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Exquisite cinematography and some wonderful set-pieces and effects make this a thoroughly enjoyable flick.
I liked how they paced this futuristic apocalyptic-shaded film after the initial 20-25 odd minutes. (after the Church scenes) That being said, the opening war scenes were very nicely executed.
The overall tone and atmosphere is very dark and grim (ala Dark City and Metropolis), and although it is a notch below those two, it still manages to hold its own.
Thomas Jane and Ron Perlman do a very competent job, as do the other characters, but the mutant-effects and gore are a slight let-down in an otherwise fairly entertaining ride.

I appreciate this film a lot right now, and for those who hated Mutant Chronicles, feel free to sue me.
Recommended to anyone who doesnt mind a more than decent sci-fi adventure with ample doses of grim atmosphere thrown in for good measure.
Want to hear me sum up in two words?
Watch it.

The Seventh Seal: probably the best classic film I've ever seen.
Sonatine
Bubba Hotep
Cecil B. Demented

Spellbound (1945)

Another Hitchcock classic...it was a bit predictable at first, but once things got going I was really impressed (as always). The dream sequence - designed by Salvador Dali, no less - has to be one of my new favourite Hitchcock scenes.

Public Enemies


Easily the best film of the summer, made me want to go buy some cotton slacks.

King Soloman's Min (1950)

Top notch jungle adventure from MGM, starring Stewart Granger & Deborah Kerr. This film won an Oscar for best cinematography and it's easy to see why. It's beautiful.

If you're a fan of classic adventure films, check this out.

Have you ever seen Black Narcissus? Deborah Kerr is pretty amazing in it.
Plus it's a really incredible movie anyway.

Brain Dead (89) : quite the mind fuck this one. pretty cheesy but I always dig the real strange ones.

Missing In Action

The Warrior and The Sorceress

Fantasy flick with the storyline of Fistful Of Dollars starling David Carradine. Pretty good watch...

I brought Brain Dead ages ago but never got round to watching it, have to check it out seeing as its a mindfuck :p

What'd you think of Missing In Action?

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Disappointing.
Stick to the animated original.

i know how many runs you scored last summer

is that as stupid as it looks....or worth a watch?

decidedly meh



though there is a nice shower scene ;)

Well...I AM into hygiene. :D

"Splinter" 2/10


(Thanks to V's Horror 2000 tournery)



Someone kill the camera man!!! :mad:

I'm starting to see a new trend in low budget american horror movies. First in "The Children", then in "Alien Raiders" and now in "Splinter".

It goes like this: If you don't have good enough effects, just throw around the camera or blur the vision as soon as something is happening to trick the audience so they will never see how lousy your effects are. Sure they will appreciate that a whole lot more.

Well, FUCK YOU!!!

IT FUCKING RUINS THE ENTIRE MOVIE, YOU DICKS!!!

I'M GOING TO BED!!!

BYE!!!!

:mad:

Got to watch most of The Dark Knight at work today, which was pretty sweet.

I'm not quite sure of the logic behind it, but one of the other departments where I work has a huge TV set up at the end of the office. It's always muted (obviously - I work in a call centre), but they usually have shitty daytime television playing on it at all times, and it's usually positioned so I can't see it from my desk anyway. No huge loss.

Welll, today they had it facing the opposite way for some reason - and God bless 'em, somebody decided to throw in Dark Knight. Now keep in mind this is about half a football field away, on mute, and I was too busy to really pay attention... but damn - catching glimpses of the Clown Prince of Crime between calls sure takes a chunk out of the monotony of the day.

Yeah check out Brain Dead when you get a chance. its kinda like a dream inside a dream inside a dream and so on.
Missing In Action was pretty sweet. I knew I had to see it after seeing this scene online - classic


Last Seen:
The Enforcer

I had the exact same feeling too after the film ended.

And glad to see you liked it too, Des. After Alky and Return's reactions, I thought I might be the only one who actually loved the film. :)

Galaxy Of Terror

Classic stuff. Pretty funny to see Joanie from Happy Days in it :D

The sequel where Norris is in a POW camp is pretty cool too.

The Enforcer isn't to bad but is prolly my least favorite Dirty Harry flick.

Did those discs I sent turn up yet?

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)

Watched for the first time. It was fun but not as good as I expected.

