The Singularity Is Near (2010)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049412/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049412/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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Stick with it, season two is a blinder. Loved it.
Voley
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The psychiatrist bloke's shite. He's beginning to piss me off with his dramatic pauses and stuff. Is he in the next one?
You might think that but i couldn't possibly comment.
Voley
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If he dies horribly I could be convinced to stick with it. The next one's in an asylum isn't it? That has potential I must admit. Things I have liked are the burnt bloke / the spooky girl going 'you're gonna regret it' all the time and trying to guess who's dead or alive. It started off well but seems to have petered out a bit.
You want season two. Yes it's set in an asylum and i thought that worked well on a number of levels. You will like it.
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
Was he the guy that disguised himself as an homeless person and went and stayed at some of London's homeless shelters like Arlington House and Camberwell Spike around the early 80's ?
Yetman
Cheesecar Fucksquad #1
Any good? I liked the Kurzweil documentary about the singularity - this sounds very interesting.
The doc for those interested....
The Transcendent Man
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
BLACK GOD, WHITE DEVIL - arty, experimental, revolutionary 1964 Brazilian film which some people reckon kicked off the Cinema Novo movement. A brutal story of faith, violence and class struggle in the arid Brazilian interior. Rated by lots as a lost (or at any rate little-seen) classic to rank up there with Battle of Algiers or Pixote or ...
Which makes it sound like the sort of thing I would love ... but to me it's painfully clunky, agonisingly slow, and mostly really f**king baffling, as the characters ham around doing nothing recognisably human in a plot which seems to have been dreamt up by a drama-school student with a very short attention span - weird shit happens and people drop in and out of the action apparently at random. The whole thing is a bit like some Jodorowsy acid-trip but with added 'it's art cinema so you MUST SUFFER' earnestness for roughage. There's some really nice/interesting Brazilian folk music on the soundtrack and some of the actors are giving it their all. But sorry. I thought it was pants.
Which makes it sound like the sort of thing I would love ... but to me it's painfully clunky, agonisingly slow, and mostly really f**king baffling, as the characters ham around doing nothing recognisably human in a plot which seems to have been dreamt up by a drama-school student with a very short attention span - weird shit happens and people drop in and out of the action apparently at random. The whole thing is a bit like some Jodorowsy acid-trip but with added 'it's art cinema so you MUST SUFFER' earnestness for roughage. There's some really nice/interesting Brazilian folk music on the soundtrack and some of the actors are giving it their all. But sorry. I thought it was pants.
Indeliblelink
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Let The Fire Burn (2013) documentary about the MOVE organisation in Philadelphia and the Waco like siege that occurred on their headquarters in 1985. Extremely gripping documentary on a very f*cked up event.
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Fell asleep watching Django Unchained again.
That's him, yeah.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
'our mothers and our fathers'
a big german ww2 production, first part. Its had excellent reviews here and in its homeland. Enjoyed.
Cabin in the Woods' Enjoyably mental twist on the standard teen slasher movie
most of season 3 of Sopranos. I saw these last when they aired. You forget that Tony is essentially a monster who then goes and whines to a shrink about it all.
despite this, its still good stuff
a big german ww2 production, first part. Its had excellent reviews here and in its homeland. Enjoyed.
Cabin in the Woods' Enjoyably mental twist on the standard teen slasher movie
most of season 3 of Sopranos. I saw these last when they aired. You forget that Tony is essentially a monster who then goes and whines to a shrink about it all.
despite this, its still good stuff
MellySingsDoom
Decimated by the shrapnel of his rhetoric
"Female Vampire" (dir. Jesus Franco, 1973) - well, I don't know what's come over me this time (well, actually I do, but anyway), but I've decided to inflict Yet Another Jesus Franco Movie on myself, and sat down expecting yet more, er, "class" from the Euro-director himself. Still, once more into the breach I go, and here be the review....
