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The Bad News Bears ('76)

American Gangster and here's a pic from that movie

Here Come The Co-Eds '45 :thumbsup: (Oliver[Lou Costello] and Slats are hired on as caretakers for an all girl's college when Slats sister is given a scholarship.
Highlights include Lou posing as a woman on the female basketball team, the "Jonah and the Whale" routine where Lou tries to tell a joke and is constantly interrupted by Bud Abbott. And Lou in a Wrestling Ring with Lon Chaney Jr.)

[b]Mexican Hayride '48 :thumbsup:(After being swindled by a con-man[Bud Abbott], Joe Bascomb[Lou Costello] chases him down to Mexico City.
Highlights- Lou in an arena with a bull. Lou posing as an elderly Mexican lady running a food cart. There's a funny little nod to their "Who's On First" routine. Lou's real life brother Pat plays a detective.)

My Name Is Bruce '07 :thumbsup: (In the small town of Gold Lick, Oregon Guan-Di The God Of War(an Patron Saint Of Bean Curd) is released and begins exacting revenge for the dead Chinese miners. Bruce Campbell's number 1 fan kidnaps the actor and brings him to Gold Lick hoping Bruce can help them. Bruce thinks it's all a set-up by his agent for his birthday so he plays along.
Hilarious horror comedy. Bruce Campbell plays himself but as a drunken, slob, egotistical jerk. Many references and in-jokes to his previous films. And many familiar faces from the Evil Dead franchise make appearances. Most of the film was shot on Bruce Campbell's property, including the exterior of the Gold Lick town square.)

Hard Hunted (1992) from the Girls, Guns, and G-Strings Box Set :thumbsdow



Dona Speir and Roberta Vasquez are back again with some help from their friends Bruce Penhall, Cynthia Brimhall, and Ava Cadell.

Crime lord Kane is back (they hilariously re-casted Pat Morita as an English dude about 30 years younger) and he is transporting a smuggled nuclear device to the Middle East.

When undercover Playboy secret agents attempt to retrieve the device, it becomes an all-out war complete with lots of making out and sex.





So far this is my least favorite one of the franchise. I found it to be too slow and it wasn't as entertaining and as funny as the previous films.

It did have some good things about it like Ava Cadell's part as the radio host-secret agent and I always enjoy Cynthia Brimhall's singing in the movies, but overall I didn't really get into it.

Also, it was great to see stuntman Al Leong pop up again as another goon.

Machete Maidens Unleashed '10 :thumbsup:(Entertaining documentary about the Philippine's entry into the world of exploitation in the early 60's, and the collaboration of American and Filipino filmmakers during the late 60's through early 80's as it was far cheaper to film in the Philippines. Cheesy monster movies, women in prison flicks, blaxploitation flicks, and even Apocalypse Now is discussed.
Written and directed by Mark Hartley who also made the excellent Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!)

The Woods and here's a pic from that movie

The Woods and here's a pic from that movie

I like this movie. I'm a huge fan of Lucky McKee.

Paul '11 :thumbsup: (Excellent, one of the best recent comedies I've seen in awhile. Pegg and Frost together is always gold, now if they would just make From Dusk Till Shaun.)

Fit to Kill (1993) from the Girls, Guns, and G-Strings Box Set :thumbsup:


Chinese businessman Chang owns the fabulous Alexa diamond, stolen from Russia during WWII. He intends to return it to Russia during a gala dinner, but the diamond is stolen by Kane, assisted by his lethal and seductive partner Blu Steele (Julie Strain).

The Agency, in charge of security at the event, try to recover the diamond.





This was originally meant to be the final installment of Andy Sidaris' Lethal Ladies franchise and it has a happy ending with crime lord Kane saying he may leave his life of crime and Dona Speir saying that "she's done with all of this."

This turned out to be Dona Speir and Roberta Vasquez's final installment of the series, as well as for model/singer Cynthia Brimhall.

Fit to Kill was also the first appearance of Penthouse Pet Julie Strain.




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Enemy Gold (1993) from the Girls, Guns, and G-Strings Box Set :thumbsup:


Three Agency members are suspended from their duties for invading a drug compound without a search warrant.

During their suspension the three Agents decide to go on a camping trip and look for the long lost gold that Confederate soldiers buried back in The Civil War.

However, the drug lord of the raid is pissed and he wants to kill the agents with the help of sexy assassin Jewel (Julie Strain).





Andy Sidaris' son, Christian Drew Sidaris, takes over the director's chair for this installment. Series regular Bruce Penhall comes back for this one too (he's also given top billing here).

This film is also the only appearance of Playboy's Suzi Simpson and Tanquil Lisa 'Tai' Collins in the Sidaris franchise.

Wild Hogs this afternoon. Now Mission Impossible which I saw once years ago.

A Single Man staring Colin Firth. Very good movie so far

Midnight Madness

Tucker & Dale Vs Evil '10 :thumbsup: (Two friendly hillbillies are mistaken for killer rednecks by a group of college kids, the college kids accidentally kill themselves in gory ways trying to stop Tucker and Dale.
Hilarious twist on the backwoods subgenre. And great seeing it on the big screen, the whole audience got into it.)
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Grindhouse: Planet Terror & Death Proof '07 :thumbsup: (As a double-feature is the best way to watch these 2, with faux trailers. I don't think they're quite as fun as stand-alone films.)
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The Dallas Connection (1994) from the Girls, Guns, and G-Strings Box Set :thumbsup:


Julie Strain leads a team of assassins out to kill a scientist in order to prevent him from delivering a computer chip with top secret data to a gov't headquarters.





Andy Sidaris' son, Christian Drew Sidaris, returns to direct for his second and final time in the franchise.

This is perhaps the most "visual film" of the franchise made so far. It features longer shower scenes, S/M action, and strip club dances.

This film features the only appearance of Penthouse Pets Samantha Phillips and Wendy Hamilton.

It also marks the final appearance for longtime Sidaris regular Bruce Penhall.

Finally finished "A Single Man" Good movie and Colin Firth was great in it!

Screams Of A Winter Night '79 :thumbsup: (This movie is becoming one of my October traditions. Group of friends gather in a cabin in the woods and tell urban legends to each other.
The wraparound doesn't feel like filler, but is as good a story as the ones the friends are telling. I also like that the actors in the wraparound appear in the stories.)
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Creeptales '04 :thumbsup: (Evidently this wasn't released until 2004, but was actually filmed in the 80's. A group of monsters gather to watch Creeptales. The stories are fun, and have the same feel as Tales From The Crypt, Monsters, and the EC Comics.
Tom Kenny, the voice of Spongebob, is in the second story)
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The Unnamable '88 :thumbsup: (Loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's story, actually the first 10 minutes of the movie is a pretty decent adaptation. It still remains as one of my favorite creature designs.)

The Unnamable 2: The Statement Of Randolph Carter '93 :thumbsup:(Loosely based on Lovecraft's story. Despite some small inconsistencies, this is a good sequel that literally picks up where the first movie leaves off. Some known actors joined the cast: John Rhys-Davies, David Warner, Peter Breck, and Julia Strain plays the creature.)

Shaun of the Dead and here's a pic from that movie

Day of the Warrior (1996) from the Girls, Guns and G-Strings Box Set :thumbsup:


Trouble ensues when ex-CIA agent turned baddie art smuggler and illegal porn producer The Warrior (played by wrestler Marcus Bagwell) breaks into the L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies computers.

