george kaplan

It's on my to see list (along with 797 other films ), so I hope you're right about it.

"Movies should be like amusement parks. People should go to them to have fun." - Billy Wilder

"Subtitles good. Hollywood bad." - Tarzan, Sight & Sound 2012 voter.

"My films are not slices of life, they are pieces of cake." - Alfred Hitchcock

"My great humility is just one of the many reasons that I am vastly superior to everyone else." - Ramrod Clerk

Mario Gauci

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(Ratings out of ****)


09/01/05: DARLING LILI (Blake Edwards, 1970) **1/2 - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}
09/01/05: LES NUITS DE LA PLEINE LUNE aka FULL MOON IN PARIS (Eric Rohmer, 1984) ** - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}

09/03/05: THE F.B.I. STORY (Mervyn Le Roy, 1959) **1/2 - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: SOGNO D' AMORE (Nino and Toni Pagot, N/A) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: IL PENNELLO MAGICO (Nino Pagot, N/A) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: OLIMPO IN FESTA (Nino Pagot, N/A) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: LEGGENDA DI NATALE (Toni Pagot, N/A) ** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: SIGNORINE SNOB (Toni Pagot, N/A) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: CHICCHIRICHI! (Toni Pagot, N/A) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: QUA LA MANO! (Nino and Toni Pagot, N/A) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: NOVITA` AL SALONE INTERNAZIONALE DELL' AUTO DI TORINO (Toni Pagot, N/A) *** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: CARAMELLE ELAH (Nino and Toni Pagot, N/A) ** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: DUE CUORI, UN FOCOLARE (Toni Pagot, N/A) ** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: L' UOMO NON E` UN MICROBO [Secondo Episodio] (Nino and Toni Pagot, N/A) *** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: NON USA PIU` (Nino and Toni Pagot, N/A) ** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: DAME, GENTILUOMINI E? (Nino Pagot, N/A) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: ALL' OSTERIA DEL GALLO (Nino Pagot, N/A) ** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: L' ETERNO PROBLEMA (Toni Pagot, N/A) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: AGISCE IN UN MINUETTO (Nino and Toni Pagot, N/A) ** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: LAURON SI PRESENTA COSI` (Nino Pagot, N/A) ** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
09/03/05: PERCHE` SOFFRIRE? (Nino and Toni Pagot, N/A) ** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}

09/04/05: ACES HIGH (Jack Gold, 1976) *** - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}
09/04/05: LE RAYON VERT aka THE GREEN RAY and SUMMER (Eric Rohmer, 1986) *** - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}
09/04/05: LA PASSION BEATRICE aka BEATRICE and THE PASSION OF BEATRICE (Bertrand Tavernier, 1987) *** - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}

09/05/05: ECHOS AUS EINEM DUSTERN REICH aka ECHOES FROM A SOMBER EMPIRE (Werner Herzog, 1990) *** - VHS {First Viewing}

09/08/05: ROSEBUD (Otto Preminger, 1975) *1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

09/10/05: MOJU aka BLIND BEAST (Yasuzo Masumura, 1969) ***1/2 - DVD {First Viewing}
09/10/05: A MEIA-NOITE LEVAREI SUA ALMA aka AT MIDNIGHT I'LL TAKE YOUR SOUL (Jose` Mojica Marins, 1963) **1/2 - DVD {First Viewing}

09/11/05: MANJI aka ALL MIXED UP (Yasuzo Masumura, 1964) *** - DVD {First Viewing}
09/11/05: ESTA NOITE ENCARNAREI NO TEU CADAVER aka THIS NIGHT I'LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE (Jose` Mojica Marins, 1966) **1/2 - DVD {First Viewing}

09/12/05: KARAKKAZE YARO aka AFRAID TO DIE (Yasuzo Masumura, 1960) *** - DVD {First Viewing}
09/12/05: INCIDENT AT LOCH NESS (Zak Penn, 2004) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

