LawrenceA Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 The Avengers Season Four (1965-1966) Off-beat adventure, running 26 hour-long B&W episodes. John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and new partner Mrs. Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) face off against bizarre criminal networks and nefarious hostile agents that threaten the safety and security of the world. I had seen bits and pieces of episodes over the years, but never a full show from the period. I loved it. I thought Macnee and Rigg were both fantastic, perfectly cast and immensely enjoyable. The show's tongue is firmly in cheek, and the lighthearted quality helps the more fantastic elements work. I can't decide which of Rigg's outfits I liked best: the semi-nude feathered get-up she wore while kidnapped & held for auction, a Robin-Hood number, or her "I can't believe this was on TV in the 1960's" Hellfire Club costume. Source: Lionsgate DVD 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I also watched some piecemeal Doctor Who episodes, part of the "Lost in Time" DVD set. It compiles existing episodes from story serials that have portions missing. The BBC had a policy of erasing and reusing videotapes, and countless TV movies and episodes have been lost forever thanks to it. Many Doctor Who serials are missing in their entirety, but there are some where a few episodes survived. I watched the two-out-of-four episodes of "The Crusade" and the three-out-of-twelve episodes of "The Daleks' Master Plan", both from 1965. I suppose this set is nice for Who fanatics who wish to see every little bit that they can get, but me being a novice to the series, I wasn't very engaged with it. King Richard I (Julian Glover) and the Doctor (William Hartnell) The Daleks decide to burn it up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricJ Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 7 minutes ago, LawrenceA said: The Avengers Season Four (1965-1966) Off-beat adventure, running 26 hour-long B&W episodes. John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and new partner Mrs. Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) face off against bizarre criminal networks and nefarious hostile agents that threaten the safety and security of the world. I had seen bits and pieces of episodes over the years, but never a full show from the period. I loved it. I thought Macnee and Rigg were both fantastic, perfectly cast and immensely enjoyable. The show's tongue is firmly in cheek, and the lighthearted quality helps the more fantastic elements work. Just wait till you get to the color (and, sadly, last Diana Rigg) Season 5, in '67--Which, among other things, involves trying to get the racing theme from "Dead Man's Treasure" out of your head: Although have to admit, the B/W Steed & Peel episodes have more of a "spy-show" feel to them, with more complex plots. And although Tara King in S6 wasn't bad, even Patrick Macnee admitted the '68 season jumped the shark bringing in the Ministry HQ and "Mother". 2 minutes ago, LawrenceA said: I also watched some piecemeal Doctor Who episodes, part of the "Lost in Time" DVD set. It compiles existing episodes from story serials that have portions missing. The BBC had a policy of erasing and reusing videotapes, and countless TV movies and episodes have been lost forever thanks to it. Many Doctor Who serials are missing in their entirety, but there are some where a few episodes survived. I watched the two-out-of-four episodes of "The Crusade" and the three-out-of-twelve episodes of "The Daleks' Master Plan", both from 1965. I suppose this set is nice for Who fanatics who wish to see every little bit that they can get, but me being a novice to the series, I wasn't very engaged with it. BION, I also made the mistake of starting first-time Who-curiosity with the disjointed piecemeal episodes of "Lost in Time", just because it was the most available disk on Netflix at the time--All I knew of the Doctor was the strange low-budget channel-click pieces of Tom Baker I'd seen on PBS stations (with the Howard daSilva recaps, since I somehow never managed to tune into a Part 1 from the beginning), and it wasn't until DVD that I could start with the Tom Bakers and Patrick Troughtons. But I liked what bits of William Hartnell I saw, and dug deeper. (In fact, I'd started with David McCallum and Joanna Lumley in baldfaced Who-knockoff "Sapphire & Steel" on disk first, halfway realized, "Oh, this is what Doctor Who looks like!", and decided to look up the real episodes.) For those with streaming, PlutoTV has now added a streaming-broadcast channel of 24/7 Doctor Who:Classic episodes in their arc entirety, assuming you have any luck tuning into a Part 1 there, either. Otherwise, it was the Tom Baker one-two punch of "Robots of Death" and "Talons of Weng-Chiang" on DVD that made me a fan for life. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarjoe Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 2 hours ago, LawrenceA said: Here are a few that I watched earlier this week to close out my 1965 movies: Wild on the Beach (1965) - 2/10 Without a doubt the absolute worst beach-party-style rip-off film that I've seen. Adam (Frankie Randall) and Lee (Sherry Jackson) both rent the same beach house for the summer, and each refuses to give up their claim. Zero laughs and amateur drama ensue. Also featuring Russ Bender, Gayle Caldwell, Jackie Miller, and Booth Colman. There are also performances by Sonny & Cher, The Astronauts, and Sandy Nelson. The Sonny & Cher song, "It's Gonna Rain", may be one of the worst songs in the history of Western Civilization. The entire film is like hammering a railroad spike through your foot. In B&W. Source: CIA torture kit What? Where are your reviews for: Flesh and Lace (1965) Hot Skin And Cold Cash (1965) Love Statue (The)(1965) Tell Me in the Sunlight (1965) Did I miss these? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, cigarjoe said: What? Where are your reviews for: Flesh and Lace (1965) Hot Skin And Cold Cash (1965) Love Statue (The)(1965) Tell Me in the Sunlight (1965) Did I miss these? Those all sound like fun. The first three are likely Something Weird releases. Now I got even more stuff to be on the look out for. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarjoe Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 13 minutes ago, LawrenceA said: Those all sound like fun. The first three are likely Something Weird releases. Now I got even more stuff to be on the look out for. The first three are Something Weird releases. Flesh and Lace has Joe Santos in one of his first films. Hot Skin and Cold Cash is a day in the life of a Times Square hooker. The Love Statue has some great Greenwich Village nostalgia, while Tell Me In The Sunlight is Steve Cochran's last film before his tragic death. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) Terrible pro-New Deal propaganda with a threadbare plot of Broadway producer Warner Baxter being asked by FDR to head up a new Department of Amusement to lift the nation's spirits during the Depression. (The Federal Theater Project hadn't been founded yet, but it should have been clear to everybody that such a department would get hijacked by people looking to use it to put forward "art" with their political agenda. At least the movie One-Third of a Nation has the saving grace of being so bad it's funny; Stand Up and Cheer! doesn't do that.) There's a love interest for Baxter in the form of Madge Evans, and a shadowy cabal of interests who want the department to fail because they supposedly have economic interests that will be harmed if the Depression ends. Mostly, however, the film is an excuse to put on a bunch of unrelated music and vaudeville numbers. The one bright spot is a very young Shirley Temple, who got her contract at Fox because of this. Most of them are bad, such as Mitchell and Durant playing two senators who oppose the department. And you might not have thought it possible, but the screenwriters gave Stepin Fetchit material that's even more degrading than usual, notably an extended sequence involving a penguin voiced by a Jimmy Durante soundalike. Terrible, terrible, terrible. 1/10, with the 1 being for Shirley. Her face is on the DVD cover art, but she only has the one number plus one shot in the finale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampersand Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948) I know this is probably on every month or two but haven't watched it in a while and wanted to watch it again. Might be because of the title, which I love. Might be because of the cast, which is pretty stellar. Might be because of the subject of a man just wanting to build a dream home with nothing frivolous or too extraneous, it's grounded in what it wants to be. Or that it's like a suburban flick, centered around housing and something mundane made comedic. Or that it's just plain entertaining. It is what it is, a safe, comfortable comedy and a good way to spend an hour and more. 8.5/10 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thenryb Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Mr. Blandings is one of my all-time favorites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarjoe Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Hardcore (1979) L.A. Skin Trade Noir A straight laced man from the Midwest goes looking for his runaway daughter in L.A.'s seedy porn scene. Written and directed by Paul Schrader. Schrader was one of Hollywood's top screenwriters. He had a good run in the seventies and early eighties. He wrote The Yakuza, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and directed American Gigolo, and the recently reviewed here Neo Noir Auto Focus (2002). Cinematography in Hardcore was by Michael Chapman (The Last Detail, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Fugitive). Music was by Jack Nitzsche (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Moulin Rouge!). The film stars, George C. Scott (Anatomy of a Murder, The Hustler, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) as Jake Van Dorn, Peter Boyle (The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Taxi Driver, Hammett) as P.I. Andy Mast, Season Hubley (Vice Squad) as Niki, Dick Sargent as Wes DeJong, Leonard Gaines as porn producer Bill Ramada, Dave Nichols as Kurt, Gary Graham as Tod, Larry Block as Detective Burrows, Marc Alaimo as Ratan, Leslie Ackerman as Felice, Charlotte McGinnis as Beatrice, Ilah Davis as Kristen Van Dorn, Paul Marin as Joe Van Dorn, Will Walker as **** Jim, and Hal Williams as Big Dick Blaque. The seedy sides of L.A. and other California locations are well depicted as is the adult entertainment industry with its adult bookstores, peep shows, massage parlors, trippy drug using actors and prostitutes. 