What was the last movie you saw?

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As usual, I don't give away any spoilers, unless someone asks me. A Spider-Man Pop Tart would work too. :giggle: Mmm, berry flavored.

Any-who.....I saw this movie today. I LOVED IT!!! It was tough to dodge the adverts, but when I saw this gem, I felt Marvelous. I highly recommend this animated film to all Spider-Man fans.


Movies Re-watched

JAWS

The Omega Man

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Price of Space

MST3K: Earth vs the Spider
 
Starbeast said:
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Movies Re-watched

JAWS

The Omega Man

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Price of Space

MST3K: Earth vs the Spider
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The Omega Man featured Anthony Zerbe; who, portrayed villain Abner Devereaux in Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park! Why would Wikipedia put that in the 1st paragraph for Zerbe? :ROFLMAO: Anyway, I find C. Heston's films very much to my liking, especially the sci-fi ones. This is one of my favorites, having elements I find very entertaining. The one guy fighting against all odds, etc.

I saw Earth Vs. the Spider many times, but not the MST3K version. I do not think these 50s sci-fi / horror films even need such treatment, I find them funny enough without it.

Fort Apache (1948) Capt. Kirby York (John Wayne) is the commanding officer of the fort until Lt. Col. Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda) arrives from the East. HF has his own ways of doing things, and resents JW's suggestions. JW, having the experience of years at that fort, etc., is at a loss for HF's insistence of disregarding his experience.

I rarely watch Westerns, but was drawn to this one by its cast. Supporting characters/cast include Sgt. Festus Mulcahy (Victor McLaglen), who is usually boozing and is one of the most likable characters. Capt. Wilkens, regimental surgeon (Guy Kibbee), who, in my experience always plays a jovial type character. Sgt. Major Michael O'Rourke (Ward Bond); This guy has such a plain face, that I hardly recognized him. Miss Philadelphia Thursday (Shirley Temple); Lt. Michael Shannon O'Rourke (John Agar); along with others, whose names I do not recognize.

The Apaches have fled the reservation, and gone into Mexico, because Silas Meacham (Grant Withers), a Government agent had been abusive toward them, though his duty was toward them. HF, as a stuffed shirt by the book guy, decides that despite GW's abusive treatment of the Apaches, he will force them to return to the reservation. Further, he has contempt for the Apaches, believing that a treaty with savages, as he call them, holds them to their side of the deal, while the U.S., has no obligation to fulfill its own obligations, under the treaty.

The obligatory romantic element is between ST and JA (who were actually man & wife). But, because JA took ST out for a ride without getting papa's consent. papa Fonda forbids JA to speak to his daughter. But papa's constant disregarding of JW's field experience will soon free his daughter from his domination.

As Westerns go, I found that element somewhat too much to believe. I was never military, but even without such experience, it seems to me, that John Ford, who directed this film, made that one element abundantly clear. HF was foolishly disregarding JW's experience with the area, the Apaches, and everything else outside his own experience.
 
Jeffbert said:
The Omega Man featured Anthony Zerbe; who, portrayed villain Abner Devereaux in Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park! Why would Wikipedia put that in the 1st paragraph for Zerbe? :ROFLMAO: Anyway, I find C. Heston's films very much to my liking, especially the sci-fi ones. This is one of my favorites, having elements I find very entertaining. The one guy fighting against all odds, etc.

I saw Earth Vs. the Spider many times, but not the MST3K version. I do not think these 50s sci-fi / horror films even need such treatment, I find them funny enough without it.
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The Omega Man has so many messages in it, purely a product of it's time. An outstanding cast shine in this thought-provoking film.

Earth vs the Spider is such a great 50's monster flick. But, when MST3K played this movie, in one of the episodes, it was a treat. Yes, it made me LOL.
 
Just rewatched Little Miss Sunshine for the first time in many years. I had forgotten just how subversive and side-splittingly funny this film is. One of the best endings of any film.
 
I myself, just watched Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938); my 1st time seeing it. :love:

As much as I prefer months other than August & February because TCM's normal routine is interrupted, I did record about 10 films already this month. Though, I can hardly wait for September, and the return of NOIR ALLEY, MGM cartoons Sat. mornings at 8, and Popeye at 10. Not to forget the serials that run sometime between 8 and 10. Currently, though interrupted for Aug., is a Lionel Atwill serial, in which he is the villain. :LOL: Also stars Keye Luke, best known as Master Po (in the series Kung Fu).

