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The way I saw it, he perishes fighting the alpha, but not before taking it out first. The shot we see is of the wolf taking it's dying breath with Neeson on TOP of it. He goes out fighting and not submissive like his earlier intentions. I can see why the put this in as an extra, they didn't have to film a possibly ridiculous looking fight and it really adds nothing to the final moment of the film as it is.
'If you want me, come and get me!'
Just watched THE UNTOUCHABLES. So many fantastic set pieces in this film! Love DePalma's direction, Mamet's screenplay, Costner's unfairly maligned boyscout Ness, Connery's streetwise master of the 'Chicago Way', DeNiro's Capone, and of course Billy Drago's dastardly killer. Also, my favorite Andy Garcia performance/role. All things in this moviie come together and click perfectly. Definitely a fave.
Classic Bobby D:
Life goes on. A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms... Enthusiasms... What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy? [grabs a baseball bat] Baseball! A man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone. But in the field, what? Part of a team. Teamwork.... Looks, throws, catches, hustles - part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on. If his team don't field... what is he? You follow me? No one! Sunny day, the stands are full of fans. What does he have to say? "I'm goin' out there for myself. But... I get nowhere unless the team wins." [Beats his henchman to death with his bat]
Based on our Olivier Gruner discussion last week I went ahead and tracked down a copy of his surreal pairing with John Ritter in MERCENARY. Good news, I likes it!
Ritter plays the wealthy head of an electronics company. His wife throws a ritzy shindig for a Middle Eastern author. The party is interrupted by a ruthless terrorist attack headed up by Martin Kove as the dastardly Phoenix, a former Russian soldier who now commits terrorism for hire. The author is murdered as is Ritter's wife and Ritter himself is left seriously injured.
Once Ritter recovers he vows vengeance against Marty Kove. Enter Gruner as Capt. Karl "Hawk" May. He heads up a band of mercs that includes the late Robert Culp. Ritter offers to pay $3 million for Gruner to track down Kove. The catch being that Ritter demands to be part of the mission. Gruner refuses but because the movie must go on he ultimately accepts Ritter's offer and away they go.
An aspect to MERCENARY I enjoyed is that even though it's nutty to see John Ritter in this sort of movie it never really delves into becoming farce. He has his share of comedic moments, it's hard not to giggle a bit seeing him share the screen with Gruner, but it's never grating.
Movie doesn't come off as cheap as I assumed it would. It's from the same director who did TIMEBOMB with Michael Biehn and he's quite fond of squibs. He also seems to enjoy having henchmen fly through the air after an explosion. Lot of that in this one.
There is a horribly staged sequence where Gruner and Ritter try to dodge missiles while flying in a chopper. I don't know if it was CGI or stop-motion but whatever was used it was dreadful.
Ed Lauter appears and dons an absurd red hairpiece. He also has a fight scene with Ritter. I repeat, John Ritter and Ed Lauter engage in a fight scene. One more time. John Ritter and Ed Lauter have a fight scene.
Worth checking out.
Mine too, dude. Probably my single favorite De Palma film, and he's done so many good ones. Then again, while I haven't seen GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT, THE FURY or REDACTED, I can't think of too many I didn't like. (Except MISSION TO MARS and the last third of THE BLACK DAHLIA.) I wish that Gerard Butler / Nicolas Cage UNTOUCHABLES prequel had come together, if for no other reason to see if he could handle a return to the well.
Sold. But is it as good as Real Men?
That Recoil fight is pretty damn good, Molt.
Hey Guys, Tonight I watched one of my favorite...Foreign Romance films. Amelie! Audrey Tatou is just charming and with one man...Pretty Vengeful! It has a...Goofy sense of wonder about it. Last night I enjoyed...CAGEy Nic delivering...SPIRITed Vengeance as that...BLAZEing JOHN, the...Ghost Rider!
Hey Guys, Tonight I watched one of my favorite...Foreign Romance films. Amelie! Audrey Tatou is just charming and with one man...Pretty Vengeful! It has a...Goofy sense of wonder about it. Last night I enjoyed...CAGEy Nic delivering...SPIRITed Vengeance as that...BLAZEing JOHN, the...Ghost Rider!
