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Star Trek TOS:The Deadly Years
Strange radiation exposes the command crew of the Enterprise to the effects of rapid aging.
Strange radiation exposes the command crew of the Enterprise to the effects of rapid aging.
What was the last movie you saw?
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JunkMonkey
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What? AGAIN?!
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Purple People Eater (1988)
Inspired by the famous novelty song. The One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater shows up out of nowhere and helps some kids keep the movie's Evil Landlord from evicting elderly folks from their apartment building by turning the youngsters into rock 'n' roll stars. Lots of old songs on the soundtrack, and cameos by Chubby Checker and Little Richard for nostalgia buffs, but the rest of it reeks of the 1980's. Lots of completely random scenes. The opening credits are shown over kids bouncing on trampolines. There's a scene where the main kid and his grandfather (Ned Beatty!) watch trapeze artists rehearse. Although the film is, of course, as silly as can be, it tries to create a somber mood when one of the old folks (Shelley Winters!) nearly dies when threatened with eviction. Thora Birch, credited only as "introducing Thora," makes her film debut as the main kid's tiny little sister. Peggy Lipton of The Mod Squad very briefly appears as their mother, but otherwise might as well not have shown up at all. I think there's an older sister who appears for a moment as well, and again the movie completely forgets about her. The title creature is played by a puppet in some scenes and by somebody in a suit in others. No people, purple or otherwise, are eaten.
Inspired by the famous novelty song. The One-Eyed, One-Horned, Flying Purple People Eater shows up out of nowhere and helps some kids keep the movie's Evil Landlord from evicting elderly folks from their apartment building by turning the youngsters into rock 'n' roll stars. Lots of old songs on the soundtrack, and cameos by Chubby Checker and Little Richard for nostalgia buffs, but the rest of it reeks of the 1980's. Lots of completely random scenes. The opening credits are shown over kids bouncing on trampolines. There's a scene where the main kid and his grandfather (Ned Beatty!) watch trapeze artists rehearse. Although the film is, of course, as silly as can be, it tries to create a somber mood when one of the old folks (Shelley Winters!) nearly dies when threatened with eviction. Thora Birch, credited only as "introducing Thora," makes her film debut as the main kid's tiny little sister. Peggy Lipton of The Mod Squad very briefly appears as their mother, but otherwise might as well not have shown up at all. I think there's an older sister who appears for a moment as well, and again the movie completely forgets about her. The title creature is played by a puppet in some scenes and by somebody in a suit in others. No people, purple or otherwise, are eaten.
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JunkMonkey
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Seems like every episode of Star Trek I watch some cast member is having layers of latex glued to their faces and doing "I'm OLD!" acting. The last Next Generation I saw there was a whole 'research planet' of them and the ship's doctor could only be saved from wrinkly hell by re-teleporting her and subtracting the DNA from a hair found on a hairbrush in her quarters and requantifliblying the double-metricular wafflebumosis - actually I was laughing so much I missed the finer details.
The obligatory 'everyone getting really old' episode is up there with equally obligatory ' body swap episode', the 'trapped in a parallel dimension' episode, the 'time looping back on itself and no matter what they do things keep on getting worse' episode , 'one character in a single room having lots of flashbacks so we can save enough money for some serious special effects in the next episode' episode. etc. Rites of passage. Every SF show has them.
Seems like every episode of Star Trek I watch some cast member is having layers of latex glued to their faces and doing "I'm OLD!" acting. The last Next Generation I saw there was a whole 'research planet' of them and the ship's doctor could only be saved from wrinkly hell by re-teleporting her and subtracting the DNA from a hair found on a hairbrush in her quarters and requantifliblying the double-metricular wafflebumosis - actually I was laughing so much I missed the finer details.
The obligatory 'everyone getting really old' episode is up there with equally obligatory ' body swap episode', the 'trapped in a parallel dimension' episode, the 'time looping back on itself and no matter what they do things keep on getting worse' episode , 'one character in a single room having lots of flashbacks so we can save enough money for some serious special effects in the next episode' episode. etc. Rites of passage. Every SF show has them.
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Ok...but this was in 1967...
