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Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 5th week of July DVDs: Tyrone Power, Rolling Stones, Dark City, Jack Ryan & You're eating maggots!!!
Hey folks, Harry here… Still loving this desk and this column. There’s some fun stuff here for you to check out – as usual the box art and the titles are clickable to Amazon, where you can either learn more about the titles below or you can purchase the title in question – and a small portion will go to support this column, which I hope you support. Now let’s get on with it…
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
SHINE A LIGHT
While neither the best documentary by Martin Scorsese or about The Rolling Stones – SHINE A LIGHT still is spectacular. It just isn’t as awesome as THE LAST WALTZ or as historically disturbing and electric as GIMME SHELTER – SHINE A LIGHT is a wonderful look at the Rolling Stones and their magnificently carved complexions. The energy that a 64 year old Mick Jagger has is… well, humbling. And just looking at Keith Richards on the big screen is like watching the best Imagimation device cooked up by the wizards that make Lincoln stand and talk. It never gets better than watching Buddy Guy play with Keith – and it doesn’t get as awesomely disturbing as when Mick humps Christina Aguilera. Gives a man a sense of something to look forward to, eh? This was amazing in IMAX – and the Blu Ray captures an ounce of that if you have the home theater to take advantage of it. The dvd has 4 additional performances of “Undercover of the Night,” “Paint It Black,” “Little T & A,” and “I’m Free”! It’s fantastic work – the only thing that keeps it from being beyond what it is – is the astonishing history of achievement by both key artists. Beautiful film though!
AVATAR – THE LAST AIRBENDER – Book 3 FIRE, Vol. 4
If you’re a completist – you can’t go without the end of the series – right? There’s only one that doesn’t rule, but the other 5 chapters are extremely good and overall it’s a very nice completion to this series that took me a while to get into. Here ya go!
DARK CITY (Director’s Cut) BLU RAY
Remember Roger Ebert going bugnuts insane in love with this film? Have you listened to his commentary on this movie? Well – I would have picked this up in an instant just to have this beautiful and stunning film in 1080p – but then, to find out that Alex Proyas has put together his original Director’s Cut and that apparently the additional 15 minutes profoundly changes the film – and I’m dying to see what that means. Seriously – I’m running out first thing in the morning to pick this up and to sit at home and be flabbergasted by Proyas’ film. There is so much to marvel over in the film, but I always keep coming back to Kiefer Sutherland’s quirky as hell character. This is one I’m giddy about!
TOP GUN – Blu Ray
Basically a Blu-Ray version of the HD DVD release – but if you have a need… a need… for speed, then you’ll be picking this up. I love TOP GUN. It was one of the first films that I ever saw with THX sound and the jet sounds blew my aural mind. Rumors of a TOP GUN 2 kinda frighten me, but at the same time – I’d love to see it if they don’t just ape the first film – and perhaps deal with the remote control drones and the “needless” risk of life of a live pilot – when they could just be strapped into a “Video Game” back home. Somehow though, I don’t think that’ll be the direction they go with this new film. But what song will the new “pseudo-Maverick” sing to win Tom’s love? The disc is beautiful and is very nicely put together.
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER – Blu Ray
Probably the most fun I’ve had at home this past week was watching all 4 Jack Ryan movies in pristine presentation in order. I’d never done that before. I started, of course, with THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER – a film that many feel was the best of the series. There’s no doubt that I love the film. It’s got one of the great Sean Connery performances – and everything about the film is exquisite. This was John McTiernan at the peak of his powers – this and DIE HARD are his best works – and how can we all not fondly love that Russian to English dissolve – which I just frigging love. I love how that whole end battle plays out – I’ve never seen it look better than on this disc.