09/13/05: O DESPERTAR DA BESTA aka O RITUAL DOS SADICOS and AWAKENING OF THE BEAST (Jose` Mojica Marins, 1969) ** - DVD {First Viewing}

09/14/05: KYOJIN TO GANGU aka GIANTS AND TOYS and THE BUILD-UP (Yasuzo Masumura, 1958) *** - DVD {First Viewing}
09/14/05: LE BOUCHER aka THE BUTCHER (Claude Chabrol, 1970) ***1/2 - DVD Rental {Second Viewing}

09/15/05: QUE LA BETE MEURE aka THIS MAN MUST DIE and THE BEAST MUST DIE and KILLER! (Claude Chabrol, 1969) **** - VHS {Second Viewing}

09/17/05: OPHELIA (Claude Chabrol, 1963) **1/2 - VHS {First Viewing}
09/17/05: THE SET-UP (Robert Wise, 1949) **** - DVD {Third Viewing}

09/18/05: NIGHT AND THE CITY (Jules Dassin, 1950) ***1/2 - DVD {First Viewing}

09/19/05: THIEVES' HIGHWAY (Jules Dassin, 1949) ***1/2 - DVD {Second Viewing}

09/20/05: PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (Samuel Fuller, 1953) ***1/2 - DVD {Second Viewing}
09/20/05: MAR ADENTRO aka THE SEA INSIDE (Alejandro Amenabar, 2004) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

09/21/05: HORROR EXPRESS aka PANICO EN EL TRANSIBERIANO (Eugenio Martin, 1972) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}
09/21/05: AUDREY ROSE (Robert Wise, 1977) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}
09/21/05: THE KILLERS (Donald Siegel, 1964) *** - DVD {Second Viewing}

09/22/05: UBIJTSI aka THE KILLERS (Marika Beiku, Alexander Gordon and Andrei Tarkovsky, 1956) *** - DVD [Short; Extra] {First Viewing}
09/22/05: THE KILLERS aka A MAN ALONE (Robert Siodmak, 1946) **** - DVD {Third Viewing}

09/24/05: THE BUTCHER BOY (Neil Jordan, 1997) *** - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}

09/25/05: GUN CRAZY aka DEADLY IS THE FEMALE (Joseph H. Lewis, 1949) ***1/2 - DVD {Third Viewing}
09/25/05: NIGHT AND THE CITY (Irwin Winkler, 1992) ** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

09/26/05: THE WASP WOMAN (Roger Corman, 1959) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}
09/26/05: LES RIVIERES POURPRES aka THE CRIMSON RIVERS (Mathieu Kassovitz, 2000) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

09/27/05: LES RIVIERES POURPRES II: LES ANGES DE L'APOCALYPSE aka THE CRIMSON RIVERS II: ANGELS OF THE APOCALYPSE (Olivier Dahan, 2004) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

09/28/05: OUT OF THE PAST aka BUILD MY GALLOWS HIGH (Jacques Tourneur, 1947) **** - DVD {Third Viewing}
09/28/05: ROGUE MALE (TV) (Clive Donner, 1976) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

09/29/05: DETOUR (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945) *** - VHS {Second Viewing}
09/29/05: SHARK aka MANEATER (Samuel Fuller, 1969) **1/2 - DVD Rental {Second Viewing}

09/30/05: THE BIG STEAL (Don Siegel, 1949) *** - VHS {Third Viewing}


September: 58 Films Watched; 46 First Viewings


10/01/05: A FACE IN THE CROWD (Elia Kazan, 1957) ***1/2 - DVD {Second Viewing}
10/01/05: FIVE CAME BACK (John Farrow, 1939) *** - VHS {First Viewing}
10/01/05: MADAME BOVARY (Claude Chabrol, 1991) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/02/05: ADVISE AND CONSENT (Otto Preminger, 1962) ***1/2 - DVD {First Viewing}
10/02/05: DAISY KENYON (Otto Preminger, 1947) **1/2 - VHS {First Viewing}
10/02/05: DER UNTERGANG aka DOWNFALL (Oliver Hirshbiegel, 2004) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/03/05: FURY (Fritz Lang, 1936) **** - DVD {Fourth Viewing}
10/03/05: THE LIMEY (Steven Soderbergh, 1999) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/04/05: BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK (John Sturges, 1955) **** - DVD {Fourth Viewing}
10/04/05: THE CRIMSON PIRATE (Robert Siodmak, 1952) *** - DVD Rental {Second Viewing}

