Hi there. Found your channel recently and have been going through your videos. I love that you have kept the 480p format rather than dumping a bunch of money on tech. Think most of us are here for your charming personality and insightful commentary on whatever it is you happen to be talking about. Cheers
Well done, Miss Weiselberry, these are all films I've never seen before and some of them are worth checking out. Maybe I've seen the Claude Rains sci-fi before back in the day but I just can't be certain. It's a good thing the fate of the planet rests with Rains and not my memory.
Thank you!! Watched "The Thief" after your review. It was so good and atmospheric. You know its the blazing 50s when someone lights a cigarette on every scene😅
Great video (as usual). Really looking forward to October’s reviews. And I stopped watching ultra violent films (body parts paloozas) years ago because of what you said about unseeing them. The final moments of Shaun of the Dead still come to mind. Gad! Anyway, thanks!
I remember " Night of the Grizzly " was a staple on " The ABC Monday Night Movie " in the early seventies. They ran it a lot. It made for a lot of interesting conversations at school the next day.
Your comment about JP Dominion having too much going on all at once really resonated with me, all the recent movies nowadays are like that I.e. Kong and Godzilla etc etc.. holy moly just slow it down, we get that it’s an action scene but not every move and cut has to be at hyper speed. I’m 52, so it’s probably meant for the newer generations who have to be bombarded with stimuli 24/7 to keep their attention. These directors now have no idea what character development is or how plot narrative works with the action to drive a movie forward.
Thanks. I always appreciate your specific and centered critique on movies (books, too.) I loved "Ikuru." I will definitely check out "Living." Peace on earth.
Thank you for recommending 'The Thief'! I just watched it and think it is a very nice film! I was not familiar with it at all. I thought it was very effective. Although the ringing telephones get to you after a while. Ray Milland seemed to have a corner on the market for these types of characters. Think "Dial M for Murder' 'Lost Weekend' and 'The Big Clock'. (Flawed character, up to no good). Rita Gam certainly lived up to her name, didn't she? That hotel room in New York that Milland checks into has got to be the most depressing room I've ever seen in a film. Once again, thank you for your very on point reviews. What would I do without you?
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I agree, there was a point where all the ringing got to be a bit much, but I did feel like it gave me the same sense of dread and irritation the character felt when he heard it. Not that it was necessary for the film to go to such lengths to convince me: I already dislike it whenever the phone rings. :)
Hello, Jay Dub. “Assignment:…” Years ago was a common term for journalists. Maybe not so much anymore, as movies’ plots no longer revolve around reporters as often.
Watched "The Ship that Died of Shame" only last night! I've not seen "The Command" but your review reminded me of another film called "Morning Departure" with John Mills and Richard Attenborough, I'd recommend it if you haven't seen it already.
Thank you for giving me another intriguing batch of films to watch . You always seem to pick a good mix of genres . I look forward to investigating these movies . Many thanks for your suggestions this month , and I look forward to seeing what you come up with next month . Cheers !
I think my stance on re-makes began to soften a *little* bit when I began exploring more silent films and realizing that some of my favorite movies were technically "remakes". I think you're right that it helps if it's reframed as a different adaptation of the same source, but it helps when it feels more like a different adaptation of the same source. Good luck plowing through your spooky movies - looking forward to hearing about what you watch!
As I was adding your recommendations to my “ movies to watch “ list, “They Came From the Ether” popped up…love the title,,lol…. Always enjoy your videos--thank you.
Thanks for a lovely bunch of reviews. The most pleasant surprise was your obvious liking for the"Tallis Fantasia" - I thought your love for those Russian romantics might have precluded that. I also appreciated your perfect pronunciation of the name of the composer - something a lot of my fellow countrypeople wouldn't accomplish.
I liked Jurassic Park but really what do you do with the premise after the first movie ? How many times can they open a Dino park and then every thing goes wrong?
JP 1 is outstanding, groundbreaking and absolutely amazing in every single way. JP2 is watchable but not much more. The other sequels are cheap popcorn entertainment.
I love that you covered Jurassic World: Dominion! I saw the movie in theaters and I had a good time! I will admit that there are definitely problems. I, too, didn't care for Maisy. I thought she was annoying and, quite frankly, a bit stupid. The dinosaurs are very slow, so it gives our characters time to flee, which takes out the tension, and I don't care for having Dodson as a villain. I think that was for shock value for us who grew up with the film so that we would drop our jaws and go "Dodson!" Personally, I don't think these movies need a villain. Basically, the villain is the theme of man playing God, and there are always consequences to those actions. (Movies like The Fly and Frankensteinalso tackle that theme). Anyways, sorry for the long-winded message, lol I do recommend you check out I Married a Witch (1942), which I found charming and fun! And Spaceballs (1987), which is a ton of fun!
Dear Ms Weiselberry, "The Command" and "To End All Wars" sound very good. I'll have to check them out. Last month I watched: "Confidence Girl" (1952). Mildly amusing crime thriller. "Ocean's 11" (1960). Amazing crime thriller. "Safety Last" (1923). Harold Lloyd's classic silent comedy. "Creature With the Atomic Brain" (1955) and "Beast From the Beginning of Time" (1965). Mildly entertaining (in an unintentional way) creature features. I saw two excellent Japanese historical films: "Life of Oharu" (1952). The story of a women at the mercy of everyone around her. Based on a novel written in 1686. "Hara Kiri" (1962). A deconstruction of samurai honor, starring Tatsuya Nakadai. I also watched season 2 of "Rings of Power," which was definitely a thing that I watched.
Thanks for sharing what you watched! I've never heard of Beast from the Beginning of Time. I've reviewed Creature with the Atomic Brain, though. Heh, heh, heh...
I'll guess that some of movies you watch might go weeks or months without being seen by anyone else in the US or even the world. Thank you for bringing some rather obscure stuff to our attention. I think this Overlord you watched deserves that kind of obscurity. I only mention it because it brings to mind a movie of the same name from 1975. That Overlord is very much worth the watch.
I think I've gone in the opposite direction in terms of gore tolerance. While I never cared for it, I think as time has gone on it bothers me even more on an emotional level. It's probably just age and having to deal with mortality more as you grow older, I'm not sure. In keeping with the season, some oddball fun/scary Halloween type movies I would suggest would be The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942), Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and the non-Frankenstein Abbott and Costello Meet horrors, (Jekyll and Hyde, Mummy, Invisible Man). Happy October!
Hello, Jerome! Your movie September sounds a bit somber, hehe I have had To End All Wars in my radar for a long time because I've been a Mark Strong and Robert Carlyle fan for ages, but have kept it in the back burner mainly because the Pacific front of WWII is too much for me most of the time (I read The Code of Love, a while ago, which is a double narrative about the real case of a British pilot who was captured and interned in a Japanese POW camp after the fall of Singapore, the coded diary he wrote inspired by the love of his fiancé, how all that untreated PTSD ended up destroying their lives after the war for decades even if they loved each other passionately, and the journey of the mathematician that finally broke the code... and boy did it haunt me even if the detail about camp life was pretty much minimal). I must bit that bullet sometime, though, and you are giving me encouragement. My mom went looking after that Alain Delon movie when news of his death broke because of a song she remembered from it, so I have the whole plot twist and ending pretty fresh in my mind. I am one of those few people that never cared for Delon's kind of male beauty (hence why guys like Richard Armitage, Jude Law or Michael Fassbender do NOTHING for me), but this was a moment of "hey, I know that one!" XD Speaking of familiar faces, I've seen quite a bit of Richard Attenborough this month. I've been feeling pretty down for a few weeks now, so I've been watching some Ian Carmichael movies (he's one of those actors that cheer me up from just seeing them, like Joseph Cotten), and Richard Attenborough stars with him in several of those from the 50s -which are the ones I've been watching-: The Colditz Story (1955), Private's Progress (1956) and Brothers in Law (1957), plus the non RA Betrayed (1954), Storm Over the Nile (1995) -which is a remake of The Four White Feathers, and Happy is the Bride (1958). None of them anything to write home about, but definitely elevated by the cast -Eric Portman in The Colditz Story, Terry Thomas in Brothers in Law and Private's Progress, and John Le Mesurier in Brothers in Law and Happy is the Bride. (On the TV side I've been having a blast with Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, the British comedy series about government and the British civil service from the 80s. Nigel Hawtorne is delightful, the comedy is on point and shows knowledge of politics and its cynicism, which makes it surprisingly relevant these days still.) Like To End All Wars, Living sounds like the sort of thing I'd love, but need to be on a very, very specific state of mind to engage with. As miscast as I thought he was as Mr. Woodhouse in Emma. (2020) Bill Nighy truly is a great and very versatile actor, capable of doing an excellent Samwise Gamgee in the 1981 radio drama of LotR, the same way he makes an empathetic portrayal of an alcoholic and adulterous actor turned detective in the comedy-mystery series of radio adaptations for Simon Brett's Charles Paris. He has the range, as the kids say.
