Recently Watched Films

And Charlton Heston seemed like he really didn't want to be filming this movie at all...

^

RYM seems to have real issues with genres on anime movies.

Definitely my preferred version.

And one more anime:

And true to form we need another RYM satire:

Summer Wars, a complex VR based sci-fi film that includes themes of imminent nuclear Armageddon and dialogue like:

Kid: What are you looking at Uncle?

Uncle: A women with big boobs.

RYM Genre Police: This is obviously a family movie. 

I loved this one when I saw it for the first time a couple of years ago. Knew the ending already, too much in pop culture to avoid (not to mention this poster which is a massive spoiler unto itself). The effects are obviously way better in the new ones (which I also liked) but I do think this is the best Apes film. I've not seen any of it's original sequels yet (I've had the second one recorded off the TV for over a year and not watched it yet for some reason). 

Definitely up there with my all time favourites. 

Honestly not Bava's best work, but I'm generally finding him inferior to Argento on these re-watches. This one really does merge giallo with slasher so it's a bit more of an obvious gorefest and lacking in intrigue. 

Third watch on this already. Still a captivating movie. 

New films seen between these:

Feels odd to have missed this up until this point. Didn't find them that great really; the second was an improvement on the first.

My first Indian film and a really solid fantasy horror told in three chapters set in 1918, 1932 and 1947. 

Was billed on Prime as a psychological thriller but it turned out to actually be a melodrama, though as its a Korean film it's still pretty messed up in places. The final scene is just plain weird. 

Another missing classic finally seen. 

First watched some of this quite some years back. For such a low budget piss take, it was quite an influential film. It introduced the concept of "dirty space", where spaceships weren't pristine, and space farers were unkempt and scruffy, because space is big and boring.

Also, don't try reasoning with a smart bomb...

Funny, the further into this I got my exact thoughts were 'how the hell will this end?'

I love the stupid over-the-top shoot-ups in this movie. It's one of those ones where you disengage your brain and just enjoy the action. The female star Sondra Locke was actually Clint Eastwood's missus, and a reasonably notable actress in her own right. This was originally going to star Steve McQueen and Barbra Streisand, which would have been awful! 

Actually a giallo, but could easily also be called a slasher.