10/05/05: THE MAGIC SWORD (Bert I. Gordon, 1962) ** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}
10/05/05: LANCELOT AND GUINEVERE aka SWORD OF LANCELOT (Cornel Wilde, 1963) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/06/05: BLACK LEGION (Archie L. Mayo, 1937) *** - VHS {First Viewing}

10/07/05: THE TWO JAKES (Jack Nicholson, 1990) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/08/05: TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (Howard Hawks, 1944) ***1/2 - DVD {Fourth Viewing}
10/08/05: BACALL TO ARMS (N/A, 1946) *** - DVD [Short; Extra] {First Viewing}
10/08/05: THE KILLER SHREWS (Ray Kellogg, 1959) *1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}
10/08/05: POTE TIN KYRIAKI aka NEVER ON SUNDAY (Jules Dassin, 1960) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}
10/08/05: LE ROI DE COEUR aka KING OF HEARTS (Philippe De Broca, 1966) ***1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/09/05: SAYONARA (Joshua Logan, 1957) *** - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {Second Viewing}
10/09/05: THE SHANGHAI GESTURE (Josef von Sternberg, 1941) *** - VHS {Second Viewing}
10/09/05: THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (Orson Welles, 1948) *** - DVD {Third Viewing}
10/09/05: SATOMI HAKKEN-DEN aka LEGEND OF THE EIGHT SAMURAI (Kinji Fukasaku, 1983) **1/2 - DVD Rental [Dubbed In English] {First Viewing}

10/10/05: MAKO: THE JAWS OF DEATH aka THE JAWS OF DEATH (William Grefe`, 1976) *1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}
10/10/05: FAREWELL, MY LOVELY aka MURDER, MY SWEET (Edward Dmytryk, 1944) **** - DVD {Fourth Viewing}

10/11/05: SPLIT SECOND (Dick Powell, 1953) *** - VHS {First Viewing}
10/11/05: LADY IN THE LAKE (Robert Montgomery, 1947) *** - VHS {Second Viewing}
10/11/05: LIFE WITH FATHER (Michael Curtiz, 1947) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/12/05: THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (John Huston, 1950) **** - DVD {Fourth Viewing}
10/12/05: POODLE SPRINGS (TV) (Bob Rafelson, 1998) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/13/05: LA CITTA` SI DIFENDE aka FOUR WAYS OUT (Pietro Germi, 1951) *** - VHS {First Viewing}
10/13/05: THE GOOD DIE YOUNG (Lewis Gilbert, 1954) *** - VHS {First Viewing}
10/13/05: ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES aka THE GIANT LEECHES (Bernard L. Kowalski, 1959) *1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/14/05: THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (Bob Rafelson, 1981) ** - VHS {First Viewing}
10/14/05: ENDLESS NIGHT (Sidney Gilliat, 1971) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/15/05: CANI ARRABBIATI aka SEMAFORO ROSSO and RABID DOGS and WILD DOGS (Mario Bava, 1974) ***1/2 - VHS {Second Viewing}
10/15/05: LISA E IL DIAVOLO aka IL DIAVOLO E I MORTI and LISA AND THE DEVIL and THE DEVIL AND THE DEAD (Mario Bava, 1972) **1/2 - DVD [Dubbed In English] {Second Viewing}
10/15/05: MADEMOISELLE (Tony Richardson, 1966) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/16/05: LA FRUSTA E IL CORPO aka THE WHIP AND THE BODY and WHAT and NIGHT IS THE PHANTOM (Mario Bava, 1963) *** - DVD {Second Viewing}
10/16/05: LA MASCHERA DEL DEMONIO aka BLACK SUNDAY and THE MASK OF SATAN and REVENGE OF THE VAMPIRE (Mario Bava, 1960) *** - DVD [Dubbed In English] {Second Viewing}
10/16/05: AGAINST ALL ODDS (Taylor Hackford, 1984) ** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/17/05: UNDERNEATH (Steven Soderbergh, 1995) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}
10/17/05: MOSURA TAI GOJIRA aka GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA and GODZILLA VS. THE THING (Inoshiro Honda, 1964) BOMB - DVD Rental [Dubbed In English] {First Viewing}

