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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2019 0:47:23 GMT
Awesome suggestions from everyone, cheers! It brings up a good point too. For me, I tend to think of films like Spacehunter (a Han Solo adventure on the Planet of Mad Max) or Krull (probably the closest we've gotten to a D&D film) as B-films. Highly inventive, nearly seamless, but tend to be missing... something. Some component that doesn't quite push them over the line (the 1982 voiceover version Blade Runner would qualify). Either because of the budget, the production choices or because of hiccups in its storytelling. Krull's interesting because it's a B-movie story, very much in the style of the time, with a blockbuster budget:
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There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on May 26, 2019 1:26:17 GMT
... or Krull (probably the closest we've gotten to a D&D film) ... ... apart from the genuine articles here, of course: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Dungeons_%26_Dragons_filmswhich are uniformly average to poor, which is why they slip under the radar. My own suggestions for B-movies would be Beastmaster, Sword And The Sorceror (which borrows VERY heavily from Robert E. Howard’s only Conan novel, The Hour Of The Dragon, which is BRILLIANT!), Tremors, They Live and Repo Man.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on May 26, 2019 1:55:40 GMT
Behind the Curve. Interesting documentary about the phenomenon of flat-Earthers. It hits quite a wide spectrum of emotional notes. wow.. I now must see this.. It's fascinating they feel/believe this way despite all the evidence.
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Post by Digi on May 26, 2019 3:57:25 GMT
Alien
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Post by muckypup on May 26, 2019 4:48:41 GMT
Awesome suggestions from everyone, cheers! It brings up a good point too. For me, I tend to think of films like Spacehunter (a Han Solo adventure on the Planet of Mad Max) or Krull (probably the closest we've gotten to a D&D film) as B-films. Highly inventive, nearly seamless, but tend to be missing... something. Some component that doesn't quite push them over the line (the 1982 voiceover version Blade Runner would qualify). Either because of the budget, the production choices or because of hiccups in its storytelling. Krull's interesting because it's a B-movie story, very much in the style of the time, with a blockbuster budget: Personally I like hawk the slayer better......
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Post by whiskeybrewer on May 26, 2019 10:35:24 GMT
The Scorpion King Still a fun fantasy film. The Rock does have a lot of charm and He gets to fight Michael Clarke Duncan
Jurassic World Its a good film, but doesnt quite have the full charm after repeated viewing that the first film does
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot An enjoyable Comedy Drama starring Tina Fey and what a supporting cast
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Post by frisby78 on May 26, 2019 21:22:02 GMT
The Snorkel. A cracking little Hammer thriller.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on May 28, 2019 15:15:24 GMT
Doctor Strange A fun film and a great introduction to the Multiverse and all its craziness. Also i now have a theory about the final end credits scene {Spoiler} We could say it takes place in the 5 year gap between Infinity War and Endgame Z for Zachariah A slow thought provoking drama and a great three hander. Shame it bombed at the box office
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2019 20:06:32 GMT
The Raven Vincent Price and Roger Corman's best of the Poe cycle, I think. Others prefer Fall Of The House Of Usher or Pit And The Pendulum but the interplay here between Price and Peter Lorre, then Boris Karloff just makes it so impossibly warm and charming. Arrow's Six Gothic Tales boxset is one of the best boxsets I own, and I own quite a lot. Yet this is just so impossibly jampacked full of extras, great restorations and a wonderful hardback book - including reprints of comic book versions of all 6 movies, that it's just perfect. Long out of print but the films are available individually so it's only the book you'd lose. Shout/Scream Factory released some of these in the US but the PQ was lacking and the extras pale next to these - though they did have some cool intros to the films from Price recorded for PBS in the 80s.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 0:53:22 GMT