Yeah, sometimes it pans out that way! Re: To End All Wars, if you found that book's minimal details haunting, I'm not sure you'd want to watch this. It is a very good movie, I think, and I particularly liked Mark Strong in it, but I can't emphasize enough how rough it is. There are three or four graphic scenes that are particularly upsetting. No, make that five scenes--the more I think about it, the higher the number goes. There are a couple other movies I've talked about in the past based on true stories with very similar settings and themes, and while they also have excruciating moments, I don't think they're quite as horrifying: Unbroken and The Railway Man. I recommend both, though I personally feel Unbroken is better paired with its independent, lower-budget follow-up, Unbroken: Path to Redemption, which tells the rest of the story. Both To End All Wars and The Railway Man have awful waterboarding scenes, but (at least as I remember it) in The Railway Man that was the worst part, but in To End All Wars, it was one of a series of difficult or shocking scenes. Just want to give you fair warning. :)
Hey, J. To be fair, I like Jurassic World: Dominion. It’s not great, but it’s still fun and I feel like it’s the better of the Jurassic World movies. BTW, here’s what I watched in September. 1. Aliens (theatrical cut) …. On 4K UHD 2. Lady Bird …. On HBO Signature 3. A Wife’s Nightmare …. On TH-cam 4. Hulk (2003) …. On 4K UHD 5. Blazing Saddles …. In theaters 6. Electric Dreams (1984) …. On TH-cam 7. The Incredible Hulk (2008) …. On 4K UHD 8. Deadpool & Wolverine …. Again in theaters You and your family take care, J!
@@PaintDryPictures - I want to get it, but it's worrying seeing the exact same complaint on all the Cameron 4K's that came out within a few months of each other. I'll start with Aliens as it's the best of them and just hope for the best.
Good evening, J. i remember the glimmer of hope you had when the Dominion trailer came out. It'a a shame it wasn't the home run it could have been. I agree, too much action, too many plots can wreck an otherwise good film. Btw, whippersnappers. I read that term in an NYC article today, used by the rangers to describe the up and coming fat bears during Fat Bear Week. These young 'uns are the fat bears of tomorrow, lol. Thanks for these, have a great week.
Yes, that bit of optimism faded once I heard a couple reviews. I guess it's fortunate that I was forewarned so I didn't have my hopes set too high when I finally did watch it. Ha! Fat Bear Week! :D
Enjoyed the reviews. I forgot how bad JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION was until I watched your review. Regarding Indiana Jones's hat, in a relatively recent interview, Harrison Ford confirmed that old film footage is accurate in showing him stapling his hat to his head because it kept flying off during action scenes in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. He said, "You do what you need to do...I still have the scar", and then he showed the scar to the interviewer. TO END ALL WARS/THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI trivia: Paul Picerni, who co-starred on THE UNTOUCHABLES tv series and played the doctor who treated Jacqueline Bisset in AIRPORT (that you reviewed earlier), was a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator bomber in World War II, and he literally dropped bombs that destroyed the real Bridge on the River Kwai. Also, another Claude Rains scientist sci fi movie I suggest is Irwin Allen's THE LOST WORLD that also starred Michael Rennie, David Hedison and Jill St. John.
Ouch! That's some serious dedication... or frustration! Yes, the character Rains plays in Battle of the Worlds has certain traits in common with Professor Challenger. Since the films were just one year apart, I wondered if the production company essentially wanted a recreation of that role.
/my mother always told me how scared she was of Night of the Grizzly, and how her cousins who she saw it with teased her over her weak stomach. lol As for me I did a double feature of Transformers One and the Wild Robot. Tremendous pictures.
Years ago, I got a library dvd of NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY because it reminded me of when I was a kid I watched an episode of Clint Walker's Western tv series CHEYENNE titled "The Ghost Basin" in which Cheyenne battles a giant grizzly bear. The only thing I remembered about the episode was Cheyenne was in a tree at night waiting for the grizzly bear, and he sees a pair of big eyes glowing in the dark which creeped me out for a long time. I wondered if NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY was connected to "The Ghost Basin".....I still don't know if there is a connection between the tv episode and the movie. The only thing I remember about NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY was Leo Gordon appeared in it. Ironically, I watched THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH last night (I watch it every October 5 to celebrate a family member's birthday), and Gordon appears for a few seconds as the villains' chauffeur when Jimmy Stewart is knocked out in the church.
Hope you’ve had a lovely weekend :) The films on your list that I’ve seen. The Thief- I was unsure if I’d seen this film before because it seemed familiar to me so I played it last night thinking it would come back to me and I’d stop it but I watched it all the way through and I still don’t know if I had seen it or not. Ray Milland was a talented actor but his films apart from The Lost Weekend and Dial M for Murder have never really left a lasting impression on me. I looked over his filmography to see how many of his films I liked and discovered he was the voice of the devil in King of Kings :0 The Thief was good, I liked it and thought it was beautifully shot. It really did feel like a silent film. Jurassic World : Dominion- I saw this in the cinema and remember having a lot to say about it and mentioning it in a comment on your channel but now I can barely remember anything about it lol. I do remember a little about Grant and Ellie’s involvement and the plane sequence but the main plot and sub plots have completely left me, they ran out of my head like they were being chased by velociraptors. The images you picked while discussing the film helped me to piece the film back together, I forgot Dodgson was the main villain, I guess Nedry was right about nobody caring. I was trying to fit a scene in where the kid and her scientist guardian were communicating with the beast attempting to convince it to go in a gate or tunnel and then realised it was Godzilla vs. Kong I was thinking about. The Jurassic World films have been so disappointing, I love Jurassic Park so much and have seen it so many times that I remember almost every detail, I saw it again maybe a month ago and there’s a short conversation between Malcolm and Grant in the car and Malcolm asks Grant if he and Ellie were together and Grant says yes, I always saw them as a couple but was torn about them getting back together because it was established that Ellie had a family and was happy in Jurassic Park 3, I felt it was a mistake to go in that direction but they did and as much as I love Grant and Ellie together I’m not fond of the broken family idea. To End all Wars- I thought it was very good but was convinced it would be a long time before I’d watch it again but have seen bits and pieces of it many more times because it pops up consistently on a film channel here, it seems to air every two or three weeks. Overlord- This is another film I remember mentioning in a comment on your channel. I’d read about this film in Total film or Empire magazine where it was described as Band of Brothers with zombies so I watched it when it became available to rent and remember liking the opening but being disgusted by the gore, it was a lot at times. I had the same thoughts about the story being more plausible than some may believe especially with stories of horrific experimentation on captives at concentration camps sadly being fact not fiction and I remember seeing a National Geographic documentary about Hitler’s obsession with the spear of destiny, it’s an Indiana Jones story in real life. Living- I may have also mentioned seeing this film or a trailer for it in a comment. ( whispers, Ikiru is fantastic but I also found myself being more drawn in emotionally while watching Living ) Bill Nighy was incredible and deserved his Oscar nomination. I haven’t seen any of the others, I don’t think because Assignment: Paris? Dana Andrew’s? this title has film I’ve seen randomly five years ago all over it. I was curious to know how many films had assignment in the title and there’s a few, Leslie Nielsen plays a kidnapper in one titled Assignment : Vienna, Me : surly you’re not playing a kidnapper? Leslie Nielsen : I am playing a kidnapper and don’t call me surly :) there’s another film with the same characters from the Nielsen film played by different actors titled Assignment : Munich. Les Aventuriers is a Delon film I haven’t seen but I’m interested. The Ship that Died of Shame is another film that seems familiar because I’ve seen so many British films of its type but it’s going on my list because it does look very good. Battle of the Worlds with Claude Rains in a space suit :0 I feel like I should’ve seen this, have I seen this? I don’t think I have but I’ll watch it tomorrow. I remember my older brothers talking about the Kursk accident at the time but I didn’t really understand what was happening. I was very interested to see Command during its initial release but it’s one of those films that slipped through the cracks and I’d forgotten about so I’m glad you’re reminded me that it exists because I plan to see it soon. Your reviews are always fantastic and insightful and your choices interesting. It’s always fun to see what’s on your list, a bit like discovering what’s in the Christmas stocking lol. ~ Thank you Ms Weiselberry ~ :)
Yes, I did, thanks! "I guess Nedry was right about nobody caring." Ooh! Sick burn, as the kids say. Yeah, I also don't particularly care for the fact that, in order to get them together, they had to split up another marriage. That's a good point. Band of Brothers with zombies. Hm. I wouldn't describe it that way, but I could tell that's what they were trying to channel, kinda sorta. The opening on the plane was essentially a copy and paste. I wasn't aware Nighy had been nominated for the Oscar before I watched the movie, but when I found out afterward, I was very happy for him. As you say, it was well-deserved. There's a movie called Assignment in Brittany, which I had in mind when I was talking about Assignment: Paris. I thought I'd seen it, but I just looked it up, and it does NOT star William Holden and Brenda Whatshername, so what am I thinking of?! ... Okay, apparently I was thinking of Background to Danger, and it's Brenda *Marshall*, who was also Mrs. Bill Holden, and now I'm confused. But wait! That stars George Raft, not William Holden! Now I'm even more confused. Apparently there is no such war drama with Holden and Marshall assigned anywhere. I made the whole thing up! Haha, what's in the Christmas stocking! I like that. :D Thanks for sharing your thoughts on all these movies!