Penthouse Pet Julie Strain is in charge of the L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies organization and is out to stop The Warrior's antics.





Andy Sidaris returns as director to the franchise with this film.



Previous cast members who played villains return in this installment as good guys:

Such as Julie Strain playing the head of the L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies (who likes to wear barely anything in her gov't office) and Gerald Okamura who delivers a hilarious performance as 'Elvis Fu', an agent who masquerades as an Elvis impersonator.



Playing a baddie in this one is original "American Gladiators" competitor Raye Hollitt.

Also appearing as an agent is "Days of Our Lives" actor Justin Melvey making him the second soap actor that got his start with Andy Sidaris (first being Ron Moss).

Someone on ff.net suggested that I watch this movie and write a story about it. It's a cute movie and it's pretty good despite the fact that I don't like Diane Lane at all. But she's a lot younger in this...

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Seytan '74 :thumbsup:(aka Turkish Exorcist. Hilariously bad almost shot-for-shot remake/rip-off of The Exorcist.
Turkey is (in)famous for it's super cheesy rip-offs of popular American movies....other classics are Turkish Star Wars, Turkish Star Trek, and Turkish ET)

Gerald Okamura who delivers a hilarious performance as 'Elvis Fu', an agent who masquerades as an Elvis impersonator.




Elvis Fu rules!

Adulthood and here's a pic from that movie

Teen A Go Go

Return to Savage Beach (1998) from the Girls, Guns and G-Strings Box Set :thumbsup:

aka L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach



The final installment of Andy Sidaris' L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies' franchise works as a sequel to one of the earlier films Savage Beach.

The L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies' headquarters is compromised by a sexy pizza delivery girl and a computer disk featuring the location of Savage Beach is stolen.

It's now up to the Agency to get there and protect the hidden treasure.

There's an interesting twist at the end of this film.

Elvis Fu rules!

I loved the part when he threw his handkerchief to some woman in the crowd and she went 'eww' and threw it back at him.

X-Men: First Class (2011) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


This film is a prequel to the X-Men films going into the background of Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lensherr (Magneto) showing how they became friends and then rivals.

While the film works as a prequel it is also a reboot due to them changing plot points made in the previous X-Men films, and also the Wolverine movie.

The Spitfire Grill and before that I watched Dirty Dancing and Sleepless In Seattle (at the same time! They were both on and I kept switching back and forth!)

TrollHunter '10 :thumbsup: (Aka Trolljegeren. Norwegian found-footage film about 3 college students who are trying to make a film about a bear poacher, but they learn he is actually trollhunter for the government.
One of the best found-footage films I've seen in awhile. This easily could have fell into made-for-SyFy territory, but it didn't.)

Bikini Girls On Ice '09 :thumbsup: (Busload of bikini-clad college girls on their way to a bikini carwash breakdown in front of a creepy gas station, and find themselves victims to creepy gas station attendant Moe.
Enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would.)

The Hackers '88 :thumbsup: (A housesitter is terrorized by a crazed roofer and his 2 psychopathic sons.
Rare shot-on-video horror....Enjoyed it. The interaction between the father and his sons is fun, and the lead actress did a decent job.)

Wonderland (2003) on DVD :thumbsup:

This film is based on the true events surrounding porn star John Holmes and the infamous Wonderland Murders in 1981.



According to documentaries I've watched on John Holmes, his former friends and fellow porn stars said that Val Kilmer's portrayal wasn't accurate because "he wasn't an ass."

He may have been a liar, a hustler, a drug addict "but he wasn't an ass at all," they all said.

I watched Captain America last week and I was really disappointment after watched the movie, because of its poor story and background score.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Scream 4

The Goonies and here's a pic from that movie

Mars Needs Moms '11 :thumbsup: (Definitely glad I didn't pay attention to all the negative reviews and low ratings)

Romeo Must Die (2000) and Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) :thumbsup:
on Jet Li Double Feature DVD

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Pledge Night '90 :thumbsdow (In the late 60's a pledge is accidentally killed during a hazing, flash forward to today he comes back from the dead during Rush Week and goes on a killing spree.
Awful. And I'm a fan of bad slashers, but this isn't so bad it's good, just plain bad. The villain Acid Sid, tries to be a one-liner jokester like Freddy, but the one-liners are lame, and Acid Sid is one of the most annoying slasher villains I've seen.
Somehow they managed to get Anthrax involved. The band scored the film, and singer Joey Belladonna plays Sid during the flashback scene.
I'd seen this film upon it's VHS release, but I couldn't remember what it was like, plus I always confuse it with another Frat-themed slasher that came out around the same time Rush Week)

Anaconda (1997) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


A documentary crew are traveling by boat down the Amazon Rainforest looking for a long lost tribe.

Along the way they come across a "stranded" snake hunter and take him onboard. The snake hunter winds up taking over the crew and reveals his true goal - to capture a giant anaconda snake alive.

He Knows You're Alone (1980) :thumbsup:
(though not a very defendable thumbsup)

Paul (2010) :thumbsup:
(better than I thought it would be)

Insidious (2010) :thumbsup:
(had some good things going for it)

He Knows You're Alone (1980) :thumbsup:
(though not a very defendable thumbsup)




I've always liked it.

I've always liked it.

Odd in certain respects - one being the killer's identity is not an issue.

His motivation is a little one dimensional. He is never explored. (what keeps driving him? why now? why fixated on this one person?) He never says anything either.

Not that this is entirely needed, but I think it would have helped a bit.

The Devil's Own (1997) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


An I.R.A. gunman (Brad Pitt) is sent to the US in order to purchase weapons to bring back home. A friend of his makes an arrangement to house him with an NYPD officer (Harrison Ford) telling him that he is "a family friend".

The officer's family get caught up in the middle of the bad things going on involving the people out to capture the wanted gunman.

Undercover Angel and here's a pic from that movie

Odd in certain respects - one being the killer's identity is not an issue.

His motivation is a little one dimensional. He is never explored. (what keeps driving him? why now? why fixated on this one person?) He never says anything either.

Not that this is entirely needed, but I think it would have helped a bit.

Sometimes I like the slasher villains who we know little about. Like I said I like it, but definitely not in my Top 10.

The House of the Devil (2009) :thumbsup:

Slow, but with a great intentional early 80s horror movie feel (and setting).

Catwoman (2004) on Blu-ray :thumbsdow


Artist and graphics designer Patience Phillips works for a cosmetic company that's working on a product that reduces the effects of aging.

She stumbles in on a meeting where the company heads are discussing the very bad side effects and she is murdered. She is brought back to life by an ancient cat and now becomes 'Catwoman'.

She then wants to get to the bottom of who murdered her and why.





This film is regarded as one of the worst motion pictures ever made and I've always wanted to watch it to see for myself on why it's so bad.

I finally got the chance to watch it, and it is very bad. The look of the film looks "fake" with very bad CGI effects that really stand out. The "comic relief" of the film, Alex Borstein, was horrible. Sharon Stone as the villian didn't pull off a great performance.

I must say that I liked Halle Berry as Catwoman. She had the wit, the charm, could crack the whip well... but really everything else about this movie is bad.

Mamma Mia (part of it)

Coyote Ugly

A musical comedy/drama about a young woman wanting to make it in the songwriting business in NY. Discovering her odds are better if she performs the songs herself, she must overcome intense stage-fright.

Starring Piper Perabo, John Goodman

Red Dust (2004) on DVD :thumbsup:


Hilary Swank plays a hot-shot NYC lawyer who returns to her place of birth in South Africa to represent a black South African politician who was tortured during the apartheid.