The Raven Vincent Price and Roger Corman's best of the Poe cycle, I think. Others prefer Fall Of The House Of Usher or Pit And The Pendulum but the interplay here between Price and Peter Lorre, then Boris Karloff just makes it so impossibly warm and charming. [...] Ah, they always had a wonderful spark those two. The wine-tasting competition in Tales of Terror is a highlight purely for that great chemistry. There were plans for a television series of Price and Lorre attempting to recover priceless antiques for themselves by hook or crook, but unfortunately it never got further than a pilot episode.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 15:49:35 GMT
The Raven Vincent Price and Roger Corman's best of the Poe cycle, I think. Others prefer Fall Of The House Of Usher or Pit And The Pendulum but the interplay here between Price and Peter Lorre, then Boris Karloff just makes it so impossibly warm and charming. [...] Ah, they always had a wonderful spark those two. The wine-tasting competition in Tales of Terror is a highlight purely for that great chemistry. There were plans for a television series of Price and Lorre attempting to recover priceless antiques for themselves by hook or crook, but unfortunately it never got further than a pilot episode. I think we can get a glimpse of what that show would have been in the quite oddball Comedy Of Terrors. Their graveyard routines as the crooked undertakers is quite wonderful. The film isn't the best - and it's not the sendoff Jacques Tourneur deserved - but it's worth it for the business Price and Lorre come up with. Reading the book with the bluray, the set wasn't the happiest on The Raven - Lorre and Jack Nicholson did not get on well and Karloff was much more immobile than Corman thought, with his chronic pain leading him to be quite difficult at times. Still - the film itself works a treat.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 19:43:19 GMT
These are 100% going into my collection but maybe a few others here fancy picking them up so I thought I'd share - Second Sight's deluxe blurays of Asylum and The House That Dripped Blood - two of the best Amicus anthologies. Absolutely LOADS of Who connections too, obviously Pertwee being one of the stars of House but also Peter Cushing, Geoffrey Bayldon, Richard Todd, Ingrid Pitt and plenty more. Pertwee is having a blast in his almost self parodying story. He's pretty much wearing his Season 7 costume too ASYLUM Limited Edition Contents
• Rigid Slipcase Featuring New Artwork by Graham Humphreys • 40 page booklet with new essays by Allan Bryce, Jon Towlson and Kat Ellinger Special Features
• Audio Commentary with Director Roy Ward Baker and Camera Operator Neil Binney • ‘Two’s a Company’: 1972 On-set BBC report featuring interviews with Producer Milton Subotsky, Director Roy Ward Baker, Actors Charlotte Rampling, James Villiers, Megs Jenkins, Art Director Tony Curtis and Production Manager Teresa Bolland • Screenwriter David J. Schow on Writer Robert Bloch • Fiona Subotsky Remembers Milton Subotsky • Inside The Fear Factory Featurette with Directors Roy Ward Baker, Freddie Francis and Producer Max J. Rosenberg • Theatrical Trailer THE HOUSE THAT DRIPPED BLOOD Limited Edition Contents
• Rigid Slipcase Featuring New Artwork by Graham Humphreys • 40 page soft cover book with new essays by Allan Bryce, Jon Towlson and Kat Ellinger Special Features
• Audio Commentary with Director Peter Duffell and Author Jonathan Rigby • Audio Commentary with Film Historian and Author Troy Howarth • Interview with Second Assistant Director Mike Higgins • A Rated Horror Film - Vintage featurette featuring interviews with Director Peter Duffell and Actors Geoffrey Bayldon, Ingrid Pitt and Chloe Franks • Theatrical Trailers • Amicus Radio Spots • Stills Gallery The limited editions from Second Sight in these hardback boxes tend to sell out fast (The Changeling and When A Stranger Calls most recently flew off the shelves) so get 'em while you can.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2019 0:49:02 GMT
Ah, they always had a wonderful spark those two. The wine-tasting competition in Tales of Terror is a highlight purely for that great chemistry. There were plans for a television series of Price and Lorre attempting to recover priceless antiques for themselves by hook or crook, but unfortunately it never got further than a pilot episode. I think we can get a glimpse of what that show would have been in the quite oddball Comedy Of Terrors. Their graveyard routines as the crooked undertakers is quite wonderful. The film isn't the best - and it's not the sendoff Jacques Tourneur deserved - but it's worth it for the business Price and Lorre come up with. Reading the book with the bluray, the set wasn't the happiest on The Raven - Lorre and Jack Nicholson did not get on well and Karloff was much