Topic: Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs

[addicted2dvd]

Weekend Movie Marathon

Unwatched DVDs

I have been getting so many movies lately... thanks to a handful of friends between here and the other site.... that I really feel the need of getting the number of unwatched down a little anyway. As it stands now I have 443 unwatched movie on DVD! Granted that some of these movies I have at least seen before... just not since getting the DVD. But the majority of them I never even seen before. So I will probably be concentrating more on the never seen before titles... though I may through in one or two I seen before... depending on my mood.

Below I am listing what is in my unwatched collection. If you want to make suggestions/requests feel free... I will try to get to them this weekend... though no promises. Also while I am listing them below for sake of completeness... please remember I still have to go two weeks without horror... so I can not watch any horror movies at this time.

My Unwatched DVD Collection:

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 Gangster    9. American Psycho   10. Anchor's Aweigh   11. The Ape Man   12. Apocalypse Rising   13. The Atomic Brain   14. Attack of the Monsters   15. Audition   16. Audrey Rose   17. Auto Focus   18. B.T.K.   19. Bad Girls   20. Bandidas   21. Battle of Blood Island   22. Battleship Potemkin   23. Beast from Haunted Cave   24. Betrayal   25. The Big Lift   26. Birth   27. Black Brigade   28. Black Hawk Down   29. Black Ribbon   30. Blackmail   31. Bled   32. Blood Alley   33. Blood and Chocolate   34. Blood Mania   35. Blood of Dracula's Castle   36. Blood on the Sun   37. Blood Stained Bride   38. Blood Tide   39. Blunt: The Fourth Man   40. Boiling Point   41. Bone Eater   42. Bowery at Midnight   43. The Brain Machine   44. Brain Twisters   45. Brainiac   46. Branded   47. Bride of the Gorilla   48. A Bridge Too Far   49. Bring Me the Vampire   50. Brokeback Mountain   51. Bulletproof Monk   52. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari   53. Caddyshack   54. Capote   55. Casino Royal   56. Caved In: Prehistoric Terror   57. Chain Reaction   58. Champagne   59. Changing Lanes   60. Children of the Damned   61. Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things   62. Chloe, Love is Calling You   63. Chocolat   64. Chronicals of Riddick   65. Circus of Fear   66. City by the Sea   67. Closer   68. Coach   69. Cold Creek Manor   70. Cold Mountain   71. Commandos   72. Condemned to Live   73. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind   74. Convoy   75. Cinderella Man   76. Count Dracula and His Vampire Bride   77. Crash   78. Creature Unknown   79. The Creeper   80. Creepers   81. Cremains   82. Crimes at the Dark House   83. The Crimes of Stephen Hawke   84. Critters   85. Crossroads   86. Cry Wolf   87. Crypt of the Living Dead   88. Curse of Pirate Death   89. Curse of the Komodo   90. Curse of the Headless Horseman   91. Cyrano de Bergerac   92. Dark Floors   93. Dark Fury   94. Dark Heritage   95. Dark Light   96. Dark Places   97. Dark Reel   98. Dark Water   99. Darkness  100. The Darkness  101. The Dawn Express  102. Dead and Breakfast  103. Deadly Drifter  104. Death Bed  105. Death By Dialogue  106. Death Machine  107. Decoys  108. The Deep End  109. Derailed  110. Desert Heat  111. Destroy All Planets  112. Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo  113. The Devil Bat  114. Devil Monster  115. The Devil's Curse  116. The Devil's Daughter  117. The Devil's Hand  118. Devil's Partner  119. Dinocroc  120. Dirty Dancing  121. Dogville  122. Dolores Claibourne  123. Dominique is Dead  124. Don't Open Till Christmas  125. Doom  126. Double Jeopardy  127. Double Team  128. Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde  129. Dr. Phibes Rides Again  130. Dr. T & The Women  131. Dracula vs. Frankenstein  132. Dragon Fighter  133. Drawing Blood  134. Easy Virtue  135. Edgar Allen Poe's Darkness  136. Eegah  137. Elizabethtown  138. Embryo  139. Entrapment  140. Eternal  141. Eternal Evil  142. Eulogy  143. Evil Brain from Outer Space  144. Executive Decision  145. Family Man  146. Farewell to Arms  147. The Farmer's Wife  148. Fear of the Dark  149. Feral  150. The Fighting Seabees  151. The Final Destination  152. A Fish Called Wanda  153. Fist of Fear, Touch of Death  154. Fist of the Vampire  155. Five Corners  156. Flesh Feast  157. Flight of the Living Dead  158. Flying Blind  159. The Flying Leathernecks  160. Foreigner  161. Four in a Jeep  162. Foxes  163. Freedom Writers  164. Freejack  165. From Within  166. Full Frontal  167. Galaxis  168. The Ghost  169. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken  170. The Ghost Walks  171. Good Night, And Good Luck  172. God Told Me To  173. Good Will Hunting  174. The Great American Snuff Film  175. The Green Berets  176. The Guardian  177. Gung Ho  178. Half Past Dead  179. Hands of Steel  180. Hangmen  181. Hard Cash  182. The Head  183. Hell's Threshold  184. A History of Violence  185. Home Made  186. Horror of the Zombies  187. The Hotel New Hampshire  188. House by the Cemetery  189. Horrors of Spider Island  190. House of Danger  191. House of Flying Daggers  192. House of Mystery  193. House of Secrets  194. How Aweful About Allen  195. Hunk  196. Hustling  197. Identity Unknown  198. If Tomorrow Comes  199. Immortal  200. In Harms Way  201. In the Bedroom  202. Infinity  203. The Innocent  204. Inside Man  205. Into Thy Hands  206. Intolerable Cruelty  207. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages  208. The Island Monster  209. The Island of Dr. Moreau  210. Jack the Ripper  211. Jamaica Inn  212. Jarhead  213. Johnny Mnemonic  214. Juno and the Paycock  215. Just Married  216. Kennel Murder Case  217. A Kid in Aladdin's Palace  218. Kill Cruise  219. King Kong: Deluxe Extended Edition  220. Kiss of the Dragon  221. Knight Chills  222. A Knight's Tale