The controverisal Truth and Reconciliation Commission were public hearings where people who committed grave human rights violations were declared free of criminal and civil prosecution provided they tell EVERY detail about their crimes.

The police officer who tortured the politician twenty years prior is up for his hearing and they are hoping to get information about a friend who was imprisoned and tortured along with him who was never heard from again.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Sorority Row (2009) on Blu-ray :thumbsdow

This film is a remake of the 1983 slasher The House on Sorority Row.



A prank goes horribly wrong when a sorority sister faking her death in a revenge plot gets killed for real by the unsuspecting person being pranked. After the sorority sisters joke that they have to puncture her lungs so that her body won't float when they dump her in the lake, the kid grabs a tire iron and kills the girl for real.

They all make a pact never to reveal what happened and they throw the girl and the tire iron down a mine shaft.

Eight months later the girls involved are being stalked and killed by someone who "knows what they all did". The murder weapon is a tire iron.



This movie was so stupid, I didn't care for it at all.
It seemed like a poor man's I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Sorority Row (2009) on Blu-ray :thumbsdow

This film is a remake of the 1983 slasher The House on Sorority Row.



A prank goes horribly wrong when a sorority sister faking her death in a revenge plot gets killed for real by the unsuspecting person being pranked. After the sorority sisters joke that they have to puncture her lungs so that her body won't float when they dump her in the lake, the kid grabs a tire iron and kills the girl for real.

They all make a pact never to reveal what happened and they throw the girl and the tire iron down a mine shaft.

Eight months later the girls involved are being stalked and killed by someone who "knows what they all did". The murder weapon is a tire iron.



This movie was so stupid, I didn't care for it at all.
It seemed like a poor man's I Know What You Did Last Summer.

I liked that the cane from the original makes a cameo appearance.

I loved Sorority Row. But it probably has to do with me being a fan of Leah Pipes, and also because Carrie Fisher was ridiculously bad ass and awesome in it.

I liked that the cane from the original makes a cameo appearance.

Yeah, I did notice that.

I also liked Carrie Fisher with the shotgun.

It was corny, but I lol'd when the girl comments that she knows the murder victim just from seeing his horrible shoes.

Also, for those who have seen it, doesn't the movie cover sort of give the killer away?

Just from looking at that you already know the killer is a dude.

I enjoyed Sorority Row in a turn-my-brain off sort of way, the original is one of my favorite slasher films. As for recent slasher remakes, I think I've enjoyed My Bloody Valentine the most.

Also, for those who have seen it, doesn't the movie cover sort of give the killer away?

Just from looking at that you already know the killer is a dude.

I don't know, as long as it isn't like Felissa Rose trying to be a man in Return To Sleepaway Camp, I'm not too picky on the whodunnit aspect of some slashers.

The Witchmaker '69 :thumbsup: (aka The Legend of Witch Hollow. A paranormal investigator(Alvy Moore) leads a group of people into the swamp to investigate the deaths of several women. What they find is Luther the Beserk and his Coven of Witches.
Enjoyable. Swamp settings are one of my favorites, and this actually helped with the films atmosphere. Produced by actor LQ Jones, and Alvy Moore.)

Hostel (2005) on DVD :thumbsup:


Three backpackers are traveling across Europe and staying at various hostels all over.

Over in Amsterdam they meet a young Russian man who tells them that there is a hostel that you won't find on any maps over in Slovakia where it's full of "the best ladies all over the world" who just love Americans.

They eventually find the hostel full of all the beautiful women and soon discover the hard way that this all a front for an illegal operation called Elite Hunting. This is where very wealthy men pay huge amounts of money to brutally torture and murder people in whatever methods that they want.

The girls are all decoys used by the organization to lure in unsuspecting travelers.

I like the Hostel films, looking forward to Hostel III.

I like the Hostel films, looking forward to Hostel III.

I haven't seen the first one in a while and wanted to see it again.

I had forgotten about Takashi Miike's cameo as one of the murderous patrons.

I haven't seen the first one in a while and wanted to see it again.

I had forgotten about Takashi Miike's cameo as one of the murderous patrons.

I love Rick Hoffman's bit.

Dead Dudes In The House '91 :thumbsup: (Group of friends gather at a house to renovate it...but it's long dead owner doesn't want them there.
This is definitely an example of not judging a movie by it's VHS cover, back when it was released I kept passing it by thinking the movie was about a group of New Kids On The Blockers. A few years ago I bought it cheap on DVD and saw what a little gem of a horror film it was...not saying it's perfect, but it's a nice twist on the zombie genre. The guys on the cover aren't even in the movie.)

The Boneyard '91 :thumbsup:(Three zombie children terrorize a group of people at a coroner's building.
This is a rare film that manages to be both creepy[it's those zombie children] and cheesy at the same time. Also gotta love the poodle-monster. And Phyllis Diller steals the show as Miss Poopinplatz)

TMNT and here's a pic from that movie

Dead Dudes In The House '91 :thumbsup: (Group of friends gather at a house to renovate it...but it's long dead owner doesn't want them there.
This is definitely an example of not judging a movie by it's VHS cover, back when it was released I kept passing it by thinking the movie was about a group of New Kids On The Blockers. A few years ago I bought it cheap on DVD and saw what a little gem of a horror film it was...not saying it's perfect, but it's a nice twist on the zombie genre. The guys on the cover aren't even in the movie.)

The Boneyard '91 :thumbsup:(Three zombie children terrorize a group of people at a coroner's building.
This is a rare film that manages to be both creepy[it's those zombie children] and cheesy at the same time. Also gotta love the poodle-monster. And Phyllis Diller steals the show as Miss Poopinplatz)

I want to see both of these.

Thor (2011) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


Thor disobeys his father's command and is stripped of his powers and sent to Earth as a mortal.

He has to prove he is worthy to get his powers back and when he does he can wield Thor's Hammer once again.

Night at the Museum 2 and here's a pic from that movie

Stake Land '10 :thumbsup: (In a post-apocalyptic America a vampire hunter and his young assistant look for a safe haven, along the way they meet other survivors, cults, and of course vampires.
Granted the vampires are more like zombies, BUT they don't sparkle so I'm happy. I like the end of the world feel to it, great performances from Nick Damici as the vampire hunter, Kelly McGillis, Danielle Harris[helps me forget her horrendous performance in Hatchet II], and Connor Paolo.
So far I'm enjoying most of the films from Glass Eye Pix, Larry Fessenden's production company- this movie, I Sell The Dead, House Of The Devil, The Roost, Zombie Honeymoon..and the film's Fessenden directed- Wendigo, and The Last Winter.)

Haunted-ween '91 :thumbsup: (Frat brothers and their girlfriends needing to make money set up a haunted house at an abandoned house, where 20 years before a boy decapitated a girl, now the boy is grown and wants to make the attractions real.
I probably enjoyed this more than I should have, super low-budget, made by a group of college kids in Kentucky. I thought there was some original ideas, like the killer killing off the Frat bros and girlfriends in front of the visitors, and the visitors thinking it's part of the attraction.)

I want to see both of these.

If you like schlock you won't be disappointed, The Boneyard is the better of the two.

Ip Man 2 (2010) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


The sequel starts off in the early 1950s when Ip Man and his family escape to Hong Kong which was under British rule at the time.

