Topic: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs

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Weekend Movie Marathon

Unwatched DVDs

I know I have done this a lot lately... but with all the many DVDs that has been given to me lately... My Unwatched pile became completely and totally out of control! I now have 359 movies in my unwatched pile!

As always... below is a list of the movies I have on DVD but not yet watched. Well... not since getting them on DVD anyway. Some of them I have seen before... and then got the DVD after seeing it. Those I will most likely save for another time. But if you have any suggestions let me know. I won't promise to get to them this weekend as there is some I already have in mind to watch this weekend... but I will see if I can fit them in.

ALSO KEEP IN MIND... I AM STILL NOT WATCHING HORROR... SO NO HORROR PLEASE!

1.  3000 Miles to Graceland    2. The 4th Floor    3. Abomination: Evilmaker 2    4. The Accused    5. The Adventures of Tartu    6. Aerial Gunner    7. The Amazing Transparent Man    8. American Psycho    9. Anchor's Aweigh   10. The Ape Man   11. Apocalypse Rising   12. Assult on Precinct 13   13. The Atomic Brain   14. Attack of the Monsters   15. Audition   16. Audrey Rose   17. Bad Girls   18. Battle of Blood Island   19. Battleship Potemkin   20. Beast from Haunted Cave   21. Betrayal   22. The Big Lift   23. Birth   24. Black Brigade   25. Black Hawk Down   26. Black Ribbon   27. Blackmail   28. Blood Alley   29. Blood and Chocolate   30. Blood Mania   31. Blood of Dracula's Castle   32. Blood on the Sun   33. Blood Stained Bride   34. Blood Tide   35. Blunt: The Fourth Man   36. Boiling Point   37. Bowery at Midnight   38. The Brain Machine   39. Brain Twisters   40. Brainiac   41. Branded   42. Bride of the Gorilla   43. A Bridge Too Far   44. Bring Me the Vampire   45. Brokeback Mountain   46. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari   47. Capote   48. Caved In: Prehistoric Terror   49. Chain Reaction   50. Champagne   51. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things   52. Chloe, Love is Calling You   53. Chocolat   54. The Chronicals of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe   55. Chronicals of Riddick   56. Circus of Fear   57. City by the Sea   58. Closer   59. Coach   60. Cold Creek Manor   61. Cold Mountain   62. Commandos   63. Condemned to Live   64. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind   65. Convoy   66. Cinderella Man   67. Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride   68. Crash   69. Creature Unknown   70. The Creeper   71. Creepers   72. Cremains   73. Crimes at the Dark House   74. The Crimes of Stephen Hawke   75. Critters   76. Crossroads   77. Cry Wolf   78. Crypt of the Living Dead   79. Curse of Pirate Death   80. Curse of the Komodo   81. Curse of the Headless Horseman   82. Cyrano de Bergerac   83. Dark Fury   84. Dark Heritage   85. Dark Light   86. Dark Places   87. Dark Water   88. Darkness   89. The Darkness   90. The Dawn Express   91. Dead and Breakfast   92. Deadly Drifter   93. Death Bed   94. Death By Dialogue   95. Death Machine   96. Decoys   97. The Deep End   98. Desert Heat   99. Destroy All Planets  100. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo  101. The Devil Bat  102. Devil Monster  103. The Devil's Daughter  104. The Devil's Hand  105. Devil's Partner  106. Dinocroc  107. Dogville  108. Dolores Claibourne  109. Dominique is Dead  110. Don't Open Till Christmas  111. Double Jeopardy  112. Double Team  113. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde  114. Dr. Phibes Rides Again  115. Dracula vs. Frankenstein  116. Dragon Fighter  117. Drawing Blood  118. Duplex  119. Easy Virtue  120. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness

121. Eegah  122. Elizabethtown  123. Embryo  124. Eternal  125. Eternal Evil  126. Evil Brain from Outer Space  127. Farewell to Arms  128. The Farmer's Wife  129. Fear of the Dark  130. Feral  131. Fever Pitch  132. The Fighting Seabees  133. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death  134. Fist of the Vampire  135. Five Corners  136. Flesh Feast  137. Flying Blind  138. The Flying Leathernecks  139. Foreigner  140. Four in a Jeep  141. Foxes  142. Full Frontal  143. The Ghost  144. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken  145. The Ghost Walks  146. God Told Me To  147. Good Will Hunting  148. The Great American Snuff Film  149. The Green Berets  150. The Guardian  151. Gung Ho  152. Half Past Dead  153. Hands of Steel  154. Hangmen  155. The Head  156. Hell's Threshold  157. Home Made  158. Horror of the Zombies  159. The Hotel New Hampshire  160. House by the Cemetery  161. Horrors of Spider Island  162. House of Danger  163. House of Mystery  164. House of Secrets  165. How Aweful About Allen  166. Hunk  167. Hustling  168. Identity Unknown  169. If Tomorrow Comes  170. Immortal  171. In Harms Way  172. Infinity  173. The Innocent  174. Inside Man  175. Into Thy Hands  176. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages  177. The Island Monster  178. Jack the Ripper  179. Jamaica Inn  180. Jarhead  181. Juno and the Paycock  182. Kennel Murder Case  183. Kill Cruise  184. King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition  185. Knight Chills  186. A Knight's Tale  187. Knockaround Guys  188. Kong Island  189. Ladder 49  190. Laser Mission  191. Last Best Chance  192. The Last Chance  193. Left Behind 2  194. Legacy of Blood  195. Legend of Big Foot  196. The Legend of Zorro  197. Little Man Tate  198. The Lodger  199. The Long Hair of Death  200. The Love God?  201. The Madmen of Mandoras  202. Majestic  203. Mama Dracula  204. The Man Who Knew Too Much  205. The Man with Two Lives  206. The Manster  207. Manxman  208. Mary Poppins  209. Matrix  210. Matrix Reloaded  211. Matrix Revolutions  212. Matrix Revisited  213. Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring  214. Midnight Phantom  215. Midnight Shadow  216. The Midnight Warning  217. Minesweeper  218. Mona Lisa Smile  219. Mosquitoman  220. Murder in the Red Barn  221. The Murder Mansion  222. My Chauffeur  223. My Tutor  224. Mystic River  225. Nabonga  226. The Navy Way  227. Never Too Late  228. The Night that Evelyn Came Out of the Grave  229. Night Fright  230. Night of the Blood Beast  231. The Night They Took Miss Beautiful  232. Night Tide  233. Nightmare in Wax  234. Nim's Island  235. Number Seventeen  236. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare  237. One Eyed Jack  238. One of Our Aircraft is Missing  239. Pajama Game  240. Passenger 57

