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Yearly Recap 361 films seen, 248 for the first time 21 best films seen for the first time this year (out of :star: :star: :star: :star:) Tokyo Story :star: :star: :star: :star: Best Years of Our Lives :star: :star: :star: :star: Emperor of the North :star: :star: :star: :star: M...

December Recap 36 films seen, 19 for the first time Best films seen for the first time (out of :star: :star: :star: :star:) Rescue Dawn :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Little Dieter Needs to Fly :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Knocked Up :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Nightmare Before Christmas :star...

Interesting points 42ndStreetFreak and I agree with many of them. Here's my two cents as a Brit who has lived in the States for 15 years. Just my opinion, I could be totally wrong......... Since the US has always produced the highest percentage of entertainment there is a long history of...

I'm pretty sure George is referring to the original since it played on TCM last month. Notwithstanding George's idiosyncratic opinions and my respect for this film, I actually could see this movie not being very rewarding for a non-British viewer. The locations, accents, class aspects and...

November Recap 18 films seen, 9 for the first time. Best films seen for the first time (out of :star: :star: :star: :star:) The Lookout :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Starship Troopers :star: :star: :star:

Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: The Lookout :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Overlooked film from earlier this year is a real winner. The superior tone is set by the script, more a drama than crime story despite the previews. It's also nice to see a film that is set in a different place to the...

:eek: Oh no, don't go there again. We already covered that earlier this year. :eek:

Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: Get Carter :star: :star: :star: :star: Well, this one knocked me for a loop. I remember seeing this along time ago (20 years) and liking it a lot but this recent revisit convinced me it is one of the greatest of all British films. The story may not be that...

42ndStreetFreak, you are completely correct - it's just lazy scriptwriting. I had the exact same problem with Identity, which I did not like at all. However my larger point was that I really enjoyed most of the movie before the twist and am determined not to let it bother me.

I think that Haute Tension got a bad rap. The plot twist is ludicrous in the context of how the film was presented (there are numerous cheats) but it did not lessen the film's impact to me. The suspense, atmosphere and violence are all extremely well-done.

Some of the best films from the Scary Movie Challenge...... Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: Satan's Little Helper :star: :star: :star: This low-budget horror film with a sizeable dose of comedy and deft social commentary deserves to be better known. A young boy, obsessed with a video...

October Recap 33 films seen, 24 for the first time Best films seen for the first time (out of :star: :star: :star: :star:) House with the Laughing Windows :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Monster Squad :star: :star: :star: Scream of Fear :star: :star: :star:

Re: Harold Lloyd and his stunts I have the book "Man on the Clock" by Tom Dardis and according to that there was a stunt double used for the long shots in "Safety Last" - Lloyd admitted as such in an interview in 1923. However a lot of the shots were done by building a set of three or four...

August Recap 35 films seen, 24 for the first time Best films seen for the first time Ratatouille :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Flying Deuces :star: :star: :star: These are the Damned :star: :star: :star: Born Yesterday :star: :star: :star: Cruel Story of Youth :star: :star: :star:

Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: Cruel Story of Youth :star: :star: :star: Early film from Nagisa Oshima is quite impressive. It's a story of young people in 1960s Japan focussing on two in particular whose realtionship blossoms and then goes bad. The film is well-named as some of the...

Hear, hear. That movie is awful. I'm no Keaton expert but all the Keaton silents TCM is showng are great.

Another vote for Pan's Labyrinth as far superior to Lord of the Rings trilogy which started out great but then just became tiresome. I much prefer Jackson's horror movies. Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: Sound of Thunder :star: :star: This film came and went in theaters and was...

Adam, you're way too kind to HSM2. I watched this with my daughter and was shocked at how bad it was (haven't seen the first one). Although some of the music and the dance numbers were OK the linking material was lazy and cringeworthy even given the standards of children's TV. One thing I agree...

Absolutely. Although mainly set in the modern day, Lee' s films (and fights) have a sense of formality and history about them because he is portrayed as a martial arts "master" and, in the showdowns, there is a sense of an "epic duel" between two great fighters. As you say Streetfighter is just...

Nice to see this thread getting a little busier. There's a lot of interesting stuff here. Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: Streetfighter :star: :star: :star: Martial arts classic with Sonny Chiba and some brutal fights. Watch out for the X-ray shot and the conclusion to the last...

Re: Mississippi Burning I too enjoyed the movie when I saw it in theaters but, on reading further, I was surprised how much of a fabrication it was. My personal view is that history should not be bent that much by Hollywood in the name of entertainment. I understand that history is messy and...

And without a mark on her white outfit either. :)

Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: Day of the Dead :star: :star: 1/2 The third movie of Romero's zombie series is not as impressive as the first two. There is just not enough of interest going on although there are some excellent effects. The Body Snatcher :star: :star: :star: :star: As...

This is exactly how I felt about the movie too. If you don't buy into her reaction to the boy then the movie is terrible and that bath scene seems just ridiculous and a little sick.

Aren't all reviews influenced by our beliefs?

Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: Lone Star :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Typical John Sayles drama. The film presents a murder mystery but the solution is not that important - instead we get to know many of the town's characters via extremely well-written dialog and character interaction. One...

July Recap 50 films seen, 42 for the first time Best films seen for the first time (out of :star: :star: :star: :star:) Ordet :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Quiz Show :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Isolation :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Lone Star :star: :star: :star: 1/2 Sunrise :star: :star...

Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: Nowhere to Hide :star: :star: :star: This Korean cop movie has an extremely simple plot but some extraordinary action sequences. If you love to see something different then this is the movie for you - the director uses many different stylistic choices with...

Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: Shattered Glass :star: :star: :star: Dramatization of the Stephen Glass debacle is pretty straightforward. Hayden Christiansen's performance is good although Glass comes over as really creepy. Sweetland :star: :star: 1/2 Story of Minnesota immigrants...

I recorded Die, Die My Darling from TCM today and look forward to seeing it. Out of :star: :star: :star: :star: West of Shanghai :star: 1/2 British Intelligence :star: :star: 1/2 Two lesser cheap Boris Karloff vehicles. The first is especially terrible about a Chinese rebel warlord...