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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 2, 2017 4:30:06 GMT -5
My weekly DVD library excursion has yielded these for the upcoming days
Our Modern Maidens (1929) Joan Crawford, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Pre-Code naughty girl New Orleans Uncensored (1955) Arthur Franz, Beverly Garland Directed by William Castle Gritty crime film I'm sure is censored Out West With The Hardys (1938) Mickey Rooney I'm getting a kick with these Andy hardy films Mr. Wu (1927) Lon Chaney Silent classic about an evil Mandarin (rings sold separately) Never Let Me Go (1953) Clark Gable, Gene Tierney Cold war intrigue Navy Blue And Gold (1937) James Stewart, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore Something about roommates at a naval academy None But The Lonely Heart (1944) Cary Grant, Ethel Barrymore Ethel got an Oscar, Cary a nomination Ned Kelly (1970) Mick Jagger Yes, a western with a Rolling Stone Novocaine (2001) Steve Martin Not really a comedy
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Post by The Captain on Feb 2, 2017 21:24:22 GMT -5
Had planned to watch Groundhog Day tonight, but I finished my taxes, played some Magic online, then curled up on the couch with my wife to watch some old episodes of Friends.
Think I'll do it tomorrow night, even though it is a day late.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2017 22:54:56 GMT -5
@wesley I'm happy that you like it and glad that you had a chance to see it ... She truly one of those rare entertainer that can do it all. I just love this little number too. So Seductive and yet classy!
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 3, 2017 11:22:10 GMT -5
Watched Psycho over the weekend. It was the first time my youngest son had seen it. He knew the twist, of course. But it was a great time watching a classic film. Such a great film. I only saw it for the first time in the late '90s and I remember thinking how mind blowingly daring the film's ending must've been back when it was first released. Another Hitchcock horror that I've never seen, but yesterday downloaded to watch at the weekend, is The Birds. I'm looking forward to finally seeing what the fuss is all about. My favorite Hitchcock film. I don't know how many times I've seen it. Sometimes I watch it two or three times a year.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 3, 2017 11:37:46 GMT -5
Such a great film. I only saw it for the first time in the late '90s and I remember thinking how mind blowingly daring the film's ending must've been back when it was first released. Another Hitchcock horror that I've never seen, but yesterday downloaded to watch at the weekend, is The Birds. I'm looking forward to finally seeing what the fuss is all about. My favorite Hitchcock film. I don't know how many times I've seen it. Sometimes I watch it two or three times a year. Ah, yes. But how many of the sequels with Anthony Perkins have you seen. I'll admit to watching 2,3, and 4
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 3, 2017 11:48:29 GMT -5
The cable is still out, so I haven't watched any old classics for a week or so. So I've been getting more recent films from the library, and we also went to see the new Resident Evil movie.
Osama (2003) - A girl in a village in Afghanistan must dress as a boy in order to get work to support her mother and grandmother. It's very dangerous to dress as a boy if you live under the Taliban. It's very suspenseful at times, and not a very uplifting film. It's a really good movie, but I can't quite bring myself to say it was enjoyable. It's not for everyone.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) - My library has quite a few of the Woody Allen movies I've missed over the last few years, including this one, a very strange philosophical movie exploring some of the same themes as Magic in the Moonlight and Irrational Man. It stars Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto and Josh Brolin. I was kind of disappointed at the end because several of the plotlines were left hanging. But I thought about it all afternoon and into the evening, and I'm starting to think it's right up there with Match Point as Woody's best movie since about 1995.
Magic in the Moonlight (2014) - Another Woody Allen movie, this one starring Emma Stone and Colin Firth. She's an American psychic and he's a British stage magician trying to expose her as a fraud. It's set mostly in the south of France in the 1920s. It's pretty good, if you like Woody Allen's later movies, or if you particularly like Emma Stone or Colin Firth. They're both fun to watch, and it's never boring.