241. A Passanger to Bali  242. Pathfinder  243. Payback  244. The Phantom  245. The Phantom Creeps  246. The Phantom Express  247. The Phantom of Soho  248. Pinocchio  249. Pitch Black  250. The Pom Pom Girls  251. Pony Trouble  252. Portrait of a Showgirl  253. Power, Passion and Murder  254. Primal Fear  255. Prime Evil  256. Prisoners of the Lost Universe  257. Private Buckaroo  258. The Promise of Love  259. Pterodactyl  260. Puppet Show  261. Rage of the Master  262. Rattlers  263. Ravenous  264. The Reluctant Astronaut  265. Replicant  266. Red Planet  267. Red Water  268. Return of the Boogeyman  269. Return of the Magnificent Seven  270. Rich and Strange  271. Ricochet  272. Riding in Cars with Boys  273. The Ring  274. Road to Bali  275. The Rogue Tavern  276. The Rookie  277. Sabbath  278. Sabotage  279. The Sadist  280. Sands of Iwo Jima  281. Satan's Slave  282. Savage Weekend  283. Saw VI  284. Screaming Ninja  285. The Sea Chase  286. Secret Agent  287. A Sensitive, Passionate Man  288. The Shakiest Gun in the West  289. Shark Zone  290. She Gods of Shark Reef  291. The She-Beast  292. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon  293. Shock  294. The Shunned House  295. Sickness House  296. Silent Bloodnight  297. Sinners  298. Sisters of Death  299. Skin Game  300. Slasher  301. Slave of the Cannibal God  302. Sleep Disorder  303. Snake Crane Secret  304. The Snow Creature  305. Snowbeast  306. The Somnambulists  307. Sound of Horror  308. Spare Parts  309. Spitfire  310. Stargate: Ultimate Edition  311. A Strange Adventure  312. The Stranger  313. Strangers of the Evening  314. Stanley  315. Star Wars IV: A New Hope  316. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back  317. Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi  318. Super Hell  319. Super Hell 2  320. Tales of Frankenstein  321. A Tattered Web  322. Teenage Zombies  323. Terrified  324. Terror  325. Terror Creatures from the Grave  326. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2  327. They Were Expendable  328. Thirty-Nine Steps  329. This Darkness  330. Tomboy  331. Tombstone  332. Torture Ship  333. Traffic  334. The Transporter  335. Trauma  336. Trip with the Teacher  337. Under the Tuscan Sun  338. The Undertaker and His Pals  339. Unsane  340. Vampire's Night Orgy  341. A Vampire's Tale  342. The Van  343. Voodoo Black Exorcist  344. Vulture's Eye  345. A Walking Nightmare  346. The Wasp Woman  347. Watchmen  348. Werewolf of Washington  349. Web of the Spider  350. Weekend Pass  351. White Fang to the Rescue  352. The White Gorilla  353. White Pongo  354. Who Am I?  355. Who Shot Pat?  356. Wings of an Eagle  357. Winner Take All  358. The Wolfman  359. Woodland Haunting 2

[RossRoy]

Aren't these marathons supposed to reduce your unwatched pile? Then how come every time you start a new one, it just gets bigger?

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I know exactly how it is.. my unwatched profiles count is at 1590 at the moment  

[addicted2dvd]

  While that is the idea... it hasn't worked that way for me. At least not in the last month!  But I definitely can't complain! Only thing better then DVDs.... is Free DVDs!   

[addicted2dvd]

Title: The Shakiest Gun in the West
Year: 1968
Director: Alan Rafkin
Rating: NR
Length: 101 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Don Knotts
Barbara Rhoades
Jackie Coogan
Donald Barry
Ruth McDevitt

Plot:
Jesse W. Haywood graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west "to fight oral ignorance." Meanwhile stagecoach robber Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks the bungling Haywood into a fictitious marriage as a disguise, and he becomes the heroic "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid" and performs other exploits with Penny's help (unbeknown to him or anyone else).

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers

My Thoughts:
I have this movie in the boxset Don Knotts: The Reluctant Hero Pack. Going into this one I thought I seen it before. But I think all I ever caught before was a couple scenes here and there. It is a pretty good old comedy. Though I have to admit I was expecting a little more from it. Sure it had some good laughs in it. I just thought there would be more of them. I didn't even recognize Pat Morita in it. But being a movie that is over 40 years old I guess that is to be expected. Then there was an innkeeper that looked very familiar when I saw him... turned out it was William Christopher (Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H).

It is the first time this happened with the DVD Player I have now... but this DVD just refused to play in my machine... though it played perfectly in my computer.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

[Rogmeister]

I actually never cared much for Don Knotts as a lead...he just didn't fit the part.  He was born to be a second banana.  He was terrific on The Andy Griffith Show...as the lead of movies like this, not so much...

[addicted2dvd]

While I agree for the most part... I don't know... maybe I am remembering wrong... but I remember really liking him in The Ghost and Mr. Chicken. Which is also in this set... but I want to save for October (even if it really isn't horror... just seems it fits)

I never seen the other 2 in this set... The Reluctant Astronaut and [/i]The Love God?[/i]. So don't know what to expect from those.

