Honey Boy just popped up on Prime.
Shia LaBeouf's script is poignant and intense, as is his performance.
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Honey Boy just popped up on Prime.
Shia LaBeouf's script is poignant and intense, as is his performance.
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A really fun film. Takashi Miike is kind of a Japanese version of Quentin Tarantino with a fraction of the budgets and a shooting schedule that rarely exceeds a month. He is one of the most prolific directors in the history of film. The undisputed king of Japanese grindhouse. The guy has a real gift for making crazy films.
This is perhaps one of his most "mainstream" films, too!Quote:
Originally Posted by neckdeep
There are actually quite a few of his films on Prime at the moment:
Gozu
The Dead or Alive trilogy
Been digging it so farQuote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
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Ha, one I missed over the year. Added to Watchlist, thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Brownskii
My Name is Nobody, a spoof spaghetti western directed by Tonino Valerii (and, some say, co-ghost directed by Sergio Leone)
Just wrapped up season 2 ourselves. Show REALLY gets going. Can't wait to watch season 3 now!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by garyfromterrace
:yourock:Quote:
Originally Posted by GeezerSteve
That is a good one. Vintage Terence Hill and Henry Fonda making fun of his Once Upon A Time In The West character.
I didn't see that ending coming. Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
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Whoah, she's in a band with Dan the Automator that sounds like Portishead:
Gogol is usually the forth one in the list after the usual Russians Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, and Chekhov. Gogol is from Ukraine but lived and worked in Russia... one empire you know... Don’t know if Poe is the right comparison but whatever. Cool recommendation, will check it out... .
Stumbled upon this "gem" today.
I had no idea that there was even a genre of film known as "vansploitation".
PS
This is by no means a good film in terms of acting, plot, or technical aspects, but it does provide an interesting look at independent film from the era, not to mention not-so-subtle commentary on the 1970s oil crisis...I mean the film is pushing the idea of a fully solar-powered van!
If you dig musicals, zombie films, and Christmas themed comedies, then ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE is a hoot.
Think Glee-meets-Dawn Of the Dead.
I watched it on St. Patrick's Day, which seemed oddly appropriate.
I didn’t read the Christmas part of this post so was kind of surprised about that, but watched it tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it. Definitely better actors than you average Hallmark Christmas movie and a fun zombie movie overall.Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
Just stumbled upon this:
RIYL: Adventure Time; The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack; Regular Show
I love spy movies and have read several Clancy novels, so I thought I'd be all over this series, but I found the first couple of episodes of season 1 pretty ridiculous and couldn't watch any more. I remember a couple of pickup trucks with machine guns surprise attacking a fortified camp in the middle of the desert and rescuing a prisoner that was as important to Bin Laden. How they didn't see the pickups coming miles before they got there in the open desert was absurd. And then how they weren't annihilated even when they "surprised" them was equally absurd. Then the scene where he is at the party and the choppers land in the water to take him to headquarters??? WTF. I've got a big tolerance for unbelievable shit in espionage movies, but that was hard fro me to get past.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
Holy shit. My heart is pounding watching that trailer. Gotta watch that.Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
This visceral little ditty just popped up.
It is the debut feature from the director of Birdman and The Revenant.
Probably mentioned, but I just finished The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
Very good movie depicting jewish life in NY in the 50-60s.
It reminded me of a lot of my friends parents. Funny shit.
It made me start watching Lenny Bruce stuff on Youtube. Speaking of which, "Lenny" is an excellent film.
Watched a coupla Shaw Brothers joints the other day (there are a wealth of them on Prime right now).
8 DIAGRAM POLE FIGHTER
The plot is a bit convoluted and hazy, but methinks this might be the result of the bad dubbing. Whatever the case, the film kind of plods along until the final 25-minutes, which are pure gonzo brilliance. I would say to fast-forward to the end, but there's some crucial callback stuff that's set-up early in the film and plays a major role in the conclusion.
HEROES OF THE EAST
A weird, hammy, and over-the-top comedy that places Chinese vs. Japanese sentiments at the forefront. Quick summary: a priviledged Chinese son marries a Japanese woman (it is an arranged marriage). They spat about who has better martial arts, China or Japan. She leaves him and goes back to Japan. It's a clunky comedy, but the pay-off is worth it as the Chinese "hero" eventually has to fight 7 different Japanese masters of different kinds of martial arts (kind of like Game of Death). The last 45-minutes are pretty brilliant, in that Old School Shaw Brothers way (fake stage-like sets, lots of thrusting and parrying, etc.)
While neither of these are essential (like 5 Deadly Venoms or 36 Chambers of Shaolin, for example), they do provide some fun escapism and some amazing acrobatics. They also confirm that I vastly prefer watching martial arts/kung fu films in their native language with subtitles...
