w
Suburban roulette
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpOU2IjBKJc
Something weird
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62stnXLA-Uw
Except for « Suburban roulette » I have already seen the others. But this movie seems interesting and Bill Kerwin is in it, so I keep this one in mind.
Finally the first film start
Ray Sager (The Wizard of Gore) and Rodney Bedell (The Gruesome Twosome) are good in the lead role. Sager as the bad guy and Bedell as the good guy. This is a little movie that doesn't ask you to think, it promise teenager out of control in the trailer and that's what we got. The teenage gang beats a blind guy with is walking stick, beats one man with is crutch, throws a baby in the garbage, ... Why they do that? Just for the hell of it, they have nothing to do. It have a story between the good and the bad guy, but that's not really important. So this one was fun, but the theme song (who play over and over) was really tough to support.
We are at the intermission and for almost 30 minutes one man try to sell some books about the facts of life (read sex education book). So I decide to buy the two books (one for me and the other for my girlfriend), how can I say no to a book who promise to tell me what to do at my honeymoon. After that we have a boring short film with 2 half-naked dancing girls, if you have seen « Orgy of the Dead » you have an idea of what it is.
It's trailer time strike two : what we got this time
The blast-off girls (the next film)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEG1dAHNz7Y
This stuff'll kill ya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivefd0I3eHk
Year of the yahoo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfklOMMHXkA
After that the final film start.
In this one we have a musical band (a real garage band « The Faded Blue ») who are rip off by their manager (a good performance by Dan Conway). The music is good (sound like any « British Invasion » band) and it's fun to watch something almost real. So many band were steal by their manager or their record company like Bad Company or The Bay City Rollers just to name two exemples. This is another good movie who doesn't ask you to think too much.
Finally after four hours it's over, but not before we have this on the screen
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It's better to not forget the speakers, the management is really serious about this
I hope that you have appreciate this one. The program (DVD) was exactly like this, except for the girlfriend part. This is one of the early release of « Something Weird Video » who is my favourite DVD company. The real DVD is this one
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It is OOP but you can buy it for a good price at Amazon Marketplace
Rating : ;D
Post by: Jimmy on February 19, 2008, 01:59:21 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Snowballin'
Original Title: Après-ski
Year: 1971
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roger Cardinal (Au nom du père et du fils – TV series)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h12
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No subtitles
Stars:
Daniel Pilon (Le Viol d'une jeune fille douce)
Mariette Lévesque (Tanya's Island)
Céline Lomez (Gina)
Janine Sutto (Symphorien – TV series)
Angèle Coutu (Jamais deux sans toi – TV series)
Plot:
A ski instructor gives "private lessons" to a group of beautiful snow-bunnies and soon finds that his techniques keep him very busy on and off the slopes. His personal attention and devilish good looks bring his students running to him long after classes are out eagerly willing to display their own special talents.
My Thoughts:
At the beginning of the seventies after the success of Valérie in 1969 the French Canadian film industry enter in its exploitation phase. What a great period it was with some of the most sucessfull French Canadian movie ever made, just to name some of them (sorry for those who have no idea what I'm talking about) : L'initiation, Gina, Les Mâles and Deux femmes en or (this one was the French Canadian box-office record holder for a very long time). The great beauty of the French Canadian girls (Céline Lomez was one of the most beautifull French Canadian woman to appear on the screen) was certainly a good factor in these success.The one that I review today is best known here for one reason : it's one of the biggest box-office failure in our industry, it was made for 800 000$ (a big amount for a Canadian movie at this time) and collect almost no money. Now, it doesn't hold the record anymore since a biggest failure came in 1996 : Angelo, Fredo et Romeo (sorry Touti and RossRoy for the bad memory).
Now I have to go on angry mode a little bit
[Angry mode on]I hate the fact that the Canadian cinema industry is ashame of its exploitation period. The majority of those films are not available on DVD or VHS, in my best knowledge only « Valerie » and « Gina » are on DVD and they are not subtitle and after that they ask themselves why our cinema doesn't work outside of the Province of Quebec. Do you find it normal that I've to buy a French Canadian film from an American store because the Canadian industry refuse to re-release it? My answer no! [Angry mode off]
This is a movie that I've seen the first time more than 20 years ago at a paying movie channel (my countrymen surely remember TVEC) and immediatly like it. The theme song is great (Après ski c'est l'amour avec toi dans le creux de tes bras, Après ski c'est l'amour jusqu'au lever du jour :whistle:) and the woman who sing it have a familliar voice but I can't remember her name, you have no choice but to sing along. You have a lot of familiar faces in second role : Pierre Labelle, Jacques Desrosier (Patof!!), Robert Demontigny (a French Canadian singer), Francine Grimaldi and Mr. Popol himself Roger Michael in a funny performance as a newly married man (his wife end in the bed of one of the instructor, but it's not a surprise if you remember what Roger Michael looks like). For the non French Canadian this is someone that you'll certainly recognize (A hint : his woman is the most sucessfull french canadian singer actually even if I find her boring)
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But the DVD have a real big problem : This is not the original version. The version that I own is the very badly cut US one and more than 30 minutes is missing. Because of that the story doesn't make sense anymore and, worst the movie is dub in english and because of this all the comic timing of Labelle and Desrosiers is missing. That's why my rating will be low, because the original version of this film is really great.
Rating : :yawn:
Post by: Achim on February 19, 2008, 12:51:11 PM
Title: Snowballin'Well, maybe a weird question, but since it's exploitation I'll ask:
I remember that they explained in Clerks what "snowballing" means... Is that what this film is about? :devil:
Post by: Jimmy on February 19, 2008, 02:27:54 PM
I don't remember for Clerks, but probably not. This film is about a ski resort and what happen outside of the skiing sport (they just show one competition and it's pretty awfull). You have the group of instructor who pass the time going from one woman to another at the resort. The focus of the story is on Daniel Pilon, the new instructor, and the way he use to get in the bed of 3 of the guests : Coutu (a rich girl), Lévesque (a supermodel) and Lomez (an international film star). So you get a lot of fake sex and ski doo riding (they were really ugly at this time).Title: Snowballin'Well, maybe a weird question, but since it's exploitation I'll ask:
I remember that they explained in Clerks what "snowballing" means... Is that what this film is about? :devil:
A simplier way to answer : it's the movie "Ski school (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102940/)", but more adult and serious (not that much, but less childish).
Post by: Najemikon on February 19, 2008, 09:36:01 PM
There is an interesting comment on that page about Quentin Tarantino, which was most unexpected! Also, if you follow the link on there for the first film, Confessions of a Window Cleaner, you might appreciate the retrospective quote from the Daily Mail: "from the darkest days of British cinema" :devil:
The Daily Mail is not known for balance and subtlety! ;)
Post by: Jimmy on February 19, 2008, 11:20:03 PM
Have you seen any of the "Confessions of a ..." films? A British series of films that took the basic Carry On formula into less innocent times! They all featured Robin Askwith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Askwith).
The series is unknown to me, but looking at the synopsis it certainly looks like something that I could like. The series doesn't look available on DVD, am I right?
Robin Askwith is in my favourite Pete Walker movie's (Cool It Carol!), so he is not unknow to me.
"from the darkest days of British cinema" : this quote who is probably negative is a seller for me :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on February 20, 2008, 01:08:45 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Twisted Sisters
Year: 2006
Genre: Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Büld (Penetration Angst)
Rating: R
Length: 1h37
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: Spanish
Stars:
Fiona Horsey (Penetration Angst)
Andrew Southern (Tan Lines)
Paul Conway (Penetration Angst)
Eden Ford (The Chambermaid)
Timo Jacobs (Träum weiter, Julia!)
Plot:
TWISTED SISTERS is a dark thriller dealing with the personal struggle between two twins. Jennifer was given everything a girl could wish for. Norah learned to survive on nothing. Now it is time for the tables to turn. Locating, stalking and mimicking the life of her sister, Norah decides it is time that she had it all -- and no one will get in her way!
My Thoughts:
I have discovered this director by chance when I have blind buying one of his other movie « Penetration Angst ». This was one of the better unknow movie that I've bought and it give me some hope for the actual cinema. So I've ordered one of his other film sooner this month so this is the one that I review today. But I will certainly make this for Penetration Angst too.This movie doesn't have the most original story (the twin sisters motive is kind of cliché), but at least the film doesn't say that it revolutionize the cinema (as an hack like Eli Roth pretend with Hostel). This fact is not that much important and the movie works because of the way Horsey play the 2 roles. Fiona Horsey is a relatively new actress this film is her third one and with this one and Angst, I can say that she had a great future (probably more in Europe than America, but that's not a bad thing because the American industry can't recognize talent). She is the most perfect exemple of the « girl next door » look (just watch my new avatar) and her accent sounds really sexy to me (It's a British accent, yes a British accent can be sexy). She can act too!! Her performance is great she completly change from one twin to another, we almost think that she had a real twin (it's not the case I've check just to be sure). Paul Conway is good too and he almost play the same character that he play in Angst (he is against after Miss Horsey, but this time he is a police inspector not a deceive lover). The weak point in the cast is Andrew Southern who play the lover of Miss Horsey, I've found is performance bland.
I also like the use of the reflexion motive, many time Miss Horsey reflexion is shown on a mirror or a metal object. Later the same effect happen but through a windows when she looks at her twins. The special effects are well done, just one exemple one man is kill by a fireworks place where you really don't want it to be (forgot to say that the twins hate men).
I really recommand this one, a very good British/German coproduction. You can try « Penetration Angst » too, since it is better than this one and really original.
Rating : :)
Post by: Najemikon on February 20, 2008, 01:22:16 AM
The series is unknown to me, but looking at the synopsis it certainly looks like something that I could like. The series doesn't look available on DVD, am I right?
Enjoy being wrong! :P
Confessions boxset at Play (http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/610658/-/Product.html?P36=7H3THW)
That said, it does say "out of stock", but look on www.find-dvd.co.uk (http://www.find-dvd.co.uk) and someone should have it. It does at least exist.
Post by: Jimmy on February 20, 2008, 02:03:37 AM
That said, it does say "out of stock", but look on www.find-dvd.co.uk (http://www.find-dvd.co.uk) and someone should have it. It does at least exist.Thanks for the link Jon, I've found it at Amazon.uk (usually that where I check first :slaphead:). By the way I've ordered this one too
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZM4NVORML._AA240_.jpg)
Can't resist to that, a boxset with 3 Christina Lindberg movie's :drooling:
Edit : Just notice that the boxset title can be confusing. This is not the never ending series of porn short release by Caballero. This is 3 exploitation films featuring Christina Lindberg : Language of Love (69), Anita: Swedish Nymphet (73) and Exposed (71).
Post by: Jimmy on February 20, 2008, 07:50:22 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Angst
Original Title: Penetration Angst
Year: 2003
Genre: Horror
Director: Wolfgang Büld (Twisted Sisters)
Rating: R
Length: 1h42
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: Spanish
Stars:
Paul Conway (Twisted Sisters)
Fiona Horsey (Twisted Sisters)
Phil Hayden (Three Minute Moments)
Jon Hurn (The Zombie Diaries)
James Crichton
Plot:
Helen finds herself having intimacy problems with men. Her private parts are devouring all lovers and leaving her with an insasiable thirst for blood. In order to satisfy her cravings she becomes a prostitute wich lead to a death filled tale of murder, madness and sex.
My Thoughts:
This is not the movie that I was suppose to review today (I always choose 2 or 3 films in advance), but my last film made me want to watch this one again. You already know how I got this film, so no need for an introduction here.
This one have a very original concept. I'm sure that you remember the horror movie in the eighties when having sex was a death sentence, you just became the target for a big bad monster after (I've always find this idea too moralistic and an irresponsible thing to do : sex=bad). So in this movie the heroine had a really big problem : Her pussy (no, not the little cat) need to be feed and what it eat is man, so she can't have a normal sexual life with a man.
This is the first real movie of Fiona Horsey (she has made 2 short films before) and for a newcommer with a movie depending on her performance she does a very good job. This girl have something that made her the best actress that I've seen in a while (it's kind of sad that she works now at Colombian television, since its means no other film for some time). She have a perfect look, a very sexy accent and she act very well (she has studied in a drama school and she had a lot of theatre experience). She is probably the only person in the cinema industry who will make me react like an idiot fan boy if I will be lucky enough to meet her. Everyone is good in the cast : Conway as the naive and unlucky lover, the Steel twins (Amy and Beth) as a pair of siamese twins and all the victims who show how some man are stupid when it's sex time (everyone of them deserve to die). The eating effect is simple, but well done (only an image spin) and prove that the best effects are the real one and not the CGI effects.
The movie have 2 story running at the same time. The first is about Helen (Horsey) and how she deal with her problem in London and the second one is about Dennis (Conway) and his long journey to trace Helen the love of his life. The 2 stories are good and they are always conected one with the others. The film is categorize as an horror movie, but it's much more than that.
If I've only one movie to recommand among my review at this time, this is the one. This movie is the best film made in this decade and I can't really understand why it is not more known. If you like your « horror » movie badly act, fill with gore and CGI effect and with MTV editing : forget this one and watch « Saw ». But if you like imaginative and professionally made movie, this is the one. The only thing that you could not like is the accent (it's a bit hard to understand all, when it's not your first language without subtitles), but after a while trust me you don't notice anymore.
Rating : ;D ;D
Post by: Jimmy on February 22, 2008, 02:05:16 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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DVD Cover Theatrical Poster
Title: Paradise
Year: 1982
Genre: Adventure
Director: Stuart Gillard (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III)
Rating: 13
Length: 1h31
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English and Spanish
Subtitles: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish
Stars:
Willie Aames (Zapped!)
Phoebe Cates (Private School)
Tuvia Tavi (Death Before Dishonor)
Richard Curnock (TekWar: TekLab)
Neil Vipond (Kings and Desperate Men)
Plot:
David and Sarah travel with a caravan from Baghdad to Damascus. At an oasis the white-slave agent 'Jackal' raids them, mainly to add the beautiful young Sarah to his harem. Only David and Sarah can flee, all the others are slayed. Their flight leads them to a beautiful oasis - their paradise - where they discover love and sex.
My Thoughts:
This movie copy the general idea of « Blue lagoon » who was released 2 years before. We have 2 teenager who have to live together and learn the facts of life by themselves. But this is not a complete rip-off of the other, in fact it is better than the original. The 2 teenagers are older, the story happen in the desert and others people interact with them. By the way this is a Canadian movie made at the time where the country was a movie tax shelter.
This is the first film of Phoebe Cates and she was 17 years old when it was made (so if the fact to see a minor naked shock you don't watch it) and she is the best reason to watch this. Aames is not really a good actor, the best evidence is that Scott Baio was better than him in "Zapped!" and "Charles in Charge" 2 projects where they were together and Baio is not known for his acting talent. The fact that the slave trader is after Sarah (Cates) allow the film to have some action (contrary to Blue Lagoon where nothing really happen), by the way did the white-slavery really has exist in the Midle East? I'm not sure of that. The desert location is beautifull. But, sometimes we have the impression that David (Aames) is McGuiver or the professor of Gilligan Island, he can make a house fast and with almost nothing since most of the time they are at an oasis. Another thing that I don't really like is the 2 monkeys. I hate monkeys I find them stupid and not funny, a real monkey in a house is just good for two things make it smell bad and mess it (I don't really think that they are any monkey living in the Irakian or Syrian desert where the film is suppose to happen).
I like this film, but honestly this is mostly because of Phoebe Cates and you'll see her naked often (Aames too, this is not really interesting for me but maybe for Kathy :laugh:). If you like Blue lagoon the chance are high that you will like this one too. But for the North American you will have to import the movie since it is not release yet on DVD. My copy is a zone 2 PAL from Spain and I know that a Korean release exist too. The funny thing with the Spanish DVD is that it have all the langage subtitles in the world (ok I exaggerate a little bit), but no english.
Rating : :)
Post by: Kathy on February 22, 2008, 02:36:57 AM
I like this film, but honestly this is mostly because of Phoebe Cates and you'll see her naked often (Aames too, this is not really interesting for me but maybe for Kathy :laugh:
:drooling:
Post by: Jimmy on February 25, 2008, 09:29:46 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Worm Eaters (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Herb Robins (The Brainsucker)
Rating: PG
Length: 1h30
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Herb Robins (Sinthia, the Devil's Doll)
Lindsay Armstrong Black
Joseph Sacket
Robert Garrison
Muriel Cooper
Plot:
Herman Umgar (Herb Robins), an eccentric club-footed hermit with a fondness for night crawlers, lives in an old windmill house on the banks of a dried-up lakebed. Upon learning that only Herman stands in the way of a new condominium development, the town mayor and several businessmen conspire to get rid of this human obstacle by having him committed to the local loony bin. However, Herman's worm breeding pays off when he unleashes hordes of his wriggling friends to infiltrate the town's food and water supply - and soon the entire population goes worm crazy!
My Thoughts:
My God this film is bad! Usually a feature produce by Ted Mikels is not the best one in the world, but it had some entertainment value. Where to start... No one in the cast possess a minimum of acting talent, even Robins who is an experienced actor is bad here (he use a very bad German accent and I can't understand half of what he say). In fact the only reason why everyone is cast is because they don't find it disgusting to eat worms. Talking of worms eating, we see that with a big zoom in on the mouth. It's not beautifull, it's disgusting and I don't find it tastefull to see almost the inside of the mouth of someone who eat (by chance I was not eating at the same time). The story is not important, if the director doesn't care why would I? This film exist to be gross and that's all... Not everything is completly bad : the theme song is funny (that's why I add the opening title for your enjoyment. Don't worry all we see is cartoon, no worm eating).I can't recommand this at all! Except if you want something to use when you want your guest to get out of the house.
Rating : :yawn:
Opening Title
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF9x7S8hVu4
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2l2J_-RTF4
Post by: Jimmy on February 27, 2008, 10:12:43 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y060J7VXL._AA240_.jpg) (http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/2/26/f_Infectionm_41c74d2.jpg)
Title: Infection (2004)
Original Title: Kansen
Genre: Horror
Director: Masayuki Ochiai (Parasite Eve)
Rating: R
Length: 1h38
Video: Widescreen
Audio: Japanese
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Michiko Hada (Flowers of Shanghai)
Mari Hoshino (Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture)
Tae Kimura (Go-Con! Japanese Love Culture)
Yoko Maki (The Grudge)
Kaho Minami (Teito taisen)
Plot:
A patient in a hospital dies due to malpractice. The doctors responsible panic and stage a cover up. Shortly thereafter, another patient is left at the hospital doors dying of bizarre symptoms. When the patient dies, the doctors involved in the cover up being acting strangely, then one by one, develop the same mysterious and deadly symptoms.
My Thoughts:
I think that it's the time to review a Japanese film, so I've decided to revisit this one. When it's time for « horror » movie almost every Japanese one had something in common they are more subtle and atmospheric than their American counterpart. This one is not an exception.The story happen at an hospital and this is the only place that we'll see. Almost at the beginning we feel that something is wrong here (the patients, the doctors and the nurses act strangelly). The real story begins when an infected patient is force to the hospital and from there everything start to go weird.
This film is good. We are never sure of what happens really, some things seem evident but when the story take a different turn it's not that clear anymore. One thing who looks important is an analogy between the colour red and green, but I'm not Japanese and I don't understand clearly the meaning of it. The acting is good and everyone look natural, the music really help to set the suspensefull atmosphere and the effect are well done. The end is really good too.
I'm happy that I've bought it base on the short trailer. This one of the good Asian movie that I've seen and as a bonus they are no ******* grey ghost...
I recommand it if you like your movie with a subtle story who make you use your mind (this is not an American « in your face » movie that you watch and forget 2 hours later).
Rating : :D
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysgwg2OBtUw
Post by: Jimmy on March 01, 2008, 06:39:29 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MR5697G6L._AA240_.jpg) (http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/4/2/29/f_Vixenm_b976f81.jpg)
Title: Vixen! (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Russ Meyer (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls)
Rating: 18
Length: 1h11
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No subtitles
Stars:
Erica Gavin (Erika's Hot Summer)
Garth Pillsbury (If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind!!!)
Harrison Page (Carnosaur)
Jon Evans (Song of the Loon)
Vincene Wallace (A Sweet Sickness)
Plot:
Vixen lives in a Canadian mountain resort with her naive pilot husband. While he's away flying in tourists, she gets it on with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and even her biker brother. She is openly racist, and she makes it clear that she won't do the wild thing with her brother's biker friend, who is black.
My Thoughts:
Russ Meyer is one of the few director in the exploitation genre who has made a sucessfull transition to the mainstream with « Beyond the Valley of the Dolls », but he is returned to exploitation after one other film and that a good thing since the studio try to controlling him too much.Surprisingly even if I'm an exploitation film fan this is the only movie direct by Russ Meyer that I own, but I will correct that soon when I will order this Boxset (http://xploitedcinema.com/catalog/russ-meyer-dvds-films-p-10800.html). I will receive the money for it, so why not? The version of Vixen that I own is the British Pal zone 0 release by Arrow Films (the only way to go, don't order any region 1 release by RM Films International (the DVD are costly and the money goes to the last woman in his life who had stole him and profited of the fact that he had the alzheimer disease to cut him from his past).
This movie was filmed in Canada (British Columbia to be precise) and the visual is great (we don't watch a Meyer film for this). The star of this feature is Erica Gavin and that's her best movie performance even if it was her first one. She was not the most beautifull girl (it's a question of taste, but she's not my type), but she extricate sensuality everytime she's on the screen. The scene when she rejoins her brother in the shower before having sex with him is something to see. The way she talks to the black man (Harrison Page) is something that you will not see anymore in our politically correct society, she hates him and that's clear in her words and her facial expressions. The other woman is Vincene Wallace and in my opinion she's better looking than Erica Gavin (just look at the picture) and she was a good actress too (I can't understand why she was not more sucessfull in the exploitation genre, but I have a soft spot for the red-haired woman). The men in the cast are good too, especially Garth Pillsbury (Vixen husband) and Harrison Page.
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This movie is a good introduction to the works of Russ Meyer and I recommand it strongly, it's a classic what do you think I will say :laugh:
Rating : ;D
Post by: Jimmy on March 01, 2008, 11:40:35 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: A Touch of Sweden (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph F. Robertson (A Dirty Western)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h29
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Uschi Digard (Supervixens)
Sandy Dempsey (Johnny Wadd)
Peggy Church (The All-American Girl)
Maria Arnold (Fantasm)
Sandy Carey (The Beauties and the Beast)
Plot:
While on vacation in Sweden, a young woman tells a friend about the sexy escapades she's been involved in back in the U.S.
My Thoughts:
It was a little bit hard to watch this one, my dvd always freeze at the same place (I hate that, but sometimes it's happen with the SWV DVD-R). So to be able to see it, I have to transfer it to my hard disc and the problem is over and I can watch.This movie is a dream came true for an exploitation lover, just watch the cast. Almost every stars is in it : Uschi Digard, Sandy Dempsey, Peggy Church, Maria Arnold, Barbara Mills and Sandy Carey. For the man, you got : Jack Buddliner, Al Ward, Wayne Chapman, Norman Field, John Keith, Jack King, Con Convert, Ron Darby, John Paul Jones and Levi Richards. I'm sure that the majority of the names tell you nothing, but for me this is my idea of an all stars cast.
This one of the few film who have Uschi Digard as the lead and she is always a welcome precense in a film. She have a wonderfull face and body, but she possess a very sexy swedish accent too (I find accent sexy, what can I do). She's not only beautifull, but she can act too. This movie seems to me like a natural for a double bill with « Getting Into Heaven » (another Ushi vehicule), but Something Weird Video has paired GIH with Angels (a very weak and boring film). This is certainly because it was refused by their distributor (Image Entertainment) since it is almost hardcore at time. Yes this film have some near-hardcore scene : no penetration, but a lot of dick play (tongue and hand). But this is not the central part of the film, in fact those scene are not great (the lightning is bad, the actors are dub (the dialogue is stupider than a real porn movie) and the general feeling is not erotic at all).
The real movie is when Ushi tell her american adventures to a Swedish friend. They are a lot of funny thing : The operation of a man with a bottle stuck in his lower back, Ron Darby performance as a rich man who wants to marry a virgin and a vampire who chase Ushi.
But the movie is very badly edited and the semi-hardcore content cut a lot of scene when the discussion is not over (maybe it's because of the print use). Some voice are dub and it's very annoying (I can live with voice over, but when the voice use are crap it's not the same thing). The story doesn't make sense a lot of time : it's fun to see a vampire but that happens without reasons and we are never sure is the action happen at an hospital or an appartment house. The print was not remastered at all (the colours are very bad), but it's a DVD-R so it's understandable even if the SWV DVD-R have usually a better quality.
I like the movie, but I don't really recommand it as it is now. The quality is really poor (image and sound) and the editing is problematic. But if you are a fan of Ushi Diggart buy it, since I guarantee that you will like it.
Rating : :D
Post by: Jimmy on March 03, 2008, 01:35:58 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515TBVRSC3L._AA240_.jpg) (http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/4/3/1/f_bloodfreakm_8a17d1d.jpg)
Title: Blood Freak (1972)
Genre: Horror
Director: Brad F. Grinter (Flesh Feast)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h20
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Steve Hawkes (The Walls Have Eyes)
Dana Cullivan
Heather Hughes (Flesh Feast)
Randy Grinter
Brad F. Grinter (Death Curse of Tartu)
Plot:
For those who think they've seen everything comes BLOOD FREAK, a rampaging turkey monster on a marijuana high!
Finding himself sandwiched between Bible-thumping good-girl Angel and her bad-girl sister Ann, a muscle bound biker named Herschell (Steve Hawkes, star of two obscure Tarzan films) falls under Ann's seductive spell when she offers him some weed. Quickly becoming a writhing, spastic addict - "I have a feeling I'm hooked!" - the big galoot then gets a job at a turkey farm where he's fed meat treated with an experimental drug and, like any junkie who eats tainted turkey meat, turns into a man with a giant turkey head. Yes, 'a man with a giant turkey head'. Who also gobbles like a big dumb bird.
Still hungry for a fix, Herschell-the-Turkey-Man proceeds to attack fellow drug addicts whose blood he drinks with his pointy little turkey beak. In one magical moment, he even buzz-saws the leg off a pusher who holds his stump and howls for what seems like days. All of which is punctuated by philosophical pondering by co-director Brad Grinter ('Flesh Feast') before two potheads with a machete decide to go on their version of a turkey shoot…
Wow. A monster movie quite unlike any other, BLOOD FREAK is a jaw-dropping almost legendary milestone in crackpot filmmaking, and the ultimate cinematic turkey. Gobble-gobble!
My Thoughts:
I've read about this film a long time before I've actually seen it, probably something like 10 years. If you have to wait so long to watch something the chance are high that your expectation will be hight too. The reason why it took me so long is that I was affraid to see it, no it's a joke! The truth is much simple : the movie was hard and virtually impossible to find, but thanks to the DVD and SWV I have finally saw it 5 years ago. This film is pathetic if we take it seriously. Really just read the synopsis again, we talk about a drug addicted turkey-man monster on the loose... No one can act to save is life (even Hawkes who is the only real actor) : I've stop counting the number of missing line or the direct look at the camera. The part when the narator (Grinter) read is line on camera make no sense at all, he almost died when he chokes a good minute because of his cigarette. The 2 «scientists» are probably the less credible that I've seen in my life (one of them look like the fat guy who was beating you in school because he was bigger). Almost at the beginning we know that we will not see a piece of art, the image is shaking on a road tracking, it's not that hard to fix a camera. The script dialogue is ridicule, a good exemple is when Hershell (the turkey-man) come to see is « girlfriend » and she is worried about what their children will look like (!!!!). The monster is a member of the awfull creature club. They use the same scream over and over.
But, if you watch it as a comedy this is a great film. So yes I recommand it for 2 reasons : it's funny and it's one the weirdest movie I've seen in my life : this is an anti drugs religious monster exploitation movie and it's the only one in this category.
Rating : :D
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4RMDQxJSAE
Post by: Jimmy on March 03, 2008, 11:12:52 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/4/3/2/f_MurederSetpm_22b2d71.jpg) (http://img32.picoodle.com/img/img32/4/3/2/f_MurederSetpm_2a21563.jpg)
Title: Murder-Set-Pieces (2004)
Genre: Serial Killer
Director: Nick Palumbo (Nutbag)
Rating: Unrated (but certainly a NC-17)
Length: 1h30
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Sven Garrett (A Miami Tail)
Valerie Baber (Emmanuelle vs. Dracula)
Jade Risser (Sinister)
Gunnar Hansen (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)
Edwin Neal (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)
Plot:
A psychopath cuts a bloody swath across Nevada in this gruesome horror story from Nick Palumbo (NUTBAG) . The Photographer (Sven Garrett) is a nameless German fashion illustrator with an ugly past (his grandfather was a friend and associate of Adolf Hitler) and a profoundly violent nature. Working out of Las Vegas, The Photographer is a vicious serial killer who attacks men, women, and children with equal brutality.
The Photographer periodically dates a woman named Charlotte (Valerie Baber), who has a younger sister named Jade (Jade Risser), but prefers to devote his spare time to mutilating Sin City's riffraff. Jade senses that there's something evil about her sister's boyfriend, and when Charlotte disappears, Jade begins playing amateur detective, unaware of just how dangerous her quarry truly is…
My Thoughts:
This movie is a great exemple of a public relation failure or to write it differently an exemple of what not to do to market a film. I think that I've to explain this statement a little bit. If you frequent genre film forum the chance are really high that this film title sound very familiar to you, since the PR was directed at those boards. Not that it was a bad idea since the usual member of these forum are the peoples who buy this genre of film. But, the marketing on the board was too much and all of this became a flame war and hate discussion when some employees of Nick Palumbo insult some people. In the genre film forum that I frequent (dvd maniacs) this is one of the worst discussion that we have had about a film (another subject is Victor Salva, but the majority prefer to ignore his project and yes I'm one of them) and Palumbo enter in the discussion and repair the bad job done by his employee the best that he can. Ok, now that I've precise this we can go for the film itself.First there are 2 versions of this movie : the director's cut (the one I own and review here) and a R rated version release by Lions Gate (never seen it and I can see what rest of this movie with a R). This is a serial killer movie and probably one of the most violent that I've seen (so if you have found Maniac or Henry disturbing don't think to watch this film). The killer is what he is and they don't try to explain why (a lot of reference are made on his German background, but that it's not use as an explaination), I like that since in real life a psychopath is a psychopath because he is that's all. The killer when he lost control and kill talk in German, I don't understand the language and I find that great (it bring a lot of insecurity when you are unfamilliar with a language and, don't take it wrong, this language sounds so agressive). The murder effects are well done, all is old school no stupid and unrealistic CGI. Two actors are especially good : Sven Garrett who play the killer (don't hope to see him in different role, he will be typecast) and Jade Risser, this is her first movie (she is 11 years old) and she is incredible (I've never seen a young actress that good, the young boy in the Sixth sense doesn't have half of her talent.). Tony Todd and Edwin Neal did a good job with their cameo. I can't say the same with Cerina Vincent, but she's a very weak actress with no real talent to begin with. One thing ,even if I don't have a problem with that, that risk to disturb some viewer is the fact that some children are killed too (one of them graphically).
In fact there are only two things that I don't like in the movie. The majority of the girls are not natural (fake breast and other chirurgy) and that's what I hate in the actual cinema industry (I don't like a lot of other things, but that's what I hate the much). The other happen when one woman is kill at her home and the killer go to see her baby. The baby is clearly traumatize by this : the actress is his mother and he is very affraid of Garrett and it's heartbreaking to see the child when he go to his dead mother.
I can't tell you if I recommand it or not. You have read the review, so if you like the genre you will like it. But as I've said this movie is hard to watch at times. The only recommandation that I can make is to avoid the R version, I've not seen it but it's impossible that this movie can be good with a R (75% of the film is easilly NC-17).
Rating : :D
Trailer : Sorry the disc is copy protected, I can upload it
Post by: Jimmy on March 04, 2008, 07:35:27 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51f0dBdDA5L._AA240_.jpg) (http://img26.picoodle.com/img/img26/4/3/3/f_tarzandjanem_27a2a0e.jpg)
Title: Tarz & Jane, Cheeta & Boy (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Hans Johnson
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h07
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Patrick Wright (The Cheerleaders)
Tallie Cochrane (Tanya)
Georgina Spelvin (The Devil in Miss Jones)
Uncle Tom (Obviously a fake name, but I don't recognize him)
Joe Blasco (Track of the Moon Beast)
Plot:
The jungle is a jinx for TARZ & JANE, CHEETA & BOY when the fearless but overweight King of the Jungle gets his manhood bitten off. Yup, after climbing down the aluminum ladder from his tree house and losing a wrestling match with Cheeta the Obnoxious Ape (played by a guy in one of the world’s worst gorilla suits), Tarz attacks a menacing croc who makes off with his member, Ouch!
Naturally, Jane is terribly upset. Especially since she’s horny as hell and isn’t satisfied with Boy, a dim-witted dork who stopped being a boy years ago: "Boy is fastest gun in the jungle!" So Boy suggests they visit the mysterious Wango-Wango tribe whose sexual magic might make Tarz a man again, Aided by Wanda, a Great White Huntress played by notorious adult-film star Georgina Spelvin, they venture to the land of the Wango-Wango to get Tarz a new tool in this outrageously dumb dirty-joke of a jungle film
My Thoughts:
The real Tarzan movies are not really my taste, I find them boring (honestly that's not really a great story). If I watch one of them I prefer a parody, one that I really like (my recollection is maybe wrong, I have seen this one more than 20 years ago) is Shame of the jungle. This is not a movie, but an « adult » french cartoon. The movie that I review today is a Something Weird Video release and I buy everything made by them.The story is not really complicated : Tarz is attack by a crocodile who snatch his manhood (ouch!!!) and he need to find the Wango-Wango tribe to get a new one. So don't expect Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan, but a lot of penis joke. The chemistry between Patrick Wright (Tarz) and Tallie Cochrane (Jane) is good but it's not a surprise since they were married together. The rest of the cast is good too, but if you don't like stereotype the tribe risk to displease you. The jokes are juvenile, but that's not a big problem, how can it be different with a premise like this?
They have made an effort for the animals : a real tiger, a zebra (not a real one but a painted donkey) and a crocodile (one of the most fake that I've seen). I've forget the gorilla, it's a man in a suit it's cheap but it's always funny.
I like the movie even if it's just a juvenile joke lasting 1 hours. We don't need to be always serious.
Rating : :D
Post by: Jimmy on March 06, 2008, 06:48:18 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Ebola Syndrome (1996)
Original Title: Yi boh laai beng duk
Genre: (Don't happen often, but I have no idea for it)
Director: Herman Yau (The Untold Story)
Rating: Unrated (but it is a Hong Kong:III)
Length: 1h38
Video: Widescreen
Audio: Cantonese
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Anthony Wong (Infernal Affairs)
Yeung Ming Wan (Isabella)
Fui-On Shing (The Killer)
Meng Lo (Hard-Boiled)
Miu-Ying Chan (The Tragic Fantasy: Tiger of Wanchai)
Plot:
Kai San is a sleazy and despicable bastard of the most epic proportions! After being caught screwing the wife of his boss, he goes on a killing spree and flees Hong Kong.
10 years later, Kai finds himself working as a restaurant chef in South Africa. Overworked, underpaid, berated, berated, and extorted by the restaurant owners who know of his fugitive status, Kai is a ticking timebomb...
While visiting an Ebola infected tribe to purchase some discount meat for the restaurant, Kai takes time out of his busy schedule to rape a sick native woman on his way back to work. Fortunately for our anti-hero, he's a one in a million kind of guy - the kind that recovers from Ebola, yet continues to carry and spread the disease. Now he's mad as hell, and he's not gonna take it anymore! Kai embarks on an over the top killing/raping/Ebola-spreading rampage unlike anything you have ever seen! The Ebola burgers are hot on the grill, and the bodily fluids are flowing freely! Directed by Herman Yau ('The Untold Story'), and starring Anthony Wong ('Infernal Affairs', 'Storm Riders', 'Hard Boiled') in a truly brilliant performance, Ebola Syndrome offers up plenty of gore and sex, tempered with a wicked sense of humor.
My Thoughts:
In one of my previous message I was speaking of a web site who kind of made interested in genre movie. This place speaks highly of the Hong Kong:III movie rating and yes many of those sound weird to me. This movie is my first experience with this genre and I've great expectations after all I've read about those movies in the past.The first thing that you've probably notice is that I can't name a generic genre. A lot of them can describe it : Crime, Horror, Comedy, Gore Movie, ... But not a single one can really describe this movie.
If you are only in the 8 minutes mark and you have already seen sex (fake), 3 persons killed in over the top fashion and a child almost killed, you know that you are in for a good ride (it depends of what you like).
The film is not like the beginning for all is running time and this is not a bad thing since it would have been tiresome to watch. Anthony Wong is a great cast choice, he sure looks and acts like a pathetic looser (just look how everyone bully him). The idea of a killer who doesn't know that he is a carrier of a deadly contagious disease is great : he doesn't have to use a weapon to kill you, he just need to touch you. You fell sad for the man a long time even if he is a killer (he's only kill peoples that have bullying him, they have ask for it in a way), but at the last act all sympathy is lost (at least from me). The infection effects are well done. I'm not sure if the real virus is that contagious, but I certainly don't want to visit isolate African tribe soon...
This movie meets my expectations : almost no stop action, good acting, over the top violence, beautifull girls and a sickening feeling in general (it's not a bad thing for me).
I certainly recommand it, but it's not for everyone taste. My first and certainly not my last movie in this category.
One last thing : this movie give me the proof that I was right to never complaint about my food in a restaurant. ;)
Rating : ;D
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gxhd6z7a0Y
Post by: Jimmy on March 07, 2008, 03:47:46 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Val Guest (Au Pair Girls)
Rating: 18 (UK)
Length: 1h27
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and Dutch
Stars:
Robin Askwith (Cool It Carol!)
Anthony Booth (The L-Shaped Room)
Sheila White (Oliver!)
Dandy Nichols (The Fallen Idol)
Bill Maynard (Steptoe and Son Ride Again)
Plot:
In this bawdy romp of a film, Robin Askwith stars as Timothy Lea, a recent recruit in the window cleaning business. The laddish young hero soon finds himself 'getting a lot more' than he expected as he learns the 'ins and outs' of his new trade!..
My Thoughts:
This one is a recommandation that Jon have made to me (its a four movies boxset, so the chance are good that I will review all of them). Now I'm sure that he is anxious to know if I've like it or not. So I will not loose any more time and go with the review.I'm not on unknown territory, since I already appreciate Robin Askwith in the others movies that I've seen with him. The story is simple, but effective. I really like the parts with Timmy (Askwith) parents, the actress who plays his mother made me laugh many time. Its been a while since I've found a comedy really funny, there so much funny thing to see and to listen. By example the photo of Elizabeth father's when Timmy and Elizabeth are on the bed or the cellar scene situation with Mrs. Villiers. There a lot of beautifull woman in the movie too (a lot of movie with Linda Hayden just goes on my wishlist) and for the women here you can watch Aswith naked often.
I like the « love story » between Timmy and Elizabeth too, the theatre scene is funny to watch (maybe I can try the popcorn line too ;)). Everyone in the cast have is moment and no one is waste even the clients are good (I don't know if the « I know movie line » act works like that in real life, maybe it's worth a try :laugh:).
The only deception is that the love scenes don't show much, but the humor in each situation compensate for this.
I have like this one and I really hope that the 3 others will be as good. Just one question : Why the 18 rating?
:thanks: for the recommandation Jon
Rating : ;D
Post by: Jimmy on March 07, 2008, 09:17:26 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Cohen (Till Death Us Do Part)
Rating: 18
Length: 1h25
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and Dutch
Stars:
Robin Askwith (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Anthony Booth (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Sheila White (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Doris Hare (Another Time, Another Place)
Bill Maynard (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Plot:
Our virile adventurer Timothy Lea (Robin Askwith) is back with a vengeance in this exhilarating farce based around the rivalry between driving instruction schools.
My Thoughts:
This is the second movie in the Confessions of ... boxset. No need of a big introduction here. Like in the previous one Robin Askwith and Antony Booth did a good job again. But why did they change the actress portraying Timmy mother's, I enjoyed the other actress (Dandy Nichols) more. I haven't enjoy this one as much as the first one. Too much slapstick comedy for my taste. The side story between Lea and Mary (Lynda Bellingham) is not really interesting contrary to the one in the first film. By moment it almost looks like a Benny Hill sketch (not that I wasn't find him funny, but I'm not 12 years old anymore). The rugby game at the end is funny, but that's not enough to save the movie.
comparatively to Window Cleaner, I can't really recommand it. Not that it is awfully bad, but this one have lost all the good thing of the first one.
Rating : :hmmmm:
Post by: Najemikon on March 07, 2008, 09:59:11 PM
The 18 rating will be because of nudity. In general, a PG might show polite snogging, a 15 can go topless, but full nudity is 18. Traditionally the BBFC used to leave sex uncut, but will still rate it 18, and cut violence. Whereas the US tend to be the other way around. It's a long time since I've seen the film, but if it features male nudity, that's a really big no-no.
Post by: Jimmy on March 07, 2008, 10:47:17 PM
(...)if it features male nudity, that's a really big no-no.
No frontal, but yes it have male nudity. The rating is clearer now, I didn't think that it have a lot of nudity when I was watching (completly forgot that it's not the same for male and female nudity).
Post by: Jimmy on March 08, 2008, 02:31:10 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Confessions of a Pop Performer (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Cohen (Till Death Us Do Part)
Rating: 18
Length: 1h27
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and Dutch
Stars:
Robin Askwith (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Anthony Booth (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Sheila White (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Doris Hare (Another Time, Another Place)
Bill Maynard (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Plot:
Either you've got it or you haven't - some like randy young Timothy Lea (Robin Askwith), manage to get it all the time! A classic for those who want to know how to "get more" out of music!
My Thoughts:
This is the second « confessions » movie in the serie and this one is almost as good than the original one. As usual Askwith and Booth are good, but in this one Bill Maynard (Timmy father's) got more screen time and he had many good line. Like the first there are some beautifull woman again (the girl at the disc store and the girl at the theatre especially). The situation happen again because of misunderstanding dialogue and no childish slapstick this time. The majority of those situation are funny (the theatre escape in a horse disguise, the love scene at the music store,...). The music by the band is good, the theme song is the best one (at least in the 3 that I've seen). Rating : ;D
Post by: Jimmy on March 08, 2008, 03:22:49 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Norman Cohen (Confessions of a Pop Performer)
Rating: 18 (UK)
Length: 1h25
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and Dutch
Stars:
Robin Askwith (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Anthony Booth (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Bill Maynard (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Doris Hare (Confessions of a Pop Performer)
Sheila White (Confessions of a Window Cleaner)
Plot:
The amorous adventurer Timothy Lee (Robin Askwith) is back and having the time of his life as the Entertainments Officer at a holiday camp.
Seductions are the order of the day as he 'Rises' to the occasion and organises the beauty contest. Soon a bevy of babes are queing up to bestow special favours in the hope of improving their chances of winning.
My Thoughts:
This movie is the last of the series and they have made some changes to it. Askwith continue is good job and Maynard continue to have is fun one liner. The good news in the cast is that Linda Hayden is back and she's so beautifull. She plays a different character and at first it was weird, but is not hard to get over it (harder for the bad french accent), but we see much more of her. The situations continue to be funny when they involve Timmy and the girl (the swimming pool and the live radio broadcast especially). But some things don't work for me. Sidney (Anthony Booth) is not his own boss this time and except shouting at Timmy, he doesn't do very much (in fact he is waste in the film). Chidren are present in the camp and I don't watch those film to see some child doing stupid child thing. Worst than all, the movie have a pie fight (I don't like that in Dawn of the Dead too, it's too childish).
Not that I find it bad, but the change was a big mistake (the next one was cancel, because of the box-office).
Rating : :D
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The set is a good one. Only one movie is really bad. It doesn't have any extra and it's disappointing a little. A commentary track with Askwith and Booth on the first movie (I'm sure that they have some good anecdote to tell), a retrospective documentary with the cast or the 4 trailers would have been welcome. If you are equip to read DVD from all zone, this is a good set to buy.
Post by: Jimmy on March 10, 2008, 03:33:01 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Cheerleaders (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Glickler (Hot Circuit)
Rating: R
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Stephanie Fondue
Denise Dillaway (Nightmare in Badham County)
Jovita Bush (Fox Style)
Brandy Woods
Kimberly Hyde (Candy Stripe Nurses)
Plot:
Jeannie, a teenage girl attending Amorosa High, joins the school cheerleading squad as a means of finally attaining the success and social independence that was out of reach in the strict household her parents maintain. The liberated attitudes of her new friends becomes all the more evident when they come up with a plan to help the football team win the big game by having sex with everyone on the opposing team until they're too tired to even take the field.
My Thoughts:
This movie is an exemple that sometimes a VHS (in my case a DVD-R) can be better than a DVD, not that image or the sound are better (far for that). The problem with the DVD release by Anchor Bay some years ago is the widescreen image (yes, like everyone I prefer this image format), because of that a lot of information is lost (this is not a real widescreen movie). That's why I prefer my DVD-R even if the image and sound quality are awfull, I want to see the movie as it was really presented on screen.Here we have a mature teen comedy like they were made in the seventies, it means that they were not affraid to show nudity. The story is simple Jeannie (Fondue) joins the cheerleaders squad, because she's always a virgin at 16 years old and she wants to change that. So it's not that different than some recent teen movies (like I always say they don't make anything original now).
