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366,148 | 3,109,237 | 365,376 | 8 | Beautiful | - It would be easy to dismiss A Tale of Two Sisters as being like The Sixth Sense or The Others . But that would be a mistake . Yes , there are plot similarities , but A Tale of Two Sisters is immanently more re-watchable . Where the other two movies suffer after you know the twist , A Tale of Two Sisters screams out f... |
366,164 | 3,109,237 | 479,977 | 8 | To be right all the time might get a bit monotonous . | Richard Abernethie , a very wealthy man , has died and his relatives have assembled for his funeral . Included in the funeral party is Abernathie's youngest sister Cora Galaccio . While none of the family has seen Cora in at least 20 years , they all agree that Cora was always a bit different . So when Cora says someth... |
366,359 | 3,109,237 | 83,908 | 8 | You know how funny people can be about a spot of murder . | I've lost count of the number of times I've seen Evil Under the Sun . The natural question may be " Why watch a mystery more than once when you already know whodunit ? " The simple answer ? entertainment . Evil Under the Sun never fails to provide me with almost two hours of entertainment . The movie is so much more th... |
366,362 | 3,109,237 | 266,308 | 8 | Here's your list of friends in the order they died . | I finally got the chance to see what all the fuss is about . For the most part , Battle Royale lives up to the hype . The violence is as over-the-top as I had been led to believe . What I wasn't expecting , however , was such a well made , engrossing film that's full of some of the blackest humor I've seen in a while .... |
366,840 | 3,109,237 | 72,354 | 8 | Very Nice | - Over the past few months , I've watched three non-traditional vampire movies - Martin , Daughters of Darkness , and , now , Vampyres . These aren't your black-cape-wearing , fanged , turn-into-bats type of vampires . Instead , these vampires rely on luring an unsuspecting victim with their charms and , when the time ... |
366,268 | 3,109,237 | 66,412 | 8 | A great example of the genre | The Strange Vice of Mrs . Wardh has just about everything a Giallo fan could ask for . All of the necessary ingredients are here : brutal murders , bizarre sex scenes , plot twists , interesting camera work , a nice score , and Edwige Fenech . - Brutal Murders : The killer uses a razor to slash his victims ' throats to... |
366,210 | 3,109,237 | 70,215 | 8 | It's like Leone Meets the Three Stooges | - All that gunslinger Jack Beauregard ( Henry Fonda ) wants to do is retire while he's still alive . But Nobody ( Terence Hill ) wants to see Beauregard go out in blaze of glory . Nobody dogs him across the West insisting that if Beauregard will just face one more enemy , he's sure to go down in the annals of history .... |
366,524 | 3,109,237 | 32,326 | 8 | Truth , like oil , will in time rise to surface . | Charlie Chan and # 2 son Jimmy join a cruise headed to San Francisco hot on the heels of a murderer . The mad strangler has already killed Chan's friend and colleague from Scotland Yard , so Charlie has to be on his toes . And with the confined space of a cruise ship , suspects at every turn , and even more dead bodies... |
366,523 | 3,109,237 | 32,324 | 8 | Only very foolish mouse makes nest in cat's ear . | As the movie opens , Charlie Chan finds himself at the sentencing phase of trial he has given evidence in against a criminal named Steve McBirney . After McBirney is sentenced to be executed , he shoots his way out of the courthouse and makes his escape . He heads straight to a wax museum dedicated to figures depicting... |
366,009 | 3,109,237 | 182,361 | 8 | One of my favorites from the series | I love the Poirot movies ! There's something about England in the 1920s that I find especially appealing . These movies have a way of transporting me to that time and place . The attention to period detail in this series is remarkable ( at least to my untrained eye ) . Clothing , set decoration , cars , and even manner... |
366,264 | 3,109,237 | 43,660 | 8 | Robert Wise scores again | The House on Telegraph Hill is a wonderfully entertaining thriller dealing with a woman living under an assumed identity and the child she claims as her own . The movie may be part of Fox's Film Noir Collection , but it's really more of a Hitchcock " woman-in-peril " type film . The movie may seem unusual when seen tod... |
366,846 | 3,109,237 | 68,401 | 8 | My favorite Columbo | - A kidnapping proves to be a cover for a man and his uncle to make a quick buck by splitting the ransom money . Things are going along smoothly until the uncle decides to change the plan from a kidnapping to a murder . Columbo is on hand ( with a partner ) to solve the case with his own unique style . - This may be my... |
