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The Dallas Buyers Club played my local Programmkino (effectively an art house cinema) this evening as part of their "second chance" strand. This time it was in Originalfassung so I went along to see it. A great script that is subtly handled with uniformly great performances from the main cast members. As a teenager of the 80's I grew up through the initial hysteria of HIV and AIDS, although fortunately none of my friends and family have so far been directly affected. Thankfully the direst predictions of that time failed to come true and I guess part of the reason why is contained in the story of this film. Powerful, moving but handled in a way that didn't leave me feeling emotionally manipulated. Recommended as a must see when this hits home video later in the year.
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Doctor of Doom (1963) More Mexican wrestling madness from Rene Cardona. Doctor of Doom is practically a trial run for Night of the Bloody Apes except rather than heart transplants with apes the nutty doctor uses a lady wrestler as his subject for a brain transplant, making her more powerful and an even more frightening opponent for our wrestling troupe than the earlier Aztec Mummy. As with Wrestling Women vs The Aztec Mummy, the film is daft and a brush with far too many wrestling bouts for it's own good. It is however a lot of fun and despite giving the game away with the movie poster, the film does feature an ape man who kidnaps girls for the mad doctors nefarious deeds. |
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Chopping mall. The upscale shopping mall where Arnie did his Tarzan impersonation in Commando has new security. Johnny 5's cheaper cousin! It's a state of the art kill bot that's fool-proof and guaranteed that NOTHING WILL EVER GO WRONG! Before you can say MICHAEL CRICHTON a bolt of lightning causes the kill bot to go haywire ironically just before a group of teens decide to part overnight in the mall. The plot then becomes a fairly straightforward matter of how many people can survive the ensuing rampage. In many respects chopping mall is a really stupid movie, very low budget and fairly cheesy. It is however a whole load of fun. Mainly thanks to director Jim Wynorski's efforts. He's a director who can make a lot out of very little and here he's crafted an incredibly fun little B-movie thats incredibly entertaining. We also get nice turns from Barbara Crampton (drool) and the ever great Dick miller. Given NAILGUN MASSACRE has just been put out on Blu-ray I live in hope someone somewhere will stick out a better quality release of this movie. |
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NAILGUN MASSACRE. OH BOY! This micro budget slasher is so greasy you can almost smell the cheeseburgers while watching. It pretty much opens up with a gang rape and not long after Motorbike helmet wearing madman decked out in camouflage gear and a gas powered nailgun is out and about murdering the rejects from Deliverance casting. I've never been a real fan of this but went whole hog on Code reds Blu-ray offer taking the $99 bundle, and i'm glad I did because I enjoyed the film a bit more on this occasion than I ever did before. Pretty much everything in the films is DIY from the non-actors giving terrible performances to the dodgy effects work and the bizarre digital voice of the killer. The film has a real drive-in quality to it and with its emphasis on Tits and violence for pretty much its entire running time its difficult to really hate the film. Like Chopping mall, its not a good film by any means, it is however a fun one for someone who is in the right mood. The code red Blu is region free BTW and is actually really good quality while managing to preserve the films trashy charms. |
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'The Purge' - if you're ok with the premise, then this is pretty good. Nothing really original - except the premise - but I quite enjoyed it. I haven't seen a whole lot of 'home invasion' films, but I reckon this probably borrows from a few of them. PQ and AQ are excellent, on the Aus BD.
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