PATRIOT GAMES – Blu Ray
Film is a strange thing. At times it can be an astonishingly powerful emotional and personal time machine – and you won’t know it till it happens. When THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER ended, I grabbed my Blu Ray of PATRIOT GAMES and slipped it into the player and as the opening credits began…. WHOOSH! It was Summer 1992 – I was in Downtown Dallas – and I remembered… this was the last film I ever saw in a movie theater with my Mother while she was alive. I had forgotten that. For the first 15 minutes or so – I had a profound attack of sadness and nostalgia as I remembered our conversations about the film. She absolutely adored it. I remembered everything about that night, if truth be told it was the last great evening I had with my mom and as I watched PATRIOT GAMES for the first time, in quite some time. Perhaps in 16 years – I found myself in love with the film. Sean Bean is such a pissed off’d bugger. And Harrison Ford’s personal rage was amazing as well. And damn – I forgot about ol Samuel L Jackson and his medal he presents Ford with! What a pleasant experience to rediscover this film, the memories it held and to be reminded of how great Harrison can be, with the right material.
CLEAR & PRESENT DANGER – Blu Ray
When I went to put this one in, I was plagued by memories of not liking the film, but as I watched… I couldn’t remember a damn thing that I didn’t like. What’s particularly strong about the two Jack Ryan / Harrison Ford films was how strongly based in a seeming reality they were. There really isn’t anything particularly fantastical about the technology, the action or the situations that you couldn’t believe as being real. You could believe that this story and the one in PATRIOT GAMES could happen – and not appear in the papers – without great notice, but that doesn’t mean that they’re any less exciting or compelling than any other story of intrigue we could enjoy. In particular – the exquisite ambush that Jack finds himself in is remarkable work. Talk about Koybayashi Maru. And how great is Willem Dafoe here?
THE SUM OF ALL FEARS – Blu Ray
I get it – A whole bunch of you just have some sort of hatred for Ben Affleck. I understand, I feel the same way about Matt Lillard. There’s just something about that guy that I hate. It’s like he prison raped me in another life. It doesn’t make sense to hate him – and I’m an asshole for probably just arbitrarily hating Matthew Lillard, but then so are you for hating on Ben Affleck. We just can’t help it. That said – I fucking love THE SUM OF ALL FEARS. It’s not at all in the same universe as the previous three Jack Ryan films – it is a far more dangerous speculative universe. In this universe Jack Ryan can still win, but it’s a conditional win. The risk isn’t localized or small, this is save the world scale. But it’s very likely that well over a million died in the midst of it all. It’s a great wonderful film… one that feels more and more likely to be closer to our reality with each passing year. Only, having visited Baltimore, I can say – Please… don’t nuke Baltimore. It’s got too cool of a vibe.
HAROLD AND KUMAR ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY (unrated 2-disc)
Filthy, Bizarre, Surreal and Fucking Funny. It is moreso of all here.
DOOMSDAY
A Bugnuts Escape From New York from Neil Marshall and I just couldn’t help but have a great time with it. It’s utterly absurd and bugnuts and the unrated version is even moreso. Absolutely crazy film. There’s tons of extras and the transfer is great. One of the most unoriginal original cinematic collages gone insane that I’ve seen. But it really wants to have fun with every single moment. It is crazy though. Absolutely Bugnuts.
THE LOST BOYS – Blu Ray
A fucking great movie! THE LOST BOYS is classic. Last year, sitting on that beach alongside the boardwalk watching LOST BOYS – it really hit me just how much I love this movie. It’s a joke in my home that this movie is as old as my wife, Yoko – but in 1987… I was a sophmore in High School and when this film opened it brought everyone at school together. We all loved this movie. It is the best thing that Joel Schumacher has ever done, perhaps FALLING DOWN has more artistic merit, but LOST BOYS is just blissfully fun and happy and creates such a wonderful California Vampire mythology. Great stuff!
LOST BOYS: THE TRIBE
It really is as bad as you’d think. Not even worth a curious peek.
FREAKAZOID: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON
This show was a blast. Unhinged and crazy. Wacky in the best way that toons can be. So if you like your superheroes to be geeks that get transformed by the internet into a whacked out weirdo FREAK! Well here ya go!