366,879 | 3,109,237 | 143,145 | 8 | There's no point living , if you can't feel alive . | From the time he took over the role of James Bond , I've tended to dismiss the Pierce Brosnan era as one of the weaker periods of the franchise . That assessment was cemented with Brosnan's last outing as Bond in Die Another Day ? quite possibly the very worst of the 21 official Bond movies . But something odd keeps ha... |
366,715 | 3,109,237 | 63,285 | 8 | I will find out the truth for you , have no fear . | With civil war raging across England , a man like Matthew Hopkins ( Vincent Price ) finds it easy to take advantage of the situation for his own personal gain . He plays on the fears , superstitions , and jealousies of the locals as they take turns accusing each other of being witches . And if they don't confess , Hopk... |
366,100 | 3,109,237 | 61,074 | 8 | Fulci Goes West | Lucio Fulci may be best known for his zombie fright-fests , but I prefer his non-zombie movies like One on Top of the Other , A Lizard in a Woman's Skin , and Don't Torture a Duckling . I'm happy to say that Massacre Time joins this group of Fulci favorites . Once again , Fulci proves he was more than a gore-obsessed h... |
366,852 | 3,109,237 | 68,367 | 8 | Very effective giallo | - When a young girl is murdered , her father , Franco Serpieri ( George Lazenby ) , soon grows weary of the ineffective police and decides to start his own investigation . He discovers that his daughters death may be related to other murders of little girls with red hair . He also discovers that some of the people with... |
366,530 | 3,109,237 | 83,798 | 8 | This thing is never going to heal . | - Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is a spoof of the film noirs popular in the 40s and 50s . While the plot doesn't matter , here it is in a nutshell - Rigby Reardon ( Steve Martin ) is hired by Juliet Forrest ( Rachel Ward ) to find out what happened to her father , a noted scientist and cheese maker . Along the way , Reardo... |
366,097 | 3,109,237 | 47,878 | 8 | I'm gonna break him so fast he won't have time to change his pants . | I picked-up The Big Combo as a blind buy for very little money . And I couldn't be happier with my purchase . Director Joseph H . Lewis created a wonderfully good-looking and compelling film full of atmosphere and interesting characters . This incredibly dark , relatively unknown noir deserves a much wider audience . A... |
365,929 | 3,109,237 | 74,156 | 8 | I wish Carpenter could still make ' em like this | - A new Lieutenant takes over a police precinct on its very last night . Almost everyone and everything has been moved into the new station . It should be an easy night - just direct all callers and visitors to the new precinct building . But a series of gang deaths will make this night anything but easy . The gang wan... |
366,743 | 3,109,237 | 68,444 | 8 | Nice looking Giallo with an awesome killer | What a fun movie ! If you're a Giallo fan , Red Queen Kills 7 Times is a real winner . To begin with , it's hard to go wrong with Barbara Bouchet and Marina Malfatti in the same Giallo . Both are wonderful - especially the wide-eyed innocent Bouchet as the guilt ridden woman fearing for her life . The kill scenes in Re... |
366,891 | 3,109,237 | 32,484 | 8 | I'm in love with a girl , and I'm going to help hang her father . | Several weeks ago , I decided to give some of the older , less well known Hitchcock films a try . So far , this has been mostly a pleasant experience and has introduced me to several new favorites . Foreign Correspondent may not be the best of the early Hitchcock offerings I've watched recently , but it's still a very ... |
366,414 | 3,109,237 | 93,677 | 8 | A must for fans of eye trauma | Betty is an understudy for the lead in a production of Verdi's Macbeth . When a car mysteriously hits the lead , Betty is thrust into the spotlight . Opening night is a smashing success and Betty decides to leave the after-party to celebrate in private with her boyfriend . But when the boyfriend leaves the room , Betty... |
366,459 | 3,109,237 | 60,701 | 8 | My New Favorite Franco | - A more apt title for the movie might be The Daughter of the Diabolical Doctor Z . Dr . Z doesn't make it through the first 15 minutes of the movie before he dies of a heart attack . His daughter ( also a doctor ) blames those who scoffed at her father's ideas for his death . Continuing with her father's work , she vo... |
366,721 | 3,109,237 | 58,753 | 8 | Freaky Stuff ! | What a wonderfully creepy and atmospheric film about a witch getting her revenge from beyond the grave . Several centuries ago , Vanessa Whitlock was accused of being a witch and put to death by the ancestors of the Lanier family . Since then , the two families have feuded . As fate would have it , during one of Bill L... |
366,279 | 3,109,237 | 544,472 | 8 | My first experience with Combat ! | Combat ! originally aired the year before I was born . Over the years , I somehow never had the opportunity to see show , so this was my first experience . I'm glad the DVD set begins with " A Day in June " as the first episode . The story of how the guys went through D-Day and on to their first mission seems to be a g... |
