TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV Shows) 2016

Longmire

Well since the Pirates ended up getting their asses handed to them, I decided to finish up Penny Dreadful.

"The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2" (2015)

The dystopian sci-fi saga comes to a close as Katniss Everdeen leads the rebel forces against President Snow - only to realize that she may not have been fighting for the right side after all. A stylish, satisfying wrap-up with plenty of action.

"Murder Rock" (aka "Slashdance" and "The Demon Is Loose," 1984)

Italian gore kingpin Lucio "Zombie" Fulci directed this bizarre mix of murder mystery and dance movie ala "Flashdance." (?) The students at a prestigious New York dance academy are being picked off by a mysterious killer while they prep for a major Broadway audition. As usual with Italian B-movies, the dialogue is awkward, the acting is sub-par and the story is needlessly complicated and littered with random WTF moments. It's nowhere near as gory as Lucio's classic horror flicks but it's certainly sleazy, with lotsa loving close ups of pretty girls in butt-floss spandex rockin' out to a so-'80s-it-hurts cheez rock soundtrack composed by Keith Emerson!
"Murder Rock" is far from a "good" movie, but it's definitely an entertainingly "bad" one.

Best of the Worst: Pocket Ninjas, Cyclone, and Dangerous Men

Ring Of Honor

"Killer Klowns From Outer Space" (1988)

In this cult classic low budget parody of '50s sci-fi invasion flicks, otherworldly clowns set up shop outside a small town and begin snatching up the local populace, storing them in giant balloons and cotton candy cocoon pods for later consumption. Naturally the only ones who can save the day are the local teenagers. Silly as hell (on purpose), cheesy as hell, but still weirdly enjoyable in spite of its many flaws. My almost 9-year-old watched it with me and decreed that it's the "best movie ever."

Fat Freddy wrote:

"Killer Klowns From Outer Space" (1988)

In this cult classic low budget parody of '50s sci-fi invasion flicks, otherworldly clowns set up shop outside a small town and begin snatching up the local populace, storing them in giant balloons and cotton candy cocoon pods for later consumption. Naturally the only ones who can save the day are the local teenagers. Silly as hell (on purpose), cheesy as hell, but still weirdly enjoyable in spite of its many flaws. My almost 9-year-old watched it with me and decreed that it's the "best movie ever."

Sweet! This movie, despite being a comedy, actually scared the bejesus out of me as a kid, especially the cotton candy/blood sucking scene. It's fun and creative as hell. It's too bad the brothers didn't make another movie after this.

http://imdb.com/title/tt1979370/

^ IMDb shows a "Klowns" sequel in the works for a 2018 release date...

Fat Freddy wrote:

http://imdb.com/title/tt1979370/

^ IMDb shows a "Klowns" sequel in the works for a 2018 release date...

One of my all-time favorite movies.  So many different gags in it.  And since I absolutely HATE clowns the creepiness factor was off the charts for me. 

And I've heard rumors of a sequel for years so I'll believe it when I see it.  But they better not ever "re-imagine", "re-boot", or "remake" the original because I guarantee they'd F it up.  In my opinion the tone of the original perfectly straddles the line between comedy and horror.

Witchfinder wrote:

Best of the Worst: Pocket Ninjas, Cyclone, and Dangerous Men

Pocket Ninjas is one of the worst movies ever made.

tohostudios wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

http://imdb.com/title/tt1979370/

^ IMDb shows a "Klowns" sequel in the works for a 2018 release date...

One of my all-time favorite movies.  So many different gags in it.  And since I absolutely HATE clowns the creepiness factor was off the charts for me. 

And I've heard rumors of a sequel for years so I'll believe it when I see it.  But they better not ever "re-imagine", "re-boot", or "remake" the original because I guarantee they'd F it up.  In my opinion the tone of the original perfectly straddles the line between comedy and horror.

I too enjoyed that movie and agree a remake would be a stupid idea.

Longmire
What Culture Wrestling videos on Youtube.

Dual Survival

DallasBlack wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

http://imdb.com/title/tt1979370/

^ IMDb shows a "Klowns" sequel in the works for a 2018 release date...

One of my all-time favorite movies.  So many different gags in it.  And since I absolutely HATE clowns the creepiness factor was off the charts for me. 

And I've heard rumors of a sequel for years so I'll believe it when I see it.  But they better not ever "re-imagine", "re-boot", or "remake" the original because I guarantee they'd F it up.  In my opinion the tone of the original perfectly straddles the line between comedy and horror.

I too enjoyed that movie and agree a remake would be a stupid idea.