7-8/10 Screen caps and fuller review in Film Noir/Gangster Pages 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarjoe Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Rafles sur la ville (original title) Sinners of Paris (1958) Paris Noir 7/10 Directed by Pierre Chenal. Written by Paul Andréota, Pierre Chenal, and Jean Ferry. Mentioned it before in I just watched but here is a bit more about the film. It was based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton. Cinematography was by Marcel Grignon, and music was by Michel Legrand. Charles Vanel is crime boss Léonce Pozzi known as "Le Fondu", and no it doesn' mean the "hot melted cheese dip, lol, it means "Mr. Fade." Vanel's first film credit was in 1910. I first saw him in The Wages Of Fear, then in Diabolique. Mr. Fade's ace up the sleeve is his trademark hand grenade that he carries between his legs, sort of like a third ball. Bella Darvi is Mr. Fade's stipper/dancer gal pal Cri Cri who dances at the Pegasus Club in the Pigalle. Michel Piccoli is L'inspecteur Vardier, de la P.J. his breakthrough came after Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt (1963) he was also in Is Paris Burning?, Belle de Jour, and The Phantom of Liberty. Sinners of Paris was a nice surprise to find. Its a routine policer that manages to stay interesting. There's got to be a lot more out there mostly unknown to aficio-noir-dos. They never had international releases and probably are in French only. Full review with screen caps in Film Noir/Gangster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Season Two (1965-1966) More spy-jinks with Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and Illya Kuryakin (David McCallum) on the case, working for international law enforcement group U.N.C.L.E., and under the stewardship of Mr. Waverly (Leo G. Carroll). This season was the first in color, and consists of 30 hour-long episodes. Guest stars include Vincent Price, Rip Torn, Eve Arden, Martin Landau, Jack Weston, Ricardo Montalban, Vera Miles, Victor Buono, and many others. George Sanders returns from season one as a master criminal for another go-round. One episode acted as a backdoor pilot for The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., although instead of series cast mates Stefanie Powers and Noel Harrison, the main characters were played by Mary Ann Mobley and Norman Fell. I enjoyed this season, and both Vaughn and McCallum are fun as the heroes, even if they don't exactly sell the action scenes in every outing. The show started to lean more heavily into parody by season's end, and from what I've read the third season goes in that direction even further, which tempers my enthusiasm for watching it. Source: Warner DVD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 Wait! This shot of Landau is from one of those Man from U.N.C.L.E. episodes, Lawrence?... Well then, HELL, it's no WONDER the guy won the 1995 Best Supporting Actor Oscar! Seems he had 30 years to perfect the ROLE!!! (...btw...thanks for that shot of Patricia Medina up there...I've thought she was one hot and sultry lookin' older lady since I was a kid...come to THINK of it, perhaps the very first time I ever remember noticing her WAS on that TV show when I was a kid) 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAndNora34 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 EVERYTHING MUST GO (2010) *Score: 4.5/10* tarring: Will Ferrell, Michael Pena, Rebecca Hall. Ferrell stars as a man who loses his job and his marriage all in the span of one day, which is very unfortunate. His wife calls movers to deposit all of Ferrell's belongings onto the front lawn, and she changes the locks on all the doors so he can't go inside (she then leaves and presumably stays in a hotel or something; we never actually get to see her). He is forced to essentially live outside on his front lawn, and during this time, he meets a lonely boy whose mom works full time, and a new pregnant neighbor across the street. I wish I could say I loved this, but I did not. For some reason, I've found that I haven't been enjoying a lot of the movies I've been watching lately. It was interesting to see Will Ferrell do something a little deeper, but I honestly prefer him in comedic roles. Maybe that's just me, though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikisoo Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 6 hours ago, NickAndNora34 said: For some reason, I've found that I haven't been enjoying a lot of the movies I've been watching lately. Uh oh. 💔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 I also would like some context on that LANDAU as VAMPIRE pic....for many many many reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 On 6/22/2019 at 8:17 PM, LawrenceA said: The Avengers Season Four (1965-1966) Off-beat adventure, running 26 hour-long B&W episodes. John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and new partner Mrs. Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) face off against bizarre criminal networks and nefarious hostile agents that threaten the safety and security of the world. I had seen bits and pieces of episodes over the years, but never a full show from the period. I loved it. I thought Macnee and Rigg were both fantastic, perfectly cast and immensely enjoyable. The show's tongue is firmly in cheek, and the lighthearted quality helps the more fantastic elements work. I can't decide which of Rigg's outfits I liked best: the semi-nude feathered get-up she wore while kidnapped & held for auction, a Robin-Hood number, or her "I can't believe this was on TV in the 1960's" Hellfire Club costume. Source: Lionsgate DVD LOL. Mrs. Peel, We're needed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickAndNora34 Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 9 hours ago, TikiSoo said: Uh oh. 💔 I think I've been picking the wrong movies lately lol. They all seem like they're going to be good, and then they're not... Hopefully I'll pick a good one soon because I hate watching something and not feeling anything for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Batman Season One (1966) The first season of the campy comedy-adventure series, consisting of 34 half-hour episodes. Millionaire playboy Bruce Wayne (Adam West) and his young ward Dick Grayson (Burt Ward) secretly fight crime as the costumed Dynamic Duo Batman & Robin. Other cast regulars include Alan Napier as Wayne's faithful butler Alfred, Neil Hamilton as Police Commissioner Gordon, Stafford Repp as Police Chief O'Hara, and Madge Blake as Grayson's clueless Aunt Harriet. The recurring "Special Guest Villains" this season included Frank Gorshin as The Riddler (4 storylines), Burgess Meredith as The Penguin (3 storylines), and Cesar Romero as The Joker (3 storylines). The one-off villains include Julie Newmar as The Catwoman, Anne Baxter as Zelda the Great, George Sanders as Mr. Freeze, David Wayne as The Mad Hatter, Malachi Throne as False Face, Victor Buono as King Tut, and Roddy McDowall as The Bookworm. Due to a scheduling issue, the hour-long stories were split into half hour installments, with both halves airing on different nights the same week. The show debuted on January 12, 1966, and ran through May 5. This was followed by the theatrical Batman: The Movie on July 30, and then season two's premiere on September 7. It's no wonder then that the show saw a quick burn-out among viewers. Still, in 1966 it was a legitimate pop-culture phenomenon, and shaped a generation's perception of not only Batman but comic book properties in general. The show is fun, with a lot of knowing, winking humor, although it gets to be a bit much when binge-watched. Adam West didn't get the credit he deserved for playing the title role so humorously. The Joker was my favorite villain, naturally, painted-over mustache and all, but I also enjoy Meredith, Gorshin (to an extent), Newmar, and Buono. Source: Warner DVD 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 On 6/23/2019 at 6:15 PM, cigarjoe said: Hardcore (1979) L.A. Skin Trade Noir A straight laced man from the Midwest goes looking for his runaway daughter in L.A.'s seedy porn scene. Written and directed by Paul Schrader. Schrader was one of Hollywood's top screenwriters. He had a good run in the seventies and early eighties. He wrote The Yakuza, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull and directed American Gigolo, and the recently reviewed here Neo Noir Auto Focus (2002). Cinematography in Hardcore was by Michael Chapman (The Last Detail, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Fugitive). Music was by Jack Nitzsche (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Moulin Rouge!). The film stars, George C. Scott (Anatomy of a Murder, The Hustler, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb) as Jake Van Dorn, Peter Boyle (The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Taxi Driver, Hammett) as P.I. Andy Mast, Season Hubley (Vice Squad) as Niki, Dick Sargent as Wes DeJong, Leonard Gaines as porn producer Bill Ramada, Dave Nichols as Kurt, Gary Graham as Tod, Larry Block as Detective Burrows, Marc Alaimo as Ratan, Leslie Ackerman as Felice, Charlotte McGinnis as Beatrice, Ilah Davis as Kristen Van Dorn, Paul Marin as Joe Van Dorn, Will Walker as **** Jim, and Hal Williams as Big Dick Blaque. The seedy sides of L.A. and other California locations are well depicted as is the adult entertainment industry with its adult bookstores, peep shows, massage parlors, trippy drug using actors and prostitutes. 7-8/10 Screen caps and fuller review in Film Noir/Gangster Pages What got censored before Jim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Somnambula Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 14 minutes ago, Hibi said: What got censored before Jim? Hardcore (1979) (IMDb) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 I was asking about in the review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Hibi said: I was asking about in the review. If you click the link, you'll see the character name that was censored. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 25 minutes ago, LawrenceA said: If you click the link, you'll see the character name that was censored. LMREO!!!! Funny Blaque didnt get censored. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts