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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 18, 2014 21:58:16 GMT -5
One of my favourite 60s movies...One Million Years B.C...dinosaurs ruled the earth and Raquel Welch ruled men. My mom saw this in the cinema when she was in kindergarten and it's one of her chosen classics  This movie is amazing! I like the way you can start watching at any point, or walk out at any point, and it doesn't make any more or less sense than if you watched the whole thing.
Actually, I think I've only watched it from start to finish one time.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 19, 2014 5:11:30 GMT -5
The poster for the movie with Raquel was hung up in tens of millions of boys' bedrooms across the world
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 19, 2014 8:45:58 GMT -5
The Enforcer (1951)
Humphrey Bogart,Ted de Corsia,Zero Mostel,Everett Sloane,Bob Steele
D-Bretaigne Windust/Raoul Walsh
After years of pursuit, Assistant D.A. Martin Ferguson (Bogart)has a good case against Murder, Inc. boss Albert Mendoza (Sloane). Mendoza is in jail and his lieutenant Joseph Rico (de Corsia)is going to testify. But Rico falls to his death and Ferguson must work through the night going over everything to build the case anew.
A few days ago I reviewed Murder,Inc. This is the same film done 10 years prior.However this version,though it boasts the talents of Bogart,is the inferior film.For one thing,all names have been changed from real-life.Also many events here have been fictionalized starting with the first scene.In the movie,the mobster about to testify climbs out a window on the eve of the trial trying to escape and falls to his death in front of witnesses. In real life as in Murder,Inc. he was found dead from the fall with no witnesses.To this day its unsure if a cop killed him or the mob or if it was suicide.In real life,Louis Lepke's Murder,Inc was a Jewish mob based out of Brooklyn.In the enforcer they all seem Italian. Murder,Inc's story is told from the criminal viewpoint and features the psychotic evil of the chief hitman Kid Twist (Falk). The Enforcer comes from the District Attorney's point of view via the frustrated Bogart. Murder,Inc is a linear movie,The Enforcer has several flashbacks
Its very interesting comparing the two films.The Enforcer is a decent film noir.The various villians are all very good (de Corsia,Sloane,Mostel and more) but none come close to the outragious Peter Falk.Director Windust was hospitalized towards the end of the film's shooting and Bogart called in his friend Walsh to complete it.Walsh did not want to rake any credit. 7 of 10 stars
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Post by Rob Allen on Jun 19, 2014 18:02:12 GMT -5
One of my favourite 60s movies...One Million Years B.C...dinosaurs ruled the earth and Raquel Welch ruled men. My mom saw this in the cinema when she was in kindergarten and it's one of her chosen classics This movie came out in 1966, and your mom was in kindergarten. I turned 10 that year. |
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 19, 2014 18:11:06 GMT -5
One of my favourite 60s movies...One Million Years B.C...dinosaurs ruled the earth and Raquel Welch ruled men. My mom saw this in the cinema when she was in kindergarten and it's one of her chosen classics This movie came out in 1966, and your mom was in kindergarten. I turned 10 that year. I turned 12 that year.Went to see the Batman movie with Adam West as well |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jun 19, 2014 19:10:53 GMT -5
The poster for the movie with Raquel was hung up in tens of millions of boys' bedrooms across the world And in Shawshank State Pen, IIRC. |
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Post by Jesse on Jun 20, 2014 3:49:05 GMT -5
TCM Silent Sundays is showing the 1920 version of The Mark of Zorro this weekend. I remember it being really fun the first time I watched it.  |
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Post by shaxper on Jun 20, 2014 7:17:44 GMT -5
TCM Silent Sundays is showing the 1920 version of The Mark of Zorro this weekend. I remember it being really fun the first time I watched it. As much as I love Douglas Fairbanks and generally prefer originals over remakes, I definitely like the Tyrone Powers Zorro better. |
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Post by Jasoomian on Jun 20, 2014 7:39:16 GMT -5
Those films always remind me of the tragedy of Dr. & Mrs. Thomas wayne.
