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Doctor Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo aka Dr. Jekyll vs The Werewolf (1972)
The 6th (or 5th) Daninsky film. This time Waldemar travels to London to meet with Dr Henry Jekyll, grandson of THE Dr Henry Jekyll. Jekyll has developed a cure for his grandfathers monstrous experiment. Jekyll thinks he can cure Waldemar, by first injecting Waldemar with the original serum that created Mr Hyde. The idea being that Mr Hyde will kill off Waldemar's lycanthropic tendencies, then injecting him with the cure for Mr Hyde, to kill off Hyde. Well.... it doesn't quite work out.
1. Panic Beats (1983)
2. Werewolf Shadow (1971)
3. Human Beasts (1980)
4. Horror Rises From The Tomb (1973)
5. Frankenstein's Bloody Terror (1968)
6. Crimson (1976)
***7. Dr. Jekyll vs The Werewolf (1972)***
8. Vengeance Of The Zombies (1973)
9. Count Dracula's Great Love (1973)
(J&E. Coen, 2010)
Haven t seen the 1969 adaptation, but this is one of my favourite Coens movies.
1 No Country For Old men
2 Fargo
3 True Grit
4 O Brother, Where Are Thou?
5 The Big Lebowski
Honourable mention to Burn After Reading.
I was a bit disappointed in The Coens redo of True Grit, its good, but not great! The original is very entertaining though! Agree with your top 2 @Thunderfinger, but have you seen 'Millers Crossing'? I would place that 3rd. Saw it in cinema and just recently purchased it on bluray
I have seen it, but it s been 30 years. I don t remember what it was like. I should try to see if it s available somewhere for another view.
My Fiancée and I went to my sister’s last night for dinner and while browsing through Disney+ we came across a teaser of sorts for the upcoming sequel series to the movie Willow. We decided to start the movie since we haven’t seen it in years. Willow is one of those fun old school sword and sorcery movies that I tend to watch every 5 to 10 years. I’m not much of a Val Kilmer fan but I would probably place this movie in his top three, or at least five. I have no idea what the new series will be about but Warwick Davis is back and that’s enough to get me excited for it!
Only getting around to watching this now. Another one missed in the cinema! Wasnt too keen on 'The Hateful Eight', having enjoyed most of 'Django Unchained', and this had an intriguing premise, set around the time of The Manson murders! Verdict? Well, not great, Tarantinos love for cult T.V. and legends of Cinema, are mashed into a story of a hasbeen T.V. actor (DiCaprio) and his stuntman pal ( Pitt). Its more about the former, but Brad Pitt is far more charismatic and compelling, and would have rather it focused on him! To be honest am just getting quite wearisome of Tarantinos schtick, and cant really be bothered with him anymore.
Not my favorite Hitchcock film (nothing can defeat Vertigo), but it's up there. My best friend had only seen the goddamn late '90s shot-for-shot remake but never the original, so he wanted to check it out. He ended up falling asleep just after Marion's murder because he drank too much wine! Oh well.
...... Jesus H. Christ. That was violent, and surprisingly moving. I have had this film on DVD for about 15 years, and I have long since meant to get around to watching it. My dad was a BIG western fan, all his life. Whenever The Wild Bunch was brought up, and I mentioned that I had the DVD, he would tell me watch it. I should have taken his advice long ago. Upon finishing the film, I just had to go back and re-watch that final shootout. :-O
Sam Peckinpah classic, one of my favourite Westens and I had a similar reaction as you did when I first watched it 30 or 40 years ago, it was quite a departure from a lot of westerns that proceeded it, certainly American Westerns. I was a huge Spaghetti Western fan as a kid, so I appreciated The Wild Bunch.
Yes, that ending is amazing! Watched 'The Wild Bunch' lots of times! Imagine the reaction to that finale on its initial release!
My own favorite director, Walter Hill, tried to emulate it in his film 'Extreme Prejudice' to much lesser effect!
Another 90's movie I'd seen bits and pieces of, but not the whole thing. Loads of fun!
The balance between the two leads is just perfect. One is a bit cooler, the other one a bit goofier, but both of them have their moments to shine, in the action scenes and in general. And the chemistry between them is fantastic.