One thing of interest is that the only other movie directed by Glickler before this is an adult movie (never see it, but it looks interesting). The girls are not really good actresses (Dillaway is the only exception) but that's not the reason why they were cast. Three of the cheerleaders are particullary beautifull (in my taste) : Fondue (a fake name, she was an adult model), Dillaway and Woods (she had no other credit, but I'm sure that I've seen her in something else). The only real actor in this is Patrick Wright and as usual he is good. There a lot of good moment : anything with Dillaway. The end is great (yes, Jeannie loose it).
A good and funny movie like they were able to make them in the seventies and to proove that something have change the movie is rated R even if they show a lot of complete female nudity and man back nudity. Now, if I could find the theme song I would be happy (this song is very good)
Rating : ;D
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD2doJqYJlI
Post by: Jimmy on March 10, 2008, 10:21:36 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Debbie Does Dallas (1978)
Genre: Adult Comedy
Director: Jim Buckley (Teenage Pajama Party)
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h20
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English and Spanish
Subtitles: No subtitles
Stars:
Bambi Woods (Debbie Does Dallas 2)
Robert Kerman (Cannibal Holocaust)
Christie Ford (The Nightbird)
Rikki O'Neal (Double Your Pleasure)
Georgette Sanders (Babylon Pink)
Plot:
Sweet, virginal Debbie (Bambi Woods) wants to head to Texas to claim her spot on the "cowgirl" cheerleading squad. But the trip costs money and her parents aren't willing to help.
With the aid of her cheerleading girlfriends (including Arcardia Lake and Georgette Sanders), they devise a plan to raise the funds themselves. Initially, they all take odd jobs. However they quickly discover there's a lot more money to be made by baring their bodies and providing sexual favors for horny men.
My Thoughts:
For this one I cheat a little bit, I don't really think that someone doesn't know this movie (if you haven't seen it, the name certainly ring a bell). But my last one give me the desire to watch this adult classic another time.By my other topic you already know that my adult movie must have a story to interest me, that's why I watch mostly seventies adult one. The first thing that you have probably seen is that the director name isn't the usual one. In fact Jim Clark have never existed and it's just an alias for Jim Buckley (the co-owner of Screw Magazine and the producer of « It Happened in Hollywood »).
The movie like I've said has a story, not the most complicated of all time but a simple and classic one (read the plot and you got all the story). The acting talent in this one is on the male cast : you have Robert Kerman, Eric Edwards and Herschel Savage (3 professionals and good actors) and as a bonus we have Jake Teague as a creepy school librarian. No girls in this is really a good actress (Arcadia Lake is not so bad) and the prize for the most awfull one goes to Bambi Woods. But most of them are naturally beautifull and they look like girls that you could see and be with in real life. I particullary like the fact that they use the old tease trick in it, they know what the viewer is waiting for and they made him wait 1h10 for it (in case you didn't know it's the scene with Bambi Woods and the wait was not for nothing). The majority of the sex scene are highly erotic and tastefull.
This film is the high point of Bambi Woods career, she will start using drug not to long after this and, if you have seen the second part, became a complete wreck. By the way don't trust the stupid documentary made about her a couple of years ago : She's alive, She didn't die from an overdose, it was not her only film and she was not forced to do it. In fact, the dead girl in the cast is Arcadia Lake who has made a drug overdose.
A good exemple of what I like and I recommand it (if you have some problem with adult movie the collector's edition countains a R rated version, but I've never watch it. Why might I, adult movie isn't a problem for me :laugh:)
Rating : :D
Movie Trailer : I have it, but I don't want to loose my Youtube account posting it :(
Post by: Achim on March 10, 2008, 10:25:50 PM
Phew...MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Ebola Syndrome (1996)[/b]
Rating : ;D
I hadn't realized you hadn't seen it yet, when I ordered it upon your recent "recommendation". Glad to see now, that I didn't order something that you yourself think is a turkey.
Post by: Jimmy on March 10, 2008, 10:44:06 PM
I wanted to see it for a long time maybe 10 years before I finally stop being chicken and bought it. The one that I've recommanded is "The Last Supper" in my january marathon, that where you have suggest "Dumpling" to me (I've it just don't watch it yet).
Phew...
I hadn't realized you hadn't seen it yet, when I ordered it upon your recent "recommendation". Glad to see now, that I didn't order something that you yourself think is a turkey.
BTW : I was starting to be worried, you have post nothing for a week
Post by: Jimmy on March 11, 2008, 03:14:14 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Language of Love (1969)
Original Title: Kärlekens språk
Genre: Documentary
Director: Torgny Wickman
Rating: 18 (UK)
Length: 1h43
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Plot:
The mother of all sex education films. A modern, advance film about sexual education and behaviour based on clinical research by famous American and Swedish doctors. The film deals with all kinds of problems connected with the sexual relationships of people, including the role of sex in society, the question of prejudices and taboos, sex in clothes and sex in art.
My Thoughts:
I have this one because it is one of the 3 films in my new Christina Lindberg boxset that I've receive today. This film is not the reason why I've bought the set (Exposed is the reason), but is here so why not watching it.This a Swedish documentary made in 1969 about sexuality. Most of the time this is the 4 doctors who talk in a living room, here we have the first problem : the director had decide to make the movie in english and that make the dialogue hard to understand without subtitle (many medical terms and some doctors speak with a very pronounce Swedish accent). The quality of the print is not bad, but not really great either (a lot of scene are really dark). Between the doctor parts we see a visual exemple of what they talk about : female masturbation, sex class education, diaphragm installation (that doesn't look like the funiest thing to do for a woman, but I'm a man so maybe I'm completly wrong on that), how to caress your partner, ....
The documentary shows some sexual penetration, but this is not pornographic at all. This movie was probably presented at school class in Sweden at this time (that's not for nothing if they are less sexually repress than the average North American). It could be a good sex education material even now, but because of the language choice it's doubtfull.
Not something that I will watch again, not that it's bad, but it's too academic for my taste.
Rating : :yawn:
Post by: Achim on March 11, 2008, 10:21:22 AM
I wanted to see it for a long time maybe 10 years before I finally stop being chicken and bought it. The one that I've recommanded is "The Last Supper" in my january marathon, that where you have suggest "Dumpling" to me (I've it just don't watch it yet).:o damn. I knew there was one other title I should have asked my friend to pick up in Hong Kong for me... :weep:
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BTW : I was starting to be worried, you have post nothing for a weekAs you probably found in the other thread already, I was/am in Germany and had little time to visit the forums.
Post by: Jimmy on March 13, 2008, 04:54:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue (1974)
Original Title: Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti
Genre: Horror
Director: Jorge Grau (Blood Castle)
Rating: 18 (UK)
Length: 1h29
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Ray Lovelock (Fiddler on the Roof)
Christine Galbo (The House That Screamed)
Arthur Kennedy (Lawrence of Arabia)
Aldo Massasso (Dario Argento's The Phantom of the Opera)
Giorgio Trestini (Don't Look Now)
Plot:
Two traveling companions, George (Ray Lovelock) and Edna Simon (Christine Galbo), come across a small town infested with the “living dead” that are satisfying their cannibalistic hunger on anyone they come across. Discovering that an agricultural machine using radiation waves is at the root of all the havoc, George and Edna fight or survival and their innocence as they are pursued by a relentless detective who is convinced they are responsible for the ghoulish acts of violence plaguing the countryside.
My Thoughts:
This one was very hard to find if you were late for the DVD game like I was. The movie was released in 2000 by Anchor bay (I start buying in 2003) and it goes rapidly out of print, in fact this release is always costly to buy. That why the only real choice when I've bought it was the region 2 release (it's not for nothing if my DVD reader is multizone). But now the situation had change, Blue Underground had re-release the Anchor bay DVD (they own the rights now) and that's not all : they had release a 2 disc special edition not too long ago.This one is what I call an intelligent zombie movie. The goal of the movie is not to show a lot of gore. The story is center on the 2 principals characters (Lovelock and Galbo) and the way they deal with a strange situation and all this time they are chase by the police. The director use the music score and a dark lightning to create the ambiance (the sound of the living deads is particullary creepy). The zombies are slow moving (like a real one is suppose to be) and they are not stupid, they can use some « tool » to smash up door and they can act like living people when they are freshly dead.
The film is a little bit slow moving. I don't see that as a problem, but if you are only used to the actual zombie movie the chance are high that you will have some problem with the slow pace. The end is really good, the first time that I've watched this movie I was really surprised. In fact, the only thing that I don't like with the movie is the english dubbing. This is quite regular with European movie (that's why I prefer the original language track) and most of the time those dubbing are over the top and this one isn't an exception, but it is not as bad as the Zombie 3 and 4 ones.
I really recommand this movie. Now it is really easy to find at a good price, so you have no excuse for not having it in your collection if you are an horror fans.
Rating : ;D
Movie Trailer (he is in really bad quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpjM4DPL2Mw
Post by: Jimmy on March 15, 2008, 07:05:17 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Eugenie De Sade (1970)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jesus Franco (Vampiros lesbos)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h31
Video: Widescreen
Audio: French and English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Soledad Miranda (She Killed in Ecstasy)
Paul Muller (Lady Frankenstein)
Andrés Monales (Nightmares Come at Night)
Greta Schmidt
Alice Arno (Justine de Sade)
Plot:
Esteemed author Albert Radeck is the toast of the Berlin literati and the object of his stepdaughter Eugenie’s affections. However, when his doe-eyed little darling unmasks her sophisticated father figure as a sex-crazed psychopath obsessed with perpetrating the perfect crime, she transforms from innocent ward to a willing accomplice. The deadly duo seduce and destroy everyone in their path - until Eugenie’s charms spark a jealous rage in Albert that threatens to consume them both
My Thoughts:
Usually I'm not a fan of Jess Franco, but I've heard a lot of good thing about his films base on the Marquis de Sade writting. When I've seen that Blue Underground have release this one, I have pre-order it and now it's the time to watch it.One word of caution first, the DVD is unrated but this is definitely not a kids movie. It is not as cruel than "Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom", the only other movie base on François de Sade writings that I've seen, but there a lot of adult theme in it.
The film start with the end of the story, so you already know that the end will not be an happy one. The story is about Eugenie (Miranda) and her father (Muller) who goes together on a sadistic journey to commit the perfect crime. The story had an « incestuous » relation between the 2 characters, but because it was a taboo at this time the father is the stepfather of Eugenie (he was the one who have raised her since her mother died not too long after she was born).
For a rare time I've watch this one in my native language. The film is dub neither the english or the french track are the original one and the french one is good (something not usual at all, usually the French accent fall on my nerve). The film score is really well done, it really helps to give an athmosphere to the movie. The dialog is almost poetic, don't worry this not poetry but the dialog hypnotize the viewer (the french one, I don't know for the english one). I can't really comment on the acting since the movie is dub, but even if this is not the voice of Soledad Miranda it's easy to see that she was a good actress. She had a powerfull screen presence , there was something with her who stick the viewer on the screen and I don't talk about her body. There was something hypnotic in her eyes and her innocent and pure look. In case you ask yourself why I talk of her on past tense thats because she have died in a car accident not too long after this movie at the age of 27 years old.
This is not a movie for everyone, but the subject is done with taste. The movie gives me the desire to read some Marquis de Sade writting and I've not read fiction for a long time. A movie who give you the envy to read can't be a bad one...
Rating : :D
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pue_MgTzRU
Post by: Jimmy on March 15, 2008, 11:22:56 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness (1995)
Original Title: Eko eko azaraku
Genre: Supernatural Horror
Director: Shimako Sato (Birth of the Wizard)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h22
Video: Widescreen
Audio: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Kimika Yoshino (Gozu)
Miho Kanno (Tomie)
Naozumi Takahashi (Tenisu no ôjisama – TV series)
Ryôka Yuzuki (Armitage: Dual Matrix)
Mio Takaki (Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame)
Plot:
There is a new girl in school. She is beautiful, charming, and to some scary. Her name is Misa, a mysterious loner who seems to bring pain and death to those around her. When the school explodes with supernatural activity, many of her colleagues are quick to point the finger. Is this powerful young witch the one who is wreaking havoc, or will she protect her mistrusting schoolmates in the face of this unknown danger?
My Thoughts:
I have bought a boxset with the 3 first films of this Japanese series last year. To be honest this was a complete blind buy, but it was looking like something funny to watch and it was not too pricy (a little bit over 20 $CAN for 3 movies) to take a risk.This movie is not all what I was expecting, everything make it look like a movie that I could watch with my five years old niece (O.K. I exagerate a little bit). I was very surprise by the content : lesbian relation between student and teacher, a lot of blood and violence, a very dark theme and some others Japanese fetish. Maybe it looks like I don't like that, but it's just that I was caught of guard. Just think that I was expecting some kind of teen magic theme movie and I got an adult demons theme movie.
I can't say too much on my review, because I don't want to spoil it. The story is good (confusing at times and the end is surprising) and the special effect are good but they go too over the top sometimes. The acting is not so bad, but all they do is to shout at each other must of the time. At the end one the actress goes way too much over the top (you have to watch this, a perfect exemple of overacting).
This is a good movie, but seriously how this movie can be market for a teenage public. Don't take me wrong I like the movie, I'm not a member of the « Think of the chidren crowd ».
Rating : :)
Movie Trailer (i've not seen it before buying, I rarely watch movie trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_QiQFZIRls
Post by: Jimmy on March 18, 2008, 02:22:27 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Exposed (1971)
Original Title: Exponerad
Genre: Drama
Director: Gustav Wiklund (Wide Open)
Rating: 18 UK
Length: 1h27
Video: Widescreen
Audio: Swedish
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Christina Lindberg (Thriller: A Cruel Picture)
Heinz Hopf
Björn Adelly
Siv Eriks
Janne Carlsson
Plot:
Lena is torn between her innocent boyfriend and the older, more experienced and sadistic sociopath Helge. To get away, Lena runs away and befriends a promiscuous and friendly couple, who she stays with in a summer cabin. Her boyfriend finds her there and takes her back to the city, where she is yet again torn between her boyfriend and the older man
My Thoughts:
This the fourth films with Christina Lindberg that I've watch and it's easy to understand why she was a big name in the Swedish « adult picture ». She have a beautifull body, but this is not what I like the most about her. Her best feature is her eyes, she always looks sad and vulnerable (any others fan will certainly agree with me on this).This movie is the first one where she is the star. The story is quite complicated and it takes a certain time to really understand what happens since they use flashback and that's not clear at all. When you finally understand that the story is clearer untill the end when you became really confuse (at least it's my case). I don't want to spoil the movie and won't explain more (anyway maybe I'm completly wrong, another viewing will be necessary).
Christina Lindberg didn't have any difficulty to play this role, as I've said her eyes are made for those parts.
This is good movie, but it is not available at this time for the zone 1 (Synapse is suppose to release it in North America). The only way to have it is in a recent boxset release in Great Britain (and probably on a Sweden DVD too).
Rating : :D
Post by: Jimmy on March 18, 2008, 08:22:48 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Bonnie's Kids (1973)
Genre: Crime Story
Director: Arthur Marks (Perry Mason – TV series)
Rating: R
Length: 1h45
Video: Fullscreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No subtitles
Stars:
Tiffany Bolling (The Candy Snatchers)
Steve Sandor (Hell's Angels '69)
Robin Mattson (Candy Stripe Nurses)
Scott Brady (The China Syndrome)
Alex Rocco (Wild Riders)
Plot:
Sisters Myra and Ellie have finally had enough of their miserable, dead-end lives. When their step-father Charley (The Bonnie from the title being long dead) tried to rape Myra, Ellie ventilates him with a shotgun, and the pair run off to their wealthy uncle's mansion in El Paso. From that point on, the two undergo a transformation in their personalities, and start to enjoy living their lives on the wild side.
My Thoughts:
Quite often when my friends or relatives see what genre of movie I've in my collection I got those questions : What are those movies? And Why do you like them? Hard questions to answer (like asking to someone why he likes Star Wars), so usually the best way to respond is to show them one movie. And this one is a good example of why I like sixties and seventies movies more than anything else.This is a good old story of criminal on the run who is more center on the Tiffany Bolling subplot. The script is well done, but a little bit too long : almost 2 hours is very long for a drive-in pictures (many details could have been cut to help the movie pace). But, don't see that as a big critic that's not a real problem for me it's just that some good idea appears but are not really build up.
The acting in this is pretty good. Tiffany Bolling is better in this than in Candy Snatcher (she's exellent in this), Timothy Brown and Alex Rocco are perfect in the role of the 2 bad guys chasing Sandor and Bolling (Rocco was in Goodfather so there some chances that his face look familliar) and for a first real role Mattson is not so bad (she overact sometimes, but not that much).
This is honestly one of the best film made in the seventies, the fact that this features is almost unknown is something that I can't understand when so manny boring one made at the same times are see as classic (no, I will not name any movie. I don't want to offend anybody).
But I've some good news about this one : finally this year it will be release officially on DVD by Dark Sky Films (july is the probable release target, that the last information I've got from the label). It will be release as a part of the Arthur Marks Collection with those others movies : The Centerfold Girls, The Roommates, Linda Lovelace for President and A Woman for All Men.
If you want to see something else while we have to wait the release, I recommand that you watch « The Candy Snatchers » to see how talented Tiffany Bolling was. By the way this a very good crime story too.
Rating : ;D
Post by: Jimmy on March 21, 2008, 03:45:45 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970)
Genre: Science fiction
Director: Al Adamson (I Spit on Your Corpse!)
Rating: PG
Length: 1h26
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
John Carradine (The Howling)
Robert Dix (Forbidden Planet)
Vicki Volante (Brain of Blood)
Joey Benson (Blood of Ghastly Horror)
Jennifer Bishop (Impulse)
Plot:
One of cult movie director Al Adamson's most popular films, known for its use of weird color effects by "Spectrum-X," stars horror icon John Carradine as scientist Dr. Rynning, who leads a space journey to a distant planet of blood-sucking vampires intent on contaminating Earth. While exploring the planet, the crew becomes entrapped by warring tribes of primitive vampire-like men and, in order to escape bloody death, must battle snake-men, bat-demons, and the other hideous denizens of this evil world!
My Thoughts:
One thing that doesn't work with me is to tell me to don't watch a movie because it is bad. In fact, it does completly the contrary : I will buy it and watch it. This is why I has watch « Robot Monster », « Manos The Hands of Fate », Troll 2, ... So when a member of the DVD maniacs forum wrote that all the Al Adamson movie's are as bad as hell, It make me say that I will have to watch is movies. So this is with this movie that I will loose my Adamson cherry.This movie is a mix of 2 movies : a Filippino movie (Tagani – 1965) and the actual movie film between 1966 and 1970. Now, I'm sure that you ask yourself why this movie was made this way? The answer is simple (thanks to the Sam Sherman commentary) : the original movie is in black and white and it was impossible to have a B/W movie playing at drive-in theatre. So Al Adamson, because he likes the film, has decided to built a complete different film around Tagani. It was impossible to colour all the movie, so it was set on another planet.
It begins with some vampires attack and the narrator told us that the vampires are in fact aliens from another planet. By the way this is not important, since after the introduction we will never heard again about those vampires.
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Al Adamson in vampire make-up
The movie really start with a spaceship expedition to another planet. The expedition will arrive on the planet and explore it. At this point we will learn that there was a nuclear incident who happens on the planet and that's why all the image are tinted (red, blue, yellow,...). That's how Adamson had incorporated the Tagani footage and I think that it was a really brilliant idea.
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As seen on Robot Monster
This is a prehistoric planet and 2 tribes fight each other the Taganis and the Tubatons. The Taganis are human and the Tubatons are bat-man (not Batman, but some kind of vampire humanoids), by the way this is the Filippino movie. So the expedition will encounter a member of the Tagani tribe on the run and implant her brain with some kind of translating device.
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Do you find the Tagani lovely?
The story will continue they will encounter crab monsters, Bat-man and caveman untill they will have to quit the planet urgently.
So, how I've found the movie? Quite good to be honest. It makes me think at another sixties sci-fi movie (Women of the Prehistoric Planet), but it's much better. John Carradine does a good job in one of his rare leading role (he had made more than 300 movies, but a lot of them are just small parts). The rest of the cast is so-so, but none of them are really bad. As I've said I like the idea of the tinted colour, really clever and original. This is a small budget movie, so it shows : bad miniature for the spaceship, bizarre editing (they use the same footage when the spaceship arrive and quit the planet), ...
I don't know if all the film of Al Adamson are that good (probably not), but expect a massive addition of his movies in my collection soon. I recommand this one, this is really a good little drive-in sci-fi movie (it is market as an horror movie, but I don't see it as one at all).
Usually I don't comment on the extra on the DVD, but the commentary track by Sam Sherman (the producer of the movie) is one of the best that I've listen. It is very informative about the film and the making of a low budget movie in the seventies.
Rating : ;D
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zj-78jRaWJ4
Post by: Jimmy on March 22, 2008, 07:02:37 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Lost (2005)
Genre:
Director: Chris Sivertson (I Know Who Killed Me)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h59
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: CC
Stars:
Marc Senter (Timecop: The Berlin Decision)
Shay Astar (3rd Rock from the Sun – TV series)
Alex Frost (Elephant)
Megan Henning (I Know Who Killed Me)
Robin Sydney (Masters of Horror - Right to Die)
Plot:
Once upon a time, a boy named Ray Pye put crushed beer cans in his boots to make himself taller. But this is no fairy tale: For suburban sociopath Ray (Marc Senter) and his friends, small-town life is a dead-end road of sex, drugs, liars and losers. And what begins with a sudden act of senseless violence will climax in a mind-blowing frenzy of depravity…with the worst still yet to come. Michael Bowen (Kill Bill), Dee Wallace-Stone (The Hills Have Eyes), Ed Lauter (True Romance), Megan Henning (Seventh Heaven), Katie Cassidy (Black Christmas) and Erin Brown (aka Misty Mundae) co-star in this controversial shocker adapted from the infamous novel by Jack Ketchum and based on the true story that stunned America.
My Thoughts:
It's not often that I decide to buy a recent movie (in fact this one was released this week), but the story seems interesting and I've heard many good things about the book.I will be pretty short with this review. The story is interesting, but the way is done not. The idea of showing how a killer lost slowly his mind because of the guilt is interesting (but maybe it's not what the director wants to do). Now, I will go with what I don't like in this movie. The actor playing Ray Pye (Marc Senter) is a bad actor : he overact, he have no facial expression and he can't render an emotion (sorry but the end is awfull). The music doesn't help the movie at all, none of the song help the mood they're just there to be there. The use of a song in a movie for me need a reason otherwise why bother. I hate the MTV editing, this is not a proof of talent any talentless director can do that (it's not a surprise to see what is the other directing job of Sivertson). Another thing, why use grainy image if they're no reasons to do it? Just because it's cool. ::)
Just a last thing about the movie resume : I probably don't know what is a co-star in a movie. Dee Wallace is in there less than 2 minutes and everybody could have played her role. Misty Mundae is just there to get naked (not that it's something bad) and get killed, certainly not a staring role for me.
Just another exemple of why American cinema doesn't work anymore. A talentless director who know nothing about how to make a movie, except what he have seen on MTV. Sorry a movie is a movie, not a fucking video clip or a publicity.
If you are not bother as much as me with this way to do a movie it's possible that you could like it, since the story is good. But if you are like me, I don't recommand this one at all.
Rating : :yawn:
Post by: Jimmy on March 25, 2008, 03:21:51 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
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Prince Adam was cursed to a beast form by Enchantress who saw no love in his arrogant heart for others. The one way he could break the spell was to learn to love another and earn her love in return before the last petal from his enchanted rose fell, which would bloom until his twenty-first birthday. But who could ever learn to love a beast? Ten years later, Maurice, an inventor from a nearby village, becomes lost in the woods and seeks shelter in the Beast's castle, the Beast imprisons him for trespassing. His daughter Belle, a bookworm who dreams of life outside her provincial village, finds him trapped in the castle and offers her place in his stead. The Beast accepts with a promise she'll remain in the castle forever. In the beginning Belle views him as nothing more than a monster, he views her as difficult and stubborn. But the two soon taste the bitter-sweetness of finding you can change and learning you were wrong.
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Post by: Jimmy on March 25, 2008, 04:03:48 AM
Do you find my reviews more interesting when I write a recap with pictures and video like I've done with this one?
or
Do you find them better when they are short like I do usually?
Post by: Achim on March 25, 2008, 08:07:23 AM
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You sure had me!
Do you find my reviews more interesting when I write a recap with pictures and video like I've done with this one?I liked the recap, especially because you were being ironic and it therefore became fun to read. So, when the film allows I'd like to read more of those; if they'd be all serious it may become loooong.
or
Do you find them better when they are short like I do usually?
Post by: Najemikon on March 25, 2008, 07:50:17 PM
I like your clips and recaps. We know so little about these movies to start with and you present a lot of info concisely.
Post by: Kathy on March 25, 2008, 08:45:33 PM
Post by: Jimmy on March 26, 2008, 05:23:19 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Satan's Children (1974)
Genre: Horror
Director: Joe Wiezycki
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h24
Video: Fullscreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitle
Stars:
Stephen White (Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.)
Eldon Mecham
Joyce Molloy
Kathleen Archer
Robert C. Ray II
Recap:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ikYX3r0EYI
Opening credit
Right after the opening we see Bobby (White) mowing the grass while his half-sister relax at the pool. He ends his work and go to his room, but his half-sister follow him, tease him and tell him that his stepfather want to see him. He go and his stepfather doesn't like how he has done is job at all.
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Hit me with your best shot
Later everyone ate his supper and like nobody is angry, Bobby's half-sister make some reference not so subtle to her father about Bobby's drug.
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Happy together
His father force him to go search it. But Bobby realize that his familly is not so great after all and he left.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFjo0mo18uA
If you leave
After some wandering in the night Bobby decide to stop at a bar and he's get noticed by a costumer (an old man who flirt with him). Not knowing how to react (Bobby isn't really brilliant), but a biker save him and they make the party together.
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Dont talk to stranger
They go to the biker home and they share a beer, so all Bobby's problem are over... Not really, since the biker call his three friends (one of them look like Tom Savini, but I don't think it's him) and they all go for a funny car ride. Except for Bobby, since they rape him (don't worry it's not graphic, it's almost funny). After that they dump him the ditch.
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Whatcha do to my body
From there it's better for Bobby. A satanic sect take charge of him and while he recover the satanist does their usual thing : praying Lucifer, make some human sacrifice, ...
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Come to the sabbath
Do you really think that all will be going good for Bobby? The real master was gone but now his back and he is not happy. Like he said : Bobby his weak because he was rape, he is an homosexual because of that and the Devil doesn't like these peoples (this is not what I hear usually, but I'm not a satanist).
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Somebody's Watching Me
Bobby escape and for 20 minutes we will see him running in the wood only in is underwear.
This is especially for the lady
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He will escape and get his revenge on his familly and the rapist. The way he deal with that will make Simon happy and he will became a member of the sect.
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Heroes
My Thoughts:
First thing first this movie shout anti-homosexual agenda (the devil don't like them, they are weak, they are victims,...), but for almost half the movie Bobby is in underwear running or just showing off. So colour me confuse, who is the public of this???The acting is weak to be polite, no one had did something before or after that (except for Stephen White who have made 2 other films). I like this film, he is so bad and awfull that you laugh almost from the beginning to the end.
Because of this movie everytime I think that I've a bad day, I say to myself : It could be worse think at Bobby's day. After I feel better :laugh:
Rating : :D
P.S : All the image title have one thing in common, do you see it?
Post by: Jimmy on April 07, 2008, 08:20:29 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Quiet Earth (1985)
Genre: Last man on earth movie
Director: Geoff Murphy (Freejack)
Rating: R
Length: 1h31
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: Close Caption
Stars:
Bruno Lawrence (Smash Palace)
Alison Routledge (Rain)
Pete Smith (Once Were Warriors)
Anzac Wallace (UTU)
Norman Fletcher (Goodbye Pork Pie)
Tom Hyde
Plot:
At exactly 6:12 am, government research scientist Zac Hobson (a powerhouse performance by Bruno Lawrence of SMASH PALACE and UTU) awakens to discover that he may be the last man on earth: homes, highways and entire cities are deserted. Empty planes have fallen from the sky. Every living thing has disappeared. But for Hobson, the ultimate shock is still to come months later when he finds that he is not alone. With the addition of a beautiful young woman (Alison Routledge) and a Maori trucker (Pete Smith), the apocalypse suddenly becomes very personal.
My Thoughts:
This is a movie that I've search a long time. I've seen it when I was much younger on a French Canadian paid cable channel (Maybe Eric and Sebastien know it : Super Ecran) and never seen it anywhere else. It was hard to find it for many reasons : never seen it with the original title (all the movie here are dub and rename :yucky:), don't remember the name of the cast member and not sure where the movie was made. So I was not well equiped to find it again, but a couple of months ago when I was browsing the old Anchor Bay catalog for something else I've seen something who give me a hint : the cover looks like a scene in the film. So with a title on hand and some research I've finally find it after a long hunting who start years ago. Enough with this little story, but the lesson to learn from this is : never give up with some works you will be reward. Oh my god, I just turn myself as a glurge writer ( :thumbdown:).This film is a story on what happen after an incident who erase the big majority of the earth population. This is not necessary original (a film on this subject was made in the years 1924), but what make this film special is how the story is told. No mutants or vampires or fighting survivors here (in fact if you want an action film this is not for you), but the story of the few survivors. When I write few believe my word : the 6 names in the cast are the only peoples in the movie and half of them are already dead. The film start with Zac Hobson (Lawrence) getting up in the morning and very fast we will realize that something isn't right (nothing on the radio, no one in the street,...). This is the part where everyone who watch as the same reactions (what I will do if this happen to me? My answer : do everything I've always want to do (I keep those ideas secrets :devil:). But, it's fun just for a while since we are social animal and we need human contact. The same thing happen with Zac and he start to loose is mind, untill he is found by another survivor (Alison Routledge). The movie continue they find the last survivor (Peter Smith) and for the rest of the film we will follow them.
This movie is great, better that I was remembering (but the difference of ages bring a new way to understand it). We don't have the usual love triangle cliché (no love story at all), the cast is really good (Bruno Lawrence is exellent in the first 30 minutes when he is alone), the musical theme is magnificent, the desolate look is perfect (we really feel the emptiness of the world) and the movie make us think (it's not a bad thing sometimes to do this). Honestly, I can't find anything negative to say about this movie. A very good eighties movie from New Zealand who have won many awards in his country (best film, screenplay, cinematography, director, actor,...).
The region 1 release come in a metal case (a little surprising) and the last think I can say is : put it on wishlist and buy it, you will not regret it one second.
Rating : ;D
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdVYfCKXaCM
Post by: Jimmy on April 15, 2008, 04:05:53 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Cop Killers (1973)
Genre: Action
Director: Walter R. Cichy
Rating: R
Length: 1h33
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Jason Williams (Flesh Gordon)
Bill Osco (Alice in Wonderland – Producer, the one I've reviewed)
Diane Keller
Michael D. White
Donna Stubbert
Plot:
In front of them, cops. Behind them, dead cops. They are...the COPKILLERS! Two wayward long-haired ne'er-do-wells (Bill Osco and Jason Williams) will do just about anything to score easy money. This includes smuggling large quantities of narcotics across the border. But nothing seems to go according to plan. So they steal a getaway ice cream truck, take hostages, and terrorize innocent bystanders. As the law turns up the heat, the duo soon turn on each other. Can they keep it together long enough to get their money? Or will the cops get their revenge? Either way, they're gonna get what's coming to them.
My Thoughts:
For those who were worried, I've not decided to stop doing reviews. It was just that recently I've watched mostly mainstream movies or movies who doesn't fit really in my topic. So tonight I've decided to watch something that I've bought last month and unwatched till now.This movie was made by the same team who had made the first adult movie to play at mainstream theatre (Mona) : Bill Osco and Howard Ziehm. I think that I've wrote that already in my « Alice in Wonderland » review, but there nothing wrong in corecting a false conception : Deep Throath is not at all the first adult film who have played at a general theatre. The documentary is wrong, yes the term « Porn Chic » was created from it but that's all. It was a first nothing ...
The title certainly not lie : the 2 drug smugglers killed a lot of policemen and the killing effect are well done. Not a surprise when we know that it was the first movie of Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London). The story is simple and the writters didn't loose time with 2 or 3 subplots. Bill Osco for a non-actor did a very well job, in fact I think that he is really good. He could have been a good exploitation actor, but he was more interested in producing. On the other side, Jason Williams who was the real actor here overact too much : Yes he is a bad guy, but too much is too much. The rest of the cast goes to ok (most of the cops who don't really act) to pretty awfull (James Nite, the ice cream man). The film was made in the Arizona desert and the scenery is great.
So if you want to watch a bad guys film not well act but with a good story and see the works of Rick Baker at the beginning of his career this film is for you. The important point for me is : the Jason Williams interview and commentary on the disc.
Rating : :hmmmm:
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o568Md9_jFE
Post by: Kathy on April 15, 2008, 04:28:40 AM
P.S : All the image title have one thing in common, do you see it?
:surrender:
Post by: Jimmy on April 15, 2008, 05:00:00 AM
Forgot this one :laugh: They are all song titles
P.S : All the image title have one thing in common, do you see it?
:surrender:
Hit me with your best shot - Pat Benatar
Happy together - The Turtles
If you leave - OMD
Dont talk to stranger - Rick Springfield
Whatcha do to my body - Lee Aaron
Come to the sabbath - Mercyful Fate
Somebody's Watching Me - Rockwell
Don't you want me - Human League
Heroes - David Bowie
Not too hard I think, at least the link
Did you enjoy the ladies bonus ;)
Post by: Kathy on April 15, 2008, 10:33:34 PM
Did you enjoy the ladies bonus ;)
:yawn:
Too tame for my taste! :devil:
Post by: Jimmy on April 23, 2008, 10:18:02 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Chantal (2007)
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Marsiglia (Dr. Jekyll & Mistress Hyde)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h36
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No subtitles
Stars:
Erin Brown (Masters of Horror - Sick Girl)
Julian Wells (The Seduction of Misty Mundae)
Andrea Davis (Lust for Dracula)
Darian Caine (The Seduction of Misty Mundae)
Julie Strain (Sorceress)
Plot:
Chantal (Misty Mundae) has just arrived in Los Angeles, California to become a movie star. Naive and delusional, she wanders the boulevards looking for her first big break. There she meets Tracy (Julian Wells) - an actress-turned-prostitute - and the two of them begin an uneasy intimate relationship. Tracy warns of the harsh realities lurking beyond the glamorous facade of Hollywood, but Chantal’s innocence makes her easy prey for monsters that inhabit the dark underbelly of the film business.
My Thoughts:
When I've mention this movie in the « what you got » topic yesterday, I was joking about the fact that it's an erotic movie and because of this a cheap one. But, as you already know I ask one thing to a movie whatever genre it is : entertain me and give me story that I will care about.This one as a true story feeling to it, not that it's mention anywhere on the film, but it shows the hidden face of Hollywood. We all know about the actresses or actors who succeed (even if most of the time the success is short), but it's rare that we heard about the majority who fail or never get a chance. Many are attract by Hollywood but very few succeed and for those this is not an happy ending. I'm a man but I know that the majority of the women and men who take the west coast xxx road try and fail Hollywood before. I'm sure that you think that it's a very weird introduction for an erotic movie and you know what? You're right. This movie is professionally made with a real script, good acting and film with real film stock and not with a digital camera. The girls scene (sorry for the woman who read my review, but they're not a single naked man in it) are there to serve the story and not the contrary as usual with the erotic movie. To be honest the erotic scene are not arousing because the sex is not consentual (in the film not for real).
Misty Mundae (now she is known as Erin Brown) give a great performance, she had a very great range as an actress. She try now to do it in the mainstream industry and I really hope that she will succeed and not be typecast or only do horror movie figuration. The others girls are not as talented but Julian Wells and Andrea Davis are not so bad as actress. For the others the less I will say the better it will be. The other big plus that those three girls had, at least for me, is the fact that they are natural looking. What I want to say is that I can see and encounter a woman who looks like this that in reality, they are not artificially beautifull but normal looking women with some imperfections.
I really recommand this movie. The story is good, it's professionally made and, honestly, when was the last time that an erotic movie made you cry? Probably never, but that's give you an idea of how I've care about the fate of Chantal.
Rating :
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ilu9Q92Xso
Post by: RossRoy on April 23, 2008, 10:33:29 PM
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Rating :
:phew:
That's 1/3 of a good news ;)
Actually, what happens is I've decided to branch out a bit from my usual purchasing habit, and buy something not as mainstream as I usually do. And for that first time, I decided to mirror your last What Ya Got post (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,611.msg72609.html#msg72609):
I didn't research them.. At all! I decided to trust you implicitly, not read your reviews when you post them (except final rating of course), and order these three. We'll see how it turns out! ;D
Post by: Tom on April 23, 2008, 10:45:21 PM
Actually, what happens is I've decided to branch out a bit from my usual purchasing habit, and buy something not as mainstream as I usually do.
Admit it: You made this decision when you read the following in Jimmy's WhatYaGot post ;) :laugh:
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Who I am kidding :laugh: this is 3 erotics movie with a lot of lesbian imagery with decent history(Bold by me)
But who am I to blame you: I have planned to make a lesbian themed weekend movie marathon someday.
Post by: RossRoy on April 23, 2008, 10:48:26 PM
Actually, what happens is I've decided to branch out a bit from my usual purchasing habit, and buy something not as mainstream as I usually do.
Admit it: You made this decision when you read the following in Jimmy's WhatYaGot post ;) :laugh:QuoteWho I am kidding :laugh: this is 3 erotics movie with a lot of lesbian imagery with decent history(Bold by me)
But who am I to blame you: I have planned to make a lesbian themed weekend movie marathon someday.
Busted! :laugh:
But actually, reading Jimmy's reviews really made me thinking that I should check out more "obscure" stuff. ANd when I saw the comment, I thought this is as good a time as any! :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on April 23, 2008, 10:58:10 PM
Those one are top production of Seduction Cinema so don't worry. This studio had made a lot of crap that I will not touch, but it had made many quality product too (for dtv made in less than a week with no budget).
I don't talk about the extra on my review but Chantal had a lot of them : 2 commentary track, the making off, a lot of trailer and as a bonus you get the film who has inspired this one (Chantal 1969) with a commentary by Nick Phillips and an interview with him. You really get your money worth ;D
Let me know what you think when you will watch than and why not a review?
Post by: RossRoy on April 23, 2008, 11:09:17 PM
Let me know what you think when you will watch than and why not a review?
Of course I'll post a review when I watch them! :)
Post by: Jimmy on April 24, 2008, 04:30:11 AM
Post by: RossRoy on April 24, 2008, 04:36:26 AM
I've forgot to mention that one of the profile isn't in the database and the other two are incomplete. Let me know if you want my profile when you will receive your order.
Actually, if you could post them right now, as I usually add them when ordered, it would be much appreciated.
Post by: Jimmy on April 24, 2008, 04:48:39 AM
Actually, if you could post them right now, as I usually add them when ordered, it would be much appreciated.They are suppose to be complete with the cover too
edit : I have just notice that the profile keep the number they have in my collection. Is it a problem? If yes I can repost them without a collection number
Post by: RossRoy on April 24, 2008, 05:09:04 AM
I have just notice that the profile keep the number they have in my collection. Is it a problem? If yes I can repost them without a collection number
No, it's not a problem. I just had to think to move them back to the Ordered list, and I'm guessing when I receive them and move them to Owned, it'll offer to assign a new number.
Thanks a lot for that! :cheers:
edit: And they already shipped! ;D
Post by: Jimmy on April 27, 2008, 07:24:56 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
Genre: Adventure-Fantasy
Director: Uwe Boll (BloodRayne)
Rating: PG-13
Length: 2h07
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish and Close Caption
Stars:
Jason Statham (Crank)
John Rhys-Davies (Sliders)
Ray Liotta (Goodfellas)
Ron Perlman (Desperation)
Burt Reynolds (Deliverance)
Plot:
The life of a simple family man named Farmer (Jason Statham) is changed forever when a horrifying army of animal-like warriors known as Krugs who are controlled by the evil Gallian (Ray Liotta) invade his village, murder his son and kidnap his wife. Farmer sets out on a momentous journey to get his wife back and along the way, encounters magic and adventure as the quest soon reveals his real destiny in the kingdom.
My Thoughts:
I'm a fan of Uwe Boll, I'm not ashame of this and I don't care about the childish Boll bashing game that every losers like to play for some years now. I don't read any review for his films before buying them, since it's impossible to really read an honest one. I understand that some of his film are not really good (Alone in the Dark), but they are more entertaining than the majority of what is made since some years : Crappy remakes, Eli Roth crap, Michael Bay mtv action films, ... First misconception about this film : this is not a « Lord of the Ring » ripoff. Since when an adventure-fantasy movie equals LOTR? The genre was there before it and it will be there after it (by the way LOTR is not that good). The first strong point is Jason Statham, I've not really see him before this but he does a great acting job in this. Almost everyone in the cast are perfect : Ron Perlman, John Rhys-Davies, Brian White, Claire Forlani and Burt Reynolds (if you forget that he looks like a freak now) are particullary good. The fight scenes are well done and they are not over the top like the one in House of the Dead or Bloodrayne. The cinematography is incredible (Mathias Neumann is probably one of the best DP actually)
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The classical score is really good (I don't understand why the dvd doesn't have an isolated score track), powerfull and perfect for this kind of movie.
But not everything is perfect... The film have some miscast problem (something usual with the film of Uwe Boll) : Ray Liotta is not a really good choice to play a wizard and he overact too much. I can't find anything positive to say about Matthew Lillard, I can't understand why he continue to act : he always overact, he is untalented and he is the new Jay Underwood but worst! There are some problem with the script too : we have a feeling that we're late from a party (we have no idea why Gallian hate the kingdom that much), too predictible and some caracters are not developed at all and are a loss of time (by exemple the Leelee Sobieski caracter).
This movie was a complete flop in his theater run and the Boll bashing has a great responsability for that. This movie never really had a chance, with any other director I'm certain that it would have been a success. The movie is long but it doesn't feel like that at all. This is one of the best Uwe Boll's film that I've seen (and I've seen them all except for his German ones), it just ask for a chance. Try it and I garantee that you will like it as much as I do.
Rating :
Movie Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYW3pCSr4co
Post by: Kathy on April 27, 2008, 08:24:45 PM
...by the way LOTR is not that good...
Wow. I think this might be the first time that I've been in complete disagreement with one of your reviews.
I am not saying that LOTR is THE adventure/fantasy movie that all others must stand up to BUT "...not that good..."?!? :o I thought it was great and is one of the movies that I watch once a year (I ring in the New Year with it...get it?!...RING in the New Year... ;D).
Can you clarify your statement for me? Have you read the books?
By the way, I'm a Uwe Boll fan too!
Post by: Jimmy on April 27, 2008, 08:57:46 PM
Can you clarify your statement for me? Have you read the books?I was sure that someone would react to this statement :laugh:
By the way, I'm a Uwe Boll fan too!
Yes, I've read the books a long time ago.
I don't say that LOTR is not good, just not "the best of the best of the top adventure-fantasy ever made in the entire galaxy". I found that it miss some very important part of the books, by exemple the old forest part in the first book (who show that it's possible to resist the attraction of the ring), the end is change (I find this an outrage to the reader), the film countains too much CGI (Gollum is a perfect exemple of this, an actor in a suit would have been better) and the're many other little thing that I dislike but I can't remember them all (I haven't seen the 3 films recently and, honestly, I don't want to pass 10 hours angry again because of them)
But I know that I'm in the minority there :whistle:
Post by: DJ Doena on April 27, 2008, 10:02:06 PM
Yes, I will. >:(Can you clarify your statement for me? Have you read the books?I was sure that someone would react to this statement :laugh:
By the way, I'm a Uwe Boll fan too!
Have you - Kathy - just seriously mentioned Dr. Uwe Boll in the same postings as the LOTR books/movies?
Have you even a remote idea of the punishments for this blasphemy?
I give you some ideas:
:hang: :giljotiini: :burninacid:
And not one of them. ALL of them!
Just kidding. ;D
(but you did deserve it!)
(AESP_pres will simply be stoned to death for his heresy)
(Did I mention that the LOTR books are rather boring but the movies are great?)
Post by: Jimmy on April 28, 2008, 12:38:00 AM
But between my first visit and now you have edited your post and now I'm stone to death. I don't need to defend Kathy anymore, I'm dead stoned by the Muslim :stars:
(Did I mention that the LOTR books are rather boring but the movies are great?)And you are the one who call us heretics and stoned worthy :o :laugh:
Post by: Najemikon on April 28, 2008, 01:12:41 AM
I said "even better" because despite those small points, all three films are bloody wonderful and they are the height of fantasy cinema. I've been reading fantasy since being a kid and I've never seen one film come close to the worlds I used to read about. Except for Peter Jackson's love letter to Middle Earth. Sci-fi was conquered decades ago, but no other filmmaker has presented a fantasy world with the same conviction. Maybe The Princess Bride, but it doesn't really count because of the nature of the story.
Uwe Boll would give one of, if not both of, his nuts to have a single atom of talent capable of producing a mere second comparable to LotR. He is the filmmaking equivalent of a bulldozer, single-handedly ruining several half-decent creative ideas from video games and he won't stop! Someone please shoot his kneecaps before he gets to Half Life. I truly and deeply respect your love of the Little Known Movie. There are many filmmakers out there who need championing, but this guy does not deserve such attention. A complete waste of space.