10/18/05: SOMEWHERE IN TIME (Jeannot Szwarc, 1980) *** - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}
10/18/05: SIN CITY (Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, 2005) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/19/05: I WAS A MALE WAR BRIDE aka YOU CAN'T SLEEP HERE (Howard Hawks, 1949) ***1/2 - DVD {Fourth Viewing}
10/19/05: MOON OF THE WOLF (TV) (Daniel Petrie, 1972) ** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/20/05: MILANO TREMA: LA POLIZIA VUOLE GIUSTIZIA aka VIOLENT PROFESSIONALS (Sergio Martino, 1973) ** - TV {First Viewing}
10/20/05: ALTERED STATES (Ken Russell, 1980) *** - DVD Rental {Second Viewing}

10/21/05: EMBRYO aka CREATED TO KILL (Ralph Nelson, 1976) **1/2 - DVD Rental {Second Viewing}

10/22/05: BARTON FINK (Joel Coen, 1991) ***1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}
10/22/05: THE LEMON DROP KID (Sidney Lanfield and, uncredited, Frank Tashlin, 1951) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/23/05: THE ANNIVERSARY (Roy Ward Baker, 1968) **1/2 - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}
10/23/05: THE PRODUCERS (Mel Brooks, 1968) ***1/2 - DVD {Second Viewing}
10/23/05: FIRESTARTER (Mark L. Lester, 1984) ** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/24/05: LA NUIT AMERICAINE aka DAY FOR NIGHT (Francois Truffaut, 1973) **** - DVD {Second Viewing}
10/24/05:2019: DOPO LA CADUTA DI NEW YORK aka 2019: AFTER THE FALL OF NEW YORK (Sergio Martino, 1983) *1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

10/25/05: BANDE A` PART aka BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Jean-Luc Godard, 1964) *** - DVD {Second Viewing}
10/25/05: DOMINION: PREQUEL TO THE EXORCIST (Paul Schrader, 2005) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/26/05: LE MEPRIS aka CONTEMPT (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) ***1/2 - DVD {Third Viewing}

10/27/05: PAPARAZZI (Jacques Rozier, 1963) **1/2 - DVD [Short; Extra] {First Viewing}
10/27/05: LE PARTI DES CHOSES: BARDOT ET GODARD (Jacques Rozier, 1963) **1/2 - DVD [Short; Extra] {First Viewing}
10/27/05: BEGEGNUNG MIT FRITZ LANG aka ENCOUNTER WITH FRITZ LANG (Peter Fleischmann, 1963) **1/2 - DVD [Short; Extra] {First Viewing}
10/27/05: CINEASTES DE NOTRE TEMPS: LE DINOSAUR ET LE BEBE` - DIALOGUE EN HUIT PARTIES ENTRE FRITZ LANG ET JEAN-LUC GODARD aka THE DINOSAUR AND THE BABY (Andre` S. Labarthe, 1967) (TV) *** - DVD {First Viewing}

