15 Wednesday Jan 2020
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Documentary, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, John Huston, Lists, Mystery, Sport, Thriller, Top 314, War
Tags
Fat City, Let There Be Light (Documentary), The Asphalt Jungle, The Maltese Falcon, The Man Who Would Be King, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Wise Blood
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Wise Blood (1979)
2. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
3. Fat City (1972)
4. Let There Be Light (1946)
(Documentary)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
2. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
3. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
17 Monday Sep 2018
Posted in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Horror, Japanese Cinema, Japanese Filmmakers, Lists, Mystery, Short Cinema, Takashi Miike, Thriller, Top 307
Tags
13 Assassins, Audition, Blade of the Immortal, Dead or Alive, Dead or Alive 2: Birds, Dead or Alive: Final, Fudoh: The New Generation, Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, Ichi the Killer, Ley Lines, Masters of Horror (Imprint) (Cable Series), Rainy Dog, Shinjuku Triad Society, Three... Extremes (Box) (Anthology), Visitor Q
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Audition (1999)
2. Ichi the Killer (2001)
3. 13 Assassins (2010)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)
1. Three… Extremes (2004)
(Segment: “Box”)
(Anthology Film)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)
1. Imprint (2006)
(Masters of Horror Episode)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Dead or Alive 2: Birds (2000)
2. Visitor Q (2001)
3. Dead or Alive (1999)
4. Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
5. Ley Lines (1999)
6. Blade of the Immortal (2017)
7. Rainy Dog (1997)
8. Fudoh: The New Generation (1996)
9. Shinjuku Triad Society (1995)
10. Dead or Alive: Final (2002)
17 Monday Sep 2018
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Action, Adventure, Ching Siu-tung, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Hong Kong Cinema, Hong Kong Filmmakers, Horror, Lists, Romance, Top 307, Uncategorized
Tags
A Chinese Ghost Story, A Chinese Ghost Story II, A Chinese Ghost Story III, Duel to the Death, Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior, Swordsman II (a.k.a. The Legend of the Swordsman), Swordsman III (a.k.a. The East Is Red)
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
2. Swordsman II (1992)
(a.k.a. The Legend of the Swordsman)
3. Duel to the Death (1983)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
2. Fight and Love with a Terracotta Warrior (1989)
3. A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
4. Swordsman III (1993)
(a.k.a. The East Is Red)
17 Monday Sep 2018
Tags
A Touch of Zen, Come Drink with Me, Dragon Inn, Legend of the Mountain, Raining in the Mountain, The Fate of Lee Khan, The Valiant Ones
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. A Touch of Zen (1971)
2. Dragon Inn (1967)
3. Come Drink with Me (1966)
4. The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
(I watched it on youtube)
5. Legend of the Mountain (1979)
6. Raining in the Mountain (1979)
(I watched it on youtube)
7. The Valiant Ones (1975)
Note: King Hu only partially directed The Swordsman (1990).
15 Saturday Sep 2018
Posted in 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, Chinese Cinema, Chinese Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Greatest, History, Hong Kong Cinema, Japanese Cinema, Lists, Romance, Taiwanese Cinema, Thriller, Top 307, War, Zhang Yimou
Tags
Coming Home 2014, Curse of the Golden Flower, Happy Times, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Ju Dou, Not One Less, Raise the Red Lantern, Red Sorghum, Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles, Shanghai Triad, The Road Home, The Story of Qiu Ju, To Live
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. House of Flying Daggers (2004)
2. Raise the Red Lantern (1991)
3. Coming Home (2014)
(no relation to the 1978 film)
4. Hero (2002)
5. Ju Dou (1990)
(co-directed with Yang Fengliang)
6. Not One Less (1999)
7. The Road Home (1999)
8. Shanghai Triad (1995)
9. To Live (1994)
10. The Story of Qiu Ju (1992)
11. Red Sorghum (1988)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005)
2. Happy Times (2000)
3. Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
15 Saturday Sep 2018
Tags
Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Tales from the Crypt (And All Through the House) (Cable Series), Tales from the Crypt (Yellow) (Cable Series), Tales from the Crypt (You Murderer) (Cable Series), Used Cars, Who Framed Roger Rabbit
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
(Animation/Live-Action)
2. Back to the Future (1985)
3. Used Cars (1980)
4. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)
1. Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from Season 1: “And All Through the House”)
(Episode from Season 3: “Yellow”)
(Episode from Season 6: “You, Murderer”)
