Topic: Weekend Movie Marathon: Anything Goes

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Weekend Movie Marathon

Anything Goes

Once again this weekend there will be no theme what so ever to my marathon. I can watch anything at any time. Whether it is on DVD, Cable, On-Demand or even... My brother downloaded a small handful of new release movies off the net that he wants me to watch... so there could even be a new movie here and there in the mix. I personally don't normally download movies from the net... but since they are already downloaded and on the computer... I will check them out and see if they are worth watching. One of the things I want to do is work a little (at least a couple) on my unwatched DVD collection. At this point I have 150 Movies in my unwatched DVD Collection.

I also feel like doing something in between each movie this weekend. But I wanted it to be something I haven't done before. I have a few discs of the old Max Fleischer's Superman theatrical shorts. So I think I will watch one of these shorts between each of the movies I watch this weekend.

Current Unwatched DVD Collection:

1. The Abominable Dr. Phibes    2. Abomination: Evilmaker 2    3. The Adventures of Tartu    4. Aerial Gunner    5. An Angel for Christmas    6. Apocalypse Rising    7. The Bat    8. Battle of Blood Island    9. Battleship Potemkin   10. Best of the Best   11. The Big Lift   12. Black Brigade   13. Black Hawk Down   14. Black Ribbon   15. Blood Alley   16. Blood on the Sun   17. Blood Stained Bride   18. Boiling Point   19. Brainiac   20. Branded   21. British Intelligence   22. Casulties of War   23. Chain Reaction   24. Chocolat   25. Circus of Fear   26. Commandos   27. Convoy   28. Crossroads   29. Curse of Pirate Death   30. Cyrano de Bergerac   31. Dark Light   32. Dark Places   33. The Darkness   34. The Dawn Express   35. Deadly Drifter   36. Derailed   37. Desert Heat   38. The Devil Bat   39. Diabolique   40. Die, Sister Die   41. Doctor Strange   42. Double Team   43. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde   44. Dr. Phibes Rides Again   45. Drawing Blood   46. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness   47. Embryo   48. Farewell to Arms   49. Fear of the Dark   50. Feral

51. The Fighting Seabees   52. Fists of Fear, Touch of Death   53. Fist of the Vampire   54. Flesh Feast   55. Flying Blind   56. The Flying Leathernecks   57. Foriegner   58. Four in a Jeep   59. Foxes   60. Full Frontal   61. Full Metal Jacket   62. God Told Me To   63. Gone with the Wind   64. The Gorilla   65. The Great American Snuff Film   66. The Green Berets   67. Gung Ho   68. Half Past Dead   69. Hell's Threshold   70. Home Made   71. House by the Cemetery   72. Identity Unknown   73. Immortal   74. In Harms Way   75. Infinity   76. The Innocent   77. Into Thy Hands   78. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages   79. Jack the Ripper   80. Jarhead   81. Jaws: The Revenge   82. Kennel Murder Case   83. Kill Cruise   84. Knight Chills   85. Laser Mission   86. Last Best Chance   87. The Last Chance   88. Left Behind 2   89. Legacy of Blood   90. The Longest Day   91. Majestic   92. The Man with Two Brains   93. Messiah of Evil   94. Minesweeper   95. My Blue Heaven   96. Nabonga   97. The Navy Way   98. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare   99. One Eyed Jack  100. One of Our Aircraft is Missing

101. Operation Pacific  102. Pajama Game  103. Paranormal Activity  104. Passenger 57  105. Pony Trouble  106. Primal Fear  107. Private Buckaroo  108. Puppet Show  109. Rage of the Master  110. Replicant  111. Return of the Boogeyman  112. Return of the Magnificent Seven  113. Ricochet  114. The River: Legend of La Llorona  115. Road to Bali  116. Sabbath  117. Sands of Iwo Jima  118. Screaming Ninja  119. The Sea Chase  120. Seven Doors of Death  121. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon  122. Sherlock Holmes and the Woman in Green  123. The Shunned House  124. Sickness House  125. Silent Bloodnight  126. Sinners  127. Sisters of Death  128. Slasher  129. Sleep Disorder  130. Snake Crane Secret  131. The Somnambulists  132. Spitfire  133. The Stranger  134. Super Hell  135. Super Hell 2  136. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2  137. Theater of Blood  138. They Were Expendable  139. This Darkness  140. A Vampire's Tale  141. Vulture's Eye  142. Up From Zero  143. The Watcher  144. Web of the Spider  145. White Fang to the Rescue  146. White Zombie  147. Who Am I?  148. Wild Bunch  149. Wings of an Eagle  150. Woodland Haunting 2

Is there any in the above that are good that you would like to recommend to me? Or ones you are curious about that you would like to see a review for? If so let me know. No promises, but I will try to fit them in this weekend.

