Yes, must take a look at that one myself again aswell 
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Sugar Cookies - A girl who is the spitting image of a porn star who was murdered is trained up in her manner for a certain reason, pretty decent for what it is, from Lloyd Kaufman before the majority of that Troma nonsense. Fantastic transfer as always from VS.
Battle Of The Damned - Lundren Vs Zombies with the aid of some killer robots, not particularly good but it was fun, it knows what it is.
I Escaped From Devil’s Island - Jim Brown and Christopher George in a sort of exploitation action version of Papillon, good fun, enjoyed it. I was released three months prior to Papillon in the U.S., Corman (or close by) must have seen/read it/ on set pictures and quickly made this, there’s a leper colony and a Dustin Hoffman type character complete with the round specs!
Who Dares Wins - Known as The Final Option in the U.S., Lewis Collins plays an SAS man who goes undercover to get to a group of terrorists, great stuff, haven’t seen it for years.
@ I Escaped From Devil’s Island - Jim Brown and Christopher George in a sort of exploitation action version of Papillon
Must watch that one, George is a favorite B-actor of mine, he can make a bad movie work
In last couple of days I’ve watched the Infernal Affairs trilogy.
To someone who haven’t seen it (especially those unfamiliar with Scorsese’s) remake, I’ll recommend to watch only the first movie and skip the other two.
First movie has its originality, although it has some flaws some of which were face-lifted in a remake. But the other two water down the whole story because they try (they are happening before, during and shortly after the events of the first movie) to use the same characters. But its hard to get attached to these characters because you know their final destination from the first movie. Also, attempts to insert important events and characters among the original storyline felt superficially pasted-on and created confusion in answering who and when.
[quote=“titoli, post:11764, topic:1923”]In last couple of days I’ve watched the Infernal Affairs trilogy.
To someone who haven’t seen it (especially those unfamiliar with Scorsese’s) remake, I’ll recommend to watch only the first movie and skip the other two.
First movie has its originality, although it has some flaws some of which were face-lifted in a remake. But the other two water down the whole story because they try (they are happening before, during and shortly after the events of the first movie) to use the same characters. But its hard to get attached to these characters because you know their final destination from the first movie. Also, attempts to insert important events and characters among the original storyline felt superficially pasted-on and created confusion in answering who and when.[/quote]
That was my experience too, the first one is a great movie, intense, suspenseful, with characters that work because of the ambiguity created by the script: good, bad, who’s who?
The two sequels just try to recreate the magic, and fail. Still watchable, but both are no more than a faint refelection of the original.
IL RATTO DELLE SABINE (Romulus and the Sabines - 1961)
We go back to the early days of Rome with Romulus, son of Mars, founding a settlement on the banks of the river Tiber, discovering that there are hardly any women among the citizens of the new community. Romulus therefore decides to steal a group a young women from the neighboring Sabines. Of course the Sabines declare war after the incident, but when they finally attack Rome, nine months later, the young women have become loving wives and mothers.
Made in the glory days of the peplum movies, this adaptation of the classic Roman legend (recounted by both Livy and Plutarch) is colorful and lively, but it’s certainly not your average sword and sandal movie; there’s some peplum action, but basically this is a romantic comedy, with some naughty winks at nudity as well (remarkably, considering the year of making, there are some flashes of bare breasts, at least in the French language version I saw).
Romulus is played by a young Roger Moore (in full Ivanhoe swing in a couple of scene, he actually made it between his Ivanhoe and Saint days). Moore fell in love on the set of this movie with Italian actress Luiza Mattioli, who later became his wife (in the movie she’s somebody else’s sweetheart).
Roger Moore in a Peplum? The incongruity! Meanwhile, closer to normality, I watched Bob Clark’s Porky’s after returning from a two week holiday in Bulgaria. Superficially similar to National Lampoon’s Animal House, it’s not bad for its type, some pretty funny moments, even if it’s entirely puerile and focused on sex. Yet beneath this adolescent façade there is a genuine feeling for its characters and their problems.
@ Porky’s - There’s of course one good joke in it, yes: that one.
Death Wish ( 1974 ).
Charles Bronson goes on revenge mode when his wife is killed and daughter raped. Effective on a few levels more than the follow up films, but being a Bronson fan its hard for me not to like this film. An iconic scum killing film for me 
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[quote=“scherpschutter, post:11763, topic:1923”]@ I Escaped From Devil’s Island - Jim Brown and Christopher George in a sort of exploitation action version of Papillon
Must watch that one, George is a favorite B-actor of mine, he can make a bad movie work[/quote]Have you seen The Devil’s 8, Simon?
I have, but long time ago, one for the to rewatch pile
[quote=“scherpschutter, post:11768, topic:1923”]@ Porky’s - There’s of course one good joke in it, yes: that one.
Certainly iconic, if not my favourite: [url]Porky's (Świntuch) - YouTube
Bob Clark certainly had a variable career: from Black Christmas (still need to see that one) to Super Babies 2 is long way (down hill). Yet in the above scene, I like how he just holds the camera for the entire scene, static, and just let it plays, building up the ridiculousness by filming it so low-key.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)
Grand movie. It has that hyper-realistic modern look that I’m kind of fed up with, but the dialogue is fantastic and so are the actors, especially Anamaria Marinca in the lead role.
Rampage: Capital Punishment - Great followup to Uwe Boll’s Rampage. Uwe seems to have been watching a lot of recent political documentaries or something, and this film actually captures a particular undercurrent of developing unrest quite well. A highlight of the film is Boll playing the scuzzy TV station producer, with some chuckly lines of dialouge. Not quite what I had expected based on some of the promotional material, but we’re all setup for a third installment
John Dies at the End (2012) - Phantasm’s Don Coscarelli directs this totally crazy & fun horror sci-fi comedy. Heard good things about this one a while back but didn’t know it was a Coscarelli film. I’d put this among the best films I’ve seen in the last few years, really a lot of fun in a truly psychedelic way that isn’t often accomplished in such a non-pretentious manner. In some ways, the film reminds me a lot of Repo Man, both with youthful irreverent musings on spiritual-philosophical concepts. One big highlight is Angus Scrimm (The Tall Man) playing a priest in a very memorable scene. Clancy Brown, who I will forever recognize as The Kurgan, playing the schlocky new-age spiritual leader with actual spiritual powers is also pretty funny.
While looking at some info on the film, I’ve noticed that Phantasm V[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantasm_V:_Ravager[/url] is scheduled to be released in just a few months.
Does sound interesting have to admit.
I Am Legend - Enjoyable viewing and really did a nice job building up the isolation with only the dog’s companionship… enjoyed seeing the overgrown city despite some not so great CGI at times. Makes me want to go back and watch the original film which I have not seen in over a decade.
[quote=“autephex, post:11777, topic:1923”]I Am Legend - Makes me want to go back and watch the original film which I have not seen in over a decade.[/quote]Which one?
The Hundred-Foot Journey (2014)
Saw it in the theater. Very briefly, it’s about a family who leaves India due to a tragedy, and eventually settles in France. One of the sons is a cooking prodigy, and they open an Indian restaurant 100 feet from a fancy restaurant run by a widow (Helen Mirren).
Although the plot is fairly predictable, it is extremely well-executed, and the cinematography is beautiful. Highly recommended.
Right, there’s two. I was referring to The Omega Man. I’ve never seen The Last Man On Earth