Movies to Help Pass the Time

[gerhard1]

finally broke down and picked the blue-ray of Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny. After hearing some pretty bad stuff about it, I was leery of buying it, but once I watched it, I didn't think that it was nearly as bad as people were saying it was.

Now, it was far from my favorite IJ film, but it was very watchable and even though the Nazis-as-the-bad-guys theme wore very thin a long time ago, it was a very entertaining movie.

 

[Jason Freeland]

Just got in the Bluray for an oldie but goodie, Enemy Mine. It's a 1985 SciFi war movie, where the "hero" and an enemy pilot have to learn how to live with each other after both crashing on the same planet. Very well done film by Wolfgang Peterson, makes sense I had to get it from Germany. Stars Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr.

 

[gerhard1]

If anyone is intersted in an absolutely outstanding Civil War courtroom drama,, the 1970 play The Andersonville Trial is on youtube. Directed by George C. Scott, the acting by such people as William Shatner, Jack Cassidy, Richard Basehart and Cameron Mitchell, was absolutely superb. Mitchell played General Lew Wallace who later was governor of the New Mexico Territory, and wrote the novel Ben-Hur. Shatner is one of the very few credited cast members (Michael Burns, and Martin Sheen are the only others) who, more than fifty yers later, are still alive.

Watch it on youtube if you like historic dramas.

 

[elwoodtrix]

If you like horror movies, Talk to me.
Can't wait for part 2

Talk to Me (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

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[gerhard1]

In case you folks don't know it, there are a lot of good movies on youtube. I just got through watching a couple of them, one being the 1931 German classic M with Peter Lorre. Lorre played a psychopathic child-killer. My German, while I do know some, is not good enough to follow the story (my hearing adds to the problem) so the English subtitles really helped me out.

The second film I watched tonight was a 1989 tv-movie called The Case of the Hillside Stranglers, with Richard Crenna giving a very good performance as LAPD Sgt Bob Grogan who was one of the police people who cracked the case.

Good movies both, and if you don't have anything better to do, give one or both of them a try. I doubt that you will be disappointed.

 

[TedKennedy]

"M" is fantastic. Creepy movie, and kind of ahead of it's time in the profiling aspect of the perpetrator.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

If you like horror movies, Talk to me.
Can't wait for part 2

Talk to Me (2023) | Rotten Tomatoes

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

www.rottentomatoes.com

My wife and I saw this a few months back, very good. Did see the new Salem's Lot, much better than its ratings on IMDB. I would however recommend the original with David Soul. The 2024 Salem's Lot has a cameo of Christine, The 1958 Plymouth Fury. You really need to be a car guy to recognize the vehicle, as they only show a small portion of it.