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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | Weekend Movie Marathon Unwatched DVDs This weekend I will be once again working on my unwatched collection since it is so huge. At the time of this post I have 242 unwatched movies. And I could have some more Sunday since Sunday is Father's Day... and I saw 3 DVD Shaped presents in my daughter's room! So I figured I better get busy on some more of these. As usual... these movies are ones I haven't watched since I got the DVD. Not necessarily that I haven't ever seen some of these movies.
As always... you can feel free to request reviews or give suggestions on ones you think I would like, but I may not get to them this weekend as there is a few I am looking forward to checking out myself. Though I will try to get to some requests as well.
Unwatched DVD Collection: 1. Abomination: Evilmaker 2 2. The Adventures of Tartu 3. Aerial Gunner 4. The Amazing Transparent Man 5. The Ape Man 6. Apocalypse Rising 7. The Atomic Brain 8. Attack of the Monsters 9. Battle of Blood Island 10. Battleship Potemkin 11. The Beach Girls 12. Beast from Haunted Cave 13. The Big Lift 14. Black Brigade 15. Black Hawk Down 16. Black Ribbon 17. Blood Alley 18. Blood Mania 19. Blood of Dracula's Castle 20. Blood on the Sun 21. Blood Stained Bride 22. Blood Tide 23. BloodRayne 24. Boiling Point 25. Bowery at Midnight 26. The Brain Machine 27. Brain Twisters 28. Brainiac 29. Branded 30. The Brave One 31. Bride of the Gorilla 32. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 33. Cave Girl 34. Chain Reaction 35. Chloe, Love is Calling You 36. Chocolat 37. Circus of Fear 38. Coach 39. Commandos 40. Condemned to Live 41. Convoy 42. Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride 43. The Creeper 44. Creepers 45. Crimes at the Dark House 46. The Crimes of Stephen Hawke 47. Crossroads 48. Crypt of the Living Dead 49. Curse of Pirate Death 50. Curse of the Headless Horseman 51. Cyrano de Bergerac 52. Dark Light 53. Dark Places 54. The Darkness 55. The Dawn Express 56. Deadly Drifter 57. Death By Dialogue 58. Desert Heat 59. The Devil Bat 60. Devil Monster 61. The Devil's Daughter 62. The Devil's Hand 63. Devil's Partner 64. Don't Open Till Christmas 65. Double Team 66. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde 67. Dr. Phibes Rides Again 68. Drawing Blood 69. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness 70. Eegah 71. Embryo 72. Evil Brain from Outer Space 73. Farewell to Arms 74. Fear of the Dark 75. Feral 76. The Fighting Seabees 77. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death 78. Fist of the Vampire 79. Flesh Feast 80. Flying Blind 81. The Flying Leathernecks 82. Foreigner 83. Four in a Jeep 84. Foxes 85. Full Frontal 86. The Ghost Walks 87. God Told Me To 88. Good Against Evil 89. The Great American Snuff Film 90. The Green Berets 91. Gung Ho 92. Half Past Dead 93. Hands of Steel 94. The Head 95. Hell's Threshold 96. Home Made 97. Horror of the Zombies 98. House by the Cemetery 99. Horrors of Spider Island 100. House of Danger 101. House of Mystery 102. House of Secrets 103. How Awful About Allen 104. Hunk 105. Identity Unknown 106. Immortal 107. In Harms Way 108. Infinity 109. The Innocent 110. Into Thy Hands 111. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages 112. The Island Monster 113. It's Complicated 114. Jack the Ripper 115. Jarhead 116. Jocks 117. Kennel Murder Case 118. Kill Cruise 119. King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition 120. Knight Chills 121. Kong Island 122. Laser Mission 123. Last Best Chance 124. The Last Chance 125. Left Behind 2 126. Legacy of Blood 127. Legend of Big Foot 128. The Legend of Zorro 129. The Long Hair of Death 130. The Madmen of Mandoras 131. Majestic 132. Malibu Beach 133. Mama Dracula 134. The Man with Two Lives 135. The Manster 136. Midnight Phantom 137. Midnight Shadow 138. The Midnight Warning 139. Minesweeper 140. Murder in the Red Barn 141. The Murder Mansion 142. My Chauffeur 143. My Tutor 144. Nabonga 145. The Navy Way 146. Never Too Late 147. The Night that Evelyn Came Out of the Grave 148. Night Fright 149. Night of the Blood Beast 150. Night Tide 151. Nightmare in Wax 152. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare 153. One Eyed Jack 154. One Frightened Night 155. One of Our Aircraft is Missing 156. Operation Pacific 157. Pajama Game 158. Passenger 57 159. A Passenger to Bali 160. The Phantom 161. The Phantom Creeps 162. The Phantom Express 163. The Phantom of Soho 164. The Pom Pom Girls 165. Pony Trouble 166. Primal Fear 167. Prime Evil 168. Prisoners of the Lost Universe 169. Private Buckaroo 170. Puppet Show 171. Rage of the Master 172. Rattlers 173. Replicant 174. Return of the Boogeyman 175. Return of the Magnificent Seven 176. Ricochet 177. Road to Bali 178. The Rogue Tavern 179. Sabbath 180. The Sadist 181. Sands of Iwo Jima 182. Satan's Slave 183. Savage Weekend 184. Screaming Ninja 185. The Sea Chase 186. She Gods of Shark Reef 187. The She-Beast 188. