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Perry Mason Returns (1985)

I wasn't expecting much from a 20-years-later TV movie reunion, but this was surprisingly terrific. These kinds of movies usually rely far too much on nostalgia, but the people behind this one actually put some effort into it. It could stand up to any of the episodes of the original series.

Someone should really release these TV movies on DVD. This one is an extra on one of the DVD sets for the original series, but none of the 29 sequels (! !) are available. I managed to find two of them on YouTube, but nothing else. Shame.

Pacific Rim

In the future, Earth is threatened by the "Kaiju", a race of enormous alien monsters that emerge from a portal in the Pacific Ocean and rampage across the planet, leaving destruction in their wake. Humanity's only hope are the Jaegers, gigantic humanoid robots that are operated by two pilots via a neural link. At first, the project proves a success, but when the Kaiju become more and more advanced, the Jaeger project becomes less effective. They turn to a washed up Jaeger pilot (Charlie Hunnam) who teams with a rookie pilot (Rinko Kikuchi) in a last ditch attempt to drive the monsters away.


An absolute belter of a movie, with likeable characters, scrap-happy smackdowns, wanton destruction on an epic scale and giant robots beating the ever-loving crap out of giant Godzilla-like monsters. Makes the Transformers trilogy look like Sesame Street, Guillermo Del Toro delivers in spades.

Completely agree especially on the Transformers comparison.

Somehow, Del Toro really conveyed these robots as equivalent to walking tanks or like a walking battleship.

Sharknado.

The only good thing about this movie was the trailer. SyFy gave the impression that Tara Reid and William Heard were the stars - far from it, Heard provides alcoholic comic relief before he gets eaten early on, while Tara Reid plays a secondary role as the lead's ex wife.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

The Island

Michael Bay film where a man and a woman escape a compound after learning they are clones used for organ harvesting.

The Dictator (2012)

Comedy starring Sacha Baron Cohen. Much better than the overrated Borat and Bruno, which seemed to rely more on making people uncomfortable than on actual jokes.


History of the World: Part I (1981)

Hilarious comedy from Mel Brooks. I had seen a good deal of it before in bits and pieces on TV, but never from start to finish or uncensored. It's no Blazing Saddles, but it's one of his better films.


The Case of the Silenced Singer (1990)

#13 in the series of 30 Perry Mason TV movies made from 1985 to 1993. Not as good as the excellent Perry Mason Returns, but good enough for anyone who's already a fan.

Finally got to see Monsters University today!! Loved it!

Invictus

True story directed by Clint Eastwood with Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela, who, after 27 years inprisonment, becomes president of South Africa and unites the country around their national Rugby team who go on to win 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Pacific Rim in 3D

Such a shame this opened at #3 over the weekend with approximately $38 million.

Guillermo Del Toro gave audiences who saw this what audiences wanted, one hell of an awesome epic popcorn flick, with good acting and near-perfect visual effects. Let's hope good word-of-mouth {even though reviews have been mostly positive}
makes Pacific Rim worthy of a sequel.

Fast & Furious

Fourth in The Fast and the Furious franchise. Brian and Dominic infiltrate a heroin importer's operation. Vin Diesel returns after being absent from the second and third movies. (He made a cameo appearance in the ending of the third film)

Django Unchained
BBS 鄉民的正義（Silent Code）

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Sequel to Transformers. Megatron and his master The Fallen attempt to use a machine that will consume the Sun.

Dead Man's Shoes (2004)

Shane Meadow's psychological thriller starring Paddy Considine as a soldier returning home to the town of Matlock in England, after serving in the British Army. He is secretly out for revenge against a local group of sadistic drug dealers that abused and murdered his mentally impaired brother.

An underrated gem with a slow methodical pace, interspersed with disturbing flashbacks and a sinister acid trip scene. Definitely one of Meadow's finest.