Duke AMELIE is the last movie I would have pegged you as a fan of.
Mine too, dude. Probably my single favorite De Palma film, and he's done so many good ones. Then again, while I haven't seen GET TO KNOW YOUR RABBIT, THE FURY or REDACTED, I can't think of too many I didn't like. (Except MISSION TO MARS and the last third of THE BLACK DAHLIA.) I wish that Gerard Butler / Nicolas Cage UNTOUCHABLES prequel had come together, if for no other reason to see if he could handle a return to the well.
Check out THE FURY. It's my second fave of his right after BLOW OUT. It's masterfully directed by DePalma. Kirk Douglas gets one last classic role, and John Cassavetes, the chance to be a bastard. The f/x is awesome - with a brilliant pre-SCANNERS head explosion. Simply a great horror/thriller.
RDJ still wasn't clean when making this. With Wonder Boys, One Night Stand and US Marshals, it's funny to see how he was still able to deliver good performances.
You need to see him in Nu Image's Danger Zone with Billy Zane, Ron Silver and the legendary Cary Tagawa, to realise he was in the shit. the guy looked older than he does now and looked messed up. Luckily Cary Tagawa gave him the help he needed.
I have a bunch of gaps in my early Cage filmography. I need to see this.
What Kain said. I was more shocked that Damon got it. I thought they'd keep the original's ending, but as Damon was a lot less sympathetic than Andy Lau's character, I guess they wanted to tie the film up. I much preferred the original and was surprised that Scorcese wasn't able to improve on it. The original isn't perfect but it is a tight thriller.
I remember reading an interview with Brian Cox and he was talking about self-serving performances that can ruin a film. He specifically mentioned Nicholson in The Departed and shit on him for it and also Scorcese for letting him. I'm inclined to agree.
Scorcese and Tarantino are the only two film-makers I can think of that currently enjoy 'Diplomatic Immunity', even when they deliver an average or disappointing film. Spielberg used to have it, he has Diplomatic Leniency right now. Of course, great film-makers always deliver interesting work, even when it doesn't hit the bullseye.
What did you make of the third-act location switch? I liked it but could've done without the excessive slow-motion used for the psychotic villain.
With you all the way on this one. How I would love to see both Pacino and De Palma return to this form.
De Palma's new film, Passion, is a remake of a french film Love Crime. I really liked it and will love to see what McAdams/Rapace do in comparison to Sagnier/Scott Thomas. One things for sure, it'll be interesting to see Rapace play such a repulsive character. The film was done in a very restrained manner so maybe De Palma will add some stylistic flourishes to his film.
I'm just going to watch the film without my glasses and pretend Tom Cruise is a 6'4'' Man-Mountain. 
I haven't read the books, but you can imagine what responses a huge man is going to get as he walks the earth. People are immediately intimidated or threatened and I would think that much of what happens to Jack Reacher over 10+ books is a result of this. I don't see how Tom Cruise can get that response. Maybe it'll be his perfect teeth, that'll intimidate people.
It's a testament to his acting ability that RDJ could be a snowblower/hophead and still deliver a first rate performance. Just like Oliver Reed. Except Oliver Reed was just a drunk, but he was an entertaining drunk!
You should be entertained Vampire's Kiss. Cage really sells the descent into madness all the while putting on a silly "sophisticated" accent that I was told last night on facebook was intentional. I believe it, since I'm pretty sure Cage wouldn't have done that mistakenly.
I remember not long after The Departed came out, they were mulling over a sequel that would have Wahlberg in the lead (pretty obvious since he's the only man left standing of the main cast, genius Alec Baldwin aside) and would feature other criminals further up the ladder including De Niro as a corrupt Senator.
I was watching Die Hard With A Vengeance and facebooking/live tweeting it as it went along. Vanessa joined me for the second half of the film and made mention of something I've always wondered about. It's hot throughout the film, so why is it suddenly raining during the Benz/Dodge Ram chase? It looks cool, but that's a big glaring error.
