Movies I bought on DVD in June 2011
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- DirectorPitofStarsAmy AckerTom WisdomJohn Rhys-DaviesRuled by King Augustin, Carpia is a peaceful kingdom in a world inhabited by dragons and knights. The land's serenity is unexpectedly shattered by a Fire Dragon that spreads almighty fear and death amongst the kingdom's innocent people.Extremely boring. Remarks about "Robin Hoods" make this movie to a joke. Are these supposed to be dragons or flying fishes? The only good thing: costume design.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsJudy GarlandVan JohnsonS.Z. SakallIn turn-of-the century America, Andrew and Veronica are co-workers in a music shop who dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.The musical has a bit more plot than the others with Judy Garland. Still it lacks some good evergreens to make it one of your favorite musicals. Had the potential of a good comedy. Not bad though, enjoyable. Maybe something to watch with Christmas
- DirectorGiorgio SimonelliStarsEd FuryLuciana GilliAdriano MicantoniHamilan, a cruel and ambitious general, murders his king and places himself on the throne with the former king's evil niece as his queen. He then wages war against his peaceful neighbors, killing their women and enslaving their men. A hero named Ursus appears at a tournament to challenge Hamilan's authority. Though victorious at the tournament, Ursus is arrested and forced to turn a grist-mill under an overseer's lash. Meanwhile, the former king's virtuous daughter, Diana, is tormented by her evil cousin, the new queen. Sentenced to a slow and tortuous execution, Ursus breaks free and a revolt breaks out. Ursus throws Hamilan to his death in a fiery pit and then Ursus and Diana enjoy the cheers of a grateful populace.Definately one of the more boring movies from the Italian B-movie years
- DirectorGeorge B. SeitzStarsMickey RooneyJudy GarlandLewis StoneAndy has problems raising the last payment for a used car and juggling three pretty girls with an upcoming country club dance scheduled.Fun story, great way to get to know Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Lana Turner and a few others who began their way to stardom with that movie.
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyRobert Z. LeonardStarsJames StewartJudy GarlandHedy LamarrIn the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy.Musical that brings back the old days, great costumes, and is a real time-piece. While the USA was not yet involved in World War II, the Americans tried to forget what was going on worldwide, by going en masse to the theater, to wake up in horror soon that same year with the attack on Pearl Harbour.
- DirectorWilliam KeighleyStarsMark StevensRichard WidmarkLloyd NolanA covert FBI agent infiltrates a ruthless gangster mob, but his life is at risk from a mysterious informant who funnels inside information to the hoodlums.Film noir, great work, exitement building up slowly towards the end.
- DirectorGeorge Roy HillStarsJulie AndrewsJames FoxMary Tyler MooreIn New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.Hilarious, funny, great music. Love it!
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsRay MillandMarlene DietrichMurvyn VyeOn the eve of WW2, a British spy goes to Germany to obtain a secret poison-gas formula from a scientist but things go awry and he is saved by a beautiful nomadic gypsy woman.Though definately not Marlene's best role, Ray Milland is playing one of his best.
- DirectorPietro FrancisciMario BavaStarsSteve ReevesSylva KoscinaGabriele AntoniniWhile negotiating peace between two brothers contesting the throne of Thebes, an amnesiac Hercules is seduced by the evil Queen Omphale.Though not of high standards, not really bad too. Some parts are nice, some are good, and some should have been cut out, but overall a movie of reasonable quality
- DirectorDavid TwohyStarsVin DieselJudi DenchColm FeoreThe wanted criminal Richard Bruno Riddick arrives on a planet called Helion Prime and finds himself up against an invading empire called the Necromongers, an army that plans to convert or kill all humans in the universe.Had seen the movie in the cinema. Now I saw it again on DVD and I rated it higher. Like the visual effects, costumes, design, plot. The spoken word only are sometimes ridiculous.... which keeps me from giving it 10 points...
- DirectorBusby BerkeleyStarsAlice FayeCarmen MirandaPhil BakerA soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.Simply a feel good movie. Sign of the times (wartime, promotion for buying warbonds), great music, simple story. Need to forget your troubles? Watch this!
