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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 25, 2020 8:09:07 GMT
Housed on Haunted Hill (1959 - Vincent Price) Saw the abysmal remake that was made about 20 years or so ago - let's give the original a whirl folks
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 26, 2020 3:00:51 GMT
I watched Woman on the Moon (1929), a Fritz Lang silent early science fiction movie about the first trip to the moon. Adventure, intrigue, romance - it's all there! Really not bad for a movie made 91 years ago. A bit too long at 168 minutes; it certainly could have been shorter. But overall it was interesting, and not just as a curiosity.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 27, 2020 11:45:05 GMT
I watched Arès (2016), a French movie that showed up on Netflix. In a dystopian near future where France is full of homeless and unemployed people, the government has all but been replaced by huge corporations and all laws concerning what one can do with his or her own body have been scrapped, the most popular entertainment is a new fight sport where everything is allowed (including killing your opponent) and top fighters are openly sponsored by drug companies eager to prove that their doping products are the best in the market. Our protagonist is a former top fighter forced to be a guinea pig for a new drug and return to fighting in order to protect his sister’s family. I thought it had an interesting premise, pretty well done. I wouldn’t go nearly as far as saying “drop everything that you are doing and watch it right this instant” but there are worse ways of spending 80 minutes. A few interesting tidbits about that projected world of 2035: - People who can, emigrate to China - China provides relief to Europe - Ronan Farrow is the President of the USA
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 27, 2020 13:19:54 GMT
The New Girlfriend (2014). French film based on a Ruth Rendell short story. Available to stream on Amazon Prime.
A woman’s best friend dies and she vows to look after her widowed husband and baby child.
When she goes around to see him a few days after the funeral she finds him dressed as a woman.
To say more would spoil things.
Not a classic, but worth a watch I think. It’s not all doom and gloom (indeed there are a few comic moments) so I doubt it’s a faithful adaptation of the story.
Anaïs Demoustier is very good, and cute, as the female lead. Romain Duris plays the transvestite widower. I’ve always found him a tad creepy (he has a strange bobble head and a weird smile). That goes double when he’s dressed and made up as a woman! Very unconvincing gal!
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 27, 2020 14:30:32 GMT
The New Girlfriend (2014). French film based on a Ruth Rendell short story. Available to stream on Amazon Prime. A woman’s best friend dies and she vows to look after her widowed husband and baby child. When she goes around to see him a few days after the funeral she finds him dressed as a woman. To say more would spoil things. Not a classic, but worth a watch I think. It’s not all doom and gloom (indeed there are a few comic moments) so I doubt it’s a faithful adaptation of the story. Anaïs Demoustier is very good, and cute, as the female lead. Romain Duris plays the transvestite widower. I’ve always found him a tad creepy (he has a strange bobble head and a weird smile). That goes double when he’s dressed and made up as a woman! Very unconvincing gal! It’s by François Ozon, who’s made some great movies (“Frantz” being my favourite). I’ve seen this one in the theatre when it came out. I don’t remember much about it, but I think I liked it.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 27, 2020 14:48:29 GMT
The New Girlfriend (2014). French film based on a Ruth Rendell short story. Available to stream on Amazon Prime. It’s by François Ozon, who’s made some great movies (“Frantz” being my favourite). I’ve seen this one in the theatre when it came out. I don’t remember much about it, but I think I liked it. I saw Frantz on TV last year. Yes, pretty good film.
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Post by Aj_June on Jun 27, 2020 15:35:14 GMT
Housed on Haunted Hill (1959 - Vincent Price) Saw the abysmal remake that was made about 20 years or so ago - let's give the original a whirl folks Vincent Price is a legend, man. I think I have seen every horror movie he has been part of from 50s to early 70s except for anthologies. Amazing actor, superb voice and brilliant personality. Have you seen Witchfinder General (1968)?
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 27, 2020 15:54:03 GMT
Housed on Haunted Hill (1959 - Vincent Price) Saw the abysmal remake that was made about 20 years or so ago - let's give the original a whirl folks Vincent Price is a legend, man. I think I have seen every horror movie he has been part of from 50s to early 70s except for anthologies. Amazing actor, superb voice and brilliant personality. Have you seen Witchfinder General (1968)? Haven't seen it.
Just read the plot - sounds like something I'd be interested in. Let me know how you like it if you give it a watch (or how was it if you saw it?)
Think I'm going to get another Vincent Price movie in later on - even though he has a small role - Edward Scissorhands - one of my favorite movies.