He wants to open up a Wing Chun school but finds difficulty due to his lack of recognition among the locals. When he defeats all off the challengers that come his way everyone wants to learn under him.

The "final fight" features Ip Man against an English boxer named "The Twister" who says that he can defeat "any Chinese man out there."

Plague Town '08 :thumbsup: (An American family visiting Ireland find themselves in a town populated with mutated children/teens.
This is an atmospheric creepy film. I'm a sucker for killer kids/creepy kids flicks and this worked for me.)

Carriers (2009) on DVD :thumbsdow
*Completed in 2007, but released in 2009*


Two brothers and their girlfriends travel across the American wasteland looking for safety during a mass viral outbreak.

I really wanted to like it, but I just didn't get into it. I didn't feel any connection with the characters and this movie doesn't really explain anything.



The cast consists of a lot of current television stars:

Emily VanCamp on "Revenge"
Piper Perabo on "Covert Affairs"
Chris Meloni on "Law & Order: SVU"
Kiernan Shipka on "Mad Men"
Mark Moses on "Desperate Housewives"


The lead is Chris Pine from Star Trek.

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:

This film is based on the Tomb Raider video game series using its own storyline.



Once every 5,000 years the planets align creating a solar eclipse of the Earth.

There is an ancient artifact, the Triangle of Light, that gives the possessor the power to control space and time. A long time ago, the triangle was split into two pieces and hidden on opposite ends of the world because ancient civilizations feared what people can do with that kind of power.

The two triangle pieces have to be connected at the exact moment of the allignment in order for it to work.




In the present day, the 5,000 year anniversary of the planet alignment is approaching and Lara Croft wants to track down the pieces in order to find her father who disappeared "in the field" back in 1985. She wants to reset time to be with her father again.

There is a secret organization, The Illuminati, who are also after the pieces for their own sinister agenda and Lara Croft is out to stop them.

Midnight Madness

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


The sequel begins two years later when Lara Croft is told my MI6 to track down Pandora's Box. The box contains a deadly plague that a evil scientist wants to get his hands on.

To help her out with the mission, Lara Croft turns to a former lover who is now imprisoned.




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Beetlejuice

Zombi '79 :thumbsup: (On the big screen Friday night. Looked great, the audience got into it.)

Saturday Horror Sleaze Marathon with some friends-

The Last House On The Beach '78 :thumbsup:(aka La settima donna. Last House On The Left meets Nunsploitation. Florinda Bolkan who played the title character in the nunsploitationer Flavia gets back in the habit for this as she plays a nun who exacts revenge against 3 crooks who terrorize a group of Catholic School Girls in her charge)

Last Stop on the Night Train '75 :thumbsup:(aka L'ultimo treno della notte aka Last House II, aka New House On The Left, aka The Second House On The Left aka Xmas Massacre. Last House On The Left aboard a train. A trio of psychos terrorize 2 girls on a train trip.)

Don't Go In The House '80 :thumbsup:(Psycho-inspired film about a man who stalks women with a flamethrower instead of a knife.)

Prom Night (1980) :thumbsdow

Silent Scream (1980) :thumbsup:

Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974) :thumbsup:

Hell Night (1981) - middle of the road on this.

Galaxy of Terror (1981) :thumbsdow

Prom Night (1980) :thumbsdow

Silent Scream (1980) :thumbsup:

Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974) :thumbsup:

Hell Night (1981) - middle of the road on this.

Galaxy of Terror (1981) :thumbsdow

I'm a huge fan of Silent Scream, Silent Night, Bloody Night, and Hell Night(and not just because of Linda Blair's cleavage)...I actually really like the setting, back story, and Vincent Van Patten is one of my favorite slasher film characters.

Prom Night I like mainly for nostalgia reasons as I have fond memories of seeing it at the theater with one of my older sisters and her friends on a Saturday afternoon. The opening scene in the abandoned building with the kids terrified me when I saw it the first time.

Galaxy Of Terror I like for fun schlock...I'm a big fan of all of the Alien rip-offs that came out in the 80's...the cheesier the better...the best ones still remain- Contamination, and Alien 2: On Earth.

I'm a huge fan of Silent Scream, Silent Night, Bloody Night, and Hell Night(and not just because of Linda Blair's cleavage)...I actually really like the setting, back story, and Vincent Van Patten is one of my favorite slasher film characters.

Prom Night I like mainly for nostalgia reasons as I have fond memories of seeing it at the theater with one of my older sisters and her friends on a Saturday afternoon. The opening scene in the abandoned building with the kids terrified me when I saw it the first time.

Galaxy Of Terror I like for fun schlock...I'm a big fan of all of the Alien rip-offs that came out in the 80's...the cheesier the better...the best ones still remain- Contamination, and Alien 2: On Earth.

Vincent Van Patten was great in Hell Night. It had a lot going for it.
I think I just wanted a little somthing more from this movie. But it was worth watching, so I guess it is a thumbs ups.

Prom Night just lacked the bite, it had nostalgia going for it (that opening scene is a childhood fright as well), otherwise it just kinda missed for me.
Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen and some godawful dancing and music -this alone should have made the movie! Nope. And it could have been rated PG-13.

Vincent Van Patten was great in Hell Night. It had a lot going for it.
I think I just wanted a little somthing more from this movie. But it was worth watching, so I guess it is a thumbs ups.

Prom Night just lacked the bite, it had nostalgia going for it (that opening scene is a childhood fright as well), otherwise it just kinda missed for me.
Jamie Lee Curtis, Leslie Nielsen and some godawful dancing and music -this alone should have made the movie! Nope. And it could have been rated PG-13.

I will say though Prom Night is still better than the horrendous remake.

As a teen I remember being a huge fan of Prom Night II, but I haven't seen it in decades so I don't know how it would hold up watching it as an adult.

Passengers (2008) on Blu-ray :thumbsdow


Anne Hathaway plays a psychotherapist who is assigned to counsel the survivors of a plane crash. Things get complicated when the survivors have different recollections about what happened.

Some of the survivors are also paranoid that the airline is "out to get them" because they believe big corporations want the incident swept under the rug by whatever means.



I didn't get into this at all. The pace was very slow and the story wasn't interesting.

The Three Musketeers

Pretty Woman

I just saw Johnny English Reborn last night with my friends and it was a really fantastic comedy movie that I saw recently.

Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow '59 :thumbsup: (A hot rod club needs a new pad, the aunt of one of the hot rodders has the perfect spot- a creepy ol mansion.
Sequel to The Hot Rod Gang, one of AIP's many "juvenile delinquent" movies aimed at the young drive-in crowd. Tommy Ivo, who had a recurring role on several sitcoms including Leave It To Beaver, and The Donna Reed Show, appears as himself.)

Hardware (1990) :thumbsup:

Midnight Madness

Just Married and here's a pic from that movie

I Sell The Dead '08 :thumbsup: (Arthur, a grave robber waiting for his execution, tells a priest about his life as a grave robber and what led him to his current situation. The film flashes back and we learn how Arthur as a child is taken under the wings of grave robber Willie and how they get bodies for a mad doctor. And along the way they encounter the undead, and other things.
This is an excellent horror comedy, that I think is very reminiscent of Hammer, and Roger Corman's Poe films. Dominic Monaghan[Arthur] and Larry Fessenden[Willie] have great chemistry. This has become an October viewing tradition.)

Riverdance: Live from New York City (1996) on VHS :thumbsup:


This is a video featuring a live performance of Riverdance when it was first brought to the U.S. in March of 1996 at Radio City Music Hall.

