Dune Part II (7/10) My rating of 7 out of 10 is something of a compromise. I found this picture far-more impressive than Part I -- the character development is better, plus the film has a lot more emotional resonance. Still, I wish both films had more visual variety. The different "houses"...

Monterey Jack wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 7:08 pm

Paul MacLean wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 5:51 pm
I've had them. I'm glad I'm no longer with them!

Says someone who's had sex.

I'd rather you didn't make assumptions about my personal life (in a public forum). Thanks.

Monterey Jack wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 1:25 pm Thanks. Rather depressed to still have no girlfriend at my age, but there are certain things that cannot be altered.

I've had them. I'm glad I'm no longer with them!

How much you wanna bet this remake is going to turn this into some sort of "gender fluid" Lbqtdhs# parable. It's funny you should say that. I'm part of a Maurice Jarre group on Facebook, and the other day someone posted this "interpretation" of the film (presumably in complete s...

Monterey Jack wrote: ↑Fri Jun 21, 2024 1:11 pm Talk about a great movie to share a birth date with.

Happy Birthday, MJ!

Agreed on Chinatown, one of the greatest films ever made, and a favorite of mine.

He was definitely a quirky guy too. Years ago, Carlson2005 (who used to post here) relayed some anecdotes about Sutherland from when he worked on Revolution ... Donald Sutherland was the sane one, almost puritanical. Didn't drink, didn't seem to be using anything (though the hat and boots he had ma...

As much as I crapped on his hire, he did a more than respectable job here. And the "Cuba Chase" may be the best use of the Bond theme within an action cue in many years, certainly since a couple of Arnold's best efforts ("Backseat Driver") back in the Brosnan era. Bumping this t...

Twenty-five years on, the cast of The Blair Witch Project open-up about their heinous exploitation by the filmmakers and distributors, and how they were barely compensated financially, despite the enormous success of the film... https://variety.com/2024/film/news/blair-witch-project-cast-robbed-fina...

Eric Paddon wrote: ↑Fri Jun 14, 2024 3:40 pm But on general principle a 4K version of a 16mm element is the ultimate case of putting lipstick on a pig.

It's 16mm?

So they lost the original 35mm elements?

Not that I really care.

Gremlins (7/10) I decided to observe the anniversary of this movie with another viewing (I can't recall the last time I watched it). But this one doesn't hold-up so well. Gremlins is certainly "watchable", and at the time of its release was certainly different than anything else you'd see...

Fatal Attraction (8.5/10) This is the first time I've at down to watch this movie since seeing it in the theater in 1987. Fatal Attraction is a film that really stands the test of time, and is as effective a nail-biting experience today as when first released. What lifts this film above the average...

Like every Starlog reader I knew about both films months in advance. Gremlins was the one I was more eagerly awaiting, as Jerry Goldsmith would e re-teaming with Joe Dante and I was eager to hear the score! I saw Ghostbusters opening night -- and saw it again at least four more times that summer. It...

AndyDursin wrote: ↑Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:31 am It HAD to happen...

I reckon so...



That movie is an incessant barrage of bad taste.

Speaking of box office failures...all five Dallas area locations of the Alamo Drafthouse have closed as of this morning. :( That's a shame. I'd become jaded about multiplexes, but I'd hoped a venue by like Alamo Drafthouse (created by and for film lovers) might catch on. Of course it would help if ...