Normally my weekend movie marathons run from Friday through Sunday. But if the mood hits later today I may watch 1 or 2 today as well.

[Critter]

My brother downloaded a small handful of new release movies off the net that he wants me to watch... so there could even be a new movie here and there in the mix. I personally don't normally download movies from the net... but since they are already downloaded and on the computer... I will check them out and see if they are worth watching.

I have over 700 downloaded movies on my computer that I did not download. A family friend of hours literally filled an entire hardrive with them and placed it in my computer. It's been there a while now and since my computer hooks up to the whole families network I won't delete them becuase others watch them. I just found Pete's comment interesting then though, I thought downloaded movies were mostly taboo here, or is it okay if you didn't download them yourself and like Pete said they are already on the computer. Ah well either way I like to watch movies sitting on my couch (I get uncomfortable on my desk chair after a long time) but I still can't hide the fact that I am a pirate.
The hardrive also has over 60 full TV shows...

[addicted2dvd]

As I said... downloading movies is not something I would normally do. Usually the only time I would do it is if it is basically the only way available to me. like stuff I don't expect to see the light of day any other way (like I would like to find a copy of the TV Reunion Movie The Bionic Showdown as it has Sandra Bullock in it). Something like that I would download and watch. But I usually stay away from theatrical movies and in worst case scenario I would wait for the movie to come on cable. But my brother downloaded some movies to watch and told me about some that either I would like or Britt and I would like together...

- The Wolfman (new one... this one is what broke me... have to see it!)
- Legion
- Planet 51
- Planet Hulk
- Scooby Doo: Abracadabra Doo
- The Toothfairy

[Kathy]

I thought if it were on TV or cable you were allowed to tape it. You are paying for it through cable fees, ads etc. I know that when I had cable (a long time ago) the fees kept going up because the certain shows kept increasing the fees that Time Warner Cable paid. They even dumped the NFL network, the last straw for me, and wouldn't broadcast it.

So, as far as I'm concerned, you are paying for them so go ahead and watch them.

[addicted2dvd]

The problem is... a couple of these are still at the theater. Won't be available on Cable for quite some time I imagine. 

But talking about it... I looked for The Bionic Showdown (a TV Reunion Movie BTW) and found a zip file with all 3 6 Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman Reunion Movies. So I Should be able to watch those as well.

[Kathy]

Go ahead...enjoy them any way...Big Brother isn't watching you!

[addicted2dvd]

I just hope the copies are worth looking at! If not I will just delete and wait. 

[addicted2dvd]

Well... since Britt is here with me today... thought we would go ahead and start watching some movies.

[addicted2dvd]

Tooth Fairy
A bad deed on the part of a tough minor-league hockey player results in an unusual sentence: He must serve one week as a real-life tooth fairy.

Stars:
Dwayne Johnson
Ashley Judd
Stephen Merchant
Julie Andrews

My Thoughts:
This is the first one Britt and I decided to watch together. It is one of the movies my brother downloaded for us to watch together. It is a Disney movie starring Dwayne Johnson as a reluctant Tooth Fairy. I went into this one with some doubts. But I must admit... there was quite a few laughs in it. Definitely worth the time put into it. I will have to add this one to my DVD collection when I can.

My Rating:

Out of a Possible 5

[Jimmy]

I thought downloaded movies were mostly taboo here, or is it okay if you didn't download them yourself and like Pete said they are already on the computer.

For me it depend of :

1. Is the movie unavailable in its complete form on DVD?
2. Is the dvd available is just a VHS transfert?
3. Is the dvd is OOP?

If the answer is yes for the 3 questions it's OK to download it, but if a movie was re-released by a second label later the first one isn't fair game anymore. For me those 3 simple rules work perfectly and the people in the movie bussiness I know had no problem with this. Don't forget that I work for some indie label to report copyright infringment on the web, what is of course the fact to download a movie who is always at the theatre. But you're lucky since I don't work for those big studios and I couldn't care less about them (in a way they are more responsible of the bad sales problem of the indie label than the piracy are)...

