Fear (1996) on VHS :thumbsup:

A teenager falls for a guy she met a club and realizes he's not so sweet as he seems to be.




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Curse of the Blair Witch (1999) on VHS :thumbsup:

This is a faux-documentary that originally aired on The Sci-Fi Channel (Syfy) shortly before The Blair Witch Project's theatrical release.

It gives the origin of the Blair Witch legend, interviews relatives of the "missing students" and shows how law enforcement didn't find anything in their investigation.


* It had a standalone VHS release but is available as a special feature on The Blair Witch Project's Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray release.





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The last film I saw was The Three Stooges. If you like the old Stooges you will enjoy this.

Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady (1998) on VHS :thumbsup:

Short 50-minute A&E Biography on Audrey Hepburn that features rare screen test footage and outtakes from her films.




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Nil by Mouth (1997) on VHS :thumbsup:

Tells the story of a dysfunctional family living in South East London going through every problem imaginable: domestic abuse, drugs, booze, theft...


* Was written, produced and directed by Gary Oldman. It was loosely based on his childhood experiences growing up in London.

It remains as the only film that he has ever written and directed.





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Blade (1973) on VHS :thumbsup:

A tough, no nonsense NYC homicide detective pursues a serial killer targeting women.



* This film features many classic television stars and it was also a very early role of Morgan Freeman:

Jon Cypher (Hill Street Blues)
William Prince (Quincy, M.E.)
John Schuck (The Munsters Today)
Ted Lange (The Love Boat)
Steve Landesberg (Barney Miller) *The VHS spells his name wrong*
Rue McClanahan (The Golden Girls)





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Frightmare

The Human Centipede

Dracula 2000 (2000) :thumbsup:
on Double Feature DVD


Dracula gets resurrected in the year 2000 and pursues the daughter of Van Helsing's descendant.

Cursed (2005) :thumbsup:
on Double Feature DVD


Two siblings get scratched by a werewolf and start to turn.

Curse of the Blair Witch (1999) on VHS :thumbsup:

This is a faux-documentary that originally aired on The Sci-Fi Channel (Syfy) shortly before The Blair Witch Project's theatrical release.

It gives the origin of the Blair Witch legend, interviews relatives of the "missing students" and shows how law enforcement didn't find anything in their investigation.


* It had a standalone VHS release but is available as a special feature on The Blair Witch Project's Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray release.





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I always watch this when I watch BWP, another good BWP faux-docu is The Burkittsville 7- which focuses on Rustin Parr. There's a few scenes that creeped me out.

The Joyriders (1999) on VHS :thumbsup:

Three teenage runaways wind up kidnapping a depressed, suicidal old man (Martin Landau) and they make him take them cross-country buying things for them.

It turns into an eye-opening experience for everyone.




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Kill Bill: Volume 1 and here's a pic from that movie

God Bless America '11 :thumbsup: (Loveless, jobless, possibly terminally ill, Frank has had enough of the downward spiral of America. With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and offs the stupidest, cruelest, and most repellent members of society. He finds an unusual accomplice: 16-year-old Roxy, who shares his sense of rage and disenfranchisement.

Excellent, very very dark comedy written and directed by Bobcat Goldthwait.)

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Here Comes The Boom (2012) in the theater:

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City by the Sea (2002) on VHS :thumbsup:

A veteran street cop is pursuing a suspect in a drug-related murder, his estranged son.




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Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me and here's a pic from that movie

The Karate Kid, Part II (1986) on VHS :thumbsup:

Mr. Miyagi returns to his hometown in Okinawa after hearing that his father is on his deathbed.

Mr. Miyagi finds out he has an old score to settle with his old best friend who challenged him to a fight-to-the-death over the love of a woman decades earlier.



* I haven't seen this film in years. I was obsessed with The Karate Kid films as a kid.

Was the feature film debut of Tamlyn Tomita and B.D. Wong.

Also featured tv-stars Clarence Gilyard and Tony O'Dell in small roles.





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A couple of days ago I watched this.

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Creepshow (1982) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:

Horror anthology directed by George Romero and written by Stephen King centering around the horror stories inside a boy's comic book that his father threw in the trash.




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The Perfect House

12 Angry Men (1957) on VHS :thumbsup:

The film tells the story of a 12 men jury as they deliberate the guilt or acquittal of a defendant accused of murdering his father on the basis of reasonable doubt.



* Only three minutes of the film takes place outside of the jury deliberation room.

Jack Klugman is the only one of the "12 Angry Men" still living.





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Scarface the 1983 version

Michael Collins (1996) on VHS :thumbsup:

Liam Neeson plays Irish rebel leader Michael Collins who led Ireland to their independence from Great Britain.

Some liberties are taken with the story.




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House at the End of the Street (2012) via-on-demand :thumbsup:


A single mom and her teenage daughter move to a small rural town to start fresh after a divorce. They move next door to a house that everyone is afraid of and many local rumors are passed throughout the town about what happened there.

Many years prior to them moving there, a young girl murdered her parents while her brother was away living with his aunt. The boy, now college-aged, decides to live in the house where the tragedy occured and is the topic of constant gossip among the residents.

The teenager decides to form a friendship with the lonely guy, against her mother's wishes, and we find out everything is not as it seems.

Halloween '78 :thumbsup:
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Halloween II '81 :thumbsup:
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Halloween III: Season Of The Witch '82 :thumbsup:
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Halloween 4: Return Of Michael Myers '88 :thumbsup:
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The Midnight Hour '85 :thumbsup:
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^ Just curious, did you pick up the new H2 and H3 releases from Shout! Factory?

The A-Team and here's a pic from that movie

^ Just curious, did you pick up the new H2 and H3 releases from Shout! Factory?

Not yet, but they're on my to buy list. I've been trying to get the Code Red and Scorpion releases because they go OOP so fast.

Trick r Treat '07 :thumbsup:

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Girl vs Monster

Mean Girls

Combat Shock (1986) on DVD :thumbsup:

An unemployed Vietnam Vet loses his sanity living in total poverty in Staten Island, NY surrounded by drugs and crime.

One of the most depressing films I've seen.

Combat Shock (1986) on DVD :thumbsup:

An unemployed Vietnam Vet loses his sanity living in total poverty in Staten Island, NY surrounded by drugs and crime.

One of the most depressing films I've seen.

I love this film. I got the Tromasterpiece Collection 2-disc set. Which features bother versions of the film, the original version American Nightmare, and Troma's cut Combat Shock. Though Troma was the only company to distribute the film back in the 80's they totally mishandled it, they tried to sell it as another low budget Rambo clone, from the trailer to the poster above. But with the new DVD release Troma definitely made up for it.

Blood Junkie '10 :thumbsup: (Four teens and a kid go camping, they discover an abondoned building where something or someone lurks.

Extremely cheesy, but fun, and I found creepy in parts. They did a good job of making it look like it was set in the late 80's- right down to the 80's synth score.)

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Tom and Jerry and here's a pic from that movie

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel '11 :thumbsup:

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I love this film. I got the Tromasterpiece Collection 2-disc set. Which features bother versions of the film, the original version American Nightmare, and Troma's cut Combat Shock. Though Troma was the only company to distribute the film back in the 80's they totally mishandled it, they tried to sell it as another low budget Rambo clone, from the trailer to the poster above. But with the new DVD release Troma definitely made up for it.