223. Knockaround Guys  224. Kong Island  225. Ladder 49  226. Laser Mission  227. Last Best Chance  228. The Last Chance  229. Left Behind 2  230. Legacy of Blood  231. Legend of Big Foot  232. The Legend of Zorro  233. Little Man Tate  234. The Lodger  235. The Long Hair of Death  236. The Love God?  237. Mad City  238. The Madmen of Mandoras  239. Majestic  240. Mama Dracula  241. A Man Apart  242. The Man Who Fell to Earth  243. The Man Who Knew Too Much  244. The Man with Two Lives  245. The Manster  246. Manxman  247. Marie Antoinette  248. Mary Poppins  249. Matrix  250. Matrix Reloaded  251. Matrix Revolutions  252. Matrix Revisited  253. Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring  254. The Medallion  255. Men of Honor  256. Midnight Phantom  257. Midnight Shadow  258. The Midnight Warning  259. Million Dollar Baby  260. Minesweeper  261. Mission Impossible  262. Mission Impossible 2  263. Mona Lisa Smile  264. Mosquitoman  265. Murder at 1600  266. Murder in the Red Barn  267. The Murder Mansion  268. My Chauffeur  269. My Tutor  270. Nabonga  271. National Security  272. National Treasure  273. The Navy Way  274. Never Too Late  275. The Night that Evelyn Came Out of the Grave  276. Night Fright  277. Night of the Blood Beast  278. The Night They Took Miss Beautiful  279. Night Tide  280. Nightmare in Wax  281. Nim's Island  282. Number Seventeen  283. Nutcracker: An American Nightmare  284. Ocean's Eleven  285. Ocean's Twelve  286. One Eyed Jack  287. One of Our Aircraft is Missing  288. The Order  289. Pajama Game  290. Passenger 57  291. A Passanger to Bali  292. Pathfinder  293. The Phantom  294. The Phantom Creeps  295. The Phantom Express  296. The Phantom of Soho  297. Pinocchio  298. Pitch Black  299. The Planet  300. The Pom Pom Girls  301. Pony Trouble  302. Portrait of a Showgirl  303. Power, Passion and Murder  304. Primal Fear  305. Prime Evil  306. Prisoners of the Lost Universe  307. Private Benjamin  308. Private Buckaroo  309. Pterodactyl  310. Punch-Drunk Love  311. Puppet Show  312. The Pursuit of Happyness  313. Radio  314. Rage of the Master  315. Rat Race  316. Rattlers  317. Ravenous  318. The Reluctant Astronaut  319. The Replacement Killers  320. Replicant  321. Red Planet  322. Red Water  323. Rest Stop: Dead Ahead  324. Rest Stop: Don't Look Back  325. Return of the Boogeyman  326. Return of the Magnificent Seven  327. Rich and Strange  328. Ricochet  329. Riding in Cars with Boys  330. The Ring  331. Rise: Blood Hunter  332. Road to Bali  333. Rock & Roll Frankenstein  334. The Rogue Tavern  335. Rollerball  336. The Rookie  337. Rumble in Hong Kong  338. Runaway Jury  339. The Rundown  340. Sabbath  341. Sabotage  342. The Sadist  343. Sands of Iwo Jima  344. Satan's Slave  345. Savage Weekend  346. Saw VI  347. Scarecrow Gone Wild  348. Scourge  349. Screaming Ninja  350. The Sea Chase  351. Secret Agent  352. A Sensitive, Passionate Man  353. Shallow Hal  354. Shark Zone  355. She Gods of Shark Reef  356. The She-Beast  357. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon  358. Shock  359. The Shunned House  360. Sickness House  361. Silent Bloodnight  362. Sinners  363. Sisters of Death  364. Skin Game  365. Slasher  366. Slaughter  367. Slave of the Cannibal God  368. Sleep Disorder  369. Snake Crane Secret  370. The Snow Creature  371. Snowbeast  372. The Somnambulists  373. Solaris  374. Sound of Horror  375. Spare Parts  376. Spitfire  377. Spy Game  378. The Squid and the Whale  379. Stargate: Ultimate Edition  380. A Strange Adventure  381. The Stranger  382. Strangers of the Evening  383. Stanley  384. Star Wars IV: A New Hope  385. Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back  386. Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi  387. Super Hell  388. Super Hell 2  389. Tales of Frankenstein  390. A Tattered Web  391. Teenage Zombies  392. Terrified  393. Terror  394. Terror Creatures from the Grave  395. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2  396. They Were Expendable  397. The Third Man  398. Thirty-Nine Steps  399. This Darkness  400. Timber Falls  401. Tomboy  402. Tombstone  403. Torture Ship  404. Traffic  405. Training Day  406. The Transporter  407. Trauma  408. Trial and Error  409. Trick 'r Treat  410. Trip with the Teacher  411. Trouble Bound  412. Troy  413. Under the Tuscan Sun  414. The Undertaker and His Pals  415. Unsane  416. Vampire's Night Orgy  417. A Vampire's Tale  418. The Van  419. Vanity Fair  420. Vertical Limit  421. View from the Top  422. Village of the Damned  423. Voodoo Black Exorcist  424. Vulture's Eye  425. A Walking Nightmare  426. Walled In  427. The Wasp Woman  428. Watchmen  429. Watchmen: Director's Cut  430. Werewolf of Washington  431. Web of the Spider  432. Webs  433. Weekend Pass  434. When Harry Met Sally...  435. White Fang to the Rescue  436. The White Gorilla  437. White Pongo  438. Who Am I?  439. Who Shot Pat?  440. Wings of an Eagle  441. Winner Take All  442. The Wolf Man  443. Woodland Haunting 2

