The B Action Movie Thread - Page 1666

I'm with you there, Keith. I would never watch this.

Not even to see how hot Charlize Theron is.

I also agree that Street Kings is underrated. Love that movie.

Keith F, There is only...One film that caused me to fall asleep in the theater!  The film was...Speed!  There was a debate that friends of mine were having on what was the best action film of 94.  Some said Speed, and I stated that...True Lies is the...Best Film of 94!  I could watch that film another...20 times and not get bored.  James Cameron at his...Best!  Speed would be on my negative list.  Also, to me the best film with Sandra Bullock was...Demolition Man!

C'mon duke, didn't you or any of your friends see THE PROFESSIONAL?

Speaking of STREET KINGS, the found footage trend invades the cop flick in David Ayer's END OF WATCH:

Doesn't look too bad in trailer form, but it's hard to have any faith in Ayer coming up with anything that he hasn't already written/directed within this whole LAPD setting already.

Excepting Apollo 18, which I kind of thought was super cool, you can take this found footage shit and shove it up your ass, Hollywood.  I know it's cheap...  Sick of it.  The trailer for Chernobly Diaries, I mean, who the fuck wants to tour Chernobyl?

That being said, is CHRONICLE any good?  Found footage super hero is what I got from the trailers.  Am I wrong?

More than halfway through SINNERS AND SAINTS.  Digging it.  Don't really know what the plot is all about, but the action is well staged.  And not one, but TWO Mandylors.  Impressive.

Moltisanti, Well the debate was between...Speed and True Lies!  I did enjoy The Professional, but, not in the same league as...True Lies!  It is my...Favorite James Cameron Film, and my...2nd fave Schwarzenegger Film after...Commando!  Also...Props to True Lies for a...Happy Ending, vs the sad end of The Professional!

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Excepting Apollo 18, which I kind of thought was super cool, you can take this found footage shit and shove it up your ass, Hollywood.  I know it's cheap...  Sick of it.  The trailer for Chernobly Diaries, I mean, who the fuck wants to tour Chernobyl?

 

 

It's extreme tourism, man! All the kids are doing it.

You're not wrong and it's good.

Then the kids are stupid. 

It's nice finding DVDs you forgot you had.  Like the Criterion ROBOCOP.  And STONE COLD, which the saint Moltisanti sent me several years ago.  No kidding.  Honest to goodness saint.

Happy to hear it still brings you joy. Speaking of STONE COLD, that shot of the motorcycle flying into the helicopter in the EX2 trailer gave me a major STONE COLD flashback.

 

 

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Moltisanti, Well the debate was between...Speed and True Lies!  I did enjoy The Professional, but, not in the same league as...True Lies!  It is my...Favorite James Cameron Film, and my...2nd fave Schwarzenegger Film after...Commando!  Also...Props to True Lies for a...Happy Ending, vs the sad end of The Professional!

Sad ending? I know Leon dies and all but Natalie Portman puts his houseplant into the ground, thus allowing it to grow and eventually morph into a botanical hitman.

felix, Reeves, Winter, and the original writers have been working up a third Bill & Ted for a long time now. They have a finished draft and are working on getting a greenlight. It's picked up in the last few months. I'm pretty excited, even though George Carlin isn't around to complete the ensemble.

That found footage COPS-esque film looks cool, but Gyllenhaal looks weird with a shaved head. Could be a fun movie, especially if someone brings some Whitaker levels of acting in it like in Street Kings.

I'm not a big fan of the Bill And Ted films, but I'd see a 3rd one.

Chronicle is pretty good, and I'll throw in Project X as another awesome one as well. When it hits video, check it out Keith.

Finsished SINNERS AND SAINTS.  Not bad, not bad.  Some nice fights and good gunplay.  Story's a bit thin, but that's okay.

I did figure out why Molt recommended it in the first place, though:  Tom Berenger. 

Well I came for Berenger, but I stayed for the Mandylor brothers.
 

