Just check daily and some will sprout eventually.

I just got done the best Canadian Film class ever. Teacher decided "screw work, you guys have enough going on with exams." and let us pick between watching movies or leaving. All the stuck up kids from the Dental Hygiene course left, and the rest of us watched and discussed Pontypool.

Very cool movie. Interesting concept for the spread of the virus. The lead actor had an amazing voice, and the little b-movie bit after the credits was priceless. Lots of Canadian themes too but I won't bore you. :P

Monsters, Inc. with my mom. It's one of her favorites.

Noise starring Tim Robbins and William Hurt
compelling comedy with serious subtleties
8/10:cool::D

Zigeunerweisen (1980)

Seijun Suzuki's unusual film is a mysterious, ethereal drama concerning the relationships between and forces within four people. The action is intermittently distorted, like watching someone walk behind a pane of imperfect glass, the form itself intact and then suddenly twisted and obscured, then back again. We're not sure what actually happened, what is dreamed, and what is misremembered. Freed from studio constraints, Suzuki is able to take his time with the story, and although it slightly drags in spots, feels sometimes dreamlike, sometimes eerie, and sometimes both, ending in a superb, haunting finale that I'm sure will be stuck in my mind for some time.

Highly recommended- V, Alky, Doc, NE, roshiq, and whoever else is interested.

Cool. Loved that flick. Enlighten me on the Canadian themes!

One of the three films of Suzuki's Taisho trilogy. Read about this but never heard from anyone.

Sounds intriguing. You have peaked my interest, Fort, thank you.

Kino release?

Session 9......again, with no lights on and surround sound. Creepy!

Trouble Every Day (2001). French art-house horror at its brutal best. This story starts out menacingly slow and brilliantly unrevealing. Things just do not seem to connect, with the one exception that the viewer somehow knows that horrible things are going to come about. The story never really gets fully developed, but that does not detract from its horrify central element and allows for the imagination to fill in the blanks. There are two scenes that are worthy of special mention for a "most brutal and squeamish scene ever" nomination. The camera work is playful and original, lingering at times in a most threatening manner. The acting was wonderful, with Vincent Gallo owning the central element of this film's importance. The direction-sublime! Overall, this was simply an artful display of intimately terrorizing horror. Merci beaucoup.
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First thing I picked up on was the weather in central Ontario, and mention of Seasonal Affective Disorder. I think that was a nice way to set up the depression, paranoia and being stuck inside. Even without "conversationalists" running around, the movie could have played out similarly.

Sense of place, and small town boredom is huge. Maybe I found that more effective because I can relate, but it was pretty apparent. Mazzy was a Toronto talk radio artist before getting fired and started working in a town as small as Pontypool. He's clearly bored, and trying to stir shit up, make the small minded small-towners think about something, anything. He was so excited when shit started happening that he didn't really think about the hysteria he was causing. I just liked that because I know first hand that people in a small town will do anything for fun/attention. (Some kids in my town beat a carny to death with a baseball bat. We're desperate for excitement and it's sad.)

French/English relations. Firstly the BBC asking if the attacks were related to separatist terrorist attacks (In the 60s a group called the FLQ would set up mailbox bombs to try to kill English speaking Canadians in Quebec). Then Mazzy's distaste for speaking french near the end of the film. Look on his face was priceless.

Avatar: Yes, yes... I finally got around to seeing it. Kinda late, but whatever. :P

Visuals: Absolutely stunning. Jaw dropping. Etc. Etc. Etc.
Plotline: Tired, cliched, and overdone. I've seen it used at least 197 times before. Quite disappointing actually given the total timeframe that this movie has been in the works by Cameron.
3D: Some scenes were amazing. Others were just plain annoying. The tech has a ways to go yet. I'm looking forward to the Blu-Ray so I can watch it without the distractions of blurry, doubled images in the periphery.

I still haven't seen Avatar, heck I still haven't seen the new Alice in Wonderland either.I don't get to the movies a lot, and was going to go a few weeks ago,but it would of cut time really close and my friends and I had to make it to another theatre before midnight.

I did watch 'Fanboys' a few weeks ago, that was hilarious. A must see for any sci-fi fan,I am a fan of both Star Wars and Star Trek and I laughed so hard during this movie!

The Great Escape: One of my favourite films. Quality film and superb ensemble cast.

Hm. Very interesting, MM ! I'll have to check this one out again and consider that context.