Sergio Leone set the Spaghetti Western bar extremely high with Once Upon A Time In The West and The Dollars Trilogy, but if one is willing to take a deep dive into the genre, then you may stumble upon some of the worthy post-Leone films lurking out there.
CEMETERY WITHOUT CROSSES is one such film.
Considerably quieter than Leone's signature output, it is no less enthralling.
Directed by and starring French auteur Robert Hossein, the film is a richly textured melodrama of revenge.
Tinted with suitably grungy, yet crisp cinematography, it has that gritty sheen which any decent Spaghetti Western needs to have. It also has an infectious score.
Hossein makes for a strangely compelling anti-hero as he is perhaps the polar opposite of Clint Eastwood.
Lots of great shots and interesting moments (the dinner scene at the Rogers ranch is fantastic) further add to its watchability.
PS: while this trailer has subtitles, the version streaming on Prime is dubbed in English...
...IF YOU MEET SARTANA, PRAY FOR DEATH
While owing an obvious debt to both A Fistful Of Dollars and For A Few Dollars More, this, the first in a 5-film series, has enough of it's own style and charm to recommend it.
The character of Sartana comes across like a mash-up of Dracula and Eastwood's man-with-no-name. The film's plot is somewhat similar to Fistfull, but ends up being a bit more convoluted. Teeming with gritty, earth tone saturation and plenty of interesting camera angles, not to mention a highly charismatic leading man in the form of Gianni Garko, this is a rousingly entertaining post-Leone spaghetti western.
Oh yeah, the body count easily rivals vintage '80s Arnie films. :cool:
*there are two versions on Prime. I recommend watching the Italian version (you will have to manually turn on the subtitles) as it is the better version in terms of crisp picture quality.
AMERICAN YAKUZA
Damn, Viggo Mortensen missed his calling as a late '80s/early '90s action star.
Dunno how I missed this one, but most likely because it went straight to video in 1995...
Alternately awesome and cheesy with some decent gunkata and some seriously rich dialogue.
RIYL
Code Of Silence; Raw Deal; Above The Law
Just heard about this series.
Starts streaming 4/3.
I think another season of Bosch is starting in April too. Looking fwd to it but it’s a little bitter sweet because I know i will burn through it and they are almost done w the series.
April 17th for Bosch.
Who Killed Garrett Phillips? is worth a watch if you like true-crime docs. I have a feeling there will be a second series someday.
good stuff, a darker international narcos.
^That looks good.
Prime keeps freezing up my Roku. Have to watch on laptop. I prefer tv.
cdlv -hope you're hanging in there down there, mang.
staying quarantined, been sick the last 3 weeks(but on the mend), pretty sure i got the corona but finding someone to give me a test is next to impossible. stay safe up north splat.
Short film, full of dry humor.
https://youtu.be/-Ado1HKL9dU
finally got through goliath season 2. Jesus Christ what an awful bloody mess. Can't get the ending out of my head and so NOT worth it.
Stick to the first season only, you'll be a lot happier.
Yeah that shit was all sorts of levels of no-good, fucked up, disturbing nonsense. Would not watch again. Do not recommend. In retrospect, should have pulled the plug after the boiling water to the face part.
Watched it last night- pretty funny in a f’ed up sort of way. It kind of gives you the impression they filmed it in about a week, and very drollQuote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
VelociPastor. Yes, that's right, VelociPastor. Christian holy man watches his parents die ("Hi Mom and Dad", they're standing next to car, he reacts to explosion, plain street scene with text overlay "VFX: car on fire", guy screams "Nooooooooo!"). He goes to China, where all sorts of strange things evolve apparently, comes back with dinosaur powers, fights evil.
This flick is partly a big goof, but also with some earnest stuff, like a love scene montage that aims hard for arty and ends up being at least amusing. It's really thoroughly bad, but there's quite a bit of laugh-out-loud in this movie, so I'm going to sort of recommend it, for those who know what they're in for and are into this sort of thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JppwKpfOgyo
Edit: I found the "car explosion" scene! Gotta love the hammy acting here...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUwrCBx1eME&feature=emb_logo
Reptilian delicacies at the Wuhan wet market??
Too Wascist?????
Swift, Silent, Deep, a docu about the Jackson Hole "Air Force", and somewhat of a history of steep powder skiing in general, is running for free on Amazon currently. I'm about half way through; good stuff.
That is must see TV
Just watched The Handmaiden... Japanese/Korean sort of “dangerous liaisons” w/ some fun girl on girl action
Just watched it.....very good.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobz
Tales from the Loop: only two episodes in, but beautiful in its understated poignancy. The second episode killed me.