Great movies you might not have heard of.

Nytmare

David Jose

• Apr 13, 2013

• #51

Lord Mhoram said:

Blind Fury - 80s - Rutger Haur as a blind swordsman. Good show.

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This reminds me of two others, "Blood of Heroes" which is a remarkably great post apocalyptic sport drama, and the Zatoichi series which is what I always assumed Blind Fury was based off of.

 

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Dannyalcatraz

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• Apr 17, 2013

• #52

Of Unknown Origin: is about a guy who is renovating a brownstone for his family, and encounters the meanest rat of all time. Its a retelling of Moby Dick, essentially.

 

geradarys

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• Apr 17, 2013

• #53

Two great comedies - The Big Lebowski and Due Date

 

sabrinathecat

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• Apr 20, 2013

• #54

Just remembered a TV classic (well, not quite) that almost totally slipped under the radar. Total Recall 2070. More "Blade Runner" than "Total Recall", but just a fun, sci-fi cop show with more brains than most. Sadly vastly under-rated. Just found out it got a factory DVD release. Now I can junk my cruddy bootlegs for a nice, clean version.

 

sabrinathecat

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• Apr 29, 2013

• #55

Fortress. Australian teacher and her class are kidnapped, and fight back. Not a kiddie movie, but lots of kids behaving, well, like kids. And then they go "First Blood" tactics against their abductors. Never, Ever, ever think that kidnapping kids who grew up rural is a safe bet on their own turf. Yeah, the teacher isn't bad to look at either.

Vampire Princess Miyu (OVA). If you want to see something creepy and slightly disturbing, but not a bunch of animated guts and tentacle porn (hentei), try this one.

 

Nytmare

David Jose

• Apr 29, 2013

• #56

I just re-discovered The Man From Earth (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0756683/). An absolutely brilliant low budget film that I saw at Comicon four or five years ago that is now on Netflix.

Watch it immediately.

 

Dannyalcatraz

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• Apr 29, 2013

• #57

Looks interesting...

 

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Jhaelen

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• Apr 30, 2013

• #58

Did anyone already mention Screamers? I'm not sure I'd actually call it 'great' but it's decent. And it's based on a short story by Philip K. Dick. Which is really all the reason I need to recommend it

 

Dannyalcatraz

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• Apr 30, 2013

• #59

It was definitely fun.

 

Fast Learner

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• Apr 30, 2013

• #60

Not for everyone, but Slipstream has a lot of fun sci-fi in it, an enjoyable premise, really excellent acting by Bob Peck as an android, and enjoyable roles by Mark Hamill and Bob Paxton. There are some highly cheesy bits, but some great original ideas and existentialist android-as-being stuff.