I came across another Blockbuster having a closeout sale (RIP) and I went through their TROMA section. I remembered how much you loved this movie and decided to pick it up.

The Vietnam stock footage didn't really look like it belonged.

I also got Troma's War.

I recently watched the Kim Kardashian - Ray J sex tape that was available in my hotel room.

I guess I can say :thumbsup:

Filmed in 2003, but not released until 2007.

I came across another Blockbuster having a closeout sale (RIP) and I went through their TROMA section. I remembered how much you loved this movie and decided to pick it up.

The Vietnam stock footage didn't really look like it belonged.

I also got Troma's War.

Love Troma's War too. Just as long as it's the uncut version. And speaking of stock footage, Troma used footage from War in A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell.

Bend It Like Beckham

The Son of No One (2011) on DVD :thumbsup:

An NYPD officer and his family start getting mysterious phone calls and letters referring to 2 murders he got away with when he was a boy living in the Queens Projects.

Bad Ass '12 :thumbsup: (A Vietnam veteran who becomes a local hero after saving a man from attackers on a city bus decides to take action when his best friend is murdered and the police show little interest in solving the crime. )
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A Day Of Judgment '81 :thumbsup: (In the 1920s, a man in black rides into a small Southern town to visit retribution upon the citizens who have strayed from the path of righteousness and religion. He does this, of course, by killing them in various bloody ways.

This IMDB synopsis makes it sound more exciting than it is, I still enjoyed it, but it is slow moving, and the man in black has a very small appearance, it mainly focuses on the town's sinners.)
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Fred 3: Camp Fred and here's a pic from that movie

The Lookout (2007) on DVD :thumbsup:

A young man with a brain injury, who works as the night janitor in his town's local bank, is conned into being 'the lookout' in a plan to rob the bank he works at.

Payback (1999) on DVD :thumbsup:

A career criminal seeks revenge on his ex-partners for leaving him for dead and taking off with his pay-cut from a robbery.

Girls Gone Dead '12 :thumbsup: (Group of young ladies reunite after high school graduation for a weekend of partying, but someone dressed as a medieval monk is punishing sinners with an axe.

Silly, cheesy, mindless slasher fun. With appearances from Linnea Quigley[doing a hilariously bad Australian accent], Ron Jeremy, Joel D. Wynkoop, Asbestos Felt, and Jerry 'The King' Lawyer. )

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Cherry Bomb (2011) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:

A homage to the early 1980s action flicks, a stripper goes on a rampage against the group of men who raped her at the strip club she works at.


* The film is the first non-porno lead role for male porn star Nick Manning; playing the owner of the strip club.




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The Lost Boys and here's a pic from that movie

Hatfields & McCoys: Bad Blood (2012) on DVD :thumbsup:

Not as good as the Kevin Costner-Bill Paxton mini-series, but an enjoyable film.

Priscilla Barnes plays Mrs. Hatfield.

Haunted Castle (2001) on DVD :thumbsup:

A 30-minute short film, made almost entirely in CGI, telling the story of a young musician summoned to his mother's old castle after her death and gets an offer to sell himself to Satan in return for becoming a rock star.


The film works like an old CD-ROM video game from the 90s; with the same effects, voice acting and POV style. I liked the sequence where you go on a ride through hell that reminded me of motion simulator rides.





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Knight Chills (2001) on DVD :thumbsdow :thumbsdow :thumbsdow

A group of role-playing buddies meet at their former high school teacher's house for their weekly play gatherings.

One of them takes his own life after he is rejected by one of his role-playing partners and then comes back to life to get revenge in the form of some knight spirit.



One of the worst movies I have had the displeasure of viewing. Everything about it is painfully bad: the plot, the acting, the effects...

I watch and enjoy many independent movies, so I know what I'm getting into when watching flicks like this, but I did not find one enjoyable thing about this one.

Stalker

The Mummy Returns (2001) on VHS :thumbsup:

I haven't seen this since it came out. I enjoyed it, but it's not as good as the first one.

This was The Rock's film debut.




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Alone With Her

All Out Comedy (1993) on VHS :thumbsup:

An hour-long live taping from San Francisco's Josie's Cabaret and Juice Joint featuring gay/lesbian stand-up comics.

Not released on DVD.




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Knight Chills (2001) on DVD :thumbsdow :thumbsdow :thumbsdow

A group of role-playing buddies meet at their former high school teacher's house for their weekly play gatherings.

One of them takes his own life after he is rejected by one of his role-playing partners and then comes back to life to get revenge in the form of some knight spirit.



One of the worst movies I have had the displeasure of viewing. Everything about it is painfully bad: the plot, the acting, the effects...

I watch and enjoy many independent movies, so I know what I'm getting into when watching flicks like this, but I did not find one enjoyable thing about this one.

I hear ya on this one, and I love bad horror flicks, but this was awful. Too bad, I'm always up for D&D themed horror flicks, the few that there are.

DJ Perry has become synonymous with bad movies, though I did enjoy The 8th Plague that he co-produced and starred in.

Blood Song '82 :thumbsup: (A psychopath escapes from a mental institution and starts a murder spree, which ends in the pursuing of a young handicapped girl, who once got a blood transfusion from him.

The one and only time I had seen this was way back in the 80's on Commander USA's Groovie Movies, and all I remembered was Frankie Avalon playing a flute.
Frankie turns in a creepy psychotic performance.)

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I hear ya on this one, and I love bad horror flicks, but this was awful. Too bad, I'm always up for D&D themed horror flicks, the few that there are.

DJ Perry has become synonymous with bad movies, though I did enjoy The 8th Plague that he co-produced and starred in.

I'm surprised I'm not the only one who has seen this POC.

It really took everything in me to not shut it off, but I try to watch every movie I put on beginning to end no matter how bad it is.

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

The Name of the Rose (1986) on DVD :thumbsup:

Sean Connery plays a non-conformist Franciscan Monk who arrives at an old monastery for a religious conference with his young apprentice played by Christian Slater.

One of the monks mysteriously dies around the time of their arrival and Connery gets permission to investigate the death. Then more monks start dying off and it becomes a who-done-it murder mystery.


* Was one of Christian Slater's earliest film roles and he was fifteen here when he did a nude sex scene.

Haywire (2011) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:

A female U.S. Marine turned private contractor is betrayed by her employers and now has to avoid their relentless pursuit.


* This is Women's MMA champion Gina Carano's first lead role in a mainstream release.

Highlander (1986) on VHS :thumbsup:

A secret society of ancient immortals from all over the world await "The Gathering" where the remaining ones are drawn together for a fight to the death.

"There can only be one."



* The rock band Queen wrote many songs for the film's soundtrack.

Among the famous ones are 'Princes of the Universe' (which became the television spin-off's theme), 'Who Wants to Live Forever' and 'A Kind of Magic'.




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Haywire (2011) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:

A female U.S. Marine turned private contractor is betrayed by her employers and now has to avoid their relentless pursuit.


* This is Women's MMA champion Gina Carano's first lead role in a mainstream release.

sounds/looks appealing to me...

Cinema: End of Watch

DVD: Sister Smile (the 2009 Cecile de France version... this was also on tv here a few months ago)

love them both...