@@Weiselberry I hope you and your family are safe from the oncoming Hurricane and safe from the devastation of the previous storm🙏🏻 I’d read a little about Assignment in Brittany while looking up Assignment films lol. I think misremembering films and sometimes mashing them together comes with being a classic film fan because I do it all the time, while watching Thief I was half expecting Ray Milland’s character to be involved in a train accident and get a face transplant and had probably confused Milland with Rock Hudson in Seconds and Pat O’ Brien in Crack-Up but I’m unsure lol. Reading your description of the film starring William Holden and Brenda Marshall i thought wait I know that film! thats Escape to Athena! Is it? no it’s the something traitor??? looked it up to remember the title and the film I was thinking of was The Counterfeit Traitor but Brenda Marshall isn’t in that it’s Lilli Palmer so I imagined it lol. The titles! Assignment : Paris, Assignment in Brittany and Background to Danger are like a film title Bermuda Triangle of confusion lol. I forgot to mention The Night of the Grizzly :0 I haven’t seen it but a nice Jack Elam??? I’ll watch that. I liked Elam a lot in Support your Local Sheriff, I thought he did well in comedic roles. I’ve always thought if Clint Walker was acting today he’d probably be playing Superman because he looks just like him, if I see a comic image of Superman I see Clint Walker. ~ Have a great week and thank you again Ms Weiselberry ~
The first one The Thief sounds very interesting and I may check out Overlord also as I enjoy zombies. This month all I'm watching are old horror movies, some good some not quite so.
Actually, I just checked my list of 40+ titles I'm considering (I won't get to all of them), and roughly 35% are post-1980. As for quality, ha, it's a broad range.
I like the "sound" of The Thief. Maybe you should do a video about wordless movies (post silent film era, of course). I heard that Robert Redford's All Is Lost (2013) is a good one, and I really liked Robot Dreams from earlier this year.
I was curious about All is Lost when it first came out, but I'm not sure I knew it has no dialogue. I watched a surrealist black-and-white movie a year or two ago that little to no dialogue. I'd share a link to my review of it, but I can't remember what it was called!
sorry if you’ve answered this previously in a video, but how do you get hold of some of your films? a lot of these aren’t well known or popular any longer apart from film buffs. i use tcm, the free streaming channels, conventions, and my own laboriously attained collection of vhs and discs mostly gained through stores going out of business or overseas sellers-our library, another terrific source, used to be great but isn’t any longer. oops! you just answered my question! i’ll hop on over to movie detective and see what they have, but i guess i can still ask what you did previously? thanks 🙂
Movie Detective is actually very new to me; I've only used it the one time so far. I'm surprised how much I'm able to find on TH-cam these days. That's what I'm using most, and I occasionally find something on the TCM app or Prime or the Criterion Channel (we were given a year-long subscription). I'm a big library user too. The one in my town has a pretty sad selection, but I make frequent use of the (free!) inter-library loan network. That's how I get most of the DVDs and Blu-rays I watch. :)
Jerome, if you like cinematic experience of telling stories without dialigue, last year it was released a movie called NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU where there is only one very small line of dialogue and the entire movie rests on the shoulders of the young lead actress and she is phenomenal. The movie also has great visuals. It is an unusual UFO invasion story told in an unusual style. I loved it. Here's my recomendation given your high praise of The Thief's narrative gimmick.
@@paulwhiston1836 I haven't seen it in many years, yet I'm surprised how much I do remember. I don't especially like the movie (the supporting characters are just too annoying), but there were a couple parts I found very creepy that have always stayed with me.
@@Weiselberry I like it better than the second one which I just find boring and unengaging. The Jurassic world films are kind of stupid and nonsense but they're still more fun than the Lost World
Another interesting group of mini reviews. First, let me say your review of the Jurassic World movie confirmed that I will never see it or another from this franchise ever again. I can say the same about the American Godzilla movies. Just a bunch of CGI pixels moving around. Battle of the Worlds I have always liked. I very much enjoy the Italian sci fi films of the 60s. If you haven’t seen Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires, it’s really worth checking out. I saw Living and liked it, but I still prefer Ikiru, mostly because of Japanese cultural things. (Spoiler ahead) After someone dies in Japan, the home is open for days for people who knew the person In life to come and talk about them. Of course the policeman is the last visitor, who only saw Watanabe once, the night he died. This form makes more sense. The British don’t have this formal tradition, so the way they did it felt a bit forced. As for the song sung in the swing set in both versions, Gondola No Uta, (Gondola Song) in Ikiru is such a great memorable song, nothing could compare. The Nazi zombie film is one I’ll never see. You have a stronger stomach than I have.
@@Weiselberry thanks for the link. Glad you liked Planet of the Vampires and noted the great black costumes with the high collars, and I noticed you had your collar up perhaps as a tribute! Please check out more Bava, including Black Sunday and Kill Baby Kill. Both amazing visually.
JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---Jeff Goldblum recently commented on DOMINION's divisive ratings among critics and fans (Rotten Tomatoes critics rating--29%, audience rating--77%), "I enjoyed working on it and enjoyed trying to make it good. I think it sold a bunch of tickets. But, you know… [laughs] Everybody’s got an opinion about it. It’s tough to make a good movie." Goldblum said he enjoyed reuniting with his co-stars from JURASSIC PARK, "...a very enjoyable experience...getting together again with Laura Dern and Sam Neill", and he commented on the future of Dr. Ian Malcom, "I think Ian Malcolm may have ridden off into the sunset. Maybe." Goldblum said he is looking forward to the upcoming JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH, "Because this next one--my friend Scarlett Johansson and my new friend Jonathan Bailey from WICKED, I think, are taking up the reins. And I can’t wait to see what they do. I think that’s a good idea."
overlord harikadır. ona bir b movie olarak bakmalıyız diye düşünüyorum. arka mahalle sinemalarında, tozlu ve kirli perdeye yakışır. video kaset dükkanında rafların en alt sırasında kapağını görüp keşfedip, cızırtılı vhs kopyasından seyrettiğimiz filmdir.yani ona yakışacak olan budur.2018 yapımı bir 80'ler filmidir. birkaç hafta önceki bir videoda önerilen tiger bay 'i (1959) izledim. hayley mills,horst bucholz,john mills'in oynadığı j.lee thompson'ın yönettiği. bir başyapıt. ayrı incelemeyi hakediyor.
I really enjoyed your video asking us our thoughts about the Jurassic World Dominion trailer. I always wondered whether you would see the film and when a review might surface? It is good to have closure. Something we will never get with this series. I expect to see Jurassic Off-World eventually. "Bringing dinosaurs back put the people of earth at risk. That mistake will not happen again. Because this time we are going to Mars." The siblings are back from the original. Now great grandparents. Holidaying with their families on a space cruise ship called The Poseidon !!!!!!! Passing Mars. An oligarch passenger bribes the Captain to bring the ship down for a closer look at a T-Rex. Disaster. The cruiser crashes. Leaving the survivors stranded. Buffet lunch for the dinosaurs. Fallen Kingdom got me excited for a world of dinosaurs let loose. Dominion's story result is subdued. The theatrical cut had some odd abbreviated edits. Overlord has a great opening. Don't know about the choice of title. Has too much historical significance. Like calling a zombie film Waterloo. Shock Waves 1975 has aquatic Nazi zombies and Peter Cushing. Underrated. Hope you had a really nice day on Saturday. Thank you.