>>: C+


Backwoods (2008)

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Another low budget TCM/Wrong Turn/Timber Falls rip off.

>>: D+

Brotherhood of Death

Cheesey low budget afair from the 70s pitting black Nam vets against The Klan.

Not as fun as it could have been.

That looks great, I'm gonna track it down. Sounds kinda like The Black Six which I loved.

havent seen a movie in days ...

week has been too crazy. but when we have a little time my son and i have been watching the old origion star treks from the beginning (up to episode 5 now)

he's digging them - which is cool - as we will be meeting leonard nimoy at the end of august

This on cable ?

City of the Living Dead.

Ok so WOW...it's funny how when you watch something or listen to something again you like it a second time around. I am now happy to say I love city of the living dead. There were a few minor things I didn't like. Like were those old people supposed to be emily and John Johns real Parents? I didn't like the fact that the zombies could teleport(if your making the dead rise do it realistically!)

I said oh they looks like they have jello on theirs faceses...but now watching again...it still looks like jello but it still looks pretty gross. The soundtrack oh my god, so simple and so badass, the songs or..I guess they are songs were just amazing like REALLY good, that was prolly my favorite part of the movie. The looks and sound and atmosphere were just classic horror movie fare. I'm so glad I watched it again...and I didn't get the end!

Yah, it's on demand.

Movies By Category>Action

cool.......love these grindhouse flics.

Eight Legged Freaks

Cheesy B movie fun!

The Virgin Spring / Jungfrukällan (1960)

Only my second Bergman film (after The Seventh Seal) but after watching this I really need to look into more of his work.

Stunning film, absolutely floored me. I was drawn into the film right from the opening frame and couldn't drag myself away from it...the characters were wonderfully portrayed, the cinematography was beautiful...a near perfect film that raises far more moral questions than it is able to answer, and leaves you thinking about God, life, death, forgiveness and revenge long after the final moments.

"The bicycle thief" 6/10

I didn't understand the ending, or the morale of the movie..

Just found it frustrating and sad.

It is supposed to frustrating and sad. It is a tale of quiet desparation.

The ending reveals the moral
***SPOILER*** (highlight to read)
no situation can justify theft, as you never know who or how it could impact someone else's life
***end spoiler***

Knowing

I'm confused, he is hanging with Rose Byrne, he knows the world is about to end the next day and he still isn't making a move?????


Pretty cool movie otherwise. I don't know about Ben Mendelson playing an American though.

7/10

Martyrs .....Damn the French are brutal.

No discs yet that Im aware of, I'll find out if they came tomorrow.

The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)

Okay Newb & Elvis- this is one to catch.

The leader of a rodeo riding motorcycle gang decides to leave the gang and marry a good girl. His jilted flame, the girl too bad to marry doesn't take kindly to this and will stop at nothing to get her man back.

Rediculous script & awful acting combine to make this a howlarious great watch. 5th billed- Harry Dean Stanton! 4th billed is Patty McCormack- the Bad Seed from the 1956 movie of the same name. She sings the title song too!

The good girl is so whiney & helpless you're just praying she'll get it in the end. Or sooner.

It's in the Drama section of On Demand Newb- check it out.

The Changeling (1980). One of my favourite movies now that I've rewatched it. Last time I saw it I was little. This is the first time a movie has really scared me. i've been upset/disturbed by modern horror movies, but it took a gem from the 80's with virtually no gore to make me afraid toget out from under the covers.

Aaaahh.... Damn. That's even more sad..

I don't like sad movies.

Trekkies ..

the first of 2 docs about Star Trek devotees..
Been sitting on this one for a while - finally put it on.

wow - talk about a range of emotions .. alternately hilarious, terrifying, rediculous - and even moving ...

one thing is for sure ... rabid Trek fans are profoundly unbalanced....to the very last one.

Suspira. This flick was decent enough. Not as great as i thought it would be. The soundtrack, which was awesome, carried it in my opinion. Ashe.
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Brotherhood of Death.

agree with NE......not as fun as it could have been....but not without it's 70s "grindhouse / Blaxploitation" charms.

@NE---I will be looking for The Mini-Skirt Mob . I don't have comcast but so far "Cox" has the same movies...so I should be able to find it.