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Thought would watch some fantasy films this month A bunch of rowdy dwarfs and manipulative wizard lure hobbit Billbo from his cozy hobbit hole on a mission to free there homeland and confront a dragon . It's enjoyable but like all the hobbit movies it's not a patch on the Ring movies strangely the effects seem to have aged worse than those in the rings films. Well this has to be one of the best animated films I've seen in years . thought provoking, Inspiron , uplifting and bitter sweet. Push in Boots has come to the last of his nine lives and retires , but he soon becomes restless and sets out to restore his nine lives. Now watching |
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That opening five minute scene which is newly added really doesn't bring anything to the table except a bunch of Italians playing cowboys and Indians (?) and the only notable addition is of a Carroll Baker full frontal scene in long shot. |
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I think the second Hobbit film is terrific. That escape in wine barrels from the wood elves as Orcs attack is wonderfully thrilling. |
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Danger Diabolik's a proper way to do stylish comic book chic. Desperate for a bells and whistles Blu-ray of that. |
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The Whip And The Body. 1963. We got a director known for creating masterpiece movies Mario Bava and a actor known for playing excellent roles Christopher Lee who isn't afraid to use a whip outside. This does have its nice gothic setting castle with plenty of dark atmosphere, secret tunnels nice cinematography, this should work but it doesn't. After the first 15-20 minutes the film just went on a slow go pace that became a bore fest for me, the 88 Italian collection of this film was released but I decided to stream this online and glad I didn't go with a blind buy as I usually do. This was a big disappointment for me. images (3).jpg
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It's certainly not "one of the greatest films of legendary director Mario Bava" as 88 Films claim on the back cover blurb. I'm not really convinced by the colours of the Blu-ray either, 88's clip although seemingly better than the Screenbound and Kino versions is still a bit too blue and very dark with much detail seen on the dvd lost in darkness. |
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Dead Ringers. 1988. David Cronenberg turns away from his horror genre with a psychological tale based on a true story of twin doctors Stewart and Cyril Marcus. Jeremy Irons plays the gynocologist twins Elliot who is over confident and charming while Beverly is quiet and shy but both share everything from work to women. Genevieve Bujold plays the actress and new patient to the twins and turns their lives upside down. Right from the start we are introduced to the twins in their childhood and their exploration to adult theme which does play a part to their adult life with medical features and sexual pleasures. As the film goes on it does dwell into heavy drug addiction and withdrawl symptoms that is done in a careful way as to not upset the audience. Irons plays both parts really well and certainly knew how to play a straightheaded character and a person going through a detox programme. The film does have Cronenberg's trade of body modification gore but it's not over done and lasts seconds. MV5BYTY4MTVhZGEtNGUyMS00Y2ZhLTlmN2EtMWI1YTYxMGYyN2I1XkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTAwMzUyOTc@._V1_FMjpg_UX100.jpg
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