366,632 | 3,109,237 | 69,900 | 8 | Solid Columbo | - One of the better Columbo movies I've seen thus far . The mystery is intelligent and the killer's actions are what you would expect from a doctor . The mystery will keep you guessing up to the last scene . Often , these Columbo movies have a less than satisfactory ending . It's as if the writers too often had no idea... |
366,800 | 3,109,237 | 39,645 | 8 | Everything you touch turns to rigormortis . | What a wonderfully entertaining and funny movie ! Bob Hope and Company do an incredible job in My Favorite Brunette of parodying the dark detective movies that were so popular at the time . The situations in which Hope finds himself are perfect for his brand of humor . The jokes come fast and furious and , fortunately ... |
366,578 | 3,109,237 | 468,492 | 8 | A rousing success and a ton of fun | An irresponsible U . S . Army doctor has his Korean aid dump a large quantity of toxic chemicals into the sink . The chemicals drain straight into the Han River with an unexpected and disastrous result . The chemicals are responsible for the creation of a giant mutant monster with a taste for human flesh . The creature... |
366,174 | 3,109,237 | 93,773 | 8 | If it bleeds , we can kill it . | Watching Predator tonight , I was reminded of what an awesome decade the 1980s were for mindless , over-the-top , fun action . Predator is easily one of my favorites from the decade . Over the past few years , I've re-watched a number of my old 1980s favorites and none of them have withstood the test of time as well as... |
366,687 | 3,109,237 | 62,671 | 8 | My dear , would you mind sitting somewhere else ? Body odor offends me . | Quite simply , Bette Davis dominates every scene and every aspect of The Anniversary . If you don't like Bette Davis , you'd be wise to skip this one altogether . Davis plays Mrs . Taggart , the overbearing mother to three sons . She controls every aspect of their lives . They cannot make a move without her approval . ... |
366,230 | 3,109,237 | 392,952 | 8 | Human nature has an infinite capacity to surprise . | Finally ! I've now seen all of the feature length installments of the Poirot movies featuring David Suchet . And wouldn't you know it ? the last one I watch just happens to be one of the best of the entire series . Five Little Pigs , which happens to benefit from staying fairly true to Agatha Christie's original work (... |
366,521 | 3,109,237 | 70,047 | 8 | Keep away . The sow is mine . | I'll keep this brief - most every horror fan has seen The Exorcist and all of them have an opinion of it . While many people would most certainly list The Exorcist as THE scariest movie ever made , there seems to be a growing number of fans who find humor where it was not intended . I don't get it . Maybe it's a genera... |
365,936 | 3,109,237 | 80,661 | 8 | An incredible thrill ride | What do you get if you mix equal parts Alfred Hitchcock with Dario Argento ? Answer : Brian De Palma's Dressed to Kill . I suppose you could categorize Dressed to Kill as an American giallo . This is one of those movies that would be difficult to discuss the plot without ruining a good portion of the movie , so I won't... |
366,069 | 3,109,237 | 516,937 | 8 | A good start to the 1965 season | I've been a fan of The Avengers for as long as I can remember , but unfortunately , I've honestly never seen more than the odd episode here and there . Thanks to Netflix , I've decided to change that . I've also decided to not start at the beginning of the series , but with the 1965 season instead . As many fans will u... |
366,477 | 3,109,237 | 39,536 | 8 | You know what I do to squealers ? | Small-time hood Nick Bianco ( Victor Mature ) is sent up the river for a jewel heist . He refuses to cooperate with the D . A . and will not turn stool-pigeon on his pals . But after he learns of his wife's suicide , he changes his tune . He's got to get out of jail to take care of his two little girls . The D . A . ag... |
366,531 | 3,109,237 | 67,690 | 8 | Horror as Art | - A newlywed couple arrive at an ocean front motel to begin their honeymoon . As it's the off-season , they are the only guests . That is until a mysterious Hungarian Countess and her equally mysterious companion arrive and take rooms just next door . It soon becomes apparent that the Countess has designs on the young ... |
366,265 | 3,109,237 | 67,696 | 8 | A good representation of what the genre has to offer | A series of seemingly unrelated women are brutally murdered . The only clue is the silver crescent moon shaped pendant the killer leaves with each body . After the killer is unsuccessful in his attempt to murder a woman on a train , she begins to put the pieces of the mystery together . With the help of her husband , s... |
366,610 | 3,109,237 | 64,789 | 8 | My favorite Franco | - Jimmy Logan ( James Darren ) , a trumpet player in a jazz band , is secretly in love with Wanda Reed ( Maria Rohm ) . One night , he witnesses her being tortured and raped by three people . Some time later , Jimmy pulls Wanda's body from the surf . In a distraught state , Jimmy heads to Rio and starts playing music a... |
