What did you watch this week my beautiful people? (23/08-29/08)

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Skyfall 8/10
Child’s Play 2 7/10
Child’s play 3 7/10

Here is what I watched:
1BR (2019) 7/10
Bamboozled (2000) 8/10
The Cameraman (1928) 9/10
She’s Gotta Have It (1986) 7/10
Neon Maniacs (1986) 6/10
La Collectionneuse (1967) 7/10
The Mad Ghoul (1943) 6/10
Wet Woman in the Wind (2016) 7/10
Late Night Trains (1975) 7/10
American Grindhouse (2010) 8/10
Garden of Eden (1954) 8/10
Love at Sunset Terrace (2020) 7/10
Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020) 7/10
She Dies Tomorrow (2020) 6/10

Just one

Saturn 3 (1980)

Starring: Kirk Douglas, Farrah Fawcett, Harvey Kietel

Haven't seen this movie in years, so I revisited.

A medium/low budget sci fi story about a remote outpost that gets a new robot.

For all the sci-fi geeks out there, this movie was in my mind the precursor to the Terminator series. While the story is very different, a key element is the same, a large powerful robot chases a beautiful girl.

Unfortunately the story and dialogue are kind of lame, the dated special effects leave much to be desired. But Farrah Fawcett prancing around in skimpy outfits is a big plus.

5/10

Greetings Stonekeeper!
Thanks for the compliment and back at ya too. I haven’t seen any of yours this week but it looks like you were going on a Chucky Marathon. What about the first one?

My week:

Mr. Majestyk (1974) On this viewing I caught that Elmore Leonard was the writer which I had never noticed before. Charles Bronson runs into problems with the law and a hit man while trying to pick his Majestyk mellons. There are some off road scenes in this that they had to have used several trucks to film. Bronson fans will love this one.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane (1976)
Jodi Foster stars as a girl living alone trying to hide that her parents have passed away. This one is intriguing enough, especially with Martin Sheen as the perv. My biggest complaint is the odd soundtrack just doesn’t fit.

The Touch of Satan (1971)
A guy meets a farm girl who may be a witch. Ultra low budget and weird horror here that probably only obscure genre fans would enjoy.

Return of the Living Dead (1985)
An accident in a storage house brings the dead back to life and are battled by punk rockers among others. My daughter and I watched this one and laughed through the whole thing. It was so funny and at the same time had one of the most frightening zombies ever. The version on Prime omitted several of the original songs from the VHS so I’m looking for it now. Damn this movie is a lot of fun.

The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - A better movie than I remember. Great performances from Winters, Hackman and especially Borgnine. 8/10

The Thin Red Line (1998) - A movie I sort of forgot about. We are not used to WW 2 movies where the soldiers question the war. This is one of them. It is a bit maudlin in places but some great battle scenes. Nolte should have gotten a Oscar nom as the overly aggressive Colonel. 7.5/10

The Killers (1964) - Finally saw it. Reagan was pretty good as the crooked mastermind. I did have some plot questions about this movie. It did jump around and was disjointed in places. 7/10

A Stolen Life (1946) - Glen Ford's breakout role although I thought he didn't have much to do. Bette Davis is great playing twin sisters. I loved the split screen roles with Davis - I didn't know they had that ability back then. The plot is a bit underwhelming. I wanted to see more of the bad sister. 6.5/10

I watched Doctor Sleep and it was so much better than I was expecting. An excellently crafted and completely worthy sequel to a cinematic masterpiece.

4/5

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Joker - no capes or super powers to be seen. Just a view into a man’s mental breakdown. Very good.

Charlie’s Angels (2019) - not as bad as people make out. Not great, just ok.

Gotham S3, Ep1-11 - harmless fun.

Hi! Hi there.

Skyfall (2012): I think I liked this one the less of all 007 movies that I've watched. Still not bad. 6,5/10
I have not seen Child’s Play, but I wonder why since I like horror-comedies?

This week I watched:

Wasabi (2001) /re-watch/: It was on TV and I got stuck in front of it for a good twenty minutes. I like Reno, this might not be his best film, but still entertaining. 7/10
Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019): I fast forwarded during the "story scenes" cause I was only interested in the interviews, but it turned out I had alrady seen most of them. The other parts seemed kinda dull with the same blunt Will Ferrel jokes, but I might give it another try someday. 5/10 (The Galifianakis parts are always 10/10 for me.)

I also started Umbrella Academy S02. I'm 2 episodes in, and everyone's right, it's still great. Too soon to rate it though.

Talking dolls creep me out!

TV Shows

-The Bold and the Beautiful - marathon of very old episodes

-Fawlty Towers - "Basil the Rat"
The end! Ah man, I love this show!

-666 Park Avenue - "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" and "Hypnos"
Freaking hell, Whoopi Goldberg!😖

-Pacific Palisades - Episodes 7 and 8