217. State of Grace (1990)
Off DVR, Shown on IFC (widescreen, uncut)
This movie features the youngest John C. Reilly that I've ever seen on film, but Sean Penn is the main character and the film does handle well the gentrification of Hell's Kitchen I feel like the rest of the movie was done better in The Departed, but still this movie is worth watching if your in a gangster film mood and you've never sat through this one.
218. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
Off DVR, Shown on Turner Classic Movies (widescreen, uncut)
With this dynamite cast all in their prime and with John Sturges at the helm I had high hopes for this picture, but this could have easily had at least twenty minutes shaved off the running time. So the movie is about the Nazi plot to kidnap Winston Churchill, so why does Donald Sutherland who plays an Irishman in this have the majority of the screen time in the movie??? This movie just kind of lurches to the end and doesn't really produced anything more memorable than putting Michael Caine in a Nazi uniform.
08/01/2008
216. Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
Off DVR, Shown on Turner Classic Movies (widescreen, uncut)
This Michael Caine film has some great kitsch value but it's also a decent watch and with a crazed Texas billionaire trying to lead a revolution against communism that has some not so subtle references to the Nazi party, but this film really works even though the slightly ridiculous parts.
07/31/2008
213. Back Door to Hell (1964)
Off DVR, Shown on Turner Classic Movies (widescreen, uncut)
While the rating for this one is low in IMDB, i really liked the understated nature of this film. Also Jack Nicholson has a starring part here from early in his career. This one is slow and has some really under developed native characters but was still better than I thought it was going to be.
214. Mysterious Island (1961)
Off DVR, Shown on Turner Classic Movies (widescreen, uncut)
This movie only really gets interesting when Captain Nemo shows up about three-fourths of the way in the movie, even the Harryhausen creature work couldn't make this an interesting watch. On the other hand this brought to light again how much of an unexplored figure that Captain Nemo is, I'd love to see a movie where he is the main character.
215. Son of Godzilla (1967)
Off DVR, Shown on Turner Classic Movies (widescreen, uncut)
Besides the man in suit action here, which there really isn't that much of because baby suit man steals the spotlight, it's just stiff japanese scientists sitting around trying to control the weather. I was bored.
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