THIEVES' HIGHWAY (1949) 2ND VIEWING of this film, fortunately, I forgot most of the details. This is not the typical noir, as it has no criminals planning a heist, etc. Instead, Nico Garcos (Richard Conte) returns home, bearing gifts for his family, including papa, for whom he has brought a new pair of shoes. But, papa lost his legs in a trucking accident, for which RC blames Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb), who runs a distribution business at the big city, which purchases the produce from the truck drivers/owners, but always gives them a bad deal.

AS another man currently has papa's truck, Nico goes to demand it from him, but ends up partnering with him. Ed Kinney (Millard Mitchell) has a deal already in the works, and just needs to make the delivery of apples to the big city to get the money to buy truck from RC's family. Kinney also has a 2nd truck, but it is in very poor condition, he will drive the clunker, while Garcos drives the good truck. Two others truckers try to pry their way into the deal, but, failing, they decide to follow the junky truck just for laughs, expecting it to break down. Slob (Jack Oakie, who, except for this film, I have only seen in the short films that TCM uses as fillers between scheduled films).

Most of the drama occurs during the drive to the big city, including a flat tire, and break failure on the junky truck, which causes it to lose control, crash and burn, killing Kinney. Garcos is unaware of his death, which occurs after he sells his load to Figlia, and somehow gets a fair price for the produce. But, Figlia is not happy, and sends henchmen out to rob Garcos. But the end is even more unexpected.

Sorry, I omitted the two women in the story, one was engaged to Garcos, and travelled to the city, expecting to find him a wealthy man. Upon finding him beaten and broke, she forsakes him. The other woman, who Figlia had paid to distract Garcos while Figlia unloaded his truck and sold it, ends up as Garcos' new love.
Too much I must omit, or spend all day writing this!

Noir Alley's final film of July, and as usual, Muller does a thorough job of giving details.
 
Tomb of Torture (Metempsyco, 1963)

Dull and confusing Italian chiller. Starts with two young women wandering around a spooky old castle. They discover a woman living there, see a portrait of a Countess who disappeared twenty years ago, get captured by a giggling, facially deformed guy dressed in rags, and are dragged to a torture chamber to be killed. Another young woman, her father, and some guy in a turban show up. It seems she looks exactly like the Countess and has surreal dreams of her death. Arriving at the castle is supposed to help, in some obscure way. The ghost of the Countess shows up from time to time. Lots of skulking through the castle, lots of screaming. Meanwhile, our comedy relief hero shows up in his old-time automobile. (I had a really hard time trying to figure out when this thing was supposed to take place. It looks like the 19th century, the early 20th century, and the middle of the 20th century, all at once.) To the accompaniment of "funny" music, he accidentally comes upon her skinny dipping. Almost instantly, they fall in love. Eventually, there's a big, dramatic scene at the end, and a few things are explained, sort of. For die-hard spaghetti Gothic addicts only.
 
Interesting stuff, these foreign horror films.

I Met Him in Paris (1937) Kay Denham (Claudette Colbert) pursued by her self-appointed fiancee, takes an ocean cruise to Paris. While en-route, she meets both George Potter (Melvyn Douglas) and Gene Anders (Robert Young), who immediately attempt to win her love. Douglas acts as chaperone, while also attempting to woo her. The three go here, there, etc., enjoying each others' company, etc., until quite unexpectedly, Young's wife shows up. CC is angry with him, as is expected, but he finally gets the chance to tell CC that his wife is going to give him a divorce. Not good enough, though. She wants nothing to do with him.

Douglas gets the girl in the end. This was one of many TCM showed on a day devoted to Douglas' films. Very entertaining comedy/romance.
 
not (strictly speaking) genre but so far-fetched as to impinge on scifi - Hobbs and Shaw. By all metrics it's a sh*t film, in the same way that Bond films are - but it is fun, and as such (a brain out exercise) I really enjoyed it.
 
