Watched The Mist (2007) last night, based on the Stephen King novel. A very curious mix of being one of the most extremely gripping, well-acted, tense thrillers with cool monsters that I have ever...
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Watched The Mist (2007) last night, based on the Stephen King novel. A very curious mix of being one of the most extremely gripping, well-acted, tense thrillers with cool monsters that I have ever...
Part 2 reviews.
Thursday
- Starting things off nicely with Zoe Keating at St. John's Cathedral. Very nice ambience and her near one-woman orchestra (loops) solo cello music is quite beautiful...
Got in late last night from the 12 hour drive back to Toronto, so posting my thoughts today. First, a generic overview.
This was my first Big Ears and...it was quite an experience. For me the...
I still need to see that one! Ahh, you've got to love the 80s.
Neil
I haven't seen the Palance 1974 Dracula in ages. Due for a rewatch. I loved the Night Stalker movies and show. And I'm not going to qualify it be saying 'as a kid'. I mean...of course the concept was...
All of this. Matheson was a great writer and elevated a lot of low budget tv shows and movies that he worked on.
Neil
Ahh, the notorious Disney Black Diamond clamshell VHS releases. Digging into that, of course, they can really be had for about $20 and the inflated prices are all scam mark-ups to artificially boost...
Now that, is the way to see your first SGM show! Superb.
Neil
Somebody on facebook said that it is over 60 dates.
Neil
Yes. A really cool giant monster movie, with amazing effects and a solid story. It was very influential on films like Cloverfield. No mean feat, since Korea's previous high in monster movies was...
Agree with all of this. If Vai is the one who will be playing Fripp's parts, he's going to have to be very...er, Disciplined and leave the wankery at home.
Neil
And don't forget Orangey the cat. The only cat to win not one, but two PATSY awards.
Neil
Digging this. Thanks for posting. So many amazing bands out there. A great time to be a music fan.
Neil
I was at that show in Chicago and can confirm it's awesomeness. They are as tight and as amazing as ever. The new album is killer. Many spins in, but still absorbing. I think that it is their most...
I remember seeing that when it came out in the theatre, and it was a lot of fun. Haven't seen it since. Time for a re-watch.
Neil
Thanks for the tips. I also hope to see Faun Fables and Ahleuchatistas.
Neil
I saw Big Ears band The Horse Lords in Toronto last night and they were unreal. One of the most amazing combinations of complexity with rhythm and groove that I have ever seen.
Definitely very...
I wouldn't be able to afford it, on my puny Canadian dollar...
Neil
I think people are missing the point about Godzilla Minus One a bit. It's quite a thing that it played AT ALL in North American theatres. It's a foreign movie with subtitles with a giant monster in...
New Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis is out today. They are at Big Ears.
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New Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis out today. Tour starting soon.
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I'll likely be arriving Thursday late morning/early afternoon. I'll make the Thursday meal if I can.
With all these tight time changes and bands that I want to see, not sure if I'm going to a...
C'mon Ian, you're retired now. You can catch up on sleep, on demand, ha. Of course, I say this, but I might be exhausted after four days as well, and then intended to drive all the way home in one. ...
Yes, really cool that they are playing there. After the Toronto show, I'll be straight home to bed, so I can get up and start driving to Big Ears the next day, ha.
Neil
Dirk!! Dirkie Lee!!
Neil
Godzilla has won a fucking Oscar!!
Neil
Fulci's Lizard (1971) and Don't Torture a Duckling (1972) are both top tier giallos. The Psychic is also very good.
Neil
Ahh. Much better. I forgot about trying to scale the page.
Neil
Well, it certainly is tiny, and I had to download them as jpegs to blow them up into a blurry, but readable state. I can't really tell if there has been any shuffling. There is certainly no change to...
Four Flies was the last of the trilogy that I saw too. The hyper-reality and outlandishness of the plot is sheer bliss, to me. The Bird with the Crystal Plumage is a deserved classic. I haven't seen...
Ahh, William Castle, the master of schlock and gimmicks. He was a much better producer than he was a director. Fun B-movies, though.