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Two WWII films:
THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET (1965film) Czechoslovakian in which this one carpenter whose brother is a collaborator, is assigned to run the shop of an elderly Jewish woman. At this time, few even suspect the things to come from the Nazis, but by film's end, deportations are happening. So, the woman is both hard of hearing and a bit senile. The guy tells her that he will be in charge, but she takes him for hired help.
After weeks of helping the woman run her shop, & even refurbishing her furniture, the guy has developed an attitude of son to mother, etc., & when the deportations begin, he decides to hide her, but eventually loses his nerve, as he expects any minute now, they will come for her.
THIS LAND IS MINE (1943) In an unidentified nation in WWII Europe, school teacher Albert Lory (Charles Laughton) is a timid fellow, and a mama's boy. His students laugh at him when he assumes a fetal position during a bombing. He makes Barney Fife seem like Stallone, etc. The Mayor, or some other official, acting on conquerors' orders, wants certain pages removed from text books, and certain other books destroyed,
The romantic elements are Louise Martin (Maureen O'Hara), a school teacher, who resists the censorship of text books & Paul Martin (Kent Smith), who is a RR employee, and a saboteur, who is eventually killed when someone had identified him as the saboteur.
So, the town railroad boss, George Lambert (George Sanders) is a collaborator, & is sucking up to Major von Keller (Walter Slezak; great villain actor!), etc. but 'accidents' happen to trains loaded with war material, etc., and eventually, Von Keller takes hostages, hoping the saboteur will be identified so they can be spared.
Mrs. Emma Lory (Una O'Connor) Albert's mother cares for nothing and nobody but her son, and she treats him like a child & he takes it.
When Albert, who had been in jail, accused of murder, sees through the window the bravery of 10 men executed as reprisals, and greeting him cheerfully, as though their lives were not about to end, he finds his bravery, etc. Being exonerated of the charge, he now decides to take a stand in the courtroom, filled with townspeople, and publicly denounce the conquerors, even though he will likely die because of it.
THE SHOP ON MAIN STREET (1965film) Czechoslovakian in which this one carpenter whose brother is a collaborator, is assigned to run the shop of an elderly Jewish woman. At this time, few even suspect the things to come from the Nazis, but by film's end, deportations are happening. So, the woman is both hard of hearing and a bit senile. The guy tells her that he will be in charge, but she takes him for hired help.
After weeks of helping the woman run her shop, & even refurbishing her furniture, the guy has developed an attitude of son to mother, etc., & when the deportations begin, he decides to hide her, but eventually loses his nerve, as he expects any minute now, they will come for her.
THIS LAND IS MINE (1943) In an unidentified nation in WWII Europe, school teacher Albert Lory (Charles Laughton) is a timid fellow, and a mama's boy. His students laugh at him when he assumes a fetal position during a bombing. He makes Barney Fife seem like Stallone, etc. The Mayor, or some other official, acting on conquerors' orders, wants certain pages removed from text books, and certain other books destroyed,
The romantic elements are Louise Martin (Maureen O'Hara), a school teacher, who resists the censorship of text books & Paul Martin (Kent Smith), who is a RR employee, and a saboteur, who is eventually killed when someone had identified him as the saboteur.
So, the town railroad boss, George Lambert (George Sanders) is a collaborator, & is sucking up to Major von Keller (Walter Slezak; great villain actor!), etc. but 'accidents' happen to trains loaded with war material, etc., and eventually, Von Keller takes hostages, hoping the saboteur will be identified so they can be spared.
Mrs. Emma Lory (Una O'Connor) Albert's mother cares for nothing and nobody but her son, and she treats him like a child & he takes it.
When Albert, who had been in jail, accused of murder, sees through the window the bravery of 10 men executed as reprisals, and greeting him cheerfully, as though their lives were not about to end, he finds his bravery, etc. Being exonerated of the charge, he now decides to take a stand in the courtroom, filled with townspeople, and publicly denounce the conquerors, even though he will likely die because of it.
