What classics did you see last week ? (25 Jan - 1 Feb 2020)

1917 (2019) 9/10

Angel Has Fallen (2019) 4/10

Where’d You Go, Bernadette? (2019) 5/10

Head in the Clouds (2004) 4/10

The Crying Game (1992) 8/10

Basic Instinct 2 (2006) 3/10

Mean Girls (2004) 9/10

The House of Seven Hawks (1959) 4/0

Here is the Tele week of Wonders:


Hostage kidnapping thriller with a message about responsibility against minor shareholders that might have lost everything, while the super rich moves on as if nothing happened, with their Swiss accounts.
If I, like put all your money on a sure horse, when it looses you're bankrupt. Who's responsible? The Jokey?, The Bank? The Accountant?
While well-made it felt a bit shallow,  and sadly didn't engage.


Those movies were usually more funny then there were good, but when they reached number 5 or Miami, they seemed to have runned out of any original ideas. Tired plot with a heist, with half-baked jokes, that seems to vaporize into thin air.
Michael Winslow still do a few funny sounds, and George Gaynes as Lassard is still funny.


Based on an old TV-series from the late 1960 about Tennis aces that travels around the world solving problems, who were actually undercover agents.
This disbands that sophistication, and instead gives as annoying characters that yells and screams instead that becomes so tiresome one doesn't care about the Prague plot.
There is a few bright moments were Murphy and Wilson were they show what great comedians they actually are, but it's buried in this mess.


Refreshing take on the old tired Haunted House movies. Something creepy haunts a divorced mother with a very annoying child.
If you follow it to the end, that kid is annoying for a reason, he see things long before mama.
Look twice before you read kids goodnight stories, and ask yourself if that book was actually in the shelf the day before.
Owners of pet dogs shouldn't watch this one!


Documentary about Elvis and his Las Vegas debut, there is an alternate modern version but I watched the real 1970 version.
As a moderate Elvis fan this was offcourse a great experience, with moderate I mean I don't have a whole room filled with Elvis memorabilia with candles and such stuff.
As a moderate Elvis fan I sure love listening to Elvis in headphones loud.
As a documentary it's a bit spotty, but on the other hand it shows how people behaved in those times.


aka Unusual Stories. 
Was hoping this was the 1968 movie, but it turned out that there is a 1949 French movie too with the same name, where at least two stories is based on Poe
Even if I don't speak French, I can usually watch French movies and still enjoy them, as long as the director let's the camera talk, this was not one of them. A compendium of four strange stories told by French Policemen in the late 1890s on an un-evenfull day
Maybe only recomeded for Edgar Allan Poe completists


Thank you all posters for recomending this movie, I had seen it before but more or less thought of it as a very talkative WW2 action movie.
It's actually a drama on the ground, and it's more about the mechanisms about emotions that creates emotions, and the diffuculty in handling it.
Seeing it again in a different light, it's a very powerfull movie! Thank tou All for twitching my arm and make me watch it again!


What an incredibly boring unattracive name for a movie.
Twelve persons unknown to each others are summond to a mansion on a very rainy and stormy evening, turns out they did jury duty together and convicted a murderer. But maybe they were manipulated by the evidence given. A lawyer with doubts has called the twelve together to a mansion to stage a murder to prove how wrong a decision can be, but then someone is actually murdered, who did it???
Directed by Richard Thorpe who would in a couple of years become a sort of house director at MBM for nearly 30 years.
The movie runs slightly over an hour, and somehow it was entertaining to follow this old who-done-it.
A pre-fame Walter Brennan played a stuttering Radio repairman, the rest looked vagualy familiar, but can't place them.


The 28th January was Blueberry Pie Day, If you missed that great event, this is how they look in the wild. 

Over to the next poster!

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) - 8/10 (Or as I like to call it now, "Once Upon A Time in Greenwich Village")

A somber look at the NYC folk scene in the early 60s by the Coen Brothers. The central character is a brooding singer (Oscar Issac) who has obvious talent but also a great deal of abrasiveness and self-destructiveness. He misses out on joining Peter, Paul, and Mary and accepts a cash payout for a novelty song which goes on to hit it big. Isaac's acting and singing are excellent. In the end, Davis gives his last performance and gives up the stage to a young man about to make his debut - Bob Dylan. 