Arbitrage (2012) via YouTube Rental :thumbsup:

Richard Gere plays a very wealthy NYC hedge fund manager who commits fraud and cheats on his wife while appearing on the surface to be successful, trustworthy and in love with his family.

Things get way out of hand when he accidentally kills his much younger mistress in an automobile accident.

The Amazing Spider-Man '12 :thumbsup: (Enjoyed this quite a bit. Wow, Andrew Garfield looks like Anthony Perkins! And I thought James D'Arcy resembled him.)
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Re watches-

Galaxina '80 :thumbsup: (The crew of an interstellar police ship is sent to recover a mysterious crystal, the blue star. Meanwhile the ship's female android wants to be more human.

Bought this on Blu-Ray as a double feature with The Crater Lake Monster, very bare bones, they didn't even port over the director's commentary from the DVD release.)
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Alison's Birthday '81 :thumbsup: (A young girl is subjected to a reign of terror so that her soul can be transferred to the body of an old crone.)
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Private School '83 :thumbsup: (Hijinks, pranks, and sexual escapades all happen at Cherryvale Academy for Girls.)
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Question:

Is Private School a sequel to Private Lessons, since both films starred Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel (who passed away recently)?

Question:

Is Private School a sequel to Private Lessons, since both films starred Dutch actress Sylvia Kristel (who passed away recently)?

No, though there were 2 sequels made to Private Lessons in the 90's, neither had Kristel.

In Private School she plays a teacher who is embarrassed to teach sex education.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) on VHS :thumbsup:

One of my all-time favorite films.

I haven't seen it in a while and I felt like popping in the VHS.



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I'm surprised I'm not the only one who has seen this POC.

It really took everything in me to not shut it off, but I try to watch every movie I put on beginning to end no matter how bad it is.

Yeah I barely made it to the end too.

No, though there were 2 sequels made to Private Lessons in the 90's, neither had Kristel.

In Private School she plays a teacher who is embarrassed to teach sex education.

Ah, thanks.

Slightly off-topic, but as a die-hard game show fan myself, I think the most interesting fact about Private Lessons is that Jack Barry & Dan Enright (known for the quiz show scandals, Tic Tac Dough, The Joker's Wild, and Bullseye, among others) produced it. I also read that Jack Barry got so much hate mail for that film, so much in fact, that he never made another film again, because of it.

Also, for the trailer and TV spots, they had veteran game show announcer Jay Stewart provide the narration.

Ah, thanks.

Slightly off-topic, but as a die-hard game show fan myself, I think the most interesting fact about Private Lessons is that Jack Barry & Dan Enright (known for the quiz show scandals, Tic Tac Dough, The Joker's Wild, and Bullseye, among others) produced it. I also read that Jack Barry got so much hate mail for that film, so much in fact, that he never made another film again, because of it.

Also, for the trailer and TV spots, they had veteran game show announcer Jay Stewart provide the narration.

Haha wow, it's a fun mindless teen sex comedy...though I guess it's understandable people with TV backgrounds getting flack for it.

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) on VHS :thumbsup:

LAPD officers Riggs and Murtaugh reunite to protect an annoying federal witness (Joe Pesci) while going up against a South African drug ring hiding behind diplomatic immunity.


* The film introduced Joe Pesci's character Leo Getz who would come back in the next 2 films.





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Flirting with Disaster

Flash Gordon (1980) on VHS :thumbsup:

Based on the Flash Gordon comics, a football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, Ming the Merciless, to save Earth.


* Queen performed the film's soundtrack and this was one of the earliest feature films to use a score composed from a rock band.




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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997) on VHS :thumbsup:

When a woman's long-time friend says he's engaged, she realizes that she loves him and wants to get with him only days before the wedding.


* This isn't a movie that I would typically watch but I'm a Cameron Diaz fan and the supporting cast had many people I like:

M. Emmet Walsh
Rachel Griffiths
Carrie Preston
Susan Sullivan
Chris Masterson




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Call Me Mrs. Miracle (2010) Hallmark movie

Troma's War (1988) on DVD :thumbsup:

A group of plane crash survivors land on an island inhabited by a terrorist group and fight them off.


* This is the most expensive Troma film with a $17,000,000 budget.

It is also Lloyd Kaufman's personal favorite Troma film that he made as a criticism of President Reagan's glamorization of armed conflict.

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) on VHS :thumbsup:

The film tells intertwined stories of an extended family over two years focusing on three sisters dealing with infidelity, alcohol/drug abuse, infertility and other problems among them.


* Was Woody Allen's most successful film in the box-office up until 'Match Point' (2005).




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Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Troma's War (1988) on DVD :thumbsup:

A group of plane crash survivors land on an island inhabited by a terrorist group and fight them off.


* This is the most expensive Troma film with a $17,000,000 budget.

It is also Lloyd Kaufman's personal favorite Troma film that he made as a criticism of President Reagan's glamorization of armed conflict.

Rick Washburn who played the Vietnam Vet(and was also the weapons coordinator) popped up on Pawn Stars a couple of times as a gun expert.

Shakespeare: Soul of an Age (1962) on VHS :thumbsup:

This is a short 50-minute documentary on William Shakespeare presented by NBC News. It follows his chronological life showing where he was born and went to school to what set him on his path to artistic achievement.

It is narrated by Sir Ralph Richardson and other actors recite lines from Shakespeare's plays, such as Sir Michael Redgrave.

You may find this one to be quite boring if you are not into Shakespeare.



* It was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Documentary.

It hasn't been released on DVD and the VHS is a hard find.





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Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) :thumbsup:

Wreck-It Ralph (2012) :thumbsup:

Rise Of The Guardians (2012)

Bride of Chucky and here's a pic from that movie

The Grey '11 :thumbsup: (Crude oil workers in Alaska are heading home for a 2-week vacation, after working grueling shifts. On their way home, they encounter a vicious storm that brings their plane crashing down in the Alaskan tundra. 8 survivors must find their way to civilization. They are hampered by mysterious wolves.)
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Gahan Wilson's The Kid '01 :thumbsup: (Life through the eyes of an imaginative boy.

Definitely not made for kids, from the mind of Gahan Wilson who is known for his macabre comics in Playboy. )


Satan's Slave '76 :thumbsup: (A young lady is caught up in a devil cult run by her evil uncle and cousin. She can trust no one and even people she thought were dead comes back to haunt her.

Definitely want to see the uncut version.)
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Celluloid Bloodbath: More Prevues From Hell '12 :thumbsup: (Collection of pre-VHS era exploitation and horror trailers.

From the makers of 1987's Mad Ron's Prevues from Hell, just not as annoying. And I give them credit this time around actually showing trailers that I've never seen before in all of the other trailer compilations. Some of the horror celeb intros were fun like Linnea Quigley introducing the trailer for her very first movie Psycho From Texas, but others were celebs they cornered at a horror convention and had them read off cue cards, those were unnecessary. )
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Re watch-

The Crater Lake Monster '77 :thumbsup: (The heat of a meteor crashing into the lake incubates a prehistoric egg, which grows into a plesiosaur-like monster that terrifies the community.

Fun low budget monster flick with stop motion effects provided by Dave Allen. This is double featured with Galaxina on Blu Ray. Totally bare bones, but both have excellent picture and sound.)
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Stone Pillow (1985) on DVD :thumbsup:

This is a CBS television movie that originally aired Nov. 25, 1985.

