Hm, this sounds really fascinating.

Ansiktet (The Magician) (1958)

Very interesting and pretty engrossing Bergman film; still fairly early on in his artistic explorations of the empirical vs. the inexplicable, and it definitely feels that way. Which I don't mean badly. Great characters; some very funny scenes and some very chilling ones, too. Absolutely worth a watch.

I actually had you in mind when I posted about it - I think that you'd find it absolutely intriguing. It's a fantastic documentary.

If you have Netflix, you can check it out on Netflix Instant.

Black Death

During the Black Plague, a group of warriors and a monk journey to a village that is not afflicted by the disease and is said to be inhabited by a necromancer that they have been ordered to kill.

I liked it. I thought it would be more about the plague but it actually has a very heavy religious theme to it which worked well for it. The story was interesting and they didn't try to do too much with it. Sean Bean played the leader of the warriors. Between this, Lord of The Rings, and Game of Thrones, Bean seems very comfortable in this type of setting. The monk is actually the main character though and the most interesting one at that.

I definitely recommend but dont watch it expecting something very creepy or a huge epic.

Perfect, I will. I'm fascinated by urban legends and what compels them, so this is right up my alley.

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A fanboy's dream come true!

Easily the best X-men film after Singer's original, and one of the best superhero films ever made. The story, the characters and the effects are all top-notch, and Michael Fassbender eats up the scene everytime as the irrepressible Magneto.

Go watch it in theaters while it is still up.

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Harry, He's Here to Help aka With a Friend Like Harry...(2000)

A beautiful French psycho-drama with a bit dark-comedic tone. Loved it.

>>: A-

The Last House on Dead End Street (1977)

According to wikipedia...The director & the lead actor Watkins said he was high on amphetamines while making the film. He also said only about $800 was spent making the film, while the remaining $3,000 budgeted was used to buy drugs. I guess that's paid off well.

>>: B-

The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

Oh, Emily Blunt! Always Love to see her on screen!:o

>>: B

Gothic (1986)

A total chaos, total madness.

>>: B-

The Last House on Dead End Street is a great flick. So surreal and twisted.

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Paul

Fun enough but a little flat in parts. Reminded me of stuff like Short Circuit from the 80s only with more drug references.

Get Him To The Greek

Held off watching this one for awhile because I don't really find Russell Brand very funny. Jonah Hill was great and surprisingly P Diddy had me laughing my ass off. Somewhat uneven due to it's almost 2 hour running time but an interesting enough distraction.

Aw, man. I love this movie. Ken Russell is a maniac. The Devils blew my mind.

Yeah I did the same on account of Russel Brand...he annoys me...and seems capable of playing only himself which in my opinion means someone should stick to stand-up routines. He was "as usual" in this, though it seemed to fit the character he was playing this time a little better.
Still annoys me some.
Though, this film was a lot better than I was gearing myself up for...definitely more tolerable than "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" (which if you didn't know was ...kind of...a prequel, in that Brand played the same character), which I hated and found an absolute bore.
I swear I think the only people who claim to have liked that film were Jason Segel fans that wanted to save face, the film is just NOT that good to warrant the amount people seem to "love" it. It was one of the most boring comedies in the last 10 years.
But yeah, GHTTG was not too bad at all. The drug fight scene was the shit.

He was the only one who had me laughing in that movie. Seriously, he should stop making music and do comedy instead.

And if you're gonna squeeze a ball of cocaine up your ass in an airport you find a bathroom, for crying out loud. Yea, that scene annoyed me. And the two lead actrors? NOT FUNNY!!!

I thought that Forgetting Sarah Marshal was horrible... NO idea why people thought it was hilarious - It was a waste of an hour and a half of my life.

I actually enjoyed Get Him to the Greek a lot - The fake songs/music videos had me rolling. I agree that it was uneven; it's one of those movies where the parts are greater than the whole - Lots of really funny parts, but as a whole the movie isn't necessarily great. It's rewatchable for me, though.

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Beneath the Dark (2010)


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Better than average indie horror fare. I would have to say that I actually enjoyed the narrative and how the story unraveled itself (pretty early on you know that there's a secret just begging to be let free) - There was enough to keep me interested and watching it.

My only problem is that the "twist" was fairly predictable (but, in truth, probably because I've seen two other indie films that I can think of off the top of my head with similar themes - if I were a viewer who had not seen these films, Beneath the Dark might have surprised me).