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Hi all,i hope everyone is having a good weekend,and I saw:

Sci-Fi duo:



Star Trek:Truther Into Darkness (2013)-One of only 14 films to be so utter shite as to get this rating:1/10

Falling to wipe away his Twitter history, co-writer/nutter Roberto Orci's "Truther" beliefs cast a foul smell across the new frontier. Hitting the opening with a "blow back" attack in a script co-written with fellow bumbling hacks Alex "The Mummy" Kurtzman and Damon "Prometheus" Lindelof (what a talented trio!) the writers set the timer off for Khan's arrival to be the thinnest "allegorical" facade for a 9/11 Truther.

Entering the "Deep State" of Star Fleet keeping Section 31 in a normal looking government office building, the writers push the message hard that Admiral Marcus is the "puppet-master", pulling the strings of the savage warrior who did covert missions to help Starfleet prepare for war against the Soviets/" Klingons" /now has rebelled and is launching terrorist attacks for his 72 virg,I mean "72 pod people" Khan (yep,that's the subtly we're facing here.)

Giving everyone on the Enterprise a lobotomy, the writers turn the ship to blindly follow "Deep State" Marcus to be used with Khan as a threat of war, leading to a utterly strange/thinly veiled re-enactment of the Gulf of Tonkin, whilst a stand-in for drone strikes takes place.

When not indulging nut- job Orci's fight against "Coincidence Theorists.", (the term he used for people who called him out, until Orci deleted his Twitter account in 2013-on September 11th yes, he really is full Truther)the writers use Spock's fists to pummel all humanism out of Star Trek. Ridding any chance of a discussion between the crew or different opinions on Khan to be express,

The writers also decimate the heart/mind/soul dynamic of Bones/Kirk and Spock, by replacing characterisation, for mind-numbing, idiotic violent outbursts, leaving Bones mumbling on the sidelines, Spock seeing fists as the way to get his point across, and Kirk displaying no leadership/ thoughtfulness towards his crew, before he hands out what could be largely avoided violence.

Fittingly locked in a glass cell like a second-rate Hannibal Lecter knock-off, Benedict Cumberbatch gives a incredibly poor performance as Khan, destroying the intrigue and calculating intelligence of Khan, in exchange for a naff panto act,where Benny pulls his lips and gurning each time he is meant to appear threatening.

Opening by throwing the camera round like a volleyball and stating on The Daily Show "I made this film for people who hate Star Trek" (or those with half a brain-clearly)inept director Jar Jar Abrams continues his prat-fall adventures into Sci-Fi franchises, keeping the real "Khan" name from being seen on screen,in order to take Trek down to his Mystery Box level. (yo Jar Jar!, that shtick "Lost" any value years ago.)

Out of his rotting Mystery Box, Jar Jar pulls out his poke 'em in the eye lens flair, thumping the camera on the ground like a basketball with jabbing, distracting flairs of red poking the viewer,and shoddy camera moves floating round with a inability to stop and allow moments for the Enterprise crew to be shown doing actual teamwork, in order for Jar Jar to dump Star Trek into a dark corner.

Further reading/viewing:

How STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS Is A Crypto-Truther Conspiracy Movie-Devin explores how the latest TREK film plays with the belief that 9/11 was an inside job.

birthmoviesdeath.com/2013/09/11/how-star-trek-into-darkness-is-a-crypto-truther-conspiracy-movie

RLM review:





Space Cop (2016) 5.

Taking 12 years to make, (which means it must be good,since it took 12 years to make) the lads at RedLetterMedia (RLM) create a loving tribute to the shoddy-looking flicks of the video bargain bin era, from the indoor baddies talking scenes being barely lit up and ending out of synch audio, to models/low-res "special effects" being slapped on, along with the change from actor to stunt guy being clearly visible. Stating later that they gave Space Cop no arc (it's so dense) the knowledge RLM have on Sci-Fi in some snappy exchanges, because like poetry, it rhymes.