A young and determined new NYC social worker (Daphne Zuniga) is eager to help the homeless, but she is disappointed at the inadequate care of the shelter and assistance programs around. She then wants to experience first-hand on how the homeless live day-to-day out in the streets so she can learn how to help them better.

She meets an older homeless woman Florabelle (Lucille Ball) and Flora thinks she's a teenage runaway and shows her the ropes on how to live out in the NYC streets. They eventually become closer during their experiences, but Flora soon feels betrayed when she learns the true nature of her new friend.



* This was Lucille Ball's final film and it received mixed reviews upon original release. This led her to make one more attempt at comedy, which would turn out to be the flop "Life with Lucy".

Quicksand (1950) on VHS :thumbsup:

Mickey Rooney plays a car mechanic who steals money from the register so he can take a girl out on a date.

This little crime then escalates into worse misdeeds when he has to cover up his petty theft with crimes more serious than the last.



* Mickey Rooney did this movie in an attempt to rid himself of his Andy Hardy image by taking on more serious roles. He co-financed the film himself with Peter Lorre and they lost money when a third-party investor did not pay their share of the profits.

This led Rooney to have great disdain for the film and he wrote in his autobiography, "The less I speak about that movie, the better."





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Malibu Shark Attack and here's a pic from that movie

Hollywood Boulevard '76 :thumbsup: (Joe Dante and Allan Arkush directs this story of the glamour, the glitter, the magical allure of Hollywood... and not a speck of it rubs off on Miracle Pictures, where "If it's a good picture, it's a Miracle." This is a hilarious tribute to the unsung heroes who grind out the B movies massacred by critics, but nursed fondly in the hearts of film fans everywhere.

And true to Roger Corman form lots of footage is reused from previous Roger Corman produced flicks, including Death Race 2000. Great performance as usual from Mary Woronov. This is one of five movies that Dick Miller plays the character Walter Paisley.)
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Starcrash '78 :thumbsup: (A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zarth Arn. The smugglers are soon recruited by the Emperor to complete the mission, as well as to rescue the Emperor's son, who has gone missing.

Hilariously bad blatant Italian Star Wars rip off with appearances from Caroline Munro, Christopher Plummer, Joe Spinell, and David Hasselhoff.

Munro's voice was dubbed by actress Candy Clark in the English dubbed version.)
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Liz & Dick (2012) on Lifetime :thumbsdow

Lindsay Lohan and Grant Bowler star as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton in a Lifetime flick chronicling their relationship.



* The film has been pretty much blasted by all mainstream critics.

I really did not see Liz Taylor at all in Lohan's performance. Bowler was good at Burton however, and what really kept it interesting was the story.

Cried my eyes out and I RARELY cry at movies. But something about Amber Tamblyn's acting. If she starts crying or gets upset I just lose it! Besides this is a wonderful and emotional movie. I had first seen it in 2008 when it came on CBS. Watched it today for the first time since on Hallmark Channel. I remembered it being really good but I had forgotten just how good it really is. Amazing.

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The Campaign when it was in theaters still.

Picnic At Hanging Rock '75 :thumbsup: (Three students and a school teacher disappear on an excursion to Hanging Rock, in Victoria, on Valentine's Day, 1900.)
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Skyfall
Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Pt 2
Mean Girls 2
Runaway Bride
Steel Magnolias
Butter
Home Alone

The Amazing Spider-Man '12 :thumbsup: (Enjoyed this quite a bit. Wow, Andrew Garfield looks like Anthony Perkins! And I thought James D'Arcy resembled him.)


I've heard several people like that movie. Personally I hated it and couldn't even finish it.

It irritated me that they went back in time and retold what Spider-man told. MJ wasnt in it and Spider-man's acquisition of his powers was weird. We turned it off after Uncle Ben died.

Blondie '38 :thumbsup:
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Blondie Meets The Boss '39 :thumbsup:
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Saint Jack (1979) on VHS

An American hustler living in Singapore starts running a brothel so that he can make a fortune and then return to the U.S. in a life of luxury.

He then clashes with the Chinese Triads who don't like the new competition in town.



* The director created a fake script to submit to the Singaporean authorities knowing that they would never sanction a film depicting their country for being a center of corruption and sleaze.

Singapore then banned the movie after it came out when they saw the true nature of the flick. The ban was finally lifted in March 2006.




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The Raven '12 :thumbsup: (When a madman begins committing horrific murders inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's works, a young Baltimore detective joins forces with Poe to stop him.)

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Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night (1987) on VHS :thumbsup:

Created by the now-defunct animation studio Filmation, this was an unofficial sequel to Disney's Pinocchio.



The story begins on Pinocchio's "first birthday", 1-year after becoming a real boy. He gets visited by the good fairy and learns that he can turn back into a puppet if he misuses his new gift, which is freedom of choice.

Around the same time a demonic carnival arrives in town run by the Emperor of the Night who tempts people with their desires.



Featuring a voice-cast of:

Scott Grimes
Tom Bosley
Don Knotts
Ed Asner
Jonathan Harris
James Earl Jones
William Windom
Ricky Lee Jones
Linda Gray



* The film is not released on DVD in the U.S.





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Grindhouse (2007) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:



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This is a double-feature film directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino made as a tribute to the old "grindhouse" theaters. These were places that showed mainly low-budget, B-grade exploitation and horror flicks usually billed as double-features.

Grindhouse also featured 5 fake-trailers to go along with the movie to mimic the kind of "grindhouse" flicks that would have been advertised at the time they were around.



Two of the five trailers have been made into their own feature films since Grindhouse's release: Machete (2010) and Hobo with a Shotgun (2011).

Machete has turned into its own trilogy with Machete Kills and Machete Kills Again due to come out in the near future.



Eli Roth has expressed interest in making his fake-trailer Thanksgiving into a film. He is currently working on it with various writers.

Rob Zombie has mentioned that his fake-trailer Werewolf Women of the SS will probably never become a full movie due to its controversial content and no one willing to finance/distribute it.

There has been no official word on what could happen with Edgar Wright's fake-trailer Don't, but it has been rumored that it is a contender should Grindhouse 2 come about.









Planet Terror


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Takes place in rural Texas about a chemical weapon spreading across town that turns people into blood-hungry monsters.







Death Proof


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Stars Kurt Russell as a demented stuntman who stalks and kills women with his "death proof" Chevy.

James, I have that same Grindhouse Blu Ray. Love it. Definitely one of my favorite Blu Ray releases.

The Avengers '12 :thumbsup: (On Blu Ray 3D. First off this is definitely one of my favorite superhero movies. Second, the film looked amazing in 3D, probably the best of I've seen. Usually when someone comes over and I want to show them how the 3D looks I would show them scenes from Avatar, now I'll be showing them The Avengers.)

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James, I have that same Grindhouse Blu Ray. Love it. Definitely one of my favorite Blu Ray releases.

Yeah, it's very cool. I saw Grindhouse in the theater back when it came out.

I did not pick up the individual releases because I had heard that a double-feature set (this) would be coming out at some point.

Goon (2011) via Showtime-on-Demand :thumbsup:

Seann William Scott plays a mentally slow young man who comes from a rich Jewish family living in Massachusetts. With his family expecting much better of him, he doesn't feel like he fits in anywhere and is unhappy with himself.

