Have you seen Bronson - he was a brit criminal who changed his name to Charles Bronson. They made a film about him last year. He has a similar (over the top) character like Chopper.

I loved the story Chopper told in one of his books about his Day fighting with the guy next door for not feeding his dog as it looked skinny and under nourished. It turned out it was a greyhound...

Not sure if you guys knew he also did a "kids" book?
Kind of a fucked up revenge themed twist on the hunchback tale almost...was actually quite decent.
http://www.aussiebooks.com.au/prod2418.htm

Just watched "something something something dark side" the second family guy star wars thing based in Empire this time. Entertaining, but I think they did a better job first time 'round.

Gran Torino (2008). This was a spectacular flick despite some really bad acting. Clint was awesome in all aspects, but his little buddy needs some acting lessons pronto. Still, this was a great movie, mostly due to such a moving story and Clint's portrayal of the central character. AShe.
derek

That's the beauty of an alternate universe/timeline, they can pretty much do whatever they want.

I've yet to see that....people seem to really like it though...

yeah who the hell casted that kid?

I thought the kid was fine.

What'd you think?

I've got a copy of Bronson in my to watch pile. Might give it a spin tonight. I loved the Pusher films so I've been looking forward to checking it out.

:D that shit about the greyhound is classic! I'd love to see another Chopper film but I don't see it happening.

Badlanders

A really awful low budget post-apocalyptic sci-fi/fantasy played for camp.

The script is bad.
The dialogue is bad.
The special effects are bad.
The fight choreography is bad.
The acting is awful.

It fails on every level.
No, it wasn't "fun."

Jump cuts, plot holes, logical errors, slack editing... just everything wrong there could be.

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Harrowing documentary that about the often ignored Third Reich's vicious persecution of male homosexuals during World War II. The title comes from an arcane, 1871 German statute making sodomy punishable by incarceration (with the ultimate goal to eradicate gays completely). Only a handful of survivors -- now frail and withered -- remain to recount their traumatic tales in this poignant film.

One of the saddest things, About it was long after the war and many of these men were still getting prosecuted under Paragraph 175, right into the 50s+60s...

Martyrs is the one of most disturbing movies ever made,

watch the scary scenes here in HD !

http://www.youtube.com/user/Thegroundissour

Feast 3: The Happy Finish (2009). For those of you that hated the second instalment you will probably hate this one as well. i found it to be a little better than the second, but that there was no dearth of breasts flapping in the wind may have helped. This one was made to be predominantly funny, and it worked for me. The end was a bit difficult to watch, being 10 minutes or so of strobe light violence. Fun new characters come and go with reckless abandon. The end was absolutely hilarious and unfair, just what ya'd expect from the end of this goofy trilogy. Ashe.
derek

Last night I watched Salvage, Bloody Mary and Mortuary.

Zombieland

Currently trying to fight off a cold so had to stick to something I knew I'd enjoy.

Fright Night- Quality film. Could easily be dismissed as just another teen horror but its loaded with superb characters and sophisticated script and direction from Tom Holland. Roddy McDowall is superb as Peter Vincent and brings an unbelivable depth to the character and is well supported by the rest of the cast. So much of this movie is delivered with a sly wink, walking the line between Horror and Comedy perfectly. Throw in some 'proper' special effects and you really can't go wrong. Everytime I've finished watching this movie I want to rewind it and watch it again.

Fright Night II- By the numbers sequel which is far from perfect. The vampire slaying duo of Charley Brewster & Peter Vincent return which makes this film worth the watch but it falls short of the standards set by the first film. Still decent value entertainment as Ragsdale and McDowall form a great team.

Bronson

Enjoyed it a lot. More quirky in style than the Pusher films but it worked really well. Should've watched it ages ago cheers for the reminder Ferox!

I was suprised how good Tom Hardy was in it...The Violence was very Clockwork Orange too..

Yeh it was.

Did you dig the Pusher trilogy? I wonder what Valhalla Rising will be like? That can't be to far away from being released.

