Wild Strawberries.

One of the greatest films by one of the greatest directors ever. A tour de force film, beautiful to behold.

Can't help but think most here would look at it and say- wtf? Too much talking.

death warrant. had a hard time keeping my eyes open

Unforgiven. i know i have seen this before, but it seemed like the first time. Great flick. Ashe.
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saw it a couple of months ago, never again

Repulsion (1965)

A film made essential via Catherine Deneuve's intensely deteriorative performance and Polanski's patient touch. As he has proven throughout his career, Polanski is the master of the slow-burn, always careful not to prematurely answer too many questions or spring too many surprises; instead, he sprinkles his touches throughout his films so that his audience is anxious for them at all times. This film is often categorized as "surrealist", but I don't think a descriptor like that fits. The film, instead, is realism through the eyes of a nightmare's victim, and no matter how jarring or disturbing a sequence might appear, its existance is logical to this poor girl's repressive life. A stunning character study and a daring sexual journey.

Wild Strawberries (1957)

A gentle but critical look at the reflections of an old man as he waits for death. Bergman has a great love for Dr. Borg, a character who is so fleshed out he must be modeled after the filmmaker's own soul. Through dreams and memories- often a delightful combination of the two of them- we feel as though we've grown beside this man his entire life, and when we gaze at past relationships and guilts it is as though we have seen them before and are now looking at them with Borg in a new light; it is as though we are just as obligated to accept these memories as bygone experiences just as he is. The cinematography is gorgeous and the camera moves with an otherwordly grace. Though this is a film so early in a career, it has the seeming wisdom of a life-long philosopher.

Videodrome (1983)

Not only a bizarre trip but a scathing indictment of entertainment itself, and one that rings frighteningly prophetic today. Like 'Network', this film dissects the boundaries that are constantly being pushed by audience cravings and greedy producers by overexaggerating them; where 'Network' worked as biting satire, Cronenberg uses horror and science-fiction genre tools to turn his view on the future of media into a nightmare. There are several key elements that make the film work- perhaps the most important one is James Woods. Cronenberg's films often call for brain-dead, dry, even dull central characters; while this is usually for the enhancement of the screenplay, the actors he often casts range from boring to atrocious. Woods fills this part perfectly- his natural charisma and charm immediately grap our attention and care, but he is also not afraid to be used as a tool, a machine, a monster. The quick pace and expert special effects make this an essential Cronenberg movie, and one of his masterworks.

I dug it. :D
I guess he's directing the Night of the Demons remake, too. :D

Tales Of Terror

Great stuff. Digging the Corman Poe adaptions at the moment. Worth a watch for Price and Lorre tasting wine together :D

Howard The Duck

Great fun hadn't seen it since I was 6 or 7. Don't get why this movie is so hated people need to loosen up

I agree with you on both counts. Tales of Terror is excellent. The last part with Price as a hypnotized dead man is pretty eerie as well.

I'm one of the few people who likes Howard the Duck. I dug the comic a lot and I think the film did a fine job adapting it.

I'm another

a guilty pleasure

Last movie I saw was Doom...

Dying Breed (2008)

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>>: B-

Shutter (2004). Just plain creepy. There was one scene that actually caught me off guard and made me jump. Great flick. Ashe.
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I don't recall hating Howard the Duck, but can't much recall anything else about it so for me I guess it wasn't a thing of greatness.

I just saw

Some spoilers here so I'll white-out

Fast and Furious - While it was good to see a "true" sequel to the first one in terms of events and characters, I didn't really like this...actually found it boring in a lot of parts, after the setup, the plot basically consisting of "lets go find this guy, we've gotta go find this guy...etc etc etc". Some nice cars but by comparison to the other films not really. It was ok...the girl will probably end up buying it, I wouldn't otherwise bother.

xmen origins - wolverine
Ok...hated what they did with deadpool, HATED HATED HATED...and cmon, take away HIS mouth? Ridiculous and character spoiling rubbish. This was just terrible. Ryan reynolds about had his character right too...and the thing with his face? WHY? Why couldn't they leave him the bitter, crazy, mush faced self loathing abomination he was meant to be? Instead we got as watered down, brainwashed and altered a character as the "sabertooth" was in x-men 1.
If you want to see a half decent deadpool, watch the animated feature "wolverine vs hulk".
Preferred the portrayal of sabertooth in this film, but was annoyed at there being any kind of decency or honour to him. Just not right.
Gambit was ok, but kept slipping into the wrong accent...and didn't steal a thing...no huge complaints though.
Wolverine - while his "origins" story was briefly visited, his post weapon x rage/animal stage was completely eradicated. He was a ravaging maniacal animal when he escaped, and killed everyone up in there. The old couple substituting for the people (alpha flight for those that means anything to) who actually found him was alright, but at least they could've been there to "show him humanity again" but fuck, they didn't even need to as it turns out.
No berserker rage...if ever there was a time.
Other than the above mentioned, and some time/event/character changes and errors. it wasn't a bad film.
Just, as a fan of the comic, hard to look past THAT much liberty being taken.
I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a great film, I liked the wolverine I've seen in the prior x-men films more, but hey, Jackman played him as well as usual I guess.
Some good fights, nice stunt coreography, and interesting effects.
While I want to say I didn't dislike this film at all, I will say that I was disappointed, it felt as though someone with no knowledge or love of the comic series stepped in and wrote a pretty long fan-fic...not a bad one, but I don't think it was handled right.