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Well I came for Berenger, but I stayed for the Mandylor brothers.
 

Sing it with me, "MAN-DE-LAHR" !

If they're going to do a BIll and Ted, I still want them to do a Ferris Bueller sequel, where Ferris is old and tired and hates his job, and Cameron is the one who pulls him out of his funk, and they try to relive their youth.  It's not a happy 80's throwback.  I figure it will naturally end with a murder/suicide. 

Watched an Encore Action airing of a flick I know I have spoken about before, the great 1988 "Based on a True Story" TV movie IN THE LINE OF DUTY: THE FBI MURDERS:

Still holds up in my view. Michael Gross and David Soul are chilling as the deranged duo who blaze a trail of murder and robberies all over Florida. Ronny Cox and Bruce Greenwood are the FBI agents on their trail. This time I also noticed Richard Jenkins as a fellow agent tasked with bringing Gross and Soul down. Pretty bloody by late 80's network TV standards. Worth seeking out.

Fuck yeah, I remember that one.  Used to watch all those line of duty movies.  Great final shootout. 

I wanna track down the VHS of IN THE LINE OF DUTY: COP FOR THE KILLING:

Steven Weber looks sick as fuck.

I was about to mention that one, but I was too lazy to look it up.  All I could remember was Steven Weber playing a loose cannon, and wearing this early 90's vest looking thing most of the time.  They show it on cable, that's how I saw it.  Just a few years ago.

Also, I'm pretty sure I just read that James Farentino died recently. 

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They've a shitload of Italian crime movies from the 70's on Instant.  I can't decide what to watch.  I also want to check out some of the Chow Yun Fat stuff I've never seen..  

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Also watched CALIBER 9 last night.  I've only seen a few of the Italian crime thing, I'm not going to look up that word, and I have to say I enjoyed the hell out of it, although I had no fucking idea what was going on for most of the running time.  Loved the ending.

I am glad Hunter set you straight and recommended that film, which I happened to see just a few nights ago. I agree with everything you said about it. Rocco was the best part of it; he looked like a psychotic, tanned, mustached and unibrowed Jay Leno!

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Excepting Apollo 18, which I kind of thought was super cool, you can take this found footage shit and shove it up your ass, Hollywood.

Oh wow. That isn't a common opinion to have. I thought I was the most positive person on Apollo 18 and I sayt it was passable at best. The fact that the movie basically rips off 

makes me laugh and I can't hate a movie which does such an audacious thing. I'm hit and miss with found footage; it depends on how it's done, like all genres and subgenres.

Chronicle, though, surprised everyone, including me. It's a teenaged superhero origin story done as found footage but is a lot more mature and realistic than you'd expect. The found footage thing was filmed in a real creative way, too. It'll likely be one of my best new movies I've seen in 2012 once the year is over with. Max Landis (yes, his dad is exactly who you think it is) is someone to look out for in the future; he wrote quite the script here and thankfully it was basically intact by the time it was filmed.

Yeah, James Farentino unfortunately passed away in late January.

And the genre that you're referring to that is hard to spell and remember how to spell is poliziotteschi.

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I am glad Hunter set you straight and recommended that film, which I happened to see just a few nights ago. I agree with everything you said about it. Rocco was the best part of it; he looked like a psychotic, tanned, mustached and unibrowed Jay Leno!

 

 

Oh wow. That isn't a common opinion to have. I thought I was the most positive person on Apollo 18 and I sayt it was passable at best.

Yeah, Rocco... I was going to say a fatter, sleazier Bruce Campbell.  

As far as Apollo 18, it might have been the simple fact that the "footage" might have a reason to exist.  We saw it the same weekend as one of the Paranormal Activity movies, and I'm just over that conceit that there is always a guy around who will never put the camera down, even when his family is screaming blood murder.  But I also liked the atmosphere, and the isolation.  It was well executed.  I dug it quite a bit, actually. 