In fact, why the heck are you reviewing him in your "Little Known Movie" thread? Everyone knows him! Where's that damn petition? Where do I bloody sign? :devil: :tease: :dance:
Post by: Jimmy on April 28, 2008, 01:33:06 AM
In fact, why the heck are you reviewing him in your "Little Known Movie" thread? Everyone knows him! Where's that damn petition? Where do I bloody sign? :devil: :tease: :dance:I like him that's why I review his film, I've reviewed "Backwoods" too some time ago. But it's sure that some of his movies have nothing to do here, by exemple "House of the Dead" or "Alone in the Dark" (No way that I will defend this movie). Like you say everyone know him but not his works, many trash them without watching them. I just try to give a fair chance to these movies like I do with all the others here. This one is there because I've appreciated it, if it would have been the contrary I don't think that I would have take the time to write about it since I don't like trashing movie (ok sometimes yes but it's really rare).
P.S. : I've sign the petition but probably not the one that you want to sign :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on April 29, 2008, 03:15:32 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Seduction of Misty Mundae (2004)
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Raso
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h23
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Misty Mundae (Chantal)
Julian Wells (Dr. Jekyll & Mistress Hyde)
Allanah Rhodes (Erotic Witch Project 2)
Ruby Larocca (Satan's School for Lust)
Darian Caine (Lust for Dracula)
Plot:
Shy 18-year-old Misty (Misty Mundae) is staying with her aunt Inga (Julian Wells) for a week in the country. Naïve and innocent, yet on the verge of sexual discovery, Misty wants to learn all she can from her seductive aunt about the desires that have begun to stir within her. Misty loses her virginity to the teenage boy next door, and it whets her appetite for further sensual adventures. So when she discovers that Inga prefers the company of beautiful young women, it unleashes Misty's deepest yearnings to see and experience each and very pleasure that lies at her fingertips. How far will Misty go…and with whom?
My Thoughts:
Time to return to what my review topic is suppose to be about : less known movie. No controversy this time I promise...This film is one of the three erotic movies from Seduction Cinema that I've received last week. Like Chantal this is a very professionally made film with an interesting story, professional actresses and a big plus for me : not film on digital (I don't like the look of the film made with a digital camera that looks cheap). The story is about a young teenager who live with her aunt for a week because something happen to her mother, but the movie doesn't tell what. Misty on her short stay will experience and learn about her sexuality with herself, man and woman.
For playing a young girl Misty Mundae is the perfect choice, she is very young looking and she looks very innocent. Julian Wells is perfect too for the role of the older aunt. The rest of the cast is not bad either, but the only other character who talk in this film is Mario Duchi (so the not so bad is more for the look than the acting).
Since this is an erotic movie the sex scenes are important. Contrary to Chantal the sex in this one is exciting and sound realistic even if it's fake. What I means is that this not mechanic we feel the love and they don't act stupid like in xxx movies. They don't shout (yes! Yes! Harder! ...) but they heave sighs and this is very sensual and really exciting. The movie score is really good and include as a bonus disc (it's always pleasing to be surprise since it was not mention in the dvd details).
Another film that I recommand if you like the genre and this one is more conventional than Chantal.
Rating :
Edited to remove the spoiler tag
Post by: RossRoy on April 29, 2008, 04:16:53 AM
Spoiler tag for Sebastien
Too kind! :bow:
Love that rating, very encouraging! (Now if only the movies would get here :weep:)
Post by: RossRoy on May 04, 2008, 03:44:23 AM
Feel free to pick it up if you're interested. (Just go to my site, and click the thumbnail for the full resolution one).
Post by: Jimmy on May 15, 2008, 05:34:12 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Sick Nurses (2007)
Original Title: Suay Laak Sai
Genre: Horror
Director: Thospol Sirivivat / Piraphan Laoyont
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h22
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English (dub) and Thai
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Vichaya Jarujinda
Chidjun Rujiphan
Chol Wachananont
Ase Wang
Dollaros Dechapratumwon
Plot:
In a neglected hospital, seven young nurses and a respected doctor have been selling body parts of dead patients on the black market. When one of the nurses falls in love with the doctor, she urges them all to get out of the scam. Threatening to go to the police, she is viciously murdered and dies uttering a vengeful curse. Seven days later her tormented soul, longing to find its love, returns. Preying on each of the women’s obsessions and weaknesses, she exacts her horrifying revenge.
My Thoughts:
I have bought this one because of the reviews something that I don't do usually, I don't read them before but after I've watch a movie. I know it's weird but I prefer to know nothing about a film before listening it, I don't watch trailer for the same reason.This one is a Thai movie and usually the asian horror movies are better than the american one, but with one exception : the boring japanese grey children ghost variation...
The movie is a kind of ghost movie (I don't understand why the Asian can't get over this genre), but not a boring grey ghost movie. In fact this is a revenge movie and this is the ghost who get is revenge. Yes her revenge is violent, but the victims deserve what happen to them. The film is fast, it doesn't lost a lot of time to get in revenge mode. I can't comment in the acting part since I don't speak the language and I don't think it's honest to critic something that you don't understand, but I can say one thing : those women are really good-looking. The Asian girls are certainly the most sexy and beautifull ones in the world. The effects are well done and they are old school effects (no CGI) and I prefer that because it's more realistic.
A movie that I recommand and if you don't want to read subtitles (Pete this comment is for you) you can watch the movie dub in english. I can't comment on the quality of it since I prefer to watch my movie in their original language. Another thing : this is a part of Kathy's biography so every members here must watch it. Kathy your hospital is certainly a dangerous place to work :laugh:
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaR6kAvS-XA
Rating :
Sorry for the little number of review recently, I have a lack of inspiration. I've try to wrote many reviews, but I didn't like them and sent them to my desk trash. I find them too boring to read.
Post by: Najemikon on May 17, 2008, 09:20:20 PM
Looks like your sort of film and despite it being British and unreleased here, you can get it on R1 DVD, so buy it, watch it, review it, and tell me if I should as well! :tease: :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on May 25, 2008, 03:31:50 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Lust for Dracula (2004)
Genre: Horror
Director: Tony Marsiglia (Chantal)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h30
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Cast:
Darian Caine (Satan's School for Lust)
Misty Mundae (Chantal)
Julian Wells (The Seduction of Misty Mundae)
Andrea Davis (Chantal)
Shelly Jones (Educating Jenna)
Casey Jones (Chantal)
Plot:
Mina Harker isn't the happiest of Hollywood Hills wives even though she's married to wealthy pharmaceuticals magnate Jonathan Harker. The depressed Mina longs for Jonathan's love and the happiness a child would bring them, yet the arrival of the beautiful and mysterious Dracula — seductive vampire servants at her side — will change their lives forever.
My Thoughts:
Here we go with another entry in my Retro Seduction Misty Mundae movie. By the first that I've reviewed you already know what genre of movie this is. I will start by telling that this one is not as good as « Chantal » and « The Seduction of Misty Mundae » and let me explain why. If you look at the cast you will notice one very obvious thing : Everyone in it is a woman... Now take 2 seconds to thing... ok, this is a vampire movie and Darian Caine played Dracula and Julian Wells played Jonathan Harker. Not that it's that much important since this movie is really weird, 75% of the time I have no idea of what happen. You have no idea how many times I've said WTF while I was watching it. Just to give a WTF exemple : the film start with an almost 20 minutes lesbian scene between Andrea Davis and a really ugly girl. The scene switch from a shower to a classroom to an outdoor scene. OK I've nothing again some sex scene (I think you know me now), but all this time I was sure that it was not the good film at all.On the more positive side Misty Mundae and Julian Wells are as good and beautifull than usual. Julian Wells is really sexy as a man (no she doesn't look like one at all), but she is really underuse in this movie. Andrea Davis that I've never seen in a big role is not so bad as an actress and she is my kind of girl (except for the nipple piercing who are really a turn off). The movie is professionally made technically, it doesn't have a DTV feeling to it.
I can't say that it's a good vampire movie, but if you take it as a erotic lesbian movie now I can say that it's a good one. One last thing : this movie is much more explicit than the previous Misty Mundae's movies that I've reviewed, but this is not a pornographic movie at all.
Note : The version reviewed here is the unrated one, an R rated version exist too. But, follow this advice don't spend 1$ on an R rated version of any movie made by Seduction Cinema
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on May 27, 2008, 04:07:24 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Sinful (2006)
Genre: Drama
Director: Tony Marsiglia (Chantal)
Rating: R
Length: 1h24
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Misty Mundae (Chantal)
Erika Smith (Splatter Beach)
Nikos Psarras (To Kynigi tou lagou)
Ronnie Kerr (Regarding Billy)
John Castine (Lessons in Love)
Plot:
Lilith (Misty Mundae) cannot conceive a child no matter how hard she tries and how desperately she wishes. As her marriage begins to unravel, so does her hold on reality slowly and painfully and dangerously slip away. A beautiful neighbor who has just become pregnant befriends Lilith, and their relationship ignites a furious envy within her that turns increasingly threatening. Cursed with a body refusing to bear life and driven mad by psychotic fantasy, Lilith will stop at nothing to experience happiness with a child - any child. She will become a mother, right this very moment, however monstrous and shocking the consequences might be.
My Thoughts:
This one is really different than the other Marsiglia's movies that I've reviewed previously. The difference is that this one is not an erotic films and it's a movie who could play in a theater.Everyone in the cast act very well and this is the best Misty Mundae performance that I've seen at this day. Contrary to the others Retro Media productions the men in the cast can act too, Psarras seems to be a well known Greek actor if I trust IMDB (this website is not the worst database in the world for me ::)). I particulary like the way that Marsiglia use the lightning : bright and beautifull colour for the happy couple, dark and depressing colour for the not so happy couple. I don't know if it is original or not but I think that it add a lot to the film. The music is good too.
The movie is really confusing but I've my idea. My interpretation is that nothing of this happen really this is all in Lilith's head. This idea strike me at the middle of the film when we see her in a cell, with this interpration the movie make more sense. If not how can we explain what happen with her stepfather or her action at the office or, more importantly the end?
This film is really the one that I recommand if you want to see how talented is miss Mundae. There aren't a lot of nudity and nothing graphic sexually, the film is rated R and much more because of the language than anything else.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on June 09, 2008, 04:48:03 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Lisa and the Devil (1973)
Genre: artistic Horror
Director: Mario Bava (Black Sunday)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h35
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Telly Savalas (Kojak – tv series)
Elke Sommer (A Shot in the Dark)
Sylva Koscina (Sunday Lovers*)
Alessio Orano (The Most Beautiful Wife)
Alida Valli (The Third Man)
Plot:
Telly Savalas and Elke Sommer star in this surreal tale that unfolds as both waking dream and elliptical nightmare, a lush and disturbing meditation on love, death, identity and the machinations of evil. Now recognized as Il Maestro's final masterpiece, LISA AND THE DEVIL has been fully restored and remastered from the original camera negatives recently discovered in a Rome lab vault.
My Thoughts:
To be honest I'm not sure if this movie had is place here for a very simple reason : This is not an unknown film and Mario Bava is the greatest Italian director. Don't tell me that you don't know him or I will have to use this :redcard:This movie is the only one where Bava receive a « carte blanche » to do it and this is his masterpiece. When you see that he had made some classic like Black Sabbath or Black Sunday or Kill, Baby...Kill! (awfull title in my oppinion) this praise look a little bit too much.
The first thing that I must say is that I've watched it more than one time to understand it. The movie is confusing with a single viewing, after my first watching my reaction was so-so (in fact I was completly lost). This is a film that you must rewatch and after my third times it was clearer for me (third times in a row, I know sometimes I'm crazy).
The film in his original version was a flop that's why Alfredo Leone recut it and shot some new scenes and re-release it as « The House of Exorcism » who is on this disc too but I've not watch it yet. I will later today and if the film is really different I will reviewed it too. Like all the Mario Bava's movie that I've seen the details are what made this movie great, this is not the most evident thing on screen who are important but the little one who don't seem important first, the reason why you need more than one viewing. The cinematography bring a lot to the movie and the same can be said about the musical score. Everyone is perfect in this, but the best performance is from Alida Valli in the role of a blind woman. Savalas play a different version of the Devil, this is not the one that we are use too in our religion but he is more like The Grim Reaper. The end is great too and it takes you by surprise.
This one is really recommanded like many others Bava's movies, but you must like watching movies that challenged your mind.
Rating :
* I can't understand why this is not already release on dvd.
Post by: RossRoy on June 09, 2008, 04:55:43 PM
Don't tell me that you don't know him or I will have to use this :redcard:
:bag:
Post by: Jimmy on June 09, 2008, 05:28:25 PM
It's ok, but try one of his movies this is one of the best director of all time. I recommand these titles and they are not too costly on Marketplace.Don't tell me that you don't know him or I will have to use this :redcard:
:bag:
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A good anthology with Boris Karloff, Michele Mercier and Mark Damon. The Wurdalak is the best of the three stories.
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If you like Hammer's movie you will like this one. With Barbara Steele and John Richardson.
If you find that those one are good, try something else. He had done movies in a lot of genre : Comedy, Peplums, Suspense, Horror, giallo, ...
Post by: Najemikon on June 10, 2008, 12:48:17 AM
...and Mario Bava is the greatest Italian director. Don't tell me that you don't know him or I will have to use this :redcard:
Big words! I've got two for you: "Sergio" and "Leone". There's your greatest Italian director, right there... :tease:
Actually I've always had these little targets in my collection, and Italian horror was next on my list (either that or the Val Lewton boxset in region 1). I've seen one or two in the past, but never properly. I've had Suspiria on my list for while. Is this set worth a go in your opinion? Region 2 Bava Collection (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000VUVG2K/findhotelinth-21)
Post by: Jimmy on June 10, 2008, 03:09:51 AM
Actually I've always had these little targets in my collection, and Italian horror was next on my list (either that or the Val Lewton boxset in region 1). I've seen one or two in the past, but never properly. I've had Suspiria on my list for while. Is this set worth a go in your opinion? Region 2 Bava Collection (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000VUVG2K/findhotelinth-21)If you take a look at my banner you will see that I've watch the boxset this weekend and now I'm watching the second one. To answer your question Jon yes the set worth a go, I don't think that my answer is a surprise. But keep in my mind that Mario Bava is not only an horror genre director. This is the movies in the set and what I think of them generally.
The Mask of Satan aka Black Sunday : a good gothic horror movie in black and white. Good atmosphere, good acting, good story. Barbara Steele one of the most beautifull British actress of the sixties is in it.
Black Sabbath : An anthology. One strong and original entry (The Wurdalak) with Boris Karloff, one average spirit revenge story (The Drop of Water) and one boring (The Telephone) that I've continue to watch only because of Michèle Mercier.
Kill, Baby... Kill! : Another good gothic entry, not as good as Black Sunday (the dubbing is not as good) but it have a good story with a surprise end and a good atmosphere.
The Girl Who Knew Too Much : One of the first Italian giallo. Don't expect a very complicated one as they are usually, but the story is interesting and comic at time. I don't like the end, but this is not really important. John Saxon is in it and I'm always happy to see him since I find him really underated as an actor.
Knives of the Avenger : An adventure movie using the Viking period. Not my genre of film.
So the set only have one weak movie in my oppinion and it's certainly a good introduction to the works of Mario Bava. 3 of the movies have a commentary track by Tim Lucas (the expert on Bava) and they are very informative. If you need more information don't hesitate to ask.
P.S : Suspiria is by Argento and if you want to watch a better Argento's movie try Profondo rosso aka Deep Red
Post by: Jimmy on June 10, 2008, 03:25:06 AM
The film in his original version was a flop that's why Alfredo Leone recut it and shot some new scenes and re-release it as « The House of Exorcism » who is on this disc too but I've not watch it yet. I will later today and if the film is really different I will reviewed it too.I've watch it today and it is not as good. It looks like a rip-off of "The Exorcist" and the story became more complicated. In the possession add story Elke Sommer is really good (she didn't want to be paid for that, something impossible to see today), but Robert Alda who play the priest isn't really impressive. Nudity is add to the movie, but I don't find it necessary at all even if Carmen Silva is pleasant to look at ;D. The end is not really good.
Maybe if I've see only this version my oppinion would be different, but this is an average movie who was a box-office success 2 years after the original.
Post by: Najemikon on June 10, 2008, 09:42:53 AM
Post by: Jimmy on June 11, 2008, 03:24:36 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Bay of Blood (1971)
Genre: Horror
Director: Mario Bava (Black Sunday)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h24
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Claudine Auger (Thunderball)
Luigi Pistilli (For a Few Dollars More)
Claudio Camaso (Vengeance)
Anna Maria Rosati (Silvia e l'amore)
Chris Avram (L'Ossessa)
Plot:
An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a dilapidated building on the estate.
My Thoughts:
We continue with the review of the films countain in the second Mario Bava Boxset released by Anchor Bay. I will not repeat what I've already said, but I really recommand to everyone interested in italian cinema to take a look at Bava's works.This one start like the usual Giallo by a mysterious murder at the beginning (a very imaginative one), but the murderer is immediatly reveals. Since this is not usual we know that something isn't right and not long after the murderer got a taste of his own medicine. We are not on a Giallo ride, but we are in for one of the first slasher movie (if you have seen a lot of them, you will see where they stole their idea). As usual with the Italian movie we have an international cast, the foreigner here is Claudine Auger a beautifull French actress (Miss France 1958). The movie was filmed in italian and in english so no dubbing this time, but the english dialogue doesn't sound natural (I would have prefer to watch the Italian version subtitle). As usual with Bava the cinematography is excellent (many visuals hint and one of the best camera effect that I've seen : four fast zoom in and a fast zoom out after). The supporting cast is good too : particullary Leopoldo Trieste and Laura Betti. The special effect are well done.
Another strong recommandation and a movie that I suggest to you Pete since this one is really in your taste range.
Also known as Twitch of the Death Nerve
One of the original 74 video nasties in the UK
Rating :
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqIV5Ye68wQ
Post by: Jimmy on June 15, 2008, 04:09:22 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Image (1975)
Genre: Drama
Director: Radley Metzger (The Opening of Misty Beethoven)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h31
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Rebecca Brooke (Abigail Leslie Is Back in Town)
Carl Parker (Score)
Marilyn Roberts (Skateboard)
Yvette Hiver
Plot:
From highly acclaimed director Radley Metzger, THE IMAGE (aka THE PUNISHMENT OF ANNE) is a fascinating study of the sadomasochistic relationship between a young girl and an older woman. Based on the classic novel "L'IMAGE" from Jean De Berg, this sexual masterpiece is hailed by critics as one of the best erotic films ever made. Beautifully photographed and loaded with highly charged sexual imagery and provocative situations, THE IMAGE is a cinematic masterpiece that brings the darker side of your deepest erotic fantasies to life.
My Thoughts:
Today I've decide to watch an adult movie made in the seventies by Radley Metzger that I've bought last month. You certainly know already from my previous reviews that Metzger is a genius for me.Like all the other previous Metzger's adult movies (The Private Afternoons of Pamela Mann, Barbara Broadcast and, my all time favourite, The Opening of Misty Beethoven) this one is a superior production. This movie is professionally made and the two principal actors are professional (Brooke career started on Broadway and she had appear in a lot of classic Joe Sarno movies). The score is particullary good and classic, this is not for nothing if the dvd countains an isolated music track.
It's really important to understand that this movie is not for everybody and some people could react really badly to some scene. Like it says in the plot this is a sadomasochist movie and it's realistic, so the whipping is real and the pain is real (even for me the last scene in the gothic dungeon was hard to watch). But like I've said this is a classy production, not a trashy Max Hardcore production (never seen one, no intention to).
The film countains much more story than hardcore sex and it contains no penetration. But be warned that it had female urination, hard whipping and some food play.
Personally I've like the film but like I said the seventies adult movies are not like what we see now, they are movies where the story is more important than the sex.
I will not tell if I recommand it or not, since you are able to see by my review if this film is for you or not. But if you are already familliar with Radley Metzger, you know that you will like this one too.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on June 20, 2008, 04:17:25 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: LolliLove (2004)
Genre: Mockumentary
Director: Jenna Fischer
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h04
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Jenna Fischer (The Office)
James Gunn (The Specials)
Peter Alton (Bohemian Moon)
Linda Cardellini (Freaks and Geeks)
Judy Greer (Jawbreaker)
Plot:
James and Jenna Gunn (real-life husband-and-wife team, James Gunn, writer/director of "Slither," writer of "Scooby-Doo" and "Dawn of the Dead" and Jenna Fischer of NBC's "The Office") play a wealthy couple looking to give back to the homeless community through their new charity, Lollilove. The idea is simple: By giving out lollipops with inspirational artwork and cheery slogans on the wrapper, Lollilove will eradicate homelessness by transforming your average ''homeless person'' into an important and loved ''happy person''.
My Thoughts:
The mockumentary is probably the harder genre to make, it needs the precise mix of seriousness and comedy. That's why this genre is not really popular since most of the time it doesn't work (it's easier to make a good horror-comedy and we know that most of them aren't great).But here we have one that works. The subject is play completly seriously and the two founders of the Lollilove charity seem to care. But the idea of this organisation is so ridiculous, you laugh all the time and you don't have a choice. They give lollipops to the homeless peoples with inspirational slogan like «you matter» or «high on Joy» is it serious charity works for you?
The two principal actors are really good (this is my first encounter with Jenna Fischer and she really impress me) and the fact that they are a couple in real life brings a very natural feeling to the documentary.
The film is a documentary that guide us from the lollipop organisation idea trough its realisation. Many situation are completly funny, my favourite moment the project presentation they do for an investor (I challenge you to not laugh at this).
Don't let the Troma Team Release sticker disrupt you, their products are, to be polite, complete pieces of shit. But the good news is they have nothing to do with this movie, they are only the distributor...
One of the best movie released in the recent years. This is what an independent movie is suppose to be.
My only reproach, the movie is too short.
Highly recommend.
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Post by: Jimmy on June 29, 2008, 03:25:11 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? (1964)
Genre: Horror
Director: Ray Dennis Steckler (The Thrill Killers)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h20
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Ray Dennis Steckler (The Thrill Killers)
Carolyn Brandt (The Thrill Killers)
Brett O'Hara (Wild Ones on Wheels)
Atlas King (The Thrill Killers)
Sharon Walsh
Plot:
A series of disappearances turns out to be linked to a maddened amusement arcade fortuneteller Madame Estrella who throws acid in the faces of the men who refuse her and then keeps them as disfigured monsters locked in the back room of her carnival booth. When teen lay-a-bout Jerry comes to have his fortune told he is placed in a hypnotic trance by the spinning disk and turned into a murderous zombie to serve the gypsy and her hunchbacked servant.
My Thoughts:
This movie is the third one directed by Steckler that I know much more for his adult works under the alias Cindy Lou Sutters (don't own any of them yet, but seen some of them on vhs). What to say about this movie? It's a complete mess...The story make no sense, much of the time we have no idea why something happen. The movie jump constanly between the basic « story » and the musical numbers (Yes, this is a musical). It's polite to call them musical numbers... This is probably some of the worst dance routine and singing that I've seen in my life. The acting is really weak... Atlas King is ridiculous but he have an excuse : he have no idea of what he said... he is not an english speaker!!! The monsters appear only after one hour and they have to be seen!
But one thing is good with this film : the cinematography. The camera works is done by three respected director of photography : Joseph V. Mascelli (the writter of "The Five Cs of Cinematography"), László Kovács (Easy Rider, Ghost Busters, ...) and Vilmos Zsigmond (The Deer Hunter, Deliverance, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, ...).
But the real gem and the only reason to see this is an extra on the dvd. Joe Bob Briggs had recorded an audio commentary for it and it's hilarious. I have much more respect for M. Briggs than I have for the MST cast, he understand like me that a movie can be bad but a lot of fun. He doesn't laugh at the movie but with the movie, an attitude that I respect. I hate most of those pseudo comic (mstk fanboy) that laugh of those movies, who are they and what have they done to have the right to ridicule directorial works...
Rating :
Because of the JBB track Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk99b9sJewU
Post by: Jimmy on June 30, 2008, 02:42:18 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Adventure of Rat Pfink And Boo Boo (1966)
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ray Dennis Steckler (The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h07
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Carolyn Brandt (Body Fever)
Ron Haydock (Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters)
Titus Moede (The Dirtiest Game)
George Caldwell (Retribution)
Mike Kannon (Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters)
Plot:
When sexy Ceebee Beaumont (Carolyn Brandt), main squeeze of rockabilly superstar Lonnie Lord (Ron Haydock), is kidnapped by the Chain Gang, Lonnie and his friend Titus Twimbly leap into leotards and swing into action as Rat Pfink and Boo Boo, champions of downtrodden women and children everywhere!
My Thoughts:
This movie is the perfect exemple of why I love those old unknown movies. This movie was made with no budget and its clearly visible, but if you remember I've already wrote that I ask only thing to a movie, I want to be entertaint by it. This film is a lot of fun! The cast enjoy making it and we easilly see it. The story is simple (it's a super hero movie!). The music is great. Carolyn Brandt had never look more beautifull and she's always good looking now. No violence at all in this, just a good familly film (if your familly like my genre of film). A movie that I could watch with my five years old niece if she would talking in english.
Sure I recommand it, you got 2 super hero, a great sixties soundtrack, a party at the beach, a nice looking woman, a funny story, a cast who cares and, as a bonus, a man in a gorilla suit.
Taking the risk to shocking some of you : I have enjoyed this movie thousands time more than Spider Man :yahoo:
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Post by: Najemikon on August 30, 2008, 04:04:48 PM
Empire Venice Blog (http://www.empireonline.com/features/damonwise/post.asp?id=249)
Post by: Jimmy on August 30, 2008, 05:33:37 PM
Cheers, Jimmy! I might get it next month.I was just checking my thread and I was asking myself if you have bought it (the Mario Bava collection 1). You don't post in the whatyougot thread and your collection is not online anymore so I've no way to know...
If you have bought it let me know what you think of the movies included.
Post by: Najemikon on August 30, 2008, 05:48:11 PM
Still on the wishlist, I'm afraid. It's a definite purchase, just a case of when. My plans went a little sideways and were foiled by Deep Discount and their blasted "Buy One Get One Free" Criterion offer. I had to use my budget on them! The gits! ;)
Post by: Jimmy on August 31, 2008, 01:19:37 AM
:bag:Something that I can understand, my wishlist on Amazon is so full (in fact I have 3 of them) but the money part is missing. Some movies are there since such a long time that sometimes a special edition is release before I buy them :laugh:
Still on the wishlist, I'm afraid. It's a definite purchase, just a case of when. My plans went a little sideways and were foiled by Deep Discount and their blasted "Buy One Get One Free" Criterion offer. I had to use my budget on them! The gits! ;)
BTW I have 2 Criterion on pre-order for september :
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (I want this one for so long to replace my poor quality dvd-r)
Lord of the Flies (the new budget release, probably with no extra. But I've never seen it and it looks like a really good one)
And since I don't want my collection to looks too much intellectual, I've order the last Uwe Boll movie's : Seed ;D
Post by: Achim on August 31, 2008, 07:55:14 AM
Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (I want this one for so long to replace my poor quality dvd-r)Salo is a film that has captured my interest for quite a while. not really sure though if I a) really want to see it ;) and b) about it's replay value (as a DVDTalk review just recently pointed out, saying that one sahould definitely see it, even though one may only see it once...). That has held me back from buying...
Lord of the Flies (the new budget release, probably with no extra. But I've never seen it and it looks like a really good one)
Assuming Lord of the Flies is the older film from 1963 I enjoyed watching it just a short while ago. Acting is a bit wooden in the beginning (more than it "should be") but once the kids are let loose as the story progresses they are doing just fine. I had bought this as I remembered being shown in class at "high school". I already owned the 1990 for quite some time which has some differences in the story (assuming it's omitted on the first one, hoping it wasn't added for the second one).
Post by: Jimmy on August 31, 2008, 04:06:01 PM
Assuming Lord of the Flies is the older film from 1963 ...This is the 1963 movie.
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This is a new serie by Criterion. I think that the film where all release by them in the past, but the new edition doesn't have any extra and the price reflect that (by exemple the new LOTF cost 16.09 $Can and the previous release cost 50.49 $Can). The others one release in this serie at this time are Beauty and the Beast, Grand Illusion, Knife in the Water, Rashomon and Wild Strawberries. It's possible to buy them seperatly (16.09 $Can) or in a boxset (76.99 $Can)
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Post by: Jimmy on September 02, 2008, 11:28:11 PM
Nothing can erase the stupidest error made by Glen Morgan and James Wong (the serie killers) :
(click to show/hide)
I'm sure that the serie could I've continue for at least another seasons, since many fact remains unexplained (the serie was cancel by Fox). Many fans pull the plug after the Morgan/Wong fiasco and I was one of them, but the last season was better (not as good as the first).
For those that have the serie and haven't watch it yet (Eric I'm talking to you :tease:): just give it a chance after the second season it goes better.
Post by: Jimmy on September 03, 2008, 03:53:46 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Killing of America (1982)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Sheldon Renan
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h31
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Chuck Riley - Narrator
My Thoughts:
Before I start my review I will be honest with you, I've not wrote a review for so long and my last one was so bad that I feel a lot of pressure this time. But I'm not here for that so here we go with the review.I've decided for this one to go with one genre that I don't think that I've reviewed here : the documentary. I have some of them in my collection, but not that much (many mondo movie, the faces of death serie, the first 3 of Michael Moore, ...) and one that I can't really name as a documentary that show footage of people death (this is the only movie in my collection that I'm not able to watch. I've bought it to shock my relatives, but finally this one is too much for me). The movie that I review here was made for the Japanese market after the success of the first Faces of Death (a rites of passage for all the teenagers when I was young). But there are no real comparison between the two : much of FOD is fake. So what we see in the movie is real, I'm sure that some find that it will be a bad taste documentary. Surprise, this is a very well done movie about the culture of violence in the United States. The film start with the assasination of John Kennedy that are the end of the innocence for the country (I tend to agree with that). That continue with the mention of many others political murder : Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Georges Wallace, Ronald Reagan (I know he was not murdered). After they continue with an analysis of many others tendancy : the sniper (Charles Whitman), the serial killer (Ted Bundy), the cult murder (Jim Jones) and the random killer (Brenda Spencer). Most of the footage came from the tv station or the police, except for 2 interviews : Thomas Noguchi (a well known LA coroner) and, a particulary good one, with Ed Kemper (a serial killer). Some of the footage can be hard to watch for some viewers (we talk of dead person here), but like I've said most of the image came from the news.
The documentary is more neutral than Bowling for Colombine that covers the same subject. The director didn't manipulate the image or the editing to convince the viewer, he present the facts and let the archives do the talking.
Sure, he mentions that the guns culture are a part of the problem (even the most gun crazy guy can agree with that) but not the only one. Another part of the problem is the media themselves (the more they talk about those murders the more they happen). Just to quote one of the killer (Robert Smith) that have killed many women in a beauty school when he was caught : I want to be somebody, I want to be known.
The film end with the John Lennon memorial at Central Park when we learn that 2 person were killed. To leave us on a positive note at the end the narrator told us that five people were killed while we were watching the documentary. This movie was made more than 20 years ago and sadly this is worst than ever. Even in a little town like where I live we don't feel secure, not that a murder happen everyday but more and more crime happen.
The bad thing is that this movie is not available at all in America, my copy is a bootleg but it was released in Europe many years ago on dvd. Since I don't want to end my review with a bad news : the movie is available on youtube (can't understand since they have closed my account for a couple of trailer :thumbdown:).
Rating :
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9FtOlVp5wo
Post by: Jimmy on September 06, 2008, 11:38:13 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: New Wave Hookers 2 (1991)
Genre: Adult
Director: Gregory Dark (New Wave Hookers)
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h19
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitle
Stars:
Madison Stone (Evil Toons)
Rip Hymen (Sex Freaks)
Jack Baker (The Kentucky Fried Movie)
Shannon Wilsey (Camp Fear)
Danielle Rogers (House of Dreams)
My Thoughts:
As this one is a nineties adult movie don't expect a very complicated plot, but there is a story, that's why I've bought it, an adult movie with only sex scene after sex scene doesn't really interested me (it can be stimulating, but this is another story ;)). The story goes like this : A cult deprogrammer (Rip Hymen, obviously a fake name but I can't replace him) work for the father of a woman (Madison Stone) that is a member of the cult of Willy. He will kidnap her and while he will use his deprogramming method with her we will learn everything about this cult.For a movie made in the direct to video period this is surprisingly well done and professional. But when we know that the director had made many mainstream picture (See No Evil, Body of Influence, Secret Games, ...) this is less surprising. The acting let a lot to be desired in fact only Rip Hymen (I'm sure that I've seen him in a non adult picture), Jack Baker (he was a tv actor before) and Madison Stone are natural and can act. The story goes more and more weird when we learn that the cult is not what it seems to be, in fact it's a front for a woman secret society from the lost continent of Atlantis. The woman in the cult are trained for using the man sexually and killing them (the murder are not shown but they are implicitly discuss). The music in the movie is good (it didn't sound like the typical xxx music filler), the one use in the opening credit is particularry good (Electrify Me by The Plugz).
Ok now we will take a look at the sex part. This is not a golden age movie, so the sex occupy the majority of the film. Some scene are pretty boring like the one with Shannon Wilsey (Savannah) that was never one of my favourite : too artificial and careless for my taste, she's the girl on the cover. But, the majority of the others scene are really interesting and arousing (hey it's an adult movie). I really like the orgy scene (3 men and 3 women) when the guys are used as sexual slaves, the high point of the scene is the double penetration involving Cameo (Wicked Games). By the way this is not the common DP as we are used too, but the other one far less used (in fact, this is only the second time that I've see it in a movie) : a double vaginal penetration by two men at the same times. Another good one is the scene where Ashley Nicole (Curse of the Catwoman) is baptized by the cult, a method that consist of having sex with five men at the times. The rest of the scenes are more conventional and the one with Randy Spears and Danielle Rogers (a real life couple at that time) is the most enjoyable of them.
Finally Jack Baker, as usual, does a perfect job as Willy the leader of the cult. He is the comic relief in the movie, I've never seen him in a sex scene and I don't think that he have done one in his carreer.
Not a top ten list movie, but I can say that it's certainly one of the best adult movie made in the nineties and much better than the first one.
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Post by: Jimmy on September 07, 2008, 12:07:41 AM
Salo is a film that has captured my interest for quite a while. not really sure though if I a) really want to see it ;) and b) about it's replay value (as a DVDTalk review just recently pointed out, saying that one sahould definitely see it, even though one may only see it once...). That has held me back from buying...In case you don't know and maybe this will made you finally buy it.
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The world’s most controversial film comes to DVD and Blu-ray in 2-disc editions on 29 September. Presented fully uncut and in its most complete version, the film has been re-mastered from the original Italian restoration negatives.
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s final and most shocking film has been banned, censored and reviled the world over since its first release in 1975. Salò did not receive UK certification until late 2000, when it was passed uncut. The BFI then released it on DVD in 2001 and, despite having been out of print for almost three years, the title still ranks amongst BFI’s all-time top 10 best-selling DVDs.
The film’s content and imagery is extreme and it retains the power to shock, repel and distress even today. A brutal allegory based on the novel 120 Days of Sodom by the Marquis de Sade, the film is a cinematic milestone – culturally significant, politically vital and visually stunning.
Disc one (DVD and Blu-ray) - Salò
•Complete and uncut, re-mastered from original Italian restoration negatives
•Original Italian language version (with optional English subtitles)
•Original English language version (with optional subtitles for the hearing-impaired)
•Original Italian trailer (with optional English subtitles)
•Coil - Ostia (the Death of Pasolini) The original 1986 track from Coil’s celebrated second album, Horse Rotorvator, with a newly created video accompaniment, shot especially for this release by Peter Christopherson
Disc two (standard def PAL DVD disc, included in both DVD & Blu-ray editions)
•Open Your Eyes! (2008, 21 mins) - Newly created on-set documentary using full colour footage shot in 1974 by acclaimed film journalist and Pasolini expert Gideon Bachmann.
•Walking with Pasolini (Roberto Purvis, 2008, 21 mins) - New documentary exploring the meaning and impact of Pasolini’s film, with Neil Bartlett, David Forgacs, Noam Chomsky and Craig Lapper (Chief Examiner, BBFC).
•Whoever Says the Truth Shall Die (1981, 58 mins) Philo Bregstein’s classic documentary on the life and death of Pier Paolo Pasolini.
•Fade to Black (Nigel Algar, 2001, 24 mins) - Documentary with Mark Kermode exploring the ongoing relevance and power of Pasolini’s controversial masterpiece, with Bernardo Bertolucci and other leading directors.
•Ostia (Julian Cole, 1991, 25 mins, with optional director commentary track) – Cole’s rarely seen short film about the last days of Pasolini, starring Derek Jarman.
Extensive illustrated booklet including:
•Newly commissioned essay by Sam Rohdie (Italian film scholar and author of The Passion of Pier Paolo Pasolini)
•Sight & Sound feature by Gideon Bachmann incorporating his on-set diary
•1979 review of the film by Gilbert Adair
•James Ferman’s (BBFC) letter of appeal to the Director of Public Prosecutions
•Pasolini biography by Italian film specialist Geoffrey Nowell-Smith
•Photographs of Pasolini at work on set
•Cast and credits for the film
Release date: 29 September 2008
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Not sure that it's a movie that I want to see on high definition, but since you are already equip for the Blue-ray format.
Post by: Jimmy on September 07, 2008, 06:59:50 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: If Footmen Tires You, What Will Horses Do ? (1971)
Genre: Religious Propaganda
Director: Ron Ormond (Mesa of Lost Women)
Rating: Unrated
Length: 0h55
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Are you serious???
Plot:
Based on the preachings of Reverend Estus W. Pirkle, this film warns what will happen to America if the citizens do not give up their depraved ways and turn to God and Jesus for salvation.
My Thoughts:
After my last review I was feeling all dirty inside of me. All this talking about sex made me feel like an unchristian sinner and I was feeling so bad and guilty that I have to call my church because I was afraid to loose my soul to Satan. But the pastor after a look at my collection told me to watch one of the christian movie in it, so I've to choose between the movies : If Footmen Tires You, What Will Horses Do ? Or The Burning Hell. Finally I've choose the first one, but before the pastor ask me to prayed with him (he was really shocked by my collection) what we have made for 3 hours. After that I was ready to save my sinner soul.What can I say about this movie : the acting is bad, the story is stupid, the fact are all wrong, ... But this movie is funnier than the three Naked Gun that I've watch this week.
Like I've said this movie is a propaganda movie : it was made by one of those born again church somewhere in the south of the United States. This film talk about the evil communist and what will happen when they will invade the USA, because this country had rejected god. The Americans sin too much : they watch tv, they wear dress too short, they don't go to church everyday, they don't read the book of god and, the worst, they dance. This is not my word, the reverend Pirkle tell that multiple time in his sermon.
The Russians (the one with the ridiculous accent) conquer the United States in less than one hour and not with a lot of technological weapons, but with horses and sabers (everyone know that it had work perfectly for the Polish in the Second World War). Rapidly they have killed the President and a lot of Governors, we don't actually see any of that but the cheapest newscast of all time announce it.
After we will see how the communist will persecute the christians. They will be kill in mass (in fact the same footage used more than five times), they will kidnap every children to teach them that god doesn't exist (this scene is so funny : the Russian teacher will make the children pray god for candies but god didn't answer, so after that they pray Fidel and they receive a lot of candies), the Russian invade the home and rape the woman (evidently they are drunk), they pierced the child skull with a bamboo stick from one ear to another (do you know that this make you throw up a lot?) because they have heard the word of god. I forgot the reverend tell us that all those facts are true and that all of this is documented since the same thing had happen in Russia, in China, in Korea and in Cuba. At the end the reverend tell us that we have to accept god in our live to evit this fate, since god will choose to save another country that sin less than the United States (he named the Brazil and the Indonesia).
At less than one hour this film is really too short and can I say that I'm shocked that this movie and others like that were shown at some church at a certain time. Evidently this film is not available comercially on dvd, but they are two way to get it : write a letter to the church of the reverend Pirkle and ask (good luck) or buy it from one of the multiple grey zone movie sellers (the way I've choose).
Rating as a serious movie:
Rating as a bad movie:
I've a question for our American member : Does any of you actually have seen a film like this in a church?
Post by: Achim on September 07, 2008, 09:32:33 AM
Not sure that it's a movie that I want to see on high definition, but since you are already equip for the Blue-ray format.Thanks for looking that up. Yeah, not sure sure about this one of hi-def either :hysterical:
I'd probably get the Criterion when on sale somewhere... (like DeepDiscount's 20% sales).
Post by: Jimmy on September 27, 2008, 07:39:58 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (1981)
Genre: Drama
Director: Uli Edel
Rating: Unrated
Length: 2h05
Video: Widescreen
Audio: German
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Natja Brunckhorst
Thomas Haustein
Jens Kuphal
Rainer Wölk
Christiane Reichelt
Plot:
This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the 'Sound', a new disco with most modern equipment. Although she's legally too young, she asks a friend to take her. There she meets Detlef, who's in a clique where everybody's on drugs. Step by step she gets drawn deeper into the scene.
My Thoughts:
If you have seen my top ten in an other topic, you already know that this film is on my all time best list. What I like in this movie is the fact that the drug use is not glorified and they don't use a preaching bulshit speech. Like many others I was a drug user in my younger years (ok not so young since I've stop taken it 5 and a half years ago). I was never an addict and I've never hide the fact that I was an user when I was one (never seen that as a big deal at all). But because of this film that I've watched with my parent at 13 years old the lesson was strongly print in my mind : never use heroine. Enough with my life story :laugh:What is the most surprising in this film is the teenagers performance, they are all good. Natja Brunckhorst in the title role does a wonderfull job and for a 15 years old who is in her first movie she is 100% credible. I'm very surprise that she didn't have a bigger career. We have the feeling throughout the film of how was the life in the neighborhood where she live (I hope that it had change now) and the feeling of emptiness and despair they confronted everyday. Some scene are particularly striking : the withdrawal attempt after an overdose, the first time that Christiane sell her sexual favour for drug money and the overdose of her 14 years old friend. The soundtrack by David Bowie is great too, but I'm already a fan.
Not the most feelgood movie, but sometimes it is necessary to watch a film like this to understand the facts of life. A strong recommandation and a film that must be seen by every young teenagers.
Rating :
Post by: DJ Doena on September 27, 2008, 07:30:18 PM
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,571323,00.html
Post by: Jimmy on September 27, 2008, 08:08:01 PM
Post by: Jimmy on September 28, 2008, 03:43:19 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Who Saw Her Die? (1972)
Genre: Giallo
Director: Aldo Lado
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h34
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
George Lazenby
Anita Strindberg
Adolfo Celi
Dominique Boschero
Peter Chatel
Plot:
The life of a Venice sculptor (former James Bond George Lazenby of ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE) is torn apart when his visiting young daughter (Nicoletta Elmi of DEEP RED and TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE) is found murdered. But when the police are unable to find the killer, the grieving father's own investigation uncovers a high-level conspiracy of sexual perversion and violence. What depraved compulsions led to the murder of this child? And most horrifying of all, WHO SAW HER DIE?
My Thoughts:
I've not watch a giallo since a long time and this one was on my unwatched pile since I've bought it in april. For those who don't know a giallo is an italian murder/mystery. A good giallo must have a serie of brutal murder, an hard to solve crime and an unusual score. If a movie doesn't have this 3 parts this is not a giallo.This one is a really good one. The musical score composed by Ennio Morricone is very effective and powerfull. The story is challenging and this is what you ask when you watch a giallo, at least if you are the same type of viewer that I am. Everytime I watch those film I tried to resolve the mystery at the same time than I listen. If I find the murderer too fast, usually it means that the movie isn't good and the story too simplistic. With this one I've not find the murderer untill the end, but he/she was on my list of 3 possible murderers (one of them was killed before the end). The cinematography is very good and the movie show a different Venice than the one that we saw usually. The only reason why this film doesn't get a perfect note is the fact that this film is dub in english : I prefer to watch a film in his original language.
Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxAX9iOv6RA
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on January 11, 2009, 10:01:56 PM
OK I've wrote my reviews in a marathon topic, but this one had disapear almost at the third page and now it's time to resurect it ;D
Since many of you had wrote reviews of comic book superhero film I've decided to make my part and watch "The Fantastic Four". Not the recently release one since this is not the goal here (and I have not seen it or care about it to begin with), but one that you probably didn't even know that it exist.
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Fantastic Four (1994)
Genre: Super Hero
Director: Oley Sassone
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h30
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: No Subtitles
Stars:
Alex Hyde-White
Jay Underwood
Rebecca Staab
Michael Bailey Smith
Joseph Culp
Plot:
When an experimental space voyage goes awry, four people are forever changed by cosmic rays: Reed Richards, inventor and leader of the group gains the ability to stretch his body and takes the name Mr. Fantastic. His girlfriend, Sue Storm, gains the ability to turn invisible and create force fields becoming The Invisible Girl. Her little brother, Johnny Storm, becomes The Human Torch with the ability to control fire, including covering his own body with flame. The pilot Ben Grimm is turned into the super-strong, super-tough Thing. Together they become a team of super-heroes and use their unique powers to foil the evil plans of villains.