Oh, do you remember that? Haha, I wondered if there was anyone patiently waiting for a follow-up. Glad I could deliver, albeit two years later. :) Hm, Jurassic Park dinosaurs on Mars--that's interesting. I heard that Trevorrow was intending for the franchise to explore all kinds of ideas after the first Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom, but I doubt that was something he was planning! I think the historical significance is exactly what they had in mind, in addition to the general definition of the word. I'm not sure the film's plot fully lived up to it. Perhaps if dozens of zombies had actually started defeating the Allies on the battlefield and winning the war, it would have worked even better. Now you've got me thinking about Napoleon using zombies, launching them out of cannons, Wellington locked in hand-to-hand combat with a zombie... Wow. Shock Waves--I might check that one out. Thanks! :)
@@Weiselberry I do admit. I have been tempted to ask about Dominion,but I didn't want to bug you. You have a channel to run.Someone must have done a fan edit that splices Ethan Hunt running from the Jurassic dinosaurs.And if they haven't,they really ought to.I always wonder how they decide on a title for a film.Especially considering there is another 1975 Overlord.Focusing on the life of a soldier leading to D-day.I can see Wellington yelling at Napolean "My undead soldiers will tear your bones apart!" Bonaparte.Get it.Heh eh.There could also be a good scene of a formation of troops being set upon by a zombie horde.Thank you for your reply.
Have you ever critiqued TOHO's 1961 Yojimbo and its subsidiary remakes.., A Fist Full of Dollars, Last Man Standing etc. I would be interested in your take, if you have please direct me to the video. Keep up the good work.
@@Weiselberry Excellent reviews. I Thought you probably did. Congratulations on ten years. I'm a relatively new subscriber so I have some catching up to do.
For stylish 60s Italian sci-fi, be sure to see Wild Wild Planet and The 10th Victim, plus the surreal horror film A Quiet Place in the Country (1968), the last two from director Elio Petri. Also recommend Repulsion (1965), Viy (1967), Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970), and All the Colors of the Dark (1972).
Spooky movies? I can suggest two, if you haven't done them already. "Dead of Night" (1945) A British anthology film. A group of people gather in a country house and tell spooky stories to while away the time. Two of the stories are outstanding - one involving a mirror, and one involving a ventriloquist's dummy. Those two will creep you out completely. Some have speculated that Rod Serling may have got his inspiration here. "Quatermass and the Pit". Another British film, and one of the best.
I've seen both. Dead of Night is a great film, one of the best anthologies ever, I think. The stories you mention are indeed the creepiest. As a horror movie, Quatermass and the Pit is very effective, but its subject matter made me uncomfortable, so I won't be revisiting it.
i like Solaris from 2002 better than the 1972 original --- it's perfectly fine to enjoy a remake more than an original somebody might say that Magnificent Seven or A Bug's Life are better than Seven Samurai, i'm always confused about which remakes people pick and choose to be upset about --- Seven Samurai is practically a genre what then can be said about this? is Taxi Driver allowed to inspire a genre? how about Pocahontas? why do we allow some things to be influential but others we put walls around and say, "nuh uh, not this one, can't be inspired to do what this did over again"
I saw Overlord in the theatre and was kinda disappointed by it. Kinda boring and forgettable, thought Wyatt Russell was pretty bad in it. I've been catching up on movies I've missed over the past couple of years lately. Just watched Bones And All and The Whale recently and thought they were really good. Trying to think of possible scary movies to recommend - William Friedkin's Bug is awesome, I find paranoid horror to be to creepiest. Ashley Judd is excellent in it.
Not only were the Nazis doing horrible human experiments, they also were doing some really blasphemous mystical things that were (thankfully) ineffective and absurd. Their intent was almost entirely evil; in matters great and small; viable and ironic.
Hello. Have you thought of dipping your toe into fantasy? I've noticed it's one genre you never talk about. You could start off with the'80s classics Legend, Krull and Conan the Barbarian. Conan is violent but no more than Overlord. Legend has the great Tim Curry playing the villain and Krull features wonderful music by James Horner. If you were put off by Arnold Schwarzenegger, he gives, in my opinion a very good, understated performance, and the film is an absolute classic. Lots of shapely forearms on display i might add. Edit. Oh, there are a couple of spicy scenes in Conan I forgot about you might not want to watch with your mum.
Wow "Too End All Wars" ! never knew this existed and I have Prime. I Love Bridge on River Kwai even tho due censors at that time they couldn't cover all the nasties that the Japanese did. Thinking of doing a War theme coverage for Veterans Day in November. That and Godzilla minus one which has the very theme of War. Yes Godzilla 70 year celebration, you should def do shows on that. I will have my angle but you should it too.
While I prefer Ee-KEE-ru, I saw Living and felt fine with it. I took it as an "Anglicization" of the Japanese original. The British have long claimed "My, but we're a very emotionally repressed people," and Living plays on that very well. Plus, I can't so No to Nighy. Thanks, Rome, and owl be seeing you.
The events at the russian submarine Kursk in 2002 should had been a huge red flag of what kind of leader putin is to both russua and the fotld at large. Sadly it was sll do swepped under the rug that a movie telling of this tragedy czn come up as a melodramatic rescue mission movie today. A lot of the bad things that are happening in the workd today were built over the corpses of those submatine sailors. It was not just the submarine that sunk but also russia and the world eith it and both have been a slow motion tragedy as well. This is why so many people found so poetic that the biggest shake ho putin's regime was when the Ukrainian army ctossed the border and invaded russia at... Kursk, the very oblast that the submarine was named after. And then as today Kursk is being sacrificed by putin for the sake of his political survival.
Hi there. Found your channel recently and have been going through your videos. I love that you have kept the 480p format rather than dumping a bunch of money on tech. Think most of us are here for your charming personality and insightful commentary on whatever it is you happen to be talking about. Cheers
Thank you!
Another wonderful collection of reviews. That's really cool you watch the movies with your parents.
Well done, Miss Weiselberry, these are all films I've never seen before and some of them are worth checking out. Maybe I've seen the Claude Rains sci-fi before back in the day but I just can't be certain. It's a good thing the fate of the planet rests with Rains and not my memory.
Wonderful stuff jw. Your taste in film and books is fantastic. Always enjoy your videos!
Thanks!
Thank you!!
Watched "The Thief" after your review. It was so good and atmospheric. You know its the blazing 50s when someone lights a cigarette on every scene😅
Or in Europe
Great video (as usual). Really looking forward to October’s reviews. And I stopped watching ultra violent films (body parts paloozas) years ago because of what you said about unseeing them. The final moments of Shaun of the Dead still come to mind. Gad! Anyway, thanks!
I remember " Night of the Grizzly " was a staple on " The ABC Monday Night Movie " in the early seventies. They ran it a lot. It made for a lot of interesting conversations at school the next day.
A wonderful review of a [varied] selection of movies.
As always, I add one or two for viewing, and I'm definitely here for the ....bye! ❤
Your comment about JP Dominion having too much going on all at once really resonated with me, all the recent movies nowadays are like that I.e. Kong and Godzilla etc etc.. holy moly just slow it down, we get that it’s an action scene but not every move and cut has to be at hyper speed. I’m 52, so it’s probably meant for the newer generations who have to be bombarded with stimuli 24/7 to keep their attention. These directors now have no idea what character development is or how plot narrative works with the action to drive a movie forward.
Thanks.
I always appreciate your specific and centered critique on movies (books, too.)
I loved "Ikuru."
I will definitely check out "Living."
Peace on earth.
You gotta love Claude Rains, especially in the rare roles when he has a good toupee!
Thank you for recommending 'The Thief'! I just watched it and think it is a very nice film! I was not familiar with it at all. I thought it was very effective. Although the ringing telephones get to you after a while. Ray Milland seemed to have a corner on the market for these types of characters. Think "Dial M for Murder' 'Lost Weekend' and 'The Big Clock'. (Flawed character, up to no good). Rita Gam certainly lived up to her name, didn't she? That hotel room in New York that Milland checks into has got to be the most depressing room I've ever seen in a film.