366,736 | 3,109,237 | 74,586 | 8 | One of the best films of this type I've seen | I have now seen quite a few of the Italian crime films made in the 70s . The Big Racket is easily among the better Poliziotteschi I've so far run across . The violent action is non-stop . The film rarely takes a break for the viewer to catch a breath . Fabio Testi stars as Inspector Nico Palmieri , a cop determined to ... |
366,866 | 3,109,237 | 80,516 | 8 | Nice haunted house flick | - George C . Scott plays John Russell , a fairly well known composer who has recently lost his wife and daughter in an auto accident . To begin his life again , he decides to move and start teaching . He rents an old house from the local historical society . It's not long before he realizes that something is not quite ... |
366,905 | 3,109,237 | 35,555 | 8 | One of my favorite A & C films | I've been an A & C fan since I was very young . Back in the early 70s , one of the local television stations featured a steady diet of their films each afternoon . I can't remember if Who Done It ? was part of their rotation , but I now consider it among my two or three favorite A & C films . A & C were at the top of t... |
366,668 | 3,109,237 | 76,704 | 8 | Finally , a good zombie-Nazi movie | - Shock Waves makes the third zombie-Nazi movie I've watched ( or at least tried to watch ) . Previously , I've seen Zombie Lake , which is so bad it's quite funny , and I've tried to watch Oasis of the Zombies but can't seem to stay awake to finish it . So my experiences with zombie-Nazi movies hasn't been too good . ... |
366,595 | 3,109,237 | 60,522 | 8 | Very Entertaining ( regadless of how implausible ) | - Nicole Bonnet ( Audrey Hepburn ) is the daughter of an art forger . One of his sculptures is loaned to the museum for display . The insurance company , however , insists that the sculpture be authenticated . With the help of Peter O'Toole , Nicole must steal the sculpture before her father can be uncovered as a fake ... |
366,381 | 3,109,237 | 45,555 | 8 | We're sisters under the mink . | A policeman commits suicide and everyone in the department seems content to let it go . Everyone , that is , except Det . Sgt . Dave Bannion ( Glenn Ford ) . Bannion starts asking some tough questions and sticks his nose where it doesn't belong . Bannion knows he's on the right trail when one of the people he spoke wit... |
366,166 | 3,109,237 | 67,893 | 8 | Performance and image , that's what it's all about . | I watched Two-Lane Blacktop last night for the first time and all I can say is " Wow " . While I may not be one of those who proclaims it to be the greatest movie ever filmed , it is certainly a fine piece of American cinema . I'm not sure I've ever seen a film quite like it . That's because there aren't many directors... |
366,130 | 3,109,237 | 37,794 | 8 | Once a man has dipped his fingers in blood , sooner or later he'll feel the urge to kill again . | As Sherlock Holmes ' puts it , the members of group of older gentlemen known as The Good Comrades have only one thing in common ? they're all worth more dead than alive . One by one , the members of The Good Comrades are bumped-off in horrifying ways after receiving an envelope containing orange pips ( seeds to us Yank... |
366,283 | 3,109,237 | 64,916 | 8 | This ain't your grandfather's Western | The plot of Sabata sees the title character ( played by Lee Van Cleef ) stopping a bank robbery only to blackmail those responsible . The robbery ringleaders don't see too kindly to this and look to take out our hero and the rest of his ragtag bunch . Sabata has everything I look for in a Spaghetti Western - good gun f... |
366,302 | 3,109,237 | 57,226 | 8 | Excellent Hammer Vampire Story | - This was my second opportunity to see Kiss of the Vampire . Watching and enjoying a Hammer film is what I call a very comfortable experience . And , Kiss of the Vampire does not disappoint ? it is very comfortable . - The basic story ( with possible minor SPOILERS ) : A couple honeymooning in Bavaria becomes stranded... |
366,710 | 3,109,237 | 67,927 | 8 | Hey Kowalski , you out there ? | Kowalski is a driver . It's all he's known whether from his former life as stock car driver or a policeman . Driving is in his blood . His new job is delivering cars across the country . His assignment is to take a Dodge Challenger from Denver to San Francisco . And Kowalski intends to do it in record time . It's not l... |
366,281 | 3,109,237 | 276,594 | 8 | A solid modern day made-for-TV Italian crime thriller | Back in the late-80s / early-90s , Michele Soavi appeared to be the one of the few bright spots in Italy's struggling film community . But after making Cemetery Man in 1994 , he seemed to have dropped off the face of the Earth . While Uno bianca is the only thing from Soavi that I've seen since his return , he doesn't ... |
