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ive just watched all 30 episodes of the time tunnel does anyone remember it??
if youve never seen the 60s classic its a must for sci-fi fans

I've seen a few episodes. Fairly interesting but sort of long in the tooth at this point.

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Star Trek - Latest go around for the JJ Abrams Trek. Still good.

The Haunting in Connecticut - Pretty scary, actually. Well, more creepy than scary.

Eurotrip - I can't defend my love of this movie.

The Mask - Old school Jim Carrey. I wish he'd go back to these types of films.

Canadian Bacon - I love John Candy. Maybe this tried a bit too hard to be Dr. Strangelove, but there's just no hating John Candy. He's so...likeable! I laughed a lot at his three man invasion of Canada.

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SHROOMS (2007)

Directed by: Paddy Breathnach
Written by: Pearse Elliott

This is your basic teens doing something really stupid around really weird locals and expecting nothing bad to happen. This film takes place in Ireland where 5 teens from America meet up with an Irish man and go Shrooming way out in the middle of nowhere Ireland, apparently Ireland is like the king of Shrooms, at least that is the way the movie makes it look like almost everyone in Ireland is up to there ass in Shrooms. One of the teens eats one of the really bad shrooms and starts tripping really bad, seeing the future and who is going to die.



Oh yeah did I mention the talking cow, that part made me laugh pretty good. If you like movies like Wrong Turn and Cabin Fever then you should really watch this one.

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Hackers - I don't know how I've gone this long without seeing this movie, but it's a lot of fun. I don't normally like Angelina Jolie, but she's pretty hot in this one. Cool storyline, too.

I'm sure you realize this was directed by THE Michael Moore.

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Me either. I love this film. It came really close to making my top 100. On another day it may do.

Also, first film I ever saw Jolie in. I thought she was gorgeous but truly didn't expect anyone else to. I was stunned when she 'became' Angelina Jolie.

Jolie looked the best in that movie then she ever has, she looks so good with short hair.


She kinda looks like the Vulcan on Star Trek

Yeah, I saw him in the movie as an extra too. I think this is the best thing he's ever done because if he's pushing an agenda, at least it's being done in service of a slapstick John Candy movie. I dunno, I'm kinda growing out of Michael Moore, he complains and makes points but offers no solutions to the problems he points out...in the end that adds NOTHING. If we're going to solve problems in the world, there needs to be no republicans or democrats, no conservatives or liberals, just Americans.

I have really got to see Solaris and THX 1138.

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Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead

Directed by: Lloyd Kaufman
Written by: Daniel Bova and Gabriel Friedman

If you learn anything from this movie it is that building a Fast Food restaurant on top of a Indian burial ground is a very bad idea. Arbie and Wendy (yes it’s part of a joke along with other characters names such as Denny, Carl Jr., Humus, Jose Paco Bell) are the two main characters of this film. Wendy goes off to college and becomes a lesbian while Arbie gets a job at the fast food restaurant named American Chicken Bucket. After a few really bloody deaths the people finally figure out that something is wrong, and of course with the help of the reincarnated Paco Bell who comes back as a Sloppy Jose sandwich.



This film insults EVERYONE, if you are easily offended then don’t watch this movie. Luckily it is almost impossible to offend me so I loved it, enough blood and body organs being ripped out to make a Japanese Ultra Gore movie blush, and more nudity then a softcore porn. What’s not to like?
The song and dance numbers are hilarious and insanely offensive, oh yeah and Ron Jeremy even has a cameo in this. They completely rip on Jared the Subway guy (the guy that has ruined my name for the rest of my life) which is more than okay with me.



The pop culture and political references as well as every race, creed, color, sexual preference, and body type in this film are very thick and hilarious. I think this is definitely the best Troma film I have ever seen.

Continuing on my sci-fi marathon... 2 sci fi flicks yesterday!!

Logan's Run -4/5



Alphaville - 4/5

Glad you liked it Aka!

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Wild Target -

Rated this slightly lower than you, all that very British situational humor and what not. I wanted to check out the French original on which this was based upon: Cible émouvante (1993)---but from your description: "Bill Nighy is always good and he's especially deft here when he has second thoughts about both his profession and his sexuality." I just realized ... I've already seen it. A scene just flashed in my mind where the Marie Trintignant character makes a crack about Jean Rochefort's sexuality. He gives a double take that is absolutely priceless. Which makes me want to see it again even more now.