Martin Lawrence is very funny. I absolutely love that scene where he first pretends to be Lowrey on the phone ("hello... this is Mike Lahree") and that whole switcheroo subplot.
Téa Leoni is also really good in her role. On the page it probably wasn't a very interesting part, but in the movie, she has terrific chemistry with both leads and is the perfect, uh, straight man. All three characters become a bit of a team by the end of the film.
Tchéky Karyo's villain remains in the background for the most part, but it doesn't hurt the movie. He makes the most out of his role. I know he also played a nasty bad guy in Kiss of the Dragon, another film I want to watch.
The music score is so cool!
I also really like the cinematography. The high-contrast, yellow look is very stylish. Look at this!
I've had some interest in watching the sequels, but from what I've seen of the second film, they ruined Lawrence's character by making him feel more like a funny sidekick than a funny lead, and giving him less closeups. Will Smith had become a bigger star than Lawrence by then. And I saw a couple of clips of the third film. It appears to continue to sideline Lawrence, and then there's the fact that Lawrence is way less physical than before. So I'll just stay with the first film. They really got it right.
People complain about Michael Bay, but between Bad Boys and The Rock, I think at least we got two really good popcorn action movies from him.
1/3 of a cinematic masterpiece.
This and Terkel i knibe are my favourite Danish animated films.
This one still impresses me.
It is underrated, I’d say.
Absolutely. You don t hear much about this, but there is much cleverness, and the animation is better than most of what comes out even today.
I've seen the second but not the first (and I didn't even know there was a third). It was definitely entertaining enough. For all his excesses, Michael Bay does have real talent as an action director. As you say, he really works the filters to his advantage. I feel like if he just reined some of his more juvenile humor in a bit, critics would take him more seriously.
I have seen one Spaghetti Western; The Good, The Bad & The Ugly. Which I saw for the first time, only last year.
Thats a brilliant one to see first!
You should watch Clints 'Dollars' double bill next!
And after that I’d say Once Upon a Time in the West (aka “C’era una volta il west”) is a great way to end it all on an epic note.
If you really love Leone’s westerns, there is also A Fistful of Dynamite (aka “Giù la testa”), which is fun though not as great as the other four.
DreamWorks best movie, with Shrek right behind. Cool parody on the Superman mythos. Bond connections: Hans Zimmer on co-scoring duties with Lorne Balfe, and an invisible car.
Yes, agree totally 'Once Upon a Time in the West' is superb, was just recommending the Dollars pics as starters!
And 'A Fistful of Dynamite' has a lot to recommend too!
I'll make a note of that.
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A double dose of Pam Grier in
Black Mama White Mama (1973)
and
Coffy (1973)
These films teach us a valuable lesson, don't mess with Pam Grier.
Carlito's Way, 1993.
Pacino is, I think, my favorite male actor and I want to fill in my gaps in his filmography. A damn good film.
Ow yes! She was Tubbs’ love interest in Miami Vice. She appeared in quite a few episodes and that was definitely also one of the lessons I learned from those ;)
Two terrifying stories sandwiching a funny tale. The last of the Amicus "Portmanteau" movies. The first story made me grief for the poor Shadmock, the last story was the better of the lot (poor Luna). The second story had the distinction of having two Bond alumni in it : Donald Pleasance and Britt Eckland (looking as pretty as ever). Although no on the same level as Asylum or Tales from the Crypt, it's still has its moments (the strip-tease being one of them).
I have never seen Miami Vice, but I trust Pam took out a number of coke snorting, pastel wearing scumbags?
As far as I can remember, she was a complicated character who was also in a complex on-and-off relationship with one of the two protagonists.
I don’t know them all by heart as I do with Bond films, but given the subject matter I’d say she probably did take out some coke snorting, pastel wearing scumbags as well ;)
If you’re interested, here’s some information on her character (including spoilers, of course): https://miamivice.fandom.com/wiki/Valerie_Gordon
Then, yesterday, I watched X-Men Origins : Wolverine : Not bad, but not as good as the first two X-Men movies. Plus, there are quite a few continuity problems between the original movies and this one (not to mention those that followed).
I tried also to watch The Incredible Hulk, but my Blu-Ray player kept ejecting the Blu-Ray. The disc might be scratched, and I may have to buy it (on the cheap) again. Kinda puts a damper on my Marvelathon.