TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV series) 2015

Parenthood series finale

"The Pit and the Pendulum"(1961)


A 16th century Englishman arrives at a Spanish castle to investigate the mysterious death of his sister, where he meets her guilt ridden husband (Vincent Price), experiences weird phenomena, and eventually becomes an unwilling visitor to the torture chamber in the castle's dungeon.

This was the second film in Roger Corman's series of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, and though it takes a little while to get going the last half is great fun, with an excellent performance by Price.

Oldboy (2003)



Outstanding tale of revenge but it's as much a mystery movie as it is a revenge flick.

The last few days:

Constantine

Pale Rider

Underworld: Evolution

All Star Superman

Red Dwarf - Series 4

Duke vs Virginia

Backstrom

tohostudios wrote:

Duke vs Virginia

Great game! After losing to (F'n) Notre Dame on Wednesday, Duke pulled off the upset and handed the Cavs their first loss.

Currently watching the UFC prelim fights on Fox Sports 1

Showboat '51 - pales in comparison to Whales' version. Had to fight sleep with this one. Great color and sets though.

Giant - interesting. Good example of captivating direction fighting a weak script. Rock Hudson at his finest, though, yet Dean's role leaves a lot to be desired, mostly due to the limited narrative.

corplhicks wrote:

Showboat '51 - pales in comparison to Whales' version. Had to fight sleep with this one. Great color and sets though.

Giant - interesting. Good example of captivating direction fighting a weak script. Rock Hudson at his finest, though, yet Dean's role leaves a lot to be desired, mostly due to the limited narrative.

IMO I thought James Dean was the most interesting part in the movie, anytime he came on I just had to watch. I actually wish there had been more James Dean in the movie

Watched Dee Snider's Strangeland, I hated it

"The Terror" (1963)


A young Jack Nicholson and horror icon Boris Karloff star in this Gothic tale from Roger Corman, about a French soldier who follows a beautiful woman to a creepy old castle (are there ever any other kind of castles in Roger Corman movies?). She turns out to be a vengeful spirit intent on tormenting her former husband (Karloff) to suicide.

"The Terror" may not make a whole lotta sense (the "shocking plot twist" at around the three quarter mark seems utterly random and totally unnecessary) but it has cool atmosphere and features nice performances by Karloff and the then-unknown Nicholson.

"Godzilla vs. Mothra" (aka "Godzilla vs. The Thing," 1964)


A giant monster egg washes up on Japanese shores after a storm, which results in Godzilla (playing the bad-guy role this time out) facing off against the giant insect Mothra, with a whole bunch of Japanese journalists and soldiers (plus two tiny Mothra worshipping go-go girls) caught in the middle.  Charmingly silly rubber-monster schlock.

Fat Freddy wrote:

"Godzilla vs. Mothra" (aka "Godzilla vs. The Thing," 1964)


A giant monster egg washes up on Japanese shores after a storm, which results in Godzilla (playing the bad-guy role this time out) facing off against the giant insect Mothra, with a whole bunch of Japanese journalists and soldiers (plus two tiny Mothra worshipping go-go girls) caught in the middle.  Charmingly silly rubber-monster schlock.

Broadchurch

A very good British murder mystery series.

Hannibal - season 2.

Puppy Bowl XI

Boo hiss! No Kitty Halftime Show! Boo! Instead they did some stupid skit about kittens taking over the studio to show cat videos. Boo!

Also started the final entry in Park's "vengeance" trilogy "Sympathy For Lady Vengeance" today. One thing I notice right away is that this one is much more non-linear than the first two. There were some scenes in OldBoy that were not in chronological order but this one seems to jump around a lot more as we're introduced to the various inmates Geum-ja Lee was cooped up with and who are now helping her exact her revenge. The other thing I've noticed is that I don't really like anyone in this movie. The first two had people with whom you could sympathize and even if they did something really bad, you still felt sorry for them. I don't really get that with this movie. Everyone is pretty deplorable.

"Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel" (2011)


I wrapped up my "Obsessed By Roger Corman Week" with this cool documentary about his amazing 50+ year career in the film industry, loaded with cool clips from his films and interviews with pretty much anybody who's anybody in Hollywood, all of whom have worked for the "King of the B's" at some point. Great stuff!

I need to see that!

tohostudios wrote:

I need to see that!

^^ Watched it free on YouTube this afternoon. You'll have to sign in cuz it has some, err, objectionable material in it (i.e. boobs!) but I assume you're over 18, right Toho?

Goest thou here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHtcqs34VfM

Cool. I'll watch that if the Patriots start clobbering Seattle. Anything would be better than watching New England run roughshod again.

SUPER BOWL nbc

iamrockerfun wrote:

SUPER BOWL nbc

Same here for now but since I hate both teams I don't know how long I'll hang with it.