He decides to go to a minor-league hockey game with his friend and he knocks out one of the players after he was taunted up in the stands. Despite having no hockey/ice skating experience he is immediately hired into the minors to be an enforcer.



* Based on the true story of Doug Smith.

Various hockey players and announcers have cameo appearances.

Lincoln

A Fairly Odd Christmas and here's a pic from that movie

It's A Wonderful Life- I am attempting to go through all of my Christmas movies(I have a lot!) before Dec.25. Tonight it will be One Magic Christmas.:santa:

Life of Pi

It's a Wonderful Life and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

Yeah, it's very cool. I saw Grindhouse in the theater back when it came out.

I did not pick up the individual releases because I had heard that a double-feature set (this) would be coming out at some point.

Same here, I held out for the double feature release.

Foxfire (1987) on VHS :thumbsup:

An elderly woman has lived up in the country her whole life and still insists on living up there alone with memories of her late husband.

Her son (John Denver) is an aspiring country music singer and he tries to convince her to leave the hard life and live with him and his family in Florida.



* Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn reprised their roles for the film production having played the roles in the NY stage production.

Jessica Tandy won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Mini-Series or Special.




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Garfield and here's a pic from that movie

Wendigo '78 :thumbsup: (A group of campers are led into the wilderness by a French-Canadian tracker, where they are confronted by the Wendigo.

Finally tracked down a copy of this, I've seen the director's other movie Savage Waters '79 several times, but this one had alluded me till now.)
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Re watch-

Poison For The Fairies '84 :thumbsup: (A 10 year old girl convinces a lonely classmate that she is a witch, forcing the child to become her assistant. Though their games are initially rather naive, they gradually take a nasty and violent turn.

Excellent overlooked Mexican horror film.)
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The Doom Generation (1995) on DVD :thumbsup:

Two teenagers and a drifter get involved with sex and violence after going on the run from a convenience store robbery/murder.



* Features cameos by:

Dustin Nguyen
Margaret Cho
Parker Posey
Christopher Knight
Heidi Fleiss
Amanda Bearse
Nicky Katt




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The Three Stooges - The Movie

Blondie Takes A Vacation '39 :thumbsup: (Blondie, Dagwood, and Baby Dumpling go on a vacation at a resort hotel, but end up working hard to help the elderly couple owners against a mean rival.)
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Blondie Brings Up Baby '39 :thumbsup: (Thinking Baby Dumpling is a genius, Blondie and Dagwood enroll him in school, but when Daisy vanishes, Baby plays hooky to find her.)
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Catfish (2010) on DVD :thumbsup:

This is an unintentional documentary about a young man tracking down his online love in order to find out who she really is.



Basically this guy "Nev" wanted to buy some artwork and he came across this talented 8-year-old artist on Facebook. He bought some of her work and messaged her saying how impressed he was with the pieces.

He then gets friend requests from other members of her family and he gets introduced to the young artist's older sister "Megan". Nev and Megan then form an serious online relationship. When the relationship grows more serious Nev discusses wanting to meet her in person and he gets fed a bunch of reasons as to why Megan is unavailable to meet.



Nev's brother and his friend are aspiring filmakers (who would then go on to do Paranormal Activity 3 and 4) and they were randomly filming Nev communicating with Megan via the computer and phone. They decide that what they are filming will make a great project and encourage Nev to go along with this for the sake of a documentary.

The three of them then track down where "Megan" lives and are faced with many surprises.



If you have or are interested in online relationships this is a must-see recommendation for you.

Nev currently hosts "Catfish" on MTV where he helps people track down their online lovers.

Serious Moonlight (2009) via Showtime-on-Demand :thumbsup:

A high-powered attorney finds out that her husband plans to leave her for a much younger woman. She then ties him up and forces him to "work things out" with her.

Steel Trap

Dark Shadows '12 :thumbsup: (Better than I thought it would be, from the trailers I thought they were going to make fun of the series, glad that didn't turn out to be the case.)
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Prometheus '12 :thumbsup: (Enjoyed it, though it was a bit disappointing.)
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A Cadaver Christmas '11 :thumbsup: (United by terrifying and bizarre circumstances, the janitor, the drunk, the bartender, the cop, his perp, and the student security guard must fight to undo the professor's work. A dark force is at work in the cadaver lab this Christmas and this unconventional band of heroes are the only hope the world has against an army of living corpses that are quickly recruiting new members. The undead have been given the gift of life and it's up to the janitor to take it back.

Wish it would have been a little more Christmasy.)
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Mary Reilly (1996) on VHS :thumbsup:

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde told through the eyes of Dr. Jekyll's maid.



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Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) on VHS :thumbsup:

Director Francis Ford Coppola's telling of Dracula.



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The Ruins

Back to the Future and here's a pic from that movie

The Christmas Box

The Three Gifts (2009) Hallmark movie
Christmas With Holly (2012) Hallmark Hall Of Fame movie

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Maximum Conviction (2012) on Blu-ray :thumbsup:

Two former black-ops operatives are assigned to a newly decommissioned military prison. Two mysterious female prisoners inside are awaiting transfer to a federal facility and they have to oversee their transfer.

An elite mercenary troop storms the prison in search of the two prisoners and they realize this is more than an ordinary transfer.

The Unbelievable Truth '89 :thumbsup: (After serving time for murder, Josh Hutton returns to his home town where me meets Audry Hugo. No one can remember exactly what Josh did, but they are all wary of him, especially Audry's father.)
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Trust '90 :thumbsup: (When high school dropout Maria Coughlin announces her pregnancy to her parents, her father drops dead on the floor. Her mother kicks her out of the house and her boyfriend dumps her, so Maria is left alone and homeless. This is when she meets Matthew Slaughter. Matthew is an educated high school graduate with a great talent for fixing electronic devices, but he can't hang on to a job because of his principled attitude towards quality. When Maria accepts Matthew's offer to help her, they begin to form a relationship with each other in which both of them begin to change.)
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Simple Men '92 :thumbsup: (Bill McCabe, a vaguely misogynistic ne'er-do-well who has just been double-crossed by his girlfriend during a heist, is reunited with his younger and more reserved brother Dennis on a quest for their father. Along the way they encounter a lonely bar owner with whom Bill falls in love, an epileptic young woman with a big secret, a psychotic ex-husband, a bitter sheriff, and several other colorful characters. )
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Miracle on 34th Street(the original)

Waiting for Guffman (1997) on DVD :thumbsup:

Mockumentary-style film featuring a small town in Maine getting ready for the town's 150th anniversary. An eccentric off-Broadway director (Christopher Guest) is brought in to direct a stage play, starring the town locals, on the history of their town.

Everyone gets excited when a Broadway producer, Guffman, says that he's interested in reviewing the show which makes them all think they have a shot at Broadway stardom.

Bad Girls and here's a pic from that movie

Sexy Baby (2012) via Showtime-on-Demand :thumbsup:

A documentary following the lives of three different females affected by the current sexualization of women in mainstream culture.


One is a 32-year-old ex-porn star who wants to start a family with her husband. She is trying to figure out how to raise her child in the very sexualized culture of today with her "insides" from being in the adult industry.

The other is a 22-year-old teacher who decides to get a labiaplasty operation after hearing so many guys commenting on how they want their girls to look like "porn stars".

The last is a 12-year-old girl who is from the social media generation. It shows how all of the sexualized mainstream ads, tv shows and music videos affects her in showing how women are portraying themselves.