The main protagonist of this film is Countess Irina (Lina Romay), a (mute) vampire who gains sustenance not through drinking blood, but through intimate encounters with (mainly) menfolk that she picks up, and then draining them orally of their potency at their point of orgasm. She has an (also mute) assistant to help her out with day-to-day matters, who she attempts to seduce at one point to no avail. The authorities soon get wind of this, and hot on her case is pathologist Dr Roberts (Jesus Franco himself), who is unconvinced that the victims are simply murder victims, but giving themselves up to some infernal business. Countess Irina drives around in her swanky car, and collects more victims along the way, seducing first and then striking out afterwards. A poet then turns up almost begging to be killed to join Irina amongst the immortals, and inevitably gets his wish. One of Irina's final victims is Princess de Rochefort (Monica Swinn), who also dies, and Irina almost has a sense of guilt about this one. Dr Roberts finally gets to discover Irina's lair, and spies her voyeyristically bathing in a bath of blood, a la Countess Bathory. The film closes with a final shot of Irina on her balcony, awaiting a new day and new victims to discover...
"Female Vampire" actually turns out to be not such a bad Franco effort, as it goes. Although the story has an "interesting" premise (where does Franco get these ideas from?), it's carried out with a certain amount of style, and the sex/erotica scenes are pretty sensitively handled (particularly the scene with Princess de Rochefort) as well. The plot, although fairly basic, moves along at a fair old pace, and the film itself is put together in a coherent fashion. The music (by Daniel White) is decent, and there's some good cinematography too. As for performances, Lina Romay (in her very first role) acquits herself admirably (even w/a non-speaking part), and convinces as the vampire with an insatiable need for human contact. All else perform pretty well too (yes, even Franco!), and there's a real sense of melancholic desire that Romay puts across.
It has to be said that the usual Franco traits show up, though - frequent crash zooms to the pubic region, some out-of-focus/wobbly camerawork, and moments where the ripe dialogue (mainly from Franco himself) threatens to take off into baffling territory. Franco has however managed to rein in his more careless tendencies, making for a film which at least holds the attention for the whole running time.
Franco shot more than one version of "Female Vampire", including a "continental" version with hardcore inserts. The version I saw is hardcore-free, and is frankly all the better for it - there's nothing worse than seeing a horror/exploitation film, only for it to then go into that particular (dull and pointless) territory...see the work of "Joe D'Amato" (Aristide Massacessi) for evidence of that sort of thing.
Jesus Franco's career pretty much nosedived from the late 70's onwards, where he made some truly excruciating/unbearable films on a regular basis. "Female Vampire" shows him to be on some form, though, and whilst it's never going to compete with the peerless "Vampyros Lesbos" (with the late Soledad Miranda), or with his 60's work (including his take on Sacher-Masoch's "Venus In Furs"), it's still a good effort from him. If you're not put off by the basic premise of this film (and it's certainly understandable if you are), then "Female Vampire" is worth a viewing, if you're willing to spend some time in the world of Franco.
The main protagonist of this film is Countess Irina (Lina Romay), a (mute) vampire who gains sustenance not through drinking blood, but through intimate encounters with (mainly) menfolk that she picks up, and then draining them orally of their potency at their point of orgasm. She has an (also mute) assistant to help her out with day-to-day matters, who she attempts to seduce at one point to no avail. The authorities soon get wind of this, and hot on her case is pathologist Dr Roberts (Jesus Franco himself), who is unconvinced that the victims are simply murder victims, but giving themselves up to some infernal business. Countess Irina drives around in her swanky car, and collects more victims along the way, seducing first and then striking out afterwards. A poet then turns up almost begging to be killed to join Irina amongst the immortals, and inevitably gets his wish. One of Irina's final victims is Princess de Rochefort (Monica Swinn), who also dies, and Irina almost has a sense of guilt about this one. Dr Roberts finally gets to discover Irina's lair, and spies her voyeyristically bathing in a bath of blood, a la Countess Bathory. The film closes with a final shot of Irina on her balcony, awaiting a new day and new victims to discover...