10/28/05: IL DISPREZZO [Re-Edited Italian Version of LE MEPRIS] (Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) ** - VHS {Fourth Viewing; First In This Guise}
10/28/05: LES CENT ET UNE NUITS DE SIMON CINEMA aka ONE HUNDRED AND ONE NIGHTS OF SIMON CINEMA (Agnes Varda, 1995) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/29/05: 4 AVENTURES DE REINETTE ET MIRABELLE aka FOUR ADVENTURES IF REINETTE AND MIRABELLE (Eric Rohmer, 1987) *** - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}
10/29/05: LA MIRADE DEL OTRO aka THE NAKED EYE (Vicente Aranda, 1998) **1/2 - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}
10/29/05: CRASH (Paul Haggis, 2004) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}
10/29/05: THE BLOB (Chuck Russell, 1988) **1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}

10/30/05: CEREMONIE D' AMOUR [The Complete Version] aka LOVE RITES and RITES OF LOVE and QUEEN OF THE NIGHT (Walerian Borowczyk, 1988) **1/2 - DVD {Second Viewing; First In This Guise}
10/30/05: SUNSET BOULEVARD (Billy Wilder, 1950) **** - DVD {Third Viewing}
10/30/05: L' AMI DE MON AMIE aka BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS and MY GIRLFRIEND'S BOYFRIEND (Eric Rohmer, 1987) **1/2 - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {First Viewing}
10/30/05: WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? (Robert Aldrich, 1962) *** - TV {Second Viewing}

10/31/05: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE MUMMY (Charles Lamont, 1955) *** - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {Second Viewing}
10/31/05: ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET THE INVISIBLE MAN (Charles Lamont, 1951) *** - TV [Dubbed In Italian] {Third Viewing}


October: 76 Films Watched; 48 First Viewings


11/02/05: THE ISLAND (Michael Bay, 2005) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

11/03/05: THE CABINET OF CALIGARI (Roger Kay, 1962) ** - TV {First Viewing}
11/03/05: THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEND (Preston Sturges, 1949) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

11/04/05: SECRET HONOR (Robert Altman, 1984) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/04/05: IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING (Lloyd Bacon, 1949) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/04/05: I DIAFANOIDI VENGONO DA MARTE aka WAR OF THE PLANETS (Antonio Margheriti, 1966) ** - TV [Dubbed In English] {First Viewing}
11/04/05: LUTHER (Guy Green, 1973) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}
11/04/05: KAMERADSCHAFT aka COMRADESHIP (G. W. Pabst, 1931) *** - TV {First Viewing}

11/05/05: TOMORROW, THE WORLD! (Leslie Fenton, 1944) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/05/05: THE DISCONTENTED CANARY (Rudolf Ising, 1934) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
11/05/05: THE OLD PIONEER (Rudolf Ising, 1934) *** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
11/05/05: TALE OF THE VIENNA WOODS (Hugh Harman, 1934) ** - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
11/05/05: IBUN SARUTOBI SASUKE aka SAMURAI SPY (Masahiro Shinoda, 1965) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/05/05: THE ODD COUPLE (Gene Saks, 1968) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/05/05: SHADOW OF A DOUBT (Alfred Hitchcock, 1943) ***1/2 - TV {Second Viewing}

11/06/05: LIVING IT UP (Norman Taurog, 1954) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}
11/06/05: HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE (Richard Quine, 1965) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}
11/06/05:INSTITUTE BENJAMENTA, OR THIS DREAM PEOPLE CALL HUMAN LIFE (Stephen and Timothy Quay, 1995) ** - TV {First Viewing}
11/06/05: TALES FROM THE CRYPT (Freddie Francis, 1972) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/06/05: THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES (D. W. Griffith, 1928) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

11/08/05: SLAP SHOT (George Roy Hill, 1977) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

11/09/05: TOOTSIE (Sydney Pollack, 1982) ***1/2 - TV {Second Viewing}

11/10/05: FOUR DAUGHTERS (Michael Curtiz, 1938) ***1/2 - TV {First Viewing}
11/10/05: DER RICHTER UND SEIN HENKER aka END OF THE GAME and GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER (Maximilian Schell, 1975) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

