[quote=“Yodlaf Peterson, post:6420, topic:1923”]Finished watching the 13 episode mini series Villains, good stuff.
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Interesting, does it have an official release? From where can it be ordered?
Tron : Legacy 2010 by Joseph Kosinski
i found it more entertaining than original Tron movie, which was partly fascinating and partly somewhat dull
new Tron movie is really a hellride from start to the end (with few breaks)
designs of virtual world are stunning, visual and audio effects just great
and you have Jeff Bridges in it, and as a plus Olivia Wilde as a blackhaired sexy cybergirl
well, story - nobody hired William Gibson or Bruce Sterling to write decent cyberpunk story,
so this is just another hollywood attempt, but it doesn´t matter
what matters is a fact that almost every scene is accompanied by perfect music by Daft Punk
what could be better soundtrack for cyberpunk than this one from DP?
[quote=“ION BRITTON, post:6421, topic:1923”]Interesting, does it have an official release? From where can it be ordered?[/quote]Yeah, it was network web exclusive but they didn’t have the rights for long and you can’t order it anymore.
It was £35 when it came out and it’s only been unavailable a week and it’s creeping up in price.
£40+, that’s quite a lot for a 4-disc series I’m afraid.
Have to find another way to watch it.
I have watched ”Captain Blood (1935)” and old pirate movie with Errol Flynn which is good fun even though it looks a bit dated after all these years. I also watched the splendid “Sorcerer” a remake of “Wages of fear” with Roy Scheider, this one might even be better than the original.
Since I last posted in this topic, I saw The Phantom Tollbooth (on Christmas day), which I really loved. A forgotten gem really. In the evening I watched Two Front Teeth, a trashy lo-fi horror which I watched with some people from The Horror Charnel. Pretty crappy movie, but good times.
On Boxing Day I saw Night Patrol, a knockabout eighties comedy which borrows from the Police Academy series and Naked Gun amongst other things. I really enjoyed it and thought it was pretty funny at times, although it was pretty crude humour for the most part. I also watched A Clockwork Orgy, which is a porn version of, you guessed it, A Clockwork Orange (don’t judge me).
Last night I saw Performance, which was great. Mick Jagger and James Fox were both brilliant, although I would have been happier if the movie had played it a bit more straight (no pun intended).
Not all jokes are funny, but there are some good moments. Favorite scene: every scene the police chief is in, fartploitative action at its best, haha.
Cowboys & Aliens - A whole lot of fun, a hell of a lot better than I was expecting it to be.
I really wanted to like that one but I found it a bit disappointing…Daniel Craig did do a great job though.
Just watched Carriers (2009), a tale of 4 people surviving a world wide epidemic. More about the humanity and choices we make about who lives and who dies than anything else. Not bad at all.
[size=12pt]Bobby Fisher against the World[/size] (2011)
Not a real movie but a documentary made by HBO
One of the most fascinating things I’ve seen in quite some time, more compelling than all last years thrillers
We get a horrifying image of what probably was one of last century’s most intelligent, and certainly one of last century’s most eccentric persons, a genius who also was a lunatic, even as a child.
The documentary follows him from his first steps in publicity, as the shy, taciturn teenager who had already beaten every master player in his home country (and would soon beat Russian ex-world champions), via his world champion ship match against Boris Spasski on Iceland, to his eventual social and mental downfall. There are numerous interviews with friends, foes, thirds, and they’re all mighty interesting, but none of them can really shed light on this enigmatic and fascinating man called Bobby.
Highly recommended
good postapo flick indeed - realistic and brutal
I saw Alain Resnais’s Night and Fog (1955) a few days ago; a masterly short documentary on the Holocaust with a terrific music score.
Sicilian Clan (1969) with Alain Delon. Very well-made film with a quite good cinematography, of course unforgettable soundtrack and very gripping story.
Overall very good crime film.
8 out of 10. Highly recommended. 
[url]http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/534/riseoftheplanetoftheapeb.jpg/[/url] [size=12pt]RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES [/size] (2011, Rupert Wyatt)
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After the failed attempt by Tim Burton to breath new life into the Apes franchise, the relatively unknown Wyatt shows how to do things: by telling a real (g)ripping yarn about an intelligent ape who discovers how bad his kind is treated by those humane creatures called humans, and eventually leads his fellow apes in a rise against mankind.
The mocap (motion capture) visuals are striking, even if the movie can’t escape a digital look entirely. But, as said, it’s the storytelling that makes this film a nice experience. I watched it more out of curiosity than anything else, but really enjoyed it. Wyatt calls his movie a reboot, but it can also be watched as a prequel. We finally learn how the apes could become so intelligent and take over the world. And of course scientists were to blame with their stupid and irrisponsible medical experiments. It’s all more fantasy than science-fiction, but good fantasy. Touching, compelling, occasionally almost believable. Unfortunately the finale on the Golden Gate Bridge is a little (or more than just a little) over the top. They should have known better, those apes: only James Bond is believable on top of it. Otherwise: A view to a kill and great end-of-the-year entertainment.
Castle of The Walking Dead.
Christopher Lee plays a count who is killed by the state for killing twelve virgins, in his quest for internal life. Anyway, you cannot kill Lee easily in these type of films. Not long before Lex Barker gets invited to his castle and all the pieces come together. Kept looking for Winnetou when Barker was on screen, and this one is even directed by Harald Reinl. Sweeping music like in the Winnetou films also plays. Lee who can play this type of part in his sleep, looks full of menace in his quest for virgins blood. Not bad at all I thought.
LOL, maybe you had too much eggnog. ;D
Ha, ha…yes probably did .
Destruction Squad (La Banda del Trucido) (Massi / 1977)
One of Milian’s Monezza films although it also stars Luc Merenda and is actually like two films in one. Merenda is the new police chief fighting violent crime while Monezza is running a crappy restaurant and dealing with fatherhood while still running a non violent crime school. Their paths cross of course but only barely. Enjoyable ride for me without being the best of these types of films.
[quote=“Phil H, post:6439, topic:1923”]Destruction Squad (La Banda del Trucido) (Massi / 1977)
One of Milian’s Monezza films although it also stars Luc Merenda and is actually like two films in one. Merenda is the new police chief fighting violent crime while Monezza is running a crappy restaurant and dealing with fatherhood while still running a non violent crime school. Their paths cross of course but only barely. Enjoyable ride for me without being the best of these types of films.[/quote]People slate this but I don’t mind it. Did you notice it uses the same soundtrack as Lenzi’s Free Hand For A Tough Cop Phil?
a.k.a. Dirty Gang.