[Kathy]

How about Crash - after all it is a Sandra Bullock film!

A few to see with Brit: A Knight's Tale, National Treasure or The Rookie.

A History of Violence or American Gangster might help you through the last days of "no horror".

It looks like you have lots of new horror to look forward too this year. 

[addicted2dvd]

LOL... yeah a few new horror for this year. 

Surprised you didn't mention Million Dollar Baby... while I haven't decided yet... that may be the first one. It will at least get watched at some point this weekend if nothing bad happens that is.

[snowcat]

Im gonna second Crash! .... its one of my favourite films

[addicted2dvd]

After the second recommendation of Crash I watched the trailer for it in profiler... I must say... I hope the movie is better then the trailer.... as the trailer unfortunately did little to impress me. I will try to get to it at some point this weekend... but don't think it will be the first one I watch.

[Rogmeister]

I notice you have some of the same movies that I got via "The Kathy T Collection"...movies like Brokeback Mountain, 3000 Miles To Graceland and all of the Matrix movies.  I do hope to watch and review some of those movies eventually myself.  I think you should watch The Man Who Fell To Earth...especially since I never plan to watch that movie again    And maybe Bad Girls...I didn't notice if you had any other westerns there...

[addicted2dvd]

  Now why does that statement about The Man Who Fell To Earth worry me? 

Some of them I got from Kathy... but the Matrix movies came from another friend here at the forum. The same person that gave me all the Star Trek titles. 

[addicted2dvd]

Title: Private Benjamin
Year: 1980
Director: Howard Zieff
Rating: R
Length: 110 Min.
Video: Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Goldie Hawn
Eileen Brennan
Armand Assante
Robert Webber
Sam Wanamaker
Barbara Barrie

Plot:
PRIVATE BENJAMIN's immovable object is pampered Judy Benjamin, a wedding night widow. The irresistible force is a three-year, expense paid hitch in the U.S. Army. What's Judy doing in combat boots and fatigues? A recruiter seductively describes today's "new Army" and gullible Judy takes the bait.

Academy Award® winner† Goldie Hawn is a private first class in her Oscar®-nominated role of Judy, a fish-out-of-water coming of age via the rigors of basic training and a European assignment. Also top-notch are Robert Webber, Mary Kay Place, Albert Brooks and Eileen Brennan, also an Oscar® nominee and an Emmy winner for the TV series this movie inspired.


†1969: Best Supporting Actress for Cactus Flower.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Production Notes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I thought I would start this weekend with one I haven't seen since I was probably in my early teens. It is hard to believe this movie was made in 1980... this movie is 30yrs old!!! Now I am starting to feel old!