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Bulldog Jack (1935) - Jack Hulbert (one of those baffling British stars of the 30s) plays a chap who imitates Bulldog Drummond when the real Bulldog Drummond is laid up in hospital. Fay Wray is the girl and Ralph Richardson is the villain. Both effortlessly steal the movie from the lead without breaking sweat.
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This is Spinal Tap - not for the first time.
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I have only watched this, like, 1000 times.
The Favourite (2018; dir. Yorgos Lanthimos; starring Emma Stone, Rachel Weitz, Olivia Coleman)
Great showcase for the three stars, and Coleman won a well-deserved Oscar for her role as Queen Anne. The Queen suffers from ill-health and low self-esteem. Lady Sarah (Weitz) takes advantage of this to push her political agenda but seems genuinely fond of the Queen, and they are lovers. Along comes Abigail, a penniless cousin whom Lady Sarah takes under her wing, and a power struggle over the attention of the Queen ensues.
What's wonderful about this often funny but overall serious movie is that not one of these women is exactly a villain, all are flawed. You can see Queen Anne's growing strength and confidence under the early ministrations of Abigail, and her deterioration once her relationship with Lady Sarah begins to suffer. At several points the tug-of-war between Lady Sarah and Abigail could have lead to compromise, but the animosity between them leads to extremes.
I've seen Coleman in 4 or 5 productions now and she is a powerful, adept and versatile actress.
Great showcase for the three stars, and Coleman won a well-deserved Oscar for her role as Queen Anne. The Queen suffers from ill-health and low self-esteem. Lady Sarah (Weitz) takes advantage of this to push her political agenda but seems genuinely fond of the Queen, and they are lovers. Along comes Abigail, a penniless cousin whom Lady Sarah takes under her wing, and a power struggle over the attention of the Queen ensues.
What's wonderful about this often funny but overall serious movie is that not one of these women is exactly a villain, all are flawed. You can see Queen Anne's growing strength and confidence under the early ministrations of Abigail, and her deterioration once her relationship with Lady Sarah begins to suffer. At several points the tug-of-war between Lady Sarah and Abigail could have lead to compromise, but the animosity between them leads to extremes.
I've seen Coleman in 4 or 5 productions now and she is a powerful, adept and versatile actress.
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One of the best directors of this generation, and one of my "favourites" (sorry, pun). Check out his Greek movies, especially Dogtooth (2009), which was the movie that revealed him to the world, and my "Favourite" (I did it again! Ok, that's it for British spelling today).
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THE PHENIX CITY STORY (1955) This is an extremely violent film. In a small town located close to a military base, there are various vices, all intended to take money from men stationed on that base. Eventually, the townspeople have had enough, and decide that one of their own must become the State's Attorney. As expected, the purveyors (<-- cool word, huh?) of vice threaten violence, etc., if the guy continues to pursue the office.
Chief among the villains Rhett Tanner (Edward Andrews; had a few roles in THE TWILIGHT ZONE, among them, the guy who wanted to keep the family from using the FORBIDDEN PLANET flying saucer to escape the end of the world), appears to be a law-abiding citizen, but has blood on his hands.
Chief among the villains Rhett Tanner (Edward Andrews; had a few roles in THE TWILIGHT ZONE, among them, the guy who wanted to keep the family from using the FORBIDDEN PLANET flying saucer to escape the end of the world), appears to be a law-abiding citizen, but has blood on his hands.
alexvss
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I Saw The Devil (2010). One of my favorite movies of all time, and my favorite Korean movie of all time (which says a lot because I'm a sucker for Korean movies).
Korea is fond of two types of movies: crime and revenge thrillers. And this one is the ultimate Korean revenge thriller (yeah, even more so than Park Chan-wook's Trilogy).
A serial killer murders the wife of a special agent. The agent tracks the killer down, beats him up, and let him go free again. Only to repeat the cycle, playing a game of cat and rat until he's satisfied.
The movie doesn't give a damn about traditional plot structures, and that's one of the things I like about it the most. I'd divide this movie into three parts: Introduction; Infinite Loop; and Finale.
The screenwriter went on to become a director, and great one at that. He directed The Witch Part 1: The Subversion and Night in Paradise, two Netflix originals that are also on the top of my list.
