Topic: Weekend Movie Marathon: Anything Goes

[addicted2dvd]

Weekend Movie Marathon

Anything Goes

This weekend (1/22 - 1/24) Brittany has a 3 day weekend. I promised I would watch a few movies with her.... since I have no idea what she will be in the mood to watch I thought I would do an Anything Goes weekend. Meaning I can watch any movie at all. Whether it is on DVD, Recorded on my DVR, On cable or off of On-Demand.

I decided to put this thread up early because I would like to get some of my unwatched DVDs taken care of this weekend as well. So I will be listing what choices I have on DVD as well as what I have recorded on my DVR. This way if you see something you liked and would like to recommend... or something you would like to see a review of ask... and even though I can't promise to get to it... I will try.

Recorded on my DVR:
1. Watchmen (2hrs 45min)
2. Ghouls (2008 - recorded off of Sci-Fi Channel [Sorry can't get myself to type the new version of name!])
3. House of Bones 2010/Charisma Carpenter - Recorded off of Sci-Fi Channel)

Unwatched DVDs

1. The Abominable Dr. Phibes    2. Abomination: Evilmaker 2    3. The Adventures of Tartu    4. Aerial Gunner    5. Apocalypse Rising    6. The Bat    7. Battle of Blood Island    8. Battleship Potemkin    9. Best of the Best   10. The Big Lift   11. Black Brigade   12. Black Hawk Down   13. Black Ribbon   14. Blood Alley   15. Blood on the Sun   16. Blood Stained Bride   17. Brainiac   18. Branded   19. British Intelligence   20. Casulties of War   21. Chain Reaction   22. Chocolat   23. Circus of Fear   24. Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows   25. Commandos   26. Convoy   27. Crossroads   28. Curse of Pirate Death   29. Cyrano de Bergerac   30. Dark Light   31. Dark Places   32. The Darkness   33. The Dawn Express   34. Deadly Drifter   35. Derailed   36. Desert Heat   37. The Devil Bat   38. Diabolique   39. Die, Sister Die   40. Double Team   41. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde   42. Dr. Phibes Rides Again   43. Drawing Blood   44. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness   45. Embryo   46. Farewell to Arms   47. Fear of the Dark   48. Feral   49. The Fighting Seabees   50. Fists of Fear, Touch of Death   51. Fist of the Vampire   52. Flesh Feast   53. Flying Blind   54. The Flying Leathernecks   55. Foriegner   56. Four in a Jeep   57. Foxes   58. Full Frontal   59. Full Metal Jacket   60. God Told Me To   61. Gone with the Wind   62. The Gorilla   63. The Great American Snuff Film   64. The Green Berets   65. Gung Ho   66. Half Past Dead   67. Hell's Threshold   68. Home Made   69. House by the Cemetery   70. Identity Unknown   71. Immortal   72. In Harms Way   73. The Innocent   74. Into Thy Hands

75. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages   76. Jack the Ripper   77. Jarhead   78. Jaws: The Revenge   79. Kennel Murder Case   80. Kill Cruise   81. Knight Chills   82. Laser Mission   83. Last Best Chance   84. The Last Chance   85. Left Behind 2   86. Legacy of Blood   87. The Longest Day   88. Majestic   89. Messiah of Evil   90. Minesweeper   91. Nabonga   92. The Navy Way   93. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare   94. One Eyed Jack   95. One of Our Aircraft is Missing   96. Operation Pacific   97. Pajama Game   98. Pony Trouble   99. Primal Fear  100. Private Buckaroo  101. Puppet Show  102. Rage of the Master  103. Replicant  104. Return of the Boogeyman  105. Return of the Magnificent Seven  106. Ricochet  107. The River: Legend of La Llorona  108. Road to Bali  109. Road Warrior  110. Sabbath  111. Sands of Iwo Jima  112. Screaming Ninja  113. The Sea Chase  114. Seven Doors of Death  115. Shadows in the Dark (Val Lewton Documenary)  116. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon  117. Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green  118. The Shunned House  119. Sickness House  120. Silent Bloodnight  121. Sinners  122. Sisters of Death  123. Slasher  124. Sleep Disorder  125. Snake Crane Secret  126. The Somnambulists  127. Spitfire  128. The Stranger  129. Super Hell  130. Super Hell 2  131. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2  132. Theater of Blood  133. They Were Expendable  134. This Darkness  135. Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows  136. Vampire Whores from Outer Space  137. A Vampire's Tale  138. Vulture's Eye  139. Up From Zero  140. The Watcher  141. Web of the Spider  142. White Fang to the Rescue  143. White Zombie  144. Who Am I?  145. Wicker Man  146. Wild Bunch  147. Wings of an Eagle  148. Woodland Haunting 2

So... any recommendations/requests welcome... but I can only say I will TRY to get to them this weekend.

[Jimmy]

The Dr. Phibes films are two good Vincent Price's movies, the first half of Full Metal Jacket is the best thing Kubrick had ever done and maybe you will like The Great American Snuff Film but be warn this is really violent and hard to watch.

[richierich]

Pete, I'd have said Black Hawk down and Full Metal Jacket, but with your other unwatched war film genres perhaps you may do that as a more specialised marathon in the future?

[addicted2dvd]

That is what I was thinking... have a specific war marathon one weekend before too long. But we will see what happens.

[addicted2dvd]

Recommendations Please...

I was just looking over what movies is on On-Demand this weekend.  And I wanted to see if anyone would recommend any of these titles...