Johnny English Reborn

Flesh+Blood (1985) on VHS :thumbsup:
aka The Rose & The Sword


Set in 1501 in Italy, a group of mercenaries are dispatched after they were no longer wanted and all of their loot that they were promised had to be given to the king. Angry at their betrayal, a rouge mercenary leader (Rutger Hauer) vows revenge and plans to assassinate the ruler who betrayed his crew.

They wind up kidnapping a princess who was under an arranged marriage to marry the king's son and she has to decide who's side she is on and whom she truly loves, the rebel or the prince.



* The early VHS releases of the film were titled The Rose & The Sword, however on the later DVD release it goes back to the film's original title Flesh+Blood.




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The Wizard Of Speed And Time '88 :thumbsup: (Written, directed, edited, special effects by, and starring Mike Jittlov- a fictionalized account of his experience with Disney Studios in the 70's.)

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The Super Cops (1974) on DVD.

The true story of legendary NYPD officers David Greenberg and Robert Hantz, two overzealous rookie cops who earned the nickname "Batman and Robin."

When Michael Calls (1972) on VHS :thumbsup:
aka Shattered Silence



This was a tv-movie that originally aired under the title When Michael Calls during the ABC Movie of the Week on Feb. 5, 1972.

The title was renamed Shattered Silence on the subsequent VHS and DVD releases.

It was one of Michael Douglas' earliest film roles.




A woman going through a difficult divorce starts getting mysterious phone calls from her nephew who was supposedly dead for 15 years.

She has to figure out who is behind the phone calls and find out what really happened to him.




* This was given a very cheap home release and the VHS and DVD descriptions on the back got the plot details very wrong.

For one, the kid who died was the woman's nephew and not her son.

I also saw on the DVD release that a threesome is mentioned between the main characters which never occurs at all. One of the three is the woman's brother.





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Silent Night '12 :thumbsup: (The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.

I liked the nods it made to the original[and even to part 2] and they recreated one of the infamous deaths from the original.)

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Elf and here's a pic from that movie

Kung Fu Mahjong (2005) on DVD

A waiter with photographic memory is recruited by a famous compulsive gambler to win huge sums of money from Mahjong tournaments.


* Features many actors from 'Kung Fu Hustle' and has the same style of cartoon-like action.

The Devil's Rock and here's a pic from that movie

Dennis the Menace (1993)

Started watching "My Dog Skip" which features a very young Frankie Muniz, and Kevin Bacon as well as Moose (AKA Eddie from Frasier) as Skip. http://img2-3.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/060823/15564__skip_l.jpg

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...)

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Truth or Dare (2011) Some random British horror film that my future bro in-law recommended us to watch. Was actually really good and very well thought out

The Tall Man. Another horror flick that was yet again very well thought out and full of surprises

Eaten Alive

Hang 'Em High (1968) on VHS :thumbsup:

An ex-lawman is accused of a murder that he didn't commit and is hanged for it. He is soon found barely alive by a Federal Marshal, who happened to be passing by, and is then taken into custody.

After he is proven to be innocent he becomes a Marshal in order to track down the posse who lynched him.


* Was Clint Eastwood's first American-made Western and was the first film made under Eastwood's film company Malpaso Productions/The Malpaso Company.





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Till Death '78 :thumbsup: (A recently widowed newlywed becomes trapped in a crypt with his "deceased" wife.

Filmed in 1974, not released until 1978.)

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Home Alone. Don't judge, tis the season!

Galaxy Quest (1999) on VHS :thumbsup:

An alien race seeks the help of a has-been science-fiction television show cast to protect them from an evil warlord.

The film works as a parody of "Star Trek" and fandom.



* Was the feature film debut of Justin Long and Rainn Wilson.




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Films To Keep You Awake: A Christmas Tale '05 :thumbsup: (In 1985, in a coastal town, the friends Koldo, Peti, Tito, Eugenio and Moni stumble upon a woman dressed like Santa Claus trapped in a hole in the woods. While the boys go to the police station to ask for help, the others find a rope to take the woman out of the hole. However, the boys find in the police station that the woman is the dangerous thief Rebeca Expósito, who has just stolen two million pesetas from a bank and is wanted. The group decides to leave the woman in the hole without any food to force her to give the robbed money to them. Meanwhile, Peti and Eugenio that are fans of the movie "Zombie Invasion", decide to make a voodoo ceremony with Rebecca to transform her into a zombie.)

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The Invention of Lying and Oh God

Vantage Point (2008)

Prancer:rednose:

The Guilt Trip (2012)

What's Eating Gilbert Grape?

Shoot 'Em Up and here's a pic from that movie

A Christmas Carol (1984) on VHS :thumbsup:


This adaptation is regarded by many fans and critics as being one of the best film-versions of Charles Dickens' story, especially noting Frank Finlay's performance as Marley's ghost.

Features George C. Scott as Scrooge.



* It originally aired December 17, 1984 on CBS in the U.S., however it received a theatrical release in the U.K.




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Scrooged

Bad Santa and here's a pic from that movie

Heaven Help Us

TNT Jackson (1974) on DVD :thumbsup:

A woman searches for her missing brother in Hong Kong after suspecting that a drug gang is involved with his disappearance.



* As with many cheap Region-Free DVD releases, the cover has pretty much nothing to do with the film.

Jeannie Bell did not have her hair like that, that car is not in the movie and there is some vault in the background that never appears.

The film was recently re-mastered and re-released as part of a Triple-Feature release for one of Shout! Factory's Roger Corman releases.





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Rosewood Lane '11 :thumbsup: (When radio talk show psychiatrist, Dr. Sonny Blake, moves back to her hometown, she takes notice of her neighborhood paper boy's unusual behavior.)

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Mannequin (1987) on VHS :thumbsup:

An amateur artist sculpts a life-size mannequin which he soon falls in love with because it was the first thing he created that made him feel like "a real artist".

The mannequin winds up in a dept. store window and it becomes all the rage attracting many people to the store who want to see the unique displays he makes to go along with it.

The mannequin then comes to life and he's the only one who can see and talk to her in her human form.





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Bonanno: A Godfather's Story (1999) on VHS :thumbsup:

A Showtime film that works as a biopic of NYC mafia boss Joesph Bonanno. It goes from his humble beginnings in Italy to how he became a fierce crime boss in NYC.



* The VHS version was heavily edited from the original film. The full-length runs 287 minutes and the VHS runs 139 minutes.

There is a Canadian DVD featuring the full-length film, but it's now out-of-print.

Showtime does occasionally air the full movie and it most recently aired in 2010.





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

Eddie & The Cruisers

Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012) on Blu-ray :thumbsdow

These newer PM movies just don't have the same talent and magic as the earlier films. The puppets hardly move and look horrible (cheap). The stop-motion talent of Dave Allen is truly missed.

We also don't need all these unnecessary prequels.



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Diner

Batman (1989)

Blitz (2011) via Showtime-on-Demand :thumbsup:

A cop with a violent temper is brought back on the force to help track down a serial killer who shoots police officers in cold-blood.

Hachi

Batman Begins

You Don't Mess with the Zohan and here's a pic from that movie

I loved it. Jennifer Lawrence has earned herself another trip to the Oscars, and I'm sure Bradley Cooper will be there as well.