(Cable Series)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
2. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
06 Thursday Sep 2018
Posted in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Mystery, Robert Wise, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western
Tags
Blood on the Moon, Born to Kill, Executive Suite, I Want to Live!, Mademoiselle Fifi, Odds Against Tomorrow, Run Silent Run Deep, The Andromeda Strain, The Body Snatcher, The Curse of the Cat People, The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951, The Haunting 1963, The Set-Up
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Set-Up (1949)
2. The Haunting (1963)
3. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
4. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
5. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
6. The Body Snatcher (1945)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
2. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
3. Born to Kill (1947)
4. Executive Suite (1954)
5. Blood on the Moon (1948)
6. I Want to Live! (1958)
7. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
05 Wednesday Sep 2018
Tags
A Night Full of Rain, All Screwed Up, Blood Feud, Ciao Professore!, Ferdinando and Carolina, Love & Anarchy, Seven Beauties, Swept Away 1974, The Seduction of Mimi
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. Seven Beauties (1975)
2. Love & Anarchy (1973)
3. Swept Away (1974)
4. The Seduction of Mimi (1972)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Ciao, Professore! (1992)
2. All Screwed Up (1974)
3. Ferdinando and Carolina (1999)
4. Blood Feud (1978)
(I saw it on an old VHS tape)
5. A Night Full of Rain (1978)
01 Saturday Sep 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Raoul Walsh, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western
Tags
A Distant Trumpet, Along the Great Divide, Band of Angels, Battle Cry, Big Brown Eyes, Blackbeard the Pirate, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Cheyenne, Colorado Territory, Dark Command, Distant Drums, Gentleman Jim, Going Hollywood, Gun Fury, High Sierra, Manpower, Me and My Gal, Pursued, Regeneration, Sadie Thompson, Saskatchewan, The Big Trail, The King and Four Queens, The Lawless Breed, The Man I Love, The Naked and the Dead, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Roaring Twenties, The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, The Strawberry Blonde, The Tall Men, The Thief of Bagdad 1924, The World in His Arms, They Died with Their Boots On, They Drive By Night, White Heat
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. White Heat (1949)
2. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
3. The Roaring Twenties (1939)
4. Regeneration (1915)
5. Band of Angels (1957)
6. Sadie Thompson (1928)
7. Gentleman Jim (1942)
8. Going Hollywood (1933)
(I watched it on TCM)
9. High Sierra (1941)
10. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)
11. Pursued (1947)
12. Colorado Territory (1949)
13. They Drive by Night (1940)
14. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
15. Me and My Gal (1932)
16. The Big Trail (1930)
17. The Man I Love (1947)
18. Dark Command (1940)
19. Manpower (1941)
20. Big Brown Eyes (1936)
21. Cheyenne (1947)
(I watched it on TCM a few years ago)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)
2. The World in His Arms (1952)
3. Along the Great Divide (1951)
4. The Tall Men (1955)
5. Distant Drums (1951)
6. Battle Cry (1955)
7. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)
8. The Naked and the Dead (1958)
9. A Distant Trumpet (1964)
10. Saskatchewan (1954)
11. The Lawless Breed (1953)
12. The King and Four Queens (1956)
13. Gun Fury (1953)
14. Blackbeard the Pirate (1953)
15. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
28 Tuesday Aug 2018
Posted in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Austrian Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Film Directors, Film Noir, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Japanese Cinema, Josef von Sternberg, Lists, Music, Romance, Silent Cinema, Top 306, War
Tags
An American Tragedy, Anatahan, Blonde Venus, Crime and Punishment, Dishonored, Jet Pilot, Macao, Morocco, Shanghai Express, The Blue Angel, The Devil is a Woman, The Docks of New York, The Last Command, The Salvation Hunters, The Scarlet Empress, The Shanghai Gesture, Underworld
* * * * (Out of * * * *)
1. The Scarlet Empress (1934)
2. The Docks of New York (1928)
3. The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
4. Anatahan (1953)
5. Morocco (1930)
6. The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
7. Shanghai Express (1932)
8. The Blue Angel (1930)
9. The Last Command (1928)
10. Underworld (1927)
11. The Salvation Hunters (1925)
(I watched it on youtube. Choose the link that gives a running time of 1:25:43)
12. Blonde Venus (1932)
13. Dishonored (1931)
14. An American Tragedy (1931)
* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)
1. Crime and Punishment (1935)
2. Macao (1952)
(co-directed with Nicholas Ray)
3. Jet Pilot (1957)