What looks promising is that original director Stephen Chiodo is attached to direct. Brother Charles is producing. Not so sure about the writer, though, who has barely any writing credits to speak of yet had a part in the original film. But it is in fact an independent Chiodo Bros Production. Fox is merely distributing. So there's hope.

Actually, reading more about this, it looks like they couldn't secure financing and it is in fact dead. But Stephen is quoted as saying the following in a Birth. Movies. Death. interview from March of this year:

Quote :

"Right now, we are currently pursuing a long arch series for cable,” he told host Adam Green. “We wondered, should we do a sequel to the first one or do we do a remake? We came up with a ‘requel’ – it’s a sequel and a remake. We’ve been developing this for a while. It’s a trilogy in four parts, and it really follows the continuing adventures of new people who are experiencing this phenomenon of a Klown invasion, and once in a while you see some of the old guys pop up and hear their stories – find out what happened over the last 25 years. It’s f*cking great.”

Hmmmm...

Wayward Pines

How is that? 

I've never seen a single episode but based on what I've seen from this year's promos this second season looks a lot more interesting than the first one did.  And now that I've read the Wikipedia summary of the background I think I might like this show.   I initially dismissed it because M. Night Shamalamadingdong was involved and I can't stand his work.

Game of Thrones, season 3.
Just finished episode 9, which contains the Red Wedding. Suffice to say, I feel dead inside and I shed a tear or two.

Such a good show.

tohostudios wrote:

How is that? 

I've never seen a single episode but based on what I've seen from this year's promos this second season looks a lot more interesting than the first one did.  And now that I've read the Wikipedia summary of the background I think I might like this show.   I initially dismissed it because M. Night Shamalamadingdong was involved and I can't stand his work.

I watch it with my mother and we both love it. First season is available on Hulu. Dingdong only directed the first episode (otherwise he just shares the title of executive producer with another guy).

Last night I watched Battlebots and Celebrity Family Feud.

Got caught up on Containment

Longmire

Gamera: Guardian Of The Universe

This is still my favorite Gamera movie.  You can't really tell from the trailer but the Gaos FX are pretty awesome in this flick; it's from 1995 and it's not the cheesy FX from the early Gamera movies.

A double shot o' 70s action cheez on YouTube:

"Get Christie Love!" (1974)

A black police woman (Teresa Graves) goes undercover to expose a Los Angeles heroin operation. This made-for-TV flick was obviously trying to cash in on the then-current "blaxploitation" cinema craze and served as the pilot for a short lived series. It's pretty standard '70s cop-show stuff, nowhere near as violent or sleazy as a "real" blaxploitation flick would've been. Graves is cute though, and she shows off some kung-fu moves and gets her own catch phrase ("You're under arrest, sugar!"). Foxy Brown could totally kick Christie's ass tho.

"Mr. No Legs" (aka "Gun Fighters," 1979)

Ooookay, this is the one of the most WTF movies I've seen in a loooong time. In this low budget cops-n-robbers movie set in Florida, two detectives tangle with a major drug operation, including the title character - an amputee mob enforcer and total badass who gets around in a souped up wheelchair of Death loaded with hidden weaponry. I swear I am not making this up. It must be noted that even though Mr. No Legs gets top billing, he only appears in a few scenes... but those few scenes make it worth sitting thru the rest of this dreck. You haven't LIVED till you've watched this guy kick a bunch of dudes' asses in a poolside display of handicapped martial arts mastery that can only be called "stump-fu." You'll laugh, you'll cry, it'll become a part of you.

That last movie's plot reminds me of the late 1990s direct to video Die Hard ripoff Blast (the worst of the Die Hard ripoffs).

Many action movies of the 1990s took the Die Hard formula to different settings: we had Passenger 57 (Die Hard on a plane), Under Siege (Die Hard on a battleship), Sudden Death (Die Hard at a sports arena), etc. Blast took the formula to...an Olympics Training Centre where the U.S. Women's Swim Team are being held hostage!

SPOILER ALERT:

The climax involves Rutger Hauer's character, a paraplegic, who fights the villain while on a wheelchair.

^^ Never heard of that one but it sounds like a hoot!!

For my money though, the worst of the "Die Hard" ripoffs was "Skyscraper," with Anna Nicole Smith (!) taking on the Bruce Willis role as a helicopter pilot who lands on a high rise full of terrorists.



...the trailer does a nice job of making it look WAY more awesome than it actually is. Anna Nicole was so bloated and out-of-it by this point that she couldn't even deliver her lines without slurring or looking like she was about to nod out.

It's an absolutely hilarious watch....if you have enough beer in you