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Originally Posted by duke fleed 

Keith F, There is only...One film that caused me to fall asleep in the theater!  The film was...Speed!  There was a debate that friends of mine were having on what was the best action film of 94.  Some said Speed, and I stated that...True Lies is the...Best Film of 94!  I could watch that film another...20 times and not get bored.  James Cameron at his...Best!  Speed would be on my negative list.  Also, to me the best film with Sandra Bullock was...Demolition Man!

I probably considered True Lies the best film of '94 at the time but at this point, it would be lucky to crack top 10 for me. It's a good film. Fun turn for Arnold and Cameron respectively but I wouldn't call it my favorite from either. Could use a legit anamorphic DVD/Blu-Ray release though.

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Moltisanti, Well the debate was between...Speed and True Lies! I did enjoy The Professional, but, not in the same league as...True Lies! It is my...Favorite James Cameron Film, and my...2nd fave Schwarzenegger Film after...Commando! Also...Props to True Lies for a...Happy Ending, vs the sad end of The Professional!

Professional and True Lies is an odd debate though in itself. Real apple and oranges kind of shit. True Lies is considerably more light-hearted so its ending works but Professional actually ends on a fairly good note, given the tone of the film.

For Keith: It's POLICE ACADEMY Week at the A.V., and they kick it off with an interview with the legend himself, Mr. Steve Guttenberg

http://www.avclub.com/articles/police-academy-week-a-chat-with-actormemoirist-ste,73567/

Did anybody read THE EXPENDABLES Trade Paperback last year?

http://www.amazon.com/The-Expendables-TPB-Chuck-Dixon/dp/1606901729/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_t_1

Ridiculous. None of the characters even look like Sly and his team.

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Did anyone see the new TE2 Trailer during The Avengers screening this week?

How did the audiences take to it?

I saw it. From what I remember, Arnold and Chuck Norris got the biggest reactions from the audience.

Arnold is going to be in a David Ayer movie. GUESS WHAT it's about law enforcement and corruption.

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Adkins updated his fb with an official poster. Guess he's not out in the cold after all!

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Arnold is going to be in a David Ayer movie. GUESS WHAT it's about law enforcement and corruption.

 

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Wow, Arnold is really churning them out.  I guess he wants to make as many movies as possible while he still can.   But another cartel flick?  

Vern reviews SAFE.

http://outlawvern.com/2012/05/07/safe/#more-11340

This new HK Flick sounds interesting as well.

The "WU DANG" Trailer

"In early Republican China, rumors were going around about the treasure in Wudang Mountain. An American conspirator took his well-trained kung fu daughter to Wudang by sponsoring a Taoist martial arts competition, to steal the treasure. Out of expectation, a disciple represented Wudang to compete with other martial arts masters for the championship. During the competition, resentment incurred against different parties, the relationship became complicated, a Korean female Tai Chi descendant fell in love with the American conspirator and the secret of the treasure had been revealed. The treasure is the key of the magnetic field of Wudang, if it's stolen, Wudang would be devastated. To protect Wudang, a group of young heroes rallied around to defeat grant masters. It's the time the long-lost Wudang martial arts returned."
 

felix, It is...Safe to say, I agree with...Vern and everyone else that...Loves the newest Statham action film.  It is a...Top 5 film for me.

How is Assassination Games?  I'm thinking of checking it out.

Personally, I'm glad Arnie is making up for lost time.  You can never have too much Schwarzenegger.  Just ask his maid.

 

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How is Assassination Games?  I'm thinking of checking it out.

Not nearly as good as it should be.  The weird color filter in which it was filmed does nothing to help, but there are some choice moments (including a decent fight between Adkins and Van Damme).

Real disappointed by ASSASSINATION GAMES. Not enough scenes of Van Damme and Adkins buddying around town together, not nearly enough fight scenes where Adkins gets to show off his skills, and the big finale is a total slap in the face to the audience.

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Arnold is going to be in a David Ayer movie. GUESS WHAT it's about law enforcement and corruption.

