What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Frankie Teardrop]

EMANUELLE IN AMERICA - I didn't feel there was all that much to this mid seventies Joe D'Amato romp beyond the well documented bits of alternative dressage and fake snuff footage... that said, the latter looked pretty gruelling to me and perhaps could've been explored a bit more. Apart from this limited display of nastiness, the rest pretty much boils down to the usual shagging around and would've made for a very dull movie were it not for some nicley 'pop' type aesthetics and dashes of mild eccentricity ie the scene where Emanuelle attempts to evade a gun wielding moral avenger by trying to give him a blow job! In the end though, this mostly tepid flick just doesn't deserve the notoriety it's accumulated over the years, and pales beside a classic like 'Beyond The Darkness', which creates an intensely sleazy atmosphere without ever being nearly as explicit as 'Emanuelle in America'.

[Demoncrat]

The Three Stooges. now i'd heard that there was a biopic coming a while back. either I misheard, or that went by the wayside when someone realised this had been, imho admirably done in the 2000 TVM, the title of which escapes me at the moment).

This is to all purposes a NEW 3 Stooges film. Now this may be anathema to some fans (for a start it's in colour) BUT i plead with you to give it a chance, the paper thin plot (partly stolen from the Blues Brothers, I don't feel that this is a spoiler as the plot was never the point with the originals, was it??) not withstanding ahem.

AAAnyway. The cast have a fair swipe of the boys to my mind, and the "action" is just as yould expect, with the postmodern edge sublty applied (considering this is from the Farrelly Bros as well!!) for once. The "epilogue" left a slightly odd taste in my mouth, but this is the world we live in now.

Plus Larry David as a nasty nun. S O L D !!!

[Demoncrat]

Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

EMANUELLE IN AMERICA - I didn't feel there was all that much to this mid seventies Joe D'Amato romp beyond the well documented bits of alternative dressage and fake snuff footage... that said, the latter looked pretty gruelling to me and perhaps could've been explored a bit more. Apart from this limited display of nastiness, the rest pretty much boils down to the usual shagging around and would've made for a very dull movie were it not for some nicley 'pop' type aesthetics and dashes of mild eccentricity ie the scene where Emanuelle attempts to evade a gun wielding moral avenger by trying to give him a blow job! In the end though, this mostly tepid flick just doesn't deserve the notoriety it's accumulated over the years, and pales beside a classic like 'Beyond The Darkness', which creates an intensely sleazy atmosphere without ever being nearly as explicit as 'Emanuelle in America'.

Agree totally but i still have a warm feeling in my gutty wuts that the only Emmanuelle i have has snuff, bestiality and hardcore in it

and i presume you meant Emanuelle Around The World

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Demoncrat

The Three Stooges. now i'd heard that there was a biopic coming a while back. either I misheard, or that went by the wayside when someone realised this had been, imho admirably done in the 2000 TVM, the title of which escapes me at the moment).

UK release date for the Farrelly Brothers film - 22 August 2012

[Gojirosan]

Originally Posted by suziginajackson

Farrelly Brothers film

[James Morton]

Originally Posted by Hawkmonger

Riki-Oh; The Story of Ricky.
This is not a GOOD movie. Full of plot holes, contrivancys, and mystical mcguffins. But hell, it's so funny, crap, lovable, and down right amazing that i'm probably gonna order the US BD soon. A great film for fan's of bad movies.

No way would I call THE STORY OF RICKY a bad movie - its very good
ott scenes w/gore - like this film, makes good entertainment

[Hawkmonger]

Like I say: A Movie does not have to be good, to be awsome.

[Slippery Jack]

Pieces is still my favourite exmple of this . . .

[Baseball Fury]

Originally Posted by keirarts

Takashi Miike's remake of Hara-kiri Death of a samurai.

A visually stunning and savage dissection of the samurai ethic remade from an earlier film (which I hadn't seen) from the director of communist Samurai classic Samurai Rebellion (which I have seen) This looks the dogs b****ck's on Blu-ray and while incredibly down-beat and tragic it makes a good companion piece/counter point to miike's other samurai movie 13 assassin's.

(funny how miike's films that are made around the same time feature similar themes and images)

Highly reccomended and it was less than a fiver on play with free postage.

The original is available from Eureka/Masters of Cinema on BD and is WELL worth a punt.

[James Morton]

TAKEN - excellent thriller
THE WOODS - there hasn't been a film yet I have liked from Lucky McKee