Tyrone Power Matinee Idol Collection – ( CAFÉ METROPOLE / GIRLS DORMITORY / JOHNNY APOLLO / DAYTIME WIFE / LUCK OF THE IRISH / I’LL NEVER FORGET YOU / THAT WONDERFUL URGE / LOVE IS NEWS / THIS ABOVE ALL / SECOND HONEYMOON )
Tyrone Power is he definition of a Matinee Idol – but he’s more than that – he was a damn fine actor. Just check him out in something like WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION or THE SUN ALSO RISES. In those later films in his career – he was a powerful actor – and I’d say in many of these films – at the height of his matinee powers – he’s extremely great. In CAFÉ METROPOLE, he’s just a gigalo – albeit a forced one out to grift an heiress to pay a debt to the fantastic Adolphe Menjou. The heiress? Loretta Young – that’s some honey to rob! Next is GIRLS DORMITORY isn’t really a Tyrone Power film – it is, as in he appears in it, but only at the very very end. That said – it does star CAT PEOPLE’s Simone Simon – who could very well be the sexiest cutest girl in the history of cinema. She’s the sort you dream of. Now JOHNNY APOLLO is one of THE Tyrone Power films for me. He plays the titular gangster type and he’s fantastic – working with other great talents like luscious Dorothy Lamour – and wonderful character actors like Edward Arnold, Lloyd Nolan, Lionel Atwill and ol Fuzzy Knight. A wonderful crime flick. In DAY-TIME WIFE – he plays the husband of my cousin Linda Darnell – and this film is really her film – and it’s a subversive film about husband’s indiscretions and a wife’s curiousity about that type of life. I’m quite fond of LUCK OF THE IRISH – it’s a whimsical film about a newspaper reporter that meets a fantastic Leprechaun named Horace – played by Cecil Kellaway, who got nominated for Supporting Actor for his delicious turn. Great film. When you think of the great Time Travel Romantic films you think of SOMEWHERE IN TIME and TIME AFTER TIME… but do you think of… have you ever heard of I’LL NEVER FORGET YOU from 1951? You should, cuz it is a fantastic film. Absolutely fantastic. And it has finally been cleared for release. That’s as far through the set as I’ve gotten, but I’m dying to see THIS ABOVE ALL – I’ve heard amazing things about it. This set really gives you a dimensional look at the actor, Tyrone Power – a bit of everything.
WAR GAMES (25th Anniversary Edition)
It’s crazy. I’ve been hearing from folks that have seen this DVD – that I’m apparently in the Documentary made for the 25th Anniversary of WAR GAMES – and if that’s true – I’m going to be so fucking happy. I did an interview for this dvd, but I don’t think I can really put in words how cool it is that I’m on this DVD. Sure I’m on DVDs like KING KONG (1933) and RESERVOIR DOGS – but WAR GAMES is one of those films that inspired me to love computers, to dream of something that would become the internet – and I loved this movie like very few. It came out when I was 11 and the film blew me away – Where are the films like this that make kids think? I remember watching this film and being afraid of the world going boom. When David laments never having time to learn to swim, assuming that he’d always have time… It made me realize at Eleven – that we may not have time to put things off. That’s a helluva thing for an 11 year old kid to realize. It’s the sort of thing we need to put in kids’ heads. I’m just curious why the hell this isn’t in Blu Ray?
BEOWULF – Blu Ray
Again this is the HD DVD release, but now available for BluRay. I’m really quite fond of the film – even though I do feel that they should have gone a little more stylized for the characters – instead of pushing for photorealism – cuz with it being so close – you see so many flaws – mainly in the nuance of the acting – which is so superior when done by real humans. That said – GOD DAMN this movie is outrageously fun. And I wish that I could watch it at home in 3D as I saw it in theaters originally. But here ya go.
NEVER BACK DOWN
Ya know what – it’s not that great, but it is kinda fun. It’s basically beat down porn – where you get off to watching people kick each other’s ass. Bu Tony Jaa does this thing about 5 billion times better… ya know?
TAI CHI MASTER
If you want to see badass ass-whuppery – fuck NEVER BACK DOWN – what you want is Jet Li from the early 90s – cuz Man… he was unfuckingbelievable. Especially directed by Yuen Woo Ping here! They’ve done a nice remaster here – and it frankly needed it with that shit release of TWIN WARRIORS back a bit. Here – they’re no doubt timing this to take advantage of Jet and Michelle being publicized for the MUMMY 3.