My Thoughts:
This movie was never suppose to be release that's why almost nobody know it, in fact it was made because the producer was about to loose the movie right of it. The actors and the crew didn't know this fact at all when they worked on the film. Because of this it's evident that the movie had some flaws, but the most apparent one is the lack of finishing on the Human Torch effect. The rest of the effects are well done and seem real enough for me (I prefer the old way of doing the special effects, the CGI effects doesn't really interest me). The cast who consist of relatively unknown actors does a good job (except for Underwood, he overact so much) : White had mostly works in tv series (his father is the annoying doctor in the second season of Buck Rodgers, Staab works on tv too and Smith was at the beginning of his career. For the movie I will not say that it's the best movie ever made, but the origin story goes fast and everything is clear. 2 vilains are present in it : evidently the Dr. Doom and The Jeweler (a lame one who doesn't exist in the comic). One big plus in comparaison with the recent films : Susan Storm is played by a real blond actress, not an untalented bleach one :P. The chemistry between the four actors is really great and this isn't a problem like it is with the others movie (from what I've understand of the review written by Tom).
If you can find it this is a fun way to pass 90 minutes in front of your tv or your computer.
Rating :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcpmM-eTESI
Post by: Najemikon on January 11, 2009, 10:55:27 PM
Post by: addicted2dvd on January 11, 2009, 11:00:35 PM
Post by: Jimmy on January 11, 2009, 11:05:15 PM
This fact tell a lot of what I like in a superhero movie ;)
and the dvd cost me only 10$ (in Canadian money, almost nothing in real money) not too bad for something unknow
Don't forget it's only a :) fun but average.
Post by: Tom on January 11, 2009, 11:12:49 PM
but one that you probably didn't even know that it exist.
I had hunted it down a few years ago and had it lying around on my hard disc (maybe it is still on it on my old PC), but I never came around to completely watch it.
Post by: Tom on January 11, 2009, 11:15:13 PM
and the dvd cost me only 10$ (in Canadian money, almost nothing in real money) not too bad for something unknow
Is there a legal release? I would buy it, if it's cheap.
Post by: Jimmy on January 11, 2009, 11:22:17 PM
Post by: Tom on January 11, 2009, 11:23:29 PM
One big plus in comparaison with the recent films : Susan Storm is played by a real blond actress, not an untalented bleach one :P. The chemistry between the four actors is really great and this isn't a problem like it is with the others movie (from what I've understand of the review written by Tom).
The bleached blonde Jessica Alba really put me off in the second movie. As far as I remember, it wasn't so bad in the first movie.
Some reviews I have read in the past, say, that they prefer the make-up job of "The Thing" in the 1994 version over the new one. Must be real good, as "The Thing" is one of the best things coming out of the new movies.
Post by: Jimmy on January 11, 2009, 11:39:12 PM
Post by: Achim on January 12, 2009, 06:12:29 AM
I had hunted it down a few years ago and had it lying around on my hard disc (maybe it is still on it on my old PC), but I never came around to completely watch it.Same here...
Some reviews I have read in the past, say, that they prefer the make-up job of "The Thing" in the 1994 version over the new one. Must be real good, as "The Thing" is one of the best things coming out of the new movies.There is a new one? How dare they! :redcard: Or did I misunderstand your post (as I can't find anything on IMDb)?
Seriously, the effects of the original hold up very well even today. And it's a classic! I may watch a remake for comparisons sake but wouldn't really have high hopes.
Post by: Tom on January 13, 2009, 08:05:35 AM
Some reviews I have read in the past, say, that they prefer the make-up job of "The Thing" in the 1994 version over the new one. Must be real good, as "The Thing" is one of the best things coming out of the new movies.There is a new one? How dare they! :redcard: Or did I misunderstand your post (as I can't find anything on IMDb)?
I think you misunderstood. We were talking about Fantastic Four and their character The Thing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(comics)).
Post by: Achim on January 13, 2009, 09:30:11 AM
I think you misunderstood. We were talking about Fantastic Four and their character The Thing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thing_(comics)).re-readng what you guys said, that indeed makes even more sense :whistle:
Although, oh horror, I believe to have read somewhere, that somebody intends to make a remake of the Thing...?
Post by: Jimmy on January 13, 2009, 05:34:12 PM
Although, oh horror, I believe to have read somewhere, that somebody intends to make a remake of the Thing...?There an entry on imdb for a movie call "The Thing" in development, but the info are only available if you have imdbPro and I don't have it. Since I can find nothing about that it could be :
1. A remake of the original movie : The thing from another world,
2. A remake of the 1982 movie,
3. A different adaptation of "Who Goes There?" the John W. Campbell's short story,
4. A movie base on the Fantastic Four character,
5. A movie that have absolutely nothing to do with anything mentions in the 4 others possibility.
All this to say that I've absolutely no idea on the remake subject :laugh:
But knowing how originality is not the big force of the american cinema, I can't reject the idea of another pointless remake.
Post by: Najemikon on January 13, 2009, 08:05:48 PM
Post by: Jimmy on January 14, 2009, 05:17:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Schramm (1993)
Genre: Drama
Director: Jörg Buttgereit
Rating: Unrated (not familly friendly at all)
Length: 1h05
Video: Full Frame
Audio: German
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Florian Koerner von Gustorf
Monika M.
Micha Brendel
Carolina Harnisch
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Plot:
Lothar Schramm (Florian Koerner von Gustorf) is dying, face down in a pool of his own blood. Behind his closed eyes, fractured memories repeat themselves again and again. He runs by the sea. He lusts after the whore (Monika M) across the hall. He staggers through life uncertainly. He kills.
'Schramm' is the story of the notorious "Lipstick Killer" Lothar Schramm's last days on earth. Revealed in a series of tightly constructed flashbacks, the film offers an unflinching look into the mind of a serial killer. Uncompromising in its depictions of violence and perversion, 'Schramm' is a poetic masterpiece guaranteed to make you squirm.
Available for the first time in the world on DVD, Barrel Entertainment has spared no expense in bringing Jörg Buttgereit's haunting study of frustration and violence to your home. Pleasant dreams...
My Thoughts:
It's been a while since I've watched this movie (almost 2 years) and tonight I was in the mood for something different, so I've decided to visit it again. The director name probably ring a bell for some members here since he had directed Nekromantik, Nekromantik 2 and Der Todesking (this one seems really interesting). I can say one thing, if you think that Nekromantik is weird be prepare for a weirdest viewing experience.In this movie you are in the head of the killer at the moment of his death (in fact the movie start with his death scene) and this man's mind is really confuse. The film is hard to understand since it doesn't have a continuous storyline from A to B, so you get the story by mixed fragment with no logical timeline. But this is a good idea to get really in the film. Surprisingly you get much more male nudity in the film than women one (even frontal one), not something that really please me but perfectly understandable since the movie is about the killer and not his victims (don't expect a serial killer movie this is not that kind of movie). Speaking of nudity, this film had one of the most unpleasant scene to watch for a man that I've ever seen :bash:1).
This is not a movie that I watch often, but if you want to watch something artistic and different give it a try.
Rating :
1. Just imagine that the head is another genre of more sensible one
Post by: DJ Doena on January 14, 2009, 07:29:26 PM
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Title: Schramm (1993)
They named a movie after me! I'm famous!! :tease:
Post by: Achim on January 15, 2009, 05:09:22 AM
They named a movie after me! I'm famous!! :tease:As long as this movie is just named after you, but not depicting your story, all is fine... :laugh:
I have never seen a Buttgereit movie (they are hard to find in Germany..., besides me not caring all that much), but I believe that many ("genre"-)critics feel this is his best one.
Post by: Jimmy on January 15, 2009, 07:04:12 AM
This is only the second film of Buttgereit that I've listened with Nekromantik and it's always an adventure to dive in his mind (even if the subject of those films aren't pleasant). But not every movie must be a fountain of pleasure, just like the real life isn't just fun and games (but that would be great).
Post by: Jimmy on January 19, 2009, 04:58:05 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Year of the Yahoo! (1972)
Genre: Drama
Director: Herschell Gordon Lewis
Rating: R
Length: 1h29
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Claude King
Ray Sager
Ronna Riddle
Robert Swain
Jeffrey Allen
Plot:
Politics go corn pone when three "Technical Advisors" choose country-western crooner Hank Jackson (singer Claude King) as their Senate candidate. What follows during this Year of the Yahoo is a campaign of clever commercials and scripted "spontaneity" but utterly no substance. But when Hank’s girlfriend accurately accuses him of selling out, his backers shut her up by having her attacked...
My Thoughts:
The last movie directed by HGL (I don't consider Blood Feast 2 made in 2002 as one of his movie, the producer had used his name) before he decided to take a break from the film industry. If you are familliar with his production you will recognize instantly 2 actors in this one : Ray Sager (he is the Wizard of Gore for all the fans, now he is a producer and he had won a Genie Award1 for The Eleventh Hour) and Jeffrey Allen (he is the mayor in Two Thousand Maniacs!). The rest of the cast is composed mostly of one timer (pretty usual in the Lewis movies) and Claude King who is not really an actor does a good in his role (but in a way he play himself, since he is a country singer). The story is interesting and show how a politician his created by the image makers (I really hope that everyone know that everything our politicians do or say is scripted), something not known well in 72. This is a different movie than what Lewis do usually but it's a good one (I can't say the same thing for This Stuff'll Kill Ya that is the second features on the dvd, this movie is boring). Rating :
1. The Genie Awards or Gemini Awards in english are given by the Canadian television industry.
Post by: Jimmy on January 20, 2009, 05:31:52 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Pretty Peaches 3: The Quest (1989)
Genre: Adult
Director: Alex De Renzy
Rating: xxx
Length: 1h34
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Keisha
Tracey Adams
Rachel Ryan
Eric Price
Jamie Gillis
Plot:
Meet Peaches. She's left home on a quest for spiritual enlightenment. What she finds on her journey isn't exactly spiritual, but it's definitely enlightening. The best yet from the award-wining creator of Pretty Peaches 1 and 2.
My Thoughts:
Certainly one of the last adult movie made that we can call a film without laughing. The people who know me know that I made no distinction between any genre of film (the best movie that I've seen is an adult one), if I enjoy a movie this is fine with me and I don't really care if Meryl Streep or Long Jeanne Silver is the star of it.The first distintictive point of this movie is the fact that it wasn't filmed with a video camera (one of the big reason why almost nothing good was made since the mid-eighties by the adult industry), but on film stock like a movie is suppose to be. Because of this the cinematography is great : the scene were the preacher building is attacked by the police force is astounding with the use of fog, sound and light effects. The story is not too complicated to follow this is evidently not as good than a Golden Age movies, but if we compare it with anything done in the last 10 years this scenario is Oscar material. The cast acting isn't too bad (I've seen worse in some mainstream film) and Keisha does a very nice job with the script (in fact she is a much better actress than Ginger Lynn). There are some interesting scene like the one with Rachel Ryan and an inflatable guy doll or the one between Keisha and Mike Horner as an Indian guru. I really like the performance of Jamie Gillis as a roguish preacher. One last thing, even if you have never watch an adult movie you will recognize one of the actor : John Anthony Bailey who was in The Kentucky Fried Movie, Wonderbug, Love at First Bite and in a lot of tv series. He doesn't have any sex scene, but as usual he play a funny black pimp stereotype.
A very good movie, but it's a film directed by Alex De Renzy so this isn't a surprise.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on January 22, 2009, 04:12:02 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Messiah of Evil (1972)
Genre: Horror
Director: Willard Huyck
Rating: R
Length: 1h29
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Michael Greer
Marianna Hill
Joy Bang
Anitra Ford
Royal Dano
Plot:
A young woman travels to a small California seaside town to visit her father, an artist. When she arrives at his home, she finds him missing and his home filled with numerous paintings of his creation. The woman decides to explore the town to find out what happened to her father and discovers some strange happenings involving the local populous.
My Thoughts:
I've decided to watch the rest of the movie that are in the 50 movie pack that I've bought in october for the horror marathon, so here we go with the first one. This movie is really confusing at the end I was not sure if it was a cannibal movie or a zombie movie or a possesion movie or a werewolf movie (without the werewolf) or a weird wtf movie. Not that I've not appreciated it, but this is really a strange adventure to follow. The acting is so-so, but many of the actors are familliar even if the name doesn't ring a bell : Marianna Hill (The Baby), Anitra Ford (Invasion of the Bee Girls), Royal Dano (Killer Klowns from Outer Space), Elisha Cook Jr. (Salem's Lot) and Charles Dierkop (Silent Night, Deadly Night). One albinos actor playing a corpse collector is really frightening, I have no idea of who he is but he had certainly appeared in some other horror movies. One of the killing scene that happens in a movie theatre is perfect : very suspensefull and creepy, in fact this is the best moment in the movie. Not a great movie (maybe because of the not so great print that I own), but if you don't try to understand what happens you will like it. Finally, don't count on the end to understand what you have just watched this is even more confusing.
Rating :
edit : Does the director name sound familliar to you? He is the director of the infamous "Howard the Duck" :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on January 22, 2009, 05:49:58 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Blancheville Monster (1964)
Genre: Horror
Director: Alberto De Martino
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h28
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Gerard Tichy
Leo Anchoriz
Ombretta Colli
Helga Liné
Iran Eory
Plot:
A young woman returns to her family estate from finishing school to find her brother in charge, a new staff in place and her father horribly disfigured and living in one of the castle towers. The father believes that the family curse will be taken away if the daughter dies before her 21st birthday, just a few days away. The eerie feelings around the castle continue to build as the fateful day comes closer until they reach a climax when the father escapes from the tower.
My Thoughts:
Not really my genre of movie, the action is really slow and nothing really happens. You have almost the impression to watch a silent movie : the actors expressions are exagerated, the music is almost constant and the reactions shot are always long. Usually I don't like the movies inspired by the stories of Edgar Allan Poe for the reasons already cited and this one is not an exception. But the movie had some positive point : it didn't end the way I was thinking and there are some nudity (not too much this is 1964) when Ombretta Colli get up one night with a see-through night gowns.Certainly not something that I will rewatch again.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on January 23, 2009, 03:47:18 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Cathy's Curse (1977)
Genre: Horror
Director: Eddy Matalon
Rating: R
Length: 1h21
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Alan Scarfe
Beverley Murray
Randi Allen
Dorothy Davis
Mary Morter
Plot:
After a terrible car accident twenty years ago killed his father and sister, a man returns to his family home with his wife and daughter. The daughter takes up residence in her deceased aunt's room and, after finding some of her possessions, becomes possessed by her spirit. Soon strange happenings and mysteriouss deaths begin to occur in the household as the possessed girl lashes out at those around her.
My Thoughts:
A very forgetable horror movie made with French Canadian money, yes it's a movie from my province but don't search for a French Canadian actor in it. The acting is really poor, one of the actor (Alan Scarfe) had a lot of credit after this and I really hope that his acting goes better. The sad thing is that with a better script this movie could have been better, I don't say original since it's a cheap Exorcist ripoff but better. The director will make a year later the movie "Blackout" who is a better exemple of a good Canadian product. Finally this print is certainly one of the worst I've seen : this is a false widescreen (the top and the bottom of the film are cut), the colours are fade, a lot of ghost image are present and the soundtrack is really noisy (a strange distorsion is always present). I've taken a screen capture to show you how the picture is bad.(http://img34.picoodle.com/img/img34/3/1/22/f_Clipboard01m_f2074b7.jpg)
the majority of the time this is worse than that
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on January 24, 2009, 03:05:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Alpha Incident (1977)
Genre: Science-Fiction
Director: Bill Rebane
Rating: PG
Length: 1h35
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Ralph Meeker
Stafford Morgan
John Goff
Carol Irene Newell
George "Buck" Flower
Plot:
A Mars space probe returns to Earth and brings with it a micro-organism from the red planet. While transporting the microscopic alien life form by train, there is an accident and the micro-organism is unleashed. Exposure to the alien virus forces four strangers into quarantine while government scientists rush to find a cure.
My Thoughts:
This one is a low budget, but since the majority of the film happen in a train station this is not a problem. It's always good to see character actors in bigger parts, since they can act when they get the chance. But even if I really like Buck Flowers I was happy to see him die (his acting in that is really annoying). Another great surprise for me was to see that John Alderman as a big role in this since he is one of my favourite actor. The story is an interesting one, but the characters are a little bit to caricatural and unidimensional.Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on January 25, 2009, 02:17:04 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Cold (1984)
Genre: Horror
Director: Bill Rebane
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h24
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Tom Blair
Jim Iaquinta
Carol Perry
Stuart Osborne
Don Arthur
Plot:
Nine people are invited to a secluded mansion at the request of three millionaires. It seems the millionaires have invited these people to participate in a game, wich involves their deepest fears, for a prize of $1,000,000. Each guest must face and survive their encounters in hopes of winning the money.
My Thoughts:
Can I say that I live an overdose of Bill Rebane's movies, 3 in 2 days (I've not written a review of The Demon of Ludlow, because this movie is just stupid)... The basic idea of this movie is good since this is a reality show long before their creation, but this is the only good comment that I will make. The acting is incredibly bad : one of the girl had absolutly no acting talent she's in the film because she had agreed to do the nude parts. There are absolutly no characters building, most of them die and we have no idea of who they are. I'm sure that this movie had no script : the story change continuously even the end make no sense since this killer is never mentions or seen in the movie before the end.Probably the stupidest movie in this boxset.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on January 26, 2009, 05:34:58 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
Genre: Italian Cannibal
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h37
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Robert Kerman
Gabriel Yorke
Francesca Ciardi
Perry Pirkanen
Luca Giorgio Barbareschi
Plot:
Banned and heavily censored the world over, here is a film that surpasses its reputation as a shot-gun blast to the senses. CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST presents the "found footage" of a group of four documentary filmmakers who experience brutal death at the hands of a savage South American tribe of flesh-eaters. This footage is so intense, so graphic and so unflinching in its realism that the director and producer of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST were arrested upon its original release and the film seized.
My Thoughts:
This movie as you probably already know is one of the greatest one ever made for me, it's even one of the only 2 movies that I've rated with a perfect 10 on imdb. The fact that almost 30 years after it was made it remains as controversial today show all the greatness of it. This movie is made with 2 different parts : the search for the lost documentary footages and the making of this documentary. The search part take most of the running time, but this isn't the reason why I like this film so much. In fact, most of it is dub and not really different than any others jungle movie made before. The power of this movie reside in the documentary footage and how it's easy to manipulate the picture to make them tell what we want them to tell. The actors did a real good job to bring the viewer to hate the characters they represent even if this character is the viewer who wants always more. They do their job so well that at the end we are almost happy to see them die so atrociously. I know that many people can't stand the idea that real animals are killed in that, but this is necessary to show how the documentary team is : the pleasure they have to kill a turtle or a pig is nothing in comparaison with what they do to the native tribe village or to the native girl. Personally at the risk to not be popular (but this isn't a populary contest) the animal violence is not something that I care really for, I've never understand why the occidental civilization make such a big deal with that. Thousands and thousands of human die each day in armed conflict everywhere, am I suppose to cry for the fate of a cow or a dog? ::) Rating :
Post by: Najemikon on January 26, 2009, 10:03:14 AM
Thousands and thousands of human die each day in armed conflict everywhere, am I suppose to cry for the fate of a cow or a dog?
If the animal is being killed merely for entertainment/sport/fun then it is obscene. Loss of human life on one side shouldn't excuse loss of basic human decency on the other.
I haven't seen the film and have no real desire to, but there is never, ever a single excuse to kill something for the sake of the film or the story. If it's a real documentary showing people acting for themselves, not the camera, and they kill animals or even each other, then keep filming, because it's just nature. If a director tells an actor to kill something because he needs to shock the audience then him, his actor and his film can fuck right off! It just shows a lack of talent, laziness or both because editing can achieve the same conclusion.
Post by: richierich on January 26, 2009, 01:09:35 PM
I am a bit of a wuss when it comes to gory movies, having to hide behind a cushion at the worst parts of some extreme films.
On Jimmys basis that he rates this a perfcet 10, I will have to steel myself and give this a spin, and i will blame him if I have nightmares :weep:
Post by: Jimmy on January 26, 2009, 04:23:49 PM
Rich if you have the same dvd that I have you can watch it without the animal parts. But I've no idea of how the movie is without them.
Post by: Najemikon on January 26, 2009, 04:44:41 PM
Jon the animals in the movie were to be kill anyway by the native since this is what they eat, the only one killed for the sake of the movie was a spider and honestly who care for a spider. I don't see any difference with this and a film crew that goes in a slaughterhouse to film what happen there or filming a chinese restaurant practice. I've gone hunting and fishing a lot of time when I was younger and I don't think that I'm an indecent or bad guy. Sure everything caught was eating at the familly table and to be honest a fresh bunny or partridge taste great.
I haven't fished or hunted but I'm not a vegetarian and no, of course that doesn't make you a bad guy. If we were discussing a documentary about hunting that's fine too. Another exception might be City of God; I seem to remember a chicken being killed and one escaping, but this was real footage of real people simply used with dramatised film so I can accept that as well.
You have confused me though! Easy done. :-[ "the animals in the movie were to be kill anyway by the native since this is what they eat". So is this part documentary using real natives? If so, I had no idea and although I still have no wish to see it, I can accept its methods.
Post by: Jimmy on January 26, 2009, 05:10:25 PM
If a director tells an actor to kill something because he needs to shock the audience then him, his actor and his film can fuck right off! It just shows a lack of talent, laziness or both because editing can achieve the same conclusion.A lot of others director had done the same thing and they don't get any critics because of this. Just to give some names : Francis Ford Coppola, Umberto Lenzi, Bernardo Bertolucci, T.F. Mous and Sam Peckinpah. Some of them are certainly talented and they have used this in highly praised movie.
So is this part documentary using real natives? If so, I had no idea and although I still have no wish to see it, I can accept its methods.The movie was filmed in the Columbian jungle in a very isolated location. The natives in the film are in majority the "primitive" tribe living there, like I've said the animals are part of the native regime (they have to eat too). Just two animals (one turtle and a pig) are kill by the actors, but for the movie they have to be kill by them and those 2 were eaten too by the natives after (nothing was kill just to be trash after the filming). I can understand that this isn't a movie for everybody, even myself I found it hard to watch but not necessarely for the animal scenes.
Edit : By the way this "sport" is more cruel than anything shown in this movie
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Post by: Najemikon on January 26, 2009, 05:38:52 PM
If a director tells an actor to kill something because he needs to shock the audience then him, his actor and his film can fuck right off! It just shows a lack of talent, laziness or both because editing can achieve the same conclusion.A lot of others director had done the same thing and they don't get any critics because of this. Just to give some names : Francis Ford Coppola, Umberto Lenzi, Bernardo Bertolucci, T.F. Mous and Sam Peckinpah. Some of them are certainly talented and they have used this in highly praised movie.
I suppose I mean killing animals for the sake of a plot point. Remember Turner and Hooch? If they actually shot Hooch, that would be wrong! :hysterical: I'm trying to think what examples these are though and I can't think of Peckinpah's. Regards Coppola, I can think of two; but the horse was already dead (The Godfather) ;) and like the example that started this, the water buffalo sacrifice in Appocalypse Now was going to happen anyway as they were real natives.
Edit : By the way this "sport" is more cruel than anything shown in this movie
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Oh absolutely. I've argued against blood sports for years, and still do, because despite the ban in England, there is still strong support.
Post by: Jimmy on January 26, 2009, 07:30:44 PM
I'm trying to think what examples these are though and I can't think of Peckinpah's. Regards Coppola, I can think of two; but the horse was already dead (The Godfather) ;) and like the example that started this, the water buffalo sacrifice in Appocalypse Now was going to happen anyway as they were real natives.For Coppola this is the one in Appocalypse Now.
For Peckinpah this is in The Wild Bunch this is the scorpion in the anthill and the chicken shooting in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid.
Post by: richierich on January 29, 2009, 02:15:05 PM
edit : In one of the scene Emanuelle is on an island that is a market where the rich women can buy some young men to please them. I find this degrading and not correct to show those men like they were just some sexual object
Very funny :hysterical: :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on January 30, 2009, 07:52:51 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001)
Genre: Science-Fiction
Director: Larry Blamire
Rating: PG
Length: 1h30
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, French and CC
Stars:
Larry Blamire
Fay Masterson
Andrew Parks
Brian Howe
Susan McConnell
Plot:
Remember the good old days when anyone with a camera, a few thousand bucks, and more ambition than talent could schlep up to Bronson Canyon and quickly make a cheap sci-fi/horror movie? Well, they're back! The LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA is an affectionate, meticulous re-creation of those notoriously cheesy clunkers, as a gaggle of beloved stereotypes pursue "that rarest of all radioactive elements - atmosphereum."
My Thoughts:
This is not an obligation to have seen a lot of classic sci-fi B-movies from the fifties/sixties, but at least you must appreciate them since this movie is an hommage to them and what a great hommage. It's really easy to imagine that you are watching a Roger Corman, Ed Wood, Ron Ashcroft or Del Tenney movie. All the ingredients are there : the silly dialogue, the pseudo-science, the bad man-in-suit mutant, the Plan Ninesque alien, the cheap special effect (the skeleton is a plastic lab one and the ropes are clearly visible), the cliché story, the dance number coming out of nowhere,the bad acting... Evidently all of this is done voluntarily and that's why this film is so great.Sure this is not an in your face comedy (to use a more polite word that the one I've in my head), but this is one of the funnier that I've seen in the last 10 years. It's impossible to not laugh at many of the dialogue lines, just some exemple :
"I yell not from the volume required by great distance but from happy excitement."
"I don't know. Nothing I can put my finger on. Not something I can see or touch or feel. But something I can't quite see or touch or feel or put my finger on."
"Ranger Brad, I'm a scientist, I don't believe in anything."
"Seriously, Betty, you know what this meteor could mean to science. If we find it, and it's real, it could mean a lot. It could mean actual advances in the field of science."
If you get your hand on it take it you will not regret it. This movie is exactly what an independant low budget production is suppose to be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe9Fs10IIk0
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Post by: Jimmy on January 31, 2009, 04:25:06 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Last House on the Left (1972)
Genre: Crime
Director: Wes Craven
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h24
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish and CC
Stars:
David A. Hess
Fred Lincoln
Jeramie Rain
Sandra Cassell
Lucy Grantham
Plot:
Easy going Mari Collingwood and her fun-loving friend Phyllis are on their way to a Bloodlust concert to celebrate Mari's 17th birthday when three escaped convicts kidnap and torture them. But Mari and Phyllis are fighters, and although they are drugged and beaten into unconsciousness, stuffed in a car trunk and driven into the woods for even more brutality, they are still alive…. But for how long?
My Thoughts:
You realize that you have a lot of movies the day you find that you have not watch a favourite one since a long time and I've not watch Last House for at least 3 years... This film is certainly more known than what I usually reviewed here, but I've decide to give it a go anyway.Like I've said this is one of my favourite and to add to the nostalgy this is the first "hard exploitation" film that I've seen when I was 16 years old a long time ago. I will say immediately my problem with this dvd, even if it's suppose to be the complete version this isn't : the canadian vhs version is the complete one. Not that more scenes are in it, but the violence is harder (the killing of Phyllis is longer, more of the suicide of Junior is seen,...). But the vhs is Pan & Scan so we can't have everything.
The acting is really good with some exceptions but just to name a few great performances : David Hess and Fred Lincoln as the bad guys and Sandra Cassell and Lucy Grantham as the victims. Wes craven does a nice job to make us like and care for the girls immediatly. Perfect scenario, dark and grimy just like I like my movie. This movie had probably one of the most touching dying scene that I've ever seen in a film when Mari decided that she had suffered enough, make her prayer, go in the lake to drown herself and end being shot by Krugg. Even if you don't like this genre of film you will agree that this scene is a masterpiece (Jon I'm talking to you ;)). The soundtrack is very good too, it's really sad that this disc is impossible to find since some songs like "Now You're All Alone" and "Wait for the Rain" are really wonderfull. Evidently I don't like everything in the film, the humoristic moment with the sheriff and the chicken driver are unecessary and harm the message and the mood of the film.
Another fun fact that not everyone know (I must have some unknown facts to respect my topic theme ;)) is the connection with the adult movie industry and this film. Fred Lincoln was one of the regular actor in the golden age movies before he became a well known adult movie director, Lucy Grantham had made many loops for Sean Costello, Wes Craven had worked as a crewman in many adult movies (even if he denied it) and Sean Cunningham had directed a couple of adult movies in the beginning of his career (even if this isn't listed in his credit).
It's evident that I recommand it and please don't loose your time with the unnecessary remake due this year or the awfull David DeFalco ripoff made in 2005.
It's kind of sad that Wes Craven had lost his magic touch more and more with the time.
Rating :
Post by: Najemikon on January 31, 2009, 01:38:23 PM
Even if you don't like this genre of film you will agree that this scene is a masterpiece (Jon I'm talking to you ;)).
:-X
I detest this film. I've often said it's the worst I've ever seen and part of that is because the murders are done so well and the basic story is very good. You may immediately think that having a couple of exceptional scenes or a decent actor means it can't be the worst, but what I look for in a film is consistency; delivering on a promise. It wouldn't have mattered if the murders weren't as good or the actors all shit if the second half of the film made any sense at all. It's bollocks and I found it insulting that I was expected to like this garbage. The way the parents reacted was simply ridiculous and there was zero tension and even less skill from the so-called director.
I mentioned the term decent actor earlier. Actually, I think only the two girls stood out as anything near decent. The gang were an absolute joke and I wasn't convinced by the parents for a moment. I don't think we could agree less on this film, Jimmy, because I thought the sheriff and the chicken scene was the best bit!
Because of these points, I'm really looking forward to the remake! The new version of The Hills Have Eyes was great, so hopefully we'll get something similar. There's a remake of Nightmare on Elm St. coming as well! :devil: All things being equal, I'd have liked to have seen a Hitchcock version of this story. That could have been special.
Post by: Achim on January 31, 2009, 02:49:45 PM
I detest this film. I've often said it's the worst I've ever seen [...]Funny thing here is, it just may be that Wes Craven may be one of the first to agree with you here :laugh: (going by the interview from the disc.
I did somewhat like the film, but merely as the exploitation film it was. I agree that the remake for Hill Have Eyes was great so I just may give this one a try too :)
Post by: addicted2dvd on January 31, 2009, 03:14:57 PM
Post by: Jimmy on January 31, 2009, 06:30:30 PM
Sorry Jon but David Hess is excellent there, nobody could have played a psychotic gang leader like he have done. He had a strong and frightening precence on the screen everytime he appears this isn't for nothing if he continue to get works in the business (how many actors can say that after 37 years?). Fred Lincoln even if he doesn't shine as much as Hess, play the sidekick part very well. He is not a psychopat, but he is a part of this because he had escape the jail with Krugg that's why you can see more than one dimension to his characters. Lincoln could have became a great characters actor too, but his first love was the adult industry and honestly theres no way that I will make any critics for his decision. Without it films like She Comes in Colors, The Outlaw, Nurse Nancy, Same Time Every Year and Trouble (just to name a few) would have never been made.
The remake don't interest me a single minute, why would I want to watch a teen movie with an insignificant cast of plastic tv wanabee in a film that will have everything good from the original one remove? This is the same with The Hills have eyes remake, I own it and I've watched it : verdict - a complete waste of my time...
Post by: Najemikon on January 31, 2009, 07:21:08 PM
It's evident that I prefer the first part, but the second one is interesting too since the movie go to a different genre completly. The movie start as a very dark and sleazy girls in distress one to become in the second part a revenge story. I agree that the parents revenge is unconventional, but it must match the act done by the Krugg Gang to be effective. Do you think seriously that the way almost anyone would have react would have made a better film? The parents find the dead girl and call the police... Now that would have been stupid... The revenge of Max von Sydow in The Virgin Spring (surprise that I've this) isn't different and I don't think anyone would say that this Bergman's movie is a ridiculous pieces of garbage...
Of course the parents wouldn't call the police (though if they did, it would be an hilarious twist!); the whole point is about the cyclic nature of violence. My issue is simply that the way they took their revenge was impossible to identify with and so ridiculous you're taken out of the story, whereas the scene in the forest is done so stark and real. Two words: blow job. How could anyone think for a second that was feasible?
There isn't a single moment in Last House or any of Craven's films that bears comparison with Bergman. And contrary to popular belief, I do think Craven is a good director, just an inconsistent one. Bergman's message is so much clearer and deeper without resorting to showing such detailed brutality.
Actually, have you seen In The Bedroom? Very powerful drama with a similar message.
Post by: Jimmy on January 31, 2009, 07:50:13 PM
Two words: blow job. How could anyone think for a second that was feasible?I have to agree with you there. But since she wants him out of the house this is the only thing that she can think of, why not just stab him or cut his throat when he is tied? Seems more logic to me, but don't forget this is an exploitation picture and this is the way with them. That make me think of Day of the Woman (aka I Spit on Your Grave) when Jeniffer got in the bath with Johnny to achieves her revenge, not logic one second but what a powerfull scene (much better than the one we discuss here).
Bergman's message is so much clearer and deeper without resorting to showing such detailed brutality.Agree again, but this isn't the same public : one is a drive-in exploitation film and the other is an arthouse movie. But the fact remains that the parent got their revenge in a similar way, minus the sex and the chainsaw
Actually, have you seen In The Bedroom?No, looks a little bit boring for my taste no? Sissy Spacek equals mostly boring tv drama in my book. But maybe I'll give it a go (if I find it cheap) since I was never deceive by one of your recommandation...
Post by: Najemikon on January 31, 2009, 08:41:36 PM
Actually, have you seen In The Bedroom?No, looks a little bit boring for my taste no? Sissy Spacek equals mostly boring tv drama in my book. But maybe I'll give it a go (if I find it cheap) since I was never deceive by one of your recommandation...
You're probably right, and I was thinking that actually even as I typed! Todd Field is definitely a meticulous drama director and the story is mainly a study of grief, so it's dry and a little slow. That's what I thought it would be anyway when I sat down to watch it and for two thirds I was right. Just a solid well written brilliantly acted drama. Then it goes in a slightly different direction... very much worth seeing. Especially as it features Marisa Tomei, who is just wonderful and criminally under-used. :thumbup:
Post by: Jimmy on February 01, 2009, 01:13:27 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: House on the Edge of the Park (1980)
Genre: Crime
Director: Ruggero Deodato
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h31
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
David A. Hess
Giovanni Lombardo Radice
Annie Belle
Lorraine De Selle
Cristian Borromeo
Plot:
HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK has no mercy. Right from the start, the evil and violence of Alex (David A. Hess) and his slightly retarded sidekick Ricky (Giovanni Lombardo Radice aka John Morghen), dominate the movie as they rape and strangle a young girl.
After helping a rich couple with their car, they invite themselves to a party. The people at the party seem bored and looking for kicks, unaware of the two madmen in their midst. When the tension is broken, the film descends into an unrelenting collection of repugnant moments of humiliation, rape, mutilation and murder.
My Thoughts:
I've decided to watch this one after Last House on the Left since it's essantially an italian version of Last House set in the city. I think the plot is honest for what this film is since this is exactly the movie, don't expect any comic relief or genre shifting. I will not comment on David Hess again since in this film he plays Krugg Stillo with a different name. Giovanni Lombardo Radice give the best performance of his career (not with his voice since the movie is dub, but with the gestuals and expressions he use to play a retard). The rest of the cast isn't better or worse than any others italian exploitation films made in this period. But you will see many familliar faces in it : Annie Belle (Bacchanales sexuelles), Lorraine De Selle (Cannibal ferox), Christian Borromeo (Tenebre) and Brigitte Petronio (Emanuelle Around the World) are all easilly recognizable. The movie is violent and some of the scenes are pretty realist (the effect for the slicing of Cindy is particullary well done). You have the same vibe from the beginning untill the end. The movie had a twist ending that make absolutly no sense when you think of it more than 3 seconds, but I can live with that. Riz Ortolani had written another good musical score for this one. My only problem with this film is the english dubbing that is ridicule by moment.It's italian exploitation so you get a lot of nudity if you don't like the violence...
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Post by: richierich on February 01, 2009, 07:46:58 PM
By the way : Am I the only one who think that Lucy Grantham had age wonderfully?
Yep, I think you are the only one
:hysterical: :laugh: :hysterical: :tease:
Post by: Jimmy on February 24, 2009, 02:03:44 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Curse of Lizzie Borden II - Prom Night (2008)
Genre: Horror
Director: Eric Swelstad
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h19
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Randal Malone
Kate Reavis
Roxy Darr
Jeanine Orci
Aaron Ferguson
Plot:
Five years ago, Cassie Daniels, thinking herself to be Lizzie Borden, savagely murdered six innocent people. Since that time, Cassie has been locked away in a saitarium where, every night, she is plagued by blood drenched nightmares and haunted by the ghosts of her victims. During a therapy session, Cassie slips back into her Lizzie Borden persona and brutally murders her doctor - setting off a chain-reaction of violence and bloodshed.
Under an assumed name, Cassie befriends the new history professor at the local Community College. The students are studying American folklore and Lizzie Borden is the topic of choice. The body count quickly begins to rise as the students prepare for the upcoming end-of-semester Prom Night bash. With an axe gripped tightly in her hands, Cassie hacks her way through the faculty and student body untill the final bloody showdown wich leaves one brave student to face the deranged and homicidal lunatic. Only one will survive!
My Thoughts:
The first part was one of the worst movies that I've ever seen in my life and since I'm a masochist the moment I've heard that a sequel was to be made I've decided to get it. Evidently my expectations for this film were really low and I was not really anxious to watch it (I wanted to wait the next horror marathon, but Pete wanted a review now). To be honest the movie was better than expected : the effects are done better (but it's not that hard to beat the previous one), the new actress who play Lizzie Borden can act (she's very beautifull too), there are more than one location, they haven't use a cheap digital camera this time (probably filmed on digital again, but the DP is more talented than the DP for the first one), the movie is better written (some line are actually funny) and the prom band is not to bad. But... most of the cast members can't act to save their life, the prom is really cheap looking (I really mean it) and unecessary, the film feels like "Silent Night part 2" because of the footages of the original use for it and, the worst, the annoying Randall Malone is back as some kind of a ghost (he is the fat queer in the original) and his acting is even crappier than in the first part.You probably already know if this is for you or not, but in my case it was a nice surprise. I can say that it's the best movie made in 2008 that I've bought this year, but... it's the only one that I've got :laugh:
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Post by: addicted2dvd on February 24, 2009, 12:09:40 PM
Post by: Najemikon on February 24, 2009, 07:21:13 PM
Jimmy, I know you don't like mainstream films as a rule, but come on! I'd take the shittiest remake or sequel over that. It's like a couple of kids did a weird home movie! It wouldn't even pass a Media course at a college. I can't believe it's even possible to buy it! :shrug: :tease:
Post by: addicted2dvd on February 24, 2009, 07:44:47 PM
Post by: Jimmy on February 25, 2009, 12:42:56 AM
???Compare to the previous one this movie is a big improvment. Sometimes you are lucky when you take a chance on very low budget movie, not often but it can happen. Every director had to start somewhere and usually those first films aren't that great (just some that I have) :
Jimmy, I know you don't like mainstream films as a rule, but come on! I'd take the shittiest remake or sequel over that. It's like a couple of kids did a weird home movie! It wouldn't even pass a Media course at a college. I can't believe it's even possible to buy it! :shrug: :tease:
- Brian Depalma : Murder à la Mod
- John Carpenter : Dark Star
- Sam Raimi : The Evil Dead
- William Girdler : Asylum of Satan
- Frank Henenlotter : Basket Case
- etc
As you can see there are some gems in this short list. But to be honest the only reason why I've bought this is because the original was worst than a piece of shit.
I'll take a movie like this or, even, Within the Wood before any pointless Hollywood remake like The Day the Earth Stood Still or Halloween or Suspiria (thanks God this one looks dead).
Post by: Najemikon on February 25, 2009, 09:22:05 AM
Post by: Jimmy on March 04, 2009, 06:40:37 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: L'Amour (1984)
Genre: Love Story
Director: Jack Remy
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h25
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Kay Parker
Harry Reems
Jamie Gillis
Angel
Tom Byron
Plot:
An erotic comedy that gets somewhat complicated, with everyone screwing everyone else -- but there's plenty of sex action to keep your body occupied. The characters are easy to like -- they're good people, who go to the right restaurants, know the right stock brokers, and wear the right fashions. With lush photography and posh settings, this is the best looking film of the year.
My Thoughts:
I miss the time when an adult movie was a movie and not a plotless story to get boring sex scenes after boring sex scenes. I miss the time when the adult performers were able to say more than 2 phrases in a row without an unatural feeling. I miss the time when the actress were naturally beautifull and not remake in plastic. God, sometimes I feel old...So what we have here? One of the best movie I've seen in my life, not as good as Misty Bethoven but easilly a new entry in my top ten. This is a wonderfull love story between a divorced couple (Parker and Reems) who are always in love with each other even if they don't see it (in fact Reems get married again after the divorce). The story start when Kay parker came to live at her ex-husband house with their son (a very young and nice looking Tom Biron) because he haven't paid his child support. Evidently this situation displease to the new wife of Harry Reems played by Angel (she's the girl on the cover and she is one of the most beautifull woman to have ever appear in an adult feature). The acting is great and I'm serious since the movie countains much more plot scene than sex scene (not really a problem for me, since I don't like sex festival). Gillies, Reems and Parker are reliable as usual and even the ordinary not so good actors give a credible performance here. Even if it's not as interesting as the principal story, you get a nice teenagers love story between Tom Biron and Shanna McCullough.
Really a perfect movie professionally made with a good cinematography, a lot of outdoor scene, an original soundtrack (a very beautifull romantic theme song), many funny lines, an highly erotic atmosphere (you feel the love) and a very good end (not surprising but good anyway).
You even get a surprise with one of the actress (Ivory Essex), but don't count on me to tell you what it is :P
The only downside is the fact that this movie is not available yet on dvd like many others movies directed by Jack Remy (maybe he is the copyright owner of his film, contrary to many adult movie director :shrug:).
And finally, even if the title is in french the movie isn't a french one...
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Post by: Jimmy on March 06, 2009, 07:25:55 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Nothing to Hide (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Anthony Spinelli
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h38
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
John Leslie
Richard Pacheco
Chelsea Manchester
Erica Boyer
Misty Regan
Plot:
Those familiar with the Talk Dirty To Me films will remember John Leslie's character Jack, a smooth-talking playboy who couldn't seem to miss with the ladies, and his dim-witted strike-out king buddy Lenny. This film centers around Lenny, who after being humiliated by an off-hand remark made by another of Jack's soon-to-be conquests, literally runs into a girl who's as much of a dork as he is. Love blooms. They get married, although Jack voices his opposition. Lenny lives happily ever after, while Jack is left with one shallow sex session after another. The remarkable statement made by this film - sex isn't everything - makes it one of the all-time stand out couples tapes as well as a certified scorching sex film.
My Thoughts:
An adult movie again today, sorry if that bothers you but this is the genre of film that I'm in the mood to watch since a couple of week (just a look at my watched banner and this is pretty clear). This one is another classic from a time when those movies played theatrically. This film was directed by Anthony Spinelli so we already know that we will have something good in our hand (Spinelli had never directed a movie on video, he had decided to end his career instead). This is a really good story about the friendship between two very different men. John Leslie is a womanizer who doesn't really care about the girl (he wants to fuck and that's all), Pacheco is more naive and shy and he search for the real love (make me think of me when I was young). In the film more of the action is from Leslie and his one timer, but the most beautifull and erotic moment happen between Lenny (Pacheco) and Karen (Chelsea Manchester) when they had their first relation, it feels so much like 2 teenagers who love each other do it the first time (at least it was like that when I was one 20 years ago). The acting is good, but this is not a surprise that Leslie and Pacheco can act (Pacheco had always choose his role carefully during his career). Chelsea Manchester, Misty Regan and Holly McCall does a good job too, in fact only Erica Boyer isn't a real good actress but she had not too much to say (but she was a real sexual bomb :drooling:). For the rest the cinematography is good, there are a lot of action (even car stunt), some quote of Leslie are really funny, the music is great and everyone here is natural.This one is available on dvd, but the label who had released it had placed their logo on the screen occasionally. This is why I don't own it, I can't stand those logo when I pay a good price for a dvd.
If you had bought some adult movie because of my precedent recommandation, you can go with this one too. I'm sure that you will like it.
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Post by: Jimmy on March 08, 2009, 07:40:13 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Naked Came the Stranger (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Radley Metzger
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Darby Lloyd Rains
Levi Richards
Mary Stuart
Alan Marlowe
Helen Madigan
Plot:
Williams and Gillian have the most popular radio talk show around, maybe because they talk about sex. But when William starts giving intimate sex advice in his spare time, his lovely wife decides to give him a dose of his own medicine. Another classic from acclaimed director Henry Paris.