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Same kind of "twist" you see with Dead End and Reeker. Having seen both of those films, I knew where this was going pretty early on.
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Not bad - Good indie effort. Just lacks originality.

3/5.

I dont get why people hate Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Seriously what was so bad about it?

Beneath the Dark was okay, not great or anything though.

It wasn't funny.

Ditto. The Devils is truly a magnificent & powerful film indeed. Oliver Reed gave one of his greatest performances, IMO. I'm sure you've seen Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) also...another brilliant film that comes with the sequel story of The Devils.

I found parts of it to be funny. Not as funny as other things i've seen but still funny plus i enjoyed the story.

Hanna (2011)

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>>: B-


YellowBrickRoad (2010)

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Not as good as I expected but this is a decent slow-burner 'woods of madness' flick that comes with an interesting element (song!) which contributed to create a Session 9 premise at YBR.

>>: B

That's how i felt about Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Very few laughs, but not exactly a bad watch.

That makes sense. Nothing wrong with that. This was the first time i ever heard so much hate about it so it surprised me. Its not like its my favorite comedy or anything but i enjoyed it.

Bad Santa

I hadn't seen this in a while and it was just as funny. Billy Bob Thornton as the most mean shopping centre santa ever is brilliant. All of these things have to see the bad man make a change at the end but I really didn't mind this; it was nice and still a bit funny.

8/10

My favorite Billy Bob movie.

I usually hate the movies he's in, but this one took me by surprise. He was perfectly casted for that role. :)

Bad Santa is a great flick. I usually catch it on TV round Christmas each year.

I didn't mind Forgetting Sarah Marshall caught it when I was stuck for something to watch in a motel awhile back. I was expecting it to be shit but it was an alright distraction. But yeh not overly funny at all and fairly forgettable.

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Red Riding Hood

Nowhere near as retched as I was expecting but not much to recommend either.

I only watched that movie because Gary Oldman was in it. Not that bad though. A little too twilighty but not terrible.

Suspect Zero

Got this one from Rayne's book box. :)

I liked it. It was a little hard to follow at first but it all came together at the end. Interesting story and good performances from Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley.

Oh totally, I loved Mother Joan of the Angels. There's also that segment in Häxan that deals with the Loudun possessions.

I Saw The Devil

wow.....powerful shit right there.

no doubt a "remake" will be forthcoming :rolleyes:

Moving that up on my netflix queue right now

"Joe Kidd" (1972)
-Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall

Plot: IMDB
An ex-bounty hunter reluctantly helps a wealthy landowner and his henchmen track down a Mexican revolutionary leader.

Phantom's Review: Despite a great cast, director and writer, this is probably my least favorite Eastwood western. It's decent film, it just isn't all that exciting. The acting is fine but the film just lacks. Not a bad film, just not as good as I hoped it would be.

Green Lantern (2011)

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>>: B+

The Adjustment Bureau


Thought the ending was stupid.

I liked it but i agree with you on the ending. Not stupid but just too neatly wrapped up for my liking.

"The Sorcerers Apprentice" (2010)
-Nicolas Cage

Plot: IMDB:
Centuries old Master sorcerer Balthazar Blake recruits a seemingly everyday guy in his mission to defend New York City from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath.

Phantom's Review: Like most of the recent Nic Cage movies, this one was here and gone in a moments flash, so my expectations were very, very low but too my complete surprise, this was actually a very entertaining movie. Obviously made to cash in on the popularity of the "Harry Potter" franchise, it was still a fun film filled with good FX ,a good story, likable characters and good villains. I liked it.

I liked that too. I've been enjoying Cage's movies lately. He seems to have an energy for them now which i haven't seen lately. Sorcerer's Apprentice reminded me of National Treasure. Obviously not in story or anything but his excitement for it.

"The damned united" 8-9/10

Loved it.

30 Days of Night: Dark Days.

Just came back from seeing Super 8

The Tree of Life (2011)

Well, I'm a big Malick fan, but I must say that I was a little let down by this one. I love the size and scope of the project, but ultimately it felt intermittently stagnant and occasionally cloying. It was just...uneven. I would find myself completely in tune with the film, then suddenly forced out of it. I feel conflicted about it overall, but it feels conflicted with itself, not sure where it wants to go or what it wants to be exactly.

Sovia: Death Hospital (2009)

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>>: F

Butchered (2010)

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>>: D+

No review?

It's in the thread for Super 8.

Yeah, I saw that afterward. Thanks.