Liam Neeson narrated the performance.

Dr. Terror's House of Horror's (1965) :thumbsdow

This is just riddled with problems as a film, taking 5 stories and framing them around a train ride. The 5 stories alone are just average and how they relate to the passengers on the train is just a lazy plot device considering the ending makes all those stories irrelevant.

Visting Hours (1982) :thumbsup:

Good film. Michael Ironside is great. Good suspense, (never sure of who will be killed or spared/left alone, basically they all could be killed).
Linda Purl is very good and Shatner is Shatner.

[B]Visting Hours (1982) :thumbsup:

Good film. Michael Ironside is great. Good suspense, (never sure of who will be killed or spared/left alone, basically they all could be killed).
Linda Purl is very good and Shatner is Shatner.

Ironside gives one of my favorite psychotic performances. Haha and you're right, Shatner was basically playing the same character he's played multiple times. Definitely my favorite of the hospital set slashers.

Teen A Go Go

Spine '86 :thumbsdow(A killer kills nurses who he thinks is some woman from his past named Linda, a cop with really bad fashion sense tries to unravel the mystery.
I'm a fan of 80's shot-on-video horror, I don't go in expecting first rate acting or high production values.....but this was horrendously dull, the actor playing the cop looked like he was trying way too hard to play a cop. The killer was beyond annoying, he rambled on, I couldn't understand half of what he was saying because he was either mumbling or whining.
Janus Blythe, who played Ruby in the original Hills Have Eyes, and was also in Tobe Hooper's Eaten Alive stood out like a sore thumb because she was the only one in the whole movie who could act.)

Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason and here's a pic from that movie

The Guardian (2006) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


A decorated United States Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician is forced to choose between retirement and a teaching position at a training school when he continues to work past the age of 40.

At the training school he clashes with a trainee who is determined to beat his records and because of his disregard for the rules.



This was good, but it was a little long. It's a little over 2 hours and it really didn't need to be.

Dracula-the 1931 version.

Demons '85 :thumbsup: (Patrons at a mysterious movie theater find the movie they are watching has become real as demons start possessing everyone in the audience.
Cheesy fun gorefest. Directed by Mario Bava's son Lamberto, cowritten and produced by Dario Argento)

Demons 2 '86 :thumbsup:(Tenants of a sky-rise apartment building must fight off other tenants who have become possessed by demons.
Even cheesier than the first, and all logic is thrown out the window, but still fun. Dario Argento's daughter Asia makes her big screen debut.)

Night Of The Demons '88 :thumbsup:(Group of teens partying at an abandoned mansion start becoming possessed by demons.
More cheesy fun demon mayhem)

The Pick Up Artist

Shutter (2008) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:

This is an American remake of the 2004 Thai film of the same name.



An American newlywed couple move to Japan after the husband gets a photography job.

All of the pictures that he takes are ruined with "white lights" and eventually they discover that they are being stalked by the vengeful ghost of his former Japanese girlfriend.

Elvira Mistress Of The Dark '88 :thumbsup:

Elvira's Haunted Hills '01 :thumbsup: (Fun spoof of 60's Gothic horror films.)

Cabin Fever (2002) :thumbsup:

Thought there would be more to this movie, but it was decent.
For some reason I got the impression this film had a lot of mayhem and general wackiness. Pretty tame in that regard.

They Live (1988) :thumbsup:

Another film I thought there would be more to, again decent, but nothing great. There was so much potential and so many avenues to explore and it didn't really do much.

Cabin Fever (2002) :thumbsup:

Thought there would be more to this movie, but it was decent.
For some reason I got the impression this movie had a lot of mayhem and general wackiness. Pretty tame in that regard.


I enjoyed Cabin Fever...BUT that obnoxious pancake kid kept me from enjoying it more than I could have.

Useless Trivia: Eli Roth does a cameo in 2001 Maniacs as his character Justin from Cabin Fever.

Angels in the Outfield (1994) on VHS :thumbsup:

This is a remake of the 1951 film of the same name.



An orphaned child, still in touch with his father, asks when they can be a family again and the father's reply is "When the Angels win the pennant."

The boy then prays for the California Angels to win and his wish is granted.



I haven't seen this movie in a long time. It was a favorite of mine when I was younger.




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Trick r Treat '07 :thumbsup:

Halloween (1978) on DVD :thumbsup:

Everyone should watch this on Halloween night.



The version I watched is the 25th Anniv. 2-Disc DVD released in 2003.

The Dungeon Of Harrow '62 :thumbsdow(Shipwreck survivors find themselves on an island where the Count and Countess De Sade have been exiled.

Wow what a stinker....not even so good it's bad.)

Friday the 13th and here's a pic from that movie

Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning and here's a pic from that movie

Blood Sabbath '72 :thumbsdow (A Vietnam vet hiking through the woods of South America meets and falls in love with with a water nymph, but in order to be with her he must give up his soul...lucky for him there just happens to be a witch who is willing to take it.)
Weird psychedelic sexploitation fairy tale romance. Despite the fact there's lots of naked witches running around the movie moves slower than a snail's pace)

Rana: Legend Of Shadow Lake '75 :thumbsdow (aka Croaked: Frog Monster from Hell. People on an island are terrorized by a half man half frog monster.
Another snoozer, too talky. The monster suit wasn't too bad considering the budget.)

Red Eye

Serendipity

When Harry Met Sally

haha i never tire of it.

The Perez Family

A Thousand Acres

When Harry Met Sally

haha i never tire of it.

"I'm gonna be 40!"
"In 8 years!"
OMG, I love that scene! :lol:

Major League

Red State '11 :thumbsup: (Michael Parks was brilliant)

Witchcraft '89 :thumbsdow (1 down, 12 to go)

Goblin '93 :thumbsdow(The cover makes it seem like a Ghoulies type flick, it's a super super super super low budget gore-fest.)

Paul Stanley: One Live KISS (2008) on DVD :thumbsup:


This DVD features a Paul Stanley live concert at the House of Blues in Chicago, Il for his Live to Win solo tour.

He performs songs from his Live to Win solo album, some KISS Klassics, and stuff from his original '78 solo.

Witchcraft II The Temptress '90:thumbsdow (2 down 11 to go)

The Capture Of Bigfoot '79 :thumbsup: (A group of trappers set out to capture the legendary beast.
From Bill Rebane, who gave us The Giant Spider Invasion, and Croaked: Frogmonster From Hell. I think it's better than its reputation.....then again I'm a sucker for Bigfoot movies from this era... and the Bigfoot suits are well done. Rebane's son plays Baby Bigfoot.)

Men in Black and here's a pic from that movie

V for Vendetta and here's a pic from that movie

Watching "16 Wishes" right now

Witchcraft III: The Kiss of Death '91:thumbsdow (3 down, 10 to go)

Cats & Dogs and here's a pic from that movie

The Monster of Camp Sunshine or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nature '65 :thumbsup:(A mutated groundskeeper terrorizes a nudist camp.
Hilariously bad....mainly it was an excuse to show nudists. Though I will say it's the best use of stock footage I've ever seen when the military is called in to kill the monster, footage from war films, and newsreels are used.)

The Meateater '79 :thumbsup:(A family buys and reopens an old movie theater, but someone doesn't want them there.
I don't know why I like it but I do. Love the blatant products promotion- one scene has the family eating Jimmy Dean sausages, and the dad wondering who Jimmy Dean is. The other is for Oscar Mayer- the mom telling her son the health benefits of eating hotdogs, and the family in their car singing the Oscar Mayer song.)