Neil
I would have loved to have seen Vak. Did they mention anything about a new album coming? One Shot almost metal? You're going soft, Trane-er. ;)
Neil
Laugh and mock, if you must, but I think that it's a crime that Godzilla Minus One was not nominated for best foreign film. An incredibly sober and effective portrait of life in post-war Japan, and...
Here's hoping that you are pleasantly surprised. When I saw Godzilla Minus One, the second day that it came out, a packed theatre was very well-behaved and not noisy in any wrong places during the...
Watched this recently with my girlfriend. We enjoyed it. No new ground broken, but likeable characters, a decent story, some enjoyable and lots of pleasing action. Having watched the Flash TV show...
My music theory teacher told me about Julian Lage and I have become a fan of his playing and music. Looking forward to hearing this album. Unfortunately, after the brief excitement of finding a...
I envy you practitioners of the physical release! I must wait until late March for the bandcamp digital download.
Neil
I'm currently reading Patrick Stewart's autobiography and am at the part where Patrick was signed on, to be in the film Dune. There is an amusing section describing him meeting Sting, and having...
No, agreed, not heavy metal. And a very special album indeed.
Neil
Well, they have been called MIO - Metal In Opposition, which is as good a descriptor as any. I think that it would be folly to even vaguely suggest that they are too good to be a metal band...that's...
A perfectly acceptable reaction, haha.
Neil
Speaking of sci-fi, last night I watched The Mind Snatchers (1972), for the first time. Mostly notable as Christopher Walken's first starring role it's an odd tale of experimentation on controlling...
I was expecting far worse, given the other reactions. However, I also quit at about 1:27. But that may have more to do with not having much interest in another vocalist covering/or even another...
I can't really think of any, because I listen to so much new music. In fact, I can't remember the last classic, old song that I returned to. Huh.
Neil
^^Well Udi, at least SC3 have another set on early Saturday, so you can still see both bands, but I know what you mean.
I'm looking forward to it. It could be amazing, or I could be pissed off...
This could be my number one. Hardly a perfect film, but for me at least, that feeling of awe and mystery that it creates is without parallel.
Neil
Excellent. That makes me feel better about that conflict. One down, two to go...
Neil
Yeah, I'd agree with these. My possible solutions:
Zoe Keating vs Mary Halvorson - I may have to settle for seeing Mary with the Tomeka Reid Quartet
Secret Chiefs 3 vs Nik Bartsch Ronin -...
^^Uh oh. I haven't even read this post yet, but if Ian has conflicts, then I have conflicts, haha.
Neil
I 'went' to the bandcamp listening party today. First listen was killer and this album appears to have all of their hallmark elements and a few different types of vibes, as well. The enthusiasm they...
What, no clever holiday horror twist name? Not Thankskilling? I'll have to check it out.
Neil
I really like Johnny Got His Gun. Flaws, yes, but very dramatic and when it hits, it hits hard.
Neil
I've been seeing messages about that. I hope that I get mine this week, assuming that they also send them to Canada.
Neil
"...when you're a horror/sci-fi/exploitation/sleaze junkie..."
Fixed! Yes indeed, likewise. I'm sure that we could have some awesome movie nights, if we lived near each other, haha.
Neil
Were they not talking about a new album and tour a few years back? Maybe Covid stopped it, or maybe I'm just mis-remembering.
Neil
Ahh, an excellent and very twisted, for its time, Italian gothic. Great use of colour, wonderful cinematography and one of Ricardo Freda's best. The follow-up, The Ghost (1963) is also excellent....
My brother loves the Stooges and W.C. I can take them or leave them. Never liked the Little Rascals, but have a weird fascination with some of the Z-grade Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/Bowery Boys...
Thanks, very interested. I've only seen 11 of the 20 and have found something to enjoy in all of them. It helps, of course, when you're a horror/sci-fi/exploitation junkie, who likes all cinematic...
I dare to dream.
Nel
I'm with you 100% on that, and was even thinking of adding that in my post, lol. Or, it could even have been thrown on Foxtrot and dump Time Table.
Neil