Definitely check it out!
Yeah, it's a Kino release. The picture's not bad; the colors are kind of off, I think the contrast is way too low and they've messed with the levels a bit. But the aspect ratio's right and everything, and the film itself seems in pretty good shape.

Great film. Such an unusual surprise from Claire Denis, but it's great to see excellent filmmakers branch out like that.

Funny People. My favorite Apatow movie yet. Funny, painful and complex with no easy answers.

That does put a different spin on it all. Thanks for sharing :)

I can't count how many times I've watched that film. Fantastic movie!

The Children

Kids are scarey!

The Hide (2008)

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Pretty slow burn but intriguing.

>>: B+


Clash of the Titans (2010)

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>>: B-

The House of the Devil - I found this extremely dull and exceptionally slow,I can enjoy a slow burner but this failed to engage me sufficiently.It had some good points,the 80's setting and retro vibe were excellently created and Jocelin Donahue was cute as a button. :) 6/10

Homicide (1991) This movie is about a man's denial of ancestry and how this denial has ironically actually worked for him as a person. Of course, once he begins to engender his Jewish roots things start to go downhill. Difficult material to be explored, but this film does it with aplomb. This is a difficult and depressing movie about a guy we all really want to cheer for. And he let us down for what seem like the right reasons. The acting was more than solid, with Joe Mantegna playing a very compelling part as a front-line detective. It is always nice to see William H. Macy in any role, and his role here could only have been bettered by more screen time. Direction was wonderful, and allowed for the subtleties that film was trying to express find repose in the more than casual viewer. Great film! Merci beaucoup.
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Creepy Hide-and-Seek - Asian horror movie...

Friday the 13th Part 2 nothing was on t.v. so why not.5/10:)

The Guardian- A pathetic attempt from William Friedkin.

The Unknown Woman.................recommended

Seventh Moon

Started out well... kinda fizzled at the end.

Red River

One of my favorite westerns and a flat-out fantastic film. Carpenter borrored heavily from it. It came on cable last night and I couldn't resist... the wife even fell under its spell.
9/10

Just watched 80's remake of The Blob. Talk about a giggle fest! Also watched Black Christmas (the original) for the 1st time. Holy crap was it creepy!

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009)

Without the masks they both looked almost alike.

While watching it I was thinking it'd be nice to see someday a Superman Vs. Hulk movie in a DC-Marvel collaboration where Hulk empower himself more after hitting by a Kryptonite meteor in the galaxy while fighting with the man of steel.:)

>>: B

Psychomania,in which a gang of bikers known as the Living Dead,who terrorize locals and bug the Fuzz,kill themselves in order to be resurrected ...so that they can terrorize locals and bug the fuzz.

Great filml.................

Dead Air

This was a bit heavy handed with its anti-war/weapons message (but hey so were all the Romero flicks) and I thought Pontypool had a creepier atomosphere. However Bill Mosely was excellent and the film flowed really well and I enjoyed it a lot. It'll definitely suit the people who were bummed Pontypool didn't show what was happening outside. Nice to see indie flicks like this that totally kill what the bigger studios are doing.

Savage Streets

Watched the new transfer of this one and it's FUCKING GREAT. One of my favorite flicks that turned me onto the whole trash/exploitation deal.

You'll be happy to know Bruce McDonald is making a sequel, Pontypool Changes, which will show more of an outside view of the situation.

The Unborn (2009). i must have been in the mood for some rather vapid and predictable Hollywood horror as i did not hate this as much as everyone else. Or maybe i just gotta thing for Odette. i really appreciated the way photons reflected off of her body. Other than than, the film really drug in the middle and then ended in the most predictable of fashions. Late.
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Savage Streets is great trash..

Th Blob.Yes,the original.The Blob is one of the films I saw at a young age and it along with a few others is responsible for my love of the genre.I still am over the top in love with THE BLOB!

Hancock. Not half as bad or commercial as it looked. Some powerful scenes, actually. That makes two Will Smith movies I don't completely hate.

"Burnt Offerings" (1976)

I remember seeing this movie in theaters back in '76 and thinking it was pretty decent, I mean it was made by Dan Curtis who created "Dark Shadows" one of my favorite TV shows and it had some good actors starring in it. I saw it the one time and never saw it again , that is until last night and WOW....what a turd. Boring. pointless and not the least bit scary. It's amazing how a few decades can change your opinion of something.