Great movies you might not have heard of.

Dannyalcatraz

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• May 20, 2013

• #61

Finally got to see a movie that's been sitting on my DVR for a few months- Bong Joon-ho’s The Host.

It's a really good Korean giant-monster movie that first came to my attention in Lucius Shepherd's review in F&SF Magazine back in 2007.

It has a nasty monster, human triumph & tragedy, and humor.

 

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sabrinathecat

Explorer

• May 21, 2013

• #62

Not to be confused with the crappy Slipstream movie w Anthony Hopkins.

 

M

Mallus

Legend

• May 21, 2013

• #63

Dannyalcatraz said:

Finally got to see a movie that's been sitting on my DVR for a few months- Bong Joon-ho’s The Host.

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Awesome, ain't it?

Here's an older Asian film: King Hu's A Touch of Zen. A warning -- it's 3 hours long and the DVD Netflix has is of poor quality. That said, it's a great, with some of the best camera work I've ever seen. Plus super-serene, ass-kicking Buddhist monks!

 

FoxWander

Adventurer

• May 27, 2013

• #64

Awesome thread! See a few of my quirky faves from back in the day here (Near Dark, Death Trap, and Into The Night). Here are my suggestions.

After Hours (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088680/) Griffin Dunne goes to SoHo for a date and has a very crazy night. Love the last scene in this.

Warlock (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098622/) Julian Sands plays one of the best villains ever!! Modeled one of my best evil characters on this movie.

Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/) Hamlet from the view of two of its bit parts. Awesome acting from Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, and Richard Dreyfuss.

 

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Dannyalcatraz

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• May 27, 2013

• #65

FoxWander said:

Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/) Hamlet from the view of two of its bit parts. Awesome acting from Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, and Richard Dreyfuss.

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I watch that every time I find it on TV.

 

sabrinathecat

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• May 27, 2013

• #66

Ah, Warlock. Loved that movie when I was in college. Took me 10 years to notice a single internal inconsistency. (in the graveyard, the regular ground is holy, and the original cemetery ground isn't!)
Based on a book that was, well, pretty awful. Best thing the screenwriters did was ignore most of the author's more puerile an juvenile ideas, and stick with the core plot.

Never could get into RaGAD. Tried a couple times.

 

jonesy

A Wicked Kendragon

• May 27, 2013

• #67

[video=youtube;7C6LjfE5FTA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C6LjfE5FTA[/video]

 

Scrivener of Doom

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• May 31, 2013

• #68

Dannyalcatraz said:

(snip) Kung Fu Hustle: a full-on spoof of classic martial arts movies.

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Good man. One of my favourites... but very well known in the parts of Asia I live/have lived.

Grosse Point Blank is one of my favourites. It's a John Cusack film about an assassin who discovers he has a conscience about his job.

Great thread by the way. I've found quite a few movies on YouTube as a result.

 

Dannyalcatraz

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• May 31, 2013

• #69

I believe there is a sequel to KFH in the works...but as the first news I saw about it was in 2005, it may be one of those projects that never gets going.

 

ExploderWizard

Hero

• May 31, 2013

• #70

The Resurrected (1991) A cool direct to video adaptation of the Lovecraft classic story The Case of Charles Dexter Ward. It stars Chris Sarandon and John (Hawk the Slayer) Terry.

It is a must see for any COC fan because the film plays much like the game. The protagonists are an investigative team. It was released on DvD in 2005.

 

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