Clint has one accent - Clint!

I'm really looking forward to watching the other 19 films, the only one(!) I've seen out of it is Million Dollar Baby. I'm especially looking forward to Unforgiven, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Gran Torino and Mystic River.

I'm not sure what to make of that collection. Yes there are a few classics but there's also six he's not even in.

French rather than German, but


Blimey! How did this one get there?

To be honest, I thought they were all of his director films but it's a mixture of directing and acting, it's an odd set but a nice collection still!

This is the better collection imo similar to the above collection but this has 40 in all and includes my fav Eastwood movie Bird.:)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clint-Eastw.../dp/B071KXDKS1

Sadly there's so much missing from both collections. - Coogan's Bluff, High Plains Drifter, The Eiger Sanction, Escape from Alcatraz, In the Line of Fire....

Both sets only represent the films he made with Warner Brothers so you need to take that into consideration, there is also a box set from Universal and the Spaghetti Westerns are with United Artists etc.. There would never be a complete set.

Yeah, i collected everything as individual titles over the years. Hopefully when you've loved the majority of the box set you'll fill in the gaps. :clap:

He's like Sean Connery. He can do any accent, in a Scottish accent.

There are a few versions released of that film,one is a short version and another a much longer version (although neither contain the throat slitting as that was cut prior to release) The same goes for Firefox (one is 124mins and another is 137mins long )

The only version of The Eiger Sanction i know clocks in at 124 minutes. The blu ray editions are 129 minutes. I presume this has to do with how blu-ray is encoded and frame rates rather than an extra five minutes of new footage.

There are certainly two versions of Firefox. The UK version is shorter than the US release by 16 minutes.

I wish i'd bought the UK short version as it's bloody awful for the first 90 minutes . For some reason i used to like it as a kid too.

Lust for a Vampire (1971)

A finishing school for young women provides the location for this sequel to The Vampire Lovers (1970) Sadly for everyone involved said school is right next to the ruined Karnstein Castle where the nefarious Count Karnstein is about to bring back the vampire Carmilla.

Again (very) loosely based on the works of J.S. Le Fanu, Lust For a Vampire is a bit of a rerun of the first film although not quite as good. Lacking the presence of any Hammer regulars, the film feels like a rush job.

The most memorable sequence involves the blood soaked resurrection of Carmilla, delightfully played by Yutte Stensgaard, erotic and creepy all in one it's one of the iconic scenes in Hammer's celebrated history. However the rest of the film ends up quite campy with sex and gore that never quite hit the heights of the earlier Vampire Lovers and never come close to the grimness of the final film in the Karnstein saga Twins of Evil (1971)

The film does seemingly work better as an example of exploitation rather than classic Hammer horror. Having said that Lust For a Vampire is a film i've watched a lot over the years. It is sexy and it is fun and director Jimmy Sangster always keeps things interesting in that comforting Hammer Gothic sense and happily throws in a rampaging mob at the finale, flaming torches aloft, to burn all who reside in Karnstein Castle.

HOUSE 1986

Author Roger Cobb (William Katt) inherits a house, decides to stay there to work on his new book, but believes the house to be haunted.

Welcome back to the comedy/horror flicks of the 80s. From Sean.S. Cunningham and Steve Miner comes this underated 80s movie

William Katt and George Wendt (Norm from cheers) provide a comedy act thats well timed. Its like life, believing something is in your closet and trying to persuade someone else to believe you and get greeted by funny facial expressions. with this film it does come with cheesey special effects and costumes and some good one liners. 9 out of 10.

Desert Heat (1999, Danny Mulroon)
Ahem. Always knew that JCVD had an ego mania as such. Full blown tis here as the Damme plays a loner who has his work cut out pitting scummy meth dealers against even scummier bikers. Littered with a colourful supporting cast, this is easily the funniest of his I've seen yet ...well twas for about 20 minutes until I stuck on ....

Double Impact (1991, Sheldon Lettich)
He plays twins!!! One is bad (slicked down hair ... reminiscent of his look in Black Eagle :lol:) and one is good (wears his tshirt tucked into his shorts er ....)
Absolute nonsense from beginning to end ... :loveeyes:. Why they didn't go for the obvious sci fi sequel :laugh: ... well, I can think of one reason :laugh:

Ahem.

Alien From The Deep (1989, Anthony M Dawson)

Words are indeed blunt tools. In order to describe the tumult of emotions that I felt during this ... film :lol:. would take a braver man than I to the brink of sanity. The heady mixture of sleaze and desperation intermingled with sheer naked 'business sense' leaves you groggy and disorientated.