 

Holy Lord, I know it's too much to ask of Ayer to switch things up plot-wise but can he at least set this somewhere besides L.A.? I'm not saying it has to be all the way on the east coast or anything. What about San Diego? I'm sure there's plenty of law enforcement corruption going on there. Anything to not see the same south central back alleys yet again.

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Adkins updated his fb with an official poster. Guess he's not out in the cold after all!

 

Sweet, now we just need to lobby to get him some kind of "Along with" or "For your consideration" credit in the trailer.

That poster of Adkins makes me feel.........funny. Not "hah hah" funny either.

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so Gents, I caught HAYWIRE over the weekend inbetween my AVENGERS binging.

Pretty mediocre.  I appreciate what Soderbergh was trying to do here, but something about the entire film felt anemic.  There were maybe 2 decent fights, otherwise Carano's wooden demeanor (seemingly worked into the script I guess) didn't really draw me in.  

I liked Banderas' last reaction but otherwise kind of a corny movie that was a hodge podge of scenes lifted from other better espionage flicks.  That whole scene with Mallory Kane's father (Bill Paxton!) was totally weird.  Something felt really really off about that entire scene.

I also revisited Peter Hyams' THE RELIC.  I honestly haven't seen that in years.  It felt like watching it for the first time.  Pretty good stuff.  Especially with the CGI/Special FX of the day, some pretty decent stuff with the monster and Sizemore carried his weight (granted there was a lot less of it back then).

Fucking David Ayer. Dude made a fucking found footage film about police corruption. Are you serious? I honestly wonder if he had some horrible experiences with the police in his youth because this guys entire 10+ years in film has revolved around the same subject. Truly amazing. I was burnt out on his shit around Harsh Times.

Perhaps he fancies himself the film version of Ellroy, whom he idolizes. Too bad he doesn't have the chops to match that idol.

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so Gents, I caught HAYWIRE over the weekend inbetween my AVENGERS binging.

 

Pretty mediocre.  I appreciate what Soderbergh was trying to do here, but something about the entire film felt anemic.  There were maybe 2 decent fights, otherwise Carano's wooden demeanor (seemingly worked into the script I guess) didn't really draw me in.  

 

I liked Banderas' last reaction but otherwise kind of a corny movie that was a hodge podge of scenes lifted from other better espionage flicks.  That whole scene with Mallory Kane's father (Bill Paxton!) was totally weird.  Something felt really really off about that entire scene.

 

 

I also revisited Peter Hyams' THE RELIC.  I honestly haven't seen that in years.  It felt like watching it for the first time.  Pretty good stuff.  Especially with the CGI/Special FX of the day, some pretty decent stuff with the monster and Sizemore carried his weight (granted there was a lot less of it back then).

The more I think about it, the more I like Tatum or than Carano in the film. I still dug her, but it's just the revelation that the guy can actually act that gets me. I'm with you on Banderas' reaction. So perfect. Plus it was cool seeing him back on the big screen again.

Always loved The Relic. That's a great monster movie there.

Funny you mention Sizemore's weight. I was just revisiting Bringing Out The Dead earlier, and the guy has a gut that rivals Busey and Guzman. What's even crazier is that somehow they got him to lose all that weight, AND colored his hair to make him look easily 15 years younger in Dreamcatcher, and that thing came out about 5 years later. Guy looked like he was pushing 50 in Bringing Out The Dead. Actually, he has always looked like he was pushing 50.

So anyway, Bringing Out The Dead is an underrated film. Probably Scorsese's craziest film in years. I still remember seeing it in the dollar movies with my folks back in 2000 and loving it. Also got the soundtrack, as back then in the pre-iTunes and Napster days, that was the only way I could get a c.d. with some of my favorite songs that I didn't have yet on disc like "What's The Frequency Kenneth?" and "Red Red Wine". The whole soundtrack is amazing.

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Originally Posted by Fazer 

so Gents, I caught HAYWIRE over the weekend inbetween my AVENGERS binging.