I have higher hopes for the rumoured Magneto origins film.

Just watched the end of 1408. What I saw looked interesting. Might have to watch it from the beginning.

Makes a lot more sense that way. I still thought the ending was stupid though.

The first half hour or so is very promising but, like Miss M, the ending lets it down.

Worth a watch FC, but its a downhill ride.

never heard of 1408 wat is it?

Apartment Zero. i loved the painful awkwardness of the characters and their interactions, which was made al the more edgy with ultra-close mug-shot camerawork. Pretty good story; seemed a little homo-erotic in a Platonic way. Ending was pretty predictible, and very reminiscent of


the classic thriller Psycho. Overall pretty enjoyable, but i sort have a thing for J-flix right now so that may be clouding my judgement. Ashe.
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Outlander....suppose to be something like "Beowulf meets Predator"

Not as good as either but pretty entertaining.

THE GIRL NEXT DOOR. Well made, very uncomfortable movie. Glad when ended. Didn't hate, but can't say I liked it either. Made me very angry.

Had the same impact on me. I missed the revenge part.. :mad:

Hamburger Hill (1987)

>>: B

The New Kids

Typical Sean Cunningham ... nothing to make it stand out except a young James Spader.

They Wait (2007). This was a surprisingly great supernatural/horror flick. Pretty creepy, great story, acting was pretty good, especially the kid. Felt like an American/Asian hybrid. Ashe.
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I've been wanting to see this for awhile now. Heard good things although not from you :D

Speaking of a young James Spader have you seen Tuff Turf?

Spader's great in The New Kids.

I have not.

did you recognize the big viking who got killed first ?

I did not......just a bunch of big burly bearded dudes. Is it your Thor buddy ?

21 Grams. Phenomenal flick. Not sure whose performance was the best, but i think that it may have been Naomi Watts'. Ashe.
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Resident Evil: Degeneration.

Okay im a fan of RE games. This movie was the closest thing to the game I've seen. Theres only a few problems. Leon looked like a girl. Zombies were only in it for 20 mins, and last well I would of loved to see more of the original people in there. Maybe some Claire Redfield, Wesker, and Chris Redfield. It was a great concept to make the movie look like the cut scenes of the game but they could of done alot more. Other than that it had a pretty good story and i definatly recommend seeing it.

Død Snø aka Dead Snow

started off like your typical annoying 20 somethings gathering for the slaughter.....but once it shifted into gear it was great. Very "over the top" zombie movie.


and Nazi zombies to boot.


lots of gore in this one

Totally agreed - the first one that's felt anything like the game.
Leon always looked like a girl if y'ask me, and yeah...I'm kind of sick of every movie avoiding the Chris Redfield character, for fucks sake, he was the protagonist of the original game...no respect I tell ya...
I look forward to another one of these and NO more of the other ones.

Same here. Chris is by far my favorite characeter and it pisses me off when hes not in any of the movies. Hopefully if they made another one like degeneration its got more zombies, some chris love, and a even better story line. Id love to see resident evil 1 as a movie i loved the whole mansion concept.

I also agree with the actually movies sucking. Why did they even call it resident evil all it had was the t virus and nemesis other then that it was crap.

From Within (2008)

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>>: C


Manhunter (1986)

>>: B

Twilight:

So i have been putting off seing this for a very long time. I just made fun of the movie based on reviews for the longest time but some Twilight fans started calling me a hypocrite. I decided to read the first book just to see how bad Stephanie Meyer butchered vampires. Just as Stephen King said, her writing is atrocious. It's an okay concept for a story but has been done a thousand times by one thousand times better authors. If you're a fan of Ann Rice then the Twilight series is going to be a huge, dumbed down disappointment to you.

The movie has me torn though. The first three quarters of the book are squished into the first half of the movie, and the first quarter of the movie is absolutely cheesy. The acting is so over done, and the facial expressions are so forced it made me want to cry. The last half of the movie was pleasant. From the baseball scene forward I was genuinely interested and sort of into it. The acting just got so much better, and the characters were closer to the book. A lot less silliness in general. Kristen Stewart is really good at tripping over heself and looking like a dorky teenager too. I have to admit I was entertained.

Ohhh i knew you would be. Everything you said about it was how i felt as well. The baseball scene is my favorite part. I thought it was the best put together scene in the whole movie actually, everything else was kinda lame. I wonder if kristen stewart will ever be able to play another character though? In new moon she has alot more of a character i think. Im sort of hoping they stick with the book more. I read something saying edward was suppose to be actually scary in new moon. We'll see..

I need to g et reading that one so I can see how bad Meyer butchered werewolves hahah

Ya baseball scene was my favourite. It played up on the family dynamic really well, and also brought out more about each character. Like Rosalie being a bitch, Alice being graceful etc. Would have liked to see more of Aice and Bella's relationship. AND worst part is the ending bit about Alice getting left out. That was the only part about the whole book that genuinely shocked me and they just scrapped it for the movie. I am almost a pissed of (not quite a fan) fan girl about that.