INGLORIOUS BASTARDS (3-Disc Special Edition)
Watched this today. Gorgeous transfer – tons of extras – including that wonderful interview between Quentin Tarantino and Enzo Castellari! But the jewel here is INGLORIOUS BASTARDS – a surprisingly large scale and ambitious WW2 Italian Exploitation flick! Bo Svenson and Fred Williamson are great in the movie – and it’s very old school. Love the big Slow Motion sequence towards the end. Now I do need to warn you, this movie is pretty much nothing like Quentin’s INGLORIOUS BASTARDS – which doesn’t have a single same character. But you owe it to yourself to discover this little seen film, it’s much more than a great title.
Classic British Thrillers ( THE PHANTOM LIGHT / RED ENSIGN / THE UPTURNED GLASS )
This is a steal of a deal. THE PHANTOM LIGHT and RED ENSIGN are a pair of rare early works of Michael Powell – ( BLACK NARCISSUS & PEEPING TOM ) – and These films are excellent thrillers. The third film in the set was something I’d never seen before – THE UPTURNED GLASS from 1947 starring a fantastic James Mason as a detecting surgeon, who is on a revenge fueled case where he has no intention of bringing the guilty party to the authorities – this is a dire and great film. Loved discovering it here!
HAIR EXTENSIONS ( EXTE): Special Edition
Another Fantastic Fest luminary. This is a weird as fuck, brutal film – about killer Hair Extensions. Seriously. And it kicks an intense amount of ass. I know… it sounds ridiculous, but it’s so much more than that. It is ridiculous, but it’s also very very good. It should actually creep you out, while making you giggle a bit.
DADDY DARLING
I’m a bit of an expert on “FUCKED UP CINEMA” – Films about verboten subjects that are offensive and concern the most twisted of exploitation. When I received this DVD – I was giddy. Daddy/Daughter exploitation is some of the most messed up shit this world has outputted. That said, this goes in a direction that I was ABSOLUTELY not expecting. I wouldn’t spoil a twist – Joe Sarno does some twisted stuff here (as you should expect if you know Sarno’s work!)
FIRE AND ICE
This is a Single Disc edition priced significantly cheaper than the last time out, but missing a great deal of material from that second disc. That said – It has a quote from me on the cover… on top of fucking FRANK FRAZETTA artwork, professing my personal love of this film! This is the second time I’ve found my quote on Frazetta artwork – and both times, I’ve been giddier than whoever has sex with Natalie Portman. If you’ve never seen FIRE & ICE – this is your chance – this is a collaborative work between Ralph Bakshi and Frank Frazetta. The work is wonderful and the story is fantastic! And I TRULY LOVE THIS MOVIE!
FORBIDDEN ZONE (in Color?!?!?)
This is one of my favorite WEIRD FILMS! And make no bones about it – this is one of the weirdest films you’ll ever see. That said – I loved that the film was Black & White and I can’t possibly imagine the film being in color. That said – I love the classic b&w Betty Boop cartoons that inspired this bit of Elfman insanity – and I’ve seen the colorized versions of them that were done for television in the 60s. I’m morbidly curious to see what Richard Elfman has done with the color work, as I can’t imagine color in this film. That said – the Pop-Up Trivia feature is the reason to get this version – along with the 5.1 DTS track. I just kinda wish it had a black & white version on it as well.
VIRGIN WITCH
Lesbian Incest! Ahem! You kinda had to love the 70s. In fact the film is actually aka’d as LESBIAN TWINS! The sisters are the reason to get this – they’re incredibly hot – and if you like funky self serious witchcraft thrown you’re your spank material – like you found in TEENAGE TWINS last year – well here ya go. And heck the sisters were even featured in an episode of SPACE: 1999 – because that show fucking ROCKS! However, they don’t rule as much as they do here!
Next week we begin August by looking at: Season 1 of GET SMART, NIM’S ISLAND, STARSHIP TROOPERS 3: MARAUDER, STAR TREK THE ORIGINAL SERIES – Second Season, LONSOME DOVE (Blu Ray), MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION: THE COMPLETE SERIES, THE KILLING OF JOHN LENNON, LOVE STORY, BEASTMASTER: COMPLETE COLLECTION, JOY HOUSE, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, A FAREWELL TO ARMS, KLANSMAN / VENGEANCE IS MINE, and the I LOVE THE 80s series!