 

Pretty mediocre.  I appreciate what Soderbergh was trying to do here, but something about the entire film felt anemic.  There were maybe 2 decent fights, otherwise Carano's wooden demeanor (seemingly worked into the script I guess) didn't really draw me in.  

 

I liked Banderas' last reaction but otherwise kind of a corny movie that was a hodge podge of scenes lifted from other better espionage flicks.  That whole scene with Mallory Kane's father (Bill Paxton!) was totally weird.  Something felt really really off about that entire scene.

 

 

I also revisited Peter Hyams' THE RELIC.  I honestly haven't seen that in years.  It felt like watching it for the first time.  Pretty good stuff.  Especially with the CGI/Special FX of the day, some pretty decent stuff with the monster and Sizemore carried his weight (granted there was a lot less of it back then).

Actually, I think Paxton had the best moment in the entire film.  When he watches her stomp that guy to death, he does this little subtle reaction, like it's finally hitting home that his lil' girl, his baby, is a stone cold killer.  You don't get shit like that everyday in movies like this, and I wish there would have been more of it.  Otherwise I agree with you.  Thin.  I still think it was just something that Soderbergh and his buddies thought of one night while getting stoned and coming across Carano on the TV.   "I bet we could put her in a movie.  Then I'll surround her with the biggest names a DTV has ever seen!"

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So anyway, Bringing Out The Dead is an underrated film. Probably Scorsese's craziest film in years. I still remember seeing it in the dollar movies with my folks back in 2000 and loving it. Also got the soundtrack, as back then in the pre-iTunes and Napster days, that was the only way I could get a c.d. with some of my favorite songs that I didn't have yet on disc like "What's The Frequency Kenneth?" and "Red Red Wine". The whole soundtrack is amazing.

So we agree on something at long last, Rene.  Excellent.  I like this one as well.  Soundtrack really starts on a high note with Van Morrison's "TB Sheets."

Fuck, I just found out that there's a film adaptation of FREAKY DEAKY, one of my favorite Elmore Leonard novels.  I've always wanted to make this one.  A fella can dream, can't he?   Weird cast, btw, Christian Slater, Crispin fuckin' Glover, Michael Jai White, Andy Dick...  I'm sure you guys knew about this a long time ago, and I'm a little disappointed you didn't write me in prison to tell me about it.  For shame.

I read a whole lot more Leonard while I was away, including MR. MAJESTYK.  Believe me, they filmed the book.  That's why it was so good.  Right before I came home, I read UNKNOWN MAN #89, a typically low key Leonard affair, but I really liked it. 

I'd like to do a new version of 52 Pick Up.  Yeah, I read a lot.  Had my folks send me Leonard books.

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Did anybody read THE EXPENDABLES Trade Paperback last year?

http://www.amazon.com/The-Expendables-TPB-Chuck-Dixon/dp/1606901729/ref=pd_rhf_se_p_t_1

 

Ridiculous. None of the characters even look like Sly and his team.

I can't say I did. I don't even remember hearing about it before. I know I'll skip it just based on the cover, though.

I haven't heard of Freaky Deaky before, but it does sound interesting. Besides it being directed by Walter Matthau's son, the cast has people we know, such as Michael Jai White, Bill Duke, Crispin Glover (more on his dad in a bit), Christian Slater, and even Gloria Hendry.

So, tonight I finally dipped into Netflix, and I plan on trying to visit there and watch at least one movie a day. I watched 1983's The Big Score, a movie I thought I heard about here. It's a vehicle for Fred Williamson and it's best known as the script for a proposed Dirty Harry film. The cast is filled with familiar names that many of us enjoy: Richard Roundtree, John Saxon, Ed Lauter, D'Urville Martin, a guy who looks so much like Laur... er, I mean Henry Silva that I wish they would have been able to cast him, Bruce Glover (as his son gets older, he looks more and more like Bruce does here), Chelcie Ross, and even Joe Spinell.