- DirectorAlberto CavalcantiStarsDerek BondCedric HardwickeMary MerrallA young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.One of the first Nicklebies, and it is a worthy one. Love Nicholas, but also Smike is great. In all these years though I have never understood Nicholas's mother. But that's not the fault of the actress, it is something I would have loved the author of the book. :-)
- DirectorAlbert BandStarsGordon ScottPaul StevensMart HulswitThe mighty Hercules battles a sea monster to save the legendary city of Troy.Obviously were the 60-ies the years of bodybuilders in film. The stories didn't need to stay close to the original scripts, monsters were to laugh about, and maidens in distress were mostly ugly, or at least stupid, not to mention the villans who were bodybuilders without brains. The good thing about this movie is that it doesn't take to long, so you can watch it till the end, but to say that you have much pleasure in watching it? no.
- DirectorTod BrowningKarl FreundStarsBela LugosiHelen ChandlerDavid MannersTransylvanian vampire Count Dracula bends a naive real estate agent to his will, then takes up residence at a London estate where he sleeps in his coffin by day and searches for potential victims by night.Finally got to see the first official Dracula movie. Great. Even when you are used to visual effects and a lof of show in the latest version of Dracula, it is breath-taking to see this one. Hope to see the Spanish version sometime made at the same time at the same studios!
- DirectorGabriel BaurStarsDiane TorrDréd GerestantDel La Grace VolcanoA film journey through a universe of female masculinity. A legendary Drag King Night in New York is the point of departure for an odyssey to transgendered worlds, where women become men - some for a night, others for their whole lives. What motivates them? What changes take place? What do they dream of? The drag kings of New York meet in clubs and change lustfully into their male alter egos, parodying them and exploring male eroticism and power strategies. In London we see women experiment with hormones to become new men and 'cyborgs'. Masculinity and transformation as performance, subversion or existential necessity.Maybe it is prejudism.... but I prefer Drag Queens, that's show. Drag Kings (women who dress as men and put up a show look for 99% as kids playing games, and even after this documentary I can hardly take any of them serious. One of the only few DVD's I bought that I regret buying.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsColin CliveMae ClarkeBoris KarloffDr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.Oviously, Universal studio's made both Dracula and Frankenstein in the same year. Would be interesting to know which came first. Frankenstein has less silence than Dracula and is therefore more entertaining. Both are masterpieces, even for today's standards. But I tend to value Frankenstein more than Dracula.
- DirectorJohn GreysonStarsIan D. ClarkMarcel SabourinAubert PallascioWhen a bishop comes to a prison to hear the confession of an old friend he is forced to watch a play, performed by the inmates, about their youth together, love and betrayal.One of the best movies I have seen. For a long time I haven't seen such excellent acting, especially by men. So glad I bought it, will watch it over and over again.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsFarley GrangerRobert WalkerRuth RomanA psychopathic man tries to forcibly persuade a tennis star to agree to his theory that two strangers can get away with murder by submitting to his plan to kill the other's most-hated person.Almost at the end I rembered I had seen the movie before :-) Nevertheless, it was and is a great movie. Rarely they make such simple thrillers again!!
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsHarrison FordCate BlanchettShia LaBeoufIndiana Jones becomes entangled in a Soviet plot to uncover the secret behind mysterious artifacts known as the Crystal Skulls.Oh boy, what a dissapointment at the end when an UFO appeared! Not to mention the fact that I do not believe in UFO's or alien abductions (which seems to take place in the USA only anyway), but it took all the adventure away from the adventurous Jones... :-(
- CreatorJoseph BarberaWilliam HannaStarsAlan ReedMel BlancJean Vander PylThe misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.I watched all episodes of season 4. For me the Flintstones Hillibillies, Ladie's night at the lodge & Operation switchover were some of the best.
- DirectorEla TroyanoStarsIrwin OssaJohn BryantJenifer Lee SimardA cute, openly gay latin boy's hormones go into overdrive when his hunky cousin (Angel) arrives for an extended stay. The two explore the young and sometimes dangerous gay scene in the city's Latin neighborhood, with surprising outcomes.At times it feels like watching an amateur movie, at other moments the film is quite entertaining. Just ok I would say.