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Post by louise on Oct 26, 2019 9:38:34 GMT
The Good Fairy (1935). enchanting comedy. Innocent orphan Margaret Sullavan pretends to be married to discourage her would-be seducer, wealthy businessman Frank Morgan. Herbert Marshall is the lawyer who she picks at random out of the phone book to be her husband when Morgan decides to make him rich. Naturally complications ensue. Best line is Frank Morgan to Herbert Marshall: "I guess I can use one honest lawyer - but don't overdo it."
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Oct 26, 2019 10:52:01 GMT
Enemy of the State (1998).
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Oct 27, 2019 10:52:42 GMT
Mary Queen of Scots (2018)
As a movie ignoring the historical inaccuracies i rate it 7/10
As a movie not ignoring the historical inaccuracies i rate it 3/10
So i will rate it 5/10
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Oct 27, 2019 14:14:09 GMT
Crimson Peak (2015).
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Oct 28, 2019 8:24:42 GMT
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Post by louise on Oct 28, 2019 18:56:12 GMT
Double Bunk (1961). A naïve couple buy a houseboat and run into problems with it. Fairly routine comedy which suffers in the first half from what James Thurber called 'Blandings Syndrome' (the idea that anything that goes wrong with a house is funny). But it livens up when Sid James and Liz Fraser come aboard.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Oct 29, 2019 2:44:30 GMT
Django Unchained (2012).
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Post by kijii on Oct 29, 2019 5:43:46 GMT
The Good Fairy (1935). Innocent orphan Margaret Sullavan pretends to be married to discourage her would-be seducer, wealthy businessman Frank Morgan. Herbert Marshall is the lawyer who she picks at random out of the phone book to be her husband when Morgan decides to make him rich. Naturally complications ensue. Best line is Frank Morgan to Herbert Marshall: "I guess I can use one honest lawyer - but don't overdo it." I love this movie! I just discovered it last year while going through the early movies of William Wyler. This one was an unexpected gem!!
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 29, 2019 7:12:33 GMT
NIGHT OF THE DEMON 1957 - Immensely rewatchable.
EYE OF THE CAT - 1969 - The most amazing thing about this besides the cat herding requirements is how good Eleanor Parker looks. Doesn't look any different from the last 1950s movie I saw with her in it. As a thriller it's so so--the ending is kind of flat for some reason. I am surprised to see Laurence Naismith in it--just assumed he was stationed in Europe. Niall "Karswell" MacGinnis also turns up in a mid 60s US film -The War Lord. And while we are at it, Judy Geeson appears in a Hollywood tv movie around 1970 (as does Martine Beswick-the LONGSTREET pilot). Just surprising to me since I would assume traveling back and forth between Hollywood and Europe in those days was more of a long term chore.
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Post by louise on Oct 29, 2019 15:34:49 GMT
Ladies of the Jury (1932). A young woman is on trial for murdering her husband, she insists it was an accident. None of the jury believe her except for Edna May Oliver, who sets out to talk the rest of the jury round to her point of view. Edna May Oliver is very entertaining as always.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Oct 30, 2019 7:16:26 GMT
Descendants 2 (2017).
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 30, 2019 8:42:48 GMT
The Haunted Palace 1963 - Vincent Price's accomplices disappear before the end of the movie. I read that they were supposed to retrieve the portrait of Kerwin from the fire but Lon Chaney's clothes caught on fire and he refused to do it again.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors 1965 - although the HD looks great it is too bad they couldn't find the scene of Dr Terror walking along the train platform right before the end credits start. How in Hell could that disappear from the negative? How in Hell indeed!
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Post by Eλευθερί on Oct 31, 2019 10:35:47 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Oct 31, 2019 19:29:34 GMT
The Masque of the Red Death 1964, directed by Roger Corman Vincent Price as Prospero who whorships the Devil, The Lord of the Flies, who likes cruel games on both the poor and the rich, who thinks he is above all laws, even The Red Death that is plaguing the Italian countryside. Incredible sets and use of colours, and a well made movie of a bizarre world.
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 31, 2019 19:38:03 GMT
The Masque of the Red Death 1964, directed by Roger Corman Vincent Price as Prospero who whorships the Devil, The Lord of the Flies, who likes cruel games on both the poor and the rich, who thinks he is above all laws, even The Red Death that is plaguing the Italian countryside. Incredible sets and use of colours, and a well made movie of a bizarre world. I almost watched this instead of the Haunted Palace. Kind of interesting to compare Richard Matheson to Charles Beaumont as a writer--I think the latter is more somber. Dr Lao is pretty bleak at times.
I wonder how Beaumont would have done the Pit and the Pendulum if Matheson was not involved or vice versa?
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Post by teleadm on Oct 31, 2019 19:50:53 GMT
The Masque of the Red Death 1964, directed by Roger Corman Vincent Price as Prospero who whorships the Devil, The Lord of the Flies, who likes cruel games on both the poor and the rich, who thinks he is above all laws, even The Red Death that is plaguing the Italian countryside. Incredible sets and use of colours, and a well made movie of a bizarre world. I almost watched this instead of the Haunted Palace. Kind of interesting to compare Richard Matheson to Charles Beaumont as a writer--I think the latter is more somber. Dr Lao is pretty bleak at times.
I wonder how Beaumont would have done the Pit and the Pendulum if Matheson was not involved or vice versa?
Intereresting! I haven't thought much about it, but I noticed just now that they were both screenwriters on Night of the Eagle aka Burn Witch Burn 1962, a movie I've never seen, I wonder how that went...
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Post by Prime etc. on Oct 31, 2019 19:58:55 GMT
Intereresting! I haven't thought much about it, but I noticed just now that they were both screenwriters on Night of the Eagle aka Burn Witch Burn 1962, a movie I've never seen, I wonder how that went... You should watch that! It's a good match with Night of the Demon 1957 and Horror Hotel 1960. The screenwriter on NOTD was blacklisted in Hollywood. I have the making of book-out of print--very informative. When Dana Andrews arrived in England he fell off stairs of the plane from drunkenness and one of the production executives turned to the other and said sarcastically, "your star." I think he did a good job though despite being a heavy drinker. Robert Taylor was the original lead--he would not have been good for it. Most surprising is that the filmmakers were not happy with the casting of Niall MacGinnis---he was so good in it.
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 1, 2019 6:06:44 GMT
So I finished off Halloween month with a couple of rewatches
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Disney -- what can one say? It's a great cartoon.
THE HAUNTED HOUSE OF HORROR 1969 -- Tigon flick--definitely not one of its good efforts although it is a proto-slasher. I suspect if they gave the killer a mask it would be better regarded.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Nov 1, 2019 6:34:57 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 2, 2019 6:36:02 GMT
ARMY OF DARKNESS 1992 (or is it 1993?) I did not like the non-theatrical ending. It ruins the film! Should have ended in the S-Mart. This is a problem I have with Darkman as well-too many jokes at the expense of the hero-while it works with Campbell it does not work with Neeson. He is not a comedy actor. It just comes across as mean-spirited and pointless.
Shop smart! Shop S-Mart! And get the theatrical cut.
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