The movie is about a drug bust that happens and a lot of money gets lost. It ends up being hidden in a REALLY obvious spot that multiple people do not think of going to; yep, the movie is quite stupid but holy crap is it wildly entertaining; let me list some of the highlights:

Roundtree, Williamson, and Saxon joke around about pissing on each other. Don't ask.

Fred uses his ex-wife as a booty call. Really. She's Nancy Wilson. No, not from Heart; an old jazz singer. In fact, some scenes are set in a jazz club and none other than Ramsey Lewis has a cameo appearance.

There's a fat black man named Cheech (!) who is hilarious. He's a jolly old fellow. He might as well be a member of the Fat Boys. In one scene he drinks hooch out of an old paint can!

Someone gets shot right in the kneecap.

I literally laughed out loud when it was revealed that a character gets killed and "his pecker was cut off and shoved in his mouth!" I was not expecting to hear that. Thankfully we are only told this and not shown it.

Martin shows up and his first scene is him getting interrupted from banging a fat white chick! He later pushes down on a lever and blows something up with dynamite; yes, just like Wile E. Coyote trying to blow up the Roadrunner with dynamite.

A cat gets murdered as a message. The cat is just shown lying on the ground. No blood or anything, so don't call PETA. Although, in retaliation someone's dog gets it, and I could have done without that.

The movie is set in Chicago and I actually recognized a location that was shown. It was a restaurant known as CATFISH DIGBY'S. No I've never been there but I have heard of it before. That is what happens when you grow up in the northern part of Illinois. The particular restaurant they showed closed down many years ago but there's another location they have open under the same name.

Multiple mannequins gets blown the F up.

The music score is from the same guy who did the score for Maniac. It's best described as early 80's jazzy electronic. At times it seems appropriate for a Death Wish sequel.

The ending was disappointing, though. One scene you find out that Spinell takes karate lessons. You do NOT end up seeing old Fred and Joe having a martial arts battle! What you get instead is pretty lame.

Despite that, I still enjoyed the movie, if only for its memorable cast and LOL moments.

That FBI Murders movie is great for what it is. The shootout at the end is a great technically shot breakdown of what actually took place (allegedly).

I remember recording it off television to a VHS tape for a Community College Law Enforcement Professor, because he was pissed he couldn't find it anywhere. Talk about teacher's pet/brown nosing. He was my best/favorite teacher ever. Dude was a cop, judge, lawyer, and a professor (he wore his gun in class also).

Glad both Rene and Keith enjoyed Sinners and Saints.

I've been busy uploading videos to The Bearded Hitmen page on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spway2jre74&feature=plcp

Although I did manage to watch The Divide (agree with Keith on this one), which was okay but got kind of stupid/shitty at the 3/4 mark, and Haywire which I just loved! I loved everything about Haywire. The artsy camera style, the exploitation music, the brutality, Channing Tatum (who continues to impress), Gina C with the double D's, and Soderberg 's choice in editors.

Made a trip to Disc Replay after going to the dentist. Picked up Ravenous, Krull, The End of Violence, Merantau, Red Surf, Redbelt, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and Wolf Creek on dvd all for only 24.74! Got The End of Violence and Krull free.

Also started using Amazon instant watch recently on my PS3, becuase I got Amazon Prime again and it has a lot of good stuff on it, just like netflix. Oh ya and I ordered another copy of The Sweeper, because the other one I had skipped too much. Found a new copy for like 4 bucks!

Gonna go check out the Redbox now, and get some beers! You guys are the best!

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I also revisited Peter Hyams' THE RELIC.  I honestly haven't seen that in years.  It felt like watching it for the first time.  Pretty good stuff.  Especially with the CGI/Special FX of the day, some pretty decent stuff with the monster and Sizemore carried his weight (granted there was a lot less of it back then).

The scene that has Penelope Ann Miller changing her clothes is worth the price of admission itself.

AWESOME new RIDDICK Pic.

Hey guys... Playing catch-up.