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Some of those weird cult films look interesting, particularly Ralph Bakshi's Fire and Ice.
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It, in my opinion, certainly is worth a curious look. Granted I watched it while at work, so maybe I missed what made it so bad, but I did catch some funny fucking one-liners and decent comic timing by Feldman.Otherwise, great list this week, Harry.
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chicken dinner
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Speaking of Bakshi's Fire and Ice, there's this cartoon parody of Conan the Barbarian on Adult Swim called Korgoth of Barbaria, and its awesome. I love all things related to Conan, and if you haven't seen this cartoon, Harry, I suggest you search it on YouTube. You'd like it.
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is awesome - a reminder of the kind of thriller/action film we've lost in the past few years. Reciprocity!
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How did I not know that one existed? Thank you for righting a wrong, Harry.
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I was so disappointed when that never got renewed for a full series.
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It's as mad as The Joker but my God if it's not one of the most fun movies I've seen in a while!
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. . . is easily Bakshi's best. Could have been Wizards, which was like only getting to see a rough draft.
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Jul 29, 2008 7:07:54 AM CDT
Come on Harry... Lost Boys 2 is at least "worth a look"
by zombieflicker
I've seen way worse, and I could sit through this. Besides, the chick wearing the red bikini by the fire pit is super hot! That is at least worth something, right?
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I don't get the hate it suffered when released. It's volontarily silly and kicks so much ass. Sol was a great baddie, and Rhona Mitra was surprisingly good - both in badassness and acting style. When it comes to leading ladies in B-movie extravaganza, she's much better than Kate Beckinsale in the Underworld flicks or Milla Sonovabitch in the miserable Resident Evil flicks.
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I only discovered and watched Dark City in the last few weeks . I never even heard of it until I came across it on IMDB just by chance . And I call myself a geek . I'll just get my coat.... great fucking movie though .
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That's why we hate Affleck. FOR A REASON.
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There was just nothing that great or entertaining about it. The action was unimpressive and shot terribly.
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Hey everyone, let's all say 'bugnuts' over and over again! Bugnuts... BUGNUTS!!!
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Don't be fooled by the idiotic premise. It's more of a twisted comedy than a straight horror film although it does have it share of creepy moments. Especially if you have a thing against hair in your food, your clothes or growing out of your eyeball.
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...what am I saying. Of course it's the voice.
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The one movie that I wanted to see up on that list (that I haven't seen), Lost Boys 2, you give a quick negative review. The movie must be terrible for you to do that. Usually, you throw in something positive even if its small but not this....damn
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My long hair is all natural and can kill too!
That's been said: Lost Boys is probably the only good movie that Shuhmacher ever did. He got lots of shit for BAtman & Robin, but all of his movies were dumb as fuck. But Lost Boys was at least able to build up some atmosphere and entertaining value.
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was god awful.. Ill still pick up the orig. on bluray though, but not before doomsday. rhona mitra...have my children.
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....Last week at Bestbuy(yes the 3 disc version). And this was the 1st time i watched it. It was a pretty good film. I was surprised by the fact at how normal it was. By that I mean it did not seem like a B-movie. It had no gore, very little nudity and it was not really over-the top. And even the acting was half way decent. It seems that Enzo was trying to make a legit war movie. So this is definitely a film for those who love The dirty dozen, force 10 and other war film from that era. The ending was a bit of a surprise as well. AND lots of cool stuff this week. Also alot of movies i loved are out this week, yes i even dug Doomsday.
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once you've watched it. Thanks mate.
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"Filthy, Bizarre, Surreal and Fucking Funny. It is moreso of all here."
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Bugnuts... That Said
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Tony Jaa just has no screen presence. I get that Jaa's willing to do all sorts of absurd stunts, but Adkins his strong physical ability and lots of charisma. And what are stunts and action without personality? Adkins's performance in Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing was awesome. He was like a newschool Ivan Drago, a Russian fighter who wanted a worthy opponent but was trapped in a corrupt system where he couldn't get a real fair fight to feel his oats. I'm really looking forward to his leading role in Undisputed 3: The Warriors On The Streets of Fire. I wished they'd got him for that Never Back Down movie instead of a bunch of dudes who had bit parts on The O.C. or One Tree Hill or whatever. I'll still see it, I just wish it was Adkins in there.