Oh yeah, and the sweltering heat made me think about the Predator films, and about how it would be cool to have McClane vs. Predator. I mean McClane fighting with a bunch of Predators and getting as beat up and filthy as he does by the time he's on the boat in Die Hard With A Vengeance? McClane ranting to himself while he sets a trap for a Predator or Predators? Make it happen 20th Century Fox.
duke fleed, I very much enjoy Amelie as well. There seems to be a bit of a backlash against it nowadays, but I too find it charming and extremely funny in places. Have you ever seen The City of Lost Children by the same director? It's a very different film for sure, but equally enjoyable.
Rene (Mr. Eko), I watched a movie tonight that would probably be right up your alley: A Good Old Fashioned Orgy. It was funny, but not hilarious, and even a bit touching (no puns here) at times. Jason Suedikis and Tyler Labine are both great as a couple of guys trying to top their past blow-out parties by throwing an orgy over Labor Day weekend with all of their friends. It's raunchy, but not overly so, and all of the female leads are quite attractive. Worth a rental, I'd say.
I was watching Die Hard With A Vengeance and facebooking/live tweeting it as it went along. Vanessa joined me for the second half of the film and made mention of something I've always wondered about. It's hot throughout the film, so why is it suddenly raining during the Benz/Dodge Ram chase? It looks cool, but that's a big glaring error.
Oh yeah, and the sweltering heat made me think about the Predator films, and about how it would be cool to have McClane vs. Predator. I mean McClane fighting with a bunch of Predators and getting as beat up and filthy as he does by the time he's on the boat in Die Hard With A Vengeance? McClane ranting to himself while he sets a trap for a Predator or Predators? Make it happen 20th Century Fox.
The rain thing never struck me as odd. I'm visiting New York this week and the weather for July 4th is predicted as 91 degrees with scattered thunderstorms. So, there ya' go. That said, McClane versus Sci-Fi characters... That's crazy but I would love to see it. We'll always have McClane versus The Death Star. http://www.grudge-match.com/History/mcclane-deathstar.shtml
Check out THE FURY. It's my second fave of his right after BLOW OUT. It's masterfully directed by DePalma. Kirk Douglas gets one last classic role, and John Cassavetes, the chance to be a bastard. The f/x is awesome - with a brilliant pre-SCANNERS head explosion. Simply a great horror/thriller.
I'll have a look around for it. You know, for years I confused THE FURY with Michael Mann's THE KEEP. I finally saw the latter last year, guess it's time to see the former!
I agree, The Living Daylights is a movie I've always enjoyed. Besides what you've mentioned, there's also the "whoops!" of having Bond help the Mujahideen against those damn commie Soviets.
Yep I do remember distinctly the convo several people had concerning Ms. Brooks earlier in the year, and how she's one of the few to make it big after they left the industry. Thankfully she turned out the opposite of, say, Marta Kober.
I can't say I had any idea Downey's career got so bad he appeared in a 1996 Nu Image movie.
It's still surprising to me he f'ed up so often back in the day and he finally was able to kick the habit and now he's a huge mega-star who has managed to keep clean. Sad to say that doesn't happen often.
Worth checking out.
That sounds like quite the film. Then again, I need to see Real Men, which I probably will be able to do sometime this month.
I'll agree that it being hot and rainy at the same time is no surprise. I don't know how often it happens in NYC but it's not exactly a rare thing in the summer down here in Florida; I'm not talking about what happens when a hurricane or a tropical storm come through, like it did last weekend and dumped a bunch of rain and blew like hell. Other parts of the area got it pretty bad but where I live there was just rain and wind and little damage. The storm being named Debby brought along a lot of comedy, especially when briefly the storm was predicted to be heading towards... Dallas. Instead, Debby Does Florida. And no one should be shocked by this but I have seen Debbie Does Dallas.