Once again, thank you for your very on point reviews. What would I do without you?
I'm glad you enjoyed it! I agree, there was a point where all the ringing got to be a bit much, but I did feel like it gave me the same sense of dread and irritation the character felt when he heard it. Not that it was necessary for the film to go to such lengths to convince me: I already dislike it whenever the phone rings. :)
There you are! I was worried when you didn't post at your usual time. And this is another great list. Thanks!
No need to worry! All's well. :)
Hello, Jay Dub. “Assignment:…” Years ago was a common term for journalists. Maybe not so much anymore, as movies’ plots no longer revolve around reporters as often.
Watched "The Ship that Died of Shame" only last night! I've not seen "The Command" but your review reminded me of another film called "Morning Departure" with John Mills and Richard Attenborough, I'd recommend it if you haven't seen it already.
Thanks for the suggestion! I don't think I've encountered that one yet.
Ohhh I’ve been meaning to watch The Thief! You just inspired me to finally buckle down and watch.
Thank you for giving me another intriguing batch of films to watch .
You always seem to pick a good mix of genres .
I look forward to investigating these movies .
Many thanks for your suggestions this month , and I look forward to seeing what you come up with next month .
Cheers !
I think my stance on re-makes began to soften a *little* bit when I began exploring more silent films and realizing that some of my favorite movies were technically "remakes". I think you're right that it helps if it's reframed as a different adaptation of the same source, but it helps when it feels more like a different adaptation of the same source.
Good luck plowing through your spooky movies - looking forward to hearing about what you watch!
Howdy, Sister Jerome!
Praying that you and your family are safe.
Thanks, Alan! We're all fine. :)
Great reviews as always!
Thanks!
As I was adding your recommendations to my “ movies to watch “ list, “They Came From the Ether” popped up…love the title,,lol…. Always enjoy your videos--thank you.
Thanks for a lovely bunch of reviews. The most pleasant surprise was your obvious liking for the"Tallis Fantasia" - I thought your love for those Russian romantics might have precluded that. I also appreciated your perfect pronunciation of the name of the composer - something a lot of my fellow countrypeople wouldn't accomplish.
I liked Jurassic Park but really what do you do with the premise after the first movie ? How many times can they open a Dino park and then every thing goes wrong?
JP 1 is outstanding, groundbreaking and absolutely amazing in every single way. JP2 is watchable but not much more. The other sequels are cheap popcorn entertainment.
Thanks Jerome! I have never seen The Thief. It seems really interesting, and I have saved the YT link to watch when I get some time.
I hope you enjoy it!
Thanks, you saw so many neat things again!
I love that you covered Jurassic World: Dominion! I saw the movie in theaters and I had a good time! I will admit that there are definitely problems. I, too, didn't care for Maisy. I thought she was annoying and, quite frankly, a bit stupid. The dinosaurs are very slow, so it gives our characters time to flee, which takes out the tension, and I don't care for having Dodson as a villain. I think that was for shock value for us who grew up with the film so that we would drop our jaws and go "Dodson!" Personally, I don't think these movies need a villain. Basically, the villain is the theme of man playing God, and there are always consequences to those actions. (Movies like The Fly and Frankensteinalso tackle that theme). Anyways, sorry for the long-winded message, lol
I do recommend you check out I Married a Witch (1942), which I found charming and fun! And Spaceballs (1987), which is a ton of fun!
Dear Ms Weiselberry,
"The Command" and "To End All Wars" sound very good. I'll have to check them out.
Last month I watched:
"Confidence Girl" (1952). Mildly amusing crime thriller.
"Ocean's 11" (1960). Amazing crime thriller.
"Safety Last" (1923). Harold Lloyd's classic silent comedy.
"Creature With the Atomic Brain" (1955) and "Beast From the Beginning of Time" (1965). Mildly entertaining (in an unintentional way) creature features.
I saw two excellent Japanese historical films:
"Life of Oharu" (1952). The story of a women at the mercy of everyone around her. Based on a novel written in 1686.
"Hara Kiri" (1962). A deconstruction of samurai honor, starring Tatsuya Nakadai.
I also watched season 2 of "Rings of Power," which was definitely a thing that I watched.
Thanks for sharing what you watched! I've never heard of Beast from the Beginning of Time. I've reviewed Creature with the Atomic Brain, though. Heh, heh, heh...
I'll guess that some of movies you watch might go weeks or months without being seen by anyone else in the US or even the world. Thank you for bringing some rather obscure stuff to our attention. I think this Overlord you watched deserves that kind of obscurity. I only mention it because it brings to mind a movie of the same name from 1975. That Overlord is very much worth the watch.
@Weiselberry >>> Great video...👍
I think I've gone in the opposite direction in terms of gore tolerance. While I never cared for it, I think as time has gone on it bothers me even more on an emotional level. It's probably just age and having to deal with mortality more as you grow older, I'm not sure.
In keeping with the season, some oddball fun/scary Halloween type movies I would suggest would be The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942), Halloween III: Season of the Witch, and the non-Frankenstein Abbott and Costello Meet horrors, (Jekyll and Hyde, Mummy, Invisible Man).
Happy October!
Hello, Jerome! Your movie September sounds a bit somber, hehe
I have had To End All Wars in my radar for a long time because I've been a Mark Strong and Robert Carlyle fan for ages, but have kept it in the back burner mainly because the Pacific front of WWII is too much for me most of the time (I read The Code of Love, a while ago, which is a double narrative about the real case of a British pilot who was captured and interned in a Japanese POW camp after the fall of Singapore, the coded diary he wrote inspired by the love of his fiancé, how all that untreated PTSD ended up destroying their lives after the war for decades even if they loved each other passionately, and the journey of the mathematician that finally broke the code... and boy did it haunt me even if the detail about camp life was pretty much minimal). I must bit that bullet sometime, though, and you are giving me encouragement.
My mom went looking after that Alain Delon movie when news of his death broke because of a song she remembered from it, so I have the whole plot twist and ending pretty fresh in my mind. I am one of those few people that never cared for Delon's kind of male beauty (hence why guys like Richard Armitage, Jude Law or Michael Fassbender do NOTHING for me), but this was a moment of "hey, I know that one!" XD
Speaking of familiar faces, I've seen quite a bit of Richard Attenborough this month. I've been feeling pretty down for a few weeks now, so I've been watching some Ian Carmichael movies (he's one of those actors that cheer me up from just seeing them, like Joseph Cotten), and Richard Attenborough stars with him in several of those from the 50s -which are the ones I've been watching-: The Colditz Story (1955), Private's Progress (1956) and Brothers in Law (1957), plus the non RA Betrayed (1954), Storm Over the Nile (1995) -which is a remake of The Four White Feathers, and Happy is the Bride (1958). None of them anything to write home about, but definitely elevated by the cast -Eric Portman in The Colditz Story, Terry Thomas in Brothers in Law and Private's Progress, and John Le Mesurier in Brothers in Law and Happy is the Bride.
(On the TV side I've been having a blast with Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, the British comedy series about government and the British civil service from the 80s. Nigel Hawtorne is delightful, the comedy is on point and shows knowledge of politics and its cynicism, which makes it surprisingly relevant these days still.)
Like To End All Wars, Living sounds like the sort of thing I'd love, but need to be on a very, very specific state of mind to engage with. As miscast as I thought he was as Mr. Woodhouse in Emma. (2020) Bill Nighy truly is a great and very versatile actor, capable of doing an excellent Samwise Gamgee in the 1981 radio drama of LotR, the same way he makes an empathetic portrayal of an alcoholic and adulterous actor turned detective in the comedy-mystery series of radio adaptations for Simon Brett's Charles Paris. He has the range, as the kids say.
Yeah, sometimes it pans out that way!
Re: To End All Wars, if you found that book's minimal details haunting, I'm not sure you'd want to watch this. It is a very good movie, I think, and I particularly liked Mark Strong in it, but I can't emphasize enough how rough it is. There are three or four graphic scenes that are particularly upsetting. No, make that five scenes--the more I think about it, the higher the number goes.
There are a couple other movies I've talked about in the past based on true stories with very similar settings and themes, and while they also have excruciating moments, I don't think they're quite as horrifying: Unbroken and The Railway Man. I recommend both, though I personally feel Unbroken is better paired with its independent, lower-budget follow-up, Unbroken: Path to Redemption, which tells the rest of the story. Both To End All Wars and The Railway Man have awful waterboarding scenes, but (at least as I remember it) in The Railway Man that was the worst part, but in To End All Wars, it was one of a series of difficult or shocking scenes. Just want to give you fair warning. :)
Hey, J. To be fair, I like Jurassic World: Dominion. It’s not great, but it’s still fun and I feel like it’s the better of the Jurassic World movies. BTW, here’s what I watched in September.