Excision

Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Young Adult

The Expendables 2 '12 :thumbsup: (Enjoyed it even more than the first.)

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Zombieland

A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, and a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the Last Twinkie and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America.

Speed (1994) on VHS :thumbsup:


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The X-Files (1998) on VHS :thumbsup:

Agents Mulder and Scully try to get to the bottom of a cover-up conspiracy hiding the truth about an alien race colonizing Earth.


* The film acts as a bridge between Seasons 5 and 6 of the tv series.

Chris Carter's original plan was to expand on the story told in the television series by making a series of feature films. He wanted to end the series after the 5th season and then continue the franchise with feature films, but Fox wouldn't allow it.





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The Craft and here's a pic from that movie

Squid and the Whale (part of it)

Jackie Brown

The Ipcress File (1965) on VHS :thumbsup:

The first of Michael Caine's Harry Palmer series. British secret agent Harry Palmer has an insubordinate nature and doesn't really care for rules and protocol.

For this reason, he is sent to investigate a case involving top scientists who have been losing their ability to function and/or turn up missing.



* This was the film that put Michael Caine on the map.

The DVD of this film is hard to come by. It only had one printing back in 1999 and they go for approx. $50.00 used on Amazon.





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Tootsie

Last Action Hero (1993) on VHS :thumbsup:

A young boy is obsessed with Arnold Schwarzenegger's Jack Slater action film series and frequently skips school to watch the movies over and over again.

He befriends the elderly projectionist at the theater and he is given a magic ticket that was given to the man from Harry Houdini when he was a boy. The magic from the ticket then transfers the boy into Arnold Schwarzenegger's movie.


* Features a ton of celebrity cameos and movie jokes.

Was the final film of Art Carney.





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Monster's Ball (2001) on DVD :thumbsup:

A death row prison guard gets romantically involved with the wife of an inmate after the execution.


* Halle Berry won the Oscar for Best Actress





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Zero Dark Thirty

21 Jump Street...hilarious

V/H/S '12 :thumbsup: (A group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house in the countryside and acquire a rare tape. Upon searching the house, the guys are confronted with a dead body, a hub of old televisions and an endless supply of cryptic footage, each video stranger than the last.

One of the creepiest movies I've seen in a long time.)

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The Omen

The Hole '09 :thumbsup: (A pair of brothers stumble upon a mysterious hole in their basement that leads to the darkest corridors of their fears and nightmares.)

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Django Unchained

The John Lennon Video Collection (1993) on VHS :thumbsup:

A 19-song compilation of John Lennon's solo material put together by Yoko Ono. It features some rare live videos and music videos that Yoko Ono made specifically for this video release.

It's not released on DVD.




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Many of the videos in that collection were actually completely redone for the Lennon Legends DVD.

I prefer the originals myself.

The Lion in Winter

Little Man and here's a pic from that movie

The Words

Damien: Omen II

In Her Skin (2009) on DVD :thumbsup:

Based on the true story surrounding the 1999 murder of Australian teenager Rachel Barber.



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Hugo... it's awesome so far!

Inglourious Basterds (2009) :thumbsup:

Really enjoyed this. Very straightforward (for the most part) for Tarantino.
If I didn't know who directed this, I wouldn't have guessed it was him.

I could see how it would seem slow, but the build up of tension in some scenes is pretty much masterful and the acting is impeccable.

Was not the movie I was expecting- which would have been an actionfest with little depth- so it took me a long time to come around and watch it.

Very pleased.

Rubin And Ed '91 :thumbsup: (Reclusive Rubin Farr teams up with vocal but unsuccessful multi-level salesman Ed Tuttle on a quest to bury Rubin's dead cat in the "perfect spot." Their trip takes them across Utah's desert where they have run-ins with Ed'd ex-wife Rula and an elusive Andy Warhol critic.)

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Nice Girls Don't Explode '87 :thumbsup: (When a teen girl gets a little to excited about the opposite sex, things tend to go up in flames.)

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Sonny Boy '89 :thumbsup: (A small-town crime boss accepts delivery of a stolen car, only to find there's a baby in the back-seat. He and his transvestite "wife" [David Carradine in drag] cut out the boy's tongue and raise him as a mute accomplice in their crimes. When the grown "Sonny Boy" escapes and tries to make contact with the outside world, the attention he draws to his warped family results in darkly-humored mayhem.)

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Rubin And Ed '91 :thumbsup: (Reclusive Rubin Farr teams up with vocal but unsuccessful multi-level salesman Ed Tuttle on a quest to bury Rubin's dead cat in the "perfect spot." Their trip takes them across Utah's desert where they have run-ins with Ed'd ex-wife Rula and an elusive Andy Warhol critic.)

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Tracked down Rubin & Ed on VHS like 10 years ago. Very strange.
This is not everyone's cup of tea, to say the least.

Haven't seen a commercial release of the DVD of it (only one by the director)
(did you watch on VHS?)

I'm a huge Glover fan. I watched it on my own burned DVD that I made from VHS.

No Mercy (1986) on VHS :thumbsup:

A Chicago cop tracks down his partner's murderer to New Orleans and kidnaps the crime lord's girlfriend in the process.

She sees him as an escape and they eventually fall for one another.




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John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band: Live Rock & Roll Revival, Toronto (1989) on VHS :thumbsup:



John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band is a rare look at one of the world’s most influential popular artists at a pivotal moment in his career. Filmed on the eve of the release of the Abbey Road LP — the last Beatles album to be recorded — this is the only performance ever caught on film of John Lennon & the Plastic Ono Band.

Seemingly on a whim, John and wife Yoko Ono hopped on a plane with guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Klaus Voormann and drummer Alan White to travel to the Toronto Rock ’N’ Roll Revival festival showcasing some of Lennon’s early musical heroes — among them Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Chuck Berry and Little Richard.

As it turned out, Lennon and the newly formed Plastic Ono Band played an equally significant role that night in the history of rock ’n’ roll, as it is widely believed this concert foreshadowed the official end of The Beatles.

Captured by Academy Award–nominated director D.A. Pennebaker, this concert film serves as one of the great historical documents in the career and life of John Lennon.




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The Thing (1982) :thumbsup:

I have always liked this movie, some of the best special effects in a horror movie I have ever seen.

But watching it again last night I noticed one thing I never remembered.
There is zero character development. I mean, there is no general conversation between the men beyond what is now happening with the crisis.
We learn nothing about their background or friendships or life at the station. (I mean Mac is a chopper pilot - that's it)

And with so many characters, there is little to distinguish them as individuals.
We learn nothing of them. I mean nothing.

But in general its a sight to see.

Ransom (1996) via Showtime-on-Demand :thumbsup:

The young son of a wealthy airline owner is kidnapped and held for $2 Million. He takes it upon himself to track down the kidnapper/s and not give in to their demands.

Omen III: The Final Conflict

50/50 (2011) via Showtime-on-Demand :thumbsup:

A 27-year-old public radio journalist is diagnosed with a malignant tumor growing on his spine. He learns on the web that the survival rate for his diagnosis is 50/50.

His goofy friend helps him throughout and he eventually comes to terms with his illness.



* Was based on the experiences of screenwriter Will Reiser's cancer diagnosis. Seth Rogen helped him out in real-life and convinced him to write a script based on their experiences together.