Roger Corman's Version of Early Twentieth Century History Double Feature:

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)

Documentary style retelling of the war between the Al Capone and Bugs Moran gangs, leading up to the infamous mass murder of the title. Every time a character of any importance is introduced, the narrator tells us his date and place of birth, criminal record, and so on. And there are a lot of characters, along with a complex plot that involves elaborate schemes on the part of both gangs to wipe each other out. Corman works for the first time for a major studio, and with a bigger budget that usual, so we have some real stars (Jason Robards as Capone, Ralph Meeker as Moran) as well as some stars-to-be, a bunch of familiar character actors, and folks who appeared in other Corman films. Not always convincing in its period details, although it tries hard. Creates the feeling that blind fate is directing events, as the massacre misses its intended target (Moran) and some of those killed were just people in the wrong place at the wrong time. A bit dry at times, like a history lesson, but also bloody at times.

Von Richthofen and Brown (1971)

Corman once again works with a decent budget for a big studio. Unlike the other film, this one doesn't make any claim to historical accuracy, as it tells a highly fictionalized story of the Red Baron and the Canadian pilot who was credited with shooting him down. (Modern historians generally agree that he was actually killed by anti-aircraft fire from the ground.) Shows the careers of the title characters in parallel, contrasting the romantic, aristocratic Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law) with the cynical, scruffy Brown (Don Stroud.) Lots of very nice aerial combat scenes, as the battles change from knights of the air in chivalrous combat to total war.
 
To Live And Die In LA (1984)

A US Secret Service agent (William Petersen) tries to defeat a murderous counterfeiter (Willem Dafoe) in 1980s LA.

What a weird film this is. It's incredibly cheesy and dated, the dialogue is often unintentionally funny (the audience were cracking up and so was I), and so many of the plot elements are either tired or make little sense. There's a naive rookie who does everything by the book, a tough lead who breaks the rules, and an old cop who has only three days to go before he retires (you can guess how well that works out). Everything is so over the top and charged that there's a sense that anyone, at any time, might just get naked or have a car chase or both.

However, the shots of the city and many of the action scenes are really good. It's as though a very talented foreign director decided to make a film about those crazy Americans, based only on other cop dramas (it's by William Friedkin, who made The Exorcist and The French Connection). Would I recommend it? I'm not sure. I found it very entertaining.
 
Just saw Toy Story 4. Definitely my favorite of the series. Very emotional and lots of deeper storylines, but still plenty of comedy. Didn't feel quite as heavy as 3 even though I honestly cried and laughed much more.
 
Papillion (1973.) I watched it last night on DVD. Long but good film about French prisoner Henri "Papillion" Charriere and his various attempts to escape from a penal colony in French Guiana.
 
Victoria Silverwolf said:
Roger Corman's Version of Early Twentieth Century History Double Feature:

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967)

Documentary style retelling of the war between the Al Capone and Bugs Moran gangs, leading up to the infamous mass murder of the title. Every time a character of any importance is introduced, the narrator tells us his date and place of birth, criminal record, and so on. And there are a lot of characters, along with a complex plot that involves elaborate schemes on the part of both gangs to wipe each other out. Corman works for the first time for a major studio, and with a bigger budget that usual, so we have some real stars (Jason Robards as Capone, Ralph Meeker as Moran) as well as some stars-to-be, a bunch of familiar character actors, and folks who appeared in other Corman films. Not always convincing in its period details, although it tries hard. Creates the feeling that blind fate is directing events, as the massacre misses its intended target (Moran) and some of those killed were just people in the wrong place at the wrong time. A bit dry at times, like a history lesson, but also bloody at times.
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When I was a kid, this was frequently on TV. We did our best to recreate the massacre scene with our G.I. Joes.

I still remember Paul Frees as the narrator saying something about various doomed characters, on the last day of his life, or words to that effect. :lol: This guy was Boris Badenov & Poppin Fresh, too. What a range!

The Killers (1946) Burt Lancaster as "The Swede" is on the run from the title characters, Al (Charles McGraw; I should have recognized this guy!) & Max (William Conrad). six years ago, he was involved in a payroll heist, in which there were too many double crosses to count. But he is blamed for running off with the loot, leaving the rest of the gang high & dry. Jim Reardon (Edmond O'Brien) is an insurance investigator, who 1st becomes aware of the heist when delivering a check to the Swede's beneficiary; a woman who worked in a hotel or some other place, where the Swede met her.