[addicted2dvd]

Title: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Year: 2005
Director: Andrew Adamson
Rating: PG
Length: 143 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: DTS: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Trivia

Stars:
Georgie Henley
Skandar Keynes
William Moseley
Anna Popplewell
Tilda Swinton
James McAvoy

Plot:
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media present C.S. Lewis' timeless and beloved adventure. Now — with stunningly enhanced special effects — you'll experience the exploits of Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter, four siblings who find the world of Narnia through a magical wardrobe while playing a game of "hide-and-seek" at the country estate of a mysterious professor. Once there, the children discover a charming, once peaceful land inhabited by talking beasts, dwarfs, fauns, centaurs and giants that has been turned into a world of eternal winter by the evil White Witch, Jadis. Aided by the wise and magnificent lion Aslan, the children lead Narnia into a spectacular, climactic battle to be free of the Witch's glacial powers forever!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Bonus Trailers
Featurettes
Outtakes/Bloopers
Closed Captioned
Narnia Map, Timeline, Concept Art Postcards

My Thoughts:
I originally wanted to watch this movie with my daughter. But when I mentioned it to her... she showed no interest what so ever in seeing this one. I even tried showing her the trailer when I got it... but she just was not interested. I personally enjoyed this movie. The storyline... while I knew it since I had to read the book in school... was fun. The effects were done well... and I liked pretty much everyone in it. I really can't say how this compares to the book... as it has been many years since I was in school... and I haven't read it since. I do wish Brittany would give this movie a chance. But I know that she won't... seeing the length alone will discourage her.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

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Title: The Promise of Love
Year: 1980
Director: Don Taylor
Rating: NR
Length: 96 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Valerie Bertinelli
Jameson Parker
Andy Romano
Joanna Miles
David James Carroll

Plot:
A young widow of a marine killed in Vietnam learns to move on after getting a job with the director of the base's rec center.

Extras:
N/A

My Thoughts:
This is a TV Movie in a boxset that was given to me. It is a boxset of TV Movies from the '70s and "80s called Life Love and Romance: 12 Films of Intrigue and Passion. I wanted to check this one out because I grew up watching One Day at a Time with Valerie Bertinelli who stars in this movie. But there is a couple other familiar faces in this one as well. Craig T. Nelson and Shelley Long.

As you could probably tell from the overview.... this one is pure drama. Heavy on the emotions. But it is pretty good. Some things in the story seemed to move pretty fast while other things were a little on the slow side. But I really liked Valerie Bertinelli in it. Thought she did a fine job... and she was as cute as ever in it.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Being a friend of black (and strange) humour, I'd recommend "American Psycho"
Christian Bale is doing an amazing job here.

[addicted2dvd]

That is good to know... but I was under the impression I had to wait till October to watch that one. The friend that gave it to me listed it with the horror she was sending me for October... and DVD Profiler has it as horror as well.

[Kathy]

I would recommend American Psycho too but that might qualify as horror so he will need to wait until his October marathon.

Depending on what genre you are in the mood for, I think you would enjoy: Bad Girls, Black Hawk Down, Cinderella Man (another sport movie based on a true story), Dolores Claibourne, Duplex, A Knight's Tale, and The Matrix.

A few to watch with your daughter: Fever Pitch, King Kong, Mary Poppins, Mona Lisa's Smile, Nim's Island, Pinocchio and Star Trek.

[addicted2dvd]

I am planning on watching Nim's Island this weekend with Britt for sure. I will show her the other titles to see if she is interested in them. I was surprised she didn't want to watch Chronicles of Narnia!

[snowcat]

Being a friend of black (and strange) humour, I'd recommend "American Psycho"
Christian Bale is doing an amazing job here.

...thats so weird... I was just looking at Pete's list and i was gonna recommend this

...it does have some horror elements so i can understand you leaving it Pete... but it is more of a thriller :p

[Rogmeister]

I remember seeing the trailer to the first Chronicles of Narnia in a theater.  It looked very impressive to me, though I never wound up seeing it.

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I am planning on watching Nim's Island this weekend with Britt for sure.

Watched it the other day on TV and found it slightly amusing.
With this cast I had expected a lot more. Especially Jodie Foster can do a lot better than she shows here, Breslin is playing the cute little girl (as usual) and Butler is only good in the sequences where he is the imaginary hero Alex. The whole movie reminded me of "Pippi Longstocking".
And I'm still trying to find out why in Hollywood's POV authors must be agoraphobic.