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Post by Marxo Grouch on Jun 21, 2023 1:56:32 GMT -5
The Ritz - Filmed version of a Terence McNally play in which a man (Jack Weston) fleeing from his murderous brother-in-law (Jerry Stiller) takes refuge in a random hotel, unaware that it's a gay hotel/bathhouse. Goofy as fuck, but actually quite funny, with a good group of supporting players, including F. Murray Abraham, Kaye Ballard, the recently late Treat Williams as a PI with a squeaky voice and Rita Moreno as a flamboyant cabaret singer. Considering when it was made, and the lampoonish tone of it all, it's surprisingly non-judgmental about its gay characters (not a surprising thing given its author, but still somewhat surprising for a movie of the era, although it's worth noting that it takes place in the US, but was actually filmed in England, by a British director, Richard Lester, so make of that what you will).
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 21, 2023 10:46:48 GMT -5
“Dying Breed” (2008) was a gory story based on an actual cannibalistic escapee of a Tasmanian penal colony back in the early 1800’s. A young woman whose sister drowned looking for evidence of Tasmanian Devils eight years prior leads some friends deep into remote country trying to continue the search in her honor.
It’s the sort of film that loudly broadcasts what’s going to happen next, and yet I found it to be a compelling ride. Well-paced with a gritty, brutal feel at times. Worth a look.
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Post by Deeky on Jun 23, 2023 22:15:43 GMT -5
John Wick 4: a nice wrap-up to the series.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 24, 2023 18:19:03 GMT -5
John Wick 4: a nice wrap-up to the series. Does he get a new doggo? |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 24, 2023 18:22:30 GMT -5
Legendary movie night yesterday with a double bill of sheer trash. First up was the ridiculous "The Thing with Two Heads" (1972), and followed it up with my new favorite Jean Rollin flick "The Living Dead Girl" (1982). Sometimes bad movies are the best movies.
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Post by Deeky on Jun 24, 2023 18:34:22 GMT -5
I love The Thing with Two Heads. Classic.
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Post by Deeky on Jun 24, 2023 18:42:58 GMT -5
John Wick 4: a nice wrap-up to the series. Does he get a new doggo? Presumably he still has the one he got at the end of the first film. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 24, 2023 19:45:43 GMT -5
Presumably he still has the one he got at the end of the first film. Thanks. I've actually never seen any of those, but I heard his dog dies. |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 24, 2023 23:30:58 GMT -5
Yeah, someone kills his puppy which sets off everything in the series. But he gets a new dog at the end of part one.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 24, 2023 23:40:54 GMT -5
Yeah, someone kills his puppy which sets off everything in the series. But he gets a new dog at the end of part one. I hear he dies in the last one?
Oops.
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Post by Deeky on Jun 25, 2023 0:01:01 GMT -5
And yet there is a fifth movie in the works.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 27, 2023 17:19:09 GMT -5
Maybe it will be "Son of John Wick" with Adam Driver or something.
I'm sorry. That was a terrible thing to even contemplate.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 27, 2023 17:41:24 GMT -5
Abbott and Costello in "Hold That Ghost" (1941) yesterday. From what I can tell, this was their first foray into horror/comedy and I think it holds up as one of THE greatest horror/comedies of that or any time. It's right up there with "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" (1948). Lou Costello and Joan Davis are in top form and their timing (and the mining for laughs in the old-dark-house trope) was all that I needed yesterday.
Could have done without the time-gobbling Andrews Sisters and Ted "Is everybody happy?" Lewis bits though.* You know how most movies will offer some kind of rationale for the singing and dancing interludes? This one does only in that they take jobs as waiters at a nightclub that mobsters frequent. It wasn't a bother to FF on through their performances though, it was just a totally different energy than the rest of the movie. But all the rest was gold.
*Don't get me wrong. The Andrews Sisters and Ted Harris sounded fine doing their numbers. I have to admit that big band era sound isn't a big draw here.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 27, 2023 18:43:48 GMT -5
Have you seen Strays? It's about a family that moves into a mansion overrun by stray cats. The cat's-eye POV shots are priceless. I feel like I may have already seen this one, but I'm giving it a go tonight! There sure are a lot of movies that use fear of house cats as their focus. I guess I have a hard time understanding it. I get dog horrors, but I guess I've always had cordial relationships with cats, so it's hard for me to take house cats seriously as a movies' main threat. |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Jun 27, 2023 19:48:53 GMT -5
Watched one earlier called "The Timekeepers of Eternity" (2021). It's actually the 1995 TV miniseries of Stephen King's The Langoliers painstakingly redone by shooting stills of each frame in black & white and trimmed down to an hour. I never even saw the original. What did you think of it? |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Jun 27, 2023 19:49:40 GMT -5
I saw the original "The Invisible Man" (1933) for the first time. It occurred to me that Dr Jack Griffin may have had the highest kill-count of any of the Universal Monsters. Well, I suppose Dracula is still tops if you include his countless victims over the centuries. For "in-a-single-movie" though? It's got to be The Invisible Man. He gleefully sends a passenger train off a cliff, killing a hundred-or-more during his brief reign of terror. I love that one. |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 27, 2023 19:50:36 GMT -5
It wasn't a bother to FF on through their performances though... Remember how Billy used to fast forward through entire movies? |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 27, 2023 20:00:25 GMT -5
Maybe it will be "Son of John Wick" with Adam Driver or something. I'm sorry. That was a terrible thing to even contemplate.
I dunno, I'd actually watch that. |
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Post by Killer Goldfish on Jun 27, 2023 20:19:22 GMT -5
Maybe it will be "Son of John Wick" with Adam Driver or something. I'm sorry. That was a terrible thing to even contemplate.
I dunno, I'd actually watch that. So would I!!! |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 27, 2023 20:36:50 GMT -5
Watched one earlier called "The Timekeepers of Eternity" (2021). It's actually the 1995 TV miniseries of Stephen King's The Langoliers painstakingly redone by shooting stills of each frame in black & white and trimmed down to an hour. I never even saw the original. What did you think of it? Well, it was interesting that they were able to trim a miniseries down to that much briefer time span and still have it be completely coherent. The technique (using thousands of B&W images instead of live-action) was interesting and at times fascinating, at first. Didn't sustain the novelty for the whole runtime with me though. Kinda of got tiresome. I appreciated all the effort that went into it, don't get me wrong. |
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