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 189. Shock 190. The Shunned House 191. Sickness House 192. Silent Bloodnight 193. Sinners 194. Sisters of Death 195. Slasher 196. Slave of the Cannibal God 197. Sleep Disorder 198. Snake Crane Secret 199. The Snow Creature 200. Snowbeast 201. The Somnambulists 202. Sound of Horror 203. Spare Parts 204. Spitfire 205. A Strange Adventure 206. The Stranger 207. Strangers of the Evening 208. Stanley 209. Super Hell 210. Super Hell 2 211. Tales of Frankenstein 212. Teenage Zombies 213. Terrified 214. Terror 215. Terror Creatures from the Grave 216. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 217. They Were Expendable 218. This Darkness 219. Tomboy 220. Torture Ship 221. Trauma 222. Trip with the Teacher 223. Unsane 224. Vampire's Night Orgy 225. A Vampire's Tale 226. The Van 227. Voodoo Black Exorcist 228. Vulture's Eye 229. A Walking Nightmare 230. War of the Robots 231. The Wasp Woman 232. Watchmen 233. Werewolf of Washington 234. Web of the Spider 235. Weekend Pass 236. White Fang to the Rescue 237. The White Gorilla 238. White Pongo 239. White Zombie 240. Who Am I? 241. Wings of an Eagle 242. Woodland Haunting 2 | | | Pete |
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Registered: March 20, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,853 |
| Posted: | | | | Well... If it were me, and I had that group of movies to chose from, I'd watch: Kennel Murder Case In Harm's Way Operation Pacific Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon But somehow I think our tastes in movies are quite different. --------------- |
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Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 17,334 |
| Posted: | | | | I like the older stuff too sometimes. Though I will admit I am not huge on the War movies. I have been pretty curious about Kennel Murder Case though. | | | Pete |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 4,245 |
| Posted: | | | | From that list I would pick the following.
Battleship Potemkin Black Hawk Down The Brave One In Harms Way Jarhead King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition Passenger 57 Watchmen |
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Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,879 |
| Posted: | | | | I'll echo Battleship Potemkin as a great film.
On the other side, if that's White Zombie with Bela Lugosi, I wouldn't mind hearing what you think of it. Planning to watch it in October... | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. -- Thorin Oakenshield |
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| Posted: | | | | It is White Zombie with Bela Lugosi.... I watched it once before and didn't care much for it... but it could be due to a poor copy I have. A friend gave me a better copy of it... so I need to give it a second chance. | | | Pete |
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Registered: March 14, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,394 |
| Posted: | | | | White Zombie, please watch a better copy because I enjoyed it. This is what I have diffculty with is when you buy a 50 pack of movies you really get the most dire prints in the world . Sometimes a good print sneaks in , but not often. It is one of the reason I have given up watching them as I feel I have wasted my time and not seen the movie at it's best, even if watching pristine Plan 9 or Robot Monster will not improve the value . Cheers Kelvin |
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| Posted: | | | | And the one I watched was actually a free copy... it was one in the 20 Disc... 40 movie boxset I got from Total Movie Magazine when I subscribed to their magazine... Here is a good shot at the back cover in case anyone wants to see what all is in it... I have read online that most people that subscribed didn't even get their copy... so I feel pretty lucky I got mine. Even if some of the prints are pretty horrid. Though some are better then I thought they would be. | | | Pete |
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Registered: May 19, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 6,730 |
| Posted: | | | | The #12 on this backcover, isn't this one, is it? If it was, it would be a very strange sorting. | | | It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up! But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?