[addicted2dvd]

I think I may changed my mind about the Superman Shorts... All the sudden not much in the mood for them for some reason.

[Critter]

I thought downloaded movies were mostly taboo here, or is it okay if you didn't download them yourself and like Pete said they are already on the computer.

For me it depend of :

1. Is the movie unavailable in its complete form on DVD?
2. Is the dvd available is just a VHS transfert?
3. Is the dvd is OOP?

If the answer is yes for the 3 questions it's OK to download it, but if a movie was re-released by a second label later the first one isn't fair game anymore. For me those 3 simple rules work perfectly and the people in the movie bussiness I know had no problem with this. Don't forget that I work for some indie label to report copyright infringment on the web, what is of course the fact to download a movie who is always at the theatre. But you're lucky since I don't work for those big studios and I couldn't care less about them (in a way they are more responsible of the bad sales problem of the indie label than the piracy are)...

A couple of the TV shows are not available on DVD but almost all of the 700 films are. As I said before I hardly ever watch them, the person who gave them too us has a terrible taste in film (in my opinion anyway) and out of the 700 there's not many I really want to watch. I also only ever post reviews here that I watch on DVD/

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Title: My Blue Heaven
Year: 1990
Director: Herbert Ross
Rating: PG-13
Length: 95 Min.
Video: Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Surround, French: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Steve Martin as Vinnie
Rick Moranis as Barney
Joan Cusack as Hannah
Melanie Mayron as Crystal
William Irwin as Kirby

Plot:
The zaniness continues in My Blue Heaven, which asks Can an urban hood be happy with suburbanhood? Martin is a mob informant tucked away in a Witness Protection Program. Backup includes comedy reliables Rick Moranis, Joan Cusack, screenwriter Nora Ephron and director Herbert Ross. Laugh 'til you're blue!

Extras:
Scene Access
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I went into this one not sure what to expect since Steve Martin in his early career was rather silly and over acted. And this one is no exception. But it does have a pretty good storyline. Nothing really laugh out loud funny... but more smile on your face fun. There was also one of those familiar faces that I have seen a lot... but never knew who the guy was. A skinny older guy with a very memorable voice. I looked him up on the credits... his name is  William Hickey. Anyone recognize him by his name here? Unfortunately the DVD itself leaves a lot to be desired. Part of a Comedy Double Feature with another old Steve Martin movie The Man with Two Brains... there is no extras what so ever for this movie...and it is in Pan and Scan. Which is something I wish I noticed before I bought the release. At least it was cheap at only $3.

My Rating:

Out of a Possible 5

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The Ugly Truth
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

Stars:
Katherine Heigl
Gerard Butler
Bree Turner
Eric Winter
Nick Searcy

My Thoughts:
I came across this one on Starz On-Demand. And I wanted to check it out as I am becoming more and more a fan of Katherine Heigl. It is not a bad movie... but it should have been better. Actually it is pretty average when it comes to Romantic Comedy. Sure Katherine Heigl was both hot and entertaining in it... Gerard Butler was alright in it as well. But this movie is missing a little something I can't quite put my finger on... something that makes for a great romantic comedy. Most of the jokes I have seen before... so it is not terrible original either. But as I said... it does entertain some... and I did like Katherine Heigl. I guess if I found this one cheap enough I would pick it up. But it would have to be under $10 before I would consider it..

My Rating:

Out of a Possible 5

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Rambo
In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of mercenaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit.

Stars:
Sylvester Stallone
Julie Benz
Matthew Marsden
Graham McTavish
Rey Gallegos

My Thoughts:
This one I watched on Showtime On-Demand. What did I think of this installment of the franchise?  Well... there was things I liked... and there was things I disliked. The main thing I disliked is while in a different place... it (and I mean all of them) is basically the same thing, Which is not really a huge deal... as you tend to expect it from past experience of the franchise. Things I liked.... I am becoming a bigger fan all the time of Julie Benz. I really liked her i this movie. But then I really don't remember disliking her in anything I have seen her in so far. Also the violence and gore is brought up yet another notch. Sure this could be a bad thing for some people... but I rather enjoy it. I mean it gives it a more real feel to it. I mean it is war we are talking about here... and if that is not violent and full of gore in real life... then what is? This is another movie I hope to add to my collection at some point before too long.

My Rating:

Out of a Possible 5