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Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-06-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

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The Admiral (2008) - Russian war film about Admiral Alexander Kolchak who lead the White Russian forces during the civil war from 1918-20. The...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 03-02-15
Replies: 48
What will the state of films be 20 years from now?
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: What will the state of films be 20 years from now?

I can certainly see more streaming at home, with TV screens and surround sound now almost standard in film fan's homes, the home experience is becoming more and more like a cinema, without the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-25-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
I thought it was very good until the end when it...

I thought it was very good until the end when it flashes forwards several years. Seemed rather too pessimistic and felt like fantasy compared to the strictly realistic film to that point.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 02-24-15
Replies: 14
I hate this #OscarsSoWhite stuff
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: I hate this #OscarsSoWhite stuff

Ultimately, if the Academy was completely colourblind, there would still be years where the main Oscar picks were all white.

White people account for 77% of the US population, so even if there...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-24-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

I need to watch that, picked it up on DVD years ago to compare with Last House on the Left, but never gotten around to watching either. Shamefully I don't know Bergman too well, is it a typical film...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-24-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

http://mondo-esoterica.net/title_img/Bear%20Island/title.jpg

Watched Bear Island (1979) last night. It is a surprisingly loose adaptation of the excellent Alistair MacLean nove, although it...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-23-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

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The Big Racket - damn this was grim and violent. Was rejected by the BBFC on its initial release in the 1970s, even now only available...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-17-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
http://www.streamingdb.org/film/locandine/la-via-d...

http://www.streamingdb.org/film/locandine/la-via-della-droga-streaming-ita-1977.jpg

An interesting Castellari piece from 1977 - although it has all the usual Poliziotteschi ingredients and the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-13-15
Replies: 15
Quiet, slow-paced, rural movies?
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Quiet, slow-paced, rural movies?

Werner Herzog's 'Heart of Glass' must be the best example, although it is highly surrealist. The entire cast aside from the lead actor were hypnotised and their movements are slow and eerie, there is...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-12-15
Replies: 35,261
Movie You're Watching Tonight
Posted By Tim R-T-C
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A little late-night Naschy action for me. Mopping up his lesser known films on DVD to complete my review...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-11-15
Replies: 61
Breaking The Fourth Wall
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Not sure about this one, essentially Karloff is...

Not sure about this one, essentially Karloff is being a narrator and presenter in the bookend scenes. It would be impossible for his part to work without addressing the audience directly.

If we...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-11-15
Replies: 6
Exorcist remake not that far away?
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Exorcist remake not that far away?

What exactly is Dracula Untold a remake of? It has little to no connect with the book or any previous Dracula film.

They have already essentially rebooted the Exorcist series with the prequels in...
Forum: Games and Tabs 02-09-15
Replies: 16,371
Alphabet films
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Alphabet films

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Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-07-15
Replies: 35,261
Movie You're Watching Tonight
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Movie You're Watching Tonight

http://www.ajokay.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Bathurst-12-Hours.jpg

Not a movie, but the next twelve hours on my television will certainly be a drama filled epic!
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-04-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

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Белый тигр - White Tiger (2012)

Just wow, a combination of some stunning tank photography and one of the best tank battles ever filmed, with...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 02-03-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
I love this thread, so much variation between the...

I love this thread, so much variation between the films we all watch.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61UfU7jDURL.jpg

Minnesota Clay (1964) dir. Sergio Corubucci

Cameron Mitchell stars...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-29-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Wow, thats erm..... something. Sounds like the...

Wow, thats erm..... something. Sounds like the soundtrack to a Takashi Miike film ;)
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-29-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Have you heard the original vocal version of the...

Have you heard the original vocal version of the Morricone theme:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0geIDWPl2I

I watched the Leone films after watching a few good Spaghetti Westerns like the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-29-15
Replies: 35,261
Movie You're Watching Tonight
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Movie You're Watching Tonight

Continuing my little sword and sorcery review fest, a little Prince Valiant via my newly imported Swedish DVD

http://sharetv.com/images/posters/prince_valiant_1997.jpg

Edit - due to sleepiness,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-29-15
Replies: 36
a Good Werewolf Movie to watch??
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: a Good Werewolf Movie to watch??

My favourite werewolf film of recent years is Lobos de Arga, a very amusing comedy horror in the American Werewolf in London style.

I reviewed the blu ray a month back -...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-27-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Unlike a book though, there is no reason why a...

Unlike a book though, there is no reason why a film shouldn't be as good as a stage play.

When you adapt a book you have to combine dialogue and narration as well as typically compressing things...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-26-15
Replies: 17
Best One Scene Movie Ever?
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Best One Scene Movie Ever?

Russian Ark is tremendeously impressive but more of an experimental production than a narrative film.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-26-15
Replies: 7
Jaws... Amity Island... Or AmityVILLE Island??
Posted By Tim R-T-C
That is a pretty demonic looking cop car.

That is a pretty demonic looking cop car.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-26-15
Replies: 7
Jaws... Amity Island... Or AmityVILLE Island??
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Jaws... Amity Island... Or AmityVILLE Island??

Hehe... I was always disappointed that you can buy Amity PD. jackets, but not Amityville PD jackets - they must have had to put up with a lot too....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-26-15
Replies: 81,590
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By Tim R-T-C
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

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The Mummy (1999)

Amazingly enough one of the films that really got me into movie collection....