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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 3, 2015 1:42:01 GMT -5
Home From The Hill (1959) Robert Mitchum, Eleanor Parker, George Peppard, George Hamilton
Mitchum is a Texan macho rancher married to Eleanor. He promised his wife Eleanor to let her raise their son. Now he's a mommas boy. Mitchum will now take over to teach him to be a man
Big sprawling melodrama. Mitchum takes a look at his boy's bedroom, decked out with a butterfly collection, some comic books and a telescope. "Come to my room and see how a man lives" Mitchum's room has a bar, a bear skin rug, a gun collection and mounted hunting trophies. George Hamilton, the son, wants to be like daddy
At 150 minutes, it kept my interest. Mitchum's one of my favorites. Hokey but great characterization. Lots of good hound dog action as well
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 3, 2015 1:53:23 GMT -5
Deadline At Dawn (1946) Susan Haywood, Paul Lukas
A sailor on leave in Manhattan is on a drinking binge and goes up to a girls apartment. He blacks out for about an hour and discovers himself back on the street with $1400 in his pocket. He returns to the apartment to give back the money only to find the girl is murdered
A terrific little mystery film. Susan Haywood is a dancehall girl helping the sailor find the killer which could even be himself. Paul Lukas as the cab driver also playing the sleuth. Lots of shady characters, a ticking clock and a script by Clifford Odetts with some very strange but compelling dialogue. Catch it wherever you can. On DVD as part of Warner Bros Film Noir Classic Collection Vol 5
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Post by dupersuper on Dec 3, 2015 12:26:36 GMT -5
Gremlins The story itself has all the hallmarks of writer Chris Columbus' other films he worked on like Home Alone and The Goonies The writer of Goonies and Gremlins wrote Home Alone? Did he have a stroke or head injury in the late 80s?
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 3, 2015 12:55:08 GMT -5
Gremlins The story itself has all the hallmarks of writer Chris Columbus' other films he worked on like Home Alone and The Goonies The writer of Goonies and Gremlins wrote Home Alone? Did he have a stroke or head injury in the late 80s? He directed Home Alone and wrote the other two
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 4, 2015 1:08:42 GMT -5
Excalibur (1981) Directed by John Boorman Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicol Williamson, Paul Geoffrey, Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson
The story of King Arthur from how Excalibur became embedded in the stone until the Fall of Camelot
Possibly my favorite rendition of the King Arthur epic. Nicol Williamson is spectacular as Merlin. Nigel Terry is able to transform from a doofy young lad pulling the sword out of the stone to a regal king. John Boorman is at the top of his game, the way knights would actualy battle clad in heavy suits of armor seems most believable. Patrick Stewart gets a plum role as one of the knights and yes, he was bald at this point. Liam Neeson's first film role. I can't quibble about this production. 3 1/2 stars of 4
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 4, 2015 1:15:51 GMT -5
50 First Dates (2004) Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore
A Hawaiian playboy falls for a girl who because of a brain injury, has no short term memory. Every morning she awakes to the day before the accident, forgetting everything that occurred since.
Maybe my favorite Sandler film. Neither super silly nor a gross out comedy, its just funny, wonderfully acted and touchingly sentimental too. Drew Barrymore really makes this film. Sandler sometimes gets upstaged by his walrus friend. And some quick scenes with Dan Ackroyd. A great movie for couples to see together
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Post by batlaw on Dec 4, 2015 6:46:12 GMT -5
Excalibur (1981) Directed by John Boorman Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicol Williamson, Paul Geoffrey, Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson The story of King Arthur from how Excalibur became embedded in the stone until the Fall of Camelot Possibly my favorite rendition of the King Arthur epic. Nicol Williamson is spectacular as Merlin. Nigel Terry is able to transform from a doofy young lad pulling the sword out of the stone to a regal king. John Boorman is at the top of his game, the way knights would actualy battle clad in heavy suts of armor seems most believable. Patrick Stewart gets a plum role as one of the knights and yes, he was bald at this point. Liam Neeson's first film role. I can't quibble about this production. 3 1/2 stars of 4 Still probably in my top ten favorite movies ever.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 4, 2015 10:51:28 GMT -5
The Ape Man (1943) Bela Lugosi
Bela the scientist, for unknown reasons, injects himself with ape serum. He grows hairy palms, a bushy beard and walks bent over. He begins to sleep in a cage with a man wearing an ape suit. Bela needs spinal fluid injections from live humans to feel better. That won't stop him sleeping with the man in the ape suit. Intrepid reporters solve this mystery
Poor Bela, who only wanted to be cast in respectable movies instead of these poverty row film studio quickies.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 4, 2015 11:29:52 GMT -5
The Ape Man (1943) Bela Lugosi Bela the scientist, for unknown reasons, injects himself with ape serum. He grows hairy palms, a bushy beard and walks bent over. He begins to sleep in a cage with a man wearing an ape suit. Bela needs spinal fluid injections from live humans to feel better. That won't stop him sleeping with the man in the ape suit. Intrepid reporters solve this mystery Poor Bela, who only wanted to be cast in respectable movies instead of these poverty row film studio quickies. OMG! I love this movie so much! It's no Bowery at Midnight or Voodoo Man or The Corpse Vanishes but it's a laugh-riot from start to finish.