"I'm gonna be 40!"
"In 8 years!"
OMG, I love that scene! :lol:

:D Yes! One part that makes me hysterical is the part about the wagon wheel coffee table. It can't be that funny but it just tickles my funny bone every time!
:lol:

...


Gia- This time, (have seen it like 10 times), it hit me differently. I think a big part of Gia's problem of drug abuse originated from her parent's divorce and her mother's subsequently leaving Gia when she was young. It was so cold of her too, to make Gia stay in a motel when she was dying of AIDS.

In Theaters...

"Harold and Kumar Christmas 3D".

My brother liked the claymation part.

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and here's a pic from that movie

Blood, Boobs, & Beast '07 :thumbsup: (Excellent documentary on the late great indie genre filmmaker Don Dohler, who has made some of my favorite cheesy movies including Fiend, Nightbeast, and Blood Massacre)

'night, Mother

Lucky Christmas-on Hallmark Channel

Crazy Heart (2009) :thumbsup: and Monte Carlo (2011) :thumbsdow


These are the movies that the bus played on my Atlantic City over-night trip.

It was Crazy Heart going there and Monte Carlo on the way home.

The Lion in Winter

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88 Minutes (2007)

Shutter Island

One Hour Photo

w/ Robin Williams

Midnight '82 :thumbsup: (Two college students and a runaway girl cross paths with a backwoods Satanic family looking for their next sacrifice.
I would love to see the original ending which was shot but Russo ended up reshooting because the distributors wanted a less downbeat version.)

Satan's Cheerleaders '77 :thumbsup:(A group of cheerleaders and their coach are on their way to the big game, their car breaks down, and it's the school janitor to the rescue....but instead of taking them to the game, he delivers them into the hands of a Satanic Cult looking for a sacrificial virgin.
Super cheesy but fun...combined two popular 70's drive-in plots: cheerleaders, and satanic cults.)

Uninvited '88 :thumbsup: (A mutant cat runs amok on a yacht full of partying passengers.
Love the mutant cat puppet! From Greydon Clark who gave us Satan's Cheerleaders.)

Santa Claws '96 :thumbsdow (An obsessed fan of a horror actress kills off those who he thinks may get in the way of the actress' career.
Horrible. Felt like a feature length advert for Scream Queens Illustrated, not even Debbie Rochon could save this fiasco.)

Kevin Smith: Sold Out - A Threevening with Kevin Smith (2008) on DVD :thumbsup:

This is the 3rd in Kevin Smith's fan Q&A series An Evening with Kevin Smith.



This one was not as interesting as the first 2 Evening With's. The stories were just not that good in this one.


Kevin Smith pretty much talked about:

- why he would never do a children's film
- his dogs
- filming Clerks 2
- how eccentric Bruce Willis was on the Live Free or Die Hard set
- how he handled an anal fissure while having to appear for jury duty





However the stories that were included within the extras, that didn't make the official production, were much more interesting:

- why Dogma 2 didn't happen
- dealing with crazy fans at past Q&A's
- the Clerks failed sitcom
- Clerks musical
- going dumpster diving with his parents for Christmas

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and here's a pic from that movie

The Big Chill

JCVD (2008) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


Jean-Claude Van Damme plays a fictionalized version of himself as an aging, broke action star who loses his daughter in a custody battle.

Upon a visit to the post office to make a wire transfer he stumbles onto an armed robbery in progress and the authorities mistake Van Damme as the perp.

Van Damme has to become "the real hero" to protect the hostages while people on the outside think he's a has-been movie star that went over the edge.

Twilight and here's a pic from that movie

Captain America '11 :thumbsup: (Not a big Chris Evans fan but I liked him in the part.)

Venus Flytrap '87 :thumbsup:(Yuppies invite a trio of punks up to their apartment for a party...but the yuppies may not be as friendly as they seem.
Not a bad little film.)

Candy , (with Heath Ledger)

Witchcraft IV: The Virgin Heart '92:thumbsdow

Witchcraft V: Dance With The Devil '93:thumbsdow (5 down, 8 to go)

Vacancy and here's a pic from that movie

Comfort and Joy (2003)

One Fine Day

The reason romantic comedies are so unbelievably awful these days is because chemistry like this just doesn't exist anymore.

Indian Summer

Indian Summer
Love that movie!

I saw Little Miss Sunshine around 2 this morning.

East of Eden

Walking Tall: The Payback (2007) on DVD :thumbsdow

This is a direct-to-DVD sequel to The Rock's Walking Tall. It's an "in-name only" sequel since it has no relation to the original.



A gang of ruthless thugs intimidate and blackmail the locals into selling them their businesses in a small Texas town.

The town sheriff refuses to give in and he is murdered by the thugs. His son (Kevin Sorbo) then comes back to his hometown to wage a one man war against the thugs.

My son and I just finished watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Hilarious!:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

The Big Chill

My all time favorite movie!:)

The Stepfather (2009)

My all time favorite movie!:)

It is a great movie. I hope it's one that they never try to remake, because the era just cannot be recreated.

Fast Five '11 :thumbsup: (I actually enjoyed this more than the original)

Buttcrack '98 :thumbsup: (Brian has the ultimate roommate from hell- Wade, who besides constantly sharing the film's title for everyone to see, is beyond obnoxious...finally Brian has had enough and "accidentally" kills Wade...but Wade's sister who practices black magic brings Wade back from the dead to exact revenge...now Wade is back and is still obnoxious, and can't be killed.
Hilariously bad and silly, and Mojo Nixon is great as Preacher Man Bob.)

The Big Chill

Not too long ago, I found this film on VHS over at a yard sale and I had to pick it up.

It was in an older box where it was closed on all 4 sides and you have to open the side to get it out.

btw, don't know if you know this or not, but the dead friend is Kevin Costner.

Curse Of The Headless Horseman '74 :thumbsdow(Okay, I think this movie had a plot- a guy inherits a ghost town/Wild West attraction, the narrator mumbles something about the curse of a headless horseman, pretty soon a few people are beheaded, I think, I couldn't tell. In between there's hippies wandering around getting high, the director of the movie experiments with filters, someone discovers gold, a female hippy trips out, lots of sitting around talking, a woman shows up carrying a Superman lunch box, says she wants to buy the ghost town, old man looking in window freaks her out...throw in some hippy folk songs, and cowboys having shoot outs and fast draw contests.)

btw, don't know if you know this or not, but the dead friend is Kevin Costner.

I'm currently listening to the audio commentary for Bride Of Chucky, and Jennifer Tilly just mentioned that...though I already knew this about the Big Chill I just thought it was funny hearing it on a commentary for a Child's Play sequel.

Started watching "The Blind Side"

Identity and here's a pic from that movie

Wrong Turn 4

^ can't believe they're up to 4. I saw it on the shelves the other day.

I didn't see 2 and 3 because I didn't really care for the first one.

The Joy Luck Club

^ can't believe they're up to 4. I saw it on the shelves the other day.

I didn't see 2 and 3 because I didn't really care for the first one.

I really liked the first two and hated the third. This new one was better than the third, but still quite ridiculous.

Pieces of April (my all-time favorite Thanksgiving movie)

Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)

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Down To You

"Happiness is A Warm Puppy, Charlie Brown" . It wasn't as cute as the older classic Peanuts specials but it was cute.