11/11/05: STORY OF G.I. JOE aka G.I. JOE and WAR CORRESPONDENT (William A. Wellman, 1945) ***1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

11/12/05: STAIRWAY TO LIGHT (Sammy Lee, 1945) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}

11/13/05: COUNSELLOR AT LAW (William Wyler, 1933) ***1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

11/14/05: MYRA BRECKINRIDGE (Michael Sarne, 1970) BOMB - TV {First Viewing}

11/15/05: SCARAMOUCHE (Rex Ingram, 1923) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/15/05: THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES (Charles Barton, 1946) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/15/05: I MARRIED A WITCH (Rene` Clair, 1942) **** - TV {First Viewing}

11/16/05: WESTERN UNION (Fritz Lang, 1941) *** - TV {First Viewing}

11/20/05: GIRL SHY (Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, 1924)***1/2 - TV {First Viewing}
11/20/05: BILLY BLAZES, ESQ. (Hal Roach, 1919) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
11/20/05: HAUNTED SPOOKS (Alfred J. Goulding and Hal Roach, 1920) **1/2 - TV [Short]{Second Viewing}
11/20/05: NOW OR NEVER (Hal Roach, 1921) **1/2 - TV [Short]{First Viewing}
11/20/05: GRANDMA'S BOY (Fred Newmeyer, 1922) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/20/05: THE FRESHMAN (Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, 1925) ***1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

11/21/05: WHY WORRY? (Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor, 1923) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/21/05: BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT (Fritz Lang, 1956) *** - TV {First Viewing}

11/22/05: VERITES ET MENSONGES aka F FOR FAKE (Orson Welles, 1973) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

11/24/05: THE INNOCENTS (Jack Clayton, 1961) ***1/2 - DVD {First Viewing}

11/25/05: THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (Terence Fisher, 1960) *** - DVD {First Viewing}

11/26/05: MIYAMOTO MUSASHI aka SAMURAI I: MUSASHI MIYAMOTO and SAMURAI (Hiroshi Inagaki, 1954) *** - TV {First Viewing}
11/26/05: NIGHTMARE (Freddie Francis, 1964) *** - DVD {First Viewing}

11/27/05: CAPTAIN CLEGG aka NIGHT CREATURES (Peter Graham Scott, 1962) *** - DVD {First Viewing}
11/27/05: THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN ((Freddie Francis, 1964) **1/2 - DVD {First Viewing}
11/27/05: LA BOHEME (King Vidor, 1926) *** - TV {First Viewing}

11/28/05:VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (Irwin Allen, 1961) *** - TV {First Viewing}

11/29/05: BLUE CITY (David Birdsell, 1996) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
11/29/05: PHIL TOUCHES FLO (David Birdsell,1998) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
11/29/05: THE CLEARING (Zack Resnicoff, 2001) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}
11/29/05: THE LUNCH DATE (Adam Davidson, 1990) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}

11/30/05: DOCTOR X (Michael Curtiz, 1932) *** - TV {First Viewing}


November: 53 Films Watched; 51 First Viewings


12/01/05: THE INVISIBLE RAY (Lambert Hillyer, 1936) *** - DVD {First Viewing}

12/04/05: ZOKU MIYAMOTO MUSASHI: ICHIJOJI NO KETTO aka SAMURAI II: DUEL AT ICHIJOJI TEMPLE (Hiroshi Inagaki, 1955) *** - TV {First Viewing}
12/04/05: THE RAG MAN (Edward F. Cline, 1925) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}
12/04/05: EXIT SMILING (Sam Taylor, 1926) *** - TV {First Viewing}

12/05/05: NIGHT MOVES (Arthur Penn, 1975) ***1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

12/06/05: RESURRECTION MARY (Matthew Arnold, 2002) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}

12/07/05: AUTOMATION (Todd Albright, 2004) **1/2 - TV [Short] {First Viewing}

12/10/05: SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (Michael Schultz, 1978) *1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