The Essential De Palma: Mike's Take
Phantom of the Paradise
Carrie
The Fury
Dressed to Kill
Blow Out
Scarface
Body Double
The Untouchables
Casualties of War
Carlito's Way
Good De Palma
Sisters (need to revisit this one)
Raising Cain
Mission: Impossible
Meh De Palma
The Bonfire of the Vanities (I'd call it shit save for the brilliant opening tracking shot and the reverend scene, which would make it essential)
Snake Eyes (it's been YEARS)
Shit De Palma
Mission to Mars
Haven't Seen
Greetings
Hi, Mom!
Get to Know Your Rabbit
Obsession
Home Movies
Wise Guys
Femme Fatale
The Black Dahlia
Redacted
Get on The Fury ASAP, Engineer. You'll thank us later.
The Living Daylights is top tier Bond for me, as well as Timothy Dalton's other Bond entry, Licence To Kill. I will add that The Living Daylights features the last "Damsel in distress Bond girl" in Maryam D'Abo's character. Ever since then, and in most of the films previously, Bond's leading lady was always a capable woman, and in some cases like Anya Amasova, a spy herself. In all of the modern Bond films, the leading lady has been able to take care of herself, and sure she has a few "damsel in distress" moments, but for the most part, they're ass kickers. Well, Maryam D'Abo's character does have a few moments where she is adept at taking care of herself, but those of you who are major fans of the Bond franchise know what I'm talking about. Right Bob?
I decided to follow up brilliant McTiernan with a McTiernan I still haven't seen. That's right, I'm watching the Rollerball remake, and surprise surprise, I'm liking it. Chris Klein is miscast as the lead, but with a cast that has LL Cool J, Rebecca Romjin, Oleg Taktarov, Naveen Andrews, and my other favorite Frenchman, Jean Reno, the movie is working fine for me. This is also coming from a fan of the original film. I love that movie. It really needs a Blu-ray release.
Mercenary sounds like a film I need to track down, and that's an interesting explanation for the raining scene in Di Hard With A Vengeance. Never thought about that. I still think it's really jarring as it's friggin' hot, then the next scene, it's already raining. No establishing scene of it starting to rain, or even a dialogue about it, it's just raining.
I decided to follow up brilliant McTiernan with a McTiernan I still haven't seen. That's right, I'm watching the Rollerball remake, and surprise surprise, I'm liking it. Chris Klein is miscast as the lead, but with a cast that has LL Cool J, Rebecca Romjin, Oleg Taktarov, Naveen Andrews, and my other favorite Frenchman, Jean Reno, the movie is working fine for me. This is also coming from a fan of the original film. I love that movie. It really needs a Blu-ray release.
McTiernan's ROLLERBALL, loved or not, does have the bonus of one of the goofiest DVD cast commentary tracks I've ever heard. You have Klein and Romjin in one session intercut with LL Cool J - who's having so much fun he comes across as completely nuts - in another. Try it out, the first few minutes (the street luge sequence) are hilarious. :)
Thanks, I'll definitely check it out now! There was a whole sequence shot in nightvision for no apparent reason that had me laughing. I mean, I can understand if there was a point, but there wasn't. It was just shot in night vision!
So I watched Lockout this weekend despite the negative vibes. It was quite enjoyable. Pierce is great as an asshole and Grace often rises to the occasion. One other surprising thing is that he's never portrayed as superhuman. He's very McLaine/Hallenbeck in a way. It's a fun couple of hours. Uninspired in almost every way but a nice way to kill a couple of hours in a lazy day.
Just got old so quick. I love a sarcastic hero but Lord when it's hammered into your face with every line that sort of schtick cannot sustain itself. That combined with badly edited action and villains of no consequence and you get LOCKOUT.
I kind of liked this. Just being a giant douche for 90% of the time. The part after he 'rescued' her he just gave her a map and and gun and sent her away was fucking funny.
"They're airlocking people!"
"LOL can't they just hold their breath? I have a job to do."
Mister Falcon, I did not see The City Of Lost Children. I did see Alien Resurrection. I prefer the...2 films of Jean Pierre Jeunet that star Audrey Tatou. A Very Long Engagement is...Awesome as well. A...WWI Romance, with stunning war scenes. I hope they team up again.
Fazer, I do not enjoy too many romantic comedies. The ones I do are...
1) Amelie ( a...Happily, Goofy Movie of a pretty introvert and her equally introverted could be paramour.