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Post by MDG on Jun 20, 2014 15:03:42 GMT -5
Against my better judgement, I re-watched Dario Argento's Phenomena. It's loaded with some neat things--killer loose at a European girls' school, a fly that can detect dead bodies from miles away, a girl who communicates with insects, a deformed killer child, a vengeful helper monkey with a straight razor, Donald Pleasance--but they're all just stuck in a blender so the movie comes off as a mess.
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A couple of really good crime noirs: Crashout ('55) and Time Table ('56)
One of my favorites, The Brainiac (El Baron del Terror)
Supervixens (again)
Curse of the Blood Ghouls (aka Slaughter of the Vampires)
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Post by Hoosier X on Jun 20, 2014 15:13:06 GMT -5
Oh god! Not The Brainiac! I had completely forgotten that. Este pelicula es LO-COOOO!
Did you ever see The Curse of the Crying Woman? I like to mention that story to people from Mexico or Central America and hear their great stories about their mothers or their aunts scaring them into being good by saying La Llorona will take them away if they misbehave.
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Post by Jesse on Jun 20, 2014 17:25:09 GMT -5
Film Noir Favorites- The Third Man (1949)
- The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
- Vertigo (1958)
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- Touch of Evil (1958)
- Strangers on a Train (1951)
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
- The Stranger (1946)
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
- In Cold Blood (1967)
- Suspicion (1941)
- Notorious (1946)
- I Confess (1953)
As much as I love Douglas Fairbanks and generally prefer originals over remakes, I definitely like the Tyrone Powers Zorro better. The low quality of the version I watched on cable really took me out of it. I'd like to revisit the restored version when I get the chance. Those films always remind me of the tragedy of Dr. & Mrs. Thomas wayne. The main reason I checked it out was it's influencing Bob Kane and it being the film Bruce Wayne watches with his parents the night they are murdered. 
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Post by gothos on Jun 20, 2014 17:37:50 GMT -5
Oh god! Not The Brainiac! I had completely forgotten that. Este pelicula es LO-COOOO! Did you ever see The Curse of the Crying Woman? I like to mention that story to people from Mexico or Central America and hear their great stories about their mothers or their aunts scaring them into being good by saying La Llorona will take them away if they misbehave. I remember liking CRYING WOMAN, though I haven't seen it in roughly 20 yrs.
I was surprised that upon re-watching BRAINIAC the other year, it wasn't all that "loco" except for the unique design of the Brainiac himself. Take him out, substitute a routine vampire, and you've got a routine horror flick.
Another wild Mex-horror film is CURSE OF THE DOLL PEOPLE.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Jun 20, 2014 23:31:29 GMT -5
I haven't posted a movie review for a while and for a good reason.I have watched some very,very strange films recently and need to take some time to wrap my brain around them. A Japanese horror/comedy,a pre-code musical and a John Ford title.I'm going to watch a Disney animated classic to snap back to normal. See you tomorrow
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jun 20, 2014 23:40:18 GMT -5
Against my better judgement, I re-watched Dario Argento's Phenomena. It's loaded with some neat things--killer loose at a European girls' school, a fly that can detect dead bodies from miles away, a girl who communicates with insects, a deformed killer child, a vengeful helper monkey with a straight razor, Donald Pleasance--but they're all just stuck in a blender so the movie comes off as a mess. Also: A couple of really good crime noirs: Crashout ('55) and Time Table ('56) One of my favorites, The Brainiac (El Baron del Terror) Supervixens (again) Curse of the Blood Ghouls (aka Slaughter of the Vampires) What of his would you recommend. I really liked his version of Dracula that was on Netflix at one time. And I think I'd still like to watch it. I don't there's anything Donald Pleasance is in that I haven't enjoyed to some extent. There was that odd B&W Polanski (I think) movie where he was effeminate and wearing women's clothes. They were being robbed by some oafish opportunist criminals. But yeah would like to watch some Argento movies. |
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