What movies have you seen lately? Which ones would you recommend?

Tetsuo: The Iron Man
DVD/ B&W/ 67 Mins./ NR/ 1992
It starts with a bizarre merging of flesh and metal and accelerates into a hyper- hallucinatory state where springs, wires and solder erupt from a man's body. Japanese with English subtitles.

Hud

It's from the '60's. staring Paul Newman.

WILD REBELS (MST3K Version)
DVD/ Color/ 90 Mins./ NR/ 1967
A former race car driver (Steve Alaimo) becomes a cop and agrees to infiltrate a motorcycle gang known as Satan's Angels. His mission is twofold: to prevent a threesome of bad-boy bikers from pulling off a bank robbery and to protect the citizens of South Florida.

I rent several at a time. Of those, I would recommend these:
Batman Begins (really cool!)
On a Clear Day (a little British dramedy featuring Billy Boyd)
Wayne's World (it's old, but I hadn't seen it. Pretty funny.)

Japanese films:
Yojimbo and Rashomon are always good. I liked Yojimbo better, but it's a matter of taste.

Nadezhda are you familiar with the Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman series?
Also the Lone Wolf And Cub films are fantastic.

I've heard of all of the series, but I've not seen them. I tend to watch Asian film in spurts. Is there one you would suggest starting with?

Anna

The Lone Wolf series is a good start but if you have a Netflix account, the Zatoichi: the Blind Swordsman will surely make for many entertaining evenings.

TMNT
THEATRE/COLOR/87 mins/PG/2007

Premonition.

It was good. Wasn't all that thrilled at how it ended, but it was a good ending! And I loved how the only one who could help her and give her hope was..................... a CATHOLIC priest!!!!!!

This is the lamest post I've read so far.

The Constant Gardener-R
taut political thriller set in Kenya, stars Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz, has to do with fraud by pharmaceutical companies

TOP Ten Reasons I Didn’t Particularly Care For The Movie “300”

As for a modern remake Rudulph Mat’e’s “The 300 Spartans” and Walter Hill’s “The Warriors” did it much better.

I understand it was inspired from a graphic novel but it was too “comic booky”.

It took me three days to wash off all the testosterone.

May have been better filmed as an epic adventure instead of an “MTV video”.

Stiff dialogue and speech patterns that removed me from the time period.

“SEPIA-vision” gives me a headache.

Slow motion to regular film speed. Slow motion to regular film speed. Just pick one!!

I never recovered from my dislike of Frank Miller since Dark Knight 2.

For some reason I kept waiting for it to turn into a musical.

I only counted 176.

I've not yet seen it. My sister liked it.

I saw Waiting last night and could not stop laughing all night long.

Pan's Labyrinth


so good.

Ohhhh,

The Constant Gardener just recently...

Requiem of a Dream: never ever want to drugs again....not that I ever did, but NEVER EVER.

not a movie for the light-hearted.

Requiem has to be the most disturbing movie I've ever seen. After watching it I felt sick. Most people I know who have seen it said they felt the same way. I'll say that it was brilliantly made and director Aronofksy has great talent. Which is kind of a shame that it was such a great move because I just don't have the stomach to watch it again.

Just watched Master and Commander; great movie, different than I expected.

I love Master and Commander. I bought one copy. About a month later, I forgot I had a copy and bought another on a whim. Two copies of the same ruddy movie.

Neighbor No. 13: Special Edition
DVD/ Color/ 113 Mins./ R/ 2005
After spending his childhood as the target of playground bullies, Murasaki Juzo (Shun Oguri) grew into a psychologically scarred adult with serious anger issues. So when he discovers that Akai Toru (Hirofumi Arai), the same person who used to torment him as a child, is now living in the apartment above his -- and that he's also his new boss -- something snaps, and he assumes a scary new identity as the vengeful Neighbor No. 13 (Shido Nakamura).

Have you seen Curse of the Golden Flower? Our local video store didn't get copies of it, and the library is charging for rentals. Is it any good? I've seen several of that type of film (Crouching Tiger, Hero, Flying Daggers, etc), and my favorite is House of Flying Daggers. I like Chow-Yun Fat, who is in Curse.

Haven't seen it yet but I am looking foward to it. I do enjoy your sense in Asian Cinema.

Did I mention that I had seen bridge to terabithia? it was okay.

Flags of our Fathers ( yehhhhaw!!! I loved it. The guy who played Doc was in an episode of 'Due South when he was younger)

Ike: Countdown to d-day ( i have no life )

I saw Blades of Glory last night....Good stuff, but alot of the humor was "off-color" as my grandmother would say. I liked it though

Black Magic
DVD/ Color/ 92 Mins./ NR/ 1975
Newly engaged couple Xu Nuo (Lung Ti) and Quming (Li-Li Li) are terrorized by the seductive widow Luo Yin (Ni Tien) after she consults an evil sorcerer to bind Xu's love to her. But the wicked warlock has something else in mind and double-crosses Luo Yin, creating a terrifying web of hexes and horror in this demented '70s cult classic fully restored and uncut from Hong Kong's famed Shaw Brothers.

Nobody does it like the Shaw Bros.

I'll second Blades of Glory. We laughed all the way through! And I loved all the cameo appearances by the ice skaters

It was sooo funny!!! Did you stay for a little while into the credits when "Jimmy MacElroy's" biggest fan was playing with his dolls? That was great. I definately liked the movie though, I thought it was great.

