1922 is another great one, very dark,bleak. Thomas Jane has a quiet air of menace about him.Thanks. I still have 1922 to watch also on Netflix. Way to many Stephen King based movies out there.
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I watched Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. I found it boring and I didn't care for the actors who were in it. It was nowhere near as good as the original Wall Street.
Blow with Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz. This was a third or fourth viewing for me. I like this film for some reason I can't explain.
Trivial fun fact....... George Jung was released in June 2014 after serving almost 20 years in prison.
Trivial fun fact....... George Jung was released in June 2014 after serving almost 20 years in prison.
Thank God It's Friday (1978)
The Criterion Channel has a section of 70s films this month and this was one of them. Since I've never been a fan of disco, I have no idea what possessed me to start watching this but it was kind of a fun and charming time capsule of a movie. It was probably made to capitalize on the success of Saturday Night Fever and is just a light nonsense movie and for some reason I kind of enjoyed it. Donna Summer steals the show with an electrifying performance towards the end of the film.
I must really be bored.
The Criterion Channel has a section of 70s films this month and this was one of them. Since I've never been a fan of disco, I have no idea what possessed me to start watching this but it was kind of a fun and charming time capsule of a movie. It was probably made to capitalize on the success of Saturday Night Fever and is just a light nonsense movie and for some reason I kind of enjoyed it. Donna Summer steals the show with an electrifying performance towards the end of the film.
I must really be bored.
Tremors (1990)- Fun iconic 90s creature feature about rednecks fighting sound-sensitive monster worms. I quite enjoyed this one, I actually saw the last 20 minutes or so a long time ago when I was 7 or so, at least the part where the graboid gets blown up and the blood splatters everywhere. I quite enjoyed how resourceful the characters managed to be in a tense situation. The humor also added to it. The graboids were cool looking and the practicals were pretty good. Good creature feature that managed to be strictly that without trying too hard to make it scary, while still managing to take itself both seriously and having a lot of humor as well. 8/10
How did they manage to get both Kevin Bacon and Reba McEntire in one monster movie though?
How did they manage to get both Kevin Bacon and Reba McEntire in one monster movie though?
They wanted to make sure they had less than 6 degrees of separation?
I thought Reba was the monster
Seriously, though, I've always considered this to be more of a comedy than a monster movie. It's so campy and it would be one I'd watch again when I needed a laugh.
I think when the movie focuses on a monster it’s a creature feature. Yeah it’s campy, but not obnoxiously so, it knew what it was. There are a billion more campy creature features, just look at the sequels. It doesn’t even go into So Bad, it’s Good territory, just a film that knew it was cheesy and still managed to be entertaining.
Agreed. I watched Tremors 2 but it just didn't do it for me and skipped the rest. Just looked it up as I didn't know how many there were. Six?! Really?! And why?! Rhetorical questions.
Plus, I like how the characters aren’t just there to get eaten by the monsters. Or how they aren’t stupid about it. They manage to size up a bad situation, find out the monster’s strengths and weaknesses, work together to devise solutions, and manage to all get away even after two of their neighbors get eaten.
If you liked Tremors then you might like the movie Grabbers, an Irish horror/comedy, it's a good laugh,has it's tongue firmly lodged in it's cheek,
I’ve heard of it. One of my favorite YouTube channels, Goodbadflicks, did a video about it for his Exploring series, where he does 10-20 minute little video documentaries on the production history of a certain film each week.
I watched The Dead Zone for the first time on blu-ray. I never noticed that Castle Rock is situated in New Hampshire in the film: you can see it on Bannerman's jacket that it says New Hampshire. The novel's Ridgeway part is set in New Hampshire of course, but for some reason in the film they set the Castle Rock killer part also there. It was all filmed in Ontario, Canada of course.
It's amazing that even though it was Cronenberg's first film he didn't write the screenplay himself for (he felt like doing something a bit different after Videodrome), it still feels so much like his other early work. There are the typical snowy locations and there even is a small clinic similar to the one in Rabid, the Weizak clinic, which in fact seems so small that you never see Weizak concerened with any other patient than Johnny.
One thing that's very striking compared to movies in general is how small the interiors are, you are nearly always close to a wall. And the wallpaper sometimes even has special meaning, like in Frank Dodd's room, which has western wallpaper with cowboys on it - and also his other belongings seem to reveal that he still is a child in a way living with his mother, and he never really grew up.
Cronenberg originally wanted a coda after the final scene, but it seemed to diminish the power and impact of that scene. Which when you think of it, codas in general do. But most films want to give you a moment to relax or reflect after the climax of the film, before rolling the titles.