2) Down With Love (Cool retro 60's era film. The one musical number at the end is terrific
3) 27 Dresses ( Quoted from Malin Ackerman "Your Boyfriend called me a...Bridezilla, and I was going to destroy Tokyo")
I kind of liked this. Just being a giant douche for 90% of the time. The part after he 'rescued' her he just gave her a map and and gun and sent her away was fucking funny.
The scene where they spacejump back to earth is bullshit though.
Oh man, I am so loving the new DJANGO TV spot with "Ecstasy of Gold" blending into James Brown!
And the shot of Sam Jackson is just awesome!
I just love that they keep using that really awesome shot of DiCaprio smiling and nodding his head. It's so old school "He's EEEEVVVVVVVVIIIIIILLLL". When they showed the teaser in front of Prometheus and my friend and I saw that we started laughing. Pretty sure there's going to be a lot of legitimately funny stuff. Especially from reading the script and some of the stuff Samuel L. says.
Video Store Adventures: rented the James Ellroy penned RAMPART starring Woody Harrelson, Ice Cube, Ben Foster, Ned Beatty, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright, and Steve Buscemi. Also got WANDERLUST, COLLATERAL, MEEK'S CUTOFF (Blu), THE SHINING (Blu), SWITCHBLADE SISTERS, and HARLEY DAVIDSON AND THE MARLBORO MAN! <Week set> May do SWITCHBLADE SISTERS & THE WARRIORS double tonite.
Damn you, Sony Movie Channel! Even though the listing on my DVR was for COLD STEEL, what was actually shown/taped was a Selleck Jesse Stone movie, STONE COLD. Boo!
I like the RIDDICK 3 pics we've been getting so far. Though some online footage would be helpful as well.
So what else do we have for the rest of the year?
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES, SKYFALL, THE EXPENDABLES 2, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION, DJANGO UNCHAINED, SAVAGES, PREMIUM RUSH?
That is not a surprise. However, I did see on Facebook that of course you still much rather prefer the original film, which is a relief. I won't be checking out the remake when it plays this week on MGMHD.
Well, that's some poppycock. I believe that if you have the channel then you can watch that movie on demand online on their website, but if you don't then you're shit out of luck. Figures.
I have noticed that tomorrow afternoon at 2 on Encore they're showing Real Men. I'll have to try and check that out. Also, I was able to track down a copy of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane and I'll try to watch that this week too. What a great way to spend a patriotic week, right?
PSYCHOTRONIC NETFLIX VOL. 9: THE BEST OF JUNE
I need to see NIGHTMARES, and y'all know PELHAM rules (I kind of want to find the 90's TV remake)
That is not a surprise. However, I did see on Facebook that of course you still much rather prefer the original film, which is a relief. I won't be checking out the remake when it plays this week on MGMHD.
Well, that's some poppycock. I believe that if you have the channel then you can watch that movie on demand online on their website, but if you don't then you're shit out of luck. Figures.
I have noticed that tomorrow afternoon at 2 on Encore they're showing Real Men. I'll have to try and check that out. Also, I was able to track down a copy of The Adventures of Ford Fairlane and I'll try to watch that this week too. What a great way to spend a patriotic week, right?
Yeah, there really needs to be a Blu-ray of Rollerball if only to finally have the original film in anamorphic widescreen. Caan rules, and John Houseman is EEEEVVVVVVVIIIIIILLLL! I say check out the remake just to see that night vision sequence that occurs for no reason, and Klein skating up to the window that Reno is at, and smashing through it and KICKING HIM IN THE FACE.
However, if it's between the Rollerball remake and Real Men, it's no contest. SEE REAL MEN.
felix, Don't forget...Dredd (9/21), Taken 2 (10/5), and Jack Reacher (12/21). Tai Chi 0 (10/26) (Steampunk/Martial Arts film), and The Man With The Iron Fists...No Date Yet!
I agree, The Living Daylights is a movie I've always enjoyed. Besides what you've mentioned, there's also the "whoops!" of having Bond help the Mujahideen against those damn commie Soviets.