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Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation: | Posts: 2,879 |
| Posted: | | | | I'd take a guess that #12 is a Sherlock Holmes picture starring Basil Rathbone. | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. -- Thorin Oakenshield |
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| Posted: | | | | It is indeed the Sherlock Holmes movie from 1946. This one. | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: White Zombie Year: 1932 Director: Victor Halperin (1895) Rating: NR Length: 67 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: N/A Stars:Bela Lugosi Madge Bellamy (1899) Joseph Cawthorn Robert Frazer John Harron Brandon Hurst Plot:The Halperin Brothers made White Zombie in just 11 days back in 1932, with $50,000 (Bela Lugosi got less than $1,000 to play zombie master Murder Legendre) and sets left standing from Universal's Dracula and Frankenstein. Keeping dialogue to a minimum, they wisely let cameraman Arthur Martinelli cut loose on this odd fairy tale, avoiding the stagy, static fell that pervades most early Talkies. White Zombie doesn't tell us a story when it can show us one. One of the most visually interesting horror films ever made, White Zombie has been slighted by videotapes made from scratched, faded 6mm prints. Two 35mm prints were used for this DVD, making as clean and crisp a White Zombie as you'll ever see. Extras:Audio Commentary Feature Trailers Featurettes Interviews My Thoughts: This is actually the second time I seen this movie. But the first time on this DVD. I watched it a couple years ago and wasn't impressed with it at all at the time. I believed mostly due to the terrible quality of that particular disc. So a friend gave me this release of the movie saying it would be much better quality and to give it another try. The quality of this disc is much better. Not quite as good as some of the movies of it's time that I have seen... but much better then the first release I seen. And it did make a difference. While I still wouldn't call this one a favorite film.. I did enjoy it quite a bit. The story is so much better when you can actually see what is going on... and there is no buzzing sound in the audio. I still found some parts of this one a little slow for my taste... but over all definitely worth watching. I glanced at a couple of the extras on this disc. Unfortunately they didn't look as good as the movie did. I looked at a short sample of the interview with Bela Lugosi before I watched the movie. While the audio and video of this interview isn't as good as the movie... I would like to finish watching it. If you want to check out this movie... from what I understand this is the version you want to look for. As it has the best quality of the movie available. My Rating: 3.5 NOTE: The last time I watched this movie I rated it at a 1.5 | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: The Brave One Year: 2007 Director: Neil Jordan Rating: R Length: 122 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish Stars:Jodie Foster Terrence Howard Nicky Katt Naveen Andrews Mary Steenburgen Ene Oloja Plot:"Why don't they stop me?" Erica Bain wonders. Bain, a popular New York radio host, watched her fiancé die and nearly lost her own life to a vicious, random attack. Now she discovers a stranger within herself, an armed wanderer in the urban night, out for vengeance and at war with her own soul. Two-time Academy Award® winner* Jodie Foster as Erica joins Oscar® nominee* Terrence Howard as a determined cop hot on her trail. Erica's future is uncertain but one thing is not: The Brave One is a high-tension thriller that packs a visceral and emotional punch. *Foster – Best Actress for The Accused (1988) and The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Howard – Best Actor for Hustle & Flow (2005). Extras:Scene Access Bonus Trailers Deleted Scenes Featurettes Closed Captioned My Thoughts: This is one I first saw on On-Demand. I enjoyed it so much at the time that I knew it wouldn't be long for me to get the DVD. The Brave One is one of the best revenge/vigilante movies I have seen in quite a while. Jodie Foster does a wonderful job in this movie. While it is very enjoyable... it is not perfect. There is some slow parts throughout the movie. And I have caught myself more then once looking at the clock. But I think these moments are important to the story as well. Other then Jodie Foster... this movie has Mary Steenburgen who I watched all the time on Joan of Arcadia... where she played Joan's mother. The Brave One is definitely worth giving a chance. Though I do wish they would have given this one a better