366,328 | 3,109,237 | 58,461 | 8 | Get three coffins ready . | A Fistful of Dollars is often incorrectly called the first Euro or Italian or Spaghetti Western . In fact , there were a number of Euro-Westerns made prior to Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars . However , in comparison with Leone's first Western , the few Euro-Westerns I've seen tend to be little more than copies of ... |
366,289 | 3,109,237 | 69,840 | 8 | 70s exploitation doesn't get much better than this | As she walks home from school , Candy ( Susan Sennett ) is kidnapped by three small-time criminals looking to make the big-time . Their plan is to hold Candy for a fortune in diamonds from the store her father manages . But when Candy's father doesn't make it to the drop-off point , things go from bad to worse for Cand... |
366,158 | 3,109,237 | 29,660 | 8 | Comfortable and always welcome | When I arrived home from work today , I found the Mr . Moto Collection waiting on me . I decided to watch the movies in order and start with the first in the series , Think Fast , Mr . Moto . It's the story of a diamond smuggling ring operating aboard a luxury liner between China and the U . S . The mysterious and ever... |
366,077 | 3,109,237 | 373,883 | 8 | These eyes will deceive you , they will destroy you . | Unlike some other fan comments I read on the internet , as soon as I heard the news that Rob Zombie was going to remake Halloween , I was ecstatic . Halloween has always been a favorite of mine . In fact , I've probably seen it more times over the years than any other horror movie . As for Zombie , I loved both his fir... |
366,664 | 3,109,237 | 60,261 | 8 | Another winner from Corbucci | - Joseph Cotten is an ex-Confederate soldier who would like to see the South rise again . To finance such a venture , he and his three sons rob a Union convoy carrying $1 million . The money is placed in a coffin and disguised as the dead husband of Cotten's " daughter " - really just a woman he has hired to play the p... |
366,241 | 3,109,237 | 42,788 | 8 | If you ain't got socks you can't pull ' em up , can you ? | Harry Fabian ( Richard Widmark ) is a small-time hustler with big-time aspirations . All he needs is that one big chance . Fate seems to be smiling his way when he meets a very famous Greek wrestler and his protégé . If he plays it just right , Fabian is convinced he can turn this chance meeting into a wad of cash and ... |
366,213 | 3,109,237 | 71,517 | 8 | Pam Grier is Amazing | - Foxy Brown is a great example of the Blaxplotation films made in the 1970s . It's a product of its time and ( even though a remake is in the works ) could not be made today . The PC crowd would go nuts if such a movie were released in 2005 . - Foxy Brown is the story of a woman looking for revenge after her boyfriend... |
365,971 | 3,109,237 | 40,160 | 8 | He doesn't want to let his left hand know whose pocket the right one is picking . | The Big Clock is a wonderfully entertaining noirish thriller with , and unlike most of its deadly serious counterparts , a touch of humor . Ray Milland is a man trying to solve a murder . His problem is that the killer he's looking for is himself . Think of it as a cat-and-mouse game where the cat and mouse are the sam... |
366,480 | 3,109,237 | 110,014 | 8 | I have yet to meet anybody in this household that has even the most rudimentary sense of humor . | Harry Lee , a wealthy and curmudgeonly old coot , invites Hercule Poirot to spend Christmas with him and his dysfunctional , greedy , money-hungry relatives . On hand are Lee's three sons , their two wives , and a Spanish granddaughter whose late mother was Lee's only daughter . Though Lee seems to relish tormenting hi... |
365,927 | 3,109,237 | 34,175 | 8 | A tragic story with quite the entertaining group of characters | ' Mother ' Gin Sling ( Ona Munson ) runs a very successful gambling house in Shanghai . Through her doors pass a wide variety of individuals from every exotic corner of the globe . One such individual is a spoiled young woman who goes by the name of " Smith " ( Gene Tierney ) with a penchant for gambling and drink . It... |
366,785 | 3,109,237 | 71,431 | 8 | You're all the same the lot of you , with your long hair and faggot clothes . | And to think , I've avoided this movie for years . I love horror movies , but I'm not the biggest zombie fan in the world . But Let Sleeping Corpses Lie is different . It's intelligent , dark , witty , and creepy ? and that's a hard combination to achieve . I've read a number of reviews that complain about the acting a... |
366,667 | 3,109,237 | 73,600 | 8 | Very good horror / action film | - Two couples in a new RV set out on a trip from San Antonio to Aspen . The first night , they park in a secluded area next to a small river . It seems like an ideal spot . But later that night , something horrific happens just across the river . The two men watch in horror as a young woman is killed as a sacrifice dur... |