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That being said, is CHRONICLE any good? 

 

Although I'm fairly sick of the whole "found footage" aesthetic, and Chronicle finds increasingly ridiculous ways to keep justifying its aesthetic as it progresses, I have to admit it's a solid, compelling sci-fi/action film ... At the risk of spoiling it, it's basically a live action anime in many ways.

I do wonder how effective the movie would be if it were just told like a normal film. I think the story is compelling enough that it would work. But, again, this found footage stuff is boring me to tears. Really, the only films I can think of that do it effectively are Cloverfield and a surprisingly great thriller you haven't seen called Alone With Her.

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felix, Reeves, Winter, and the original writers have been working up a third Bill & Ted for a long time now. They have a finished draft and are working on getting a greenlight. It's picked up in the last few months. I'm pretty excited, even though George Carlin isn't around to complete the ensemble.

This may seem a bit out of left field, but how about Louis CK to fill Carlin's shoes? It would be different but effective, I think.

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Arnold is going to be in a David Ayer movie.

 

Jesus... When he said: "I'm...BACK!" he wasn't kidding, was he? This is like, what, 4 major releases in the space of two years?

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I also revisited Peter Hyams' THE RELIC.  I honestly haven't seen that in years.  It felt like watching it for the first time.  Pretty good stuff. 

Not a great movie by any means, but fun in an appropriately cheesy way. Arguably Peter Hyams' last good movie. Though I know the execrable End Of Days has its fans.

..............

Here's something that may be of interest to some of you.....

I've finally begun watching Breaking Bad. I'm three episodes in and already hooked. What a terrific series. Bryan Cranston is a revelation and most definitely worth the praise everyone heaps upon him. I've enjoyed his work on Malcolm in the Middle and his recent character work in films. But this is on a different level.

If I'm at all curious about that awful looking new Total Recall, it's to see what he brings to the table.

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Also picked up the book Ready Player One today. I've heard amazing things. It takes place in the year 2044 where everyone is living in a Matrix type virtual reality that is one big homage to 1980's pop culture. So it's basically an MMORPG version of this thread.

Yep, that does sound pretty great and accurate. I mean, I'd love to live in that world now!

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Here's something that may be of interest to some of you.....

 

I've finally begun watching Breaking Bad. I'm three episodes in and already hooked. What a terrific series. Bryan Cranston is a revelation and most definitely worth the praise everyone heaps upon him. I've enjoyed his work on Malcolm in the Middle and his recent character work in films. But this is on a different level.

It's funny you mention that as last week I was in Target and saw that they had all the seasons available for a rather cheap price. I believe it was less than 20 bucks each. I haven't watched any of that show but as so many people have praised it here I just might make the plunge.

Then again, also last week I was at Best Buy and saw that they had all the seasons of Miami Vice and Magnum P.I. available for something like TEN bucks each. I'm really trying to watch my spending this month due to how it's been in 2012 so far but I just might say F it and go hog wild this week if they're still there for purchase. If not I won't be heartbroken but I suppose I should get back into the habit of watching a scripted fiction TV show given that I haven't regularly done that in YEARS, as I've mentioned before and probably surprised everyone. I just haven't felt like it. Watching something old and awesome from beginning to end would be nice, though.

Speaking of TV shows on DVD, someone I know picked up the first season of Justified just today; I was truly shocked when I found out they made the purchase and informed me they were interested for a long while in watching the show. I had no idea. I should be able to borrow the DVD's for watching so I can check out something else many people here have praised. And they also got it from Target and only for about 16 bucks. That sounds like the place to go to for cheap seasons of popular shows on DVD.

A pretty cool list: The Top 10 John Carpenter Films

http://dailygrindhouse.com/features/top-10-john-carpenter-films/

No They Live? No sir, I don't like it.

And I usually dig their lists.

So does anybody care that Cole Hauser is the bad guy in the new Die Hard? Anyone? Okay.

Cole Hauser is in A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD? Didn't know that.