[Hatter313]

the market sequence with the different dimensions was really cool, but oh man was the rest of it a miss on almost every level. too bad too, I'd love to have some more offbeat space opera from that era of comics.

[Mateo Sanboval]

@Deaf - Mrs Sanboval, too.

@Inks - Same.

@Hatter - I enjoyed reading those books and, while I haven't made it as far as the installments upon which the film is based, I will likely continue to do so. In fact, apropos of nothing, I'm hearing the siren's call of a half-finished Tintin just this very moment...

[Hatter313]

@Deaf - Mrs Sanboval, too.

@Inks - Same.

@Hatter - I enjoyed reading those books and, while I haven't made it as far as the installments upon which the film is based, I will likely continue to do so. In fact, apropos of nothing, I'm hearing the siren's call of a half-finished Tintin just this very moment...

Love a good tintin, my grandfather had a bunch of them when i was growing up...now i'm wondering where they all went.

[ScoJo]

^ I could try and chime in here with a carefully crafted gem of meta-criticism, shot through with linguistic fireworks and perfectly honed put-downs.

This is a terrible, terrible film.

[Bezulsqy]

My 21st spaghetti western also counts as a giallo. Mario Bianchi's 1972 Hai sbagliato... dovevi uccidermi subito! a.k.a. Kill the Poker Player
Score by Carlo Savina.

[Bezulsqy]

^ parts of that score have been used in other movies. Some sound very familiar... I wish I had a better memory. Last piece of music also is featured in Ombre Roventi

[Bezulsqy]

Something completely different...

[static14]

Something completely different...

All day long.

[texasvinyl]

Had no idea these were on Amazon prime

[Mateo Sanboval]

Oh yeah. See you in September, Tex.

[ScoJo]

Anyone doing Westworld?

s2 is off to a killer start....and just started on e5, which looks like we're returning to 'East' World! ;-) Yessss!!!

[inksb]

Anyone doing Westworld?

s2 is off to a killer start....and just started on e5, which looks like we're returning to 'East' World! ;-) Yessss!!!

I've watched the first episode of S2 but haven't kept up. I have all the episodes queued up but the wife and I watch it together and we haven't had a lot of TV time toghether lately. So hopefully next week we'll get back to. Just finished up The Terror which I really enjoyed.




I watched Deodato's Cut & Run last night, I wasn't sure if I would dig it but I thought it was quite fun, way more violent than I anticiapted (guy getting ripped in half!). It was a fun 80's Italian action rip-off film. The new bluray from Code Red is pretty good looking, unrated scenes are SD due to them not being able to find film elements but it's not terrible. I liked Simonetti's score as well, nothing spectacular but I'd probably buy it if they released it.

[Mateo Sanboval]

Anyone doing Westworld?

s2 is off to a killer start....and just started on e5, which looks like we're returning to 'East' World! ;-) Yessss!!!

I'm two EPs in and, so far, pretty disappointed. I've taken a few weeks off and will attempt to catch up this evening. High hopes of course.

[inksb]

Last night's viewing


This film was way better than I anticipated. Linda Blair is pretty damn good, ends up being quite the badass, Linnea Quigley in a small role with no dialog but the entire plot hinges on events surrounding her. Pretty rough scene but I've had others tell me it's one of the worst they have ever seen, which I point every one to Irreversible as a counter point. Any one a fan of trashy 80's exploitation, check it out. The Code Red bluray is supposedly sold out so as of right now your only options would be DVD or streaming. I watched it on Amazon, the PQ was about DVD level and the AQ was horrible.

[inksb]

Pretty fun Women in Prison film. The part that I didn't like was the poor cats being thrown around and handled poorly. Any form of animal violence whether it's minor or full on killing bothers me.

Also watched this as well.


I've been hearing great things and I received a .99 rental from google play. It's brutal, the rape while mostly off screen is very tough (not a spoiler, it's the set up for film) to watch. The gore was top notch and cringe inducing at times. Recommended if you like revenge films. It's a rape-revenge film through a female directors lens.

[Bezulsqy]

@inksb Thanks for the reviews. I haven’t seen any of those. So many exploitation movies, so little time.

[inksb]

Agreed. My wife doesn't care as much for exploitation films so I watch a few movies a week with her and then she's in bed by 10 so I usually sneak in another piece of trash before I hit the pillow at 12-1. I have an unhealthy addiction to collecting blurays that's as bad if not worse than my music collecting.

[Mateo Sanboval]

Youre in the right place.

[inksb]

I would assume most of you who are into Exploitation films know this but just in case you don't, starting tomorrow and going until monday Vinegar Syndrome is having a half off almost everything sale on their website (this excludes the last few months of releases, but they will be on a slight sale). They usually have pretty good pricing on the shipping for both US and international. I'll be picking up a handful of releases, I usually get 4-5 every time they do one of these (which is twice a year).

[ChrisMcQueen007]

First time viewing - expect this to be an entertaining ride.

[inksb]

Wow. This was simply nothing like what I expected. I really liked it and respect Aronofsky for going where he went. I don't get anxious very often but this film made me uncomfortable through out most of it's run time and honestly the last time I felt that way for most of a film was probably Requiem for a Dream.

Also who ever made that poster is shamelessly ripping off Rosemary's Baby.

[ScoJo]

Wow. This was simply nothing like what I expected. I really liked it and respect Aronofsky for going where he went. I don't get anxious very often but this film made me uncomfortable through out most of it's run time and honestly the last time I felt that way for most of a film was probably Requiem for a Dream.

Also who ever made that poster is shamelessly ripping off Rosemary's Baby.

Loved this movie. I was sorry for DA that he felt he had to do so much pre-chewing/explanation of the movie before they'd even had a chance to see it and decide for themselves (seriously, 5-page press release??) which I fear had the effect of pre-disposing critics and viewers to dig their heels and fold arms in a 'okay, come on then Mr Fancy Pants' kinda way. Taken simply on it's own terms there was just nothing else quite as batshit and bold in mainstream cinema last year.

Annnnyway......now re-watching, haven't seen it since the 90s!

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[static14]

[inksb]

@ScoJo I agree, it's a shame that Darren had to go on the defensive with that and try to explain everything. It didn't need it.


I had grand plans to watch lots of films this weekend but weather was too damn nice and I spent one day on the lake in a boat and the other working in the yard. I did squeeze these two in though.



Spasms is a really low budget snake slasher film. It's kinda fun, has some terrible / entertaining giant snake effects, nothing really special but if you like C or D grade horror films check it out.

Strangers Prey At Night is a more entertaining film than the original but it's lacking the tension of the original. This one has more kills, gore and better effects. The soundtrack is really fun. I don't really care for the original all that much, home invasion films don't really do too much for me but they are both effective for what they are. If you liked the first there is no reason you wouldn't like this one and you may even like it if you didn't like the first one, I did.

[Bezulsqy]

After a shit day yesterday, today a day off and now I am sitting in the cinema for a noon screening of 2001: a space odyssey.
Has been 10
Years since I have last seen it. And never on the big screen.
Only thee people in the theater... always nice. Almost a private screening :-)