more immobile than Corman thought, with his chronic pain leading him to be quite difficult at times. Still - the film itself works a treat. It has such a bubbly atmosphere, you wouldn't know otherwise, yeah. I guess that's testament to the professionalism of the actors. It's nice to see Price in the role of an innocent, he ends up being rather classically charming. And the magical duels are worth the price of admission alone. Particularly the last one with all the inventive methods of dispatch at Karloff and Price's fingertips. I'm always reminded of the duel between Merlin and Madam Mim from The Sword in the Stone, which came out the same year. From memory, the Comedy of Terrors role of the landlord, Mr Black, was originally meant for Karloff, but his condition was enough that it was taken up by the seemingly indestructible Basil Rathbone. Nice surprise catching it on television that first time, I wasn't aware Rathbone was still acting in the 60s. I'd thought that The Court Jester or something near it had been his last. It's a shame we only got three films from Price and Lorre (which the more I say, the more my brain wants to conflate with Fry and Laurie). They seem the archetypal double act. I'm certain I've seen those two undertaker characters homaged (deliberately or inadvertantly) in other things.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on May 31, 2019 21:03:53 GMT
Booksmart....the teen feminist coming-of-age movie that everyone needs in their life. Funny, smart and perceptive.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2019 7:47:04 GMT
Godzilla KOTM, finally we get to see Godzilla kick some monsters ass (no annoying cutaways here Godzilla come to chew bubblegum & kick ass & he's all out of bubblegum), the battles are spectacularly shot but the character arcs are a little weak & underdeveloped which for me meant when Godzilla ain't on-screen the film became a little dull.
But come on you ain't going to see a Godzilla movie for the characters.
I rate it 3/5.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 7:45:45 GMT
No Escape, as recommended by @timelord007. Bless you, sir, Martin Campbell is something of a silver bullet when it comes to directors for me. I'd no idea he made this. Made for a fun afternoon.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jun 2, 2019 12:14:38 GMT
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) While fun and extremely enjoyable, the character arcs could have done with a lot of work. And also the introducing of so many characters at once didnt help
The Simpsons Movie Still a laugh.
Tango and Cash Cheesy 80's goodness. still wonder what the original version would have been like
Pulp Fiction A Classic. Wonder if someone edited this to be chronological
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 12:31:00 GMT
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) While fun and extremely enjoyable, the character arcs could have done with a lot of work. And also the introducing of so many characters at once didnt help The Simpsons Movie Still a laugh. Tango and Cash Cheesy 80's goodness. still wonder what the original version would have been like Pulp Fiction A Classic. Wonder if someone edited this to be chronologicalThey have indeed. Tango and Cash, now there's a film I need to revisit. Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell have some great chemistry. It would've made a great television series in its day.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 13:04:26 GMT
No Escape, as recommended by @timelord007 . Bless you, sir, Martin Campbell is something of a silver bullet when it comes to directors for me. I'd no idea he made this. Made for a fun afternoon. Glad you enjoyed it, Stuart Wilson as Marek was brilliant & nice see Ray Llotta play a good guy for once even if he's more anti-hero, No Escape also star's B movie legend Lance Henriksen as the Father as well as several well known actor's like Ian McNiece, Don Henderson, Jack Shepard.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2019 13:08:29 GMT
Godzilla KOTM, Epic monster smackdowns don't mean s..t if there's no character arcs or drama, the plot is just plain ridiculous "i hate how the world going so I'll summon 17 Titans to destroy it" really? It probably took 6 writers to come up with that idea. And still they cutaway during fights to focus on various characters that are poorly written & don't care about just show a complete fight without cuttingcaway. Hollywood leave Godzilla to Toho & just stick to making stupendous Michael Bay flicks. This gets 2/5. For me personally Kong Skull Island was far more entertaining than these two Godzilla flicks.
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