[tdotter]

I Am Evel Knievel (2014)
Saw this on cable the other day.It shows footage from all his jumps.**28** like Mathew McConaughey and Michelle Rodriguez talking about him along with Evel's k1ds,ex-wives and friends.
What I liked:The footage of his jumps and especially the footage of the jump he did in California where there was some Hell's Angels in the crowd.One of the Angel's threw a tool at Evel after he made the jump.They show Evel going after him and the Angel slammed him to the ground.Well,one of Evel's entourage and many audience members jumped the Hell's Angels and beat the shit out of them.They show footage of it.
What I did not like:The guy from Wide World Of Sports that tells stories of his interactions with Evel.He is annoying and way over the top.
The other is the lack of interview footage of Knieval.They show some but I wish they showed more.
I give it a solid 7 out of 10.

[tdotter]

Back Issues:The Hustler Magazine Story (2014)

Watched this yesterday.Don't worry.They only spend a few minutes here and there on Larry Flynt's court battles.I know there is enough material on that to last a lifetime.
In addition to the people you see on the poster below,some of the other people that appear are Amber Lynn,Al Goldstein and Kitten Natidivad.They also talk to the guy that shot Larry and put him in his wheelchair from prison.Many Hustler staff members and of course Larry,are interviewed.
It's basically the history of Hustler and all the controversies and rivalries with Playboy,Penthouse and Screw magazines.
The best and most memorable quote in the movie by far goes to Al Goldstein.He is talking about Jimmy Flynt (Larry's brother)and says in a very non-joking but hilarious manner-"Jimmy is a redneck piece of shit but I like him and he knows that."-LOL!
Goldstein is a funny guy.I forgot he died in 2013.
I give this movie a solid 7 out of 10.

[salem]

I have always had great enjoyment watching the 'portmanteau' horror movies from the 1970's. For those of you who don't know what these are, they are a movies with separate stories which have a linking thread throughout. They can also be referred to as anthology movies

A company called Amicus produced several of these films and they include

The House That Dripped Blood
Tales from the Crypt
The Vault of Terror
Asylum
From Beyond the Grave
Dr Terror's House of Horrors.

They still get made on occasion, the recent movies V/H/S and V/H/S 2 are also examples, as are movies like

Necronomicon
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Creepshow
Creepshow 2
Cat's Eye

and many more.

The 70's Amicus ones are my favourites though.

[rtpoe]

Santa's Slay (2005, Canada)

A thousand years ago, the son of Satan lost a curling contest with an angel. As a result, he had to spend the next millenium being nice and bringing gifts and all that. But now that the time is up, he's got a lot of anger to let out!

Arguably one of the better "killer Santa" movies, it keeps its humor on throughout with creative killings and witty dialogue:

Nicholas Yuleson: The clock just struck midnight at the pole. Christmas is officially over for you, Santa!

Santa Claus: You know, most people make the same mistake. The correct time at the pole is completely discretionary, because the poles are where all the time zones actually converge.

Mary "Mac" Mackenzie: He's scary, yet educational.

Not much in the way of gore, but there is a scene in a strip club with a good deal of breasts on display. It was kind of nice to see that none of the strippers were offed (on screen, at least - Santa left them when he set the place on fire, so one can imagine that they all made it out safely. He was only beating up the bouncers, anyway...)

If you've ever wanted to see a killer Santa menacing people while driving a Zamboni, this is the movie for you!

[number3fac]

I have always had great enjoyment watching the 'portmanteau' horror movies from the 1970's. For those of you who don't know what these are, they are a movies with separate stories which have a linking thread throughout. They can also be referred to as anthology movies

A company called Amicus produced several of these films and they include

The House That Dripped Blood
Tales from the Crypt
The Vault of Terror
Asylum
From Beyond the Grave
Dr Terror's House of Horrors.

They still get made on occasion, the recent movies V/H/S and V/H/S 2 are also examples, as are movies like

Necronomicon
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Creepshow
Creepshow 2
Cat's Eye

and many more.

The 70's Amicus ones are my favourites though.

I can't recall if I'd seen the Tales From the Crypt or Darkside ones, but I definitely (though vaguely) remember Twilight Zone, Creepshow, and Cat's Eye.  For some reason, my HS library had a comic/graphic novel of the Creepshow movie (I assume the movie predated the comic), and I remember checking that out for the brief-but-detailed renditions of Adrienne Barbeau.  I also remember that one of the TZ movie's vignettes was an updated spin on the youth-with-reality-warping-powers story, and formed one of my earliest BE fantasies, that said youth would BE the schoolteacher protagonist lady.

[Zorro]

I am constantly watching different movies and TV shows on Netflix.

So far I have seen the 8 seasons of Criminal Minds, 3 seasons of American Horror Story, 4 seasons of The Glades and all of Kill Bill. I am still watching Medium, Bluebloods, Sons of Anarchy and even some older TV shows and movies.

[solvegas]

Saw " American Sniper " a couple of days ago. Very intense, very good movie. Highly recommended.

[Hiram]

I watched Interstellar yesterday. A film I really enjoyed. The first film to make me tearful for ages.

The Imitation Game was good, so sad what happen to Alan Turin, being that he kinda invented the electronic computer.

I also saw the new Hobbit film, which I thought was so, so.

[Palomine]

The only newish movie I've seen lately is Birdman, which was quite entertaining and well done IMO.

Image from prior post.

[Bramlet]

Folks!

Which one of you knows the film "Simon" with Alan Arkin? Great movie, take look:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHWOI2JyR4

It's impossible to buy this movie on DVD – from Germany.

Obtainable in the US? Or elswhere?

THANKS!

Br

[pedonbio]

Alan Arkin's work is appreciated much more in Europe than in the U.S.

I think he's a great actor.

[rtpoe]

I thought there was a thread already with a title like this one or similar. Anyways, if we are going to talk about good old movies I recommend 1947's stellar performance by Walter Huston Sr, Tim Holt and Humphrey Bogart of " The treasure of the Sierra Madre ". It is a story of the destructiveness of pure, corrosive greed and its consequences. This movie is where that iconic " Batches, we don't need no steenkin batches !! " comes from. 

It's this one:

http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php/topic,9978868.0.html

Perhaps we can merge them?

[TheZookie007]

You know you're watching a great film when after the first three minutes you forget that four of the main actors (Tim Roth, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo and David Oyelowo) are all British and not Americans from the south. Mr. Oyelowo gives a towering performance as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and was robbed of an Academy Award for Best Actor, even as the film itself was snubbed for Best Picture and Ava DuVernay was denied a well-deserved Best Director Oscar.

I highly recommend this film.

[salem]

It's this one:

http://forum.bearchive.com/index.php/topic,9978868.0.html

Perhaps we can merge them?

Done.

I recently saw 'A Clockwork Orange' for the first time. Actually rather enjoyed it. The violence is a bit tame for a modern film, although a few women get attacked in it, which people may find disturbing and distasteful (and even more so when it first came out). Quite a long movie, but it rattles along in such a way as to not feel like a long film. I've even been to the underpass where the homeless man got attacked. Shows what a talent Kubrick had for directing, even if his films were always a touch on the surreal side.

[pedonbio]

It was considered a good movie when it came out in 1962, but now The Interns is most noticeable for product placement--The entire hospital staff smoked all the time, and drank when they weren't smoking.