Hallowed Ground and here's a pic from that movie

Looper '12 :thumbsup:(Excellent!)

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Hidden Beauties: The Awakening (1999) :thumbsup:
from the Ultimate Pleasure Box


When Judy Isherwood and her brother Eddie discover three beautiful women locked in an ancient slumber - hidden deep in the dungeon of their newly inherited English castle, they wake each beauty with a kiss.

As the spell is broken, they soon find that they have also awakened a century of pent-up passion!



* In my opinion, this is one of the better-made erotic films. Great looking people, great scenery, great sex scenes, great humor, so-so acting and plot but that's expected...

Nikki Fritz's scene makes this film stand out.

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959) on DVD :thumbsup:

A college drop-out is drawn into the gangster world to make money and he is hired to be the getaway driver for a bank robbery.



* Was based on the true story of the 1953 bank robbery of the Southwest Bank in St. Louis.

The film features the actual police officers, local residents and employees who were involved with the incident.





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Fail Safe

The Wrestler

Exodus

Recreator and here's a pic from that movie

The Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years

The Brown Bunny (2003) on DVD :thumbsdow

A motorcycle racer goes on a cross-country drive to California for his next race. Along the way he meets many women for sexual encounters and they do not fulfill his needs as he still misses his former lover.



* This was one of the most boring movies I have ever seen. Art house films like this appeal to a niche crowd and I didn't get into it.

Most of the film features Vincent Gallo just driving around and doing mundane things like eating, getting gas, showering...


The film is mostly known for the controversial real-life oral sex scene between Vincent Gallo and Chloë Sevigny.

When Roger Ebert originally saw the film he called it, "the worst film in the history of Cannes." However, Vincent Gallo edited the film after many people criticized it and Ebert gave the new cut "thumbs-up" saying that the film heavily benefited from the edits.






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Casablanca Express (1989) on VHS :thumbsup:

Winston Churchill plans to travel from Algiers to Casablanca for the Casablanca Conference by train.

The Germans know of his plans and take control of the train in an attempt to hold Churchill prisoner. An American elite commando troop are assigned as Churchill's bodyguards and they protect him throughout the ordeal.




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Last movie I saw " the impossible"

The Notebook.

It's obviously a Hollywood production of romance movie. You may have seen such a movie for thousands of times, but you still keep on going.

Parents Guidance (2012)

Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I (World Tour - 1992 in Tokyo) (1992) on VHS :thumbsup:

The first part of the two-volume live-recording of Guns N' Roses' 1992 World Tour in Tokyo.



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Haunted Gettysburg (1998) on VHS :thumbsup:

A short hour-long documentary about various haunted spots around Gettysburg, PA.


* This is a rare VHS since I believe they were only sold in Gettysburg gift shops and once they were gone that was it.

I bought this back in 1999 when I went there and watching it brought back many memories of the trip.

It's not available on DVD and probably never will be.




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The Paperboy

The Quickie (2001) on VHS :thumbsup:

A Russian mobster holds a huge party at his house on New Year's Eve to celebrate his retirement from "the business".

A poor young woman accepts a cleaning job at his mansion whose daughter is in foster care because she can't take care of her. The mobster offers her a huge sum of money for a quick sexual encounter and she has to decide if this is the best way to get her daughter back.




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The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969) on DVD :thumbsup:

A retired Texas Ranger's son-in-law is the young newspaper editor in a corrupt town who publicly exposes what's going on.

He calls his elderly and retired Texas Ranger pals to come to town and help him rid it of the corruption.



* This originally aired as an ABC Movie of the Week. It was the pilot of a television series that never got picked up.

The DVD release features the Our Gang short 'Spooky Hooky' (1936) as a bonus feature.




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On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Heavyweights (1995) via Showtime-on-Demand :thumbsup:

The longtime owners of Camp Hope, a summer camp for overweight boys to have fun in w/o being made fun of, announce their retirement and it is then bought by an insane fitness guru.



* Was a childhood favorite of mine. I haven't seen it in years.

The film was one of the earliest works of Judd Apatow.

Ghosts of Mars (2001) on DVD :thumbsup:

Set in the future, Mars has become terraformed so that humans can walk on the planet w/o any breathing assistance machines.

Disembodied spirits of an ancient Martian civilization are released and they possess people to get revenge on the "outsiders" taking over their planet.



* This isn't the best of John Carpenter's work, but I liked the cast and the film's soundtrack.

Carpenter was so burnt-out after making the flick, as well as being disappointed at the financial failure, that he planned on leaving Hollywood for good.

It wasn't until 2010 that he returned to direct w/ 'The Ward'.

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence (2000) on VHS :thumbsup:

Postal inspectors Frank and Alex are back to track down a con-man who steals people's identities through the mail.



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The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) on VHS :thumbsup:

The film works as a parody of "The Brady Bunch" tv-show by having them dress in 70s fashion and living a lifestyle of 70s sitcom morality in the 1990s.



* Many of the original cast worked on the film, with the exception of Robert Reed (who died) and Eve Plumb chose not to participate.

Mike Lookinland, Susan Olsen and Maureen McCormick all filmed scenes, but they did not make the final cut.





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The Impossible

The Impossible
How is that movie, Michael? The trailer looks good. That wave is scary.

Willow (1988) on VHS :thumbsup:

Another one of my childhood fav's I haven't seen in a while.

The film is continued in the Chronicles of the Shadow War book trilogy that were released between 1995-2000.




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Silver Linings Playbook (2012) :thumbsup:

Wreck It Ralph (2012)

How is that movie, Michael? The trailer looks good. That wave is scary.

I enjoyed it. It was quite a downer, obviously, but definitely worth watching.

Jeffrey Dahmer: The Secret Life (1993) on DVD :thumbsup:

This independent film focuses on serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer's 1987-1991 murder spree of young boys and men.

I enjoyed this much more than Jeremy Renner's 2002 flick Dahmer which was more of a character drama. The Secret Life focuses more on the crimes.



* The film is one of the few serial killer films to be completed while the killer was alive. Dahmer was beaten to death in prison in 1994 which was shortly after this was released.

Jeffrey Dahmer: The Secret Life was dedicated to Dahmer's victims.




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ParaNorman '12 :thumbsup: (A misunderstood boy takes on ghosts, zombies and grown-ups to save his town from a centuries-old curse.)

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Dead Season '12 :thumbsup: (During a zombie apocalypse, two survivors head to an island looking for safety, but when they find another group of survivors are already there, they learn that the zombies weren't so bad.)

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Re watch...

Pick-up '75 :thumbsup: (Sexy hippie chicks Carol and Maureen get more than they bargained for when they hitch a ride with groovy hippie dude Chuck in his nifty mobile bus home. The trio get lost in the Florida Everglades following a fierce rain storm and embark on a startling spiritual journey of self-discovery.

The poster art is extremely misleading as it makes it look like it's a rape revenge type flick, which it isn't. )

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F/X2: The Deadly Art of Illusion (1991) on VHS :thumbsup:

Takes place 5 years after the first film in which F/X artist Rollie Tyler is called upon to help capture a homicidal maniac using his special effects skills.



* Was the first acting role of General Hospital's Dominic Zamprogna.





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V/H/S '12 :thumbsup:

I recently picked this up and will get to it soon.

I'm surprised that the film didn't have one of those VHS promo releases like what they did for House of the Devil a few years back.