Or!

Margerhetti mixes a load of sci fi tropes in a big pot :laugh:
Take your pick. :pound:

Insidious (2010)

*** out of *****


Night of the Demons (1988)

***1/2 out of *****

Mum and Dad (2017)

I quite enjoyed this zany black comedy horror. It has a lot of energy, it’s very witty, it has heaps of stylized violence, and the two leads are great. I just felt it could've been even better with deeper characterization.

*** out of *****

Watching the critic/academic commentary on the Arrow Carrie blu ray, lots of good nuggets of info (Paxton Real Estate is a nod to Bill Paxton who worked on the art direction/set design), better than most of the modern academic commentaries which descend into being a bit TOO analytical (the "m" giallo? etc).

Worth a listen, a good combination of fan love & academia!

Have you heard the commentary on the BFI seven Samurai. Its almost impossible to get through. It's dryer than the sahara and like listening to the shipping forecast. Shame as the guy doing it seems to know his stuff.

The Post

Essentially chronicling the Washington Posts release of the classified Pentagon papers under the threat of legal action, the film deals with the thorny issue of freedom of the press vs national security as well as looking at the sidelining of women in the corporate world that was common at that point of time.
Spielberg seems to be really delivering these days. I was always put off by a lot of the mawkishness in some of his earlier work. Minority Report being a great example where for two thirds of the film its a great adaptation of Phillip K Dicks book then it goes and shits the bed with the final act, crow-barring in a happy ending that feels completely out of place based on what preceded it. But then the backbone of his work was eighties cinema which consciously distanced itself from the cynicism of the cinema of the 70's and the new Hollywood movement. I'd pretty much given up when Tin Tin came along, which managed to take several stories and craft a surprisingly decent adventure film out of the material. Then of course we got Bridge of spies which was possibly one of the best things I think he's done in a long time. The post seems to be carrying on this tradition. Its got Hanks again, really delivering as a gruff newspaper editor who refuses to compromise his belief in the fourth estate, specifically the importance of an independent press. Meryl Streep is also great, but would you expect anything less. Here her character arc is actually the most interesting one in the film. She's the owner of the Washington post, a role she found herself in after the death of her husband. She begins the film very much in her shell, as someone who has never had to work and whose role in life was as a homemaker. Gradually as the drama unfolds she begins to see more possibilities in her life and Streeps performance as she slowly begins to emerge from her shell and find the courage needed is a terrifically understated one.

Cat O'nine Tails.

Argento's 'difficult second film' is one the director himself initially stated he was not happy with as it was too 'American' and rooted too much in the film noir tradition. Personally I would disagree.
While Cat is not as ground breaking as Bird with the crystal Plumage was, and while the plot feels a little more convoluted in places, with the identity of the killer seeming to have little real importance, its still a solid and well crafted Giallo. Certainly if you took Argento's name off the picture and went into it not knowing a thing, it'd be rated as one of the better films of the period with some real stylistic flourishes including a terrific car chase and a jaw dropping death by train among its many set pieces. Karl Malden is great as the blind ex journalist who thinks he may have witnessed something. James Franciscus is also good as the journalist who gets roped into the investigation.
Arrows Blu-ray looks terrific. The colours really pop. There's no sign of scanner noise and its certainly the best presentation of the film i've seen.

Space Cop (Bauman/ Stoklasa, 2016)

I like a laugh. This 'self produced' effort hits the spot. Featuring the most un Dredd like law enforcer, this fish out of water tale made me guffaw a lot.



Mr Dynamite! The Rise Of James Brown (2014, Alan Gibney)

Biopic. Great live footage. Semi warts n all.



Universal Soldier: Day Of Reckoning (John Hyams)

Dolph and JCVD and Scodd Adkins!!:rolleyes:
Result. Decent enough conspiracy style actioner ... some brutality.

Space cop is still one I need to get, love red letter media

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It's a scream. Apart from the technical achievement, it's a decent sci fi comedy. A buddy film for sure, but I look forward to rewatching it!

Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)

Saying this is the best of the prequels, obviously isn’t saying much. But despite carrying over some of the problems from the previous two films, it has a lot of great things going for it that outweigh the bad, and is a satisfying Star Wars experience overall, and is the only one of the three to earn countless re-watches from me. It still wasn’t up there with the original trilogy, but it’s close to being on par with Return of the Jedi, but just not quite. It’s not quite as good as Rogue One and The Last Jedi either, but I do like it a tad more than The Force Awakens.

***1/2 out of *****

Saw Knight and Day on tv last night. Decent enough, if laughably overblown tech/spy thriller. Disposable entertainment.

