What's the latest movie you've seen?

[Psy-Fi]

Suddenly! (1954)

B&W film noir crime thriller featuring Frank Sinatra in a starring role. A small town in California gets a surprise visit from the President of the United States and a trio of assassins who are aware of the impending visit and show up in town ahead of the President and his entourage. Good script, good acting, & good directing make this one well worth watching.

[Psy-Fi]

Beauty and the Liquid People (also known as Beauty and liquid human and The H-Man) (1958)

Japanese sci-fi/horror flick from the 50's filmed in color. A hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific Ocean, creates a gelatinous blob of radioactive goo which takes on a life of its own and absorbs any people in its path as it makes its way from the ocean to Japan. I watched the original Japanese release with English subtitles. The story was ridiculous but fairly entertaining and the color photography was gorgeous. One of those movies where I find myself being more interested in the period clothing, hairstyles, cars, and overall vibe, than the story itself. 

[Guybrush]

Beauty and the Liquid People (also known as Beauty and liquid human and The H-Man) (1958)

Japanese sci-fi/horror flick from the 50's filmed in color. A hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific Ocean, creates a gelatinous blob of radioactive goo which takes on a life of its own and absorbs any people in its path as it makes its way from the ocean to Japan. I watched the original Japanese release with English subtitles. The story was ridiculous but fairly entertaining and the color photography was gorgeous. One of those movies where I find myself being more interested in the period clothing, hairstyles, cars, and overall vibe, than the story itself. 

Weird.. that's the same year The Blob came out. Sounds pretty similar.

[Psy-Fi]

Weird.. that's the same year The Blob came out. Sounds pretty similar.

The Blob is a classic of the genre and I've seen it but, for some reason, I didn't think of that.

I checked the release dates and it looks like Beauty and the Liquid People was released almost 3 months prior to The Blob.

Beauty and the Liquid People may not be the better movie but it certainly has the better title.

[grindy]

I've got some liquid people right here...

[Psy-Fi]

He Walked by Night (1948)

Low budget B&W semi-documentary style crime thriller, which is loosely based on the real-life crimes committed by Erwin Walker in 1946. Featuring an early appearance by Jack Webb before he went on to create the 'Dragnet' radio show and TV series which is also loosely based on real-life crimes. The story was fairly close to the actual events but after looking up Erwin Walker in Wikipedia, the full story of his criminal activities would've made for a far more interesting script. I guess there's only so much that can be crammed into a movie with a running time of 80 minutes, though.

Erwin Walker

[Psy-Fi]

Woman on the Run (1950)

B&W noir crime thriller about a man who sees a murder committed against a witness in an upcoming trial, and decides to go into hiding after the police want him to identify the killer in court. The police keep a close eye on his wife, hoping she will lead them to him before the killer can find him. Not sure why the title is 'Woman on the Run' because it's about a man on the run while his wife desperately tries to contact him.

[Psy-Fi]

Mothra (1961)

A classic Japanese monster movie from the 60's. The last time I watched this I was probably around 10 to 12 years old and it was even weirder and more wonderful than I remembered. As usual, radiation from atomic bomb detonations is a feature of the story. Add to that a tribe of primitive island people, a pair of miniature fairy twins, an unscrupulous entrepreneur, a linguist, a photographer, a newspaper reporter, a kid or two, a giant caterpillar, and the Japanese military, and you have all the ingredients necessary for a bang-up Japanese monster movie.

[Guybrush]

Cool @Psy-Fi 🙂

A couple of dumb questions;

Might kids enjoy Mothra? And Mothra is an enemy of Godzilla, right? Is Godzilla in this?

[Psy-Fi]

Cool @Psy-Fi 🙂

A couple of dumb questions;

Might kids enjoy Mothra? And Mothra is an enemy of Godzilla, right? Is Godzilla in this?

For the most part I think kids would enjoy the movie but there's a scene where a group of island natives get gunned down in a jungle, so I guess it would depend on the ages of the kids. I know there's a "Mothra vs. Godzilla" movie but I don't know much about the rivalry between the two. And no, Godzilla is not in this movie.

[DJChameleon]

Cool @Psy-Fi 🙂

A couple of dumb questions;

Might kids enjoy Mothra? And Mothra is an enemy of Godzilla, right? Is Godzilla in this?

Mothra is actually a good creature. The reason she ends up fighting Godzilla is because she was trying to protect an egg of hers that Godzilla was going after.

[Psy-Fi]

The Mack (1973)

A small-time criminal does time in prison and decides to try his luck at pimping after he's released, much to the dismay of his brother, an activist trying to take criminals off the streets. He runs afoul of a couple of corrupt cops and his former crime boss who wants him to return to work for him.


Some interesting background info about the film from Wikipedia...

Production for the film started from early September to late December 1972.[8] According to director Michael Campus, the original script for the film was written on prison toilet paper by Bobby Poole, an inmate at San Quentin. While staying in Oakland for two months, Campus met Frank Ward, a real pimp and drug dealer from Oakland. Max Julien's character of Goldie is based upon him. In order to shoot the movie, Campus needed Ward's permission, because many scenes were filmed in his territory. In exchange for his guidance and protection, Campus put Ward in the film. All of the homeless people, junkies, pimps and women in the film were supplied by Frank Ward.[9]

Although Campus had Ward's protection, the film was also in Black Panther territory. During filming, Black Panther party members would throw bottles and trash cans from rooftops. In order for filming to run smoothly, an additional deal had to be made with Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, who were then put in charge of providing extras for the film. About halfway through the production of the film, Frank Ward was shot and killed while in his Rolls-Royce. There was speculation that the Black Panthers were responsible for Ward's death, and the filmmakers and cast relocated to safer areas for filming. Despite the tension, the film's opening was shot in Oakland with all of the proceeds going to the Black Panthers' breakfast program.[10]

[Psy-Fi]

Latitude Zero (1969)

A Japanese sci-fi/fantasy flick with futuristic submarines, heroes and villains. I found a bootleg DVD of this one for $6 (USD) and took a chance and bought it. Turned out to be top-notch quality video and audio. This movie is different from most Japanese sci-fi/fantasy films that I've seen, because the dialog was originally recorded in English and most of the cast were American actors. It reminded me of some of the 60's TV shows by Irwin Allen like 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' and 'Lost in Space.' Sort of like a cross between those two made into a full-length film. The special effects ranged between very good to goofy but even the ridiculous effects didn't make the story any less entertaining.  

[Guybrush]

Nice to see you find a truly good one once in a blue moon, @Psy-Fi 😄

Me and my wife watched this:



Tillsammans 99, a sequel to a Swedish movie, Tillsammans, that came out around the turn of the century that I saw a couple of times.

The old movie was about a Swedish commune in 1975. In this sequel, It's 1999, so the characters have aged appropriately.

It's a subtle comedy about weird, flawed people getting together and being awkward. It got more chuckles than laughs, but I liked it.

[Marie Monday]

Omg there's a sequel to that??? I love Lukas Moodysson