I just rented Babel. It plays great tricks with time.

I saw The Guardian early last week. It was OK.

I just got Cool Hand Luke from the library. I should be watching it now instead of being here.

Z CHANNEL: A MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION
DVD/ Color/ 120 Mins./ NR/ 2004
Founded in 1974 and based in Los Angeles, the Z Channel was the nation's first pay-cable station, preceding HBO or Showtime. At its pinnacle in the early 1980s, it served only 100,000 viewers, but nonetheless inspired and influenced the movie industry with its eclectic fare, securing a unique place in film history. IFC Films and director Xan Cassavetes celebrate the Z Channel and its founder, Jerry Harvey, with this captivating documentary.

Finally, a profile of someone with a passion for diverse films. I was enthralled with this documentary and only wished that I had access to this channel when I was younger. Jerry Harvey was not only knowledgeable of film, he trusted his audience with what he knew he enjoyed and did not pander to the common Hollywood denominator.







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Yes! That was soooo funny. Scott Hamilton cracked me up through the whole movie too!

I saw Tetsuo II: Body Hammer, used to own it, freaky!

I didn't even realize it was him until half way into the movie! He was definately funny.

GOZU
DVD/ Color/ 130 Mins./ NR/ 2003
Minami (Hideki Sone) mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for. …

BRILLIANT!! Takashi Miike does it again. It seems he is channeling David Lynch in this feature that goes absolutely nowhere but takes you everywhere you don’t want to go.
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Tsunami: Wave that Shook the World

Toy Story

Lady Vengeance
DVD/ Color/ 112 Mins./ R/ 2005
The final installment of director Park Chan-wook's revenge trilogy (preceded by Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance and Oldboy) chronicles the efforts of Lee Geum-ja (Lee Yeong-ae) -- known to her cellmates as "the kind Ms. Geum-ja" -- to track down the man who betrayed her. Taking the rap for her accomplice and incarcerated for 13 long years, she plots an elaborate retribution with help from her fellow inmates.

Thank You For Smoking
DVD/Color/96 Min./R (language and sexual content)/2006

what an interesting film. just for reference, i'll probably be on here often. film is a love of mine, next to audio/music.

anyway, i thought the film was really funny. it followed the PR man for cigarettes. a lot of interesting moral and philosophical thought starters. it portrayed the lead as the "hero", but yet you laughed when he said something not quite morally correct, because you knew he was wrong. so, and interesting film. the language not really necessary, the sex certainly not needed, but there was no nudity, so at least they had that going for them.

so, a funny flick. i enjoyed parts of it. the humor was done well. would i watch it again? probably not. but that's mostly because there are so many other films still to see.

1) 300 Rating 2 out of 10
2) Breach 5 out of 10
3) TMNT 7 out of 10
4) Shooter 9 1/2 out of 10


Overall Shooter is the best film Ive seen so far this year, and IMHO is the best film released so far.

I saw this movie a week before I started this thread and thought it was very good, highly recommended.

Why Wal-Mart Works - And Why That Makes Some People Crazy
Documentary, DVD, 72 Min

After the film, I told my wife, "OK, I won't pick on Wal-Mart quite so much anymore." It's a good study of basic economics, using Wal-Mart as the example. There is a little sociology explored with the opponents of Wal-Mart. It's fascinating to listen to people bash Wal-Mart with absolutely silly logic.

Like any documentary, I'm sure it's a little one sided.

Sha-Ron's story pulls at the heart strings.

Checked it out from our local library, I suggest you do the same.


For those of you in Minnesota, you'll recognize a water tower in the film! Also, if you live in Dakota County, just request it through your local library, they can get it.

VICE SQUAD
DVD/ Color/ 93 Mins./ R/ 1982
Director Gary Sherman helms this cult exploitation classic, following the undercover efforts of a Los Angeles businesswoman turned prostitute (Season Hubley) -- known only by her street name, Princess -- to bring down a violent pimp named Ramrod (Wings Hauser). Under the watchful eye of Detective Tom Walsh (Gary Swanson), who's tracking her every move, she works to solve the brutal murder of a streetwalker named Ginger (Nina Blackwood).

In the “You Can’t Go Home Again” department I thought it would be interesting to revisit this film 20 years later and I am sorry to say at the time I thought it was a quirky film but the only thing that holds up today is that Wings Hauser still turns in a very twisted performance as RamRod. The commentary should be interesting.

I watched TMNT on Wednesday, it was pretty ordinary, I don't know why everybody else liked it so much.
Before that I saw 300 which was pretty good, and The Hitcher, which was fairly entertaining but uneven.

Meet the Robinsons *shrug* -- most of the funny parts in the previews

The Five People You Meet in Heaven -- SPECTACULAR!!! <3333333

The Fisher King

Excellent film
Terry Gilliam be praised.

HARDCORE
DVD/ Color/ 108 Mins./ R/ 1979
Desperate father Jake (George C. Scott) investigates the seedy world of pornographic movies as he tries to locate his runaway daughter in this drama. After discovering that she is starring in X-rated films, Van Dorn leaves his serene Michigan neighborhood and heads to Los Angeles to track her down. He hires a sleazy investigator (Peter Boyle), and the two immerse themselves in the industry on the hunt for Jake's daughter.