It's Foggy Out!

So as many of you know I love a good Horror, and nothing is better then sitting down and watching an old skool Frightfest which you have never seen before, and last night I had the pleasure of doing just that. About two years ago I made the mistake (that happens a lot) to buy a really bad remake of a classic horror film made by none other then John “The Legend” Carpenter. I had never seen Carpenter’s version of “The Fog”, but the remake was cheap in good old Blockbuster and if I remember right I needed a 4^th to make up the 4 for a 10er deal. I watched it and as I thought and been told by many, it was shit. A couple of days later in my other fav haunt of my years at uni, I was in Bulmers and I saw “The Fog” for 2 quid, and instead of going “I like horror and I have been told by people who have the same taste as me that I would like this and should watch it as soon as I can” I put it into my collection under “F” and did not really look at it again till a couple of days ago. And yer I am very disappointed in myself. It was a very good film, maybe a bit dated in places but it still had the power to scare and make you jump! And the point never to show the whole of the pirates but to keep them in the shadows was brilliant so not to cheapen the idea, plus things you can not see are always scarier! Also the characters and stories worked a treat and I was gripped from the campfire to the priest begging to know why he lived (whoops Spoiler). Well done Carpenter you created a film, like most of your others, which is still scary and as enjoyable today!

4 Stars

The First Film, and One Which I have had for a long long time....

The first film I decided to watch is the one I think I have owned the longest, at least 3 years, maybe 4.

“Steal”, “A Slick Thriller…” quoted from Entertainment Weekly, was the first DVD I ever brought from Poundland. So was the film a “Steal” for only a pound. Or was Poundland “Steal”ing from me! Well I tell you this I was pretty impressed, I thought it was going to be a total flop and not entertaining in anyway, but the action was big and showed off very well in most of the action scenes. In places the acting did fall apart a bit and in one scene there was a massive plot hole, but most films have one or two of them, even the bigger Blockbusters, so give it a break. The actors seemed pretty unknown but that did not stop me them enjoying a good action packed, heist filled, adrenaline pumping movie. If you fancy a film which glorifies robbing banks, making it look easy and fun, then give us a text, call or poke and I will let you borrow it as I got a feeling this would be a hard one to find, wait a minute, lovefilm has it!

3½ Stars

The List

I did not think of doing a list till the lovely Jason said I should so guess what, I did. This is what I will be watching, and like I said I hope to do a mini review of each one and post it on here. Also Jason thinks you should all say what you think of the film/programme I have watched. So after each review give me your views or a star rating, but only after I watched it, do not want to be off put by people’s thoughts

The Films

Smart People

Rumble Fish

Running with Scissors

Phone

Right at your Door

Steal

Taxi 2

Shrooms

Sherrybaby

Seven Swords

Series 7: The Contenders

Scum

Scarface

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

Revolver

Two Hands

Underworld: Evolution

Sixty Six

Alfie

The Lawnmower Man

Train to Hell

Chopper

Eye of the Beholder

Hurly Burly

Help! I’m a Fish

Steamboy

A Bittersweet Life

The Big White

Best in Show

The Amityville Horror (Remake)

After the Sunset

One Million Years B.C.

Arachnophobia

Annie Hall

Australia

The Crow

The Cooler

Colour of Magic

The Chronicles of Riddick

Bride of Chucky

Black Snake Moan

The Deer Hunter

Dear Wendy

G.I.Joe The Movie (Animation)

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Fargo

Flags of our Fathers

Night of the Hunter (Remake)

The Invasion

Intolerable Cruelty

House of Flying Daggers

Hollywoodland

Hellboy: Blood & Iron

Letters from Iwo Jima

Moby Dick

Monster House

Moonwalker

Fast Food Nation

Factotum

Do the Right Thing

Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

The Fog

The Programmes

Jekyll

State of Play

Taken

Quantum Leap Season 1

The Tribe Series 1

Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive (Tom Baker)

Dead Like Me Season 1

Black Books Series 1-3

Billy Connolly’s World Tour of England, Ireland & Wales

Batman the Animated Series Vol. 1

Police Squad!

The Osbournes First Series

Sliders Season 1 & 2

The Muppet Show Series 1

Naruto Unleashed Series 1

Robot Chicken Season 1-3

Mongrels

Gotta watch'em all!!!

The other day I got to thinking, which takes a lot of time, and 3 days later a thought popped into my head, “Why the Hell do I own so many DVDs that I have never watched?”. I go out and buy something that sounds good and say “I’ll watch that later or soon” and 3 years later it tries so hard to look different (most of them have got pre-owned stickers from Blockbuster) from the other DVDs, to get me to pick it up and watch it. But still I just pass it over trying not to give it eye contact, like picking a puppy or adopting a child (I guess that is what it is like). So I went through all my DVDs, mine are easy to find because I am a weirdo and I put green stickers on the spines, and picked out all the ones that I have never watched and I made another pile in my room, 2 piles, one of Films and the other of Television programmes. I then counted and in total I have 63 films and 16 Programmes that I have never watched or in the case of the programmes, never completed watching.

So I have decided to only watch from those piles and to try to watch them all by the time I leave York. I also feel to get me writing more I will do short reviews on each of them, including a reason why I brought it in the first place. So check back on how I am doing.