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Post by Aj_June on Jun 27, 2020 16:27:16 GMT
Vincent Price is a legend, man. I think I have seen every horror movie he has been part of from 50s to early 70s except for anthologies. Amazing actor, superb voice and brilliant personality. Have you seen Witchfinder General (1968)? Haven't seen it.
Just read the plot - sounds like something I'd be interested in. Let me know how you like it if you give it a watch (or how was it if you saw it?)
Think I'm going to get another Vincent Price movie in later on - even though he has a small role - Edward Scissorhands - one of my favorite movies.
The movie is good but Vincent Price's performance is just magnificent! Here's my IMDB ratings of Vincent Price movies although no.15 doesn't star Vincent Price. I have coloured the horror ones in red. Non-coloured ones are not horrors. Rankings do not represent my preference. It's just the order how IMDB gave me. The ones especially recommended to screaming has icon. 1. The Last Man on Earth (1964) 8/10 2. . Laura (1944) 9/10 3. Edward Scissorhands (1990) 8/104. Leave Her to Heaven (1945) 8/10 5. Theatre of Blood (1973) 8/10
6. The Fly (1958) 8/10
7. House of Wax (1953) 7/10
8. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) 7/10
9. Pit and the Pendulum (1961) 7.5/10
10. The Masque of the Red Death (1964) 7.5/10
11. The Fall of the House of Usher (1960) 7.5/10
12. Dragonwyck (1946) 7/10
13. While the City Sleeps (1956) 7/10 14. House on Haunted Hill (1959) 7/1015. Vincent (1982) (U | 6 min short film by Tim Burton | Animation) 8/10
16. Witchfinder General (1968) 8/10
17. The Haunted Palace (1963) 7/10
18. The Raven (1963) 6/10
19. The Tingler (1959) 7/1020. The Comedy of Terrors (1963) 6/10 21. The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) 7/10
22.The Long Night (1947) 6/10
23. The Invisible Man Returns (1940) 6/10 24. Madhouse (1974) 6.5/10
25. The Bat (1959) 7/10
26. Cry of the Banshee (1970) 7/10 27. Scream and Scream Again (1970) 7/10
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Post by bluerisk on Jun 27, 2020 18:18:17 GMT
The 100 - episode six season seven (the Sanctum part is a snoozefest, but the wormhole/ancient alien race part is awesome).
Doctor Who discs 04 to 06 of season five with this freakishly tall female ginger.
Maybe I will also start to watch "My Doctor". The Seventh Doctor was the only one of the "old guard" that was ever shown on German telly back in the day (early to mid 80s on RTL PLus). I was a somewhere between kindergarten student a primary school pupil and it was both: highly confusing and very interesting. Maybe confusing because German TV station love to cut and re-edited foreign shows.
Anyway: I got me the first volume on DVD
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 28, 2020 8:12:34 GMT
Married With Children marathon on something called the 'Logo' channel on my cable package.
Any fans?
I may be in the minority here. Talk about shows that didn't age well.
The forced laughter is almost unbearable. Anybody else find the cheering and over the top applause by the audience like your team just scored a winning touchdown vomit inducing?
Another show I can remember doing this - think they may have been around the same time - was a late night talk show. The Arsenio Hall Show.
Loved Saturday Night Live poking fun at the show and the audience for their over the top adulation and fawning over the host.
Rob Lowe plays a version of Hall -
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 28, 2020 8:18:34 GMT
Married With Children marathon on something called the 'Logo' channel on my cable package. Any fans? I may be in the minority here. Talk about shows that didn't age well. The forced laughter is almost unbearable. Anybody else find the cheering and over the top applause by the audience like your team just scored a winning touchdown vomit inducing? Yeah, MwC is very overrated. Al is a bit blah and Peggy's voice is like nails on a blackboard. The only character I thought was funny was the son, Bud Bundy. And the talking dog was fecking dire! Hated those bits.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 28, 2020 8:29:00 GMT
Edge of Doom (1950): Preachy film noir about an angry young man who wants to give his mother a decent funeral and snaps when the local priest won't help him. Worth a watch - good performances by Farley Granger and Dana Andrews (as an unlikely Catholic priest!)
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jun 28, 2020 8:45:39 GMT
Last night myself and Mrs Midi-chlorian Count watched Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga on Netflix. Was surprisingly good for a Will Ferrell effort these days. Well worth a watch for any fellow Eurovision fans who missed out this year. Sadly no Guildo Horn cameo though which would have taken this film to the next level...