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So no Fire & Ice or Beowulf for me thanks. It's like being in some creepy living wax musuem or something. Just animate people to look like cartoons like they do in Ratatouille or The Incredibles and leave this total realism stuff for the video games please.
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um...zero...zero great Harry. He totally miscast as Clark. He comes off as kinda gay (literally...kinda gay). Liev Schrieber was a much better choice for that character in the Affleck film.
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Jul 29, 2008 9:54:33 AM CDT
Whew! For a minute I thought Harry didn't have porn this time.
by hobocode
I should have known better.
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I. Love. WarGames.
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Fire and Ice is neither of those things. Kind of rotoscoping but not in the dizzying Scanner Darkly way. It feels like a particularly good Saturday morning. Don't fight it.
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I want
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What kind of word is that? What does it really mean, Harry? Also, how can there be no Criterion releases this week? It's shameful.
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"this was the last film I ever saw in a movie theater with my Mother WHILE SHE WAS ALIVE"?
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Never read a Clancy novel (not into techno babble), but this was highly entertaining. Too bad Baldwin never continued as Ryan as he seemed to be perfectly cast. And look at the younger Baldwin at certain angles and tell me he and Ryan Gosling couldn't be brothers.
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...saw a film back in the nineties on cable ...it had this scene involving some guy strapped to a hospital operation table in something like a basement ...people are watching him, and they send in this really hot woman dressed as a nurse ...the "nurse" gets on top of him and begins to have sex ...the guy gradually wakes up, RIPS his restraints off, THROWS the woman onto the table, and FUCKS the living shit out of her ...then, he kills her ...one guy from the group of people watching says "He's ready" ...P-L-E-A-S-E, someone tell me what movie this scene is from! Or, at least tell me of some other forum or website I ask this to...
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That sounds awesome. Try the A.V. Club. They answer weird questions like this in the mailbag every friday and I think they're low on questions. Or just check back here in a couple hours.
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was John Badham. Remember WarGames and Blue Thunder coming out just around the same time that year. Would like to see him tackle the big screen again.
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influenced by Dark City, when he came up with Buffy's "Gentlemen" in Hush.
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after proclaiming The Descent as a horror classic, they didn't know what to make of this super-duper drive-in B-movie.
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I'm sorry, but I've never fully gotten on board the Dark City love train. It looks amazing, to be sure, and well-acted, but I remember cringing a lot during the dialogue. Plus Kiefer always came off as Basil Exposition "This... is what's happening to you... and let me... tell you why!" Oh well, fuck it, I still own the dvd, and I'll give the DC a chance though.
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I was really moved reading your description of Patriot Games. The story about your mom is movies should be all about. Thanks for sharing.
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You sure about that, Harry?
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Hot fucking damn! This is great news, and something a friend and I have been working on as a side-project.
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no mention of Tiny Toons, Harry? We've been waiting years for that to come out!!
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I'd rather mash my gonad's between two bricks than try and sit through that again..Harry seriously mate, have you ever hated a film? You fucking like everything
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September 16th...Is that a record for video release for a "summer blockbuster"??
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I know this is probably impossible but with the success of dark knight this summer I really hope its gets a fast release on blu-ray sometime in early october at the latest. Not going to happen I imagine but I would LOVE to watch it on my bravia 46 inch hdtv. Can't wait!!!
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is like saying Golden Globe Award Winner! Pia Zadora
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You know the studio is gonna wait for the holidays..so I'll betcha a late November/early December release..that may be the incentive (and a nice price drop) for me to go BluRay.
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I really enjoyed your story about your mother.i was watching silence of the lambs last night and remembered how much my late grandmother loved this film.i did as well even at a young age.she was the person who sparked my love of movies and i keep her spirit alive with my large collection of films simular to hers and definitely inherited her ability to name an actor or recognize them enough to say that's guy that was in random movie title.
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Seriously dude. How many times did you use that word in this column? Find a new adjective man.