Boot Camp (2007) on DVD :thumbsup:


Mila Kunis plays a troubled teenager who is sent to one of those teen rehabilitation boot-camps isolated from the outside world.

Her mother and step-father send her to Camp Serenity located on a remote island in Fiji where the teens are subjected to hours of physical work, poor living conditions, and physical/sexual abuse from the sadistic staff.

Her boyfriend (Gregory Smith) conjures up a plan to convince his parents that he is hooked on drugs and in debt to a drug dealer in order for them to send him to Camp Serenity so he can break her out.





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Full Metal Jacket

The first 45 minutes of it are about only the best parts of it IMHO

House of Fears

Home for the Holidays

Miracle On 34th Street(1947)

The Blind Side

The Searchers and here's a pic from that movie

The Devil's Double (2011) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


This tells the true story of Latif Yahia, a man that was forced to be the body double of Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday.

It's A Wonderful Life

Jean-Claude Van Damme/Dennis Rodman/Mickey Rourke movie Double Team (1997) on late night tv earlier... very entertaining... :thumbsup:

Father of the Bride (1991)

Hannibal (2001) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


The sequel to The Silence of the Lambs begins 10 years later when FBI agent Clarice Starling is blamed for a botched drug raid. Dr. Hannibal Lecter sees the bad press and writes her a letter.

Due to receiving the letter Clarice is now put back on the Hannibal case since the authorities now want to trace his whereabouts and apprehend him.

Looking for personal vengeance is the wealthy and disfigured Mason Verger, who was a former patient of Dr. Lecter.



This is a good film. IMO it's not in the same caliber as The Silence of the Lambs, but it's good.

GI Joe: the Rise of Cobra and here's a pic from that movie

Super 8 '11 :thumbsup:(It actually made me nostalgic for being a kid in the late 70's.)

Humongous '82 :thumbsup:(Group of friends on a boat trip shipwreck on an island inhabited by something hungry and HUMONGOUS!
This is the long awaited DVD release through Scorpion Releasing...and the wait was well worth it! The transfer is excellent, night and day compared to the awful Embassy Home Entertainment VHS release where all the night scenes were unwatchable...now you can actually see what's going on. And it is indeed uncut, the pre-credit sequence is longer and more brutal.
A lot of people are bashing Scorpion Releasing for Katrina's Nightmare Theater...sort of their version of a horror hostess with WWE's Katrina...personally I don't mind it if it helps with sales for these little DVD companies...plus you don't have to watch her intro, and the DVD cover is reversible.)

More Brains! A Return To The Living Dead '11 :thumbsup:(Excellent documentary on Return Of The Living Dead, great interviews.)

The Great Race '65 :thumbsup:(Still one of my favorite comedies. Jack Lemmon steals the movie in his dual roles as villainous Professor Fate, and bumbling Prince Frederick Hapnick. Natalie Wood is absolutely gorgeous in this film. All the actors are great.)

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978) on VHS :thumbsdow


This is a low budget spoof of low budget horror flicks that deals with tomatoes coming to life and attacking people all over the U.S.

To me this film wasn't funny at all.





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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978) on VHS :thumbsdow


This is a low budget spoof of low budget horror flicks that deals with tomatoes coming to life and attacking people all over the U.S.

To me this film wasn't funny at all.





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I love the Killer Tomatoes franchise. I even have a packet of Killer Tomatoes seeds(came with an anniversary edition of the original Killer Tomatoes on VHS)

My favorite in the series is Return Of The Killer Tomatoes with George Clooney, John Astin, and Karen Mistal.

Daredevil: The Director's Cut (2003) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


This isn't the best superhero movie but I like it.

This is the Director's Cut version which includes more darker material and more violence to give it an R-rating.

Major League

Assault on Precinct 13 and here's a pic from that movie

Dolores Claiborn

Witchcraft 666: The Devil's Mistress '94 :thumbsdow

Witchcraft 7: Judgement Hour '95 :thumbsdow (7 down, 6 to go)

Redemption Road aka Black, White & Blues (2010) on DVD :thumbsdow


An alcoholic and broke country singer travels cross-country to receive whatever his recently deceased grandfather left him.

Along the way he struggles with his addictions and tries to redeem himself from his past mistakes.

A Brush With Death '07 :thumbsup:(A group of high school girls spend the weekend at one of their uncle's mansion...they hear about a local legend of an old house and decide to spend the night there...they soon find out it's more than just a legend.
I enjoyed it, I thought the characters were likable, interesting backstory, and the house was kind of creepy.)

Cheerleader Autopsy '03 :thumbsup: (After a horrible accident involving a bus load of high school cheerleaders, a mortician, his nephew-assistant, and a weird janitor fight over one of the cheerleaders who turns out not to be dead.
Super heavy on the cheese, definitely had a Troma-vibe to it...Fantastic title!)

^ can't believe they're up to 4. I saw it on the shelves the other day.

I didn't see 2 and 3 because I didn't really care for the first one.

I liked Wrong Turn, part 2 was pretty good(especially for a straight to DVD sequel)....love that opening scene, and Henry Rollins was good in it...haven't seen 3 or 4.

The Accidental Husband and here's a pic from that movie

Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1... finally got to see it... I'm a Twilight fan, and Team Edward all the way... Stevie Nicks spoke of the influence Twilight had on her during her recent Sydney concert...

Zack and Miri Make a Porno

The Witches of Eastwick

Foxfire

The Fifth Element and here's a pic from that movie

The Polar Express '04 :thumbsup:(The 3D Blu-Ray version....looked great.)

The Devil's Express '76 :thumbsup:(Martial arts master/gang leader fights a Chinese demon killing off people in the NY subway.
Blending of martial arts, blaxsploitation, and horror. Super cheesy but fun.)

Prisoners Of The Lost Universe '83 :thumbsup: (Three people are teleported to another dimension ruled by an evil warlord.
This was one of my favorite movies when it was originally released...it's still a lot of fun. Basically it's a variation on Flash Gordon.)

Foxfire

Good one!


Then and Now

Source Code '11 :thumbsup:(I'm a sucker for these kinds of films, anything time travel[ish])

Demon Lover Diary '80 :thumbsup:(Documentary about the making of the 1977 super low budget horror flick- The Demon Lover.
This controversial documentary was shot by The Demon Lover's cinematographer's girlfriend...It was definitely entertaining, BUT it was also very very one-sided...It almost felt like the girlfriend was trying to show her boyfriend and a friend of theirs[who was the sound man] as the only competent people on the set...the doc mainly showed all the negative that happened on the set...which of course makes for great drama...we see her boyfriend constantly complain that the director was stupid and didn't know what he was doing....interestingly the director has gone on to a career of cult flicks including Hell Comes To Frog Town. It was also disappointing that we never saw Gunnar Hansen filming his role. We did see Ted Nugent though when they borrowed some of his guns for the shoot ,and filmed on his property. Still , it's a better movie than the film they're documenting. However I think the ending where the cinematographer, his girlfriend and the sound man are on the run from the director who is supposedly hunting them down was staged. )

Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies and here's a pic from that movie

Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield (2007) on DVD :thumbsdow

Oh boy... let's just say the filmmakers weren't going for historical accuracy.

Watching "Message In A Bottle" right now

Shadow Man and here's a pic from that movie

Pieces of April - with Katie Holmes

A daughter invites her estranged family to dine for her first time hosting the Thanksgiving meal. When she finds her oven is broken, she gets really creative and has everything prepared on time. The day is a success to the chagrin of her younger and jealous sister.