Bridge of Spies (2015) - Based on a true story. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Tom Hanks is a lawyer called upon to negotiate the release of U-2 pilot Francis "Gary" Powers (through an exchange for a Russian spy) at the height of the Cold War. I'm sometimes a little wary of Spielberg because sometimes there's just a few too many really obvious Spielberg moments and I hurt my head rolling my eyes so much. But this one is pretty good. The Spielberg moments are all loaded on at then end, about four or five in a row, and I could have done without that, but up to that point, I was really loving Bridge of Spies and never thinking "Oh, Steven. Tsk tsk."
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017) - How much you like this will probably depend on how much you like Resident Evil movies. I love them. So I thought this was a lot of fun, if not particularly original or thoughtful. The editing is really fast and gave me a bit of a headache before it was over. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to hear that this movie causes seizures in a certain percentage of the population.
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 3, 2017 12:36:11 GMT -5
My favorite Hitchcock film. I don't know how many times I've seen it. Sometimes I watch it two or three times a year. Ah, yes. But how many of the sequels with Anthony Perkins have you seen. I'll admit to watching 2,3, and 4 I should clarify that The Birds is my favorite Hitchcock film. I like Psycho a lot too, but I've probably only seen the whole thing four or five times. But there's a been a few times where I noticed Pscyho was about to start and I watched the Janet Leigh scenes from the start to where she dies, and then I stopped watching it. I really really love the adventures of Marion Crane. I've seen Psycho II, but I've never seen the others.
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Post by Phil Maurice on Feb 3, 2017 19:38:37 GMT -5
I like Psycho a lot too, but I've probably only seen the whole thing four or five times. But there's a been a few times where I noticed Pscyho was about to start and I watched the Janet Leigh scenes from the start to where she dies, and then I stopped watching it. I really really love the adventures of Marion Crane. Hmm. That's an unusual take. I've often wondered what it must have been like to see Psycho unspoiled. My mother reports that she was quite unsettled by it in a cold viewing in 1960. She's rather delicate and prefers not to think about such things. I think Psycho is a perfect film and never tire of watching it. For me, it runs a very close second to Dial M for Murder, which is in many ways a sort of proto-Columbo.
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 4, 2017 2:40:09 GMT -5
I like Psycho a lot too, but I've probably only seen the whole thing four or five times. But there's a been a few times where I noticed Pscyho was about to start and I watched the Janet Leigh scenes from the start to where she dies, and then I stopped watching it. I really really love the adventures of Marion Crane. Hmm. That's an unusual take. I've often wondered what it must have been like to see Psycho unspoiled. My mother reports that she was quite unsettled by it in a cold viewing in 1960. She's rather delicate and prefers not to think about such things. I think Psycho is a perfect film and never tire of watching it. For me, it runs a very close second to Dial M for Murder, which is in many ways a sort of proto-Columbo. Oh heck yeah, Dial M for Murder. My second favorite is Suspicion, but the last few years, I find myself wanting to watch Dial M for Murder every time it's scheduled. I find it fascinating. Gene Kelly is beautiful and vulnerable. Ray Milland is suave and smug and not nearly as smart as he thinks he is. And Robert Cummings looks very uncomfortable in most of his scenes, as if he's not sure he's supposed to be here. I love it.
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Post by Ish Kabbible on Feb 4, 2017 11:22:34 GMT -5
Say Goodbye to the IMDB message board
I noticed today the bulletin that they will do away with the message board in it's entirely as of Feb 20. A shame. Yes, there are many silly posts such as some joker always proclaiming a certain film as the worst ever made. Lot's of trolling and bashing. But it had plenty of interesting insights, recommendations and corrections to IMDB's data. There goes the baby with the bathwater.