Got a day-off on our National Victory Day this time...:)

George A. Romero's The Crazies (1973)

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May be it's low budget but a terrific paranoid thriller by Romero & somewhat in a similar vein to his Dead series. Surely he proves to be the master of portraying any chaotic & quarantine situation on celluloid.

>>: B+

Murderous Intent aka Like Minds (2006)

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A forensic psychologist is appointed by police to determine whether there's enough evidence to file murder charges against a 16-year-old boy accused in the shotgun death of a school mate.

A decent Aussie mystery thriller.

>>: B

Chicken Run (2000)

I'm just wondering how come I haven't seen this before!?! An Eggselant blast!

>>: A

Dario Argento's Sleepless (2001)

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A pretty good Giallo.

>>: B

Slayer (2006)

A silly time passing made for TV Vampire flick. Not too bad, some funny elements & nice fights here & there.

>>: C+

Only saw the first one and I liked it alot - must get around to the rest..

Not heard of Valhalla Rising.

harry potter and the half blood prince.

definately the most visually beautiful film in the series

In Bruges (2008). Not expecting much, i was more than pleasantly surprised by this flick. Appropriately slow at the get go, the initial pace allowed for not only great character development, but also reveals the perfectly unbalanced relationship of our two protags. Dark humor coupled with some drama and ultimately some well received violence, this poetic flick ends in a wonderfully ironic fashion. The acting was solid, the story well crafted, and the use of the wonderful scenery in Bruges was well received. Ashe.
derek

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Fantastic. Highly recommended to Fortunato, Return, Alky and everyone else who loves Bunuel.


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If you havent seen this, you have done yourself a huge favor. Don't bother.

Oh, yeah. Great movie.

Poltergeist - Finally got around to buying this on Blu-Ray. Still stands up pretty well given it's age. I did notice a number of overdub mistakes and minor errors of that sort, but nothing that really detracts from the film.

And I wish I had seen this before I rented it..I wanted to like this movie so much but frame after frame become more and more disgusted...damn them, damn them all for turning an excellent graphic comic into shit.


watched:
Robocop 1,2,3
Resident Evil 1,2,3
The Bourne movies 1,2,3
Underworld 1,2,3
Matrix 1,2,3

The third Pusher film was great. Some twisted shit in it.

Here's the trailer for Valhalla Rising:



Should be dope by the look of it.

about a half hour of "New Years Evil" [1980]...terrible dated movie.

Brothers (2009)

Great movie - glad to see such a powerful performance from Tobey Maguire.

Wait. Do what now?

Hard to believe, but he's incredible here. His Golden Globe nomination is well deserved, and I wouldn't be upset at all if this got him an Oscar nod as well.

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A powerful and brash coming-of-age film. The last 20-odd minutes have a couple of powerful emotional sucker punches to the gut. Highly recommended again - Fortunato, Return, Alky and everyone else who loves their cinema with a bit of dark-edged reality.

Dang, V. You've really been beefing up my queue lately.
Thanks !

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Wise Blood (1979)

Flannery O'Connor's excellent novel makes a truly bizarre film. Pretty true to the book on paper, it comes off a little goofier and messier than its source material, which is certainly nothing out of the ordinary. That being said, it's still very engaging, unique cinema. Very enjoyable.

Die Hard (1988)

I was really dissapointed in the film version of it - I think making it 'contempory' ruined my believe in the naivity of Dourif's character. It wasn't a terrible film - i just loved the book a lot..

Legend of Drunken Master (1994). The fight sequences were absolutely incredible . The mill scene was the perfect ending to a perfect Kung Fu flick. Fun trivia is that Jackie Chan's real life body guard had to step in to do the fight finale due to an injury of the original cast. Ashe.
derek

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Well worth the watch just to witness Nick Cage chew the scenary for a couple of hours..Brad Dourif is great too..Fairuza Balk is hot in a way too short cameo..

Nick never quite reaches the depravity that Harve did in the same role....I really can't believe that Herzog said it had nothing to do with the Ferrara film and the film company made him call it he Bad Lieutenant.