366,828 | 3,109,237 | 88,930 | 8 | Picked up the dagger , ran down the hall , and stabbed the cook ! | For whatever reason , I have probably seen Clue more times than any movie ever made . I would guess that I've watched it more than 100 times . And I never get tired of it . Obviously , I feel that it holds up rather well through repeat viewings . It's witty and clever . Some of the scenes and dialogue are laugh-out-lou... |
366,027 | 3,109,237 | 40,068 | 8 | I've had this brain for thirty years . It hasn't done me any good ! | Abbott and Costello get mixed up with a mad doctor , Count Dracula , Frankenstein's monster , and the Wolf Man . It seems that Dracula , with the assistance of the doctor , wants to cure the monster by finding him a new brain . Larry Talbot , the Wolf Man's alter ego , intends to put a stop to these monstrous experimen... |
366,071 | 3,109,237 | 443,706 | 8 | Before I kill you , I'm going to throw your baby out the window . | Almost 40 years ago , the San Francisco area was terrorized by a crazed killer known only as Zodiac . He committed what seems to have been a series of cold-blooded , but random murders . He would follow-up the killings with letters sent to the police and newspapers that taunted them with clues and cryptograms that prom... |
366,193 | 3,109,237 | 67,309 | 8 | Bravo for Fonda | John Klute ( Donald Sutherland ) is a small town detective who has been sent to New York to find a missing man . Bree Daniels ( Jane Fonda ) is a New York prostitute who may hold the key to the man's whereabouts . If Bree is to help Klute unravel the mystery , he must first protect her from a deranged stalker who seems... |
365,968 | 3,109,237 | 36,104 | 8 | Very nice low-budget chiller from Val Lewton | Kiki and Clo-Clo ( I just love these names . ) are rivals in a nightclub act . To upstage Clo-Clo , Kiki's boyfriend arranges for her to enter the club with a black leopard on a leash while Clo-Clo is performing . But things don't go as planned and the leopard escapes . Later that night , a young woman is killed outsid... |
366,774 | 3,109,237 | 58,155 | 8 | A wonderfully unique Hammer offering | I simply do not understand why The Gorgon ( like a lot of the other lesser known Hammer movies ) isn't available on a legitimate Region 1 DVD . It's ridiculous . Admittedly , The Gorgon is an unusual horror movie . The story of a mythical creature able to turn men to stone with just her gaze is not your normal horror f... |
366,795 | 3,109,237 | 29,453 | 8 | Blame it on the Casbah . | Pepe le Moko ( Jean Gabin ) is something of a celebrity in the Algerian Casbah he calls home . The locals do what they can to protect Pepe and keep the police off his trail in hopes of winning his favor . But how long can Pepe remain hidden in the maze-like Casbah ? The French police have a plan to use one of his best ... |
366,244 | 3,109,237 | 74,952 | 8 | One of Lenzi's better Poliziotteschi | Commissioner Betti ( Maurizio Merli ) has been sent to Naples to help clean up the city . Armed robbery , rape , extortion , and murder are everyday occurrences in Naples . Betti soon realizes there are two crime bosses behind most of the mayhem - Capunao ( John Saxon ) and the Commandante ( Barry Sullivan ) . The two ... |
366,455 | 3,109,237 | 55,505 | 8 | Excellent B & W Hammer | Scream of Fear aka Taste of Fear ( 1961 ) is a marvelous , unknown ( at least to me ) Hammer film . The story concerns a girl in a wheelchair going to live with her Dad whom she hasn't seen in years . Upon arrival , she meets her stepmother for the first time and is informed that her Dad is away on business . That nigh... |
366,058 | 3,109,237 | 48,750 | 8 | I'm grateful to you for burying my body . | Iv'e seen The Trouble with Harry described as everything from a masterpiece to Hitchcock's worst film . I think the reaction depends on how you go into the movie . If you're expecting a nail-biting suspense thriller like most of Hitchcock's other movies , you'll probably come away disappointed . But if you're more open... |
366,807 | 3,109,237 | 616,897 | 8 | What's wrong with calling someone a " heathen monkey " ? | In " Pursuit of the Po-Ho " , Dr . Quest receives an urgent message that a friend of his has been kidnapped by a group of natives known as the Po-Ho . But almost as soon as Dr . Quest and the rest of the family arrive in the jungle , Dr . Quest is also kidnapped . It's up to Race and the boys to save Dr . Quest and his... |
366,808 | 3,109,237 | 616,899 | 8 | Anubis goes for a walk | In this episode of Jonny Quest , Dr . Quest is summoned to Egypt by a supposed old friend , Dr . Ali Kareem , to take a look at his latest archaeological find . But Dr . Kareem has other plans in mind for Dr . Quest and family - and they don't include sightseeing . Dr . Kareem is behind the recent theft of the mask of ... |
366,483 | 3,109,237 | 461,770 | 8 | The steel beast is dead peasants ! I've set you all free ! | I'll make this quick as Enchanted has already been discussed to death on IMDb . And quite honestly , I've got nothing much new to add . But I did want to post a comment and add my voice to those praising this movie . I am absolute stunned at how much I enjoyed Enchanted . It's just that ? enchanting . And it may be the... |