When I decided to pop this one in I was a little worried with how well it would hold up.And I guess rightfully so. While I still enjoyed this movie... as it was entertaining to say the least... I found I was remembering it to be funnier then it actually was. Sure there was a couple good laughs in there... but the majority of the movie was more amusing then anything else. I will have to see if I can find some more Goldie Hawn movies that were funnier. If that is possible... maybe I remember her... herself being funnier then she actually was. I found I liked the boot camp portion of the movie best... it seemed to go a bit downhill once she was out of boot camp.

It is also a shame this DVD is in Full Screen only. I did a quick search at amazon (mostly out of curiosity) and it seems there is no widescreen version available. The DVD could of used some more extras as well. While I can see myself watching this one again.... it is not one I could see watching often. I decided to rate this DVD at a 3 out of five... if it was widescreen and had some more extras it would have gotten to a 3.5.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

[addicted2dvd]

Title: Million Dollar Baby
Year: 2004
Director: Clint Eastwood
Rating: PG-13
Length: 132 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Clint Eastwood
Hilary Swank
Morgan Freeman
Jay Baruchel
Mike Colter
Lucia Rijker

Plot:
"I DON'T TRAIN GIRLS," trainer Frankie Dunn growls. But something's different about the spirited boxing hopeful who shows up daily at Dunn's gym. All she wants is a fighting chance.

Clint Eastwood plays Dunn and directs, produces and composes music for this acclaimed, multiaward-winning tale of heart, hope and family. Hilary Swank plays resilient Maggie, determined not to abandon her one dream. And Morgan Freeman is Scrap, gym caretaker and counterpoint to Dunn's crustiness. Grab your dreams and come out swinging. Million Dollar Baby is an absolute knockout.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Featurettes
Gallery
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I been wanting to see this movie since the first time I saw a trailer for it. Every since then I have heard nothing but good things about it. So going into this one I was hoping I wasn't letting all the hype around this one get to me. I have always liked both Clint Eastwood and Hilary Swank. And then there is of course Morgan Freeman who I think is also an amazing actor. After watching it I found this movie really has it all. Great talent... a storyline that is both exciting and moving. I found this movie to be nothing short of amazing! If you haven't seen this movie I definitely recommend it wholeheartedly!

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

[Najemikon]

Well said! Give that man a cookie... 

[addicted2dvd]

COOKIE!!!!!

[addicted2dvd]

Title: The Medallion
Year: 2003
Director: Gordon Chan
Rating: PG-13
Length: 88 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Jackie Chan
Lee Evans
Claire Forlani
Julian Sands
John Rhys-Davies
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang

Plot:
Action superstar Jackie Chan (Rush Hour 2, Shanghai Knights) combines his high-flying style with state-of-the-art special effects as he unleashes the power of THE MEDALLION, the film Roger Ebert gives a big "Thumbs up!" Chan plays Hong Kong detective Eddie Yang, who works with the beautiful Interpol agent Nicole (Claire Forlani from Meet Joe Black and The Rock) and the bumbling agent Watson (Lee Evans of Mouse Hunt) to try to rescue a boy from the clutches of the villainous Snakehead (Warlock's Julian Sands). But when a fatal accident ends his life, Eddie is brought back to this world with the help of THE MEDALLION and is supercharged! Now empowered with superhuman strength, Eddie sets out to thwart Snakehead's plan for world domination. Filmed on location in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Ireland. Jackie Chan has got the power – and kicks THE MEDALLION into high gear!

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Bonus Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
I have always enjoyed Jackie Chan... I like how he combines Martial Arts and comedy. This is one I never even heard of until a friend of mine offered to send me a copy. And this one has a touch of the supernatural which is something else I always liked. There is also the plus of Julian Sands in this one. I always liked him in the Warlock movies. I enjoyed this movie... but at the same time it isn't one of the best Jackie Chan movies out there. Just an entertaining... silly movie.

My Rating:
Out of a Possible 5

[Najemikon]

Oh no. Oh, Pete... no. 

The Medallion is terrible. I mean, it's really, really bad. Try The Tuxedo instead, for recent American Jackie Chan material, if you must, but there is no beating his Hong Kong stuff. Get Police Story and Drunken Master, then burn The Medallion in a special ceremony. 

[addicted2dvd]

Never seen any of his Hong Kong stuff.

[Achim]

Never seen any of his Hong Kong stuff.

You should try. There is even some semi-American stuff, like Rumble in the Bronx (which should definitely be available with an English language track) which is better than this.

Problem is, Chan's movies are all about the stunts and fight scenes. So, more more he gets cut loose, the more exciting he can be. US insurances can't allow him to do all his crazy stuff, so it all looks often rather lame compared to the balls-out Hong Kong originals