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Yeah, but mostly for thier late movies during the week it doesnt matter. Early 50's and 40's monster movies. They have fear friday though which could do with some uncensoring.

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Yeah AMC does. I remember watching Halloween and Friday films on AMC and it wasn't worth it.

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Yeah I suppose films from the 40's and 50's wouldn't need to be cut, but anything from the late 60's on wouldn't be worth watching. The edited for TV version of Die Hard 2 is one of the worst: "Yippe-Kiy-Yay Mr. Falcon!"

I'm sad Cablevision took down Monsters HD. That was by far my favorite movie channel on TV. :(

Brewster McCloud

Well. That might be the best slap to the face of Hollywood I've seen. God, what a way to follow up MASH...

Harry Brown [2009] - Michael Cain doesn't usually disappoint me. The story of elderly men being harassed by hooligans in rough neighborhoods in England. They take a stand and the ensuing mess is filled with bitter revenge and tinges of descriptive killings. 6/10

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Harry Brown [2009] - Michael Cain doesn't usually disappoint me. The story of elderly men being harassed by hooligans in rough neighborhoods in England. They take a stand and the ensuing mess is filled with bitter revenge and tinges of descriptive killings. 6/10

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I thought it was pretty good, I liked how bloodthirsty the film was, how they never do the whole "I have become what I hate" thing that vigilante films always seem to do. Since this joins the subgenre of elderly vigilante flicks, it's too bad Caine couldn't have taken a page out of Charles Bronson's book in Death Wish 3 and ordered a rocket launcher through the mail, that was brilliant.

In the “old man revenge” genre I’d recommend Red with Brian Cox. It’s a great drama/thriller about an old man who takes his dog fishing, only to have it murdered by some out of control teenagers. When he tries to take the issue up with their parents, the father, played by Tom Sizemore, couldn’t care less. The old man refuses to drop it and things escalate from there. It’s got great writing and of course a great performance by Cox.

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In the “old man revenge” genre I’d recommend Red with Brian Cox. It’s a great drama/thriller about an old man who takes his dog fishing, only to have it murdered by some out of control teenagers. When he tries to take the issue up with their parents, the father, played by Tom Sizemore, couldn’t care less. The old man refuses to drop it and things escalate from there. It’s got great writing and of course a great performance by Cox.

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I remember reading about this film a couple of years ago, I'll have to check it out. Brian Cox is the s**t, while Tom Sizemore used to be.

Predators [2010] - It's official, I hate the Predator movies now.:mad: 1/10

Ronin

Pretty cool movie.

9/10

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Predators [2010] - It's official, I hate the Predator movies now.:mad: 1/10

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Just stick with the original and pretend the others were never made. That's how I get through my days.

The Sting - 8.5/10
Entertaining comedy drama about conmen during the depression era. I've never been big on Robert Redford, but Paul Newman is good as always in his suprisingly small role. Robert Shaw is the villian and he's wicked as always.

Iron Man 2 - 8.5/10
Not quite as good as the first film but still pretty solid. The action scenes are few and pretty short. The emphasis is on the characters, which isn't a bad thing, just suprising.

just saw The Town, giving Ben Affleck a chance to prove that he is not always a douche bag and can also be in another Boston-focused movie without showing Good Will Hunting douche-baggery.

well, he was inconsistent on the douche bag front, but the movie was all right. It's just one of those cases where if it had one less action scene, the movie would've sucked. But as it stands, it has enough action to make it an enjoyable guy flick, and seeing a shoot-out in Fenway Park tickled me in a way that made me say, "yeahhhh.....that's niiiice."

only problem is the freaking dialogue between Ben and his love-interest. good god, was it boring and overdone. Producers tried too hard on the "character development" front.

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just saw The Town, giving Ben Affleck a chance to prove that he is not always a douche bag and can also be in another Boston-focused movie without showing Good Will Hunting douche-baggery.

well, he was inconsistent on the douche bag front, but the movie was all right. It's just one of those cases where if it had one less action scene, the movie would've sucked. But as it stands, it has enough action to make it an enjoyable guy flick, and seeing a shoot-out in Fenway Park tickled me in a way that made me say, "yeahhhh.....that's niiiice."

only problem is the freaking dialogue between Ben and his love-interest. good god, was it boring and overdone. Producers tried too hard on the "character development" front.