I know I have seen this, & not too long ago. Ben M. introduced it, & it was part of Ava Gardner day on TCM. She played Kitty Collins, whose contribution to the plot I have forgotten. But for both her, and Lancaster, this was the film that made them stars.

Supporting cast included:
Sam Levene as Lt. Sam Lubinsky; though my memory has him usually playing a criminal.

Albert Dekker as "Big Jim" Colfax, the brains of the gang

Virginia Christine as Lilly, the femme fatale of this film.
 
Corruption (1968)

Peter Cushing is a brilliant surgeon engaged to be married to a much younger woman. At a groovy party, full of pop art and miniskirts, a photographer takes pictures of the woman, eventually urging her to take her clothes off. Before this can happen, Cushing gets in a fight with the guy. Their tussle causes a floodlight to fall on her face, badly scarring her. Cushing takes a couple of glands out of the head of a corpse in the morgue, uses them to do some kind of surgery that involves a computer-controlled laser, the face is back to normal. Of course, it doesn't last long. Since it seems that he needs fresh glands, he murders a prostitute for them. Whenever the restored face shows even the slightest signs of reverting, the woman goads him on to another killing. The last fifteen minutes of the film go berserk, after this familiar plot, with some young thugs invading Cushing's home, the laser machine wiping out the cast, and a flashback to the party at the very end, suggesting that the whole thing is going to happen again. Or something. It's weird. Cushing seems really out of place here, although he does his usual fine job, given the whole Swinging Sixties look of the film and its sleazy aspects. Some deliberate humor, inappropriate jazz music on the soundtrack, and cinematography that varies from quite lovely to a goofy fish-eye effect on Cushing during the murders add to the oddness of this thing.
 
Westworld (1973) I hadn't seen this movie since the 70s, and that was probably at a drive-in. I found it at the library and checked it out.

Most of the movie reminded me of a cross between a bad episode of Star Trek and just about any episode of Fantasy Island. The control center's computers are mostly flashy-light panels and rows of IBM tape drives - a Hollywood cliche if ever there was one. (There were a few actual computer monitors though.)

Yul Brynner is excellent as the robot outlaw provocateur. He looks so menacing. I did like the special effect used to show Yul Brynner's vision - a computer generated pixelated image that was the earliest use of a computer generated effect ever. Cool.
 
Great movie. Saw it when it first came out and several times since. Like Robert Wise's The Haunting, it bears rewatching every fistful of years or so.
 
Jack the Ripper (1959) I stumbled across this film last night. Not bad little movie of yet another interpretation of the infamous one. This 1950's horror flick gets an "R" rating for adult situations. Not something I'd watch again, but not a bad alternative to a dull evening.
 
Mole Men Against the Son of Hercules (Maciste, l'uomo più forte del mondo, 1961)

As the original title indicates, this sword-and-sandal flick actually features Maciste, a character played by lots of different actors in a lot of different movies, and not the son of Hercules. Anyway, it starts with our hero at the seaside, hauling a whale out of the ocean by pulling on a line connected to a harpoon that, apparently, he just threw into the animal. This has nothing to do with the plot, so I presume it exists only to show how strong he is. An old guy on horseback dashes by, chased by a bunch of guys on their own horses. They wear white robes, white capes, odd Lone Ranger masks with horns, and have bushy white hair. Maciste defeats them easily and hears the dying words of the old guy. It seems these folks wiped out a community and took a bunch of slaves. In pursuit of the bad guys, Maciste rescues a guy who is, amazingly, even more muscular than he is. They become best buddies and set off after their mutual enemies. It turns out they live underground, because they die in the sunlight. (None of this is helped by the fact that the "night" scenes in this movie look exactly like the day scenes.) The two heroes deliberately get captured to rescue the slaves. Along for the fun are a captured princess and her true love; the true love of the buddy of Maciste; the wicked queen of the Mole Men; and the adviser of the queen, who is scheming to get his son married to her. The slaves are used to operate this gigantic wooden wheel that somehow operates a conveyor belt that supplies the Mole Men with gold and jewels. Expect a lot of captures and escapes; battles with men and beasts; feats of strength; palace intrigue; and an ending that brings everything crashing down. It's all quite silly, but good, clean fun.
 
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