What's on your Daily Viewing List? (7 Viewers)

[Mysto]

I'll be watching the last of the 1940's Charlie Chan movies today - Sky Dragon. Kind of sad to see it end because this is the only one left that I have never seen. Maybe I need to begin back with the Fox entries and work my way through them again.

Maltin disparages these final films, but I don't find them any less poorly made than any of the other Monogram entries. If I had a complaint, it's that they give away the murderer's identity too early in the film. The Feathered Serpent that I watched yesterday revealed his identity before the halfway point leaving not much guesswork for the mystery buff. It was certainly fun to have both Keye Luke and Victor Sen Yung in yesterday's installment. I can't remember another one where Charlie had two of his sons assisting him.

I confess that I like Rowland Winters the least of the Chans. He was too wooden for my taste. That said, if someone finds a new one - I'm in! I've watched pretty much every mystery series made in the 30's and 40's and enjoyed them all but I have a fondness for the Chans. The mystery is gone - I have watched them so many times that I remember at the beginning who done it (even with my memory)- but I still watch just to see Chan figure it out. Enjoy your last - you are no longer a virgin.

 

[Matt Hough]

I liked Sky Dragon just fine. Can't understand Maltin's extreme distaste for it. And it's a better mystery than the two that preceded it.

 

[Robert Crawford]

This morning, I streamed "Kid Glove Killer" on Filmstruck/The Criterion Channel.

 

[Mysto]

We have a couple coming over that have never seen a 3D movie before so - my go to 3D demonstration movie is going on the big screen. Lots of pop outs - mine ride - dino's - glowing birds - what a wild 3d trip and although not a great film - a lot of fun.

 

[TJPC]

Have they spent their lives with bushel baskets over their heads?

 

[Mysto]

Have they spent their lives with bushel baskets over their heads?

I live in a retirement city. Movies with sound and color are a miracle. Welcome to my world.
Next the internet!!!!

 

[TJPC]

I live in a retirement city. Movies with sound and color are a miracle. Welcome to my world.
Next the internet!!!!

HA! Some people are remarkably out of touch. My brother-in-law lives in down town Toronto. During a recent conversation he asked “what’s an Uber”?

 

[Mike Frezon]

Last night's selection:

 

[Matt Hough]

I got the latest Thor today, but I won't get to it until tomorrow.

 

[Matt Hough]

Definitely Thor: Ragnarok on UHD this afternoon.

 

[Robert Crawford]

A couple of 1942 "B" mystery/crime films. Eyes in the Night I streamed from Filmstruck, the other film Grand Central Murder I watched on DVD from WA.

 

[Mysto]

A couple of 1942 "B" mystery/crime films. Eyes in the Night I streamed from Filmstruck, the other film Grand Central Murder I watched on DVD from WA.

I'll have what you're having. Love the B&W "B's" or as my kids call them ... Gray movies.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Today, two RKO mystery/crime/comedy films from the 1930's on DVD.

 

[Mysto]

We have William Powell on deck as well. Wish they would release these on Blu Ray.

 

[Matt Hough]

We have William Powell on deck as well. Wish they would release these on Blu Ray.

Many of us would LOVE the six films, but they need work; the first one particularly seems in bad shape. Probably because it was so popular and the OCN got overused.

 

[Robin9]

Harper and The Drowning Pool have just arrived so I'll watch at least one of them tonight.

 

[Matt Hough]

I dipped into my True-Life Adventure DVD tins tonight and watched The Living Desert and The Vanishing Prairie. Tomorrow, I'll watch one of my favorites - Jungle Cat.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Thor Ragnarok UHD Blu

Great movie and the PQ was excellent.

 

[Matt Hough]

I watched this week's Noir Alley presentation Stranger on the Third Floor tonight, an early noir and an unusual one I'd never seen before. As Eddie mentioned, tidied up too quickly for its happy ending but the meat of the movie was unsettling and moodily effective.

And Eddie Muller's commentary before and after the movie was simply magnificent. He has so much information to impart and does it so fluidly and interestingly.

Next week: Crossfire.

 

[gadgtfreek]

Dark Knight Rises UHD Blu

Enjoyed it a lot more the second go around (had only seen it once at the theater). As a Batman fan, I think I went in a little skewed with my issues of how they use Bane, etc... PQ and HDR were good, imax shots are excellent of course. Still suffered from some of the soft look and dark crush you see in TDK.