My Thoughts:
It's been a while since I've watched an Henry Paris(Metzger alias for his adult film) movie. I've always enjoyed everything directed by him and I've pass his others dvd release because they are cut. But thanks to another great forum (at least for someone like me) I've found the classic Metzger's movies uncut the only way to see them. This one like all the Metzger's movie had a great script (in fact this is based on the "Penelope Ashe" book (http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/Hoaxipedia/Naked_Came_The_Stranger/)) and really good acting. This is probably the adult movie that he had made that looks the less like one. I explain myself, there aren't a lot of complete sexual acts and to be honest the feeling I get from it is that I'm not the target for it. The majority of the sex scenes are oral sex on man, not that I can't appreciated that but sometimes you reach the point when enough is enough. I really like the encounters between Rains and Gerald Grant (from Score (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,695.msg70223.html#msg70223)) that plays like a silent movie and the one between Rains and Alan Marlowe while they do it riding in a bus in New York. Like I've said the dvd release is cut and a lot (11 minutes) and I honestly can't see what can be warrant that much censorship. Too bad since I'm sure Kathy would had liked this one...Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on March 09, 2009, 02:18:52 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Hot Summer in the City (1976)
Genre: Roughie
Director: Gail Palmer
Rating: XXX
Length: 0h58
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Lisa Baker
Duke Johnson
Shorty Roberts
Stitch Umbas
Coke Cain
Plot:
Debbie, a lily-white virgin, is abducted by a gang of black men being paid by whites to start a race riot. After violating her in a Cadillac, the men take her to a country cabin. Duke, the leader, takes possession of her but then loses her in a poker game. The violence escalates to a full throttled climax. Filled with stark, brutal imagery from start to finish, Hot Summer In The City is a haunting film you won't soon forget. The characters are so believable that it seems like a documentary. Lisa Baker's sexy screen presence is mute and ghostlike.
My Thoughts:
After everything I've heard and read about this one, I was expecting something really good and violent. Did, I expected too much? Maybe... This film is one of the worst adult movie made in the seventies that I've seen. The acting is painfull, the four black men are impossible to hear (they always talk like the 2 black guys in Airplane), the cinematography is crappy (no good angle, not in focus,...), except for a whipping scene (where the girl is under a blanket) all the violent moments look phony and ridiculous, ...But two things are good; the performance of Lisa Baker and the music in it. They had used many great classic songs for this movie, just a few of them to give you an idea : Summer in the City by The Lovin' Spoonful, Leader of the Pack by The Shangri-Las, Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys, She'd Rather be With Me by The Turtles,...
Finally another proof that Quentin Tarantino is an untalented idiot, he had already said that this movie is "the best porno ever". What an idiotic, ridiculous, untalented and not praise worthy person, how can he be respected by his fanboys is beyond me... How this idiot can be an autorithy on anything is something I can't understand...
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Post by: Jimmy on March 09, 2009, 04:52:51 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Confessions of a Teenage Peanut Butter Freak (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Zachary Strong
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h27
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Rex Roman
Helen Madigan
John Holmes
Constance Money
Veronica Taylor
Plot:
Billy finds it hard to relate to girls so his Aunt Opel introduces him to oral sex. His teenage cousins handcuff him and rape him. But Priscilla, to whom he confesses the pains of growing up, loves him. Look for a young John Holmes appearing in one scene.
My Thoughts:
I love this one, the poor Billy is so unlucky with is experience with the other sex. The action of this film happen one night when Billy tells his misadventure that explain why he is always incomfortable with the woman to Priscilla (Helen Madigan) who secretly love him. His traumatism starts when he was caught by one of his aunt masturbating (I've no problem to see how it could be embarassing) and "forced" to make love with her. Some time later he is catch spying his cousin (Karen Reed) having a lesbian relationship with the always great and lovelly Constance Money in her first role. For that he is "rape" by the 2 ladies (not sure that I would be traumatized if I would be rape by Constance Money :devil:). He even miss his shot with an easy girl (Veronica Taylor) that his friend (John Holmes) had found for him. But finally all will end well for Billy...A very nice little adult film with Helen Madigan looking the best she had ever look, a lot of funny moments (some of them involving the peanut butter), John Holmes talking with a laughable accent and a 19 years old Constance Money that I like since I've seen her in Misty Beethoven.
If you find it give it a chance you will not regret it.
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Post by: Jimmy on March 10, 2009, 06:22:36 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Passage Thru Pamela (1985)
Genre: Third Sex
Director: Leslie Brooks (probably Tom De Simone under an alias)
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h17
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Pamela
Kimberly Carson
Sharon Kane
Ashley Moore
Johnny Nineteen
Plot:
Are you ready for an utterly unique erotic experience? Are you ready for PASSAGE THRU PAMELA? Pamela is an Argentinian beauty who has all the right assets to make it as a model in New York--as long as no one discovers her shocking secret. Rising quickly in the high-gloss world of sexy models and horny shutterbugs, Pamela takes charge of every situation with her lusty Latin charms. She jumps head-first into a torrid affair with a delicious female photographer, Ashley, who turns Pamela into the toast of Manhattan--and keeps Pamela's secret safe from the world. But when a rival agency tries to reveal the truth about Pamela, they set the stage for one of the most unusual climaxes in erotic film history...a climax that takes us on the unbelievable PASSAGE THRU PAMELA!
My Thoughts:
This is a movie that had catched my attention the minute I've seen it's trailer on 42nd Street Forever XXX-treme Special Edition (by the way I recommand it if you have an interest in vintage adult movies). But every place I've checked listed this dvd as oop (the reason is more that VCA had retired it of the market because they are idiots), so I've finally get it last week on a forum and to be honest : I don't feel guilty at all, if the adult label don't release or butcher their material I couldn't care less to get them "legally". In my review of The Openning of Misty Beethoven I've already said that the scene between Constance Money and Ras Kean is the most erotic one ever put on film. In fact that scene deal with my sexual phantasm. Now what this have to do with the movie reviewed here? Very simple, Pamela the star of our movie is a real life pre-op transexual who had made two adult movies (the other is Girl Busters) to pay her final chirurgy. First thing to say, Pamela is really beautifull and sexy (the cover doesn't really show this, but I will not post any picture. Since the last time Rich had laughed of me :( :P :laugh:). She really looks like a girl and you could be fooled easilly by her in real life, she doesn't have a big adam apple that is usually the big giveaway. The only sad thing is the visible scars for the breast implants. Yeah, I know she had a penis too...
Surprisingly this movie isn't exploitative. The sex is really good, the scene between Pamela and Sharon Kane is highly erotic and another one between Pamela and Frank Serrone is funny in a way (the scene is played seriously, but you can't block a smile since the Serrone character had no idea that she is not fully a girl). The story is good too, I've seen better but for a mid-eighties production this is surprisingly well made.
Certainly not a movie for everyone (I can hear the man here shouting "WTF Jimmy, this is a girl with a dick!!!!!") but I have really appreciated my viewing experience. But you know that sometimes my choices of film are weird :laugh:
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Post by: Jimmy on March 12, 2009, 03:50:39 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Water Power (1976)
Genre: Crime Story
Director: Shaun Costello
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Jamie Gillis
John Buco
C.J. Laing
Eric Edwards
Marlene Willoughby
Plot:
Think Taxi Driver with hardcore scenes, only instead of blasting pimps away, the enema bandit is dishing out forced enemas on the female population of NY. You see, he becomes obsessed with this after seeing one administered in a brothel.
My Thoughts:
This time we have a movie that can only been made in the seventies, you can't even find a complete uncensored release of it (the dvd I own is a composite of 3 different sources and the quality is really poor, but this the complete film). First I've to rectify a false conception about this film : Gerard Damiano had nothing to do with it, his name was attached to the film because it was a flop at his release. In fact this movie was a succes in only one country : Netherland :hmmmm: No, Japan :hmmmm: No, Denmark :hmmmm: No, so where? Germany :laugh:. This film is really a good crime story and this is based on a real criminal case (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_H._Kenyon). Jamie Gillis give an excellent acting performance it isn't hard at all to see him as a weird and crazy sexual maniac. The rest of the acting is so-so, but it's great to see Clea Carson in a more substancial role than usual. The mood is creepy, dark and suspensfull but it's not really a surprise when we know that Costello was the director of Forced Entry another good crime story.
Now I'm at the point were you will probably lost your interest to watch this. The enema scenes (4 times) are done for real and did I had to say that it isn't appetizing to see? If you have seen a cut print and heard one of the girl say "There shit everywhere..." with the complete version you will understand that this isn't an exageration.
Hard to say if I recommand it or not since it's a really well made movie, but it's really disgusting by moment... Even for me :whistle:
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Post by: Jimmy on March 12, 2009, 04:55:47 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Good Girls of Godiva High (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Buckley
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h27
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Robert Kerman
Kittsy Storm
Susan De Angelis
Denise Sloan
Diana Sloan
Plot:
The Good girls of GODIVA HIGH, opens in the girls gymnasium when we are introduced to a lovely set of young ladies. Then we are introduced to the problems inherent in any modern education. While scanning Playgirl, our young heroines are discussing the doing away with the conservative band and instituting a new tradition at Godiva High; a Disco Party. But how to convince Miss Lena, the headmistress? The school psychologist lets them know how(wink)! Through one of the boys who just happens to be her gardener. Convincing her is not "hard". Our heroine, Kitsy directs her girls in the fine art of extricating what is needed , from the men & boys, to make this "Graduation Disco Party" one of the best memories of the young girls lives. Super Hot!
My Thoughts:
This is the film made by Buckley after the success of Debbie Does Dallas and this isn't a very good follow up. The story is again set in a school, but this time that looks creepy. In DDD the girls had a relativelly good reason for doing what they do, but not in this one (sorry it's just to have a disco party, no need to sleep with everything that move and breath for a dying fashion). The story isn't really funny, sorry but a janitor who sleeps with 2 high school students doesn't make me laugh. The only moment that I've found comic is the one where the twin students use this fact to win a bet with a businessman. Complete waste of talent in a really bad script, everyone look bad in it and the sad thing is that many members of the cast are good actors (Robert Kerman, Herschell Savage and Merle Michaels). Even the sex is annoying, badly edited and for most of the scene done with really bad generic disco music in the background.Complete waste of time...
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Post by: Jimmy on March 13, 2009, 02:53:24 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Dirty Girls (1984)
Genre: Scene Mixing
Director: Alex De Renzy
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Jamie Gillis
Jacqueline Lorians
Stacey Donovan
Sharon Kelly
Joanna Storm
Plot:
Independent sex scenes, about the many forms of sexual activity: lesbianism, double penetration, swing and even conventional sex.
My Thoughts:
With this film Alex De Renzy was starting a new way of doing his movies. Forgot the story and show a serie of short loops tied together by a thin line. To be honest this isn't my genre of adult movie, for me a story must be present to keep me interested and if you don't have one you better be unusual. The tying story is Jamie Gillis and his girlfriend (Jacqueline Lorians) editing some movies together, getting more and more aroused after each loops.Not every loops are equal in interest some are pretty good like the one with Kelly Nichols, Billy Dee and Rocky Balboa (DP) or the one with Joanna Storm (WS at the beginning and four participants orgy at the end) or the one with Sharon Kelly, Tom Byron and Blair Harris (DVP). But the rest is not that special : the lesbian scene between Stacey Donovan and Cody Nicole is really boring and I can't stand Helga Sven it's like watching my grandmother doing it :yucky:.
Like I've said this is just not my style of film and I've almost use the fast forward command (usually this is a good sign that I'm bored). But the 3 good loops save this one for me.
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Post by: Jimmy on March 13, 2009, 06:00:52 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Through the Looking Glass (1976)
Genre: Surrealist Horror
Director: Jonas Middleton
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h31
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Catherine Burgess
Jamie Gillis
Douglas Wood
Laura Nicholson
Marie Taylor
Plot:
Catherine Burgess plays an ultra rich matron who escapes her boring aristocratic lifestyle when a demon resembling her father beckons her to the other side of the mirror. Her secret passions eventually lead her through the mirror into a world of carnal desire. She becomes immersed in an insane sexual hell where demons jerk off on their faces and bathe in mud and piss. Images of this movie are right out of a Hieronymus Bosch painting. It was released not only in adult theatres, but also was a top grossing 'R' release in the Drive In Theatre circuit. Jamie Gillis, as Catherine's father, and the angel-faced Marie Taylor as Catherine in her adolescence. Using perverse smoothness, Gillis talks his daughter out of her clothes and onto her knees in one of the most erotic hardcore scenes of any year. Looking Glass expresses dramatic values through skilled camera work and good production quality.
My Thoughts:
This is one of the perfect exemple of why I love so much this period. This movie is visual poetry on screen, a complete surealist haunting experience and a symbiotic relation between the viewer and the movie. This is much more than an adult film, in fact very little sex happens on screen and the majority of it happens at the end. This isn't even a feel good representation of the sexuality, since it happens in hell and this is probably the best representation of what the inferno looks like if it really exists. You can't never anticipated what will happen through the movie, but at the end you understand the logical progression.The acting performances of Jamie Gillis and Catherine Burgess are astonishing. I can't understand why the career of Burgess doesn't get better. The young Laura Nicholson in her first and only role is also great, it's so rare to see a child actor who can act without playing the "I'm cute" game (she never get a career and I can't understand it). The rest of the acting isn't that great, but at the defense of the actors/actresses when you play a character in hell you're supposed to act wooden.
This is a real professional production with a great location, a superb filming job by a professional cinematographer (João Fernandes, who continue to works on television movies and series today) and even the film score was done by Harry Manfredini. This is the last film that Middleton had directed and I sure want to see his previous one. His last credit in the cinema industry is the story that was the base for the horror movie Just Before Dawn in 1981. Truely a great director who had never get the career he deserve.
It's evident that I recommand this movie, it had even replace "Misty Beethoven" as the best film experience of my life.
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Post by: Jimmy on March 15, 2009, 02:56:07 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Devil Inside Her (1977)
Genre: Satanical Horror
Director: Zebedy Colt
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h09
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Jody Maxwell
Terri Hall
Zebedy Colt
Rod Dumont
Dean Tait
Plot:
A mind-blowing, demon-infested tale of incestuous mayhem! Zebedy Colt plays a puritanistic farmer who rules over his family with an iron hand. He sadistically punishes his daughters, attempting to repress their sexual urges. The daughter's response is a revengeful pact with Satan. The huge cocked devil possesses the entire family. Identities shift and transform randomly.
My Thoughts:
Time for a jump in the weird world of Zebedy Colt. This one is set in 19th century and the story is center around an isolated familly. Can we say that this period was a chasted one, imagine that when Ezekiel (Zebeby Colt) saw his daughter (Terri Hall) and his farm worker (Dean Tait) kissing each other that wasn't please him. The punition is severe : Colt will whip his daughter for this offense to God. Evidently she takes it hard and decide to talk of this with her sister (Jody Maxwell) and the two of them will deal with this problem in a different way. Terri Hall will meet a witch to get a love potion (I think :shrug:) and Jody Maxwell will ask for the help of God (but as usual God isn't available and the devil will help). From this point the story is the devil who use his shapeshifting ability to rape each of the familly members. The high point (depending of your taste) happen at the end with the devil orgy sabbath with a lot of "degrading" sex : 3 guys urinating on a girl (Annie Sprinkles), a triple penetration on one unamed girl (first time in my life I've seen that and not really an exciting thing to watch),...The acting of Maxwell and Colt are good, the rest goes from ok to pretty weak. Dumont in the devil role give a really creepy performance. The idea of filming all the sabath with a red filter is really a good one, the only problem is that some part are hard to see. This is the first movie of Jody Maxwell (a member of another forum that I frequent) that I've watched and I was really impress by her acting.
Last thing, Pete I think that she is your type of woman. Am I right?
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Post by: Jimmy on March 15, 2009, 06:40:14 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Unwilling Lovers (1977)
Genre: Crime Story
Director: Zebedy Colt
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h26
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Zebedy Colt
Jody Maxwell
Rod Dumont
Renee Sanz
Terri Hall
Plot:
Timmy is a semi-retarded man who still lives as a child in his backwoods home.His view of sex is distorted by memories of his mom and dad having sex then falling off a cliff,so he tries to emulate their sick sex acts with any girl he sees.He violently kills five women and rapes them post-mortem.This sordid little sickie offers a lot of hard core sex and perversity.
My Thoughts:
I was again in the mood for a Zebedy Colt's movie and this one is a hard one to find. So what I have is a third generation betamax copy with a lot of background noises and a not so good image. But, after a while you stop to notice and who care this is a 30 years old movie that was never released on VHS, Laserdisc or DVD I'm just happy to have it in my collection for my enjoyment.This is a pretty good story and this is probably the best acting performance of Colt in his career (at least in the 6 movies where he is that I own). His interpretation of a traumatized man who had stop to grow mentally since he had seen his dad die when he was 10 years old (it's a guess since the age is not really said) is just incredible. He plays the character without overacting it, the complete opposite of Dustin Hoffman in Rain man that I can't stand because his overacting is a complete joke. His character possess so much childishness and innocence that you can't see him as bad person or a killer, even if he is and his final act is rather repulsive. The way he learn about sex is played with the same innocent side, he learns by catching the gardener (Rod Dumont) and his mother's helper (Jody Maxwell) doing it. Jody Maxwell is again really good in it as is Rod Dumont also (very different than his demon role in The Devil Inside Her).
Don't judge this movie by it's synopsis that make the movie appear like a vile pieces of trash.
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Post by: addicted2dvd on March 15, 2009, 09:51:03 AM
Last thing, Pete I think that she is your type of woman. Am I right?
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Well... I wouldn't say perfectly my type... but I do like a redhead! ;D
Post by: richierich on March 15, 2009, 10:33:19 AM
Last thing, Pete I think that she is your type of woman. Am I right?
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Well... I wouldn't say perfectly my type... but I do like a redhead! ;D
Hands up for redheads too :P
Picture of my better half below
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Post by: addicted2dvd on March 15, 2009, 11:07:50 AM
Post by: Jimmy on March 16, 2009, 12:26:47 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Mary! Mary! (1977)
Genre: Light Comedy
Director: Bernard Morris
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h19
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Constance Money
John Leslie
Sharon Thorpe
Jon Martin
Sandy Pinney
Plot:
Constance Money brings to the screen the kind of beauty that easily ranks her among the most internationally famous women of our time. Her appearance in Misty Beethoven brought her worldwide acclaim as the most beautiful actress ever to appear in an adult motion picture. Now in Mary! Mary!, she proves that she is not only breathtakingly attractive, but a sexual superstar, as she, John Leslie and Sharon Thorpe prove beyond any doubt that this is without question the hottest and most erotically arousing film ever made. Truly a collector's treasure.
My Thoughts:
I was in the mood to watch a movie with Constance Money the impossible love of my life :laugh:The plot doesn't explain the film a lot, so I will resume the movie a little. Mary (Constance Money) and Ned (John Leslie) are two lovers but they have one problem, Ned came too fast. Since this is 1977 the viagra isn't available to them, so what is the second best solution possible? Easy, make a pact with the devil. The condition isn't too bad, Ned will have to give his soul and like Mary tell so logically : "I can't fuck your soul so do it". After the pact it will be just normal action for an adult film.
I really like the underwater cinematography in the openning that is really greatly done. A car chase action scene is present in the film, certainly something unusual and as good as any other one that I've seen in any other seventies movie. It was nice too to see Rene Bond in a small cameo, sure she's hard to recognize since her hair are black (she's blond) and she wears a pair of sunglasses but her face is easy to spot when you know her. John Leslie is reliable as he is usually and Constance Money is Constance Money... What do you want me to say? I worship her, she would read a grocery list and I would be glued at the screen :laugh:. You get Jon Martin in one of his first role and Sharon Thorpe is good in this too (even if this isn't her best movie).
A real good movie with some funny moments, sensual sex, the most beautifull woman who had ever appeared on a movie screen and for Jon a car chase ;)
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Post by: Jimmy on March 18, 2009, 04:32:44 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Sometime Sweet Susan (1974)
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Donaldson
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h16
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Shawn Harris
Harry Reems
Jennifer Jordan
Neil Flanagan
Craig Baumgarten
Plot:
She was two women, trapped in one body. Is she really sweet Susan, a loving, passionate spirit... or is she Sara, an aggressive, gluttonous tramp whose capacity for sexual fulfillment is totally insatiable?
My Thoughts:
This movie own a special place in the cinema history, it was the first and I think the only adult movie that was a SAG production. What it means is that all the actors/actresses in it were members of the Screen Actor Guild of America, so it evident that it's a quality production. This is a well written drama about a girl (Shawn Harris) with an unknown past staying in an insane asylum that remember very little of her past. Her memory will come back slowly by flasback with the help of the psychiatrist who treat her (Harry Reems). During all the running time of the film the viewer is always let in the same confusing feeling (the flashbacks are always short and not really precise). Since this is a professional production the acting is really good for one Shawn Harris in her dual role is very impressive (weird that she stop her career after this movie) and Reems prove with this film that he was a really good actor. Don't watch this film expecting a lot of hardcore sex since this isn't really the case, in fact this is a movie that I could easilly recommand to someone who had never seen an adult film. Last thing, I find it really hard to believe that Fred Donaldson had never directed anything else before or after that... This is certainly a well known director hidden behind an alias who was never discover.I'm sure the image cover looks familliar to you, try to remember where you have seen it before...
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Post by: Jimmy on March 18, 2009, 07:20:33 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Violation of Claudia (1977)
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Lustig
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h01
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Sharon Mitchell
Jamie Gillis
Don Peterson
Waldo Short
Crystal Sync
Plot:
Sharon Mitchell plays a bored housewife whose husband Jason (Don Peterson) is too busy to give her the attention she needs. Taking matters into her own hands, Mitchell proceeds to bed her tennis instructor, Kip (Jamie Gillis), who puts her to work as a callgirl.
My Thoughts:
Nobody can't say that I'm the biggest fan of Sharon Mitchell, I've never find her particullary good looking and attractive. This is probably because I've mostly seen her in her later films after the drugs gave her an unhealthy look. This is the first time that I've watched her at the beginning of her career (in fact it's her first movie) and she is surprisingly beautifull, she possess a boyish look that isn't anyone taste but I like that. By the way the cover is a piece of crap and nothing on it had something to do with the film, pretty usual for a Video-X-Pix release as is the stupid logo that appears before every sex scene.This film is the first one directed by Bill Lustig (yes, the same one who had made Maniac and Maniac Cop later and the owner of Blue Underground) and this isn't a bad movie. This is evident that it's a first time movie since it miss a little bit of finition, but like I've already said everybody had to start somewhere.
The acting without being incredible is correct, but Sharon Mitchell had certainly the innocence needed for her role. One of the actor (Waldo Short) at the minute of his apparition on the screen gave me one reaction, screaming comic relief in my head and I was sure right. I was unable to stop laughing the 5 minutes he was there in a funnier way to use food than the one in nine and a half weeks.
At the end, be prepared for a surprise ending after a scene that you will probably not like if your a guy.
Nice movie, but way too short.
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Post by: Jimmy on March 19, 2009, 02:46:45 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Taking of Christina (1975)
Genre: Crime Story
Director: Armand Weston
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Roger Caine
Eric Edwards
Bree Anthony
Jack Thompson
Terri Hall
Plot:
The Taking of Christina is based on a true story. A short time before her wedding day, a young woman is kidnapped and taken by her captors. As the days pass, she convinces them that she really cares for them. When they finally grant her freedom, she shows that revenge, not friendship is what she really has in mind.
My Thoughts:
Another good one that is way less sleazy that the description make it look to be, in fact Last House on the Left is way sleazier than this movie. This is a good revenge story that never goes over the top and rest on the same track during all its running time. It's evident that when you have Eric Edwards and Roger Caine (he use the name Al Levitsky that is his real name for this one) you will get real good acting. Bree Anthony is also perfectly credible for the Christina role. A nice surprise at least for me, Chris Jordan who is an actress that I've appreciated in many Joe Sarno movie had a small role.Really appreciated this one, almost a perfect 10 (for my score card on imdb) and a top 20 here.
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Post by: Jimmy on March 19, 2009, 05:06:12 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Lialeh (1974)
Genre: Blackplotation
Director: Barron Bercovichy
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h16
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Jennifer Leigh
Lawrence Pertillar
Darryl Speer
John D. Montgomery
Terrance Brady
Plot:
A rare example of 1970s black-power hardcore, and some argue this is the only example from the era with a mostly black cast and crew. There are a few "token" whites in the cast, but the leads are all African-American performers.
My Thoughts:
Much better than what I was expecting. The music in this is really good, most of the sex scene are unusual and sexy, the "live show" at the end is interesting to watch (the musical number aren't too bad) and you get a young Andrea True in a short part as a bonus. I'm sure that the best way for watching this film was in a theatre with a black audience, I just imagine the participation that was certainly a real blast to be there. Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on March 21, 2009, 04:11:05 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: For Services Rendered (1984)
Genre: Spy Adventure
Director: Tim McDonald
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h34
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Ian MacGregor
David Cannon
Maria Tortuga
Cyndee Summers
Bridgette Monet
Plot:
Get ready for the wildest sexpionage caper ever! You can bet your Aston-Martin that crack secret agent James Bomb will sniff out many a "foreign affair" as payment-in-full For Services Rendered. It all starts when evilly delicious Nocturna Vigil and her hot hit girl Tasti Delite (Cyndee Summers) steal some sexually incriminating microfilm from the Soviet Embassy. Called to the London office, James must retrieve the microfilm in "Operation Thunderpussy." Traveling across Europe, Mr. Bomb and his horny assistant Carstairs stay hot on the tail...ah, trail - until Carstairs corners Nocturna and pumps her for more than information. The action gets wilder and wilder until James recovers the microfilm and delivers the goods in London where he learns more than he bargained for about Tasti. The nasty Nocturna Vigil ends up being rewarded with her "cum-uppance" in a rather unusual way. And finally, Mr. Bomb's secret admirer Miss Penneypecker (Bridgette Monet) reveals some tantalizing plans for her idol that are guaranteed to keep the old boy up nights!
My Thoughts:
As you can understand what we have here is a James Bond parody that was a really big budgeted production for an eighties production, this film was made in a lot of european location (Rome, London, Paris) and not shoot in a cheap San-Francisco studio. I've read many of you complaining in your reviews that Sean Connery or Roger Moore are too old, look who his our James Bond (I mean James Bomb) in this movie(http://img152.imagevenue.com/loc519/th_07137_Clipboard01_122_519lo.jpg)
Evidently the choice of Ian MacGregor was made for the obvious reason to play on this joke. The real guy who see all the action (in the real and hardcore way) is David Cannon who certainly look more the Bond's type
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You add to this mix a young Heather Thomas, Bridgette Monet (David Cannon's wife and they are always together since than), Cyndee Summers (a veteran actress from the seventies exploitation who is more sexier than ever) and Rick Cassidy who had a cameo at the end just in time for the hotest scene.
The movie is really well made and the acting isn't so bad. I really like all the joke about the old age of Bomb and the reference about the real James Bond movie. Don't expect an action fill movie like the real Bond's movie here (the budget isn't bad but we don't talk of millions of $, probably between 250 and 500 thousands).
Don't worry Ian MacGregor doesn't had a sex scene, but you can see him naked for a short time :laugh:
Rating :
My God those generic vhs cover were cheap looking and badly made :thumbdown:
Post by: Jimmy on March 23, 2009, 06:03:57 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Anyone But My Husband (1975)
Genre: :shrug:
Director: Roberta Findlay
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h11
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
C.J. Laing
Robert Kerman
Jennifer Jordan
Eric Edwards
Bree Anthony
Plot:
One of the smash hits of seventies Manhattan hardcore, Anyone But My Husband established the kink queen reputation of its star, C.J. Laing. C.J. plays a wife out for sexual adventures behind cheating hubby R. Bolla's back. Her experiences include being strung up and whipped, leaving nice big marks. She deep throats Tony "the Hook" Perez, who has a dick so enormous it gives John Holmes a run for the money. Bree Anthony fists C.J. as she's swallowed Tony's cock down to his balls. Certain scenes were excised from this film even during its theatrical run, but this uncensored version contains all of the kinky scenes you've only heard about!
My Thoughts:
I've heard a lot about this one before watching it and usually it means that you will be deceived because the expectations are too high, but this is certainly not the case here... I can say one thing, C.J. Laing had the reputation to be a trooper and she certainly deserve it. This film had so much stuff that you see here and there in the golden age film but everything is done in this one : a real whipping scene, bottle used for you can guess what, fist fucking (Alpha Blue had made an error on the overview : this is Deanna Darby who had did it not Bree Anthony) and Miss Laing put Linda Lovelace to shame when she swallows all the thirteen inches of Tony Perez (he is maybe well equipped but he sure looks like a retard). Eric Edwards and Robert Kerman as usual had done a good acting job.Certainly not for everyone, but if you feel adventurous give it a try.
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Post by: Jimmy on March 27, 2009, 04:09:47 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Sensations (1975)
Genre: Drama
Director: Lasse Braun
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h18
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English and French
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Brigitte Maier
Véronique Monet
Trixie Heinen
Frédérique Barral
Tania Busselier
Plot:
In Amsterdam, Margaret (Brigitte Maier) is shown the liberated European approach to sex - in pairs, in groups, in parties. This classic from Lasse Braun caused quite the stir at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975 where packed theaters saw adult filmmaking at its finest.
My Thoughts:
A little visit on the european continent with a classic Dutch and French co-production. The version that I've watched is the original uncut version released by Alpha France in the Lasse Braun Collection last year (sadly way too costly to import here). The image and sound qualities are astonishing, I'm not used to see classic adult movie well preserved like that with a real widescreen theatrical print and not a really worned print or only a vhs cut conversion. Well but how is the film itself? Not too bad, but the story isn't developed enough for my taste (I think that you know now that I like a good story with my adult movies) and this more a serie of sexual encounters. Not that it's catastrophic if the action is unusual and diversify. This is certainly the case here ;D When was the last time you have seen a 68 years old man in a sex scene? or a man with a hook? A lot of special act happens every now and than and the movie countains one of the best golden shower scene that I've seen. As is was the case with the exploitation film we are tease with Brigitte Maier (a gorgeous German actress) untill the last act when she is finally reveal after 1 hours of waiting time. But there are a lot of great European actresses to help for waiting patiently. The film is professionally made with a very good cinematography certainly by Braun (he isn't credited) and the movie looks like it was made yesterday.Rating :
If someone is interested I've a trailer for this film that I can post on my rapidshare account. Just send a PM.
Post by: Jimmy on April 02, 2009, 06:42:50 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Double Exposure (1983)
Genre: Crime
Director: William Byron Hillman
Rating: R
Length: 1h34
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Michael Callan
Joanna Pettet
James Stacy
Pamela Hensley
Seymour Cassel
Plot:
A story of a still photographer plagued by recurring nightmares where he murders the women who pose for him, the nightmare really starts when these dreams become reality.
My Thoughts:
Maybe I'm too used to watch Italian Giallo, but this a very weak crime thriller. The story isn't really original, the acting is nothing to write home about (except for James Stacy), the special effect doesn't look that special (they look cheap and amator), the end make absolutly no-sense and I can't believe for one second that the killer had the capacity to do the murders. On the positive side it was nice to see Pamela Hensley in something else than Buck Rodgers but she is really underused in this. I was impressed by the screen precence of James Stacy (an handicaped actors with only one leg and one arm), not one doubt in my mind that he is the most talented and charismatic actor in this cast (quite disturbing to know what happen to him many years after).I have got this one in a 10$ eight movies set so this isn't too bad and the picture and sound quality is surprisingly good.
Rating :
:yahoo: it's been a long time since one of my review was suitable for the main page
Post by: Jimmy on April 03, 2009, 05:35:36 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Separate Ways (1981)
Genre: Drama
Director: Howard Avedis
Rating: R
Length: 1h31
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Karen Black
Tony Lo Bianco
Arlene Golonka
David Naughton
Jack Carter
Plot:
Valentine Colby (Karen Black) and her husband Ken (Tony LoBianco) live with their son in upper middle class suburban comfort, but from behind closed doors his family is falling apart and heading in Separate Ways.
My Thoughts:
This is a part of a boxset of thriller and it sure had nothing to do in it. I ain't a big drama fan and certainly less those about familly breakup. So it was not a fun watching time for me, in fact I was unable to watch it without a break (too many bad memory were coming back about my parent separation, it's weird that an event that had happened 26 years ago can always affect you). The film itself is good and certainly well act, nothing bad to say about it. I'm sure that those who like this genre of movie would love this one too, but I will certainly not rewatch it again (fuck, I continue too feel sad writing my review and I fucking hate that).Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on April 05, 2009, 04:22:23 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Sister Dearest (1984)
Genre: School Fraternity
Director: Jonathan Ross
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h18
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Traci Lords
Tom Byron
Ginger Lynn
Harry Reems
Peter North
Plot:
When Randy Jennings (Tom Byron) visits his old fraternity during Alumni Day at State U., he suddenly flashes back to his days (and nights) as a naive college freshman.
My Thoughts:
This one is sure a trip to memory lane, since the stars here is the first adult actress that I've fell in love with after I've found Passion Pit in my father vhs collection. I was only 15 at that time and it was love at first sight (at least for me, she doesn't know :laugh:). After our first visual encounter, I've rented most of her movies untill 1987 when the bad news happened. This girl was Tracy Lords and she was underage for most of her career (16 at her beginning), but that explain the attraction that I had for her since she is only two years older than me. The film itself is a good one and it is as well done than every R rated movie on the school fraternity made in this period (the big difference is that the sex is real and not fake). Another difference is that the cast look like teenagers, not something that we can say for the other one. The acting is good and natural : Tom Byron, Peter North, Ginger Lynn and Tracy Lords are the better actors here. In fact Tracy Lords was a better actress in her adult movie than in the mainstream movie that she had done after (I really talk about the acting, since every adult film that I watch must have a script). The story isn't that original, four prospects had to pass a test to become members of the fraternity (I think that you know what is this test ;)) and at the end only one of them fail. But with the help of his sister he will succeed (it was a common theme in the eighties).
This original film is evidently unavailable on dvd, but it was re-released in 1987 without the Tracy Lords scene and new added one with Christy Canyon with the title Back to Class. I can't say how is this version since I've never seen it, but I'm sure the result was horrible since the original was filmed with a film camera and the addition filmed with a video camera.
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Post by: Jimmy on April 05, 2009, 07:15:05 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Femmes DeSade (1976)
Genre: Crime
Director: Alex De Renzy
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h22
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Ken Turner
John Leslie
Sharon Thorpe
Leslie Bovee
Abigail Clayton
Plot:
Released from prison, Rocky De Sade (a 7 ft. tall Frankenstein look-a-like) wanders the streets of San Francisco looking for sex. He buys hookers, brutalizing them one after another.
My Thoughts:
What we have here is a classic of the golden age and one of the best movie directed by De Renzy that is impossible to find in its original complete form. The version I have is the most complete available with only 3 minutes missing, normally I want to see a complete film but knowing what is missing I'm not that interested to see that. The film is like 2 movie in one : firstly the adventure of Rocky (the violent part) and the phantasm of Johnny (you really need that to breathe after the Rocky scene). Just to give you a taste of the adventure of Rocky this is some of the thing he did : anal rape of a prostitute with a bottle, multiple beating scene, blowing himself :o, ... You see why the phantasm scenes are necessary. One of those phantasm is really hot : the scene happened in the engine room of a ship with Leslie Bovee, John Leslie, Turk Lyon and Tyler Reynolds (the action is sweaty, dirty and arousing as hell). Another one where Leslie had a Fu Manchu look is really funny. At the end the prostitutes get their revenge on Rocky at a SM party, I won't tell you what happen but what had happened before is nothing compare to that.The movie is available from Alpha France in a double feature dvd with Waterpower that I've already reviewed some weeks ago. It is also available from Alpha Blue Archive but the print quality is inferior and the running time is only 76 minutes.
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Post by: Najemikon on April 05, 2009, 01:28:20 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Sister Dearest (1984)
Genre: School Fraternity
Director: Jonathan Ross
He can't blame Russell Brand for this one. They'll surely sack him now... :hysterical:
Post by: Jimmy on April 05, 2009, 04:59:38 PM
He can't blame Russell Brand for this one. They'll surely sack him now... :hysterical::shrug:
Post by: Najemikon on April 05, 2009, 08:59:50 PM
Jonathan Ross is not a director of porn, though I'm sure he's like to be! He is one of our most prominent TV presenters. Not to everyone's taste, but can be a genuinely funny comedian in his own right, though his is an irreverent style.
Russell Brand is a very successful comedian and best-est friends with Ross. Aside from TV work, they both have programmes on Radio 2 and often share each others airtime.
You may have heard of Andrew Sachs. He's an actor, most famous for the classic part of Manuel in the never-bettered Fawlty Towers. Brand went out with his granddaughter, and, live on air, Ross and Brand left Sachs an answerphone message that was very rude. In the resulting furore, stoked mercilessly by our pathetic tabloids, both were suspended. Brand subsequently quit his radio show altogether. Ross has just started a new series of his chat show after being off-air for several months.
Hence things being a bit sensitive at the beeb now, the idea that Ross's name could be attached to porn would be the last nail in the coffin! :laugh:
Here's an example of Ross with Vin Diesel a couple of weeks ago. Damn funny anyway:
Ross with Diesel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wXzFZnIQm8)
And, just for completeness sake, here's Brand on your side of the pond:
Brand (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPZ5ytlh1LQ)
Post by: Jimmy on April 06, 2009, 01:10:33 AM
Post by: Najemikon on April 06, 2009, 03:08:34 PM
This is where someone posts a link to one of my posts... :D
Post by: Jimmy on April 08, 2009, 03:29:22 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Night Club (1990)
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Keusch
Rating: R
Length: 1h21
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Nicholas Hoppe
Elizabeth Kaitan
Ed Trotta
Peter Jurasik
Deborah Tilton
Plot:
A young married couple try to convert an old warehouse into a nightclub, but face opposition from both the council and local mobsters.
My Thoughts:
Complete waste of time... Badly written and badly act, just a vanity project from Hoppe who had written and produced this so-called film. Not surprisingly he had never written, produced or acted in anything else after that. The only saving grace of this movie is Elizabeth Kaitan, I've never understood why she didn't had a better career. She can act, she can do more than play the stupid blonde and she is really beautifull. Sadly she had always appeared in bad movies like this one, the Vice Academy serie, Assault of the Killer Bimbos or Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2.I sure don't feel lucky with my non xxx viewing recently. Pass this one, the boxset cost maybe less than 10$ but I haven't seen a good movie in it after watching half of it.
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Post by: Jimmy on April 08, 2009, 06:15:07 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Bite (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jerry Denby
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h12
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Jennifer Jordan
Eric Edwards
Alan Marlowe
Hardy Harrison
Sonny Landham
Plot:
Set in the early 1930's, The Bite is a colorful parody of 'The Sting' combining sex, comedy and monkey business. Three cons (Sweet Kate, The Toledo Kid and Johnny Memphis) get together during a sexual frolic and plan a terrific scam aimed at local banker Francis B. Dobbs. Dobbs is to be seduced into buying a 'house of ill repute.' For this purpose, the trio recruits beautiful women and other convincing characters who pose as call girls, governors, senators and successful businessmen performing sexual acrobatics to persuade Dobbs to make the purchase. How Dobbs is left holding the bag builds to an unusual and comic ending!
My Thoughts:
This is exactly the kind of adult production that I like, a film that countains sex scene and not sex scenes patch together to make a film. I can't compare it with what is parodied since I've never seen The Sting, but if this film is as fun than this one is I will have to buy it. The recreation of the thirties period is perfectly done in all the details (the clothes, the cars, the music,...) and they had used some intercard (not sure of the real term) to introduce the parts just like in a silent movie. The acting is perfect, but when you had Jordan, Marlowe and Edwards to play the principal characters this isn't a surprise. Sonny Landham is great too in a comic role, usually he play the tough guy. Hardy Harrison is good too in the role of Francis B. Dobbs. Even the working girls are played by a good ensemble of actress : Andrea True, Ginger Snaps, Rita Davis and Marlene Foster. You know how I like Radley Metzger, this film looks and feel like a Metzger's film. I know this isn't one of his movie, but this is the best thing after his works.
A perfect 10 :thundergod:
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Post by: Achim on April 08, 2009, 10:19:32 AM
I can't compare it with what is parodied since I've never seen The Sting, [...]:o
The Sting is an excellent film. While heavily building on a twist it still has great replay value due to the acting skills of the
I haven't seen it in a while though, so I hope it has aged as well as I imagine :tomato:
Post by: richierich on April 08, 2009, 12:12:01 PM
I can't compare it with what is parodied since I've never seen The Sting, [...]:o
The Sting is an excellent film. While heavily building on a twist it still has great replay value due to the acting skills of thecatscast, great direction by George Roy Hill and matching music by Marvin Hamlisch playing Scott Joplin (or so). :thumbup:
I haven't seen it in a while though, so I hope it has aged as well as I imagine :tomato:
The Sting is one of my favourite films, it is a must have in any dvd collection (in my opinion) :bow:
Post by: Najemikon on April 08, 2009, 01:18:15 PM
But Jimmy, you rate The Bite a perfect 10? Yet it's an open parody of another film? A copycat really. An unoriginal rip-off, some might say.
That's your first complaint whenever the words "Tarantino" and "Quentin" appear in the same sentence... :devil: :tease:
Post by: Jimmy on April 08, 2009, 05:19:46 PM
The Sting is an excellent film.
The Sting is one of my favourite films, it is a must have in any dvd collection (in my opinion) :bow:
The Sting is great.This is the same genre of remark that had followed also in the other board where I post my adult movie review. I will probably order it next month even if it cost over 20 $can, costly for a blind buy but since I've read good comment by people I trust this is less a risk.
But Jimmy, you rate The Bite a perfect 10? Yet it's an open parody of another film? A copycat really. An unoriginal rip-off, some might say.The magic word is "open parody" here. The director doesn't try to hide behind the phrase "I don't stole and copy, it's an homage". Darby hadn't stolen bit parts from obscure movies telling to himself that nobody will see that and tried to pass this for an original movie. I've absolutly nothing again parody (a different way to film a movie), what I don't like is a director who refuse to admit it untill he had no choice to admit the fact.
That's your first complaint whenever the words "Tarantino" and "Quentin" appear in the same sentence... :devil: :tease:
Post by: Dragonfire on April 09, 2009, 05:58:57 AM
Post by: Jimmy on April 11, 2009, 06:14:13 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://aesppres.com/phpdvdprofiler/images/thumbnails/I69881E0B41536E45f.jpg)
Title: Diversions (1976)
Genre: Sexual Fantasy
Director: Derek Ford
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h27
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Heather Deeley
Jeffrey Morgan
Timothy Blackstone
Tim Burr
Tony Kenyon
Plot:
A woman prisoner is being transported by train with escorts. The train is one with a side corridor and compartments and Imogen (Heather Deeley) looks at her fellow passengers and fantasises (or possibly in some cases mixes fantasy with reminiscence) about sexual liaisons with them.
My Thoughts:
Time for a British movie that had a running time of 50 minutes in its native country, so the chances are pretty high that none of our British members had seen the real version of it. The first thing I can say is that the print used is really bad (lot of scratch, bad color and the dialogue sound is really low) and incomplete (a golden shower scene is missing, but the German release had it if you can get it from your friendly German dvd store). The story isn't really complicated or important (even if it countains a surprise ending) like the plot say this is a short serie of phantasm. It starts innocently with some love sharing among the apple, but it will sure change fast... Next one a real WTF moment that starts with a love scene between Heather Deeley and Timothy Blackstone untill we got a Basic Instinct moment when miss Deeley get bored and kill the guy. Like every normal person do she decide to rub her entire body with his blood and cut his penis since he doesn't really need it anymore but she can use it for you know what (thanks they don't show that, the cutting part yes but not the rest). But this phantasm isn't over yet, the next day since it's an hobby like another she decides to go at Piccadilly Circus to get a new human sex toy provider that she will easilly find since she is really cute. But when she try the same trick with this guy that doesn't work that well, because he is a vampire.... The next one is weird but certainly not like the precedent, it starts with her as an army nurse (and yes they use war stock footages) who try to rescue an injured soldier. But as a bad turn of event she is taken prisonner by 3 German soldiers (2 men and 1 woman) and you know how it will end... The last one and my favourite involve a photographer (Anthony Kenyon) and feels like an old black and white movie with a lot of funny moments, this is the more normal moment in this WTF festival...This is sure a weird movie, full of music (good since the dialogues are hard to listen to), with a beautifull leading lady and a cast ensemble that look like normal everyday people. But I'm sure surprise that a British adult movie is the weirdest one that I've ever seen... It's a shame that the quality of the dvd is so bad.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on April 11, 2009, 08:08:38 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://aesppres.com/phpdvdprofiler/images/thumbnails/I0C90E66805B660D1f.jpg)
Title: Wet Wilderness (1975)
Genre: Slasher Movie
Director: Lee Cooper
Rating: XXX
Length: 0h54
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Daymon Gerard
Alicia Hammer
Raymond North
Faye Little
Plot:
A machete killer attacks a picnic party but can the mother stop his rampage?
My Thoughts:
Have you ever think of what Friday the Thirteen would look like if : Jason would wears an ugly yellow ski mask in place of a cool hockey mask;
Jason would be an horny killer;
Jason would direct the action (the killer is probably played by the director);
Jason would make no effort to catch anyone;
the action all happen at one place;
if the acting would be even more wooden;
if the actors would look directly at the camera to ask what to do;
if the actors would have no clue of how to react;
if all the teenagers would be really not good looking;
if nothing would happen.
If your answer is yes don't search anymore, this movie is your response. A complete waste of time, one of the most boring thing I've ever seen... Not surprisingly everyone here had only 2 credit in their resume : this film and another one named Winebago that was probably made the same day.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on April 15, 2009, 04:12:29 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://aesppres.com/phpdvdprofiler/images/thumbnails/612385426391f.jpg)
Title: The Story of Prunella (1982)
Genre: Roughie
Director: Phil Prince
Rating: XXX
Length: 0h50
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Ambrosia Fox
George Payne
Dixie Dew
Ron Jeremy
Niko
Plot:
Three violent escaped convicts on the run from the law break into a house where a young woman is being given a wedding shower, and they proceed on a rampage of violence, rape and sexual assaults.
My Thoughts:
If you think that Last House on the Left is too tough this one isn't for you at all. I don't mean that this is a copy of it, but some people could see the premisse as the same. The first comment that I could make is that this movie is really fast (ok it last only 50 minutes) and it doesn't lost its time on some stupid retard moments to decrease the tension. I want to watch a crime roughie don't give me 2 stupid keystone cops...When I say a roughie be certain that I really mean it. This is an Avon productions (and no this isn't the Avon products that many annoying people try to sell to you) and they are recognized for the rough content of their movies, so if you don't feel confortable with violent sexual film don't touch it. The stuff is consentual (and quite evident for the agression of Niko by Martin Patton), but the performance of Ambrosia Fox is the best I've seen since the one by Laura Cannon in Forced Entry. The acting performances goes from incredible (Payne and Fox) to correct (David Christopher, Martin Patton and Ron Jeremy) to wooden (the rest of the cast). The script is well done and the way the 3 convicts appeared is perfectly credible and realist.
My copy isn't that good (an old vhs with washout colour and noise polution), but the great news is that this film was just released one week ago by After Hour Cinema and all the reviews that I've read praise their release. So you can easilly guess that I will update my version in a couple of weeks (even if I will have to order it from the US).
You probably know already if this type of cinema is for you or not, but if this is your genre this is a very good production that delivers everything you hope from a xxx roughie.
Rating :
edit : Can't wait to get the new dvd, so I've ordered it today (15/04). It was sure the fastest couple of weeks that I had taken to place an order :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on April 15, 2009, 07:11:25 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://aesppres.com/phpdvdprofiler/images/thumbnails/IE7540FE23C65A279f.jpg)
Title: The Taming of Rebecca (1982)
Genre: Roughie
Director: Phil Prince
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h08
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
George Payne
Sharon Mitchell
Stella Stevens
Velvet Summers
Niko
Plot:
A young girl goes to a school for wayward girls to escape her abusive father, finds out her troubles are just starting.
My Thoughts:
I ain't sure if this choice was the right choice to watch just before going to sleep. This isn't a comment that you will read often from me but this movie is disturbing and I've seen my share of disturbing things in my 24 years of adult movies watching. The film start the way I was thinking with a goofy incest scene since David Christopher looks too young to be the father of Sharon Mitchell, sure it ends with a peing scene but this isn't surprising or unusual. My problem start at the school since the action doesn't look fun for the performer and I don't feel good when the actors don't seem to have a good time. Now it's probably more a case of real good acting, but I never seen an actress not enjoying a fist fucking like Cheri Champagne seems to. But what have really disturb me is when Velvet Summers' nipple get pierced with a clothes pin, maybe it's a very good special effect but it looks to real for me (for christ sake we talk about a 5000$ movie here, not Stars Wars).This said I've enjoyed the movie... George Payne gives a better performance than he did in Story of Prunella, nobody can play a psychopath like he does. The movie use the theme from Halloween to create the tension and it succeed perfectly. The story is interesting, but some scenes are a little bit too long like the incest one at the beginning.
Like the precedent movie reviewed if you like this genre you will like it if not don't even try to watch it. One thing is sure it will disturb you.
Rating :
Edit because I've forgot the (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/Themes/OceanBlue/images/post/ratedr.gif) imagine this one on the front page :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on April 16, 2009, 05:02:35 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Genre: Political Thriller
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Rating: PG
Length: 2h23
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Stars:
Edward Fox
Terence Alexander
Michel Auclair
Alan Badel
Tony Britton
Plot:
Based on Frederick Forsyth's best-selling novel of political intrigue, 'The Day of the Jackal' tells of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the French OAS to kill General Charles de Gaulle. Nameless and faceless, the killer, known by the code name of Jackal (Edward Fox), relentlessly moves toward the date with death that would rock the world. The tension mounts as the methodical preparations of the Jackal are paralleled with the efforts of the police to uncover the plot, which gives the story non-stop, edge-of-your-seat suspense.
My Thoughts:
I know this film is certainly much more known that every others I've reviewed here previously, but we never know maybe it's an unknown one for some members. This film was americanize in 97 and it's the first time that I watch the original one (it was a part of my wishlist for a long time but I've finally got it sooner this year from Eric). The story looks more credible for me in this film. Firstly the target is a real person (I can add that he is the most respected French President for a large part of my province and I am a part of them. As a nation we owe a lot to him) and the reason for killing is completly believable. Secondly the Jackal isn't an over the top killer, he looks and acts like a normal person, for me this is more a credible representation of how those political assasin works. Thirdly the Jackal doesn't look invinsible, he can make error and the director doesn't need to make than obvious1. Don't expect an over the top action festival this isn't The Jackal or Jason Bourne, but if you expect a believable thriller that will catch your attention for all its running time and great acting (I was really impress by Edward Fox) this one is for you. The only little critic that I could make, even if I can understand the reasonning, is the fact that the French don't use their native language when they speak to each other (by exemple in the crisis cabinet reunion). Like I've said I understand the reason (most people don't watch movie to read a book) but this would have add more reality to the story.No problem to recommand this one. You see I don't watch only obscure dirty movie :laugh:
Rating :
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Post by: Najemikon on April 16, 2009, 08:37:35 PM
Wow, so you do like proper films occasionally? :tease: ;)
Post by: Jimmy on April 16, 2009, 08:44:59 PM
Sure, I just don't review them usually. But for this one I was really tempted to wrote a really bad one to make you jump as a joke.
Post by: Najemikon on April 17, 2009, 12:53:42 AM
:laugh:
Sure, I just don't review them usually. But for this one I was really tempted to wrote a really bad one to make you jump as a joke.
:laugh: Well I think you should include more reviews like that! Keeps us on our toes... ;)
Post by: Kathy on April 17, 2009, 02:51:49 AM
:o
Wow, so you do like proper films occasionally? :tease: ;)
What do you mean...Jimmy is always reviewing proper films! :devil:
Post by: Jimmy on April 17, 2009, 03:09:31 AM
:laugh: Well I think you should include more reviews like that! Keeps us on our toes... ;)Maybe occasionally, but I don't think that I'm really the guy for this (the others review the mainstream stuff better that I can) and I've wrote many reviews for most known movies here (Xanadu, Uwe Boll's movie, Last house on the left, Grease 2, ...). Don't forget that I must have something to say about a movie to review it, by exemple this isn't because I watch something like Officer and Gentleman that I will have something interesting to write about the film (positive or negative).
edit : I've an idea for a theme marathon that could please you this weekend, since it had some well known movie in it and no this isn't the one I've talked about last week in the pete's marathon thread (I haven't receive all the movies for it). I will decide tomorrow if I'm in the mood for it or not.
Post by: Jimmy on April 21, 2009, 04:20:04 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: SexWorld (1977)
Genre: Couple Movie
Director: Anthony Spinelli
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h30
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Leslie Bovee
Kay Parker
Sharon Thorpe
John Leslie
Desiree West
Plot:
From all over the country, people go to the Sex World resort to solve their sexual problems and explore their erotic desires. The place is staffed by a group of trained technicians who use sophisticated electronic devices to pair up various people in ways that they know will result in their having fabulous sex. Just dial the wildest erotic fantasy you can imagine into a central computer, and moments later you'll be joined by a partner, or partners, whose only task is to gratify your every desire; no matter how unusual it is!
My Thoughts:
A nice classic with a great cast and a good premise. The big problem that I've with this one is the fact that the number of visitors to SexWorld is too high. It means that some of the scene are very short (by exemple the Annette Haven's phantasm) or almost non-existent (the scene between Leslie Bovee and Abigail Clayton), since I like miss Clayton this is certainly deceiving. But this is a great film anyway, very classy and with some great scene like the sex phone conversation between Sharon Thorpe and Peter Johns. But I need to know where is this park, it looks like a perfect place for my next vacation :laugh:Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on April 21, 2009, 06:55:43 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://aesppres.com/phpdvdprofiler/images/thumbnails/I6A047C6D5FCB63F9f.jpg)
Title: Hot Teenage Assets (1978)
Genre: :yawn:
Director: Zachary Youngblood and Daemian Lee
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h05
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Cris Cassidy
Bob Bernharding
Kathy Malwin
Molly Seagrim
Curt Crotchkiss
Plot:
Hot Teenage Assets is the story of a fox - her name is Kathy. She's blonde and beautiful - but she's a tight ass...just ask her friends. How do you loosen up a liberated lady - introduce her to the doctor... Doctor Good - and invite her to one of his weekend sensitivity sessions.
Beautiful people, touching...good feelings. Kathy soon discovers her own assets and realizes her deepest fantasies - which are revealed one by one in this classic tale of temptation discovered!
My Thoughts:
I should have known just by the synopsis that this one won't please me. Boring film with bad acting, bad cinematography (is it possible to film a DP scene worse than that?), full of bland looking and generic people, no existent story, badly directed (it even fuck an homosexual scene) and even one of the girl had her harmpit unshaved (complete turn off for me). At least Cris Cassidy is in this, but she can't save this boring mess by herself alone.Rating :
edit because I have forgot the R rating again :slaphead:
Post by: Kathy on April 21, 2009, 11:17:38 AM
Post by: richierich on April 21, 2009, 04:15:16 PM
At first glance at the genre smilie, I thought you found one for oral sex!
:yellowcard:
Post by: Najemikon on April 21, 2009, 04:40:38 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://aesppres.com/phpdvdprofiler/images/thumbnails/5027182614042.4f.jpg) (http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/4/3/10/f_languageoflm_7dd6fde.jpg)
Title: The Language of Love (1969)
This was on the homepage when I logged in from work! :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on April 21, 2009, 05:24:58 PM
This one isn't X-rated that's why I haven't block it, but never tought about the poster. So how many of your colleagues think you are a pervert now? :devil:
At first glance at the genre smilie, I thought you found one for oral sex!Like this one #Image removed#
edit because the smiley turns to something else and I've nothing to do with that
But the image is always in the following post by Jon :laugh:
Post by: Najemikon on April 21, 2009, 06:33:37 PM
:hysterical:
This one isn't X-rated that's why I haven't block it, but never tought about the poster. So how many of your colleagues think you are a pervert now? :devil:
Luckily I was able to jump pages! :-[
At first glance at the genre smilie, I thought you found one for oral sex!Like this one (http://www.ilu.be/upseor/galerie-sc/s-blowjob.gif)
:o Is nothing innocent? Even smilies are corrupted!
Post by: Achim on April 22, 2009, 02:30:33 AM
I actually used to own one (smiley-file) as an add-on for Yahoo Messenger... If Karsten wants to add it, I could try to look it up :PAt first glance at the genre smilie, I thought you found one for oral sex!
:yellowcard:
Post by: Jimmy on April 22, 2009, 03:55:02 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://aesppres.com/phpdvdprofiler/images/thumbnails/759731410724f.jpg)
Title: Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
Genre: Horror
Director: Alfred Sole
Rating: R
Length: 1h47
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Linda Miller
Mildred Clinton
Paula Sheppard
Niles McMaster
Rudolph Willrich
Plot:
When ten-year-old Karen (Brooke Shields) is killed in church on the occasion of her first communion, her seemingly innocent older sister Alice (Paula Sheppard) becomes the prime suspect. Matters become complicated as more of Alice's family members are attacked, along with residents of her apartment building. Can a twelve-year-old girl be capable of such mayhem, or is someone else with a vicious plan destroying her family?
My Thoughts:
This film is the nearest that an american movie can be to an italian giallo. It had all the characteristics : a completicated story, weird characters, good effects and an artistic feeling. So you can easilly guess that it's a movie that I like. The story is really good, it looks evident at first glance but you get a couple of surprise turn. The murders without being too gory are really effective and look real (prepare yourself you will shivering). The acting is particullary good for this genre of film : Paula Sheppard is particullary great (after I've listen the commentary I was shocked, she was 19 years old and she looks so young). This is really an horror film that deserves to be discover... Pete or any horror fans this is really one movie for you.
Rating :
Post by: addicted2dvd on April 22, 2009, 10:22:17 AM
Post by: Jimmy on April 24, 2009, 07:34:37 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://aesppres.com/phpdvdprofiler/images/thumbnails/IDBACC2E0B81C7E98f.jpg)
Title: 7 Into Snowy (1977)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Antonio Shepherd
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h15
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Abigail Clayton
Kay Parker
Paul Thomas
Kristine Heller
Bonnie Holiday
Plot:
This modern-day update of Snow White features luscious Abigail Clayton as an ingénue dominated by her stepmother - Kay Parker. Jealous of her stepdaughter's beauty, mom strikes back with a plan to sexually exhaust the young lady, instead, she provides her with a nonstop orgy of purely pleasurable sex! A classic!
My Thoughts:
A real classic and a very different version that the one I'm used to, but anyway this version is already very different than the original fairy tales. This is the first adult movie produced by David Friedman a name that appears frequently in my collection, since he is the most important character in the exploitation movie bussiness : he is responsible for the creation of the nudie cutie genre, he is the creator of the first gore movie (Blood Feast), he had produce the first roughie (Scum of the Earth), he had produce one of the most successfull film in my country (Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS), he had made a lot of sexploitation classic (The Erotic Adventures of Zorro, Trader Hornee, Starlet!,...) and he had produce some of the best adult movies in the golden age (Alexandra and The Budding of Brie). Can we say that it's pretty evident that with reference like that the movie start with high expectation. Add to the mix the three principal actors in the cast : Abigail Clayton (a real classic beauty), Kay Parker (didn't interest me when I was younger, but this is completly different now since she was my age at the time of her career) and Paul Thomas (a real actor who start his career in Jesus Christ Superstar). This film is more erotic than pornographic, yes it's an harcore movie but with a lot of class. Most of the scenes are sensual and not really graphic. By exemple, the one in the shower bring back some good memory for me (honestly, the best place in a house to make love) or the one on the beach (no memory here, never did it on a beach too much sand for me :laugh:). The acting, not surprisingly, is really good I've seen much worse in many Hollywood movies. The music used for the score (classical music and piano instrumental) add a lot too and the theme song is a beautifull romantic one.
My only problem is the fact that the movie is edited (the end sequence with Snowy and the seven magnificents is really choppy), but the only way to see the movie in its original form is to win an old betamax or an 16mm print on Ebay (if you're lucky enough to find it) and I certainly don't have that kind of money.
Even the edited version is good enough to be recommanded even if I usually prefer the complete version for any movie.
Rating :
DJ Doena: Rating Symbol
Post by: Najemikon on April 24, 2009, 07:11:50 PM
Plot:
This modern-day update of Snow White features luscious Abigail Clayton as an ingénue dominated by her stepmother - Kay Parker. Jealous of her stepdaughter's beauty, mom strikes back with a plan to sexually exhaust the young lady, instead, she provides her with a nonstop orgy of purely pleasurable sex! A classic!
You have the nerve to describe that as a "plot"? :hysterical:
Post by: Jimmy on April 24, 2009, 07:48:59 PM
DJ Doena: Rating SymbolSorry, I always forgot :-[
You have the nerve to describe that as a "plot"? :hysterical:This isn't from me, I usually used what is on the back cover ;)
But the adult movie synopsis sure tend to be right at the point, no wasting time there you know exactly what you will watch. :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on April 28, 2009, 04:08:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
(http://aesppres.com/phpdvdprofiler/images/thumbnails/I68C3ADFEBC303D06f.jpg)
Title: Expose Me Lovely (1976)
Genre: Detective Story
Director: Armand Weston
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h31
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Ras Kean
Catherine Burgess
Jennifer Welles
Jody Maxwell
Eve Adams
Plot:
Frosty Knight, a hard boiled Private investigator is visited by Karen Spencer who asks him to find her long estranged brother so that he can be told of his father's terminal illness. Frosty takes on the case but becomes immediately suspicious of Karen's true motives as it seems her long lost brother has disappeared off the face of the earth. As his investigation progresses, Frosty slowly begins to realize that he might be playing the patsy in a plot much more sinister than he could have imagined.
My Thoughts:
A pretty good detective story that starts with a mysteriously disfigured man at an hospital. Since this isn't the mystery of this film, we will find soon enough that this man is in fact Frosty Knight and we will find what had happen to him when he relives his investigation in flashback. The story make a good use of the narative trick like a lot of old black and white detective story. In fact the case is interesting to follow and you find yourself immerse in it. The end is quite surprising too, not that the detective end at the hospital (we already know that from the beginning) but how he ends there. Evidently the acting add a lot to the enjoyment, but with the name in the cast it's not a surprise that we have a movie with sex in it and not the contrary. Ras Kean is the lead here and this is one of the rare occasion since he usually play small (but memorable) parts like in Misty Bethoven or Candy Lips (his scene with Susan McBain is the only enjoyable thing in this crappy movie). In this cast you have Catherine Burgess (great in Through the Looking Glass), Jody Maxwell (a real theatre actress good in everything), Jennifer Welles (a veteran actress from the sixties New York roughies), Annie Sprinkle (not the greatest actress but always a pleasure to see her again) and many characters actor in non-sex role. The movie had a very good musical score made by Jack Justis who is responsible for some memorable instrumentals songs in many Joe Sarno's movies.So if you want to see what the adult industry would have become if the video haven't kill the quality in the eighties this is a film to watch. Even for those who usually don't like adult movies...
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on April 28, 2009, 05:52:25 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Candy Stripers (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Chinn
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h24
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Amber Hunt
Cris Cassidy
Nancy Hoffman
Sharon Thorpe
Paul Thomas
Plot:
What happens when you let three horny teenage girls loose in a hospital?
They give new meaning to the word "BED"-lam, as they make sure that ALL of their patients' needs are taken care of...
Deep-Probing Doctors and Nasty Nurses service patients and staff in non-stop hot action guaranteed to melt you stethescopes!
My Thoughts:
Don't expect a very complicated movie there it's just a nice comedy without a real story, but don't take that as a negative comment (Debbie Does Dallas doesn't really have a story too and it's a fun time waster). The story is simple : 3 young girls work as volunteer at an hospital, their job is to distribute candy and magazine to the patient and that's all. Not really it's an adult movie, so they give more than candy :laugh:How you can't like a movie that start with Cris Cassidy having a phone conversation while she had a sexual relationship? The cast is great here (not really on the acting point of view, but on the other important one), the 3 candy stripers are real cutie (Amber Hunt isn't what most people would call one, but she wears a pair of glasses so she's sexy for me :laugh:), Paul Thomas and Richard Pacheco are in this too (the good acting is there). The rest of the cast is nice too with Eileen Wells, Mimi Morgan and Sharon Thorpe. You can see this movie as a dream hospital for the guys (a place that would give me the idea to injured myself to become a patient :devil:).
Evidently the movie available on dvd is imcomplete, so what I have is a composite of the dvd and an old vhs release. The drop of quality is evident, but not too disturbing. The cut scenes are two fisting one and contrary to most of the time those one are sexy. I have no idea if this is something that fun in real life (just try to ask your girlfriend or wife if she would be interested to try it and... imagine the answer or the slap on the face).
A good time waster when you want something well done, tastefull, funny and not too complicated to watch.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on April 29, 2009, 07:45:04 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Genre: Horror (kind of)
Director: Don Miller
Rating: XXX
Length: 0h56
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
They want to remain anonymous :tease:
Plot:
Danny and Shirley have a problem. Danny can't seem to fulfill his marital duties (not that they're married, as it turns out) and Shirley has had about enough of it. As a solution, they seek out a 'Necromancer' known as Madame Heles to solve the problem.
My Thoughts:
This is certainly not a good movie. The story doesn't really make sense, the sex scenes are uninspired and badly filmed, most of the acting is really awfull (one of the actor isn't able to say a single phrase without missing it), the musical score is completly inapropriate (western, burlesque jazz and even the kind we heard in old silent movies) and the set and props are cheap. So what is the interest in this film? (click to show/hide)
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on April 30, 2009, 07:15:45 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Centerfold Girls (1974)
Genre: Crime
Director: John Peyser
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h33
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Andrew Prine
Tiffany Bolling
Jaime Lyn Bauer
Jennifer Ashley
Francine York
Plot:
A reedy man wearing saddle shoes and an ill-fitting suit drags the nude body of a young woman—her throat slit-- along an otherwise empty beach. Soon a number of other beautiful women turn up dead, their throats also cut open. Nurses, students, stewardesses… what’s the common thread? All were centerfold models for a popular men’s magazine, prey to a bloodthirsty psychotic with a straight razor!
My Thoughts:
When you like the same movie genre than me you need a lot of patience, by exemple I wait for the release of The Farmer since 3 years, Bonnie's Kids since 2 years and this one since april last year (like The Roommates). All this always create big expectations, this isn't always a good thing and often you get the "that's it!" reaction. Evidently when I finally get one of these long awaited film I watch it the same day and it jump over the waiting stake of dvd. In this film we already know who is the killer, no suspense here, this is a religious right nut. Who attack the centerfolds of a man magazine because he wants to help them since they have sin... Evidently like all those loony religious people he is just sexually repressed (it's my humble oppinion here). You can be sure that he will kill, in fact right at the beginning we see him buried a dead corpse (Miss January). Even if the film had no real suspense (since you can easilly guess what will happen) it had a great dark scary sleazy vibes in it. The fact that the killer is played by Andrew Prine help a lot since he was a big name in the drive in movies and he continue to work a lot, so the name ring maybe a bell for some of you. Sure the cast if full of beautifull girls to play the centerfolds : Jaime Lyn Bauer (Days of Our Lives), Jennifer Ashley (Nightmare Circus), Kitty Carl (tv figuration role), Ruthy Ross (Playmate of the Month June 1973) and Tiffany Bolling (Bonnie's Kids). You get a lot of character actors in small role (Aldo Ray, Mike Mazurki, Paula Shaw, Ray Danton and Jeremy Slate). But theres more; Tallie Cochrane, Connie Strickland and Anneka Di Lorenzo are in this too. What this isn't enough? You sure are a tough crowd to please... OK this is the first movie of Janus Blythe (The Hills Have Eyes, the original not the crappy remake :P). Do I really need to say that this movie had a great cast :laugh:
Another particularity of this film is the fact that it is an "anthology" in three parts. Each of them consist has the attack of one centerfold (or a group of centerfolds) by the crazy religious guy. All the parts are really well construct and all the girls pass through hell before their demise... Not as bloody as it sounds, the film lies on a scary mood (ok it had a little blood too). The last one is my favorite, but it's kind of natural since this is the Tiffany Bolling portion.
A real good drive in movie that had meet all my expectations.
Strong recommandation! A real winner! :clap:
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on May 01, 2009, 04:23:48 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Little Girls Blue (1977)
Genre: Girls School
Director: Joanna Williams
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h13
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
K.C. Winters
Samantha Morgan
Chris Petersen
Carl Regal
Lori Blue
Plot:
It's a fresh take on the boarding school theme. Don't worry, the girls still engage in lots of sexual shenanigans with each other, their college faculty and staff, but this movie has something the others sadly lack: an IQ well above room temperature and a wit sharper than the high heels its stars are constantly slipping out of. Made in 1977, this title is a true classic and many of its stars will now seem like fresh new faces. This film is fun to watch as a time capsule of sorts containing '70's utterly carefree sex and totally natural bodies.
My Thoughts:
Another synopsis that tell nothing about the movie... The action happen at a private girls school where the students and the teachers let their imagination go on each other (not that mine is that great, but at least it is more real). First thing to say, and that doesn't happen often, I'm not really familliar with the girls in this movie, always nice to discover some new visage. Like I've said most of what happen is in the imagination of the protagonists when they phantasm on a student or a teacher. Those scene are surrealist with only a white room with no furniture at all and with always a big blue ball present. The love making scenes are really sexy and arousing with no talking and shouting, but only with pleasure sigh. The acting isn't too bad and surprisingly the movie doesn't have any girl-girl scene (can't remember another movie where that happens). The only thing that I've not really like is the end, happen way too fast and without a real conclusion. Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on May 01, 2009, 06:46:27 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Pretty Peaches (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Alex De Renzy
Rating: XXX
Length: 1h28
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Desiree Cousteau
Joey Silvera
Ken Scudder
John Leslie
Juliet Anderson
Plot:
Peaches is a daffy carefree female who cheerfully plunges through life without any worries. After attending her father's wedding, she has an accident in her jeep that leaves her unconscious. Two guys find her and immediately take advantage of their good luck. It turns out that Peaches has amnesia, so the fellows offer to help her. The plot revolves around all the silly circumstances and schemes they come up with, and her resolve to keep on smiling through it all. Alex De Renzy regards Pretty Peaches as one of his best all around films.
My Thoughts:
This one is a classic and a really good comedy. Desiree Cousteau gives a real good acting performance with all the timing and charm needed to lead a comedy (not something that we can say about many so-called comic actors actually). Here you have a real movie with a pretty good plot that follows the misadventure of Peaches while she tries to get back her memory. Silvera does a good job too in the role of one of the guy who try to profit of the whole situation and, as usual, Paul Thomas and John Leslie are perfectly reliable. The movie had even a shocking ending (it takes a shock to bring back the memory and this is a real one). Sadly this movie is unrelease officially on dvd and it will never be, because the label had a stupid censorship politics. The movie countains a sequence where Peaches is raped by four women (not really a funny scene and played very real by Miss Cousteau) and, even if no laws prohibits this on a movie, the labels censor themselves on this. This isn't for nothing if so many classic adult movies aren't available uncut on official dvd (the sad fact is that they show more worst than that in what they called adult movie now :yucky:). Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on May 02, 2009, 05:26:22 AM
Of course I'll continue to watch and review adult movies... I've actually 285 of them (a number that increase each weeks) and the majority aren't reviewed or watched yet...
So, you will have the old topic that could be considered safe for work and the new one not really safe (even if I don't post any picture).
Nobody had request this, but I think that it will be appreciated :shrug:
Forget to mention that I will not move the ones that are already here, since it would been way too much works to make the correction in the review index :surrender:
Post by: Jimmy on May 18, 2009, 06:11:46 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: JCVD (2008)
Genre: Drama
Director: Mabrouk El Mechri
Rating: 13+
Length: 1h37
Video: Widescreen
Audio: French & English
Subtitles: English, French & Spanish
Stars:
Jean-Claude Van Damme
François Damiens
Karim Belkhadra
Zinedine Soualem
Norbert Rutili
Plot:
The "Muscles from Bussels" is back and facing the biggest fight of his life. Returning to his home town for some much needed rest after losing his daughter in a lengthy custody battle, Jean-Claude Van Damme finds himself smack in the middle of a bank heist. Even worse, the cops think the penniless aging action star is the culprit. Now in the midst of a dangerous hostage situation where everyone wants a piece of Van Damme, JCVD will have to use his Hollywood training to plan an escape. But can Van Damme really be the underdog hero in real life?
My Thoughts:
This is one of the movies that I was waiting to watch the most this year (the other is The Wrestler), since I was a big fan of the Van Damme's action movies. Evidently this film isn't an action movie and this is a good thing since it's ridiculous to continue to play the tough guy at a certain age (a good exemple could be Steven Seagal, but he was never that great to begin with). I can say that Van Damme had win his bet with this film : he can act. It's great to watch an aging actor showing that he isn't invincible and just a normal guy. I've appreciated the performances of the actor playing the fan-boy criminal and the woman playing the taxi driver (she really made me laugh, but I ain't sure how it looks in a dub version).I've like the film from the beginning untill the end at least in the original version (didn't watch the dub one, it's possible that the emotions doesn't pass the same way).
Rating :
Post by: Najemikon on July 11, 2009, 01:56:00 AM
Anyway, Pellissier is apparently a real French doctor, but in his spare time, he makes horror films. They look horrendous and apparently are so disgusting most people fail to watch all the way through! Obviously, I immediately thought of you... :P
There doesn't seem to be much info on him, but I did find this interview. (http://english.ohmygore.com/interview-1-interview-with-antoine-pellissier-december-2002-uk.html) I think the film they kept showing bits from was called "Malefica".
Post by: Jimmy on July 11, 2009, 02:36:29 AM
Post by: Najemikon on July 11, 2009, 12:07:44 PM
I can't find him on IMDB, and they even have Uwe Boll! :hysterical:
Post by: Jimmy on July 18, 2009, 09:26:03 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
Genre: Musical
Director: Norman Jewison
Rating: G
Length: 1h47
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English & French
Subtitles: English, French & Spanish
Stars:
Ted Neeley
Carl Anderson
Yvonne Elliman
Barry Dennen
Bob Bingham
Plot:
This dazzling interpretation of the hit Tim Rice – Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera tells the story of Christ's (Ted Neeley) final weeks in a bold and epic production. Shot entirely on location in Israel, producer-director Norman Jewison creates a brilliant example of modern movie making with groundbreaking vision and the unforgettable songs of Rice and Webber. Nominated for several Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Actress, this legendary classic is now a must-have Special Edition
My Thoughts:
I agree I cheat a little, since this isn't an unknown movie at all but it's been a long time since I've reviewed a film here. I've appreciated this one a lot more than anticipated, I was "traumatized" as a young child with the broadcasting of another version (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075520/) of the Christ story every year here. The music is really good, in fact I listen the movie again while I write this. All the performers had great voices, but Carl Anderson who plays Judas and Yvonne Elliman who plays Mary Magdalene (she's quite beautifull also) are above the rest. The idea of filming the movie in the Israel desert is a real good one since the scenery is astounding. Love the fact that the story is tell from the point of view of Judas since we are able to understand his reasonning for the treason he will do later (hope that I haven't spoil the end of the story for anyone ::)). An interesting fact, at least for me, this movie is the first one of Paul Thomas who will became a couple of years later one of the best actor in the adult movies I love so much. One thing that was puzzling me while watching is the fact that we don't see Mary at all, but finally I've understand at the end... Tim Rice who had written the opera is British and they don't believe in the Immaculate Conception like us the Roman Catholics :slaphead:Really there isn't a part of this movie that I haven't like. A sure recommandation for everyone except Pete :tease:
Rating :
Post by: Tom on July 18, 2009, 09:58:00 AM
Post by: Najemikon on July 24, 2009, 12:53:20 PM
Rubber Johnny (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7382676545570345084)
Info... (http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/rubber.html)
Post by: Jimmy on July 27, 2009, 08:40:46 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Wonderland (2003)
Genre: Real Crime Story
Director: James Cox
Rating: R
Length: 1h44
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: English & Spanish
Stars:
Val Kilmer
Kate Bosworth
Lisa Kudrow
Josh Lucas
Dylan McDermott
Plot:
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call at 8763 Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes. You're about to experience both versions.
My Thoughts:
This film is a perfect exemple of a movie that didn't get the success it deserve. Because what we have here is for me the best American movie made in the last 10 years. Sure the shaky cam and the mtv editing is present but that was used for a reason (pass a lot of information fast and get the confusing mood of the persons involved in the events), so I can tolerate them. The director and the script writer had done their work to get the story straight something that we aren't used too anymore (for an exemple of lazy works full of errors just watch Boogie Nights, a real piece of crap). Val Kilmer is perfect in his interpretation of John Holmes (who can honestly say that he was sure that Nick Rivers would had a career that big), in fact nobody is a weak link in the cast. The soundtrack is awesome, full of seventies rock hits and all the songs are well used when they are (the opening credit using Shooting Star from Bad Company is a perfect exemple of a song well used). Contrary to many recent movies this one isn't sanitized for the teenagers. It's violent, it's bloody, it's dirty and it's perfectly how a crime story must be done.If you have never seen this one it's time to give it the chance it didn't had when it was originally released.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on July 29, 2009, 05:39:24 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Run Angel Run (1969)
Genre: Biker Movie
Director: Jack Starrett
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h35
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
William Smith
Valerie Starrett
Gene Shane
Lee de Broux
Paul Harper
Plot:
Angel (William Smith), a member of a notorious and violent motorcycle gang, gets an offer from a major news magazine. $10,000 in exchange for exposing the secret inner workings of his leather-clad brethren. Angel takes the offer, although it means betraying a coven of outlaw bikers and risking his life!
My Thoughts:
Time to get back to the roots of this topic that is the little known genre film. The one I've choose today is a biker flick a genre who got its start in 19641 with a British film (The Leather Boys) and was a popular drive-in genre untill 1976 with Northville Cemetery Massacre. Most of those movies were build in the same mold : the live free spirit, the violent action and the heavy drinking. The one reviewed here is a little bit different of the usual biker movie. Before talking of the film I'll named some of the people involved since many of those name are familliar for many. First the director Jack Starrett was in The Gay Deceivers, Blazing Saddles, First Blood and Nightwish (a 1989 horror film that Pete had maybe seen). William Smith the title character continue to work today in the industry and you probably know him for Conan the Barbarian, Red Dawn, Laredo (Roger certainly know this western TV serie) and many other TV shows. Lee de Broux start a long serie of TV role after this film and he was in Pumpkinhead and Robocop. Finally it was the first movie of Margaret Markov who didn't had a long career (only 5 years) but it was enough to establish her cult actress status with movie like Pretty Maids All in a Row, The Arena, Black Mama, White Mama and The Hot Box. Finally the theme song is sing by Tammy Wynette. Like I've said in the beginning this is a different kind of biker flick, sure it countains the long moto driving sequence but not the usual violence attach to this genre (untill the very end when finally it happens2). In fact this is more a drama, I could even say that it's a chick movie since the character who had most of the control in this film is the girlfriend of Angel played by Valerie Starrett that maybe some of you know for her role in General Hospital. It doesn't mean that the film is bad because it is different, since in fact I like it. The movie lie entirely on the shoulders of Smith and Starrett since the central plot of the film is their couple relation, a job that they have achieve with no problem.
I sure recommand this one, since it's a good introduction to the genre if the violent biker film like Hell's Angels 69, Hell's Bloody Devils or Born Losers aren't your bag of tea.
Rating :
1. I've voluntarily written off The Wild One (1953) since it didn't bring a lot of immediate follow up.
2. A 17 years old teenager (Markov) is raped by the four bikers searching Angel, an important moment for the movie conclusion.
Post by: Jimmy on September 08, 2009, 11:35:05 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Deep Throat II (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Sarno
Rating: Unrated (film originally rated R)
Length: 1h29
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Linda Lovelace
Harry Reems
Levi Richards
Chris Jordan
Jamie Gillis
Plot:
When one of sex therapist extraordinaire Linda's patients turns out to be harboring the plans to a top-secret government computer, both the KGB and the CIA attempt to enlist Linda in their efforts to steal the data. A zany comedy part James Bond, part Marx Brothers - all Linda Lovelace!
My Thoughts:
I hate the original Deep Throat for many reasons, but it's mostly because it doesn't deserve its reputation (as you have seen in my xxx reviews topic many quality features were made more than 3 years before) and its a boring piece of crap badly act. So the fact that it's Joe Sarno who had directed the sequel is the reason why I was interested to get it. Of course the cast help also since it's a real showcase for the acting talent of many adult performers. Almost all the adult movie's actors of this time appear in this ;D Just to give you an idea of what I means Andrea True, Tina Russell, Helen Madigan, Marc Stevens, Ashley Moore, Roger Caine and many others are in the cast. Surprisingly this follow up isn't an adult film, not even a softcore one in fact there is almost no nudity (that's why it is place here). Sure it's a silly comedy, but a funny one and this is well act (with the exception of Linda Lovelace who can't act even with a gun on her head ::)).Recommanded if you want to see why I respect those actors so much and if you want to discover the works of Sarno but the nudity frighten you :tease:
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on September 09, 2009, 05:34:40 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Switch or How to Alter Your Ego (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joe Sarno
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h33
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Rebecca Brooke
Eric Edwards
Sonny Landham
Raymond Serra
Chris Jordan
Plot:
Rebecca Brooke stars as Dr. Sherry Hyde, a nerdy chemist who discovers a secret formula to make her both alluring and horny! Follow Medium's misadventures along with co-stars Sonny Landham, Jennifer Welles and Eric Edwards.
My Thoughts:
On the 3 films included in the set this one is the movie I've appreciated the least. Not necessarily because it's a bad film, but more because it isn't a new idea (of course I think the same of the vampire movie most of the time). I was expecting more from Rebecca Brooke that I've appreciated in so many films that I've reviewed here, but her talent is more obvious in the dramatic role. Of course Eric Edwards, Sonny Landham and Chris Jordan presence compensate for my little deception (Jennifer Welles is in this also, but I've always prefer her B/W works in the sixties when she was using the Liza Duran alias). Like I've said not a bad movie, just not my genre...Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on September 09, 2009, 05:53:07 AM
The set is a great addition to the collection of every fan of Joe Sarno. The extra are excellent also with a good commentary track from Levi Richards where he talks about his career, 3 different interviews with Joe Sarno, an interview with Doug Stone (the star of A Touch of Genie) and many trailers for different Sarno's movies (including finally one for Moonlighting Wives a 1966 classic).
You can get it from Amazon US (http://www.amazon.com/Sarnos-Deep-Throat-Comedy-Collection/dp/B0026MP1CM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1252467916&sr=1-2) if you want to support our website. But the price is lower at Diabolik DVD (http://www.diabolikdvd.com/category/Adult-(Browse-All)/Touch-of-Genie-DVD-(Joe-Sarno-2-DVD)-(NTSC-Region-1).html) :-\
Post by: Jimmy on September 09, 2009, 09:23:36 PM
Post by: Jimmy on September 09, 2009, 09:55:58 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Vigilante (1983)
Genre: Action
Director: William Lustig
Rating: Unrated (originally rated R)
Length: 1h29
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English, French, Italian and German
Subtitles: CC and Spanish
Stars:
Robert Forster
Fred Williamson
Richard Bright
Rutanya Alda
Don Blakely
Plot:
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar® nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge. Now there's a new breed of marauder loose on the city streets, enforcing his own kind of law. His justice is swift. His methods are violent. He is the VIGILANTE.
My Thoughts:
What we have here is to tell it simply the best movie directed by Lustig (don't forget that he is responsible for Maniac, Maniac Cop and The Violation of Claudia). This movie had probably one of the best opening of the cinema history (some will certainly said that I exaggerates as usual) with a great speach by Fred Williamson. The characters even if they are establish fastly aren't caricature and you care and root for them. Great acting from Robert Forster, his performance is just incredible and feels real. Fred Williamson is as good as usual and you get a small cameo by the always appreciated Joe Spinell. The instrumental theme song is powerfull and awesome (when you hear the first note later it doesn't take you long to understand that Eddie Marino is in revenge mode). Well written script that doesn't give you a chance to take your breath. Frankly one of the best american revenge movie ever made...Great eighties movie that you must watch if you want to see the greatness of the American independant cinema before it was put to death by the disapearance of the independant movie theatre and the drive in.
Rating :
Post by: Achim on September 10, 2009, 06:07:13 AM
Somehow I was not aware it has Fred Williamson (gotta love how he makes fun of himself these days), Robert Forster (Jackie Brown) and of course Joe Spinnell (the Maniac).
Post by: Jimmy on September 10, 2009, 06:15:54 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Bacchanales Sexuelles (1973)
Genre: French Softcore
Director: Jean Rollin
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h42
Video: Widescreen
Audio: French
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Joëlle Coeur
Marie-France Morel
Alain Bastin
Brigitte Borghese
Annie Belle
Plot:
Valerie, a beautiful young girl, watches over her cousin's place while he's away for six months. She spends her first night there reading, playing records and calling her girlfriend over for some hot lesbian sex! That night, members of a crazed sex cult break-in and mistakenly kidnap Sophie. Valerie's cousin, a member of this cult, has some incriminating photos and the leader wants to ruin his life. Once the kidnapping plot is uncovered, Valerie and Sophie's horny friend Fred go to the cult's mansion stronghold to stop all this madness!
My Thoughts:
Wow... :weirdo: What a retard movie.... This is probably one of the stupidest thing I've seen in my life... The story is so stupid and with no sense... This is awfully act and the accent really gets on my nerve...Of course this is a French movie :slaphead:I usually like Jean Rollin at least his vampire film, but since I've to wait october also to watch the unwatched ones I own I've decided to watch this. OK the movie as a film is stupid, ridiculous and insane, but... I've liked it anyway since even if she can't act Joëlle Coeur is a pleasure for the eyes and your eyes will be pleased a lot with this film. Why? Because the movie is an excuse (and a bad one) to show a lot of naked French girls (at least 80% of the movie). To be honest this is the only thing that this film had for itself and after only a few minutes you had forgotten that this movie had a plot.
Rating : :devil:
Post by: Jimmy on September 10, 2009, 06:21:44 AM
I used to have Vigilante on my Wish List and I think I took it off at some point for some reason...in whic case I will have to put it back now.Kind of funny since I've watched your collection after I've wrote my review. I was so sure that it was your genre of film, I was a little surprise to not see it :laugh:
Post by: Najemikon on September 10, 2009, 05:43:21 PM
I used to have Vigilante on my Wish List and I think I took it off at some point for some reason...in whic case I will have to put it back now.Kind of funny since I've watched your collection after I've wrote my review. I was so sure that it was your genre of film, I was a little surprise to not see it :laugh:
Unusually for this thread, :tease: I really like the look of that one too.
Post by: Jimmy on October 28, 2009, 11:18:26 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Nez Rouge (2004)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Director: Erik Canuel
Rating: G
Length: 1h54
Video: Widescreen
Audio: French
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Patrick Huard
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier
Pierre Lebeau
Jean L'Italien
Frédérick De Grandpré
Plot:
Félix, est critique de métier, Céline, est une auteure dont le premier roman a été démoli par Félix. Forcés par les circonstances à faire du bénévolat pour Opération Nez Rouge, le destin veut qu'ils fassent équipe ensemble.
Felix is a critic, Céline, is an author whose first novel was demolished by Felix. Forced by the circumstances to volunteer for Operation Nez Rouge, fate wants them to team together.
My Thoughts:
This is certainly not the genre of film I watch usually, this is a well known film (at least in my part of the world) and it's a romantic comedy :yucky:. No surprise here this film is really predictable from the beginning as all those type of film are. Another fact that doesn't help is that I don't like Patrick Huard, never understand the appeal for this pretentious and untalented "actor". Not that the film is a complete waste of time, since Michèle-Barbara Pelletier is an underated French Canadian actress that I like (too bad that she usually worked in boring tv series) and Pierre Lebeau is as good as he always is. Caroline Dhavernas and Sylvain Marcel had funny cameo as Nez Rouge clients (for those who don't know, Nez Rouge is a free escort service to return you and your car safely at home when you are too drunk during Christmas time). A lot of good technics are used for the scenes transition.I'm sure those who usually like this genre could like this also. Of course being a French Canadian film this is only subtitled in english and this is probably hard to find outside of our province.
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How to not fall in love with her, too bad her magnificent blue eyes doesn't appear too well in this screencap
Rating :
Post by: RossRoy on October 28, 2009, 12:54:57 PM
I'll agree with you that Patrick Huard is a bit pretentious... but he has his moments. Pretty much like any other stand-up comic here in Quebec (of which we have way too many per-capita!! but that's another debate...)
Post by: Jimmy on October 28, 2009, 01:49:36 PM
I like Nez Rouge. I do find it odd that you of all people actually enjoyed it. And I'm even more surprised that you decided to watch this in October! heheI wanted to watch something not too complicated to start my day, so in french. I've watch horloge biologique and Québec-Montreal not too long ago, so it was a choice between this, Aurore (good, but not in the mood for it), Saints-Martyrs-Des-Damnés (not in a hurry to watch it again) and Lèvres de sang (I'm tired or watching horror). Even if this a Christmas movie the choice was simple....
Pretty much like any other stand-up comic here in Quebecat least he is better than Cathy Gauthier, just the publicity for her sitcom turn me off. How someone have thought that she can act is completely beyond me! At the SRC for crying out loud ::)
For the benefits of our US friends it's just like if Roseanne Barr would have a show at PBS...
Post by: Jimmy on January 04, 2010, 08:38:27 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Faster Pussycat...Kill! Kill! (1965)
Genre: Action
Director: Russ Meyer
Rating: 18 (British dvd)
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame (it's the original theatrical ratio)
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Tura Satana
Haji
Lori Williams
Sue Bernard
Stuart Lancaster
Plot:
Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! is the story of a new breed of superwomen...three buxom go-go girls: Varla, Rosie, and Billie, wildly dancing the watusi before the leers jeers and lecherous come-ons of their drooling all-male audience. The violence, implicit in the girls' tease, is quickly moved out of the microcosmic bar into the outside world as they literally let go of themselves, embarking on a wild, violent, deadly journey of vengeance on all men. Varla, the outrageously abundant karate master leader of the pack, breaks the arms and back of one man, runs her Porsche over two others, grinds a fourth, a muscleman, against a wall and, eventually, deliberately goes down the path of her own self-destruction, dragging her two buxotic cohorts along with her.
My Thoughts:
This is probably the most known of the Russ Meyer's movies, not my favorite personally (Vixen and Good Morning... and Goodbye! are) but this is a great film anyway. As you can understand from the synopsis this is a girl power movie and in 1965 that was not something common. Those girls are sure tough and can defend themselves (Tura Satana beat the crap of all the men in this film with her bare hand, she really does the fight herself and those fight are great) and are sure good looking also (ok not really miss Satana), by the way Haji is French Canadian so it's a natural (common after the Asian, our women are the most beautifull one in the world). Surprisingly for a Russ Meyer's film there are no nudity in this film at all, but I don't feel it was necessary for this movie since it's about how those girls can kick ass. The acting without being great is corect, but the bad italian accent that Haji use sure make her lines very hard to understand for me :laugh:Maybe the fact it's a black and white film will make some people run from it, but let me tell you one thing : If you do this you will miss one of the best drive-in movie ever made.