The way I see this Afghanistan thing, they fractured after the soviets left and the Taliban (mostly led by outsiders) took over. There is no need to feel bad about Bond or Rambo fighting alongside the Mujahideen.
Besides, western powers helping the Afghans, this is what happened in reality, right?
Is FACE/OFF the best (American) Action movie of the 90's? If there's a better one, I haven't seen it.
However, if it's between the Rollerball remake and Real Men, it's no contest. SEE REAL MEN.
I unfortunately have seen the Rollerball remake, and when I saw it a long time ago I thought it sucked.
Besides, western powers helping the Afghans, this is what happened in reality, right?
Yeah that is true. I don't feel bad about it happening; I can't say that I laugh at it happening due to what happened in the past 20 years, but it's not something that leaves me mournful, as it is what happened in real life in the 80's.
When I saw that movie a long time ago, I definitely enjoyed the action but the actual story was SO stupid I couldn't rate it highly overall. There are others I prefer, for sure. I've never ranked them but they're the obvious ones, like Total Recall or Terminator 2 or Speed.
Here are two random things to mention. I just realized that when I spent some time last month in a post talking about a goofy killer kids horror movie from the early 80's known as Bloody Birthday, besides seeing the valley girl Julie Brown dance around sans clothing, her boyfriend (he has a pretty small role) is actually someone who appeared in 80's action a few years later... Michael Dudikoff! He never tries to fight any of the 10 year old kids, sad to say.
Then, a few minutes ago I was on Twitter and saw that the Van Damme Facebook page posted a note mentioning the various movies he has coming out the rest of this year and next year. I can't help but sigh at how I am reminded The Eagle Path now has the terrible title of Soldiers, but I laugh at the phrase "It's an adrenaline-filled full-on maximum firepower thriller, filled with the intense psychological conflict that Van Damme fans love the world over." Really now?
Is FACE/OFF the best (American) Action movie of the 90's? If there's a better one, I haven't seen it.
My 10-year-old self wants to high-five you right now, and so does myself. Agreed wholeheartedly.
You Facebookers in the thread might want to see the crazy going on between me, Rene, Erix, and more about me revisiting RoboCop.
Oh yeah, that was some great fun posting about Robocop, and it's subsequent sequels, and then talking about Wrestling. If anybody else who has facebook sees the thread, check out our posts. Perfect Weapon joined in, along with Jason Pollock, and PBar.
Revisited Leviathan today because I was listening to the soundtrack, and realized I hadn't seen it yet this year. Still a masterpiece.
After that I saw Frank Henenlotter's Brain Damage which had come in from Netflix's disc service. I liked it, and it is definitely an analogy to drug addiction. However, I didn't find it as crazy and out there as Bad Biology was. I'll still be getting it when I find it for a good price. After that I saw Alex Winter's Freaked, since I found it at the Half Price Books for 10 bucks, and it's been OOP for a long time. Talk about a movie that was ahead of it's time. I've seen it before, but there's so many site gags that you can miss. If you can find it, get it, or if you've seen it, you know what I mean.
Right now I'm revisiting The Ring, this time on Blu-ray. Still a really creepy movie that the PG-13 rating actually works for once. Starring felix's lady Naomi Watts.
CON AIR: best use of Lynyrd Skynyrd ever.
Is FACE/OFF the best (American) Action movie of the 90's? If there's a better one, I haven't seen it.
Second half of the 90's I'd say.
First half had T2, POINT BREAK and so on!
Fat Elvis, Face-Off is a...Fantastic Film. However, I would...Easilly rate these films over it...
1) True Lies
2) Terminator 2
3) Starship Troopers
4) Total Recall
5) Blade
6) James Bond 007: Tomorrow Never Dies
A few more 'Bad Movies We Love' entries from Rupert Pupkin Speaks:
SCREAM FOR HELP (1984) and DIRTY WEEKEND (1993)
I rented The Grey from the library, so I'm finally gonna see it.
Hey Guys, The New Spider-Man film is...Amazing! Rhys Ifans is...Sensational as The Lizard! Emma Stone is...Spectacular as Gwen Stacy! This will definitely be in my...Top 5!