12/11/05: MIYAMOTO MUSASHI KANKETSUHEN: KETTO GANRYUJIMA aka SAMURAI III: DUEL AT GANRYU ISLAND (Hiroshi Inagaki, 1956) *** - TV {First Viewing}

12/12/05: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT (Tay Garnett, 1949) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

12/13/05: KING KONG (Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933) **** - TV {No. Of Viewings Unknown}

12/14/05: OTHELLO (Stuart Burge, 1965) *** - TV {First Viewing}

12/20/05: KING KONG (Peter Jackson, 2005) *** - Theatrical Release {First Viewing}

12/21/05: BUDD BOETTICHER: A MAN CAN DO THAT (TV) (Bruce Ricker, 2005) *** - TV {First Viewing}

12/22/05: THE LADY EVE (Preston Sturges, 1941) ***1/2 - Theatrical Screening {Second Viewing}
12/22/05: THE PALM BEACH STORY (Preston Sturges, 1942) ***1/2 - Theatrical Screening {First Viewing}

12/23/05: JUST IMAGINE (David Butler, 1930) ** - TV {First Viewing}
12/23/05: THE FRIGHTENERS (Peter Jackson, 1996) ** - TV {First Viewing}

12/24/05: IL CASANOVA DI FEDERICO FELLINI aka FELLINI'S CASANOVA (Federico Fellini, 1976) **1/2 - TV {First Viewing}

12/25/05: THE PRODUCERS (Susan Stroman, 2005) *** - Theatrical Release {First Viewing}

12/26/05: MUNICH (Steven Spielberg, 2005) *** - Theatrical Release {First Viewing}

12/27/05: THE SON OF KONG (Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933) **1/2 - DVD {First Viewing}
12/27/05: BLACK ROBE (Bruce Beresford, 1991) *** - TV {First Viewing}

12/28/05: MIGHTY JOE YOUNG (Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1949) *** - DVD {Second Viewing}

12/29/05: HARVEY (Henry Koster, 1950) ***1/2 - Theatrical Screening {Third Viewing}
12/29/05: THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES (Sam Wood, 1941) *** - Theatrical Screening {First Viewing}

12/30/05: JOI-UCHI: HAIRYO TSUMA SHIMATSU aka SAMURAI REBELLION and REBELLION (Masaki Kobayashi, 1967) *** - Theatrical Screening {First Viewing}
12/30/05: OPERAZIONE PAURA aka KILL, BABY...KILL! and CURSE OF THE LIVING DEAD and CURSE OF THE DEAD (Mario Bava, 1966) *** - DVD Rental [Dubbed in English] {First Viewing}

12/31/05: GENROKU CHUSHINGURA [Part I] aka THE 47 RONIN and LOYAL 47 RONIN OF THE GENROKU ERA (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1941) ***1/2 - TV {First Viewing}
12/31/05: GOTO, L'ILE D' AMOUR aka GOTO, ISLAND OF LOVE (Walerian Borowczyk, 1968) ***1/2 - DVD Rental {First Viewing}
12/31/05: THE DAMNED aka THESE ARE THE DAMNED (Joseph Losey, 1963; shot 1961) *** - DVD Rental {First Viewing}


December: 31 Films Watched; 27 First Viewings


2005 Totals: 591 Films Watched; 439 First Viewings

IMDB Reviews

Joe Karlosi

The Raven
Bela Lugosi lets it all hang out as a madman who is denied his true love and embarks on a diabolical scheme of torture and murder. Boris Karloff is a gangster who is manipulated into aiding Lugosi in his sinister plan. Short and briskly-paced, this is a fun tour de force for horror fans. Karloff, Lugosi, stormy nights, torture dungeons ... what's not to like?

The Black Cat (1934)
First pairing of Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi is their best together. Karloff is a satan-worshipping cult leader who is visited by arch nemesis Lugosi, who wants to settle an old score. Tense rivalry between these two, with Lugosi refreshingly cast as one of the good guys this time around. Stylish art deco setting adds immeasaurably to the proceedings.

