What's on your Daily Viewing List? (4 Viewers)

[bujaki]

Unchain ((Third Window Films BD Zone B) Toyoda's documentary about a boxer who gave himself the name Unchain. It documents several years of his life and that of some of his buddies who were also kickboxers and shootboxers. Hard subject matter for me to watch.
Tank Force (TCM) Directed by Terence Young, starring Victor Mature, Leo Genn. WWII desert action in CinemaScope.
The Girl Most Likely (TCM app) Leisen's final film starring Jane Powell warbling nicely and dancing to Gower Champion's choreography. Nice color print. A remake of Ginger Rogers's Tom, Dick and Harry.
The Little Hours (Netflix HD) Suggested by a tales(s) from Boccaccio's Decameron. Entertaining, lusty and wholly irreverent.

 

[Matt Hough]

With today's review duties concluded, I may have time tonight to get to The Parallax View (but I don't count on anything any more).

 

[Robin9]

Unchain ((Third Window Films BD Zone B) Toyoda's documentary about a boxer who gave himself the name Unchain. It documents several years of his life and that of some of his buddies who were also kickboxers and shootboxers. Hard subject matter for me to watch.
Tank Force (TCM) Directed by Terence Young, starring Victor Mature, Leo Genn. WWII desert action in CinemaScope.
The Girl Most Likely (TCM app) Leisen's final film starring Jane Powell warbling nicely and dancing to Gower Champion's choreography. Nice color print. A remake of Ginger Rogers's Tom, Dick and Harry.
The Little Hours (Netflix HD) Suggested by a tales(s) from Boccaccio's Decameron. Entertaining, lusty and wholly irreverent.

Tank Force: That's one of the titles I most want on disc. It doesn't have to be Blu-ray, I'll settle happily for a DVD.

 

[Robin9]

I watched the Twilight Time Blu-ray disc of Kid Galahad today (the Elvis Presley version). It's a pretty good film with an excellent cast and Charles Bronson giving one of his most likable performances. The disc's good too which is a bit surprising since it came from MGM.

 

[bujaki]

Tank Force: That's one of the titles I most want on disc. It doesn't have to be Blu-ray, I settle happily for a DVD.

The print of Tank Force on TCMHD was at least presented in its proper AR and 16:9. It had very good color but is has not been "restored." It's quite presentable, though. The story has many twists and turns...

 

[Matt Hough]

I did finally get The Parallax View watched. A pretty good streaming transfer though the dark scenes were sometimes a bit too dark and obscured some details. Brighter scenes looked very good indeed. The movie doesn't hang together as tightly as I might like, but it's still entertaining.

 

[bujaki]

Bad Times at the El Royale (4K UHD BD) I had read good things about this film. Those expectations were met. Excellent transfer.
The Running Man (Arrow BD) Carol Reed directed. Lee Remick stars with Alan Bates and the title character, Laurence Harvey. Lee Remick stars; Lee Remick's gorgeous blue eyes; Lee Remick's bedroom eyes; Lee Remick's...I could go on and on and on...

 

[DFurr]

Tonight with fresh hot popcorn and Diet Coke.....the original Jurassic Park, the FIRST movie released in DTS.
35mm, flat, DTS
This one is always fun watch!!

 

[Toronto Argonauts]

A little light entertainment tonight.

 

[Mysto]

Watched the DVD last night. Lovely movie - too bad it's not Blu.

 

[Robert Crawford]

On Blu-ray with Glenn Erickson's audio commentary. Quite a film with a great musical score by Bernard Herrmann.

 

[Matt Hough]

I'll be watching Eddie Muller's comments for On Dangerous Ground today but finding other things on the TCM app to watch. TOnight, Instinct returns and there is also another episode of Endeavour that won't get watched until tomorrow.

 

[Rodney]

Yesterday I purchased a stack of Criterion's at Barnes and Noble.
The first one I unwrapped and spun was...

Great presentation, great movie, and I also enjoyed the extras.

 

[bujaki]

Pin Up Girl (TT BD) Lightweight Betty Grable vehicle. Very silly plot. Good color all things considered.
The Age of Shadows (Netflix HD) A 2016 Korean film that won multiple Asian awards (deservedly so). Korea in the late 1920s. Resistance fighters try to destroy Japanese facilities in Seoul. Infiltrators from both sides abound. Not a cardboard thriller.
Roy Colt & Winchester Jack (Kino BD) Mario Bava's send-up of the spaghetti Western. Enjoyable.
The Woman Between (Kino BD) A 1931 pre-Code RKO turgid melodrama. Enlivened by a display of Lili Damita's quite shapely gams and figure. Also on display is the beautiful face of a very young Anita Louise.
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (Criterion BD) Had never seen this. Quite delightful and a great transfer. The scene of Nancy Allen caressing the guitar is classic. The whole scene is also reminiscent of Garbo's post-coital bedroom ballet in Queen Christina.

 

[Jasper70]

Last night I started a 007 rewatch. Dr No. Tonight was From Russia with Love followed by an episode of The Streets of San Francisco. I’ll be honest and say I have never been a big fan of Karl Malden but watching this show I’m revising that opinion. He has really impressed me with what he’s done with his character.
Plan is to watch one Bond film per night until I am through them all. I’m sure it won’t work that way but we’ll see.

 

[Dave Moritz]

Plan is to watch one Bond film per night until I am through them all. I’m sure it won’t work that way but we’ll see.

I have done something similar to that only a few days here and there on my days off I did 2 -3 Bond movies in one day. Am considering watching Skyfall tomorrow after work.

 

[TJPC]

I have gradually replaced any set of movies that were in a series with Blu rays (“Die Hard”, etc.). Most of the replacements now are in boxed sets. The last ones I had to replace were the 3 Narnia movies. Today we watched the first one.
It really shows how much CGI has improved since this was new. The animals are still wonderful, but the background often look like Hitchcockian back projection, and things like a sleigh look like toys.

 

[Robin9]

Last week I re-read Raymond Chandler's The Lady in The Lake and this prompted me yesterday to watch the film which I've never much liked. The big plus point for me was Jayne Meadows who really is good. It was also interesting to see Dick Simmons, a MGM character actor who only got very small parts, often without billing, in an important scene.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Last week I re-read Raymond Chandler's The Lady in The Lake and this prompted me yesterday to watch the film which I've never much liked. The big plus point for me was Jayne Meadows who really is good. It was also interesting to see Dick Simmons, a MGM character actor who only got very small parts, often without billing, in an important scene.

God, I love that film and watch it every Christmas season. Yes, Meadows is very good and so is Lloyd Nolan.

 

[Matt Hough]

Looking for something quick to watch last night before the season premiere of Instinct, I found the Charlie Chan movie The Trap on Amazon Prime. It's a typical Monogram Chan cheapie, but I have to admit that although I've seen the movie once or twice, I didn't remember who the murderer was, and I was completely fooled at the end. So, it did what it was supposed to do, and that makes it a success in my book.

Today I'm starting the review process on an upcoming release, and while I probably won't finish it until tomorrow, the film is almost two hours and the commentary and other bonuses will take some time. I'll try to squeeze in Endeavour from last night during lunchtime.