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The Brides Of Dracula and The Legend Of The 7 Golden Vampires. The Satanic Rites Of Dracula is my favourite, while all the others fall in between..
Great stuff. The 1958 Dracula is my obvious favourite but The Satanic Rites of Dracula is my close #2. I must say I am happy to hear that I am not the only one who loves that one. Recently wrote this review:
Thought I'd share that, since we both like that one ;)
Incredibly quirky and silly, most likely made for children, but strangely entertaining just the same.
(Truls Nørgaard, 2015)
Extremely awkward and embarrassing. The tv show Klovn is often rather funny. This is perhaps too much.
This is a really special film from the 80's. An amazing cast, De Niro, Grodin, Dennis Franz, Yaphet Kotto and Joe Pantialano among others.
De Niro and Grodin play off each other beautifully and it's one of De Niro's most natural and relaxed performances.
With a really sharp witty script and a catchy Danny Elfman score, this is hugely entertaining. The scene where De Niro's character sees his daughter for the first time in 9 years, and hasn't a clue what to say to her is very affecting, and it's the kind of scene that elevates this above other Buddy movie fare.
This may have one chase scene too many, but is still first class entertainment with everyone involved at the top of their game.
I think this was the first time I saw deNiro mastering comedy.
Too bad, because I usually like Joe Johnston's films. I'm a huge fan of The Rocketeer and I find his Marvel entry to be one of the few ones that I actually enjoy.
Going into this one, my expectations were high thanks to the original film. While I don't think The Raid 2 raised the bar, I wouldn't call it a disappointment either. The Raid 2 has it's own brutal figh sequences, saving its best one for last.
Great comedy thriller! The scene where they con the local bar out of money is hilarious (Grodin, "You see any strange people round here?... ... are you from round here?"
Martin Brest of Beverly Hills Cop fame helmed.
What happened to him?
Great scene. Such a genuinely funny film.
Martin Best made the really good, Scent of a Woman and then Gigli....his last film... 😕
George Lucas debut movie set in a dystopian society, whose population is controlled by android police and force fed drugs to suppress their emotions! Robert Duvall plays the title character, who tries to escape this environment and seek a brave new world!
Lucas shows a real visual flare in places, and shows his inventiveness with sound effects. Not for everyone, its rather dour, (and not sure about the monkey creatures at the end! Added in the Directors cut??) but it is worth seeing once, and it does have an exciting chase finale with Duvall in a supercar pursued by two robot cop motorcyclists!
Donald Pleasance co stars, and Lalo Schifrin provides a score out of kilter with his usual output!
I've only seen this once many years ago and i really liked it. I don't remember any 'monkey creatures' so i assume like yourself they were added for the Directors cut.
Well overdue for a rewatch.
Taste the Blood of Dracula : Not the best of the series, but still showing the king of the vampires as his most evil (poor Alice, even if her father was a piece of crap).
Crisis on Infinite Earths : Loved all the cameos and references. And the story isn't bad at all.
And Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea. Miyasaki Sama did it again. Magical, funny, well-drawn, well enimated, with endearing characters.
Next, Zygon and Asylum.
What else but Once Upon a Time in the West, on that day? Possibly the greatest "Western" ever, not least due to its score.
It is one of the greatest westerns ever made.
The score is practically a character
Showed this to a friend and we discussed its similarities to MR and other Bond films as well as the Eurospy genre.
Unfamiliar with this, but terrific poster!
Escape to Athena
In Greece during World War II, a group of POW's escape and assault a Nazi base looking for treasure.
Escape to Athena has one of those all star casts seemingly assembled by rounding up everyone who happened to be available at the time: David Niven, Telly Savalas, Richard Roundtree, Elliot Gould, Sonny Bono - these people have no business being in the same movie together. Waste Claudia Cardinale as a hooker and add Roger Moore as a Nazi camp commander (!!!) and the mess is complete.
I believe the first half is going for wartime comedy, although it's hard to tell, as it's never funny. There's no attempt at tonal consistency and everybody kinda does his own thing, but watching Elliot Gould do his laid-back shtick as a Jewish-American civilian in a Nazi prison camp is very uncomfortable.
Then, just when you're so bored you're about to give up, the movie suddenly turns into a wall-to-wall action film and lets loose a barrage of chases, explosions, and gunfights. For sheer empty spectacle, it does score some points, but not enough to save it.
I'm sure this provided a nice paycheck and an enjoyable summer under the Greek sun for all involved.
Its a bit of an oddity, with that weird final scene in modern day. But what a cast, and Roger is always worth watching, and that motorcycle chase is well done!
Zygon : When Being You is not enough : A semi-official Doctor Who spin-off, and probably the closest we ever came to an official "Rule 34" in the history of the show. Yes, there is nudity, and sex scene, but also a few Penkinpah violence moments, especially at the end. But still, not too bad. Of course, YMMV.
And Asylum, a very good "portemanteau" movie, about a young Doctor (Robert Powell) who has been called for a job interview, and has to hear some patients' stories in order to find out the former director of the asylum who has become crazy. Featuring Britt Ekland as the maybe not-so imaginary friend of Charlotte Rampling. Amicus (and Roy Ward Baker) at its best.
@Thunderfinger Indeed it is. You can watch it here if you want to:
It is purportedly Quentin Tarantino's favorite secret agent film and it has a lot in common with MR:
http://bondfanevents.com/wild-script-kiss-the-girls-and-make-them-moonraker/
Bookmarked. Thanks.
Agreed 100%.
Both Leone and Morricone perfect their already near perfect formula from the Dollar trilogy for the greatest western of all time: C'era una volta il west. Glad to see there are people who agree on that.
It's also great having Bond's godfather Gabriele Ferzetti in there as well.
I watched Per qualche dollaro in più two days ago, possibly my favourite of the three Dollar films, though it's no match for C'era una volta il west.
One of my favorite movies.
So much better than the first. I've probably seen it more than the first, as well.