1. Aliens (theatrical cut) …. On 4K UHD
2. Lady Bird …. On HBO Signature
3. A Wife’s Nightmare …. On TH-cam
4. Hulk (2003) …. On 4K UHD
5. Blazing Saddles …. In theaters
6. Electric Dreams (1984) …. On TH-cam
7. The Incredible Hulk (2008) …. On 4K UHD
8. Deadpool & Wolverine …. Again in theaters
You and your family take care, J!
Is the Aliens 4K as bad as they say? The complaint about the AI that Cameron used on several movies is the waxy appearance people now have.
It’s honestly one of the best 4K transfers I’ve seen.
@@PaintDryPictures - I want to get it, but it's worrying seeing the exact same complaint on all the Cameron 4K's that came out within a few months of each other. I'll start with Aliens as it's the best of them and just hope for the best.
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Good evening, J. i remember the glimmer of hope you had when the Dominion trailer came out. It'a a shame it wasn't the home run it could have been. I agree, too much action, too many plots can wreck an otherwise good film. Btw, whippersnappers. I read that term in an NYC article today, used by the rangers to describe the up and coming fat bears during Fat Bear Week. These young 'uns are the fat bears of tomorrow, lol. Thanks for these, have a great week.
Yes, that bit of optimism faded once I heard a couple reviews. I guess it's fortunate that I was forewarned so I didn't have my hopes set too high when I finally did watch it. Ha! Fat Bear Week! :D
Enjoyed the reviews.
I forgot how bad JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION was until I watched your review. Regarding Indiana Jones's hat, in a relatively recent interview, Harrison Ford confirmed that old film footage is accurate in showing him stapling his hat to his head because it kept flying off during action scenes in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. He said, "You do what you need to do...I still have the scar", and then he showed the scar to the interviewer.
TO END ALL WARS/THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI trivia: Paul Picerni, who co-starred on THE UNTOUCHABLES tv series and played the doctor who treated Jacqueline Bisset in AIRPORT (that you reviewed earlier), was a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator bomber in World War II, and he literally dropped bombs that destroyed the real Bridge on the River Kwai.
Also, another Claude Rains scientist sci fi movie I suggest is Irwin Allen's THE LOST WORLD that also starred Michael Rennie, David Hedison and Jill St. John.
I had some qualms about dominion. There were a lot of scenes that did not make sense. The 4th movie, I believe, is now starring Scarlet Johansen?
Ouch! That's some serious dedication... or frustration!
Yes, the character Rains plays in Battle of the Worlds has certain traits in common with Professor Challenger. Since the films were just one year apart, I wondered if the production company essentially wanted a recreation of that role.
Some recommendations: Cobweb, Splice, The pyramid (not great but has a cool creature) and I see you starring helen hunt.
/my mother always told me how scared she was of Night of the Grizzly, and how her cousins who she saw it with teased her over her weak stomach. lol As for me I did a double feature of Transformers One and the Wild Robot. Tremendous pictures.
I've heard excellent things about The Wild Robot!
@@Weiselberry not to spoil things but you might need tissues. It's an emotional rollercoaster for sure.
Thanks for the tips and warnings. I watched Battle of the Planets many years ago. I remember the Kursk disaster.
Years ago, I got a library dvd of NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY because it reminded me of when I was a kid I watched an episode of Clint Walker's Western tv series CHEYENNE titled "The Ghost Basin" in which Cheyenne battles a giant grizzly bear. The only thing I remembered about the episode was Cheyenne was in a tree at night waiting for the grizzly bear, and he sees a pair of big eyes glowing in the dark which creeped me out for a long time. I wondered if NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY was connected to "The Ghost Basin".....I still don't know if there is a connection between the tv episode and the movie.
The only thing I remember about NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY was Leo Gordon appeared in it. Ironically, I watched THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH last night (I watch it every October 5 to celebrate a family member's birthday), and Gordon appears for a few seconds as the villains' chauffeur when Jimmy Stewart is knocked out in the church.
Not many actors can say they battled a giant grizzly bear in two separate projects!
Hope you’ve had a lovely weekend :)
The films on your list that I’ve seen.
The Thief- I was unsure if I’d seen this film before because it seemed familiar to me so I played it last night thinking it would come back to me and I’d stop it but I watched it all the way through and I still don’t know if I had seen it or not. Ray Milland was a talented actor but his films apart from The Lost Weekend and Dial M for Murder have never really left a lasting impression on me. I looked over his filmography to see how many of his films I liked and discovered he was the voice of the devil in King of Kings :0
The Thief was good, I liked it and thought it was beautifully shot. It really did feel like a silent film.
Jurassic World : Dominion- I saw this in the cinema and remember having a lot to say about it and mentioning it in a comment on your channel but now I can barely remember anything about it lol. I do remember a little about Grant and Ellie’s involvement and the plane sequence but the main plot and sub plots have completely left me, they ran out of my head like they were being chased by velociraptors. The images you picked while discussing the film helped me to piece the film back together, I forgot Dodgson was the main villain, I guess Nedry was right about nobody caring. I was trying to fit a scene in where the kid and her scientist guardian were communicating with the beast attempting to convince it to go in a gate or tunnel and then realised it was Godzilla vs. Kong I was thinking about. The Jurassic World films have been so disappointing, I love Jurassic Park so much and have seen it so many times that I remember almost every detail, I saw it again maybe a month ago and there’s a short conversation between Malcolm and Grant in the car and Malcolm asks Grant if he and Ellie were together and Grant says yes, I always saw them as a couple but was torn about them getting back together because it was established that Ellie had a family and was happy in Jurassic Park 3, I felt it was a mistake to go in that direction but they did and as much as I love Grant and Ellie together I’m not fond of the broken family idea.
To End all Wars- I thought it was very good but was convinced it would be a long time before I’d watch it again but have seen bits and pieces of it many more times because it pops up consistently on a film channel here, it seems to air every two or three weeks.
Overlord- This is another film I remember mentioning in a comment on your channel. I’d read about this film in Total film or Empire magazine where it was described as Band of Brothers with zombies so I watched it when it became available to rent and remember liking the opening but being disgusted by the gore, it was a lot at times. I had the same thoughts about the story being more plausible than some may believe especially with stories of horrific experimentation on captives at concentration camps sadly being fact not fiction and I remember seeing a National Geographic documentary about Hitler’s obsession with the spear of destiny, it’s an Indiana Jones story in real life.
Living- I may have also mentioned seeing this film or a trailer for it in a comment. ( whispers, Ikiru is fantastic but I also found myself being more drawn in emotionally while watching Living ) Bill Nighy was incredible and deserved his Oscar nomination.
I haven’t seen any of the others, I don’t think because Assignment: Paris? Dana Andrew’s? this title has film I’ve seen randomly five years ago all over it. I was curious to know how many films had assignment in the title and there’s a few, Leslie Nielsen plays a kidnapper in one titled Assignment : Vienna, Me : surly you’re not playing a kidnapper? Leslie Nielsen : I am playing a kidnapper and don’t call me surly :) there’s another film with the same characters from the Nielsen film played by different actors titled Assignment : Munich.
Les Aventuriers is a Delon film I haven’t seen but I’m interested.
The Ship that Died of Shame is another film that seems familiar because I’ve seen so many British films of its type but it’s going on my list because it does look very good.
Battle of the Worlds with Claude Rains in a space suit :0 I feel like I should’ve seen this, have I seen this? I don’t think I have but I’ll watch it tomorrow.
I remember my older brothers talking about the Kursk accident at the time but I didn’t really understand what was happening. I was very interested to see Command during its initial release but it’s one of those films that slipped through the cracks and I’d forgotten about so I’m glad you’re reminded me that it exists because I plan to see it soon.
Your reviews are always fantastic and insightful and your choices interesting. It’s always fun to see what’s on your list, a bit like discovering what’s in the Christmas stocking lol.
~ Thank you Ms Weiselberry ~ :)
Yes, I did, thanks!
"I guess Nedry was right about nobody caring." Ooh! Sick burn, as the kids say. Yeah, I also don't particularly care for the fact that, in order to get them together, they had to split up another marriage. That's a good point.