"Female Vampire" actually turns out to be not such a bad Franco effort, as it goes. Although the story has an "interesting" premise (where does Franco get these ideas from?), it's carried out with a certain amount of style, and the sex/erotica scenes are pretty sensitively handled (particularly the scene with Princess de Rochefort) as well. The plot, although fairly basic, moves along at a fair old pace, and the film itself is put together in a coherent fashion. The music (by Daniel White) is decent, and there's some good cinematography too. As for performances, Lina Romay (in her very first role) acquits herself admirably (even w/a non-speaking part), and convinces as the vampire with an insatiable need for human contact. All else perform pretty well too (yes, even Franco!), and there's a real sense of melancholic desire that Romay puts across.
It has to be said that the usual Franco traits show up, though - frequent crash zooms to the pubic region, some out-of-focus/wobbly camerawork, and moments where the ripe dialogue (mainly from Franco himself) threatens to take off into baffling territory. Franco has however managed to rein in his more careless tendencies, making for a film which at least holds the attention for the whole running time.
Franco shot more than one version of "Female Vampire", including a "continental" version with hardcore inserts. The version I saw is hardcore-free, and is frankly all the better for it - there's nothing worse than seeing a horror/exploitation film, only for it to then go into that particular (dull and pointless) territory...see the work of "Joe D'Amato" (Aristide Massacessi) for evidence of that sort of thing.
Jesus Franco's career pretty much nosedived from the late 70's onwards, where he made some truly excruciating/unbearable films on a regular basis. "Female Vampire" shows him to be on some form, though, and whilst it's never going to compete with the peerless "Vampyros Lesbos" (with the late Soledad Miranda), or with his 60's work (including his take on Sacher-Masoch's "Venus In Furs"), it's still a good effort from him. If you're not put off by the basic premise of this film (and it's certainly understandable if you are), then "Female Vampire" is worth a viewing, if you're willing to spend some time in the world of Franco.
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The first three episodes (series one) of The Street. (and it's very good.)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472984/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472984/
The first episode of Jonah from Tonga. I'm not decided yet, had a few funny moments but could become predictable and irritating.
Also watched the John Pilger film, Utopia, about the treatment of indigenous Australians. Anyone who's seen Rabbit Proof Fence will have some idea about the history but the recent events are as, if not more shocking. I never understood the draw of Australia myself but even less so now. Really surprised it hasn't been mentioned more on the boards other than a bit in world politics.
Also watched the John Pilger film, Utopia, about the treatment of indigenous Australians. Anyone who's seen Rabbit Proof Fence will have some idea about the history but the recent events are as, if not more shocking. I never understood the draw of Australia myself but even less so now. Really surprised it hasn't been mentioned more on the boards other than a bit in world politics.
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
The Butcher Boy - Black comedy told through the eyes of a troubled kid, Well worth a watch
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
A Bronx Tale. Utterly predictable but enjoyed anyway. De Niro is in it. And directs. Late showing by pesci. Excellent 60s music, jazz and do-wop
think what was good about it was that it wasn't a straight up gangster flick but rather a study in two fathers/life paths presented to our protagonist.
think what was good about it was that it wasn't a straight up gangster flick but rather a study in two fathers/life paths presented to our protagonist.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Jodorowsky's Dune
Been waiting for this failed to making of docu.
they had Giger and Dali on board! Mick Jagger was gonna be Feyd-Rautha. Whatever went wrong. Well, this docu shows what went wrong. One mans hubris lol.
Jodorowsky manages to come across as really creepy also.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Fists Of Fury. Bruce Lee. Totally brilliant. Sub-porn movie acting, awesomely bad dubbing, spectacular sound effects during the fights, flying dogs. I think the love interest's character was called 'Chow Mein'.
Loved every minute of it.
is that the one where the chinese dojo is getting bullied by japanese racists and Bruce is pushed to far so delivers some beatings. A lot of beatings?
I'm a Big Boss man myself. Its got drugs in it and a death-touch
Voley
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No this is an ice factory with a sideline in heroin. Bruce is working there and has to kick fuck out of everyone up to and including the boss and his flying alsatians.
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
The raping rant was rather odd.
BUT it's distressing this was never made. It looks like it broke him.
Voley
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I think so, yes. The houses looked Thai and there were a few street signs that looked like Thai script. Maybe it goes by a few different names.
It's this one:
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