Rating :
Post by: Critter on January 04, 2010, 09:57:45 AM
Post by: Jimmy on January 04, 2010, 09:49:19 PM
You can get it there (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Faster-Pussycat-Kill-DVD/dp/B0007OC78W/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1262637828&sr=1-11)
Post by: Critter on January 04, 2010, 10:26:44 PM
Post by: Jimmy on January 05, 2010, 03:42:43 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Dr. Jekyll & Mistress Hyde (2003)
Genre: Erotic Drama
Director: Tony Marsiglia
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h29
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Julian Wells
Misty Mundae
Andrea Davis
Ruby LaRocca
Boz Tennyson
Plot:
Dr. Jackie Stevenson (Julian Wells) is a controversial therapist who believes the female psyche consists of the 'pure' and the 'lustful', and she has developed an experimental serum that will separate the two halves, thus freeing her test subject from psychological and sexual inhibitions. Jackie tests the drug on a depressed young woman (Misty Mundae) who immediately becomes a maniacal love machine that ravishes Jackie in her office. Turned on by the encounter, Jackie decides to experiment the effects of the drug firsthand, and it transforms her from a plain mousy doctor into a stunning and sensuous vixen who craves endless erotic satisfaction. Stalking the streets at night as her predatory alter ego, Jackie indulges all her deepest lesbian fantasies. A smoldering one-night-stand with a hooker leads to further steamy seductions, menacing menages-a-trois, and a wild encounter with Jackie's own house maid (Ruby LaRocca) who fails to even recognize her. As Jackie becomes more and more addicted to the drug and the carnal pleasures it promises, she begins to lose all control...and who knows how far she will go to satisfy her 'other' insatiable self.
My Thoughts:
Clearly not my favorite type of production from Seduction Cinema, but it was released 6 years ago and they do much better now. So we have a movie with no real story, sure there are one but this is mostly an excuse for something else and what is that something else? You have probably already guess it... Anyway it's an excuse to see a lot of naked action from Julian Wells, Misty Mundae, Andrea Davis and Ruby LaRocca. Not that I've something against this, but after a while it gets boring since it's just a teasing game like most of the softcore erotic film. Of course being a Marsiglia's film you got a couple of surprise and the end is sure one (at least that make this film more interesting to me). No an essantial purchase, but if you are a fan of Julian Wells or Misty Mundae you will certainly appreciate this one that came with the film score who is excellent.Rating :
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I'm just watching the making off right now and Misty Mundae is just a natural beauty ;D
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Post by: addicted2dvd on January 05, 2010, 10:38:03 AM
Post by: Achim on January 05, 2010, 03:55:34 PM
I saw her in an episode of Masters of Horror. She is very adorable!Which one? She's not in my DVDP...
Post by: RossRoy on January 05, 2010, 05:19:49 PM
I saw her in an episode of Masters of Horror. She is very adorable!
Yeah, I'm taking a liking to her myself. She's so cute.
Post by: Jimmy on January 05, 2010, 08:09:13 PM
Sick Girl, episode 10 of the first season. She used the Erin Brown alias, I suppose that the database used this name and not the name she is known for to most people ::)I saw her in an episode of Masters of Horror. She is very adorable!Which one? She's not in my DVDP...
Post by: addicted2dvd on January 05, 2010, 10:29:38 PM
Post by: Achim on January 06, 2010, 04:50:39 AM
...so Jimmy, you're saying here most credited name would be Misty...?
Post by: Jimmy on January 06, 2010, 07:07:32 AM
...so Jimmy, you're saying here most credited name would be Misty...?Yes. She use Erin Brown (her real birth name) since she had decided to go for a more mainstream career and for a grand total of 8 movie and she doesn't use it anymore. She was back at Misty Mundae for her 2009 projects (the TV series Lingerie who look totally awesome in my book and Sculpture an horror movie not release yet). She had used Misty Mundae for all her works for Factory 2000, E.I. Independent Cinema and Seduction Cinema for a total of 55 movies (add to this her two last acting credit for 2009). She had also used the alias Sadie Lane in the short films (6 minutes) Sour Milk in 2003.
Just remember what is obvious isn't when we talk about "adult" films in the DVDP database. I just remember the annoying PM discussions when I've corrected the credit for Ashlyn Gere in The X-files and Millenium and some doesn't agree... She had only used the name Ashlyn Gere in 86 of her 147 films, Kimberly Ashlyn Gere (2 times) and Kimberly Patton (11 times) are sure her more credited name ::)
Post by: Jimmy on January 06, 2010, 09:05:54 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Mondo Topless (1966)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Russ Meyer
Rating: 18 (British dvd)
Length: 1h00
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Babette Bardot
Darlene Grey
Pat Barrington
Diane Young
Sin Lenee
Plot:
Topless...in phrase and craze...is sweeping the country...changing the moods and mores of people everywhere. Russ Meyer's Mondo Topless captures the basic essence of the movement...with Movement! Way out, wild undulatory movement! Go-Go Girls...in and out of their environment...baring far more than their souls. Behold the "Buxotics"...you've only dreamed about these kinds of women 'til now, but they’re unbelievably real!...Big Busted Babette Bardot...Super Stacked Sin Lenee...Double D Donna "X"...Protuberant Pat Barringer...Capaciously Domed Darla Paris...and last, but hardly least, Darlene Grey...a mere slip of a frail tipping the scales at only 112 lbs....but get this...her untoppable...gravity-defying...bra-busting boobs have got to comprise nearly 23 lbs. of that total by themselves!
My Thoughts:
For those who think that I don't review serious films let me prove you are wrong with a very profound documentary... OK not really, seriousness isn't my cup of tea :laugh:The documentary isn't really complicated since it's a bunch of well endowed women dancing while they talk about their vision of life (surprisingly their comments are interesting and not always stupid). All of this accompany by a great musical score, so Pete this film isn't for you :P. As a bonus some footage from Europe in the Raw is included in this film (for those who don't know it's a film that Meyer had made in Europe shooting at French and German club). But the most important, at least for me, is the fact that this documentary had the only color footage of Lorna Maitland, she had only appeared in four black and white movies (Lorna, Mudhoney, Hot Thrills and Warm Chills & Hip Hot and 21) during her career.
Not the deepest documentary ever made, but watching those natural girls dancing topless over and over is quite hypnotic... What can I say? I'm a guy :devil:
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on January 07, 2010, 07:17:49 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Supervixens (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Russ Meyer
Rating: 18 (British dvd)
Length: 1h46
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Shari Eubank
Charles Pitts
Charles Napier
Uschi Digard
Stuart Lancaster
Plot:
Geared for the times, Russ Meyer's Supervixens wields the double-bladed axe of satire...cutting and hacking its way to the very bone of society...laying bare and exposing, with great candour, the frailties, weaknesses and strengths of its citizens. A picture born to entertainment, shocking in its frankness, yet so hilariously funny in its delivery. A cinematic smorgasbord of erotic fantasy...six of the world's most bountiful women...served up from the lusty table of Russ Meyer.
My Thoughts:
If you want to see why Russ Meyer was one of the best director of the independant cinema in the sixties and the seventies you must watch this one. Even if isn't as great as Vixen, in my opinion very few movies are, this is a great one. The story even if it's not the most complicated in the world, basically it's about a guy who hate love and do whatever he can to destroy it, it's an entertaining one and this is what I want when I watch a movie. The acting is pretty good (don't forget my standart aren't as high than some of you) and, if you are familliar with the works of Meyer, you will see a lot of familliar faces like John Lazar, Haji, Garth Pillsbury or F. Rufus Owens. Even more Sharon Kelly (maybe you know her more with the Colleen Brennan alias that she had used in her hardcore career) and Deborah McGuire are also in the cast. Great comedy like they will never be made again... Full of actions, stunt, beautifull normal people (you even got full man frontal nudity for our women membership) and Charles Napier in the best performance of his entire career (I'm sure a lot of you know him).Rating :
Post by: Achim on January 07, 2010, 09:55:20 AM
I'm sure Achim and Jon would like this one ;):hmmmm:
Just check the trailer and tell me I'm wrong ;D
Post by: Najemikon on January 07, 2010, 06:52:48 PM
I'm sure Achim and Jon would like this one ;)
...you even got full man frontal nudity...
:o :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on January 07, 2010, 06:57:39 PM
Don't worry you will probably not even notice :laugh:
Post by: addicted2dvd on January 07, 2010, 07:09:12 PM
It's shoot from a very long distance, but I've to find something to make it interesting for the women...
Don't worry you will probably not even notice :laugh:
And... you just lost the women's interest again! :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on January 07, 2010, 07:54:52 PM
It's a thing that will get them interested, but not something essential for her watching enjoyment...
Anyway Jon would notice Shari Eubank in this scene most than Charles Pitts' organ :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on January 08, 2010, 08:37:01 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Up! (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Russ Meyer
Rating: 18 (British dvd)
Length: 1h21
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Raven De La Croix
Robert McLane
Janet Wood
Monty Bane
Bob Schott
Plot:
Russ Meyer's "tried and true" formula is on target again...outrageously buxom women and dumb, muscular men laying their sexually aggressive prowess on the line. Yes, it's all here in Russ Meyer's Up! Two timers, cops, robbers, joints, and mind-boggling bra-busting women. Sweet L'il Alice...Fast, foxy, and fertile. The Headperson (Candy Samples, aka Mary Gavin)...awesome abundance, Pocahontas...cantilevered, protuberant, the chesty young thing...conical, unrestrained, limehouse...pneumatic bliss - oriental style. The Greek chorus (Kitten Natividad)...the biggest and the best, and the "smothering" Margo Winchester...assault with a deadly bosom. Plus the usual assortment of good-lookin', virile, awesomely hung, klutzy men.
My Thoughts:
Time for a thriller, but it's sure ain't Hitchcock and thank god (not that I don't like his film, but it's a Russ Meyer's film). Our story starts with the murder of Adolph Schwartz by a mysterious masked killer and we will have to find who had done it.(http://img38.imagefra.me/img/img38/2/1/8/aesp_pres/f_gods8onr6klm_bfe418b.jpg)
He sure looks familliar :hmmmm:
The story is quite confusing by time, in fact it took me some time to understand what this movie was about, but when a film start with a guy who look like someone we know in a dungeon dominated by 2 women and a man this isn't that evident :laugh:
By chance we have Kitten Natividad who came to help us to understand the focus of the story...
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So not long after we will encounter the principal character of our story : Margo Winchester
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The gorgeous Raven De La Croix
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After that our story move in a restaurant for quite a while and we will forget about the murder untill the end when the murderer will be revealed (but if you have guess it the first time you are way better than me). So who is the killer?
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or is it one of the guy? No spoiler this time :P
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Leonard Box?
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Homer Johnson?
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Paul?
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Rafe?
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Martin Borman?
or Russ Meyer Himself?
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To resume : another fun movie ride :laugh:
Next time I won't post that many images and before I receive the critic : the men cast isn't hide behind spoiler tag because they aren't nude in the movie and not because I didn't want to post picture.
Rating :
Post by: Achim on January 08, 2010, 09:42:59 AM
Post by: Jimmy on January 08, 2010, 10:28:40 AM
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Lori Williams
and just because I'm in love with her ;D
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My favorite Meyer's actress Alaina Capri and no she had nothing to do with this discussion ;D
1. We see Kitten Natividad a lot but she isn't a part of the story
Post by: Jimmy on January 19, 2010, 08:56:37 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Hot Target (1985)
Genre: Borefest
Director: Denis Lewiston
Rating: R
Length: 1h33
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Simone Griffeth
Steve Marachuk
Bryan Marshall
Peter McCauley
Elizabeth Hawthorne
Plot:
At first glance, Christine Webber (Simone Griffeth) would seem to be a woman who has everything. A wife of a successful NZ businessman, she is beautiful, sophisticated, stylish - the perfect wife and mother. But scratch the surface and see that Christine is also a Woman trapped by the very "perfection" of her life.
My Thoughts:
To be honest I haven't watch this completly, something that was unable to do with The Sorority. Seriously this is suppose to be a thriller but nothing happen and I've watched 45 minutes of it. It's just a crappy "Life channel film of the week" look alike movie except for the nudity and it wasn't enough to kept me interested... Richard Simmons was on The Bonnie Hunt Show while I watch this and it was more interesting for god sakes...Doesn't really worth a review, but it was so dull that I've no choice to warn you to not watch it...
Rating :
Post by: Achim on January 21, 2010, 04:59:59 AM
Genre: Borefest:hysterical:
Thanks for the warning, Jimmy :laugh:
"You watched it so we don't have to."
Post by: Jimmy on January 22, 2010, 08:16:26 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Young Graduates (1971)
Genre: Drive-in
Director: Robert Anderson
Rating: PG
Length: 1h39
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Patricia Wymer
Tom Stewart
Gary Rist
Bruno Kirby
Marly Holiday
Plot:
Reflecting the humor and problems of the "love generation," this is the story of high-school graduates, who, eager to grow up and experience life, find themselves involved in adventures they'd rather live without. Starring Patricia Wymer (The Babysitter), Dennis Christopher (Breaking Away) and Bruno Kirby (City Slickers).
My Thoughts:
I've decided to watch some of the movies stuck in my unwatch case for quite some time. This film is from the vol #4 of the BCI Drive-in cult classic that I got in february last year and is now OOP since BCI doesn't exist anymore. I can't say it's the best film ever made or the acting is great (but Bruno Kirby for his first film is quite good), but this film had some charm. It's a drive-in free for all... You got the girl just turned 18 who had an adventure with her teacher, the hippies talk (to be honest sometimes I had no idea what they were talking about), the pool fight, the graduation party, the biker gang, a little bit of innocent nudity, a great theme song and it's a cautionnary tales (hitchiking is dangerous).This film alone worth the price of the set and it's a good news after all the bad one included in the After Dark thriller set. The restoration job is surprisingly good for a budget release, in fact it's more than good since the print had no defect at all...
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on January 24, 2010, 05:15:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Tromeo & Juliet (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lloyd Kaufman & James Gunn
Rating: Unrated
Length: 1h47
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Jane Jensen
Will Keenan
Valentine Miele
Maximillian Shaun
Steve Gibbons
Plot:
All the body-piercing, kinky sex, and car crashes that Shakespeare wanted but never had! Join Tromeo (Will Keenan) Juliet (Jane Jensen), and Lemmy of Motorhead as they travel through Manhattan's underground in search of climatic love, violence, and the American Way. Tromeo & Juliet is thrust forward with hyperkinetic performances and a cutting-edge soundtrack. This DVD Director's Cut of Tromeo & Juliet has been lovingly digitally mastered by director LIoyd Kaufman and the Troma Team and contains extra footage you can't see anywhere else.
My Thoughts:
Evidently don't expect Julie Taymor's Titus you will be deceive a lot, since it's good Trauma fun. So you know what you are in for : juvenile humor, basic special effect (I don't mean bad by that), so-so acting and gratuitious nudity. Did I like it? Yes I had... I like the movie directed by Kaufman because you see that he like what he does. Anyway how you can't like a movie where Lemmy of Motorhead is the narator reciting Shakespeare lines (being an eighties metal fan I was please to see him). It's cartoon violence just like the first Toxic Avenger was, filled with dark humor (the juvenile humor isn't the majority of it). Of course it isn't for everyone taste, but for me it's was a laugh riot. It's just too bad Trauma doesn't make film like that anymore.
I feel almost bad for the dvd I gave to you in exchange for this film Pete...
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on March 18, 2010, 04:26:38 AM
Got you it isn't a new review :tease:MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Bonnie's Kids (1973)
Genre: Crime Story
Director: Arthur Marks (Perry Mason – TV series)
Rating: R
Length: 1h45
Video: Fullscreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: No subtitles
Stars:
Tiffany Bolling (The Candy Snatchers)
Steve Sandor (Hell's Angels '69)
Robin Mattson (Candy Stripe Nurses)
Scott Brady (The China Syndrome)
Alex Rocco (Wild Riders)
Plot:
Sisters Myra and Ellie have finally had enough of their miserable, dead-end lives. When their step-father Charley (The Bonnie from the title being long dead) tried to rape Myra, Ellie ventilates him with a shotgun, and the pair run off to their wealthy uncle's mansion in El Paso. From that point on, the two undergo a transformation in their personalities, and start to enjoy living their lives on the wild side.My Thoughts:Quite often when my friends or relatives see what genre of movie I've in my collection I got those questions : What are those movies? And Why do you like them? Hard questions to answer (like asking to someone why he likes Star Wars), so usually the best way to respond is to show them one movie. And this one is a good example of why I like sixties and seventies movies more than anything else.
This is a good old story of criminal on the run who is more center on the Tiffany Bolling subplot. The script is well done, but a little bit too long : almost 2 hours is very long for a drive-in pictures (many details could have been cut to help the movie pace). But, don't see that as a big critic that's not a real problem for me it's just that some good idea appears but are not really build up.
The acting in this is pretty good. Tiffany Bolling is better in this than in Candy Snatcher (she's exellent in this), Timothy Brown and Alex Rocco are perfect in the role of the 2 bad guys chasing Sandor and Bolling (Rocco was in Goodfather so there some chances that his face look familliar) and for a first real role Mattson is not so bad (she overact sometimes, but not that much).
This is honestly one of the best film made in the seventies, the fact that this features is almost unknown is something that I can't understand when so manny boring one made at the same times are see as classic (no, I will not name any movie. I don't want to offend anybody).
But I've some good news about this one : finally this year it will be release officially on DVD by Dark Sky Films (july is the probable release target, that the last information I've got from the label). It will be release as a part of the Arthur Marks Collection with those others movies : The Centerfold Girls, The Roommates, Linda Lovelace for President and A Woman for All Men.
If you want to see something else while we have to wait the release, I recommand that you watch « The Candy Snatchers » to see how talented Tiffany Bolling was. By the way this a very good crime story too.
Rating : ;D
But I just want to let you know that after a long wait this film will be finally released in june this year :egyptian:
So if you want to see one of the best film ever made you know what to do ;)
Pre-order at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Bonnies-Kids-Tiffany-Bolling/dp/B003CJXJ9A/ref=wl_it_dp_o?ie=UTF8&coliid=I1QRZGR6QV0TJF&colid=37GP55G2OMHHO)
edit :
The film specifications are evidently for the bootleg I reviewed 2 years ago and not for the new release wich I'm sure will be in widescreen (in its original ratio), with english subtitle, a better sound and of course some nice extras since it's a Dark Sky Films released :dance:
Post by: Jimmy on March 24, 2010, 05:15:34 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Death Machines (1976)
Genre: Action
Director: Paul Kyriazi
Rating: R
Length: 1h33
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Ronald L. Marchini
Michael Chong
Joshua Johnson
Mari Honjo
Ron Ackerman
Plot:
A gangster doses the three martial artists with a mind-control drug and forces them to do his evil bidding. Deadly, quiet and invincible, the threesome is assigned them to wipe out a martial arts school, but one man survives the attack and swears to avenge the deaths.
My Thoughts:
The theatrical poster is great, but it had nothing to do with anything in the movie (ok the opening credit show this triangle machine). Where to begins? With the evidence of course... This movie is the most retarded thing I've seen in my life. It's a gangster movie, at least the trio seems to have been created for that but I'm not sure since at the beginning they kill some crappy gunmen from what seems to be another criminal organization (they even kill one of them on the top of a building with a bazooka for god sakes). A one point the trio attack a karate school and kill all the students and the professor, ok one survive but they cut his arm with a sword (even if it seems to grow a new one later). By the way I think that this guy is the movie hero, but I' not sure. At least he survives and grow a new hand while he is at the hospital. Talking of the hospital, the trio goes there to kill him but they fail and one of them is captured even if he is shooted in the head this guy is able to escape a police station making quite a mess while doing it (those guys are tougher than any zombies). Really this movie is stupid, impossible to follow, doesn't had one single lovable character and is incredibly overact... but for 1$ it's a good way to pass the time just for the hundred of "what the hell" moments... Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on July 05, 2010, 07:48:16 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Les 7 jours du talion (2010)
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Grou
Rating: 16+
Length: 1h51
Video: Widescreen
Audio: French Canadian
Subtitles: French & English
Stars:
Claude Legault
Rémy Girard
Martin Dubreuil
Fanny Mallette
Rose-Marie Coallier
Plot:
Bruno Hamel is a 38-year-old surgeon who lives in Drummondville with his wife, Sylvie, and their eight-year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, Bruno leads an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. Fron then on, the world of the Hamel familly collapses. When the alleged murderer is arrested, a terrible plan forms in Bruno's darkened mind: he plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime.
My Thoughts:
Once again a french canadian's movie who doesn't disappoint me and succeed to make the viewer think while he watch. The premise isn't complicated since it's a case of taking the justice in our own hand (something understandable when we consider that our criminal justice is a joke). Contrary to what we would think the movie isn't brutal (what I mean is not over the top violent like an american film would have been) and rest more on the shoulders of the two principal actors than on the special effects (who are well done by the way, you feel that what you see on the screen is true). Claude Legault that we know more for his works on television give the performance of his career (I think he is one of our actors we don't see enough compare to others way less talented) and he is the film. One think I've really appreciated is the fact that no music is use at all in the film and we don't need that at all to feel the emotions. As usual it's a french canadian film that didn't get the success it deserve (unless for the stupid comedy none of our films make their money, wich is sad), but must be watch to understand why our cinema is so special. One moment in the film was so powerfull to me that I was unable to not cry (something that happen very rarely with me when I watch a movie). I really recommand this one that is probably hard to find except here, but you can find it at Amazon.ca (http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B003FSU6YE/ref=s9_simvh_gw_p74_i1?pf_rd_m=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1XQ85BFMZKAHQWPJ5AMX&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463383511&pf_rd_i=915398)
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Post by: Jimmy on September 06, 2010, 06:33:28 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Girl in Blue (1973)
Genre: Drama
Director: George Kaczender
Rating: R
Length: 1h39
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
David Selby
Maud Adams
Gay Rowan
William Osler
Diane Dewey
Plot:
Scott (David Selby - DARK SHADOWS, FALCON CREST, RAISE THE TITANIC) has it all - he's a well paid corporate attorney and lives in a nice apartment with a girlfriend who would do anything for him. But David is troubled. He has a vision of a beautiful blonde woman whom he saw four years earlier, but never knew. One morning, without telling anyone, David climbs in his car and sets out to look for "The Girl in Blue" (Maud Adams - OCTOPUSSY, TATTOO, ROLLERBALL, THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN). His search is romantic, exciting, funny and passionate.
This is a story of love and desire - of dreams and memories. It is unguarded ardor, both emotionally and sensual smoldering in the wake of the moment. THE GIRL IN BLUE is a love story of one man's search for the perfect woman and the perfect love. Scorpion Releasing presents this film's first official DVD release, in gorgeous widescreen and approved by the director!
My Thoughts:
It's been awhile since I did my last review, I know I'm very lazy this year on this aspect. For my return as a reviewer I decided to talk about a genre of film I usually don't watch : a love story...The reason I bought it in the first place is the fact it's a canadian movie made in the seventies and in those years our industry was a good one. The film action happen at Montreal and Burritt's Rapids in Ontario (what a beautifull little town), so they don't try to make believe it's in the USA (for me it's the big reason why the english cinema industry is almost dead in the country now). It's a story about what could have been if...
Scott is a lawyer with a perfect life with his girlfriend (Gay Rowan), but a woman (Maud Adams) he saw very briefly 4 years before taking a ferry continue to haunt his mind. Is it possible that she could have been the woman of his life? This is what he will try to find in this film by researching this woman with the little info he had, but by doing so his actual union will be in jeopardy. Will he find her? Will his couple survive? Sorry I will not give the answers :P
Like I said this isn't my typical genre of cinema, but I was pleasantly surprise by this film. The story isn't too sugary for a love story and I was able to easilly identify myself with the protagonist and his quest (dreaming about a person briefly seen is something that happen to everybody). The chemistry between the actors (Selby and Rowan) playing the couple is excellent and Maud Adams give also a good performance (even if her part is short). The film location is also well choose (this little ontarian island town is really beautifull or was since this film was made 38 years ago). Good performance also by many character actors that we have seen often in our cinema but always forget their name (except for a young Aubert Pallascio who play the ferry driver).
Not a movie that I can recommand to everybody here, but certainly a film that Kathy or Marie could appreciate.
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Unrelated but the dvd also had a trailer for another love drama that looks really good : Fools a 1970 movie with Jason Robards and Katherine Ross that I will probably buy also :wacko:
Post by: Jimmy on January 30, 2011, 09:55:16 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Crater Lake Monster (1977)
Genre: Horror
Director: William R. Stromberg
Rating: PG
Length: 1h24
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Richard Cardella
Glen Roberts
Mark Siegel
Bob Hyman
Richard Garrison
Plot:
Crater Lake, Oregon is the site of a meteor landing that causes a long-buried dinosaur egg to hatch. The creature quietly stalks the countryside and finds the locals as a good food source. The mysterious deaths confound the authorities until the dinosaur finally reveals his presence to the townspeople.
My Thoughts:
This is certainly not the best dinosaur on the loose movie I've seen in my life, but considering the low budget it's understandable. To be honest the story doesn't make a lot of sense and the characters sure don't react normally. By the exemple the scientist who doesn't understand it's a dinausor even if they have found the cavern's painting, have drawing of the dinausor and know dinausors were in the lake while the indians were there. The two boat renting rednecks comic relief are more annoying than anything else and are sure overused. One side plot with a thief sure doesn't make a lot of sense (at least it doesn't to me). Also it isn't that hard to use a black filter on the camera when you want to simulate the night, seriously by time this is quite funny.But I must say that some of the camera works is pretty good, by exemple when the scientists run to escape the cavern collapsing in the beginning. The stop motion for the dinausor (supervised by Dave Allen) and the miniature effects done by Tom Scherman (he is the guy who did transform his appartement like the submarine from 20000 miles under the sea).
Not a great film, but the special effects are ok and since it's the primary reason to watch this type of film this is perfectly fine with me.
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Maybe I'm crazy but I was sure that Pete did a review for this one and I can't find it at all :shrug:
Post by: addicted2dvd on January 30, 2011, 12:29:59 PM
Post by: Jimmy on January 30, 2011, 08:02:11 PM
Post by: addicted2dvd on January 30, 2011, 08:25:57 PM
Post by: Jimmy on January 30, 2011, 08:29:15 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Land of the Minotaur (1976)
Genre: Horror
Director: Kostas Karagiannis
Rating: PG
Length: 1h26
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Donald Pleasence
Peter Cushing
Luan Peters
Kostas Karagiorgis
Dimitris Bislanis
Plot:
A small Greek village is the last known place where a group of youths were last seen while they looked for a hidden temple dedicated to the Minotaur. A Catholic priest and a New York police detective team up to search for the missing youth and uncover a terrifying cult devoted to sacrificing their victims to the Minotaur. Will our heroes be in time to save the youths from their sacrificial fate?
My Thoughts:
I hate that when I watch a movie with a good cast and a story that looks interesting, that finally turn not so good. The big problem is the fact that we know right from the beginning who is the leader of the cult wich removed all the suspence and the mystery about the Baron character. Also Peter Cushing doesn't seem interested at all with this film and his performance isn't as good as usual. Donald Pleasance is in the overacting mode, but to be honest this is his usual one. Luane Peters do anything in this film, she's the useless girl in trouble nothing else than that. It was a nice surprise to see many actors from Island of Death with small role in this film (Robert Behling, Jane Ryall and Jessica Dublin to name them), but of course there was not an handfull of english talking actors living in Greece at that time. The end is quite laughable also...Too bad because it could have been a good movie.
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Post by: Jimmy on April 14, 2011, 12:01:56 AM
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Title: The Dorm That Dripped Blood (1982)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jeffrey Obrow / Stephen Carpenter
Rating: NR
Length: 1h28
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Laurie Lapinski
Stephen Sachs
David Snow
Pamela Holland
Dennis Ely
Plot:
On the eve of Christmas vacation, a college dormitory stands condemned the dark halls now vacant and unsafe. Student Joanne Murray and her close friends volunteer to help close down the building, unaware a psychopathic lunatic is hiding in the shadows. As the students disappear one by one, Joanne discovers the horrifying reality that if she is to survive, she alone will have to find a way to slay the brutal murderer.
My Thoughts:
Nice little horror movie, not something I would call original since I found who the killer was really fast (but maybe I've seen too many of those films). The cast is mostly composed of unknown, watching you often say I'm sure I've seen him/her in something else, so it won't be surprise if I write that the acting talent is really variable. Also this movie is the first one of Daphne Zuniga. The special effects done by Matthew W. Mungle (this is one of his first movie) are really good, the second murder is the most effective you really feel like it was real. But the big plus of this one is the end, best ending I've ever seen in an horror films. I'm almost sure it wasn't the original ending since the studio don't like to end a film like that. We often say that a bad end can destroy a film and the inverse is also true since it made a great film of an average one.I think you could like this one Pete... Don't worry the dvd is also included.
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Post by: Achim on April 14, 2011, 06:15:59 AM
Post by: addicted2dvd on April 14, 2011, 12:38:57 PM
Post by: Jimmy on April 23, 2011, 08:23:34 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Rituals (1977)
Genre: Survival drama
Director: Peter Carter
Rating: R
Length: 1h40
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Hal Holbrook
Lawrence Dane
Robin Gammell
Ken James
Gary Reineke
Plot:
Adventure-seeker Mitzi (Lawrence Dane, SCANNERS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME) invites fellow Doctor Harry (Award winning Hal Halbrook, INTO THE WILD, CAPRICORN ONE) and three other physician friends to go on their annual camping trip in middle of the unexplored Canadian mountains. The five of them thought that they were alone in the muddle of nowhere on their ritual camping trip, but this time someone was watching them. A crazed psychopath wants to play a psychological game of survival with the five campers and it soon becomes a horrifying game of kill or be killed.
My Thoughts:
This film like many canadian's films made in the seventies is not known at all, since they were made as tax write-of no effort were made to did a profit with them. So except in our country most people never saw them in their real form and most of them were only local success. To be honest this is almost criminal since the movie in our country at this time were as good as those made in the USA. But enough ranting....This one is often compare to Deliverance, but to be honest I don't understand why since the only common thing between those two is that it happen in the wood (great location by the way, I don't know if Batchawana Bay always look like that 35 years later but what an awesome looking natural place) and the protagonists are target by an enemy. This is not Deliverance... We don't see the follower untill the end and they don't fight him because he never made his precence known. In fact what we have here is a survival story of how five friends deal with the difficulties with no one to help them, stranded in an hostile location (seriously by experience I can tell you that mountain, forest and river aren't friendly places if you don't know them), no idea of what will happen and when, how it will affect their friendship and the heartbreaking decision they must choose.
Hal Holbrook in this film give the performance of his career, we aren't used to see him in leading role and he is sure able to carry a strong film like that on his shoulder. The four other principal actors are well known if you watch frequently canadian cinema (they were all big stars in the seventies in our country) and they do a good job too with their character. Lawrence Dane being the best, since he almost outshine Hal Holbrook on the screen.
The film is shot in order, so none of the usual continuity errors is present. Also the actors did all their stunt themselves and some of them are really dangerous like when they are in the river.
A film that I recommand strongly. I know most of the films I review here aren't that great for anyone except me, but I'm sure this one would please Jon, Achim, Pete, KC, Kathy and certainly more people. To be honest this is certainly the more crowd pleasing film I've ever reviewed on our website.
It is a little hard to find because Amazon doesn't carry it. I've seen it on Axel Music, Diabolik DVD, Deep Discount DVD and some other webstore.
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Post by: Achim on April 23, 2011, 10:52:46 AM
A film that I recommand strongly. I know most of the films I review here aren't that great for anyone except me, but I'm sure this one would please Jon, Achim, Pete, KC, Kathy and certainly more people. To be honest this is certainly the more crowd pleasing film I've ever reviewed on our website.I put it on my wish list at Axel. But the limited availability does have it's price....which I'll wait to drop some.
It is a little hard to find because Amazon doesn't carry it. I've seen it on Axel Music, Diabolik DVD, Deep Discount DVD and some other webstore.
Post by: Jimmy on April 23, 2011, 10:14:11 PM
Important
Don't go for the boxset option since it's the Mill Creek release taken from an incomplete dark video tape (more than 10 minutes missing) and the All Movie Guide rating is for this version.
Post by: Jimmy on May 15, 2011, 09:26:22 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Robinson
Rating: R
Length: 1h25
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: Spanish
Stars:
Leslie Uggams
Shelley Winters
Michael Christian
Ted Cassidy
Dub Taylor
Lou Joffred
Slim Pickens
Plot:
A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a young, homicidal Elvis impersonator.
My Thoughts:
I did go on this one with very high expectations, since I have waited for its release for more than two years. Usually this is the perfect recipe for an huge deception but it wasn't... This is probably one of the weirdest movie I've seen (how many films intercut an interacial rape scene with one of dogs mating?), but at the same time full of incredible artistic scenes. All the violence is shown in slow motion just like in a Sam Peckinpah's films and most of the principal photography is incredible (by exemple a scene at a waterfall is a little jewel for the eyes). You add to the mix strong acting performances from Michael Christian (Peyton Place), Leslie Uggams (Roots) and Shelley Winters with some well known character actors like Ted Cassidy (The Addams Family) and Slim Pickens as a result you got a perfect southern backwood dangerous redneck type of film. The synopsis do a comparaison with Deliverance but I've to disagree since the only common point is that it happen in the south. Really this one is recommanded and it isn't as graphic or violent that you could believe it is. But of course this is a product of its time and you will never see anything like this ever made.
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Post by: Jimmy on May 16, 2011, 08:07:31 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Visitor (1979)
Genre: Science-Fiction
Director: Giulio Paradisi
Rating: R
Length: 1h49
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
John Huston
Joanne Nail
Paige Conner
Shelley Winters
Mel Ferrer
Plot:
Katy Collins (Paige Conner, LITTLE DARLINGS) is no ordinary 8 year-old girl. Indeed, she is unique, carrying within her the power of Sateen, an inter-spacial force of immense magnitude. Katy's primary mission on earth is to carry these genes forward, a task accomplished by convincing her mother, Barbara (Joanne Nail, SWITCHBLADE SISTERS) to bear a similarly endowed male child with whom Katy would eventually mate. Opposing this scheme is The Visitor (John Huston, Academy Award winner, CHINATOWN, AFRICAN QUEEN, THE MALTESE FAMCON), a sage of galactic stature who has come to this world not to kill Katy, but to end her "confusion". Find out what happens in this unforgettable, supernatural, suspense thriller from the maker of the box office hit BEYOND THE DOOR.
My Thoughts:
I feel like I'm on fire this week, it's been a while I did 2 reviews in 2 days ;DIt took me a while for buying this one and now that I've watched it the only thing I can say is why... To be honest it's one of the best movie I've seen for quite a while. The story took a little bit of its inspiration from The Omen in the sense that it's about an "evil" child kind of, but it's much more than that. The real driving force of the film is the fact that Kathy's mother must carry the seed of the new incarnation of Sateen. As you could see this movie had an extremely talented cast (Lance Henriksen, Glenn Ford, Franco Nero and Sam Peckinpah are also in this) and contrary to many italian films none of them are there only for a fast check. You see they give all they have to give in this film (John Huston is especially great whatever it is by his voice acting or his physical acting). But the real revelation of this film is Paige Conner, what an incredibly talented child actress! Usually child annoy me in movie because they have no purpose except to be cute, but this is sure not the case here... This little girl, who is cute by the way and aged quite beautifully, carry the film on her shoulders wich is quite impressive when you consider all the great names in this production. You got also some pretty good special effects since it's an italian films, but don't expect a lot of blood this isn't that kind of film. You got a lot of action with live birds (BTW I now know where he took his inspiration for the birds role in The Dark Half). The soundtrack is really powerfull and impressive too. Be ready to do some jump scare while watching :whistle:
Seriously this one is probably the best dvd release of 2010 and I can do nothing else than recommanding it.
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Post by: Achim on May 16, 2011, 09:13:41 AM
(BTW I now know where he took his inspiration for the birds role in The Dark Half)The Dark Half was written in 1989, so that is entirely possible. Stephen King is quite knowledgable in regards to movies (I very much enjoyed reading his book Danse Macabre). I did somewhat forget what the meaning of the birds was :laugh:; I do remember their role at the end though :devil:
Post by: Jimmy on May 16, 2011, 04:46:59 PM
I didn't watch the trailer yet, but your review is quite intriguing and I might want to check this out myself. Maybe I'll wait for a price drop...One thing I can told you is that the trailer give no explanations at all on the movie (I put it in my review because I think it's a pretty cool one). I've seen it many times on different Code Red DVDs and I've never understood what this movie was about untill watching it yesterday :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on November 25, 2011, 08:05:19 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Manson (1973)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Laurence Merrick/Robert Hendrickson
Rating: R
Length: 1h22
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Jesse Pearson (narrator)
Plot:
Meet ONE MAN'S FAMILY REVEALED FOR THE FIRST TIME outside the courtroom - the staggering details of the most hideously bizarre murders in the annals of crime SURPRESSED UNTIL NOW and NOT PERMITTED on TV, Radio or Family Newspapers!
My Thoughts:
Time to get back for some reviews and what better to do so than with an unrelease documentary that was nominated for an Oscar. Pretty much everybody know about this case, so I don't feel it's necessary to explain what happen. What we have here is a documentary about the familly who is not 100% focussed on the Sharon Tate murder as it is usually the case with most of the documentary I've seen, of course they talk about it but not for a long time. This is much about the familly and its way of life... To do so the movie use footages filmed by the Manson Familly themseves doing what they do in their normal life (OK there are some scary talks here) and relied on interview with less known members like Brooks Poston and Paul Watkins, some of the cellmate of Susan Atkins and Charles Manson and some news broadcast.Of course if you are familliar with the events you won't learn anything new, but it's one of the few time where you can see them as "normal" people.
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Post by: Jimmy on November 26, 2011, 02:00:38 AM
I was able to get some french canadians movies today who are long OOP and I want to know if you want to see them reviewed. The important fact is they are OOP (impossible to find on DVD) and they are the original french canadian version released in theatre (no subtitles and no dub).
I know I review mostly obscure stuff, but I don't want to write about stuff that are not really interesting for anyone except me and the other french speakers here.
I'm waiting for your answer and don't worry I won't be butt hurt if you say you are not interested...
Post by: Kathy on November 26, 2011, 02:26:26 AM
Post by: Jimmy on November 26, 2011, 02:56:59 AM
This is the one I have and I try to find some others (but for some I really doubt I will succeed)
Gina (1975) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071552/)
Deux femmes en or (1970) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065632/)
Après-ski (1971) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204143/)
L'initiation (1970) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065891/)
La gammick (1975) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071533/)
Bingo (1974) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0146490/)
Scandale (1982) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084635/) / I don't know this one but it looks fun
La mort d'un bûcheron (1973) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070411/)
L'eau chaude, l'eau frette (1976) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074456/)
Les ordres (1974) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071949/)
Jusqu'au coeur (1969) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0202419/)
IXE-13 (1972) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067231/)
Cordélia (1980) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085365/)
Post by: Jimmy on November 26, 2011, 04:59:21 AM
I don't know if I want to read about them if the movie is really good because I'll want to watch them. Since they aren't available maybe you should only review the crappy ones! :laugh:BTW Kathy as I know you have an open mind when we talk cinema maybe that could interest you that many of our productions are available to view online on the ONF/NFB website. Most of the french subtitled in english version aren't available to view online. But this is a short films I've always found funny, can you believe that I thought it was real when I saw this the first time at 12 years old :laugh:
But in a certain way it is kind of real :whistle:
The Bronswik Affair (http://www.nfb.ca/film/bronswik_affair)
Maybe you will find some interesting "cinema" there
Post by: Jimmy on November 29, 2011, 05:08:20 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Le viol d'une jeune fille douce (1968)
Genre: Drama
Director: Gilles Carle
Rating: NR
Length: 1h23
Video: Full Frame
Audio: French
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Julie Lachapelle
Jacques Cohen
Katerine Mousseau
Daniel Pilon
Donald Pilon
Plot:
Julie, a Quebecoise, wants to live a free life. But she finds herself pregnant and unmarried. Her brothers want to catch and punish the man who seduced her. But they do not. So, Julie decide to keep the child and brought up with her new friend.
My Thoughts:
For this one I feel like I wrote the review for Sebastien and Eric, unless someone else understand the french language enough to watch a movie without subtitles. This film is where our cinema finally found its identity, the entertainment industry like pretty much everything in our sociey was in revolution in those years when our parents "fight" to free themselves of the Church excessive power in all the part of their life. But it isn't the point of this review...In his second feature film (La vie heureuse de Léopold Z being his first one) Gilles Carle found the genre where he will be confortable for the rest of his career. This one isn't as known as those he will do in the next years when he will find Carole Laure who will became his muse, but it's a good start. Of course our french complex was always alive at that time, something that explain the forced accent sometimes (an accent that come and go as the film was made over a seven month period). Also the excessive ammount of nudity our cinema was known for in the seventies isn't present yet, for that we will have to wait the next year when Cinépix will produce Valérie (interesting note : Cinépix was the most succesfull french canadian studio and they are now known as Lions Gates).
The title can give a wrong idea of this film (in english you can translate it as The Rape of a Sweet Young Girl) as nowhere it is said that Julie was attack when she became pregnant. In fact the film is more about how she deal with her pregancy in her everyday life (a strange life in my book, but what do I know I wasn't born in 68...). The film really got its start when Daniel and Donald Pilon appears (BTW this is the beginning of their careers), not that it isn't interesting before but I cared less for the relation between Julie and Jacques.
The acting is more or less correct, but the forced accent can be annoying by moment and some of the actors talent is really wooden. This is also the film where the career of Katerine Mousseau began and strangelly the first of only three films for Julie Lachapelle even if I think she did quite a good job in this film.
As I've said previously this film isn't available on the market and will probably never been (thanks to the Quebecor monopoly who have kidnapped our cultural history). But for the benefit of Sébastien and Eric (and everyone else who can understand our language) you can watch watch it online. The quality isn't too bad, maybe a little bit bright by moment but maybe it was like that originally.
Le viol d'une jeune fille douce on Tag Télé (http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/69645).
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Post by: Jimmy on November 29, 2011, 09:16:05 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Stanley (1972)
Genre: Horror
Director: William Grefé
Rating: PG
Length: 1h47
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Chris Robinson
Alex Rocco
Steve Alaimo
Mark Harris
Susan Carroll
Plot:
Tim Ochopee, a shell-shocked Seminole Indian has just returned from a tour in Vietnam. He lives a peaceful life deep in the Everglades with his pet snake Stanley . Upon his return, he finds out his father has passed away. When he learns how he was killed, Tim lets Stanley and his brood loose on the people who ve done him wrong, leading to a thrilling climax.
My Thoughts:
Don't let the rating fools you, if snakes scare you that film will be. As Bill Greffé say it's Willard with snakes and believe me there are a lot of them... For a small budget production this is really well done and it was a successfull film (it made more money on its openning weekend than The Godfather did, no chance to see that happening anymore...). The acting from the main characters is more than decent, but Alex Rocco is always great in anything and Chris Robinson was already a veteran TV actor. The fact it was made in the Everglades bring a lot to it as it was a beautifull undevelopped area at that time.Thanks to the Code Red DVD this one is back on the market as the precedent release from BCI goes OOP really fast. Of course if you own already the BCI special edition a double dip would be a waste of money, but if you don't you get the same great tranfer full of good extras (all of them are interesting) and for a very good price.
Marie I think this one would please you ;)
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Post by: Jimmy on December 06, 2011, 08:21:23 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: BloodRayne the Third Reich (2010)
Genre: Action
Director: Uwe Boll
Rating: 18
Length: 1h29
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English (CC)
Stars:
Natassia Malthe
Brendan Fletcher
Michael Paré
Willam Belli
Annett Culp
Plot:
Half-vampire, half-human, Rayne (Natassia Malthe) hides in the shadows slaughtering vampires and those that get in her way. In 1943 Europe, during World War II, Rayne faces her greatest foe, a growing army of undead Nazi soldiers led by Ekart Brand, a top Nazi official turned day-walker. Rayne must team up with a group of resistance fighters to defeat Brand and his vampire army before they reach Berlin to grant Hitler immortality.
My Thoughts:
I'm sure it won't be a surprise if I told you I love this film. Even more, Uwe Boll is the only actual movie maker who is worthy of my time as he never deceived me and deliver everytime (OK almost everytime, Alone in the Dark isn't really good). Of course I love what was the cinema in the seventies and for me he is the last of the independant movie makers, sure independant movies are always made but most of them are artistical pretentious borefest or awfull crap. In fact I don't hesitate to compare him to Roger Corman, David Friedman or Harry Novak in the sense that he do what he wants, how he wants to do it and don't give a damn of what the people think (without forgetting the fact that all his films make money).Here we have the third part of this serie and I hope not the last one. As it was the case with the others two the setting is a new one. This time we have more fighting compare to the second part (as much as this one was good there were too much gunfight) without going in CGI overdose mode. Most of the effects are practical one wich is always a plus for me, but the blood effects are done with computer and I ain't a big fan of this as it doesn't look real to me. As usual we have his core acting group who is always reliable and work better than when he used big name actors who are only there for the money in the past. Too bad Kristanna Loken isn't the title character anymore (but it almost happened) as I prefer her to Natassia Malthe. Clint Howard is also in the cast with a big role that make me think at Richard Liberty in Day of the Dead. This film was made in Croatia and this bring a lot to the cinematography and this time we got some really hot sex scenes (common you know me...).