I thought this was a really nice movie and would recommend it.

Sucker Punch (2011) on Blu-ray :thumbsdow


In the 1960s a 20 year old girl is institutionalized by her abusive step-father and blamed for the death of her younger sister. The step-father bribes the asylum's psychiatrist into performing a lobotomy on her so that she will never get to tell anyone about what really happened.

The whole movie is almost in a fantasy world setting where she envisions that she was sent to a brothel and she convinces the "other girls" to escape with her.

Thunderbirds and here's a pic from that movie

Batman Returns (1992) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


Corrupt businessman Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) sets a plot against Gotham City in motion. He is joined by Penguin (Danny Devito), a deformed and rather deranged man abandoned at birth by respectable parents. Penguin, backed by hoodlums and real penguins, runs for mayor.

The plot is further complicated by Selena (Michelle Pfeiffer), a wronged secretary who transforms into Catwoman, a villain with mixed motives.

Chillerama '11 :thumbsup:(It's the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America and Cecil B. Kaufman has planned the ultimate marathon of lost film prints to unleash upon his faithful cinephile patrons. Four films so rare that they have never been exhibited publicly on American soil until this very night! With titles like Wadzilla, I Was A Teenage Werebear, The Diary of Anne Frankenstein, and Zom-B-Movie, Chillerama not only celebrates the golden age of drive-in B horror shlock but also spans over four decades of cinema with something for every bad taste.

Super raunchy, super cheesy, loved it. My favorite segment was Adam Green's The Diary Of Anne Frankenstein. Hilarious. Joel David Moore was great as a bumbling Hitler. Kane Hodder plays Hitler's Jewish monster creation Meshugannah.
I liked that the wraparound story that tied everything together was more than just filler between the stories, but a story itself- Joe Lynch's Zom-B-movie.)

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale '10 :thumbsup: (On Christmas Eve in Finland, Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa and, with the help of fellow hunters, they look to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then there's Santa's elves, who are determined to free their leader...

This movie is becoming a Christmas tradition. A great dark Christmas fantasy.)

Christmas Vacation

Harry Potter and Sorcessor's Stone (2001) on Blu-ray

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) on Blu-ray

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) on Blu-ray

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)on Blu-ray

Evolution (2001) on DVD

This is my only second time around watching the Harry Potter films on blu-ray and I am still amazed how crisp the picture it is. You can definitely tell a difference between this and DVD which up until this year I was the only format that I use to watching the films in.

As for Evolution, I had never even heard until a couple days but it has David Duchovny (X-Files) in it. This movie had a few funny moments and I enjoyed the film for what it was but still seemed like it took from films such as Independence Day (1996) and Men In Black (1997)

Savage Streets '84 :thumbsup:(Armed with a crossbow, Brenda[Linda Blair] gets revenge against those who raped and beat her deaf/mute sister[Linnea Quigley], and killed one of her friends.
Fun exploitationer)

Elf and here's a pic from that movie

Boogeyman (2005) on DVD :thumbsdow


A little boy witnesses his father get taken away by The Boogeyman one night. He grows up to be a traumatized adult having spent most of his childhood in a childrens psychiatric hospital.

He receives a premonition regarding his mother and decides to return to his childhood home to put a stop to The Boogeyman.



This film didn't really make much sense and it left a lot of things unexplained.

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and here's a pic from that movie

Blood & Bone and here's a pic from that movie

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011)

Young Adult

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:

This is a re-launch of the franchise and it's not related to any of the previous films.



James Franco plays a scientist working on a cure of Alzheimer's Disease whose father, John Lithgow, has dementia.

He creates a drug tested on primates that gives them advanced intelligence. The first batch of test subjects prove to be unstable and they are ordered to be terminated.

Against the orders of the lab, Franco takes home a baby chimp and "raises" it continuing the discontinued research.

As the chimp ages he gets super-intelligent and eventually encourages an uprising among the other primates against the humans.

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

The Cell (2000) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


A child psychologist that uses experimental technology on entering the minds of comatose patients has to use her talents on a comatose serial killer to find the woman he kidnapped before getting severely ill.

Vince Vaughn appears as an FBI agent in one of his few serious roles and Vincent D'Onofrio plays the psycho.

Hancock and here's a pic from that movie

Black Christmas '74 :thumbsup:(A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break.

Still creepy.)

Jungle Heat '83 :thumbsup:(aka Dance Of The Dwarfs. An anthropologist hires a down-on-his-luck helicopter pilot to fly her into the jungle, where she is searching for a scientist who is investigating reports of a tribe of reptile-men.

Peter Fonda is great in this, and he and Deborah Raffin have great chemistry.)

Fright '72 :thumbsup:(Young babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves on edge. The real terror begins, however, when the child's biological father appears after recently escaping from a nearby mental institution.

As usual Susan George is fun to watch, and Ian Bannen gives a fantastic psychotic performance. The first horror movie with the lone babysitter scenario?)

Ocean's Eleven (2001) from the Ocean's Trilogy Blu-ray Set :thumbsup:


A recently released prisoner Danny Ocean (George Clooney) decides to recruit a team with his former crime partner (Brad Pitt) for a $150 Million triple casino heist in Las Vegas.

I saw this back when it first came out and didn't get into it at all at the time. I liked it much better this time around and will watch the next two shortly.

Watching Dunston Checks In right now. Jason Alexander is hilarious!

^ I loved that when I was younger. I haven't seen it in years.

I used to be very into those "animal movies".

Another one I loved from around the same time was Monkey Trouble.

Ocean's Twelve and here's a pic from that movie

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Ghostbusters II (1989) :thumbsup: I have never seen this before so it was nice to sit down and watch the film. As it got deeper into the story towards the end I thought there were some parts that seemed familiar to me that may have indicated that I had seen it perhaps a long time ago when I was a kid but I am not sure though.

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Cowboys & Aliens (2011) on blu-ray :thumbsdow I watched this tonight and thought that it was all right, but I still wouldn't say that it was great. Story wise, it was a bit interesting and the design of the aliens wasn't too bad either but it was just the fact that these cowboys who have no technology on their side are facing against these powerful aliens just isn't very realistic to me.

Santa's Slay '05 :thumbsup: (Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an Angel, so he becomes the giver of toys and happiness. But when the bet is off, he returns to his evil ways.
This is a truly fun horror comedy, Bill Goldberg is great as the evil Santa. Fun cast with Robert Culp, Emilie de Ravin, Saul Rubinek, Dave Thomas and cameos from James Caan, Fran Drescher, Chris Kattan, and Rebecca Gayheart...)
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Bad Santa and here's a pic from that movie

Tomorrow Never Dies and here's a pic from that movie

Tamara Drewe and here's a pic from that movie

Due Date (2010) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


An expecting father (Robert Downey Jr.) has to get from Atlanta to L.A. to be there for his child's birth.

He crosses paths with a stoner aspiring actor (Zach Galifianakis) and things all go down hill from there when he has to ride cross-country with him.



I liked it, not many "laugh-out-loud" moments here IMO, but this was enjoyable.

A Christmas Story

Subspecies (1991) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


Three college students travel to Romania to study the culture and superstition of a remote village. They stumble upon a centuries old power struggle between two vampire half-brothers.



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Puppet Master (1989) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:


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Elf

Kung Fu Panda and here's a pic from that movie

I Spit on Your Grave (2010)

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oyeux Noël ('05)

Shrek the Third and here's a pic from that movie