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) No matter how many times I've tried this Hammer horror, it has never managed to impress me very much. A young werewolf child is born when a peasant woman is raped by a hairy old derelict (go figure). Add to the legend that the baby was born on the same day as Christ, and you've got an eternally cursed young man. I always catch my head nodding here and there when I watch this, as there isn't much going on aside from a lot of talk, talk, talk. Werewolf makeup is terrific, but we only see it for the last 10 minutes. There are three reasons to endure this movie: one is the aforementioned climax, and the other two are Yvonne Romain.

Helter Skelter (1976)
Too-long 'Made-for-TV' film that probably worked better in two parts than it does as a three hour feature. Based on his book, this is more the story of prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's dedicated efforts in tracking down Charles Manson and the members of his murdering Family than it is about the characters and events themselves. I think I would have preferred it more as an objective narrative from the outside.

Michael Elliott

IMDB Reviews

Joe Karlosi

Mike,

THE EROTIC RITES OF FRANKENSTEIN is on my all-time list of worst films ever made. Still, having read the DVDDrive-In review of the disc, and now your own, I'm thinking of giving it another look somewhere down the line. As poor as DRACULA, PRISONER OF FRANKENSTEIN also was, I preferred it to RITES.

Jim_K

First time viewings in Red

20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Spencer Tracy gets released from prison to visit his dying girl (Bette Davis).

Baby Face (1933)
Pre-code gem stars Barbara Stanwyck as a tramp who sleeps her way to the top.

San Quentin (1937)
Standard prison flick stars Bogart as a con trying to go straight & Pat O’Brien as a straight-up Captain of the guards.

The Amazing Dr Clitterhouse (1938)
Edward G Robinson is a scientist studying criminology who joins up with Bogart’s gang in order to study them.

Invisible Stripes (1939)
George Raft is an ex-con trying to go straight for his little brother (William Holden). When things don’t go right he joins up with his crooked ex-con pal Bogart & his gang.

King of the Underworld (1939)
A widowed Doctor plots revenge on the gangster (Bogart) who killed her husband.

The Unsuspected (1947)
Standard whodunit murder-mystery stars Claude Raines as a Mystery Radio Show Host.

Island in the Sky (1953)
Pretty good drama stars John Wayne as the Captain of an army transport plane which crash-lands in the uncharted frozen wastelands of the Artic.

The High and the Mighty (1954)
Grand Hotel-like melodrama stars John Wayne as the Co-Pilot of an Airliner which develops engine trouble over the Pacific. I guess this could be the blueprint of those Airport films from the 70’s.

The Devil at 4 O’Clock (1961)
Spencer Tracy stars as a drunkard priest who enlists the aid of some prisoners to help some sick children off a volcanic island.

Wild Rovers (1971)
Melancholy yet whimsical Western stars William Holden & Ryan O’Neil as a couple of cowboys who decide to rob the local bank. The sons of the rancher they worked for (Tom Skerritt & Joe Don Baker) follow them in hot pursuit.

Jabberwocky (1977)
Rare Terry Gilliam misfire has Michael Palin in the dark ages. Sort of an oddly unfunny follow-up to MP’s Holy Grail.

Ong-Bak Thai Warrior (2003)
Look Ma no wires! Refreshing return to bone crunching martial arts action as a Thai country boy seeks the stolen head of his village’s religious idol. Very cool.

Sahara (2005)
Entertaining action vehicle stars Matthew McConaughey as treasure hunting adventurer Dirk Pitt.


Also upgraded to the New Extended SE DVD of Gladiator (2000) ***

The Collection (Blu-Ray High Definition/DVD)

Pre-orders - BLU-RAY: Akira, The Dark Knight, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Death Proof, King Kong, La Femme Nikita, Planet Terror, Raging Bull, Ronin, The Third Man DVD: .................

Michael Elliott