The move to keep Space Cop in the same place, does lead to the almost 1 hour and 50 min run-time feeling stretched out, due to little chances taken to expand the buddy team-up of Space Cop and Cooper, and a surprising laid-back mood, for what should be a exciting chase of Space cop hunting for the evil talking brain. Admitting that he can't act, Hollywood superstar Dick the Birthday Boy charges in with the best laughs in the flick when bumping into the set or screaming as he messes with the props. Attempting each time he is on screen to get Rich Evans to laugh,Mike Stoklasa brings out all the warmth and ease the RLM team have round each other, which sits half in the bag.

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Warren Beatty tells a funny story about this with regards to Bonnie and Clyde.

Break (2019) a.k.a. Otryv




Young people trapped in a cable car for New Year's Eve, it all goes horribly wrong.

Not too shabby for a Russian movie with dubbing. Nothing overly ambitious but still held my attention for its brief running time.

Breakin' (1984)



Back in the 80's, I somehow missed seeing this entirely. Saw the sequel and I had the soundtrack for this movie, but never saw it ... until now in 2020!



So yeah, it's definitely got the whole retro vibe happening now. It has so much energy and positivity bursting out from every direction, a movie like this could not even get made today. The music is great, the story is the same one used for all these types of movies, but I still liked it a lot. Enjoyed seeing Ice-T doin' his rap thang.

First Man (2018)



The moon landing happened before I ever existed, so I grew up with it being history, never really realizing the incredible ordeal it was for the men or their families. This movie inserts you on their level. No one is painted as a perfect hero, just another flawed human being going about it all. Gosling as Neil Armstrong is as stoic as can be, but inside he's quietly suffering from a personal loss. Goes to show you that what people show you is not necessarily the way they are.

It's not the usual bombastic "rah rah rah" Hollywood movie about astronauts. It presents it the way it really was, the awe, horror and glory is all laid out before you. It's even more special of a movie because it gets deeper than usual.

Flashdance (1983)



This movie would not be ignored back in 1983. The music was all over the radio and MTV, the theme song was HUGE. Everyone was smitten with Jennifer Beals. The movie itself has more style than most from this era, thanks to Adrian Lyne. The story takes a backseat to the dancing and the soundtrack but this type of movie usually doesn't have too much plot anyway. I haven't seen this since the 80's so it was a fun retro romp.



"Maniac" was on everyone's personal workout tape back in the day!



Man, Cynthia Rhodes was in this, Staying Alive and Dirty Dancing back in the 80's, definitely the go-to girl for 80's musicals!



Judy (2019)



Zellweger is on fire as Judy Garland. She will probably be accepting another Oscar next week.

The movie offers up plenty of flashback scenes to further explain how Judy wound up like she did, but I was wanting a deeper dive. Still, I suppose adequate would be a good way to describe this. It really comes alive when Zellweger sings as Judy.

Topper (1937)



Wacky ghost hijinks with a very game cast in top form. Cary Grant is not the star, Roland Young is, and here he pretty much invents the stuffy Brit thrown into comical chaos role. A fun romp, followed by two sequels and a TV series.



Topper Takes a Trip (1938)



More chuckles to be found in this mostly Cary Grant-less sequel, with Roland Young and Constance Bennett more than picking up the slack. Instead of Grant, we now have a ghost dog, Atlas.

Topper Returns (1941)



This manic mystery is crazier than the first two in this series, and more fun. Billie Burke (Glinda the Good Witck) all but steals the movie with her incredible comic delivery, Roland Young and Joan Blondell also bring their considerable talents. Plays like a Scooby-Doo episode without the Scooby Snacks, great fun!



Pacific Rim (2013)



It had been awhile since I saw this, and I was about to see the sequel, so a rewatch was upon me! I once made a toast in a crowded bar by exclaiming, "Today we are canceling the apocalypse!" Yeah, I got a few weird looks, but all my fellow movie geeks reading this can totally relate right now.

Gigantic monsters vs. gigantic robots...uh, yeah, I'm down for that!

Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)



Less interesting than the first, but maintains the action level, so you won't be bored. The characters were more cardboardy this time, but if you came looking for in-depth characterization, you must have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

The Country Bears (2002)



Stumbled upon this on Disney + and curiousity got the best of me. This is one for the kids, mainly. This, and The Muppets (2011) have the exact same plot!

Road To Singapore (1940)



The very first of the "Road to..." movies that paired Crosby, Hope and Lamour six more times.

Charming silliness, the actors truly do bounce off of each other quite well. We also have familiar faces with Charles Coburn and Anthony Quinn in the cast.

Bob Hope is someone I've really enjoyed seeing in movies, although there haven't been too many of his movies I've seen. Here he's great, and who knew he had such dance movies!?

Popular opinion is that this movie is not as good as some of the others to follow in this series. I enjoyed this, so I guess I can look forward to seeing the rest.

Road To Zanzibar (1941)



More craziness from Hope and Crosby. Totally worth it just to see Bob Hope in a cage fighting a gorilla, hilarity ensues, and then some! 🦍😂

Road To Morocco (1942)



"This is the screwiest picture I was ever in!" - Talking Camel 🐪

Yep, it's another wacky adventure with Hope and Crosby, the zingers are fast and furious, just plain old fun.



Road To Utopia (1946)



More Hope and Crosby hijinks, this time in Alaska.

Interesting how it ends with Crosby nonchalantly admitting he mass-murdered fifteen men by throwing each one to his grisly demise into a chasm in order to escape.

Road To Rio (1947)



Crosby: "Swine!"
Hope: "Pig!"
Crosby: "That's the same as swine!"
Hope: "Alright...ham!"
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These two pork chops are still makin' beautiful bacon together in this fifth Road picture. Their dance together near the end while singing in "portuguese" is really funny. Check out how Hope looks certifiably insane in this movie poster!

Obrigado! 🇧🇷

Road To Bali (1952)



Hope: "Ya know, for a couple of guys on the lam, we're in pretty good company."
This line is spoken while Hope and Crosby are standing amongst a flock of sheep.
Anyone who knows me knows I love a good a sheep pun. 🐑

The one-liners are firing at a rapid pace and this one has plenty of cameo appearances too. Great to see the guys in Technicolor for the first time in the series. Just when I was thinking that these two work so well together and should just get married already...they do!

Also, there's a chimp that looks like Hope! Madness!

The Road To Hong Kong (1962)



The final "Road" movie, and it's a doozy!

Basically, it's a spoof of spy movies, which is very odd seeing as how the first ever James Bond movie would not debut for another year yet. But it's all there:
* The secret hidden underwater base
* The plot to blow up the world
* The fashion choices made by the Blofeld-ish/Dr. Evil-ish character and his henchmen

It's also hilarious, never more so than the scene where Bob and Bing are being force-feed bananas and milk by a machine, no doubt inspired by Chaplin in Modern Times.

There are cameos galore, and although Joan Collins assumes the female lead here, Dorothy Lamour commands the screen when she appears. What a fun series!

Ma (2019)



A trashy good thriller, grounded by Octavia Spencer's solid star performance. Hits all the usual beats, most of which were spoiled by the over-revealing trailer. No complaints, it was never going for Oscar gold or anything, just an entertaining little flick to kill some time.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)



It was such a kick in the pants when this was first released to see Warner Bros. and Disney characters together on screen...and it still is!



This is a classic film noir cartoon escapade for all ages...although you may have to answer some awkward patty cake questions from the younglings.



Bob Hoskins is ideal as private detective, Eddie Valiant. Kathleen Turner still has the sexiest voice ever recorded. Was anyone else simply terrified of Christopher Lloyd in this role, or was that just me?



Love those weasels!

Steamboat Willie (1928)



The very first Disney cartoon, and Mickey Mouse is a raging lunatic psychopath in it!



I mean, he kicks a suckling baby piglet off his mother's teat, only to then start performing "Turkey in the Straw" on her teats!



It's all so wrong, and yet, I grinned the entire time.

Have a great movie week, catch ya next time!