That was quite the thread. It was fun to watch then participate in it late last night. In there I apparently revealed to a bunch of people that today on DVD No Holds Barred was finally coming out in that format. Now, it's basically bare-bones (the only special feature is a photo gallery) and I know the WWE has basically promoted the movie coming out as a giant joke saying how awful it is (awfully rich; I mean, The Chaperone and Knucklehead are SO much better than the cheesetastic movie from 1989? I don't think so) but I still got that at Best Buy early in the afternoon before I watched Real Men. I also picked up God Bless America, a film I did not know was coming out today until I randomly discovered that factoid last evening.
As for Real Men, what a strange and wacky movie... and yet wildly entertaining too, and I laughed often. I am glad I was able to see it. As mentioned before, some gags were used in later films so I guess this may have been ahead of its time.
And I did laugh at dialogue such as this:
"You've got a sense of humor, Bob. I like that in a man."
"What do you like in a woman?"
"Big tits"
SCREAM FOR HELP (1984) and DIRTY WEEKEND (1993)
I disagree with Death Wish 3 being overrated, but those two films from Michael Winner sound incredible. And neither is too hard to find online, if you get what I'm saying. I saw that Soda Cracker was on Netflix Instant but never was able to see it.
As Andy Griffith passed away today, here's a clip of Don Knotts guest-starring on an episode of Matlock. As I mentioned a few years ago, I was channel-surfing on one day and I landed on WGN and saw what I linked to. Old Don is driving a DELOREAN and he is PISSED that the car is a lemon, which isn't too far from the truth in real life. He goes to the car dealership for his money back. They are filming a commercial in a tent so he gets blown off. He rages out and drives the car through the tent. He then is arrested and he gets off light due to Matlock. Then, the clip ends by showing dottering old fool Don going over to Matlock's house one random night and he starts talking about going to the bar and enjoying women in their 40's who are built like brick shithouses, to paraphrase.
Yes, it's as amazing as it sounds. I remember when I told this the first time Erix uproariously laughed at such a thing having been filmed.
Just poppin' in for a moment to brighten your day!
From Executive Producer Casper Van Dien
Ran some errands today, and when I stopped to gas up my car, I saw that this particular gas station had 2 Redboxes, and I rented 5 films. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, Hanna, The Debt, Midnight In Paris, and Coriolanus. I would have waited, but last night I was looking through my local Redbox online, and saw a bunch of these films aren't there. So of course I snatched them up.
Watching Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol right now, and I can't believe I missed out on seeing this in the theater. It's the best one since the first, and this is coming from a guy who loved the second one. I didn't really care for the 3rd one at all, so this is a big improvement.
I wish I could share duke's enthusiasm about Amazing Spider-Man. I liked it, but I didn't love it. I kinda wish Sony had just let the movie rights revert back to Marvel.
John Matrix, Now that the origin has been retold, I expect more action sequences, and even more quips, puns as well. While I liked Peter Parker as portrayed by Tobey Maguire, I felt that he was...Too Weighed down. Sure Parker had his problems in the comics, but the first trilogy didn't let him breathe from them. This Parker is...Peter's out from time to time, but he also seems to enjoy being able to be a Superhero, in ways that Maguire didn't. For the record I do enjoy the Raimi Trilogy, just not as much as this new film. The Filmmakers have fixed most of the problems, I had with Raimi's Trilogy. It is great to see a villain be...EEEEEvil as The Lizard is. I would...Love to see that...Kraven Hunter in the sequel!
Midnight in Paris and Hanna are wonderful, Rene. I've heard excellent word on Coriolanus.
Some MPAA rating news: Total Recall is PG-13 for "intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, some sexual content, brief nudity, and language." Thrilling.
Taken 2 officially has a PG-13 as well for "intense sequences of violence and action, and some sensuality," but that was expected.
Finally, Gangster Squad has a nice ol' R for "strong violence and language."
Watching HEAT again.
Picking up girls the DeNiro way: "Lady, why are you so interested in what I read or what I do?"