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Dictionary.com needs a "Knowles to English" button on its language translator. It is moreso of all here? Wha? I once knew a guy who fancied himself a writer and was always writing these really shitty short stories. He once wrote a line of dialogue in which a character said, "Your kindness exudes me." I was usually able to tease out an intended meaning from such mysterious phrases, but that one confounds me to this day. Nor have I gotten one jot closer to understanding what the hell Knowles meant by "It is moreso of all here." It always astonishes me when people who are rabid readers turn out to be terrible writers.
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...for more information. It's not really a light subject.
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Is also one of Melissa George's first movie gigs in the states, (she was a popular tv actress here in Australia for years)...and she does what all hot, young things do to get attention. Get her boobs out. Worth the price of admission alone. Can't wait for it to come out down here. And Beowulf? I have had that on Blu-Ray for months. Has it only just come out over there?
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What do you think of the Director's Cut of Dark City?
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I guess I can be firmly entrenched in the "I hate Ben Affleck" camp. I guess to me he consistently plays his rolls far too lightweight. As if he is there to have a good time in his role and not really care if the audience engages his character. It did work in Good Will Hunting, but he was basically playing himself or at least people he grew up with. Otherwise, I feel it is ineffective like in Sum of All Fears (although I liked the movie as a whole) to downright in appropriate (Pearl Harbor, but then again the whole movie was inappropriate considering the subject matter and Michael Bay's glossy, superficial, long and boring movie).
As for Lillard, I find him hit or miss. He is a guy who definitely has too much personality and energy. I thought it worked in movies like Scream and Hackers, but not in other. It is ironic that he has done so many movies with Freddie Prinze. Prinze is the anti-Lillard. Prinze has zero onscreen charisma and sucks the energy out of every scene he is in. I am shocked when I rare occassions watch episodes of Chico and the Man and think Freddie Prinze and Freddie Prinze Jr. are related. Jr. obviously got his onscreen prescense from his mother. -
It's helped me get laid alot thorughout my life, especially with the over-70 honeys.
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The best Lillard movie is SLC Punk. Hands down.
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yeah, Harry pretty much nailed it. As far as sequels go, I'd put it a notch above Swamp Thing 2, but well below Escape from LA. It's not nigh unwatchable, but when the best parts are when Corey Feldman are on screen, well, that ain't saying much for your movie, especially in 2008. Actually, Feldman's role is a glorified cameo because I guess they had to leave room in the film for the One Tree Hill stunt doubles who are the "stars". On a positive note, it does have breasteses in it, which is nice, but if you paint a turd purple, you still got yourself a purple turd. And now you know-and knowing is half the battle.
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Watch past the credits and the 2 alternate endings. Wasn't a great movie, but not as bad as Harry thinks. Lots of Lost Boys references/Easter Eggs if you wanna call them that.
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It wasn't that bad, but they really should have gone with one of the alternate endings as the actual ending, that would have been a nice setup for LOST BOYS 3. Which HAD the potential to be good, and I can't believe I'm saying this but, Corey Feldman was the best thing about this movie.
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Harry says "that said" a lot.
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That's some funny shit on the front of the Lost Boys 2 DVD, see how they SCREAM the surname out : "SUTHERLAND", and you need a magnifying glass to see that its not actually Kiefer. (It is Kiefer's half-brother)
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It wasn't that bad. I've seen much worse.
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Jul 30, 2008 2:14:23 AM CDT
Harry will the eventual American BD release of Sweeney Todd
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have the moronic DNR plasticising on the cheeks and noses (and nowhere else) of the leads' faces? WTF was that? Especially on a fucking movie that's MEANT to show wrinkles, ageing, dark circles and literal and figurative decay? They could at least have matched the film grain rather than make it look like someone was smearing vaseline everywhere.
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It made me so sad to think Kiefer might see the sequel to the great he was in and Jack Bauer his half brothers ass off a high building.
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I did like SLC Punk and Lillard in it. Another example where his too much personality style of acting actually worked.
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i was referring to the specific mention of watching a film with her while she was still alive as it implies that they watched films together afterwards also. Hence Psycho and norman bates etc.
