Devil, it was pretty good!

Definitely it had potential...mainly the camera work was interesting but the excessive length of the film (almost 150 minutes!) made it annoyingly dull.

Outcast (2010)

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Bit slow paced but pretty interesting & well made. Liked it.

>>: B+

Headhunter: The Assessment Weekend (2010)

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>>: C-

Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)

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A nice teen-action film from Australia which is based on the first book (of the same name) from a novel series. Overall I found it pretty entertaining where the main event of the story shows a high-intensity invasion and occupation of Australia by an unknown single or a group of foreign powers (:D).

>>: B+

I really liked Outcast - I thought it was pretty original.

And Soon the Darkness (1970). Moped menace. It's really fun to say, and even more fun to watch. I have always thought of mopeds as that form of transportation that removes any sense of threat from its rider, but And Soon the Darkness has breathed some unlikely dread into this little vehicle identified more with fat girls than murderous mayhem.

This English gem starts out nice and slow, and perfectly so. What a beautiful day for a bike ride. But as the title suggests, this ride quickly turns murky. And the barrage of information that follows only serves to create more and more distrust. Each character becomes more threatening, suspicious, and distantly foreign. Language becomes more a weapon than a vehicle for comprehension.

The acting was indeed splendid. As the lead, Pamela Franklin accomplishes more with her expressions than her misunderstood English could ever hope to do, even if she was amongst the English speaking set. Mystery man Sandor Elès instills a perfectly misunderstandable motive, solidifying a policy that none should be trusted.

The direction was stellar. The creation of a world where nothing makes sense, where the more we know the more confused we are, and where every new character is suspect, could have easily been off-putting in lesser hands. Every scene serves to fuel our imagination's sense of dread that only master of horror can accomplish without, at least without a guy in a green slime suit. But Robert Fuest handles the mystery with a deft hand, resulting in a movie classic fueled by the mistrust of foreigners.

The use of sound was biting, and the acutely creepy moments were amplified by sounds that would have left Hitchcock in a flurry. The camera work was ambitious and appropriately so, not so much recording events but spying on its touristy prey.

In an end that is not overly predictable , our worst fears are confirmed more in the groping ickiness of these filthy foreigners than in the origin of the horrors. And if creepy was the contest here, then freaky farmer guy gets the top honors. Just the thought of that guy's family life is enough fodder for a week of nightmares. Even so, I still want his hat. Merci.
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"Two Mules For Sister Sara" (1970)
-Clint Eastwood, Shirley McClaine

Plot: IMDB
Set in Mexico, a nun called Sara is rescued from three cowboys by Hogan, who is on his way to do some reconnaissance, for a future mission to capture a French fort. The French are chasing Sara, but not for the reasons she tells Hogan, so he decides to help her in return for information about the fort defences. Inevitably the two become good friends but Sara has a secret..

Phantom's Review: Fun action filled western adventure. The film has kind of a spaghetti western feel about it although not quite as violent. Very enjoyable.

CYRUS: Excellent flick. How can you go wrong with John C Reilly and Marisa Tomai? Plus for once Jonah Hill didn't disgust me.

THE PONDER HEART: A very hard to find Hallmark movie. I bought it because Angela Bettis was in it. But, this is a great made for tv flcik. Much funnier then the norm. Excellent lead performance by Peter MacNicol. If you saw his face, you'd go "Oh him".

Five copies for sale at Amazon....Hmmm... not THAT hard to find, I guess...

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Harlem Nights.... Funny every time. Never gets old.

Not really horror (or anything for that matter)
it was "BURIED"........don't waste money or time on it.

True Lies.