50/50 (2011) - Levine -

This is a vanity project from Seth Rogen---one of his friends who's a producer, contracted cancer in his twenties and survived. And he passed him a screenplay. Apart from a 28 minute comedy short, this is his only writing credit. And it shows. It's almost a low budget quickie. Example: The hair shaving scene speaks directly to this, rather than showing the progression of chemo-therapy ravage his body, they simply had him shave off his hair to save a few bucks on troublesome continuity shots and extra make-up. Suffice to say, I was underwhelmed by the lack of any kind of dramatic tension or progression.

When I finished watching this movie I removed the knife that I had been digging into my arm and went and got the dvd out of the player. I looked at the dvd and it spoke to me and said "I wish I was The Hangover".

I'll give it 2 just because the dog was cute and funny.

Dude, you're only supposed to do that if you actually want to die there with your arm trapped under that rock. You on the other hand want to LIVE. So cut that ***** right off!

David Kessler (David Naughton) and Jack Goodman (Griffin Dunne) are backpacking across the Yorkshire moors when they are attacked by a huge, vicious wolflike creature that pretty much leaves poor Jack a bloody mess and David rescued by the locals, but not before he's sliced up a bit. He wakes up three weeks later in a London hospital, only to learn that the hospital staff and the police are under the impression that David was attacked by an escaped lunatic. Jack, on the other hand, is re-animated, visible only to David, and warns him of what will happen to David at the next full moon. Jack urges suicide to avoid further bloodshed but Jack is unconvinced. Nurse Price (Jenny Agutter) takes quite a shine to this sad case for a man and takes him home with her for further recovery. Full moon awaits as David is growing worried for his sanity.


First of all, why the hell didn't they stick to the road, as admonished by the locals, and instead took a path further into the moors? Well, that aside (and all other plot-holes), it was an enjoyable movie experience. In terms of quality, I don't think it could have been better. It's very well-crafted, perfectly paced. I believe Landis made a magnificent job in mixing comedy, horror, gore and romance all in one movie. For a horror, I wouldn't say it was actually scary but like all other horror films, there is quite a thrill in it. There is a whole lot of fun moments driven mainly by well written dialogs. The special effects/makeup, as I understand, was groundbreaking during its time. The transformation scene is considerably superior even when compared to modern CGI.

Some of the most notable scenes are: the one where David dreams of his family being slaughtered by Nazi-like monsters, the chase in the underground, and my favorite - the total mayhem at the Piccadilly. Some would say the ending was too abrupt, but it was just the way I liked it. It left the impression that the whole story is about the tragedy.

There is so much to like about this film. Not my favorite of the horror-comedy genre, but definitely one of the best.

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Sequel Time.


The Road Warrior
These Mad Max films aren't very entertaining but I could have done worse. Enjoyed all of the guys in leather. Thought it was probably the best Mad Max film, but I need to see the first one again.



Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
I need to watch the ending again -- got distracted (or bored?) -- and lost some focus. Definitely a bad movie and not as good as the original, but not total trash, either. Horrible music act featuring the nerds this time, though. Some funny comedy, but a lot of idiotic parts as well.

Devil’s Playground (2010)
A.K.A London Zombie Epidemic

Directed by: Mark McQueen
Written by: Bart Ruspoli

Zombie films have been coming out of everywhere within the last few years it seems, we have had the slow moving zombies and the fast moving zombies. So what did they bring new to this movie, well something I wasn’t expecting and that is Parkour (a.k.a. Free Running) zombies. This not only speeds up the zombies but gives them the ability to jump walls and leap through windows making it almost impossible to get away from them.
The film starts by introducing a company called New-Gen and a new drug they have just started testing RAK-295 which is supposed to increase strength and stamina. At the end of the trial 29,999 or the 30,000 volunteers all start having very horrible reactions to the drug, the end result being that you become a zombie and start eating whoever is closest. Angela (MyAnna Buring) is the 1 person who appears to be immune to the drug, but before New-Gen can find her thinking that she might have the antidote in her body all hell breaks loose in London making it near impossible to find her.



Cole (Craig Fairbrass) is a mercenary who has lived his whole life doing horrible things to people, he thinks if he can find Angela and take her to safety that he will have finally done something good with what’s left of his life and get redemption for the things he has done. Cole, Angela and her boyfriend Joe (Danny Dyer), along with four others find themselves running for their lives trying to make it to safety.

This film really seems to be more about friendship and morality then zombies, when you have seven people and your lives are on the line what extremes would you go to in order to stay alive. This is a great zombie film with plenty of blood and flesh eating to satisfy any fan of the genre.