Band of Brothers with zombies. Hm. I wouldn't describe it that way, but I could tell that's what they were trying to channel, kinda sorta. The opening on the plane was essentially a copy and paste.
I wasn't aware Nighy had been nominated for the Oscar before I watched the movie, but when I found out afterward, I was very happy for him. As you say, it was well-deserved.
There's a movie called Assignment in Brittany, which I had in mind when I was talking about Assignment: Paris. I thought I'd seen it, but I just looked it up, and it does NOT star William Holden and Brenda Whatshername, so what am I thinking of?!
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Okay, apparently I was thinking of Background to Danger, and it's Brenda *Marshall*, who was also Mrs. Bill Holden, and now I'm confused. But wait! That stars George Raft, not William Holden! Now I'm even more confused. Apparently there is no such war drama with Holden and Marshall assigned anywhere. I made the whole thing up!
Haha, what's in the Christmas stocking! I like that. :D Thanks for sharing your thoughts on all these movies!
@@Weiselberry I hope you and your family are safe from the oncoming Hurricane and safe from the devastation of the previous storm🙏🏻
I’d read a little about Assignment in Brittany while looking up Assignment films lol. I think misremembering films and sometimes mashing them together comes with being a classic film fan because I do it all the time, while watching Thief I was half expecting Ray Milland’s character to be involved in a train accident and get a face transplant and had probably confused Milland with Rock Hudson in Seconds and Pat O’ Brien in Crack-Up but I’m unsure lol. Reading your description of the film starring William Holden and Brenda Marshall i thought wait I know that film! thats Escape to Athena! Is it? no it’s the something traitor??? looked it up to remember the title and the film I was thinking of was The Counterfeit Traitor but Brenda Marshall isn’t in that it’s Lilli Palmer so I imagined it lol. The titles! Assignment : Paris, Assignment in Brittany and Background to Danger are like a film title Bermuda Triangle of confusion lol.
I forgot to mention The Night of the Grizzly :0
I haven’t seen it but a nice Jack Elam??? I’ll watch that. I liked Elam a lot in Support your Local Sheriff, I thought he did well in comedic roles.
I’ve always thought if Clint Walker was acting today he’d probably be playing Superman because he looks just like him, if I see a comic image of Superman I see Clint Walker.
~ Have a great week and thank you again Ms Weiselberry ~
The first one The Thief sounds very interesting and I may check out Overlord also as I enjoy zombies. This month all I'm watching are old horror movies, some good some not quite so.
Nice! Probably the majority of movies I watch this month will be old as well. Most newer horror films hold little to no interest for me.
Actually, I just checked my list of 40+ titles I'm considering (I won't get to all of them), and roughly 35% are post-1980. As for quality, ha, it's a broad range.
Movies to check out then: The Thief, Overlord, Living and Kursk.
I like the "sound" of The Thief. Maybe you should do a video about wordless movies (post silent film era, of course). I heard that Robert Redford's All Is Lost (2013) is a good one, and I really liked Robot Dreams from earlier this year.
I was curious about All is Lost when it first came out, but I'm not sure I knew it has no dialogue. I watched a surrealist black-and-white movie a year or two ago that little to no dialogue. I'd share a link to my review of it, but I can't remember what it was called!
Jurassic World Dominion is an overstuffed rehash of the fiirst movie. Thanks for the reviews.
I am new here and really enjoy your format 📼
@@WatchitforDays Thanks!
sorry if you’ve answered this previously in a video, but how do you get hold of some of your films? a lot of these aren’t well known or popular any longer apart from film buffs. i use tcm, the free streaming channels, conventions, and my own laboriously attained collection of vhs and discs mostly gained through stores going out of business or overseas sellers-our library, another terrific source, used to be great but isn’t any longer.
oops! you just answered my question! i’ll hop on over to movie detective and see what they have, but i guess i can still ask what you did previously? thanks 🙂
Movie Detective is actually very new to me; I've only used it the one time so far. I'm surprised how much I'm able to find on TH-cam these days. That's what I'm using most, and I occasionally find something on the TCM app or Prime or the Criterion Channel (we were given a year-long subscription). I'm a big library user too. The one in my town has a pretty sad selection, but I make frequent use of the (free!) inter-library loan network. That's how I get most of the DVDs and Blu-rays I watch. :)
Jerome, if you like cinematic experience of telling stories without dialigue, last year it was released a movie called NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU where there is only one very small line of dialogue and the entire movie rests on the shoulders of the young lead actress and she is phenomenal. The movie also has great visuals. It is an unusual UFO invasion story told in an unusual style. I loved it. Here's my recomendation given your high praise of The Thief's narrative gimmick.
@@carlossaraiva8213 It's actually the "unusual UFO invasion story" angle that grabs my attention. Too bad it's only available on Hulu.
8:33 there was a gag about the hat in the third film, his friend he thought was dead gives it back to him at the end
I don't think I remember that.
@@Weiselberry it's near the end and to be fair I only remember because I just watched them all back to back recently
@@paulwhiston1836 I haven't seen it in many years, yet I'm surprised how much I do remember. I don't especially like the movie (the supporting characters are just too annoying), but there were a couple parts I found very creepy that have always stayed with me.
@@Weiselberry I like it better than the second one which I just find boring and unengaging. The Jurassic world films are kind of stupid and nonsense but they're still more fun than the Lost World
Another interesting group of mini reviews. First, let me say your review of the Jurassic World movie confirmed that I will never see it or another from this franchise ever again. I can say the same about the American Godzilla movies. Just a bunch of CGI pixels moving around. Battle of the Worlds I have always liked. I very much enjoy the Italian sci fi films of the 60s. If you haven’t seen Mario Bava’s Planet of the Vampires, it’s really worth checking out. I saw Living and liked it, but I still prefer Ikiru, mostly because of Japanese cultural things. (Spoiler ahead) After someone dies in Japan, the home is open for days for people who knew the person In life to come and talk about them. Of course the policeman is the last visitor, who only saw Watanabe once, the night he died. This form makes more sense. The British don’t have this formal tradition, so the way they did it felt a bit forced. As for the song sung in the swing set in both versions, Gondola No Uta, (Gondola Song) in Ikiru is such a great memorable song, nothing could compare. The Nazi zombie film is one I’ll never see. You have a stronger stomach than I have.
I thoroughly enjoyed Planet of the Vampires. Here's my review, in case you missed it: th-cam.com/video/eFPrzPWNCDc/w-d-xo.html
@@Weiselberry thanks for the link. Glad you liked Planet of the Vampires and noted the great black costumes with the high collars, and I noticed you had your collar up perhaps as a tribute! Please check out more Bava, including Black Sunday and Kill Baby Kill. Both amazing visually.
JURASSIC WORLD: DOMINION---Jeff Goldblum recently commented on DOMINION's divisive ratings among critics and fans (Rotten Tomatoes critics rating--29%, audience rating--77%), "I enjoyed working on it and enjoyed trying to make it good. I think it sold a bunch of tickets. But, you know… [laughs] Everybody’s got an opinion about it. It’s tough to make a good movie."
Goldblum said he enjoyed reuniting with his co-stars from JURASSIC PARK, "...a very enjoyable experience...getting together again with Laura Dern and Sam Neill", and he commented on the future of Dr. Ian Malcom, "I think Ian Malcolm may have ridden off into the sunset. Maybe."
Goldblum said he is looking forward to the upcoming JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH, "Because this next one--my friend Scarlett Johansson and my new friend Jonathan Bailey from WICKED, I think, are taking up the reins. And I can’t wait to see what they do. I think that’s a good idea."
A diplomatic, good-natured response: just what I'd expect from Goldblum.
overlord harikadır. ona bir b movie olarak bakmalıyız diye düşünüyorum. arka mahalle sinemalarında, tozlu ve kirli perdeye yakışır. video kaset dükkanında rafların en alt sırasında kapağını görüp keşfedip, cızırtılı vhs kopyasından seyrettiğimiz filmdir.yani ona yakışacak olan budur.2018 yapımı bir 80'ler filmidir. birkaç hafta önceki bir videoda önerilen tiger bay 'i (1959) izledim. hayley mills,horst bucholz,john mills'in oynadığı j.lee thompson'ın yönettiği. bir başyapıt. ayrı incelemeyi hakediyor.
I really enjoyed your video asking us our thoughts about the Jurassic World Dominion trailer. I always wondered whether you
would see the film and when a review might surface? It is good to have closure. Something we will never get with this series.
