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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jun 23, 2023 23:16:50 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 25, 2023 8:05:06 GMT
GODZILLA VS MEGALON 1973 - Been decades since I saw this (maybe even at a drive-in) and I still remember the floating fish toy at the start and Jet Jaguar. This is not one of the better Godzilla entries. Has one of the most laid back attitudes on AI--the inventor's robot develops a mind of its own and the creator is acting pretty calm about it. Then again, when atomic bombs can create giant lizard superfriends, there's not much to worry about I guess.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jun 25, 2023 14:05:48 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jun 28, 2023 10:21:44 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 1, 2023 3:47:02 GMT
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Post by llanwydd on Jul 1, 2023 7:36:40 GMT
Can I mention the last movie I DID'NT finish watching. I just watched an hour and a half of Lisztomania on TCM. Total garbage. Just a well financed director playing with a camera. I watched it for Rick Wakeman who wrote some of the music and supposedly appears in it (I didn't see him). If you like Wakeman, listen to The Six Wives of Henry VIII and Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record. Skip the film.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 3, 2023 13:50:36 GMT
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Post by forca85 on Jul 4, 2023 17:52:52 GMT
"Seperate Tables". I generally thought it was pretty good. A bit similar to others like "Hotel" or "Weekend at the Waldorf". This was a first time watch. It had a great cast.
Also watched Hitchcock's "Notorious" again after about 23 years. It held up for me. And I like it above "Casa Blanca" which might be a Spicy take. It's probably my least favorite Bogie film.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 4, 2023 18:28:05 GMT
Tiger of the Seven Seas 1962
I like this film a lot--works in rewatches. Basically a better version of Cutthroat Island. It is a woman-led pirate movie-the main pirate but also the architect of intrigues is a trophy wife of the dim-witted governor--she is running the state behind his back and conniving to get a pirate treasure so she can have higher standing with her noble peers. But she isn't a villain--she's good-natured and that makes it unusually appealing-she is always smiling and flattering. Her husband is too stupid to know that she is running everything.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 6, 2023 10:08:06 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 11, 2023 2:22:32 GMT
LEPKE - 1975 Tony Curtis in a proto-Cannon film which has some gore and slight nudity but still feels more like some cheap studio backlot 1930s gangster film. There's something antiquated about it and the only character who seems to show any sympathy is Milton Berle. There's a minor character (a hit man who resembles john Hillerman) who commits various murders and then is comically depressed that he has to be executed because he botched a job.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 11, 2023 12:15:39 GMT
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 13, 2023 21:25:24 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 14, 2023 5:12:57 GMT
LADY ICE - 1973 - A jewel caper starring Donald Sutherland, Jennifer O'Neil, Robert Duvall, and Eric Braedan. How is it that I never heard of it before? Simple reason--it sucks. I am guessing it was made as some kind of tax write-off. Judging from Sutherland's plastic grin he was just collecting a pay check and Florida vacation (his hair stylist got a special credit). Patrick Magee also shows up--I am assuming he happened to be in the area and they enlisted him for a couple of scenes. Released 50 years ago today--as if anyone cares.
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Post by Chalice_Of_Evil on Jul 16, 2023 1:59:40 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 16, 2023 7:36:44 GMT
Live Again, Die Again 1974 - Great tv movie concept marred by a hectic subplot. A woman (Donna Mills) is brought back to life from a 34-year cryogenic sleep (they devote some dialogue to explaining how they could dethaw someone without tissue damage) to find her husband near death and her grown children older than her (and one of them is mentally disturbed). The murder subplot detracts from what could have been a more compelling exploration of the idea--but it does generate some poignancy and ending.
DIXIE DYNAMITE 1976- Basically a prototype for Thelma and Louise but with the addition of Warren Oates as a (what else?) good ol' boy. It had the requisite stunts and comedy and plenty of banjo music on the soundtrack.
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jul 16, 2023 9:31:14 GMT
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 22, 2023 6:20:01 GMT
ZORRO'S BLACK WHIP 1944 Chapters 1-3 Finally I am back to my Zorro chronology project. I have tried to watch every Zorro film made since 1920 (there may be a French version I could not locate) and after the Tyrone Power film, there's this Republic serial which is not about Zorro--and not set in California. It is 1890s Idaho and the masked avenger is the Black Whip. Zorro did not use a whip in the Fairbanks film--his son did in the sequel.
I don't recall a whip being used in the other two serials. There's another distinction about this--the Black Whip is mortally wounded in the first chapter--and his sister takes over. They don't waste time on dialogue between the siblings and there's also no one to say "but you're a woman! You can't do a man's job!" It is refreshing that they skip that kind of standard dialogue. No one cares (at least after 3 chapters--I am going to continue with it since it is quite long). So far it is not one of the situations where the woman is assuming the fake wimp identity in the daytime. They all know that she is determined independent newspaper owner. There is an elderly employee of hers and she always says: "I've got to go help Vic (a federal agent who is doing a fair bit of the action but keeps getting in trouble)!" and the guy always responds "but but Miss Meredith! You can't go-you can't do-!" and that's that. There's no snarky attitude from her which is also refreshing. I don't know how much of the stunt work was done by the star but clearly she or another woman is doing the fast riding and whip work and some of the fight scenes. And this is not a case where she is kicking butt either. The fights are choreographed specifically so that she lands some blows but also can't overpower the men--unless she uses her legs which makes it more realistic. They make it more believable that she can overcome the obstacles without super powers.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 23, 2023 7:12:45 GMT
ZORRO'S BLACK WHIP Chapters 4-9 Barbara Meredith continues to fight the bad guys who want to prevent statehood for Idaho with government agent Vic Gordon. The bad guys surmise that she must be the Black Whip but when Vic discovers her secret hide out and the costume of her brother--he dons the identity to rescue her for a change. This is where the "this is no job for a girl" line comes in--he says he can take over for her. She doesn't get offended and tells him she must keep it up since he has to pretend to be a mild-mannered land surveyor. He doesn't protest.
Interesting names they have --Barbara Meredith, Vic Gordon---Barbara Gordon?
I would not be a bit surprised to learn that Batgirl came from this.
THE LAST AMERICAN HERO 1973 -- Jeff Bridges is a hillbilly stock car racer with not as many stock southerner stereotypes-----no Confederacy laments or hick corrupt cops. You do have the moonshiner daddy and Gary Busey as his brother, Valerie Perrine as a race car groupie, Ned Beatty, Ed Lauter, Lane Smith, and William Smith (who is not the typical tough guy persona in this). The race scenes are exciting. Came out 50 years ago this week.
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Post by louise on Jul 25, 2023 18:35:02 GMT
We’re No Angels (1955). Seen it many many times but never get tired of it. Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray are such a joy as the three convicts. Not forgetting Adolph of course.
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