Korea is fond of two types of movies: crime and revenge thrillers. And this one is the ultimate Korean revenge thriller (yeah, even more so than Park Chan-wook's Trilogy).
A serial killer murders the wife of a special agent. The agent tracks the killer down, beats him up, and let him go free again. Only to repeat the cycle, playing a game of cat and rat until he's satisfied.
The movie doesn't give a damn about traditional plot structures, and that's one of the things I like about it the most. I'd divide this movie into three parts: Introduction; Infinite Loop; and Finale.
The screenwriter went on to become a director, and great one at that. He directed The Witch Part 1: The Subversion and Night in Paradise, two Netflix originals that are also on the top of my list.
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NIGHT AND THE CITY (1950) In his opening comments, Muller said this film could be "the epitome of noir's style." He gave a very detailed intro, & followed it with a few closing comments.
Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) is an American living in London, and will do anything to get money, so long as it does not involve being employed by someone else in a legitimate business. He has had many get rich quick schemes, all of which he sold to his friends as foolproof, "this time, it's different," etc., and all had failed.
When he, by chance learns of a famous traditional Greek-style wrestler being disgusted by the current style, he cons him into signing with him to put on such an event. But, no matter what tactics he uses to get investments from his associates and friends, he gets no help.
When he finally gets a nightclub owner, who usually employs him in an underhanded scheme to take suckers' money, he still lacks a certain amount, and, in desperation, he provokes the current champion wrestler The Strangler (Mike Mazurki) into confronting the traditional guy Gregorius the Great (Stanislaus Zbyszko), in hopes that he can get the remaining funds, but, as usual, his scheme fails, and this one ends in death.
I have seen this film several times, and it has yet to get old.
Good show!
Oh, one other thing, some of Fabian's associates are in the business of faking war injuries, & the film depicted peg-legs, and such being wore by whole men. I recall THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, in which this was also an element. The guy who managed all these fraud injuries told Fabian the he should abandon his wresting scheme, and go into the fake injury business. He should gather a few guys who would prey on peoples' compassion, etc. They had fake blind, amputee, double amputee, etc. Most interesting.
Harry Fabian (Richard Widmark) is an American living in London, and will do anything to get money, so long as it does not involve being employed by someone else in a legitimate business. He has had many get rich quick schemes, all of which he sold to his friends as foolproof, "this time, it's different," etc., and all had failed.
When he, by chance learns of a famous traditional Greek-style wrestler being disgusted by the current style, he cons him into signing with him to put on such an event. But, no matter what tactics he uses to get investments from his associates and friends, he gets no help.
When he finally gets a nightclub owner, who usually employs him in an underhanded scheme to take suckers' money, he still lacks a certain amount, and, in desperation, he provokes the current champion wrestler The Strangler (Mike Mazurki) into confronting the traditional guy Gregorius the Great (Stanislaus Zbyszko), in hopes that he can get the remaining funds, but, as usual, his scheme fails, and this one ends in death.
I have seen this film several times, and it has yet to get old.
Good show!
Oh, one other thing, some of Fabian's associates are in the business of faking war injuries, & the film depicted peg-legs, and such being wore by whole men. I recall THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, in which this was also an element. The guy who managed all these fraud injuries told Fabian the he should abandon his wresting scheme, and go into the fake injury business. He should gather a few guys who would prey on peoples' compassion, etc. They had fake blind, amputee, double amputee, etc. Most interesting.
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The Thief of Baghdad
It was mentioned elsewhere on a best fantasy movies ever list. Thought that I should look at it again. It won three Oscars and was renowned for it's color.
On YouTube.
It was mentioned elsewhere on a best fantasy movies ever list. Thought that I should look at it again. It won three Oscars and was renowned for it's color.
On YouTube.
AT THE EARTH'S CORE 1976 - A fun (albeit simplistic) colorful adventure with some cool sets and monster scenes that is easy to revisit. The slow pace --i.e. going through glowing tunnels and sneaking behind sleeping rubber monsters--it wouldn't be so leisurely in a cgi film. Good score too.
"It's Jubal, the ugly one!"
"You can say that again."
"It's Jubal, the ugly one!"
"You can say that again."
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