HBO On-Demand:
- 27 Dresses (Katherine Heigl)
- Burn After Reading (George Clooney)
- Grey Garden (Drew Barrymore)
- Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg)
- Meet Dave (Eddie Murphy)
- Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton)
- P.S. I Love You (Hillary Swank)
- Sweeny Todd (Johnny Depp... Could I pull off a musical for horror?)
- Watchmen (Now that I know it is on On-Demand I can delete it from my hard drive and watch here instead)
- Yes Man (Jim Carey)

Showtime On-Demand:
Nothing Sounded Interesting to me

Starz: On-Demand
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua (Drew Barrymore)
- Fly Me to the Moon (Animated Movie)
- The Jacket (Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley)
- Made of Honor (Patrick Dempsey)
- Passengers (Anne Hathaway)
- Quarantine (Jennifer Carpenter)
- Race to Witch Mountain (Dwayne Johnson)
- Rachel Getting Married (Anne Hathaway)
- Seven Pounds (Will Smith)
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Adam Sandler)

Cinemax On-Demand
- Definitely, Maybe (Ryan Reynolds)
- Marley and Me (Jennifer Aniston, Owen Wilson)
- Slumdog Millionaire (Dev Patel)
- The Glass House (Leelee Sobieski)
- Wanted (Morgan Freeman)

FEARnet:
- Bug (Ashley Judd)
- Captivity (Elisha Cuthbert)
- The Devil's Chair (Andrew Howard)
- The Plague (James Van Der Beck)
- Skinwalkers (Jason Behr)

Encore On-Demand:
- Father's Day (Robin Williams, Billy Crystal)
- Housesitter (Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn)
- In Love and War (Sandra Bullock)
- Mad Money (Diane Keaton)
- The Man Who Knew Too Little (Bill Murray)

[goodguy]

Recommendations Please...

I was just looking over what movies is on On-Demand this weekend.  And I wanted to see if anyone would recommend any of these titles...

HBO On-Demand:
- Sweeny Todd (Johnny Depp... Could I pull off a musical for horror?)
Since you don't like musical in general, I suppose Sondheim would be especially hard to stomach.

Starz: On-Demand
- Rachel Getting Married (Anne Hathaway)
That was one of the best movies (if not the best) of 2008 with an outstanding performance by Hathaway. I posted a review for it.

FEARnet:
- Bug (Ashley Judd)
Great horror chamber piece by Friedkin. But we might have different expectations when it comes to horror.

[addicted2dvd]

Thanks Matthias

[Tom]

Cinemax On-Demand
- Slumdog Millionaire (Dev Patel)
- Wanted (Morgan Freeman)

Encore On-Demand:
- Housesitter (Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn)
- The Man Who Knew Too Little (Bill Murray)

[addicted2dvd]

Thanks Tom...
Can you tell me (I really know nothing about it)... is Slumdog Millionaire in English... or will I need to prepare myself for subtitles?

[Tom]

Thanks Tom...
Can you tell me (I really know nothing about it)... is Slumdog Millionaire in English... or will I need to prepare myself for subtitles?

As far as I remember both, but most of it is spoken in English. It is a British movie, not an Indian like you would first expect.

[addicted2dvd]

Thanks Tom! 

[Rogmeister]

I used to have a copy of Burn After Reading but never got around to watching it the brief time I had it (I wound up giving it to my brother).  I recall it got good reviews and it is a brother by the talented Coen brothers who also did such favorites as Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona and others.

[Dragonfire]

HBO on Demand
I saw Burn After Reading..I liked it, but it is ...different.  I know people that hated it too.  I do think it is worth watching at least once.

I love Sweeney Todd.  It is a great horror story, though there is a lot of music and singing.  I think it is worth trying to watch it...but I don't feel about musicals like you do. 

[Achim]

These get my vote:

HBO On-Demand:
- Watchmen (Now that I know it is on On-Demand I can delete it from my hard drive and watch here instead)

Starz: On-Demand
- The Jacket (Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley) [remember it being o.k. when I saw it]
- Quarantine (Jennifer Carpenter) [since subtitles trouble you the remake is the next best thing]
- You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Adam Sandler) [watch it with brittany!]

Cinemax On-Demand
- Slumdog Millionaire (Dev Patel) [good stuff]
- Wanted (Morgan Freeman) [no speical story but amazing/awesome setpieces]

FEARnet:
- Bug (Ashley Judd) [heard good things]

[addicted2dvd]

Title: House of Bones
Year: 2010
Director: Jeffery Scott Lando
Rating: NR
Length: 90 Min.
Video: Widescreen
Audio: English
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Charisma Carpenter
Corin Nemic
Rick Robinson, Jr.

Plot:
Members of a reality TV show investigate a supposedly haunted house that may prove to be the death of them.

My Thoughts:
This is the first SyFy Original Movie I get to see of 2010 (the first made?).  Charisima Carpenter stars in this movie was the main reason I wanted to see this one. I went into this one not expecting much at all as the SyFy movies tend to be a bit on the cheesy side. The movie is better then I was expecting it to be. Sure some of the effects were cheesy... there was some predictable stuff in it. But I definitely enjoyed it. Charisma Carpenter plays a psychic that joins one of those shows where they go off investigating supposedly haunted houses called Sinister Sites. On her very first episode they end up in the "real thing". Even though this movie is pretty predictable... I still enjoyed this one. And I hope to add this movie to my DVD collection if/when it is ever released.

My Rating:

Out of a Possible 5