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Funny thing about the trailer for The Town, they say "from the acclaimed director of Gone Baby Gone", but fail to mention that it's Affleck, like the studio is embarrassed by that fact. GBG was well made I thought, but terribly depressing. The Town is also getting some good reviews.

it's a good flick, but sometimes falls victim to wanting to do too many close-ups of Ben Affleck

Fatal Attraction - 8/10

Watching it for my intro to film class. I've seen it before but never really paid attention to it. Now that I'm watching it again I like it. Michael Douglas does good at playing a common business man. Glenn Close plays an excellent crazy lady.:) I think the rabbit scene is one of the most f'ed up things I've seen lately.

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it's a good flick, but sometimes falls victim to wanting to do too many close-ups of Ben Affleck

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Hmm, I wonder why, maybe the director is in love with the leading man...

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Fatal Attraction - 8/10

Watching it for my intro to film class. I've seen it before but never really paid attention to it. Now that I'm watching it again I like it. Michael Douglas does good at playing a common business man. Glenn Close plays an excellent crazy lady.:) I think the rabbit scene is one of the most f'ed up things I've seen lately.

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Douglas has gone back to that type of story a couple of times, also see Basic Instinct and Disclosure, where he plays the role of a guy who gets in over his head when he sleeps with a crazy lady. Along with the corporate cold blooded shark (Wall Street), that was his signature role for a while.

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Douglas has gone back to that type of story a couple of times, also see Basic Instinct and Disclosure, where he plays the role of a guy who gets in over his head when he sleeps with a crazy lady. Along with the corporate cold blooded shark (Wall Street), that was his signature role for a while.

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Yeah, thats what I was thinking. I've seen Basic Instinct and parts of Wall Street. Never seen Disclosure though.

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Yeah, thats what I was thinking. I've seen Basic Instinct and parts of Wall Street. Never seen Disclosure though.

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I guess I what I should have said is Disclosure is an example of this type of role he's played before but don't see it. It's pretty bad, although it does have a hilariously cheesy virtual reality sequence.

The Great Outdoors

I laugh every time John Candy shoots that bear in the butt.

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I guess I what I should have said is Disclosure is an example of this type of role he's played before but don't see it. It's pretty bad, although it does have a hilariously cheesy virtual reality sequence.

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She showed us the original ending to Fatal Attraction, which I've never seen before. It was ok, but like most Americans I love the revenge ending it has now.

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She showed us the original ending to Fatal Attraction, which I've never seen before. It was ok, but like most Americans I love the revenge ending it has now.

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For me it was the other way around, I liked the original ending better, it was more diabolical. It kinda bothers me when glossy Hollywood productions steal from Jason Voorhees, you know, the killer's not really dead.

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For me it was the other way around, I liked the original ending better, it was more diabolical. It kinda bothers me when glossy Hollywood productions steal from Jason Voorhees, you know, the killer's not really dead.

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I thought you would, she explained to us how everyone else than most Americans love the original ending (especially the Japanese) because Americans are vengeful and want to see Glenn Close get what we think she deserves in the end.

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I thought you would, she explained to us how everyone else than most Americans love the original ending (especially the Japanese) because Americans are vengeful and want to see Glenn Close get what we think she deserves in the end.

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That's interesting, don't get me wrong, I love revenge as much as the next guy but I love endings with dark twists as well.

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That's interesting, don't get me wrong, I love revenge as much as the next guy but I love endings with dark twists as well.

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She said Japanese test audiences loved that ending the most because they see suicide as something thats honorable, unlike others who see it as an easy way out.

Up In The Air - 8.5/10

I enjoyed it and I did not see the ending coming. Not exactly "and they lived happily ever after" ending. Still good though.

Survival of the Dead - Romero has really slipped and the zombie genre as a whole really needs to take a rest. While having a mildly interesting story, Romero uses too many clichés and tired horror tricks. (How many times now in his films has family members been bitten because of an unwillingness to accept them as zombies?) Even worse, Romero commit’s the sin of bad CGI, something he has stayed away from for years.

The Burrowers - Part of the western/horror genre the film’s an interesting flick in the vain of Tremors, although not as light hearted. Good performances by Clancy Brown and the rest of the cast and a unique backdrop pull this through. The ending is somewhat flat and the creatures themselves are somewhat goofy but I still recommend it.

Pat Garret and Billy the Kid - A fun Sam Peckinpah western from the 70’s. While not historically accurate, it does focus on the relationship between the two famous gunfighters and the duality that existed between them. The idea a friendship can form between two people on completely opposite sides of the field is an interesting one. Good performances yet odd casting choices. Kristofferson and Coburn, in their 30’s and 50’s respectively, play The Kid and Garret, who were only 21 and 32 when the events happened. And one wonders just why Bob Dylan is even in this film… oh yea, he did the soundtrack.

