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Old 18th November 2015, 07:31 PM
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I loved Housebound, a great mix of comedy and horror. It was a blind buy for me, saw it cheap in HMV one afternoon.
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Old 19th November 2015, 11:13 PM
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'G' Men (1935)

Four years after his break out role in The Public Enemy, James Cagney switches sides and wages on screen war against America's public enemies - the crime lords - as an eager government agent in this crime classic.

Whilst perhaps not noir as such, the film possibly pre-dates the genre by a few years, 'G' Men is still a hard boiled and pulpy take on the true story of the origins of what would become known in later years as the FBI.

Unlike many of the studio crime classics of the time 'G' Men isn't talky at all, yes there's great dialogue but much of it is snappy and often amusing, especially the sparring between Cagney and his boss Robert Armstrong. The films greatest assets, apart from Cagney himself of course, are the frequent bursts of frantic action. From car chases to machine guns 'G' Men has it all and as such proves to be a heavy duty action film that easily stands on it's own 80 years later.

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Old 20th November 2015, 12:45 AM
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While it doesn't really feel like a Cronenberg film, i really liked A History of Violence.
I enjoyed it as well. You have to look at it as a film and not by who directed it. Only qualm i had i felt ending could have been longer felt as if ending was to short and a tadge rushed.
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Old 20th November 2015, 07:24 AM
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I enjoyed it as well. You have to look at it as a film and not by who directed it. Only qualm i had i felt ending could have been longer felt as if ending was to short and a tadge rushed.
It ends just as it feels as if its begining.
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Old 20th November 2015, 09:30 AM
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I enjoyed it as well. You have to look at it as a film and not by who directed it. Only qualm i had i felt ending could have been longer felt as if ending was to short and a tadge rushed.
It's been a while since I read it, but I'm fairly sure the film is faithful to the graphic novel on which it's based.
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Old 20th November 2015, 11:11 AM
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I remember reading an article somewhere about History of Violence actually being more Cronenbergish when you broke it down a bit. But i can't remember the reasons or where i read it.
It's been a while since i saw it last but as i recall it spends most of its running time teasing, hinting that there may be an action film about to break lose, then just when you think its about to show its true colours the film ends. And i suspect Cronenberg intended it that way.
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Old 20th November 2015, 03:53 PM
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Watched It Follows again. Well, I said I would so......
Still a great ST, but you can theorise about anything. See Room 237.

I also perused We Are Still Here. I liked it? Starts off like The Ice Storm, though it doesnt end it such fashion. Almost like IF cough, it seems to have no obvious time zone, though is more conventional structurally. Recommended, if only for Fessden's tribute to Jack Nicholson.
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Old 20th November 2015, 06:53 PM
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The Walking Dead (1936)

Boris Karloff is unscrupulously framed for murder by the mob and sent to the electric chair. A mad scientist, played by Edmund Gwenn (Miracle on 34th Street), revives him and the undead Karloff wreaks bloody revenge on the gangsters who betrayed him.

This macabre take on the Frankenstein story from director Michael Curtiz, who would just six short years later direct one of the greatest films of all time, and my personal favourite in Casablanca, is a remarkably moving film which benefits from a superb performance by Karloff as the hollow eyed zombie pianist.

Curtiz' direction is flawess, with some almost expressionistic photography and a script allowing Karloff and Gwenn to shine as well as gain the audiences sympathy. Like so many B-pictures of the time the film is short -a mere 65 minutes. However it's 65 minutes well spent with three of the finest names in Karloff, Gwenn and Curtiz, of Hollywood to come.
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Old 21st November 2015, 12:20 AM
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Just watched Season of the Witch with Nic Cage and Ron Perlman.
Two knights are charged (by Christopher Lee no less) with escorting a suspected witch across Eastern Europe to a remote monastery to stand trial. That's pretty much it.
While it's nothing special i quite enjoyed this nifty little action adventure yarn. Though I'll give Nic Cage a go in most films and Ron Perlman is always worth a watch.
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Old 21st November 2015, 12:23 AM
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Just watched Season of the Witch with Nic Cage and Ron Perlman.
Two knights are charged with escorting a suspected witch across Eastern Europe to a remote monastery to stand trial. That's pretty much it.
While it's nothing special i quite enjoyed this nifty little action adventure yarn. Though I'll give Nic Cage a go in most films and Ron Perlman is always worth a watch.
It's definitely a lot better than you expect it to be isn't it.

I really enjoyed it.
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