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Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantasy. Show all posts
The Wizard of Oz
Rainbow Man (1949)
Based on a 1947 story by romance/detective novelist, Kikuo Tsunoda (Tsubanari Ronin and Dokuro-sen). Special visual effects were provided by cinematographer, Tatsuyuki Yokota and the legendary Eiji Tsuburaya. All topped off with a music score by Akira Ifukube!
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']]}When Puppets and Dolls Attack! (2004)
Unlike the pooly conceived "Boogeymen" dvd put out a few years ago (by a different company but premise is the same), this dvd actually delivers what it promises. It includes the attack/kill scenes from: Puppet Master 1 through 7, Demonic Toys, Dollman Vs Demonic Toys, Ragdoll, and Blood Dolls. As for extra features, it includes the videozones for all the films mentioned except Blood Dolls and replaces it with Totem (?!). A great disc for fans, but if you're wanting an actual movie, look elsewhere.
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']]}The Joys of Jezebel / My Tale Is Hot (DVD)
Plus: Things are so slow in Hell that Lucifer's wife goads him into drumming up business, starting with Mr. Ben Hur. Since Ben has just been named "World's Most Faithful Husband," The Devil attempts to corrupt him with a bevy of naked lovelies. But nope, not only can't the little guy be tempted, but he's got his own surprise for Satan... Produced by Dan Sonney (Money by Sonney) and featuring rare footage of the legendary Candy Barr, MY TAIL IS HOT (aka Always on Monday) is a wacky Nudie Cutie from the guys who made Kiss Me Quick, full of dumb jokes and nekkid girls, all "Filmed in Living Skin-A-Scope!"
SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Bonus Feature: "Go Down, Death!"
• Bonus Cartoon: "Satan in Church"
• Bonus Strip Short: "Boudoir Belle"
• Devilish Trailer Gallery
• Gallery of David F. Friedman Exloitation Art withSoundtrack Greatest Hits
• Over 3 1/2 Hours of the World's Most Beautiful Sinners
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']]}Chinese Odyssey Parts 1 And 2 (1994 / DVD)
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box Inspired by the Chinese classic A Journey to the West, this film has the Monkey King (Stephen Chow) reincarnated in human form as Joker, a highwayman oblivious to his original identity and the fact that 500 years earlier, he and his master, The Longevity Monk (Kar-Ying Law), were punished to say human until they could complete the journey to the west. Pursued by mythical beings motivated to locate and kill the Longevity Monk, Joker finds himself subjected to extreme emotions of love and loss. Everything is a welter of randomness until he finds and opens the Pandora's Box, which carries him down memory lane to a land of nothingness five hundred years earlier.
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella In this sequel to Pandora's Box, now stranded five centuries in the past, Joker (Stephen Chow) is destined to meet Cinderella, a woman whom he will fall madly in love with and who will change his life altogether. He will also relive the scene of the Monkey King being subdued by Bodhisattva (enlightenment being). Reacquainted with the importance of Longevity Monk's journey to help suffering people, Joker finally agrees to become the Monkey King again and complete the journey to the west with his master. By doing so he must let go of all worldly desires, including love.
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']]}Maciste in Hell (1962)
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']]}The Vengeance of She (1968)
I think this is a worthy sequel to the Cushing "She".
Olga Schoberová hasn't much to say but did not need to be dubbed as she can at least string a sentence together. (Unlike Ursula.)
The story follows up where She left off but that is not obvious until half way through the film. If you are looking for a modern day formulae (obligatory love scene with 20 seconds of bare breasts, three way love triangle with lovers screaming at each other, etc. etc,) you will not find it. Just a good story with a host of good actors – no all became famous.
The opening sequence has a terrific theme tune and has Olga wandering down a lonely road. We never find out who she is or where she comes from or how she manages to be immaculately dressed despite being lost and weary but this is the 1960s.
The mythology of an eternal flame that grants everlasting life – at a cost – is central to these films as is the deceit and betrayals that go with people's lust for what they cannot have.
Sit back and enjoy the ride.
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']]}Wizards and Warriors (1983)
Its a shame that this sitcom gem was lost to us due to constant preempting. I've never thought the rating system was all that fair. They should not include moments when prime time shows fall victim to breaking world newscasts, presidential addresses, special mini-series broadcasts, and holiday specials...its just not an accurate assessment of a show's viewer base. That said, maybe some reviewers are right that the audience wasn't 'there' yet, as the D&D gaming crowd was still mostly a little young to fall into the demographic they were shooting for...but I certainly loved it! And pay no heed to the comments of 'Oh Dear, Oh Dear'...that person obviously had no idea that the show wasn't there as a serious attempt to promote D&D to the masses...it was a COMEDY...a silly, camped-up comedy (like "Men In Tights' was to the Robin Hood franchise). And a good one at that! Julia Duffy was so memorable and funny as the spoiled, self-absorbed Princess Ariel that when she re prised that type of role as Stephanie on the 'Newhart', for the first season she was on that show I just saw her as The Princess...and that alone kept me watching 'Newhart'! I was never much a Jeff Conway fan, but the show gave me a better appreciation for him. And the villain stole the scene (or at least what part of it he could pry away from Duffy) every time he took the screen. I always thought his name was Derek Blackpool..to me that seems funnier somehow than Dirk (maybe because it rhymes with Eric?). Perhaps after a couple of decades of having seen it, its like Dark Shadows...you remember it as scarier (or in this case, funnier) than it actually was (and we'll sadly never know now how good it could have been), but I would love to go back and watch it again. I don't recall if it had a laugh track, but I don't think it would have needed one if it is indeed as funny as I recall. I was sad to see it go, and like another poster, didn't realize it was gone until it didn't come back. As a baby-boomer, I'd like to see more pop-culture related sitcoms like this revived rather than more waste-of-time reality shows.
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