Similarly there was also a prologue filmed with a young Johnny on the ice having his first vision, but Cronenberg decided that it was better to establish all of the character within his main actor, Christopher Walken.
I think what makes Cronenberg such a good director is that he takes away everything that's not strictly needed. That gives every scene meaning and power - and it also strengthens this feeling of inevitability that his films often have: that the main character is more or less doomed from the beginning and that no matter what he does (or they do, like in Dead Ringers), he can't escape his fate.
It's amazing that even though it was Cronenberg's first film he didn't write the screenplay himself for (he felt like doing something a bit different after Videodrome), it still feels so much like his other early work. There are the typical snowy locations and there even is a small clinic similar to the one in Rabid, the Weizak clinic, which in fact seems so small that you never see Weizak concerened with any other patient than Johnny.
One thing that's very striking compared to movies in general is how small the interiors are, you are nearly always close to a wall. And the wallpaper sometimes even has special meaning, like in Frank Dodd's room, which has western wallpaper with cowboys on it - and also his other belongings seem to reveal that he still is a child in a way living with his mother, and he never really grew up.
Cronenberg originally wanted a coda after the final scene, but it seemed to diminish the power and impact of that scene. Which when you think of it, codas in general do. But most films want to give you a moment to relax or reflect after the climax of the film, before rolling the titles.
Similarly there was also a prologue filmed with a young Johnny on the ice having his first vision, but Cronenberg decided that it was better to establish all of the character within his main actor, Christopher Walken.
I think what makes Cronenberg such a good director is that he takes away everything that's not strictly needed. That gives every scene meaning and power - and it also strengthens this feeling of inevitability that his films often have: that the main character is more or less doomed from the beginning and that no matter what he does (or they do, like in Dead Ringers), he can't escape his fate.
Fun fact: Terri Nunn is one of the two young girls that are trying to sneak into the club. She's the lead singer for the group Berlin, who's biggest hits were 'Take My Breath Away' and 'Sex (I'm a....)'. She also auditioned for the role of Princess Leia but Harrison Ford didn't like her so the role went to Carrie Fisher.Thank God It's Friday (1978)
The Criterion Channel has a section of 70s films this month and this was one of them. Since I've never been a fan of disco, I have no idea what possessed me to start watching this but it was kind of a fun and charming time capsule of a movie. It was probably made to capitalize on the success of Saturday Night Fever and is just a light nonsense movie and for some reason I kind of enjoyed it. Donna Summer steals the show with an electrifying performance towards the end of the film.
I must really be bored.
SHAFT 1971. Can you dig it? right on.
Who's the black private dick
That's a sex machine to all the chicks?
(Shaft)
You're damn right
Who is the man
That would risk his neck for his brother man?
(Shaft)
Can you dig it?
Who's the cat that won't cop out
When there's danger all about?
(Shaft)
Right on
They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother
(Shut your mouth)
But I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft
(Then we can dig it)
He's a complicated man
But no one understands him but his woman
(John Shaft)
Who's the black private dick
That's a sex machine to all the chicks?
(Shaft)
You're damn right
Who is the man
That would risk his neck for his brother man?
(Shaft)
Can you dig it?
Who's the cat that won't cop out
When there's danger all about?
(Shaft)
Right on
They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother
(Shut your mouth)
But I'm talkin' 'bout Shaft
(Then we can dig it)
He's a complicated man
But no one understands him but his woman
(John Shaft)
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I watched an On Demand movie called Waitress with Nathan Fillion, Keri Russell and Andy Griffith
It was a comedy drama and I found it to be very enjoyable
It was a comedy drama and I found it to be very enjoyable
The Wicker Man (1973). Why, morgan, why?? Well, because I saw the sad remake many years ago. Wanted to see the original, but never had the opportunity. It's streaming now on Netflix. Knew if I didn't watch it now, it might be a long time before I had the chance again.
Creepy and dark. Slow burn. But the religious element (that I don't remember in the remake) was extremely upsetting. And add the animal stuff...yikes. Had to mute the last five minutes. This movie is incredibly disturbing on many levels.
Creepy and dark. Slow burn. But the religious element (that I don't remember in the remake) was extremely upsetting. And add the animal stuff...yikes. Had to mute the last five minutes. This movie is incredibly disturbing on many levels.
The remake may not have been good, but any movie Nicholas Cage gets to overact in is usually gold. NOT THE BEES AAAAAAAAAAAH