366,607 | 3,109,237 | 207,332 | 8 | Informative and Entertaining | The original Planet of the Apes has always been one of my favorite movies . This two-hour making-of , behind-the-scenes documentary is a must for any fan of the movie . I've seen it three times now and I never get tired of the stories of the make-up , casting decisions , and screenplay rewrites . It's truly fascinating... |
366,205 | 3,109,237 | 58,050 | 8 | A very nice piece of 1960s low-budget British sci-fi / horror | What fun ! I hope the over-abundance of negative reviews found around the internet don't dissuade anyone from checking out this very nice piece of 1960s low-budget British sci-fi / horror . The Earth Dies Screaming deserves to be seen . The plot is not dissimilar to that found in both The Last Man on Earth and The Omeg... |
366,911 | 3,109,237 | 71,275 | 8 | Bava's grittier side | I have now seen all but a couple of Mario Bava's films . I've always enjoyed the way Bava seemed to reinvent himself with each movie . But Rabid Dogs represents even more of a departure from the norm for Bava . It's more akin to something Sam Peckinpah might have made than it is to such seemingly varied films as the Go... |
366,011 | 3,109,237 | 232,114 | 8 | Compelling | The Most Beautiful Wife is the kind of movie I usually avoid . I usually don't go for these overly depressing tales . But The Most Beautiful Wife is oddly compelling and drew me in from the start . The film is based on a true story and deals with the barbaric treatment of women ( who am I kidding , these are girls ) at... |
366,572 | 3,109,237 | 27,442 | 8 | Necessity mother of invention , but sometimes step-mother of deception . | After many years ' absence , Allen Colby is on his way home to reclaim his inheritance . But there seems to be someone who wants to make sure he doesn't make it . There are plenty of suspects ? Aunt Henrietta Lowell and the rest of the extended family who have grown accustomed to living off the money , Professor Bowen ... |
366,327 | 3,109,237 | 64,273 | 8 | Beware of budget DVDs | After serving 10 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit , Gary Hamilton ( Klaus Kinski ) is released . Hamilton has had 10 long years to plot his revenge and he intends to get it . His quarry , a man named Acombar ( Peter Carsten ) , has assembled something of an army to help protect him and his family . But Hami... |
366,235 | 3,109,237 | 67,355 | 8 | Welcome , brothers ! | I am by no means an expert on the 19 or so Terence Hill / Bud Spencer films . But of the handful I have been able to see , They Call Me Trinity just might be my favorite . I distinctly remember watching this movie over 30 years ago and thinking it was one of funniest , most enjoyable movies I had ever seen . Re-watchin... |
366,146 | 3,109,237 | 49,406 | 8 | Almost ruined by the final 5 minutes | - Kubrick's The Killing is very nearly a perfect movie . The story centers around the daylight robbery of $2 million from a racetrack . A varied group of five men are brought together to plan and execute the hold-up . Kubrick's decision to tell the story in a non-linear fashion was a good one . The viewers attention is... |
366,575 | 3,109,237 | 90,477 | 8 | Comfortable Television | I am so excited that Lovejoy has finally come to DVD . I used to love the show , but hadn't seen an episode since the A & E network stopped running it some years ago . So as I put the first DVD in the player , I was ready for a huge letdown . But to my surprise and delight , the show is just as good as I remember ? a g... |
366,127 | 3,109,237 | 251,736 | 8 | Loved It | - I was recently given the House of 1000 Corpses DVD as a gift . I had heard such bad things about it that I had been afraid to buy it myself . I just knew I wasn't going to enjoy it . Now , I wish I would have seen it sooner . I watch movies for the sake of entertainment . And if it entertains me , then art , technica... |
366,044 | 3,109,237 | 64,505 | 8 | So very British | - Charlie Croker ( Michael Caine ) has been out of prison for less than five minutes when he begins planning his next heist . This one involves robbing an armored car filled with gold in the streets of Turin , Italy . But , it's not just the police that Croker and Crew must contend with . The Mafia doesn't want some ou... |
366,154 | 3,109,237 | 48,966 | 8 | I'll come back and take this grenade and shove it down your throat and pull the pin ! | What an amazing movie ! I honestly had no idea what to expect going into Attack . With a name like that , I expected wall-to-wall combat action ( albeit Hollywood style combat action ) . What I wasn't expecting was a deep , meaningful morality play with some of the best acting I've seen in a while . That's not to say t... |
