What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Make Them Die Slowly]

THE BRADY BUNCH. A great hymn to the original series with a wink in it's eye, and a dark and very funny sub plot involving "the middle child".

FRATERNITY VACATION. Laughter free, teen sex comedy from the mid 80s, featuring a pre porn Evil Ed, whatshername from RE-ANIMATOR and Tim Robbins.

[gag]

I'm now on the fourth of the planet of the apes films. Conquest of the planet of the apes, I've heard there is a alternative ending to this a darker ending that didn't go done well, is this version available if so which release company etc is it? Like to get hold of it ..

[Wes]

Originally Posted by gag

I'm now on the fourth of the planet of the apes films. Conquest of the planet of the apes, I've heard there is a alternative ending to this a darker ending that didn't go done well, is this version available if so which release company etc is it? Like to get hold of it ..

Gag, this alternative version was included on the US boxset but Fox in their wisdom did not include this alternative cut on the otherwise identical UK box. Pure laziness really...

[SShaw]

Bourne Legacy (UK Blu) last night, which I enjoyed.

This afternoon I watched Gallow Walkers (German Blu) which I saw at last years Fright Fest Halloween event. Its competent if uninspired.

This evening back to the local cinema to see Meet the Millers which although entertaining suffers from almost all of the best moments having been shown in the trailer - I also saw the trailer for Bad Grandpa which had a fantastic sequence of a young boy dresses as a girl pole dancing at an American Beauty Pageant - brilliant.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

NIGHT OF THE CREEPS. Fred Dekker's playful take on 50s sci-fi paranoia and elements of post NOTLD American horror still holds up well today in the present climate of shaky cam horror. This has everything a mainstream horror of the period should have: a love of genre, college girls in showers, gore, great effects, nerdy heroes and a genuine warmth for the film's characters and the viewer. Recommended.

[Buboven]

Originally Posted by Make Them Die Slowly

NIGHT OF THE CREEPS. Fred Dekker's playful take on 50s sci-fi paranoia and elements of post NOTLD American horror still holds up well today in the present climate of shaky cam horror. This has everything a mainstream horror of the period should have: a love of genre, college girls in showers, gore, great effects, nerdy heroes and a genuine warmth for the film's characters and the viewer. Recommended.

One of my favourites, along with Monster Squad.

[RedEyeTheCylon]

Originally Posted by gag

I'm now on the fourth of the planet of the apes films. Conquest of the planet of the apes, I've heard there is a alternative ending to this a darker ending that didn't go done well, is this version available if so which release company etc is it? Like to get hold of it ..

It's available in the 40th anniversary Blu-ray set:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Planet-Apes-...et+of+the+apes

[Make Them Die Slowly]

Originally Posted by Buboven

One of my favourites, along with Monster Squad.

There is Monster Squad graffiti in the toilet in NOTC and one of Tom Atkin's first scenes uses slightly reworded dialogue from MS. Have you seen Dekker's TEEN AGENT recently? I wonder how that holds up these days.

[gag]

Originally Posted by RedEyeTheCylon

It's available in the 40th anniversary Blu-ray set:

Planet of the Apes: 5-Movie Collector's Edition Blu-ray 1968: Amazon.co.uk: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Franklin J. Schaffner, Ted Post, Don Taylor, J. Lee Thompson: Film & TV

That's not a bad price for all them on blu-ray or used just under £12.

[Delirium]

West of Memphis

A contender for one of my favourite documentaries ever. I hold this case particularly close to heart as I've followed it now for well over a decade and a half - in fact it was one thing I was particularly taken with when my OH and I first got together, so much so I'd bought the books, downloaded all the court materials and was an ardent supporter of The West Memphis Three. I even attended an anti-death penalty charity gig and talked to Steve Earle backstage about the three (he was a supporter, along with Eddie Vedder, Henry Rollins, Patti Smith, Johnny Depp and many more.)

For those that don't know, the WM3 were convicted as teenagers in 1993 of the murder of three young boys, in what was assumed to be a satanic cult ritual. Despite astounding incompetence from the investigating officers, contradictory evidence and the boys maintaining their innocence (except one with learning difficulties who was coerced into giving a false confession) the courts and media effectively condemned these kids in one of the biggest media witch hunts of all time, leading to life imprisonment for two of the boys and time on death row for the so called ring leader, Damien Echols. 18 years later, with new DNA evidence surfaced and ropey convictions proved false, the men are finally free, although shockingly still not cleared by the courts.

This superb documentary, produced by Peter Jackson's Wingnut films (Jackson is featured, and was also a supporter), tells their story brilliantly and I found it quite emotional. A true cautionary tale about an extraordinary miscarriage of justice - just brilliant.