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 4, 2015 11:37:29 GMT -5
Excalibur (1981) Directed by John Boorman Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicol Williamson, Paul Geoffrey, Patrick Stewart, Liam Neeson The story of King Arthur from how Excalibur became embedded in the stone until the Fall of Camelot Possibly my favorite rendition of the King Arthur epic. Nicol Williamson is spectacular as Merlin. Nigel Terry is able to transform from a doofy young lad pulling the sword out of the stone to a regal king. John Boorman is at the top of his game, the way knights would actualy battle clad in heavy suits of armor seems most believable. Patrick Stewart gets a plum role as one of the knights and yes, he was bald at this point. Liam Neeson's first film role. I can't quibble about this production. 3 1/2 stars of 4 I like it a lot too. Still, my favorite King Arthur movie is Monty Python and the Holy Grail. And I've read Malory's Le Mort D'Arthur. I got the Norton Critical Edition, which is based on the 1485 edition, so it's the way Malory wrote it, with "Queen" spelled "Queyne" or "Quene," often both ways in the same sentence. When you read Malory, you realize that Monty Python and the Holy Grail is not the least faithful version of the Arthur legend! Somebody among the Pythons was very familiar with the weird, random and dream-like nature of Le Mort D'Arthur.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 4, 2015 23:19:01 GMT -5
Gigi (1958) Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jordan, Hermoine Gingold, Eva Gabor
Jordan is a rich and bored playboy in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. Gigi a young girl being groomed by her mother to becoming a cultured mistress for an older man of aristocracy. Chevalier sings "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" . When asked if that song comes off a bit creepy and what went on with him and the little girls, he sings "Ah Yes, I Remember It Well"
Winner of 9 Oscars, everything it was nominated for including Best Picture. Lush and opulent prodution values as only MGM could pull off back then. I'm not the biggest fan of musicals but I got through it. I kept picturing Audrey Hepburn starring in this but I guess she was busy. The fact that Gigi was being trained to be a courtesan caused Hollywood censors to raise a ruckus. I will never understand the appeal of Maurice Chevalier. Lots of poodles and parasols
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 5, 2015 12:04:21 GMT -5
Gigi (1958) Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jordan, Hermoine Gingold, Eva Gabor Jordan is a rich and bored playboy in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. Gigi a young girl being groomed by her mother to becoming a cultured mistress for an older man of aristocracy. Chevalier sings "Thank Heaven For Little Girls" . When asked if that song comes off a bit creepy and what went on with him and the little girls, he sings "Ah Yes, I Remember It Well" Winner of 9 Oscars, everything it was nominated for including Best Picture. Lush and opulent prodution values as only MGM could pull off back then. I'm not the biggest fan of musicals but I got through it. I kept picturing Audrey Hepburn starring in this but I guess she was busy. The fact that Gigi was being trained to be a courtesan caused Hollywood censors to raise a ruckus. I will never understand the appeal of Maurice Chevalier. Lots of poodles and parasols I haven't seen much early Chevalier, but I did see The Smiling Lieutenant many years ago, and he's magical in that. That movie alone has helped me understand his long-lasting appeal. (And I also think his appearance on the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour is a hilarious highlight for a show that was frequently not very good.) Of course, Chevalier is not even present in my favorite Maurice Chevalier moment. In Monkey Business, where the Marx Brothers are trying to get off the ship and they've somehow gotten hold of Maurice Chevalier's passport and, one at a time, they try to get off the ship with Chevalier's passport. "You don't look like Chevalier!"
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 5, 2015 12:19:11 GMT -5
The Gorilla (1939) The Ritz Brothers, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill
Police are hunting for a murderous gorilla . A wealthy man living in a huge dark house gets a threatening letter that the gorilla will kill him at midnight. His niece and boyfriend just happen to show up that evening. They are not intrepid reporters. The Butler, Bela Lugosi lets them in. The comedy (?) team of the Ritz Brothers also arrive to protect the wealthy man. The maid always screams and acts afraid. The thunderstorm rages outside all night. The lights keep going out. There are dozens of secret passageways in the dark house.
Poor Bela, who only wanted to be cast in respectable movies instead of poverty row film studio quickies. And here, with a respected film studio like 20th Century Fox, he's 4th billed and still hanging out with apes. Probably sleeping with them to. It's a Ritz Brothers movie and their mugging gets very tiresome after 10 minutes
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Dec 5, 2015 12:27:31 GMT -5
The Full Monty (1997) Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson
6 unemployed steelworkers in Shepperton, England- a town in a severe recession. They notice a nearby Chippendales is making money with male strippers and a huge amount of female paying customers. Can these bunch of losers learn the trade of stripe tease? And to outdo the competition, will they go with The Full Monty?
A hilarious independent English film. The accents and slang are quite thick to an American's ear and I probably missed many funny lines but still its a great film. Highly recommended. Great stripe tease songs as well
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Post by Hoosier X on Dec 5, 2015 14:21:10 GMT -5
After almost a week of feeling a bit Norma-Shearered-out, I finally watched the last Norma Shearer movie that I had DVRed in November.
It was We Were Dancing, with Melvyn Douglas, Gail Patrick and Marjorie Main as a judge hearing a divorce case.
It was pleasant and mildly entertaining. But really nothing to write home about. After Her Cardboard Lover and this movie, I can see why Mrs. Thalberg decided to pack it in and rest on her laurels for forty years.
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