I expect to see Jurassic Off-World eventually. "Bringing dinosaurs back put the people of earth at risk. That mistake will
not happen again. Because this time we are going to Mars." The siblings are back from the original. Now great
grandparents. Holidaying with their families on a space cruise ship called The Poseidon !!!!!!! Passing Mars. An oligarch
passenger bribes the Captain to bring the ship down for a closer look at a T-Rex. Disaster. The cruiser crashes.
Leaving the survivors stranded. Buffet lunch for the dinosaurs. Fallen Kingdom got me excited for a world of dinosaurs
let loose. Dominion's story result is subdued. The theatrical cut had some odd abbreviated edits.
Overlord has a great opening. Don't know about the choice of title. Has too much historical significance. Like calling a
zombie film Waterloo. Shock Waves 1975 has aquatic Nazi zombies and Peter Cushing. Underrated.
Hope you had a really nice day on Saturday. Thank you.
Oh, do you remember that? Haha, I wondered if there was anyone patiently waiting for a follow-up. Glad I could deliver, albeit two years later. :)
Hm, Jurassic Park dinosaurs on Mars--that's interesting. I heard that Trevorrow was intending for the franchise to explore all kinds of ideas after the first Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom, but I doubt that was something he was planning!
I think the historical significance is exactly what they had in mind, in addition to the general definition of the word. I'm not sure the film's plot fully lived up to it. Perhaps if dozens of zombies had actually started defeating the Allies on the battlefield and winning the war, it would have worked even better. Now you've got me thinking about Napoleon using zombies, launching them out of cannons, Wellington locked in hand-to-hand combat with a zombie... Wow.
Shock Waves--I might check that one out. Thanks! :)
@@Weiselberry I do admit. I have been tempted to ask about Dominion,but I didn't want to bug you.
You have a channel to run.Someone must have done a fan edit that splices Ethan Hunt running from
the Jurassic dinosaurs.And if they haven't,they really ought to.I always wonder how they decide on a title
for a film.Especially considering there is another 1975 Overlord.Focusing on the life of a soldier leading
to D-day.I can see Wellington yelling at Napolean "My undead soldiers will tear your bones apart!"
Bonaparte.Get it.Heh eh.There could also be a good scene of a formation of troops being set upon
by a zombie horde.Thank you for your reply.
Have you ever critiqued TOHO's 1961 Yojimbo and its subsidiary remakes.., A Fist Full of Dollars, Last Man Standing etc.
I would be interested in your take, if you have please direct me to the video.
Keep up the good work.
I reviewed Yojimbo here: th-cam.com/video/qWkQIyNPilU/w-d-xo.html
I reviewed A Fistful of Dollars here: th-cam.com/video/A8xFCsyU-ZE/w-d-xo.html
@@Weiselberry Excellent reviews. I Thought you probably did. Congratulations on ten years. I'm a relatively new subscriber so I have some catching up to do.
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For stylish 60s Italian sci-fi, be sure to see Wild Wild Planet and The 10th Victim, plus the surreal horror film A Quiet Place in the Country (1968), the last two from director Elio Petri.
Also recommend Repulsion (1965), Viy (1967), Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970), and All the Colors of the Dark (1972).
Spooky movies? I can suggest two, if you haven't done them already.
"Dead of Night" (1945) A British anthology film. A group of people gather in a country house and tell spooky stories to while away the time. Two of the stories are outstanding - one involving a mirror, and one involving a ventriloquist's dummy. Those two will creep you out completely. Some have speculated that Rod Serling may have got his inspiration here.
"Quatermass and the Pit". Another British film, and one of the best.
I've seen both. Dead of Night is a great film, one of the best anthologies ever, I think. The stories you mention are indeed the creepiest.
As a horror movie, Quatermass and the Pit is very effective, but its subject matter made me uncomfortable, so I won't be revisiting it.
Clone Girl deserved to get eaten. How many people will have died on account of her releasing the dinosaurs?
Wow, I didn't even remember that she's the one who did that. I really did forget as much of the last movie as I could.
i like Solaris from 2002 better than the 1972 original --- it's perfectly fine to enjoy a remake more than an original
somebody might say that Magnificent Seven or A Bug's Life are better than Seven Samurai, i'm always confused about which remakes people pick and choose to be upset about --- Seven Samurai is practically a genre
what then can be said about this?
is Taxi Driver allowed to inspire a genre?
how about Pocahontas?
why do we allow some things to be influential but others we put walls around and say, "nuh uh, not this one, can't be inspired to do what this did over again"
I saw Overlord in the theatre and was kinda disappointed by it. Kinda boring and forgettable, thought Wyatt Russell was pretty bad in it. I've been catching up on movies I've missed over the past couple of years lately. Just watched Bones And All and The Whale recently and thought they were really good. Trying to think of possible scary movies to recommend - William Friedkin's Bug is awesome, I find paranoid horror to be to creepiest. Ashley Judd is excellent in it.
Very Demure, Very Mindful, Very Presentable.
Thank you, V.
Not only were the Nazis doing horrible human experiments, they also were doing some really blasphemous mystical things that were (thankfully) ineffective and absurd.
Their intent was almost entirely evil; in matters great and small; viable and ironic.
That's exactly right. I thank God to see someone else call that for what it is. Jesus is Lord!
I love your channel and you are so charming :).
Hello. Have you thought of dipping your toe into fantasy? I've noticed it's one genre you never talk about. You could start off with the'80s classics Legend, Krull and Conan the Barbarian. Conan is violent but no more than Overlord.
Legend has the great Tim Curry playing the villain and Krull features wonderful music by James Horner. If you were put off by Arnold Schwarzenegger, he gives, in my opinion a very good, understated performance, and the film is an absolute classic. Lots of shapely forearms on display i might add.
Edit. Oh, there are a couple of spicy scenes in Conan I forgot about you might not want to watch with your mum.
Oh, I've watched fantasy films. It's just not a genre that I'm drawn to, generally speaking.
Hi Jerome..
The Breaking Point from 1950 is a noir that has an ending you will never forget. I know you will love it!
I'm pretty sure I've seen that. Speaking of remakes, ha! It's the same story as To Have and Have Not, but told rather differently than the 1944 film.
Wow "Too End All Wars" ! never knew this existed and I have Prime. I Love Bridge on River Kwai even tho due censors at that time they couldn't cover all the nasties that the Japanese did. Thinking of doing a War theme coverage for Veterans Day in November. That and Godzilla minus one which has the very theme of War. Yes Godzilla 70 year celebration, you should def do shows on that. I will have my angle but you should it too.
Renaming "The Ship That Died of Shame" as "PT Raiders" is beyond stupid. It could be best described as a quasi supernatural crime drama.
Yes, PT Raiders was the title for the US release, and it is a poor fit.
While I prefer Ee-KEE-ru, I saw Living and felt fine with it. I took it as an "Anglicization" of the Japanese original. The British have long claimed "My, but we're a very emotionally repressed people," and Living plays on that very well. Plus, I can't so No to Nighy. Thanks, Rome, and owl be seeing you.
Thanks for letting me know about these movies to avoid.
Well, I prefer to be giving positive recommendations, but if my reviews can help you avoid unpleasant experiences, I guess that's good too!
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Have you seen Bone tomahawk Jerome ? It is a bit disturbing so maybe not your cup of tea .
No, I haven't. I think it's been suggested to me before, but it does sound like a bit... much.
It really is . One of those films you only watch once even though it's a good film .
I like the remake of the fly and the thing, remake things no one knows about not things that are known like nightmare on elm Street
movie detective still around? wow ! if you want soppy wet nazi zombies you can watch Shockwaves (1977)
Still kickin'! The website looks like it hasn't been updated since 2002, but it's usable, and I'm sure they'd love more business. :)
The events at the russian submarine Kursk in 2002 should had been a huge red flag of what kind of leader putin is to both russua and the fotld at large. Sadly it was sll do swepped under the rug that a movie telling of this tragedy czn come up as a melodramatic rescue mission movie today. A lot of the bad things that are happening in the workd today were built over the corpses of those submatine sailors. It was not just the submarine that sunk but also russia and the world eith it and both have been a slow motion tragedy as well. This is why so many people found so poetic that the biggest shake ho putin's regime was when the Ukrainian army ctossed the border and invaded russia at... Kursk, the very oblast that the submarine was named after. And then as today Kursk is being sacrificed by putin for the sake of his political survival.
Those Jurassic World movies are just awful. And I think that's being too kind.
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