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shanoto:
Good fellas
True Romance
God of War
Analize this 1,2
The Scarface
21
Tha last casino
Shooter
12 - Nikita Mihalkov

Awesome movies :)

jfglade:
It might be too soon to tell if they will become favorite films, but I ordered "The Complete Nancy Drew" from Amazon and it arrived yesterday. Bonita Granville starred as Nancy Drew in four movies in 1939 and 1940 which were quite popular, mainly because they are very entertaining. My wife is a mystery addict and she read all or most of the Nancy Drew books when she was in elementary school, and we had seen "Nancy Drew, Reporter" before and enjoyed it, so when I saw the collection was affordable I order it. Nancy Drew movies from the forties are probably an acquired taste but I enjoyed watching all four. My wife says the films aren't quite like the books and that Nancy shouldn't be quite as old as Granville played her but one of the nice things about these is that Granville was fifteen and sixteen when she made the films, so it seems perfectly natural to me. As mysteries go, the plots aren't much but the comedy aspects of the films are what carries them; basically well done low brow comedy carries the movies but the mystery conventions keep them from being just low brow comedies. The chemistry between Nancy, her father, and Nancy's long suffering boyfriend works very well. While these could be described as being something like "Andy Hardy Solves a Mystery," the films are a lot of fun. Granville was a very good child actress who was nominated for but did not win an Academy Award when she was eleven or twelve; the Nancy Drew movies served as a vehicle for her to transition from child star to grown actress which is something that not many juveniles of the thirties and forties managed to pull off; she went on to make a few good comedies and at least solid film noir before she married and became a successful television producer (she financed and piloted the "Lone Ranger" and "Lassie" series) and retired from acting. I wish she had been in a few more Nancy Drew movies but I'm happy with the four she did make. I know we'll watch them again but I'm not sure they will become favorites but they could.

Drymonema:

--- Quote from: jfglade on May 27, 2012, 12:36:58 PM ---There are also a wealth of movies I love which I do not think are first class, ranging from things like "Rancho Deluxe" to "The Thing (from Another World)" to "Tarzan and his Mate" to "The Haunting (of Hill House)" to Ken Russel's "The Devils."  I enjoy 1950s Sci-fi movies,

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I'm the same way. Cheesy b-movies and classic sci-fi is endlessly amusing. Classic Italian and Spanish horror also never fails to hit the spot.

Eraserhead
Zombi 2
Tombs of the Blind Dead
Night of the Seagulls
Phantasm 1,2,3,&4
The Evil Dead
Messiah of Evil
Demons
Night Train to Terror
Brides of Blood
Two Thousand Maniacs
Poultrygeist

I watch these time and time again.

mr_goldenage (RIP):
anyone every hear of these?

Lady Black Cat (1966)
Lady Black Cat Strikes Again (1967)
Director: Cheung Wai-Gwong
Cast: Connie Chan, Wu Fung, Sek Kin

Or this one?

The Black Rose
(Hong Kong, 1965)
IMDB
In addition to The Spy With My Face, a direct sequel

been looking for these for a long long time....

Mr. Goldenage

Yoc:
Five Deadly Venoms (78) was my favourite
I'll have to keep an eye open for yours.

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