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 28, 2020 9:33:04 GMT
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 28, 2020 9:37:46 GMT
Married With Children marathon on something called the 'Logo' channel on my cable package. Any fans? I may be in the minority here. Talk about shows that didn't age well. The forced laughter is almost unbearable. Anybody else find the cheering and over the top applause by the audience like your team just scored a winning touchdown vomit inducing? Another show I can remember doing this - think they may have been around the same time - was a late night talk show. The Arsenio Hall Show. Loved Saturday Night Live poking fun at the show and the audience for their over the top adulation and fawning over the host. Rob Lowe plays a version of Hall - I used to love Married With Children, but I can't imagine watching it now, and without the benefit of being monumentally stoned, as I always was in those days. The female neighbour, whose name escapes me, was the funniest character, so I felt at the time. Marcy D'Arcy (née Rhoades) (played by Amanda Bearse.) Yeah her and her husband Jefferson (Ted McGinley) were good.
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Post by bluerisk on Jun 28, 2020 9:46:13 GMT
The 100 - episode six season seven (the Sanctum part is a snoozefest, but the wormhole/ancient alien race part is awesome). Doctor Who discs 04 to 06 of season five with this freakishly tall female ginger. Maybe I will also start to watch "My Doctor". The Seventh Doctor was the only one of the "old guard" that was ever shown on German telly back in the day (early to mid 80s on RTL PLus). I was a somewhere between kindergarten student a primary school pupil and it was both: highly confusing and very interesting. Maybe confusing because German TV station love to cut and re-edited foreign shows. Anyway: I got me the first volume on DVD I find the freakishly tall female ginger extremely attractive, and I don't usually go for model types. She seems to eat, though, so that helps. Anyway, Sylvester McCoy is the truly discerning DW fans' favourite, I recently rewatched his first story, Time And The Rani, and intend to start the next one very soon. I would say that his first series was slightly weaker than the others, but is still really good. Well, I have finished "Hungry Earth" yesterday which was good imho. The reptilia looked far better then expected after seeing only some probs with their protection masks and not their actual faces. Even the female reptilia were quite attractive. If this had been over here in Germany - or the US - they had wiped us out... The best things of this episode: we got rid of Rory! Just in case you are interested somewhat in "The 100": The 100 episode was a bummer. Too much Sanctum, and the other story arc was hardly developed. The other stone (like a star gate here) was only a few hundreds meter away, and that is all they did in this episode...with some whinching of Raven about the events of the worst episode ever: She had to send four worker to fix a nuclear reactor that was already leaking deadly radiation, but without telling them believing they wouldn't do the job, and thus all of Sanctum would be doomed. The leader found out when it was already too late for him, but fixed the reactor nonetheless. She feels guilty now, and the wife of the dead miner wants deadly revenge (of course she and her friends - former prison inmates - could stole them without any problems)---Sanctum crap. And by the way: the reactor malfunctioned because one the supervisor guy wanted to make out with his girlfriend - non authorized personnel anyone - and used a large wrench to block the control rod. Thy need to fix a control panel or fragile electronic device in the 100 - a sledgehammer will do. It's really a hit or miss now. There is nothing in between, which is why I'm only fast winding the Sanctum crap.
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Post by bluerisk on Jun 28, 2020 9:53:42 GMT
EDIT: Dark's final episodes have now about 2000+ vote with a 9.9 rating, none is rated worse then 9.3 (the first one, from there on only rising)
So I have hope they didn't have botched it up completely, but I'll wait till it is at 10.000 and not only the fanboys have rated it.
But it would be so great to have such a complex TV show finished properly...unlike Lost etc. pp.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jun 28, 2020 10:08:24 GMT
I can sort of agree with that review - Will Ferrell definitely phones in every appearance these days and does make a lot of films! Personally I rated it a 3/5 on tmdb. Meant to say that the guy who played the Russian George Michael was very good - Dan Stevens. Seems he was in Downtwn Abbey but I never watched that so hadn't seen him before...
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 28, 2020 10:13:04 GMT
I can sort of agree with that review - Will Ferrell definitely phones in every appearance these days and does make a lot of films! Personally I rated it a 3/5 on tmdb. Meant to say that the guy who played the Russian George Michael was very good - Dan Stevens. Seems he was in Downtwn Abbey but I never watched that so hadn't seen him before... Yeah, Dan Stevens is a decent actor. He sort of redefined himself after he was killed-off in Downtown Abbey. He even looks totally different from back then. He was the beast in Beauty and the Beast. He was also in a SciFi TV series called Legion on the Fx channel.
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