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would some studio please get a good script and a decent budget, and slap the bong out of Carpenter's hands to get him to direct. The title font, the graphic explaining the quarantine area, the hero with the eye patch, even the music, were direct nods to Carpenter.Not exactly "bugnuts", but entertaining just the same.
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Warner Bros released a double feature disc with Moon Zero Two. WDRTE is the uncut, 100 minute version which features much more of Victoria Vetri than previous US versions. It is also Widescreen. Now the not so good news, it is a Best Buy exclusive.
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Yes, he made Batman and Robin. Yes, it sucked. Let's all get over it. Claiming that he alone was responsible for the "death" of a franchise (which he wasn't) is just naive. And as I recall, a good number of people actually liked Batman Forever (Fuck, Nicole is so hot in that movie). Besides, he's made some solid movies since. Tigerland, Flawless, Phone Booth, Veronica Guerin. Is he an "auteur"? No, the guy is very much a studio director. He works where his salary takes him (how else do you explain Bad Company?), but he's by no means a bad director.
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Am I the only one who couldn't stand Kiefer in this movie? Great concept, excellent cinematography, ruined by Kiefer playing a breathless troll who sounds like a flasher you'd meet on 42nd street in 1979. "first heh there was darkness heh then came the strangers heh they had mastered heh the ultimate heh technology."... I had a friend I was trying to get into sci-fi, and I'm pretty sure this ruined it forever for him. Any time I bring up a sci-fi movie, he starts talking like sutherland in this film.
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I remember really wanting to like Dark City but it just missed the mark. I'm thinking about getting the director's cut in case that makes it hit the mark--but you just reminded me how fucking obnoxious Sutherland is in this film. REALLY grating. Shit, maybe I'll pass. Someone review it for me, damn it!
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Reminds me of when Snake's hair possessed homer simpson lol. Funny shit.
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why did you like The Ruins? I suffered through that film cause you said it was hardcore! There is more gore in the last half of Pelts than in the complete run of The Ruins! Fuck those stupid plants!
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Biggest disappointment of '08. At least the first one had a plot, as ridiculous as it was, and a destination. I've seen pornos that made more sense that this trash.
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Great photography (Michael Chapman), wonderful use of music, fine performances from everybody. Along with Falling Down, Schumacher's best without a doubt. But who in the HELL was that sweaty muscle-bound freak blowing the sax and popping his eyes out while he sang (the song was "I Still Believe)? I still say he was scarier than any of the juvenile delinquent vampires!
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...Maybe he's got bugs on his nuts. Nut bugs multiply in the shade I hear. Schumacher is going to hell for Batman and Robin AND Batman Forever. Neon-nippled crapfests! I'd love to get nut butter all over Dark City-era, Jennifer Connelly! Now she's the Crypt Keeper in drag.
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Harry, I know you hate the president, the government, etc, etc, but H&K 2 was one of the single worst movies I've ever seen. Vapidly, pointlessly, insultingly bad. If you liked it for its Republican bashing, why not check out somehting good, like Bob Roberts? This movie was just pure, unadulterated, didn't-laugh-once, shit from beginning to end.
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He's right - Doomsday IS bugnuts. Just finished watching it. Switching from an Aliens homage to Mad Max to Arthurian shit back to Mad Max and bookended by Bob Hoskins being awesome. Easily one of the weirdest things I've seen in the last little while. What an odd movie.
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...and I actually like Affleck. He just tries to hard to be Harrison Ford and it ain't gonna happen.As for Schumacker, although his uber-gayness didn't help matters, the blame for Batman and Robin really lies with Akiva Goldsman, who wrote the thing. Not only was he allowed to live after writing that, he was allowed to work again. And then he was given an Oscar, proof that Satan is very real.
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That shot of him looking at the spiral fingerprints on his hands wasn't in the original was it? That was a great shot.
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This is crazy! Is it like the colorization of those old film classics where everything is pastel? I absolutely love the movie. Well, it's not so much a movie as a freaky-weird variety show, but still...
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was much better than the Matrix-no Jennifer Connelly in the matrix
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He DOES get more annoying every time you watch the film. I always feel like Connelly should have been just a few years older too (before the reduction/anorexia of course).
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