Thieves Like Us - A charming forgotten film of the 70’s. Keith Carradine plays a 20’s era gangster who is part of a trio of prison escapees. The band goes on a robbery spree through the country and during this time Carradine starts to fall for the cousin (played by Shelly Duvall) of one of compatriots. Good performances and an emphasis on character by director Robert Altman.

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Just stick with the original and pretend the others were never made. That's how I get through my days.

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yeah, that's exactly what i'm doing. I hate how bastardized the original movie has become because of all the terrible sequels/spinoffs they've done.

ps. you guys are all way too gracious when doling out the points out of ten for these movies. Seriously, you think that movies like Up In The Air are only 1.5 points behind movies like Citizen Kane?

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yeah, that's exactly what i'm doing. I hate how bastardized the original movie has become because of all the terrible sequels/spinoffs they've done.

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But it doesn't ever really affect the originals, does it? For example, as mediocre as Godfather III is, it doesn't diminish the first two at all for me. If anything, sh***y sequels just make the originals look even stronger in my eyes.

And as far as the ratings go, I try to judge each film individually on it's own merit, not in relation to another film. I mean it's all a matter of opinion.

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But it doesn't ever really affect the originals, does it? For example, as mediocre as Godfather III is, it doesn't diminish the first two at all for me. If anything, sh***y sequels just make the originals look even stronger in my eyes.

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i never stated that it was a carved in stone rule that applies to all sequels. It's just the matter of fact that all of the predator ones have done very little to further the aspirations and quality of the first movie. The tension that the predator's elusiveness brought to the first movie is unmatched by any of the subsequent knock off movies they made. I think many movies would stand stronger on their own like Blader Runner does.

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i never stated that it was a carved in stone rule that applies to all sequels. It's just the matter of fact that all of the predator ones have done very little to further the aspirations and quality of the first movie. The tension that the predator's elusiveness brought to the first movie is unmatched by any of the subsequent knock off movies they made. I think many movies would stand stronger on their own like Blader Runner does.

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Well unfortunately with a lot of films the desire to make a sequel is based on money, not expanding on the story layed out by the first film. It would have been very cool for someone like James Cameron to do with Predator 2 what he did with Aliens, but alas they hired the guy who directed A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 and went from a cast of baddasses to Danny Glover.

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Well unfortunately with a lot of films the desire to make a sequel is based on money, not expanding on the story layed out by the first film. It would have been very cool for someone like James Cameron to do with Predator 2 what he did with Aliens, but alas they hired the guy who directed A Nightmare On Elm Street 5 and went from a cast of baddasses to Danny Glover.

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yes, i am in full agreement with you. If you were a duck, i'd stroke your down.

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Up In The Air - 8.5/10

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yes, i am in full agreement with you. If you were a duck, i'd stroke your down.

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Ducks can be stroked??? I feel a little uncomfortable now...

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Ducks can be stroked??? I feel a little uncomfortable now...

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mallards are my favorite stroke-able feathered friends.

Iron Man 2: 7/10 needed more action, but decent overall, 1st one was better, glad it was a rental than a blind buy (Blu Ray). Thought Mickey was pretty good in this one, even though he's a strange looking botox dude. And why is Sam Jackson in every freakin' movie now?


Frozen: 5/10 Quite the lame flick. I do realize it's pretty hard to fill an hour and half stuck in a chair lift. Kinda felt like a student film.

Have Date Night, Get Him to the Greek and Boogie Nights in the next few days. Haven't seen Boogie in years, should be a nice return to a great flick.

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Iron Man 2: 7/10 needed more action, but decent overall, 1st one was better, glad it was a rental than a blind buy (Blu Ray). Thought Mickey was pretty good in this one, even though he's a strange looking botox dude. And why is Sam Jackson in every freakin' movie now?

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I heard they were trying to redo all the superhero movies and that Jackson had signed a contract to make 10 cameo appearances in different films and then have a film for himself. Seems a bit overkill but they don't care if it keeps the money rolling in.

The last film i watched was Calamity Jane, as for some reason i was up at 3 in the morning and for some other reason it was on at 3 morning, as i couldn't be bothered to turn it off i learnt that it wasn't a bad film! 6.5/10

The Big Lebowski

This movie was alright, the last scene where they are on the cliff scattering Donnie's ashes was pretty funny.

8/10

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The Big Lebowski

This movie was alright, the last scene where they are on the cliff scattering Donnie's ashes was pretty funny.

8/10

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I agree. It's good, but I don't worship it like some people do. A lesser Coens film, in my opinion (which is still better than most films out there).

We're probably gonna get bashed now...