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Post by The Captain on Feb 4, 2017 21:10:13 GMT -5
Hmm. That's an unusual take. I've often wondered what it must have been like to see Psycho unspoiled. My mother reports that she was quite unsettled by it in a cold viewing in 1960. She's rather delicate and prefers not to think about such things. I think Psycho is a perfect film and never tire of watching it. For me, it runs a very close second to Dial M for Murder, which is in many ways a sort of proto-Columbo. Oh heck yeah, Dial M for Murder. My second favorite is Suspicion, but the last few years, I find myself wanting to watch Dial M for Murder every time it's scheduled. I find it fascinating. Gene Kelly is beautiful and vulnerable. Ray Milland is suave and smug and not nearly as smart as he thinks he is. And Robert Cummings looks very uncomfortable in most of his scenes, as if he's not sure he's supposed to be here. I love it. I'm assuming you mean Grace Kelly, not Gene. Don't get me wrong, Gene Kelly is a heck of a performer, but I wouldn't categorize him as "beautiful and vulnerable".
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Post by berkley on Feb 4, 2017 23:51:35 GMT -5
Say Goodbye to the IMDB message boardI noticed today the bulletin that they will do away with the message board in it's entirely as of Feb 20. A shame. Yes, there are many silly posts such as some joker always proclaiming a certain film as the worst ever made. Lot's of trolling and bashing. But it had plenty of interesting insights, recommendations and corrections to IMDB's data. There goes the baby with the bathwater. I never would have seen what ended up being one of my all-time favourite tv shows, Da Vinci's Inquest, but for a really well-written, thoughtful, appreciative, and persuasive fan-review on the IMDB message board. Just checked to see if it's still there and it is. Here's the link (it's the post by "thesnowleopard" titled "Brilliant police procedural".)
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Post by Hoosier X on Feb 5, 2017 12:05:05 GMT -5
Oh heck yeah, Dial M for Murder. My second favorite is Suspicion, but the last few years, I find myself wanting to watch Dial M for Murder every time it's scheduled. I find it fascinating. Gene Kelly is beautiful and vulnerable. Ray Milland is suave and smug and not nearly as smart as he thinks he is. And Robert Cummings looks very uncomfortable in most of his scenes, as if he's not sure he's supposed to be here. I love it. I'm assuming you mean Grace Kelly, not Gene. Don't get me wrong, Gene Kelly is a heck of a performer, but I wouldn't categorize him as "beautiful and vulnerable". Oops. Yeah, I meant Grace Kelly. Gene Kelly is really great in Take me Out to the Ball Game though!
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Post by Prince Hal on Feb 5, 2017 12:09:32 GMT -5
I'm assuming you mean Grace Kelly, not Gene. Don't get me wrong, Gene Kelly is a heck of a performer, but I wouldn't categorize him as "beautiful and vulnerable". Oops. Yeah, I meant Grace Kelly. Gene Kelly is really great in Take me Out to the Ball Game though!Not as sexy as she is in Rear Window.
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Post by codystarbuck on Feb 5, 2017 18:03:24 GMT -5
Say Goodbye to the IMDB message boardI noticed today the bulletin that they will do away with the message board in it's entirely as of Feb 20. A shame. Yes, there are many silly posts such as some joker always proclaiming a certain film as the worst ever made. Lot's of trolling and bashing. But it had plenty of interesting insights, recommendations and corrections to IMDB's data. There goes the baby with the bathwater. I guess troll infestations aren't curable. I have no love for social media and the terms of Facebook and the like; so, bye-bye IMDB, apart from seeing where I know that actor from. I haven't posted in a long while, there. Genre film boards turned into mostly troll havens (especially the superhero movies and Star Wars) and the other stuff tends to be highly sporadic. I haven't even posted a review in quite while (under the user name grendelkhan). It seems to be the way of the world. The new owners of CBR went this route, with stories and features (those that aren't just click-bait and listicles) and NPR did the same on their site, for comments on features. Guess they don't want the responsibility of policing things anymore. Rhetoric was seeming to get pretty nasty (at least NPR was a news site, which generates controversy under the best of circumstances). Glad to see this place continues to remain rather civil and mature (well, apart from some of the jokes). I did miss the fun we used to have on the boards for the upcoming Marvel movies, making jokes and juxtaposing the trailers with the Looney Tunes characters and placing Captain America and the Howling Commandos into Hogan's Heroes. Those boards turned nasty, with DC vs Marvel trolling and I just stopped going to them.
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