Again another great watching time as I expected it will be :thumbup:
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Post by: Jimmy on December 17, 2011, 04:16:08 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Demon (2010)
Genre: Horror
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Rating: 13+
Length: 1h20
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English / French / Spanish
Subtitles: English / French / Spanish
Stars:
Chris Messina
Logan Marshall-Green
Jenny O'Hara
Bojana Novakovic
Bokeem Woodbine
Plot:
Trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, five people discover that the Devil is among them – and no one can escape their fate. This chilling, supernatural thriller from M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs) will keep you on the edge of your seat all the way to a heart-stopping ending with a truly wicked twist.
My Thoughts:
First ignore what is written after the first phrase of the plot, yes he is a producer and this is all (thank god as this pretentious one timer annoyed the hell out of me)... not that it prevent that we have to endure him and his full of himself attitude in the extras (BTW those are kind of shitty). OK now that this is beyond me it's time to talk about the movie.Is it scary? Yes... at least for me it was. We know that Pete is scared to death by the spiders and I have the same fear of the elevator. Not because I think Satan haunt them, but because I get caught in one of them a complete night alone with no way to contact the security (but at least I had cigarettes on me to help me relax :laugh:). As written this is "who done it?" type of story and surprisingly this is well done considering the space isn't really big. The group of actors (who are unknown to me except for Woodbine) do a good job at conveying the nerve racking mood of the situation. The end isn't that much of a twist, I don't really get why they played it this way as a couple of hints are given and if you are attentive you know who will survive and why. But even with this the script is well written enough that it stays focus and don't go in hundred of directions for nothing... Also nice little bonus for us French Canadian since Caroline Dhavernas had a little role ;D
I think I can recommand this one. Just imagine that you watch an episode of The Twillight Zone or Tales from the Darkside with a better budget.
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Post by: Kathy on December 18, 2011, 01:30:45 AM
Another one in the category no one care because it's a French Canadian movie unavailable in english...
You can't leave us hanging - at least let us know the title of the film. And, where's your review? :whistle:
Post by: Jimmy on December 18, 2011, 02:06:59 AM
It was for Gina (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071552/) a film made by Denys Arcand in 1975. Maybe you know him for Le déclin de l'empire américain (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090985/) who was nominated for an Oscar or Jésus de Montréal (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097635/) who was also nominated for an Oscar and win the grand prize at the Canne Festival or Stardom (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0192949/) who wasn't nominated for any award out of here but got some international success or Les invasions barbares (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338135/) the movie he finally win an Oscar with ;D
While I was writing my mind told me that it was for nothing as the film is no longer available even in french... It is even not shown on our TV anymore since the day Quebecor took all our movie industry in hostage, supposedly to restore them but it didn't happen...
I won't rewrite my review, but I can tell you that Gina is for me the best that our industry can produce. A very good representation of what is small French Canadian town boredom and what can be the bad result of this ennui. The film relies on the strong performances of Céline Lomez, Claude Blanchard, Paule Baillargeon and, even if his part is small, Donald Lautrec.
It's just too bad those films aren't available for the international market. This film had a short release on DVD but not even with an english subtitle track. Something I can't understand at all, this is like the company here can't understand that our cinema can have an appeal out of the french market... wich is unfounded as I know many english speakers who want to watch those films...
Again Kathy, sorry to be a tease on this one :(
Post by: samuelrichardscott on December 18, 2011, 04:31:48 AM
Post by: Kathy on December 18, 2011, 02:48:17 PM
Reading the Overview this movie seems familiar. I'm not sure if I've seen it or one that is similar.
Post by: Jimmy on December 20, 2011, 04:29:53 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Tomorrow Never Comes (1978)
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Collinson
Rating: 15
Length: 1h42
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Oliver Reed
Susan George
Raymond Burr
John Ireland
Stephen McHattie
Plot:
Jim Wilson is a police lieutenant in a corrupt resort town. Revolted by the brutality of modern police work, he decides to leave and take up duties in his quiet home town. But on his final day a violent drama explodes. A deadly confrontation breaks out between Frank, the abandoned lover of singer Janie and her new boyfriend Lyne. The police are called and Frank shoots a young officer. Whitin minutes a full siege is underway in full view of the tourists on the beach and the television cameras.
My Thoughts:
I've searched this one more than 20 years, I know I'm a patient guy. I've seen it dubbed in french when I was younger and I never knew the original title. I finally did the connection sooner this year while watching another movie with Susan George. Believe me I was happy to finally watch it again after all those years ;DThis is a canadian movie made in the seventies using the canadian tax shelter program. This program was responsible for the best period of our cinema (at least in the english part of our country) but there is a negative to it, the producers of those films didn't do them to make money but to loose money for the tax credit so many of those movies disapeared or neglected. If you want to watch an action films forget this one as it isn't what it is about. This is more a psychological drama about a guy who completly lost it when he return home and learned that his girlfriend is with another man. So what we will watch is the standoff between Frank and the city police force at the beach resort. A crisis that we are a spectator of like the crowd at the resort (a crowd who watch that as if it was a special attraction included with their vacancy. in a certain way we aren't different as we watch it too as a form of entertainment...). The movie gain what its lack in action in the acting performances who are pretty strong (even Donald Pleasence despite the strange accent he use).
If you expect a sad film without the happy ever after Holywood style with acting in place of action you can't go wrong with this one. The DVD itself is OOP whatever it is region 1 and 2 (one of my friend who own an indie label wanted to release a special edition of this film some years ago, but he was unable to trace the producers), but if your set is zone free and you check Amazon marketplace as I did you will find for an ok price (there is a recent Televista release but don't buy, this company only release crappy transfer).
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Post by: Jimmy on December 27, 2011, 02:20:00 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Sentinel (2006)
Genre: Suspense/Thriller
Director: Clark Johnson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1h48
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English / French / Spanish
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Michael Douglas
Kiefer Sutherland
Eva Longoria
Martin Donovan
Ritchie Coster
Plot:
There's never been a traitor in the United States Secret Service...until now. And the evidence points to Pete Garrison (Douglas), one of the most trusted agents on the force. Now on the run, with two relentless federal investigators (Sutherland and Longoria) hot on his heels, Garrison must fight to clear his name and thwart an attempt on the President's life before it's too late!
My Thoughts:
I expected something better with this one as it was writen by Gerald Petievich who wrote To Live and Die in L.A. and the principal cast members are usually good. The film is OK (I feel generous), but there are so many plot holes and non senses in the script that it's really hard to keep our attention on the screen and not thinking at what rationally would happen. Also the direction is poor, seriously you want to do a public shooting scene try to made this interesting by creating a sentiment that it is dangerous for the standbyers (is this a word?). You want to see it well done just check The International, sure it's a little bit over the top but it looks dangerous. Too bad that Kim Basinger is the only performer that gave a performance here. Kiefer Sutherland think he is in 24, Michael Douglas seems to be bore to death and Eva Longoria is in this for God know why...Probably just not my type of film...
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Post by: Najemikon on December 27, 2011, 02:46:05 AM
Post by: Achim on December 27, 2011, 05:51:47 AM
Probably just not my type of film...I saw this final sentence coming when I saw the film's title :laugh:
Post by: samuelrichardscott on December 27, 2011, 06:08:34 AM
and Eva Longoria is in this for God know why...
Not sure how she continues to get work. She was OK in Harsh Times but that was more to do with the cast around her... everything else I've seen her in, she has been far from good.
Post by: Najemikon on December 27, 2011, 02:21:11 PM
Post by: Jimmy on December 29, 2011, 04:28:36 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Knockaround Guys (2001)
Genre: Crime
Director: Brian Koppelman / David Levien
Rating: R
Length: 1h32
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Barry Pepper
Andy Davoli
Seth Green
Vin Diesel
John Malkovich
Plot:
When you're in the mob, there's no room for mistakes or feelings. Matty (Barry Pepper) finds this out the hard way when his crew loses a bag of cash in a remote town in the midwest while trying to live up to his mob boss father's aspirations (Dennis Hopper). When Matty's childhood friend Marbles (Seth Green) fails to retrieve the money, his best friend Taylor (Vin Diesel) hatches a plan to get it back, but crooked cops control the town and the situation quickly spirals out of control.
Uncle Teddy (John Malkovich) rolls into town to fix the situation and to teach Matty once and for all what being "in the family" is all about. The trap is set and when it's sprung, it's as action-packed as it is devastating.
My Thoughts:
When this one started I told to myself very fast that it would be another looser of a film. In my eyes I was in for one hour and a half of bad comedy (even more when we reach the point of the stoners teenagers at the airport). Thank God this changed when the money bags change hand again. Now it was more a gangster film like I like them. The acting is ok without being great, but Vin Diesel impress me in this (too bad I can't say the same for Denis Hopper who is usually reliable). I even got the chance to play the "I have seen this guy somewhere" game with the actor playing the sheriff (Tom Noonan who played The Tooth Fairy in Manhunter). One last thing : where the accent used by John Malkovich came from? This sure doesn't sound like any New York accent I've ever heard...Not a great film per se, but a nice surprise.
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Post by: Jimmy on December 29, 2011, 10:11:49 PM
Seriously some people minus the mindless teenager theatre goers liked that? It's science bullshit and baddly done CGI, seriously that North Pole ice ravine in the beginning look awfull, I've seen better with mat painting in 1970 movies done for 50,000$ :shrug:
Kathy I'm sure you laughed a lot thinking at what will be my reaction the day I would put that in my reader :laugh:
Post by: Jimmy on December 29, 2011, 10:19:31 PM
I checked the review here and except Tom who hated it everybody else like that badly done computer effects festival (after 15 minutes I knew already it wouldn't get any better, a ship in the New York street is awesome... please :axed:).
Post by: Kathy on December 29, 2011, 10:33:52 PM
I try since yesterday to watch The Day After Tomorrow. I can't pass the 15 minutes mark and I tried five times...
Kathy I'm sure you laughed a lot thinking at what will be my reaction the day I would put that in my reader :laugh:
I knew it might not be a movie for you. But, I watch it every once and a while and enjoy it every time! :tease:
Post by: Jimmy on December 29, 2011, 10:40:52 PM
If I was able to watch the almost 2 hours of The Sorority I'm able to do that for this, but I sure hope something interesting will be on TV to distract me (even a game of the awfull Canadians would do...).
Post by: goodguy on December 29, 2011, 10:45:14 PM
I can't pass the 15 minutes mark and I tried five times...
Well, starting each time fresh from the beginning shows true dedication. You could have been half-way through by now.
Post by: Jimmy on December 30, 2011, 04:57:53 AM
Don't worry I will try it again tonight... as I rarely give up on a film (did it only with Basic Instinct 2 :yawn:).As promised I watch it all tonight. But it wasn't a fun time for me and some of the stuff really annoyed me.
1. Why they made the old man in the library looks like he was the biggest idiot on earth when he said that writing is the biggest human accomplishement as it is true...
2. If you touch frozen metal with anything in your hand your flesh will rip appart...
3. Yeah! more than 200 million people died but at least the dog is alive ::)
4. A flag will not freeze in 2 seconds without water whatever the temperature can be...
5. Everything under the US aren't the third world...
6. The father would never survived outdoors even if he is a scientist...
7. Even the wolves are CGI for crying out loud ::)
8. The VP is Dick Cheney... OK that one was funny :laugh:
9. Cold air doesn't run as if it was a monster and stop when a door is closed...
10. Global warming don't work like that (seriously was it a way to make the real GW a ridiculous fact?)...
11. Oil don't freeze in one second when a motor runs...
12. Nobody would survive in their house if the temperature was low enough to break reinforced glass...
13. In real life the governement will hide himself in a bunker not flee the country...
14. OMG the hurricane take the Holywood sign it's the end of the world...
15. :whistle:
Post by: Jimmy on December 30, 2011, 06:44:39 AM
At least almost everybody agreed that 2012 is really bad... I guess I'm better never watch this one :laugh:
Checking what the guy did I can say none of this is on my "great way to pass my time" list. I'm one of the few who can't stand Independance Day (The USA! USA! we are the best vibe made me :puke:), but maybe I could like Universal Soldier as Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and Ralf Moeller are in it :shrug:
I have The Patriot too somewhere in my unwatched pile... maybe this one isn't filled with CGI and factual errors (I really doubt it for this).
Post by: samuelrichardscott on December 30, 2011, 06:50:17 AM
I have The Patriot too somewhere in my unwatched pile... maybe this one isn't filled with (snip) factual errors (I really doubt it for this).
Oh sir, it is. Mel Gibson is the giveaway. :laugh:
Post by: Achim on December 30, 2011, 11:50:01 AM
Edit : Achim you made me look like a crazy old guy who talk to himself :yellowcard::-[
At least almost everybody agreed that 2012 is really bad... I guess I'm better never watch this one :laugh:
Checking what the guy did I can say none of this is on my "great way to pass my time" list. I'm one of the few who can't stand Independance Day (The USA! USA! we are the best vibe made me :puke:), but maybe I could like Universal Soldier as Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and Ralf Moeller are in it :shrug:
I have The Patriot too somewhere in my unwatched pile... maybe this one isn't filled with CGI and factual errors (I really doubt it for this).
I am sorry, but when i deleted it your post wasn't there yet. And now I see I did misunderstand you; I deleted my post as I wasn't sure if I misread, as I understood that you throughout everybody liked it :slap head:
Yes. you should never watch 2012 and I have my doubts that you would like The Patriot (I haven't seen that one). Universal Soldiers is escapist science-fiction and probably is way more fun than 2012. But, to say is with Mark Kermode's words: Slamming a car door on your hand is more fun than that! :hysterical:
Post by: Jimmy on December 30, 2011, 07:46:28 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Attack on Darfur (2009)
Genre: Drama
Director: Uwe Boll
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h38
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English (CC)
Stars:
Kristanna Loken
David O'Hara
Noah Danby
Matt Frewer
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Plot:
Attack On Darfur, which stars Billy Zane, Edward Furlong and Kristanna Loken, is the story of a group of Western journalists in Sudan who visit a small village to gather footage and interviews in hopes of reporting on the atrocities they have seen. When they hear that the Janjaweed are heading towards the village, they are confronted with the dilemma of whether to run for safety or to stay behind and attempt to avert the village’s slaughter
My Thoughts:
The synopsis is clear about the subject of the film, so don't expect a war movie. The film start with a group of journalist who are there with a group of soldiers of the African Union to observe and report on the Darfur genocide. This film is hard to watch because we know it's true and we see what are really those ethnic conflict (this isn't for nothing if most of the Canadian soldiers who were at the Kosovo or the Rwanda peace operation are now mentally disturbed). Those observation operation are useless as they can't do nothing... The sad truth is like one of the Arab Sudanese said when they attack the village, "who care they are only black monkey slaves". Say what you want but if a country don't have any ressources or if its population aren't caucasian nobody in the eastern world give a fuck, check what happen right now in Syria to see (it's 100% worst than the Libian situation was, I continue to believe that no intervention was necessary as it was a terrorist attack on the governement and not what the Libians wanted, but they have no oil in Syria). Completly unrelated to this film but I was so happy a couple of days ago when one of my ancient university friend reach me, why? He was able to fled his country when an ethnic cleansing like that happened there too (it was another one nobody care about as it happened in another african country, the Ivory Coast).I know many don't believe me when I praise an Uwe Boll's movie, but trust me this one is a great one. If it would have been done the same way it is by another director this film would have been highly praised by everybody and would have been considerate for some major award.
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Post by: Jimmy on December 31, 2011, 04:22:02 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Wolf Creek (2005)
Genre: Horror
Director: Greg McLean
Rating: 18+
Length: 1h44
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
John Jarratt
Cassandra Magrath
Kestie Morassi
Nathan Phillips
Gordon Poole
Plot:
Welcome to Wolf Creek, where the suspense of The Blair Witch Project meets the horror of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Inspired by Australia's "Backpacker Killer" who murdered seven backpackers in the '90s, Wolf Creek won wide acclaim from critics, filmmakers and audience members alike at the Sundance Film Festival.
Three unsuspecting hikers take off for a drive across Australia. When the trio returns from a four hour hike to Wolf Creek National Park, they find their car is dead. Help comes in the form of big, back-slapping bushman Mick (John Jarratt). Since Mick appears to be more Crocodile Dundee than Freddy Krueger, the trio trusts him...which proves to be a grave mistake.
My Thoughts:
It isn't often that I revisit a film, even more when I gave it a really bad review (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,4156.msg80776.html#msg80776). So did I find it better 3 years later? Not really, I just can't stand the three protagonists I'm supposed to root for. Seriously why would I care for a douchebag and two retarded girls. We see them laugh of everybody they met whatever it's a car salesman, a mechanic, a gas station attendant or a guy who come to help them. Seriously they are what I hate in today's kids (I know they aren't all like that...) and I've beat some douchebags like that back in the days...Anyway I give some point to the film because of John Jarratt and the frightening mood after the action start. But this film would have been so much better and enjoyable to watch if non retarted idiots would have been cast to play the victims...
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Post by: Jimmy on December 31, 2011, 05:36:16 AM
I really hope it will be done right this time as I said this film have a lot of potential to be great if they cast people we can care for and not douchebag we want to see dead :whistle:
Post by: Jimmy on January 02, 2012, 07:14:38 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Running Man (1987)
Genre: Science-Fiction
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Rating: R
Length: 1h41
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Maria Conchita Alonso
Yaphet Kotto
Jim Brown
Jesse Ventura
Plot:
THE YEAR IS 2019.
Television is now ruling people's lives. The most popular "audience participation" game show is "The Running Man" - where convicts can win pardons instead of "parting gifts" by defeating murderous henchmen known as "stalkers." The stalkers haven't had much of a challenge lately...until Ben Richards (Schwarzenegger) comes along.
My Thoughts:
Sometimes it's funny how our oppinion of a film change with the passing years. When I saw it first in a theater for me it was a cool movie, now more than 20 years later not so much... The problem is that I've read the book between. The basic story in the book is so great (maybe one of the best Stephen King novellas, I hope that everybody know that Richard Bachman was Stephen King), touching and with a heavy dose of social critic. All of this is gone in the film and change for cartoon comedy. The problems are multiples even without mentionning that almost 100% of the original material, even the Arnold Schwarzenegger casting made no sense as Ben Richards is an everyday man at the end of his rope like all the poor people in this world (Lance Henrickson would have been the perfect choice). This is one of the rare case where a remake would be welcome in my mind, ok not a remake per se but a faithful adaptation of the original book (read it you'll see how the book is great compare to the film). I don't even think it need a big budget to be well done (less than 10,000,000$) as no big names are needed for a project like this (Henricksen is always my #1 choice for the title role) and everything can be done with practical effects. Of course I don't have the money so like my idea based on The Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs) it won't never happen (at least with my name)...
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on January 02, 2012, 07:17:40 AM
But I think at least one person here want to know what I think of those films, even if I'm not positive :(
Post by: Achim on January 02, 2012, 07:26:55 AM
I agree with what you said about Wolf Creek, in that it had all that potential to be a scary flick and then they fail to make us care. Same thing with Hostel (which you probably hate regardless of this problem), where we also don't care about the main characters and are even looking forward to see them die :shrug:
I always thought that the look of it would be the first thing to make Running Man age badly. It all looked so fake, probably due to the budget and maybe Paul Michael Glaser's TV roots.
Post by: Jimmy on January 02, 2012, 07:41:54 AM
Same thing with Hostel (which you probably hate regardless of this problem)It even worst as even the bad guys are unlikable. At least Mick is funny and likable in Wolf Creek ;D
I always thought that the look of it would be the first thing to make Running Man age badly.Sure it looks cheesy, but not more than Battle Beyond the Stars or Not of this Earth and I like those two :laugh:
Post by: Achim on January 02, 2012, 07:52:42 AM
Sure it looks cheesy, but not more than Battle Beyond the Stars or Not of this Earth and I like those two :laugh:Point taken.
Although, after watching the special feature about the special effects I was quite impressed by Battle Beyond the Stars! After all, it's a Corman movie with super low budget and yet it looked quite impressive.
Post by: samuelrichardscott on January 02, 2012, 12:39:29 PM
Post by: Achim on January 02, 2012, 02:09:25 PM
Post by: Jimmy on February 08, 2012, 04:48:44 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Ultraviolet (2006)
Genre: Action
Director: Kurt Wimmer
Rating: NR
Length: 1h34
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
Milla Jovovich
Cameron Bright
Nick Chinlund
Sebastien Andrieu
Ida Martin
Plot:
Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil, The Fifth Element), Cameron Bright (X-Men 3), Nick Chinlund (The Legend of Zorro) and William Fichtner (The Longest Yard) star in this story of a woman caught in a futuristic civil war between the government and a subculture of disease-modified humans in whom speed, strength, and intelligence are magnified. To protect a young boy who has been marked for death, she must fend off the human government.
My Thoughts:
Normally that would be the kind of film I would really dislike. I mean everything I hate is there : an overdose of CGI (really I felt like I was watching a PS2 cinematic more than a film), a story that made no-sense at all and characters I feel nothing for. But I watch it with the idea I will watch Milla Jovovich kick ass for an hour and a half, so I got what I expected to see. No more than a brainless action film, but fun for a while (of course at the end I was kind of suffering a CGI overload :laugh:). Surprisingly or probably not most people doesn't seem like to like it...
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Post by: Jimmy on March 08, 2012, 06:38:17 PM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Hunt For The BTK Killer (2005)
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Kay
Rating: NR
Length: 1h28
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English / French / Portuguese
Subtitles: English / French / Portuguese
Stars:
Robert Forster
Michael Michele
Maury Chaykin
Mimi Kuzyk
Gregg Henry
Plot:
Dennis Rader (Henry) was an adoring father, devoted husband, and much-loved model citizen of Wichita, Kansas. But secretly, he was a gruesome monster that terrorized the community for over a decade before disappearing in 1988. After discovering the bodies of his first victims and haunted by the most infamous cold case of all time, Detective Jason Magida (Forster) and the police department got a huge break in 2004 when a new letter and clue arrived at a local Wichita paper, clearly from the BTK Killer himself and a horrifying indication that the nightmare was about to start all over again, unless the killer could finally be caught.
My Thoughts:
I will be short... All the time I was watching this one tought was in my mind "this is boring nothing happen it feels like a TV movie of the week" and that was confirmed at the end when we see it's a Sony television production. Probably one of the weakest "serial killer" biopic I've ever seen, seriously we see nothing and the movie overuse flashback (not in a good way). Sure Gregg Henry does a good acting job, but this is the only thing worthy of a mention. Even Robert Forster is wasted in this, not that he seems to really care...Rating :
Post by: samuelrichardscott on March 08, 2012, 06:44:21 PM
Post by: Jimmy on March 08, 2012, 07:36:16 PM
Eric found it better than I did (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,736.msg76559.html#msg76559). BTW I think I got his copy via Kathy as the french canadian rating sticker is on the box :whistle:
Post by: Jimmy on March 19, 2012, 01:47:42 PM
Sorry Kathy, can't find anything positive to say about this one and it was a hard task to complete it :(
Post by: Kathy on March 19, 2012, 02:09:13 PM
Post by: Jimmy on April 10, 2012, 07:57:02 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: The Girl Next Door (2007)
Genre: Drama
Director: Gregory M. Wilson
Rating: R
Length: 1h31
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Stars:
William Atherton
Blythe Auffarth
Blanche Baker
Kevin Chamberlin
Dean Faulkenberry
Plot:
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth (Emmy® winner Blanche Baker of HOLOCAUST). But Ruth’s depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of abuse and torture that involve her young sons, the neighborhood children, and one 12-year-old boy whose life will be changed forever.
My Thoughts:
This film is based on the Sylvia Likens case (you can read more about it if you want at the Crime Library website (http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/young/likens/1.html)). The real life events are already hard to read and this film make it even harder. It made it so hard that I was almost unable to finish it and I've pass most of the time crying like a little girl... Usually movie film doesn't affect me and you know I've seen my part of hard to stomach movie with real violence. It's hard because they took an already sad real crime and made it even worst by creating a sexual aspect. I can't note it or recommanded this film even if it's well done, well acted and effective. Honestly I feel dirty and ashamed to have watched this film... Never I would have believe in a million years that my limit would be reached with an R rated movie, but for me too much is just too much...Sorry guys if I overreact for a film :(
Rating : N / A
Post by: Jimmy on April 13, 2012, 08:52:26 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981)
Genre: Drama
Director: Sharad Patel
Rating: I guess it's an R rated movie
Length: 1h35
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
Joseph Olita
Thomas Baptiste
Leonard Trolley
Geoffrey Keen
Louis Mahoney
Plot:
The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
My Thoughts:
Don't search for a DVD of this one as it isn't available, it was supposed to be released in a set at least 3 years ago but it didn't happen. As said in the synopsis it about the period Idi Amin was the ruler of Uganda and it's the third one I watch about him. One of those three is the ridiculous Last King of Scotland, the other is the Barbet Schroeder's documentary and of course now this film. Even if this film countains some exagerations and some false claims (the canabalism isn't the worst one and the 500,000 deads is an over the top exageration) it is for the most part accurate. Of course the fact it's a british production directed by an Indian explain a lot of the inaccuracies. By exemple they never mentions that he was welcomed with joy by Ugandans and was a good President (by the African standard) untill the collapsing of the country economy due to the Europeans. Of course he was a bloodthirsty dictator but honestly 90% of the Africans leaders are, but he had to deal with a domestic guerrilla movement ruining the country. Unsurprisingly the Entebbe raid is presented in a good light as usual even if it was a mosad attack against a sovereign country. Anyway the goal isn't to write a political text here... I must also point the great performance of Joseph Olita in the title role. He use the same body language and look like a teenage twin of Idi Amin (easy to realize if we compare with the Schroeder's documentary).I got it from YouTube and the image is convenable but the sound isn't as good. Subtitles would have been usefull since the african accent is a tough one, but it will only happen if an official release is made and even with that this isn't a guarantee.
Rating :
Post by: samuelrichardscott on April 13, 2012, 01:13:22 PM
Post by: Jimmy on April 13, 2012, 05:32:17 PM
I know it is mainstream and maybe not your thing but by chance have you seen The Last King of Scotland? I would highly recommend that to you.Surprisingly I have it already. Sadly it didn't impress me too much, it was more about the white doctor than anything else as if people wouldn't be able to see a film about a black personality only :shrug:
Post by: Najemikon on April 13, 2012, 10:00:03 PM
I know it is mainstream and maybe not your thing but by chance have you seen The Last King of Scotland? I would highly recommend that to you.Surprisingly I have it already. Sadly it didn't impress me too much, it was more about the white doctor than anything else as if people wouldn't be able to see a film about a black personality only :shrug:
I think you misread its intentions. The Last King of Scotland is not directly about Amin, but about how the rest of the world just sat back and watched and you could see the lead, white character as representing the West. As a man, he is weak, takes advantage of his hosts and is easily seduced by a maniac before finally running away like a coward. A metaphor for how the Western governments played the usual, flawed 'wait and see' game. Bit like what's happened with Libya!
Post by: Jimmy on April 13, 2012, 10:05:45 PM
The Last King of Scotland is not directly about Amin[...]Maybe but it isn't the way it was sold :shrug:
Post by: Najemikon on April 13, 2012, 10:09:15 PM
Post by: Jimmy on April 19, 2012, 10:11:05 AM
OK I know this isn't my usual type of entertainment, but the first was enough of a nice time waster to made me purchase the sequel that I didn't really like. This is mostly due to the fact that Doctor Octopus is lame compare to how great he is in the comic books (at least in the ones from when I was a kid in the seventies)...
But the last one... Why so many bad guys? The old Batman franchise did the same error :whistle:
I mean what's the point if you can develop a good story? I just got a feeling of improvisation and a "I don't care" reaction. Just the Sandman would have been enough to do a good movie. For a moment I was waiting for Doctor Octopus and Bonesaw to came back :-\
Maybe it's just me, but the CGI looked cheaper than in the others two :hmmmm:
Post by: Najemikon on April 19, 2012, 09:21:34 PM
but the third film is terrible. Sam Raimi was forced to include Venom, when he didn't even like the character. So one of Spidey's greatest villains was squandered in a plot that needed two films at least. They should have left Raimi to do his own thing and concentrate on Sandman. Then he wouldn't have ruined Parker too, with that daft turning-bad shite.
Post by: Jimmy on May 14, 2012, 03:17:24 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Illusionist (2006)
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Burger
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1h49
Video: Full Frame
Audio: English
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Stars:
Edward Norton
Paul Giamatti
Jessica Biel
Rufus Sewell
Eddie Marsan
Plot:
Unlock the mysteries of the year's most spellbinding film from the producers of Crash and Sideways! Oscar® nominees Paul Giamatti and Edward Norton lead an all-star cast in this "stunning" film (USA Today) that conjures an exhilarating blend of suspense, romance and mind-bending twists. The acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim (Norton) has not only captured the imaginations of all of Vienna, but also the interest of the ambitious Crown Prince Leopold (Rufus Sewell). But when Leopold's new fiancée (Jessica Biel) rekindles a childhood fascination with Eisenheim, the Prince's interest evolves into obsession...and suddenly the city's chief inspector (Giamatti) finds himself investigating a shocking crime. But even as the inspector engages him in a dramatic challenge of wills, Eisenheim prepares for his most impressive illusion yet in this "mesmerizing" ('Entertainment Weekly') and "beautifully acted" (Good Morning America) film that "teases you until the very end!" (The New York Times)!
My Thoughts:
This is a film I got from Kathy last year and she gave me many mainstream ones as she wants me to watch more of them. I didn't have a lot of expectations for this movie, in fact it sounded like a boring Hollywood drama to my ears. Surprisingly the movie succeed at catching my interest... The story is well done and construct (even if some people doesn't seem to get the end), well acted for the most part (Rufus Sewell doing the best job) and the effects aren't overdone (in fact all the tricks are historically accurate). (click to show/hide)
All I can add is that it was a nice surprise, too bad they aren't all like that as my new movies disliking would be much smaller...
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on May 14, 2012, 05:03:50 AM
Seriously Hip-Hop is crap music (and calling that music is giving more respect than this genre deserve), but add that it is supposed to be an inspirational movie and the mix made my head explode. A retarded black pimp gets a wake up call after some kind of religious thingy and start doing mysoginist idiotic hip-hop while he stays a pimp...
When I think a movie making the black people looking like fools like that is done by black peoples my head just spin. Guess some of them like to be stereotyping as mysoginist non educated useless drug waste of ressource :shrug:
Post by: Jimmy on May 18, 2012, 06:18:59 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: In the Cut (2003)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Jane Campion
Rating: NR
Length: 1h59
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English / French
Subtitles: English / French
Stars:
Meg Ryan
Mark Ruffalo
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Nick Damici
Sharrieff Pugh
Plot:
In the underbelly of lower Manhattan, Frannie Avery (Meg Ryan), a reserved English professor, becomes obsessed after seeing more than she should of an impassioned couple. After the young woman turns up dead, Frannie is questioned by a homicide detective (Mark Ruffalo) who draws her into a liberating but disturbing erotic encounter. As the body count rises, familiar suspects begin to emerge.
My Thoughts:
I had some doubt with this film mostly because of Meg Ryan who was never in a film I care for, but I gave it a chance since Jennifer Jason Leigh is one of the best actresses ever. So did it paid to give this a chance? In a word yes. Certainly a perfect exemple of what an erotic thriller is suppose to be be, way ahead of Basic Instint who is usually see as the reference for God knows what reason since it is a rather tame and boring venture. The story is good enough and well written enough to keep us searching for almost the two hours that runs the film. The acting is perfect and, seriously, Meg Ryan threw me out of my chair in this as she show that she can act and that she can do something else than a naïve romantic lead. As usual Jennifer Jason Leigh by her performance shines by making a small role a big one. Really no one is bad in this. BTW Kevin Bacon is also in this film in an important uncredited role... wonder if that was hard to listed him in the DVDP database :laugh:
I guess Kathy knew that it will be something I would like. :thumbup:
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on May 28, 2012, 09:28:27 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: The Punisher (2004)
Genre: Crime
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Rating: R
Length: 2h03
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Thomas Jane
John Travolta
Rebecca Romijn
Will Patton
Laura Harring
Plot:
The Punisher walks through the world we all know, a world darkened by war, crime, cruelty and injustice. He has no superpowers to battle the evil he sees – only his fierce intelligence, his years of combat experience and, above all, his iron determination to avenge those wronged by society's villains.
My Thoughts:
Now this is what I call a good superhero movie. No silly joke, no bad self referencial, no CGI effects and not a kiddie film. Some people would probably argument that it's more a vigilante film, but this is what the Punisher was. For an origin story the movie is sure more interesting than many others superheros first film that tend to be boring. Full of action, great acting, real special effects and a great finale.Too bad a sequel was never made since Frank Castle is a great character and so few of those movies are made for the adult public.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on July 06, 2012, 02:29:23 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: God Bless America (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Rating: R
Length: 1h44
Video: Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: English / Spanish
Stars:
Joel Murray
Tara Lynne Barr
Melinda Page Hamilton
Mackenzie Brooke Smith
Rich McDonald
Plot:
Frank (Joel Murray) has had enough of the downward spiral of American culture. Divorced, recently fired, and possibly terminally ill, Frank feels he has nothing left to live for. However, instead of taking his own life, he embarks on a killing spree with cohort Roxy (Tara Lynne Barr), who shares his sense of rage and disenfranchisement, and together they embark on a nation-wide assault on our country s dumbest, most irritating celebrities.
My Thoughts:
This one was for me one of the most anticipated release of the year. Normally in those case you are in for a big deception 99.9% of the time, but this time it's the .01% exception. In fact it is better than I expected it to be going from the trailer. This is far more than a story about two characters killing random annoying people (anyway those who think that miss the point by a miles). I can't say too much without revealing too much, so you will have to try it to know.Joel Murray is perfect as the normal everyday guy who just can't stand it anymore and Tara Lynne Barr is a real discovery for me, seriously she can act wich is a rare occurence for so many young actors these days (who are mostly disposable brainless look a like). Maddie Hasson a newcommer actress is great too in her role.
In five words : best release of the year ;D
Rating :
Post by: Achim on July 06, 2012, 06:01:17 AM
Post by: Jimmy on July 06, 2012, 06:07:17 AM
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I know that some people can be affraid when I gave my seal of approval to a movie considering what I watch, but in this case I'm sure many of you would appreciate this one.
Post by: Kathy on July 06, 2012, 06:17:30 AM
Post by: Jimmy on July 06, 2012, 06:24:59 AM
Let me know your impressions when it will be watched ;)
BTW Alien on Blu-Ray was awesome to watch, but the last one is always bad (some good idea, but not really well acted or directed.)
Post by: goodguy on July 06, 2012, 06:40:20 AM
Post by: Dragonfire on July 06, 2012, 07:17:29 AM
I still have to watch the second one.
Post by: Jimmy on July 12, 2012, 05:53:02 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Deathstalker II (1987)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Jim Wynorski
Rating: R
Length: 1h25
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: English
Subtitles: None
Stars:
John Terlesky
Monique Gabrielle
John Lazar
Toni Naples
Maria Socas
Plot:
Deathstalker II (John Terlesky) has a mission: to save the kingdom from the wicked grip of the immoral wizard Jerak and his queen Sultana. Together they have ruled the land by creating a controllable evil twin of the lovely Princess Evie (Monique Gabrielle). Capturing the real Princess Evie, Deathstalker must now return her to her rightful place of power - but the swordsman’s battle has just begun.
My Thoughts:
This one is a favorite of mine among all the movies released in the Roger Corman Collection and it's surprising since the sword fantasy genre isn't my cup of tea. But this one had something different, Jim Wynorski directed it so you know that it won't be deadly serious. Of course the reason why I like it is probably the reason why the fan of the genre don't... Even with the tongue-in-cheek style you get some good swordfight (the finale is pretty good) and fight in general... you even get a wrestling match between Deathstalker and a woman (Dee Booher who was a "real" wrestler and a roller derby player). The movie even had some zombie action for Pete...
The cast do a good job but Monique Gabrielle is the one who steal the show in a double role, she is really cute in her seer part.
The set is a good one to see if you like or not the genre as you get 4 movies... but none of the three others are as good as Deathstalker II is, but like I said I like the not too serious approach of this film.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on November 17, 2012, 01:48:19 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
Title: Liverpool (2012)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Director: Manon Briand
Rating: G
Length: 1h53
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1
Audio: French
Subtitles: French & English
Stars:
Stéphanie Lapointe
Charles-Alexandre Dubé
Louis Morissette
Alexa-Jeanne Dubé
Giovanni Apollo
Plot:
A coat-check attendant in a bar decides to bring an unclaimed coat back to its owner, but soon finds herself in the middle of a criminal intrigue. A regular at the bar who has long harboured a secret love for the attendant will put his life on the line to help her.
My Thoughts:
This french canadian production released this summer was not a big box-office success, but it wasn't really a surprise fror me as French Canadian movie goers like dumb comedy (it isn't for nothing if something idiotic like Les boys got 2 sequels and one TV serie). Anyway when I've seen the trailer for this film I got the impression that it would be a winner, a couple of months later it turns that I was right... The film is describe as a romantic comedy but it isn't really the case, so if you expect a Meg Ryan type of film you are due for an huge deception. Of course the story is a little bit far fetched at some occasion, but it's a movie not the real life. I particulary like the fact they didn't go with the usual french canadian movie casting for a change, as the film doesn't have big names. In fact the only real star in it is Louis Morissette, but he is more a TV actor and isn't in his usual role casting. I like too the interaction between the two principal characters, Stéphanie Lapointe is perfect in her role as she had the same shyness and the same caring personallity in real life that her movie character had. Really if you can deal with the fact it is subtitled (common I deal with that with almost everything I watch) you will have a fun time with a good exemple of an intelligent comedy from my part of the world. Of course, I guess it will be hard to get outside of the province of Québec but if I can import from the US and the uk you can certainly do the same.
No english trailer exist as it was never dub, but this one is subtitled in english
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on November 17, 2012, 01:53:56 AM
I have no idea of what is the shipping cost...
Post by: Jimmy on November 17, 2012, 06:32:07 AM
Even Pete didn't like it (http://www.dvdcollectorsonline.com/index.php/topic,5334.msg88506.html#msg88506)... that tell you a lot about the awfullness of that film :shrug:
Forget it... it took me almost four hours to reach the 59 minutes mark, so this one goes in the I will never end it pile :laugh:
Post by: Dragonfire on November 17, 2012, 07:26:44 AM
That movie is a huge, steaming pile of crap. No...it would have to improve to be a steaming pile of crap. It is truly one of the worst movies I have ever seen. It makes Twilight look like a masterpiece. I still want to know what the hell Warner Brothers was thinking to approve what passed for the script...and why in DC Comics let the the thing be made. That character was not Catwoman by any stretch of the imagination.
I did have fun ripping it apart in a review on Epinions though. :laugh: This one deserves not only 0 stars, but negative stars.
Post by: Jimmy on November 17, 2012, 08:11:32 AM
Just read your review and the conclusion made me laugh :laugh:
"Catwoman was released on DVD with a full screen and a widescreen version. I can’t remember which one I rented. I don’t remember what kind of special features there were on the disc because I wasn’t interested enough to check them out."
I guess you have no choice to give one star like a review at Amazon or imdb :hmmmm:
Post by: Dragonfire on November 17, 2012, 08:31:47 AM
I'm glad you found the review entertaining.
We have to give everything at least one star there. Several of us have said we would like to have a 0 star option...and really half a star too. I have watched a lot of movies..unfortunately, I've thought some have been pretty bad. I think for many of the bad ones, I'd still give half a star or 1 star too. This one really, really, really deserves none. I think this is worse than even Epic Movie and Date Movie...and that is saying something.
Post by: Jimmy on November 17, 2012, 07:30:02 PM
I think this is worse than even Epic Movie and Date Movie...and that is saying something.I think you are right, at least I was able to watch them completly... not that it was that fun to do so :laugh:
Post by: Dragonfire on November 17, 2012, 09:36:27 PM
Though I did get all the way through Catwoman..but it was torture.
Post by: Achim on November 18, 2012, 06:09:38 AM
I did have fun ripping it apart in a review on Epinions though. :laugh: This one deserves not only 0 stars, but negative stars.So what we'll call that the, black holes?
"I rate this movie five black holes."
:laugh:
Post by: Dragonfire on November 18, 2012, 07:38:05 AM
Post by: samuelrichardscott on November 18, 2012, 09:22:09 AM
Post by: Jimmy on December 17, 2012, 08:15:00 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: House of Wax (2005)
Genre: Horror
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Rating: R
Length: 1h53
Video: Fullscreen
Audio: English, French and Spanish
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Stars:
Elisha Cuthbert
Chad Michael Murray
Brian Van Holt
Paris Hilton
Jared Padalecki
Plot:
When their car breaks down on a road trip, six college friends are sidetracked into an eerie backwoods town. Curiosity gets the better of them when they are intrigured by its macabre House of Wax. They soon find out that the town is not what it seems and they must find their way out before they fall victim to its ghoulishly inventive killers.
My Thoughts:
I know already what you expected to see before openning the review... I've find that this movie is a piece of shit. Surprise I didn't, not that it is that good but I expected something awfull wich is why I've wait one year to watch it. Of course I have some problem with the acting who is so-so for most of the cast, in fact except for Brian Van Holt and Damon Herriman no one else is really good (wooden stereotype acting). There are some non-senses by exemple the museum (really even if you are the greatest wax contractor in the world this is impossible) or the fact the police didn't know (the excuse is really dumb). But the creepy vibe is what does that film as the idea is a scary one (just thinking of what everybody had to suffer in the town is enough to make you feel bad). A little bit too long at almost two hours, the beginning could have been cut by a lot as it didn't made me care for the protagonist anyway and usually it's the point of doing a slow beginning.
Rating :
Post by: Jimmy on February 17, 2013, 01:49:48 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: War of the Worlds (2005)
Genre: Science-Fiction
Director: Steven Spielberg
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1h56
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English and French
Subtitles: English, French and Spanish
Stars:
Tom Cruise
Dakota Fanning
Miranda Otto
Justin Chatwin
Tim Robbins
Plot:
A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells’s classic, the sci-fi thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family. Fleeing from an extraterrestrial army of killer Tripods that annihilate everything in their path, Ray Ferrier (Cruise) races to keep his family safe. War of the Worlds is an action-packed adventure that explodes with spectacular special effects!
My Thoughts:
Another movie to make my thread name sound irrelevent :laugh:I'll give it one thing: the effects are good... a chance because the balance left a lot to be desired. The acting is so bad that it is hard to remain attentive when nothing explode. Not that I have something against Tom Cruise since I think he is good in this, but everyone else is annoying or a caricature. Some scenes are way too long (the basement one is a perfect exemple of this) or ridiculous (the son who run to fight with the army just because he doesn't like his father).
I will not lie, I prefer the original film story since I think that using a dysfonctional familly unit is kind of dumb. I guess it's an ok film, but too spielbergian for my taste (I'm sure it would have been better with another director).
Rating :
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Post by: Dragonfire on February 17, 2013, 03:59:49 AM
Post by: Mustrum_Ridcully on February 17, 2013, 01:50:07 PM
he is a one trick pony
It seems that this pony learned a lot of additional tricks then.
Just take a look at "Rock of Ages", "Tropic Thunder" or "Lions for Lambs".
The problem that Cruise has, is that he is easily recognisable and has a certain stereotype role that brings him the money for projects like "Magnolia".
Being a dyslexic, he's doing quite well in this circus.
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Post by: Jimmy on April 27, 2013, 09:10:41 AM
MOVIE / DVD INFO:
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Title: Storage 24 (2012)
Genre: Horror
Director: Johannes Roberts
Rating: 15
Length: 1h23
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English and German
Subtitles: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish
Stars:
Noel Clarke
Colin O'Donoghue
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
Laura Haddock
Jamie Thomas King
Plot:
A military cargo plane crashes in London, scattering its highly classified contents across the city. Unaware the city is in lockdown, Charlie (Noel Clarke) and Shelley (Antonia Campbell-Hughes), with best friends Mark (Colin O'Donoghue) and Nikki (Laura Haddock), are at Storage 24. dividing up their possessions after a recent break-up.
Suddenly, power to the building dies and they realise, horrified, that something is trapped in the dark maze of endless corridors with them... something deadly. Something alien. In a place designed to keep things in, will they live long enough to find a way out?
My Thoughts:
Everyone know why I got that and to be honest I didn't expect a lot from it. The movie isn't too bad as long as we don't see the creature, because it looks too CGI for my taste and its mouth made me think at something else (choose your pick: I'm a pervert or it's a way too in your face freudian symbol...). But at least the director knew the alien would be silly looking, so it took a while to really see it. So there are a lot of tension building, but... the love backstory get old and boring really fast, common I want to see Storage Wars Alien not "you left me, I don't get over it so I cry" women soap. Also most of the characters are unidimensional, but I can leave with that since I don't expect a Shakespearean drama when I watch an horror movie.I've seen better but I've seen worst, at least this isn't filled with annoying loud music (thank god it isn't like the trailer made it looked like) and it isn't too long. It's obvious that it was a failure because of a lack of marketing since it's better than some box office success (Chernobyl Diaries I'm looking at you!).
I can't say get it for 20$, because it doesn't worth that, but if you can get it cheap the movie could be a surprise for you.
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