366,395 | 3,109,237 | 67,500 | 8 | Unique and Creepy | - A young woman stumbles upon an abandoned monastery and thinks it might make a good place to spend the night . She settles herself in beside a fireplace and gets ready for bed . But a strange noise keeps her from sleeping . Unknown to her , the graves in the monastery's courtyard are rumbling . The Templars have risen... |
366,047 | 3,109,237 | 69,421 | 8 | It might be Martino's best | - This is a very entertaining giallo that I enjoy more each time I watch it . Oliviero ( Luigi Pistilli ) has three hobbies - drinking , sleeping around , and abusing his wife . When his lover is murdered while waiting to meet Oliviero , the police naturally suspect him . So , when his maid is found murdered inside his... |
366,139 | 3,109,237 | 69,390 | 8 | One of the best | - Edwige Fenech is Jane Harrison , a woman recovering from a car accident . Whether real or imaginary , she gets the idea that someone is stalking her and would like to see her dead . She does what any sane person suffering from psychological trauma would do , she turns to a bizarre Satanic cult for help . Now her prob... |
366,619 | 3,109,237 | 199,528 | 8 | I miss Hammer's style of movie making | This is a wonderful documentary for any fan of Hammer . It's all here ? from the rise of Hammer as the King of Gothic Horror with The Curse of Frankenstein to the tragic downfall in the mid-70s . I have seen dozens of Hammer films over the years and to hear the stories about these films from the people who were there i... |
366,474 | 3,109,237 | 50,095 | 8 | They are in danger , all of them , from their own actions . | The Abominable Snowman treats its subject matter with the kind of respect usually reserved for something far more serious than a low-budget film about the mythical Yeti . It would have been easy to allow the whole production to sink to the level of exploitation , but it never does . The horror is subdued and really onl... |
366,373 | 3,109,237 | 75,291 | 8 | A gem I'm glad to have discovered | Luca is Martino's imaginary friend . Martino talks to Luca , plays with Luca , and insists the family set a place at the table for Luca . Martino's obsession with Luca seems unhealthy and troubling to his parents . Luca happens to be the name they were planning to give to their child who died before being born . How co... |
366,253 | 3,109,237 | 751,462 | 8 | As a villain , you were awesome . As a hero , you're a sentimental fool . | When a blond warrior claiming to be Xena begins killing innocent people , the real Xena and sidekick Gabrielle decide they must do something to put a stop to it . The mysterious killer turns out to be Callisto , a woman who has known nothing but hatred for Xena all of her life . Callisto blames Xena for the death of he... |
366,415 | 3,109,237 | 751,458 | 8 | I'll rise but I refuse to shine ! | Been There , Done That is the Xena take on the movie Groundhog Day . Unbeknownst to her companions , Gabrielle and Joxer , Xena is reliving the same day over and over until she manages to get things right . In this case , getting things right includes stopping the local townspeople from killing Gabrielle and / or Jox... |
366,512 | 3,109,237 | 70,915 | 8 | I was born ready ! | White Lightning is a terrific action / drama that tells the story of a hard-driving moonshiner named Gator McKlusky ( Burt Reynolds ) who is released from prison early in exchange for any help he can give the government with its case against his fellow moonshiners . Gator , however , has his own agenda and it has nothi... |
366,271 | 3,109,237 | 751,532 | 8 | Whodunnit ? | Takes One to Know One is the kind of episode that epitomizes what I love about Xena . Seemingly never satisfied and not wanting things to get state , the creative team behind Xena was always ready to take a chance . Whether it was the action , drama , romance , comedy , musicals , fairy tales , or whatever ? Rob Tape... |
366,215 | 3,109,237 | 73,051 | 8 | Milian is Awesome | - Tomas Milian is Rambo - a biker who arrives in Milan right in the middle of a war between two crime families . When his brother , a member of a kidnap investigation team , is killed , Rambo seeks revenge . He pits the two families against each other in hopes that they will destroy themselves so he can free the young ... |
365,998 | 3,109,237 | 55,972 | 8 | A very pleasant surprise from Blake Edwards | Before watching Experiment in Terror , like most people , I associated Blake Edwards with films like The Pink Panther , Breakfast at Tiffany's , and S . O . B . And while those are all fine films , they share a common thread in that they are all fairly " light " entertainment . That's not the case with Edwards ' Experi... |
366,170 | 3,109,237 | 31,147 | 8 | One of the best of the series | While in route to San Francisco , Chan's friend Paul Essex dies of an apparent suicide . The only clue is a threatening note from someone calling himself the Zodiac . Chan soon discovers that the Zodiac is a successful mystic . Together with a would-be psychic-buster and magician named Rhadini ( Cesar Romero ) , Chan s... |
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