Letter To Brehznev (1985, Chris Bernard)

A scouse lass and a Ruzzian zailor fall in love in the 80s. Now a fascinating time capsule, this rampant Socialist propaganda :rolleyes: is now quite tame. Flatly fimed (and told tbh) this encapsulates a whole period in UK cinema history for me ... slightly cheeky yet somewhat worthy in nature.

Amuck (1972)

Greta Franklin (Barbara Bouchet) gets a job with a famous but eccentric novelist (Farley Granger) as his personal secretary. Unbeknown to Granger and his equally eccentric wife (Rosalba Neri) Greta is actually investigating the disappearance of her sister who she believes died at the hands of the couple.

As far as giallo cinema goes Amuck isn't at the top end, however it is a reasonably entertaining mystery which improves following a fairly tepid first half. The film sports one or two decent set pieces such as Bouchet being pursued whilst duck hunting across the marshy waters surrounding Venice but it's the eroticism that mainly stands out.

Amuck is an absolute delight for lovers of female flesh. Both Bouchet and Neri are involved in several nude scenes including a slo-mo lesbian encounter. There's even a feel of the Gothic about it as Bouchet wafts around the big old house in nightwear even more flimsy and transparent than the last. The film unlike most gialli isn't murder centric. Most of the nefarious deeds involve drugged out sex and rape so fans of the sexier side of Italian cinema should find much to enjoy.

It's a while since i saw a nice and sleazy giallo that's new to me (The awful Play Motel doesn't count) so Amuck was a refreshing change.

Heavy Metal (1981, Gerald Potterton)

Compendium film based on French animation?? It reminds me of The Seven Deadly Sins ahem. Enjoying it so far! The style is very Bakshi cough.

Ahem. Thy second segment had some of the worst animation outside of Filmways imo :lol:. Rather violent for an Occidental production to be sure ....

one last bit of Metal ....
 

And the last (?) segment seems to be what I actually thought the whole film was going to be like. Saw a clip years ago ...of this part ... standard futuristic S&S etc. Oh well, you live and learn ;)

The Longest Yard (1974, Robert Aldrich)

Burt Reynolds asserts himself against Oily Albert ... in a football uniform no less. Not as Jeff Stryker as I make it sound, honest. See this wee gem and fink no more of the utterly pony remake wif the Vinster.

kill all hipsters ... kill all hipsters ...
 

The Room (2003, Tommy Wiseau)

As a mate had turned up with the book The Disaster Artist ... but hadn't seen the film :confused::laugh: I felt twould be my duty to make his retinas wince during a screening of said 'cult' classic (hmmm). And you wonder why I drink :lol:. Ah! He poorly enunciates a line!! Drool! The subplots come to nought!! THE MUSAK.

And people said Edward Wood Jr was terrible. At least his work entertains.

Ahem.

I'm intrigued by this film – which release do you have? The only one I'm aware of is the North American Wiseau Region All Blu-ray.

:lol:
Don't be. I recommend scurvy more. Tis a dvd -r that was foisted on me as I like "weird films" apparently :lol:

A blu ray? Lawdy Thomas. Talk about a one trick pony. NEXT!! :laugh:

Now I'm even more intrigued!

Ah ... the perils of censorship in a nutshell ... ban something ... it acquires a reputation.

It's up to you Nos. Not while there are Andy Sidaris films to see ... I've watched it twice now ... one time too many imho.

Exactly – telling someone they shouldn't to see something is one thing. Telling them they're not allowed is something else. Both will result in an increased interest, but the 'you're not allowed' makes it much more fascinating!

Take away that air of mystique and taboo, and the level of interest diminishes somehow.

I'm not in a desperate rush to see it, but would like to have done so by the time I watch The Disaster Artist. I hadn't seen Plan 9 from Outer Space when I first saw Ed Wood and don't think it mattered at all because I loved it.

The Cutter (2005, Bill Tannen)
Damn! From the opening I thought twould be a Chuck Vs Mummy film. :lol:
The bearded one thwarts some ne'r do welling in the gemstone trade. Quite crazed considering he was dyeing his chinwarmer (it's rather OBVIOUS DEARIE) at this point. The usual scum get blown away....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdiqdeehQyY

Enjoyable and atmospheric film that's a little on the slow side. 6/10


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqJ9ekM4x_c

An enjoyable and visually stunning film with some great set pieces which was better than i was expecting,let down by some poor cgi . I really could not help but think of the dynasty warriors games and its spinoffs while watching. 7.5/10


Now watching hellraiser.