DVD Release. There really is very little when it comes to extras for this one. My Rating: 4/5 | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: Cave Girl Year: 1985 Director: David Oliver Rating: R Length: 81 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: N/A Stars:Daniel Roebuck Cindy Ann Thompson Darren Young Saba Moore Jeff Chayette Charles Mitchell Plot:In search of the "perfect" woman, a bumbling anthropology student accidently travels back in time, 25,000 years, and meets his dream woman...a beautiful cavegirl. But she quickly makes it clear he must use all of his modern day wiles if he is to win her love. Extras:Scene Access My Thoughts: Next I felt like something fun and silly... so thought what better then an old '80s comedy? This movie I got in a cheap boxset... Too Cool For School Collection. It is one I never seen before... and one I really wasn't expecting much of anything from. And basically what I got is a movie that had a few chuckle... a bit of T&A... and just some silly and fun times. Just something you can sit back and watch... not having to think much about. My Rating: 3/5 | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: BloodRayne: Unrated Director's Cut Year: 2005 Director: Uwe Boll Rating: Unrated Length: 99 Min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish Stars:Kristanna Loken Michael Madsen Matt Davis Will Sanderson Geraldine Chaplin Udo Kier Plot:BloodRayne delivers non-stop action and incredible special effects. Kristanna Loken (Terminator 3) stars as a sexy killing machine determined to use her supernatural fighting skills to combat her father and his menacing vampire army. Features an incredible all-star cast including Ben Kingsley (Sexy Beast), Michelle Rodriguez (The Fast and the Furious), Billy Zane (Titanic), Michael Madsen (Kill Bill), and Meat Loaf Aday. From director Uwe Boll. Extras:Scene Access Audio Commentary Feature Trailers Featurettes Gallery Interviews BloodRayne 2 PC-DVD Game My Thoughts: Just finished watching this one for the first time... and I must say I am still not sure what I think of it. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing when it comes to watching this movie... but I am not familiar with the BloodRayne video games at all. Over all I didn't like the movie much at all. I just couldn't care about the storyline or characters much at all. And that is of course, as we all know, a bad thing when it comes to watching a movie. On the other hand there was a couple of things I did like about it. The action was pretty cool. And being familiar with some of the cast from TV Series it was pretty fun Seeing them in a movie role. I liked Kristanna Loken... who I know from Painkiller Jane... she looked good with red hair. I just wish she had an all around better movie to work with. I would say over all this movie was a bit of a disappointment... though I was expecting worse considering all I heard about this movie online. But then that could have something to do with it involving vampires... and I do love anything with vampires in it. So me giving a vampire movie such a low score should tell you something as well. My Rating: 2/5 | | | Pete |
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| Posted: | | | | Title: War of the Robots Year: 1978 Director: Al Bradly Rating: PG-13 Length: 100 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: N/A Stars:Antonio Sabato Yanti Sommer Melissa Long Patricia Gore James R. Stuart Robert Barnes Plot:Representatives of an alien civilization on the brink of extinction arrive on Earth and kidnap two top research geneticists in the hopes they can find them a cure to their problem. Looking to stop a potential alien invasion and rescue the scientists, a group of soldiers is sent on a mission that could decide the fate of two civilizations. Extras:Scene Access My Thoughts: Wow... where to begin? This one is so bad I was worried I wouldn't be able to watch the whole thing before giving up on it. When I review a movie I do want to at least finish it to give it a fair review. But this movie was just plain painful to watch. You could easily tell this is low budget. It felt like it... and not in a good way. I do believe low budget don't mean bad movie... but this one needed some help. The storyline while a fair idea... I just couldn't get to care about it. The acting was just terrible. I am the type of person that can usually find something good about a movie... but I am stressed trying to find anything about this movie that is any good. I really can't say there is anything about this movie that I like. Don't waste your time! My Rating: 0/5 | | | Pete |
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