Last film you saw, vol. 6

[Space Cop]

Blonde (2022)
“Marilyn Monroe only exists on the screen”

The Return of the Street Fighter (1974)
“Ooh, I love Americans. They taught me to groove.”
—50^th anniversary.

Jesus Revolution (2023)
“The truth is always quiet. It's the lies that are loud.”

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
“We too want a world where we can trust one another. But the more people there are, the more difficult it becomes. Nevertheless, we'll never give up. We're working hard to make the world a better place. Please, don't be quick to judge us.”
—60^th anniversary.

[MST3K:] Atlantic Rim (2013/2017)
“What happened down here?
-Whatever it is, don’t show us.”

River of No Return (1954)
“Like you said, who gets anywhere?”
—70^th anniversary.

The iDol (2006)
“Cat got your tongue or are you just incapable of grasping how cool I am.”

Mean Girls (2004)
“I know it may look like I’d become a b*tch, but that’s only because I was acting like a b*tch.”
—20^th anniversary.

Van Helsing (2004)
“Evil may have created it, left its mark on it, but evil does not rule it. So, I cannot kill it.”
—20^th anniversary.

Going My Way (1944)
“It wouldn't be a church without a mortgage.”
—80^th anniversary. Bells of St. Mary is actually a sequel to this.

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Luca (2021)

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[Rifftrax:] Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II (1989/2017)
“What if they made a movie and nobody came?”

Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)
“There’s someone inside.”

The Beast Must Die (1974)
“One of you, sitting here in this room, is a werewolf.”
—50^th anniversary and my werewolf pick for the Pink Moon. Structured like a whodunnit and famous for its “werewolf break” that gave the viewer a chance to guess who it is.

Double Indemnity (1944)
“We were talking about automobile insurance, only you were thinking about murder. And I was thinking about that anklet.”
—80^th anniversary.

Robot Jox (1989)
“Crash and burn!”

Inside the Mind of a Cat (2022)
“Love is going both ways.”

Them! (1954)
“When Man entered the atomic age, he opened a door into a new world. What we’ll eventually find in that new world, nobody can predict.”
—70^th anniversary.

30 for 30: Nature Boy (2017)
“I mean I’ve never seen a guy have his pants pulled down more than Ric Flair.”

The Eiger Sanction (1975)

I love that one. In general I like movies about assassins and movies about mountain climbing, so win win.

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The Eiger Sanction (1975)

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The Punisher (2004)
“This is not vengeance. Revenge is not a valid motive, it’s an emotional response. No, not vengeance. Punishment.”
—20^th anniversary.

Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
“Is the experiment ‘do I taste good?’”
—Restarted Netflix (with a gift card) and started with this. Okay.

Friday the 13^th: The Final Chapter
“I got my reputation in the 6^th grade.”
—40^th anniversary.

Blood Bath (1966)
“The world is full of idiots.”
—Early Jack Hill (partly Corman produced) flick. Free on Youtube.

Friday the 13^th: The Final Chapter (1984)
“Some pack of patootsies, huh?”
—40^th anniversary.

[MST3K:] Wizards of the Lost Kingdom (1985/2017)
“It’s like Lord of the Rings without all the fancy good stuff.”

The Aftermath (1982)
“I don’t underestimate my enemy.”

Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
“Better blisters than neck burns.”
—This week’s Corman-produced flick, a western written by and starring Jack Nicholson. Free on Youtube (though there is a sporadic watermark from the host site).

65 (2023)
“I’m just tired.”

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967)
“Think we want some lousy amateur gumming up the works? Why I wouldn’t even let you kill my own mother.”
—Roger Corman directed flick with a big cast about the Capone-Moran gang war. Pretty good. Free on Youtube.

[robojac]

H2: Halloween II (2009)

[Space Cop]

Because of Wrestlemania last weekend, I didn't get through as many movies this week:

Shaun of the Dead (2004)
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“We’re coming to get you, Barbara!”
—20^th anniversary. Remember loving this from first viewing (I think in theater).

Foxy Brown (1974)
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“Baby, jail is where some of the finest people I know are these days.”
—50^th anniversary.

[Rifftrax:] Mesa of Lost Women (1953/2012)
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“She enjoys violently displaying her lady parts.”

Cellar Dweller (1987)
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“To contemplate evil, is to ask evil home.”
—Thought I had seen this, but then it wasn’t familiar. Liked it. 1^st of a double feature with a friend who comes over every other month to watch some horror with me.

Tourist Trap (1979)
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“Mr. Slausen, can I use your phone?
-Oh sure, help yourself, but it doesn’t work. I got nobody to call.”

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Soul (2020)

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The Punisher (1989)
“You’re sick, you know that don’t you?
-No I'm not.
What the f**k do you call 125 murders in 5 years?
-Work in progress.”
—R.I.P. Louis Gossett Jr.

Major League II (1994)
“I don’t know about any of you, but I’ve been waiting my whole life to get here. And I’ll be damned if I'm gonna act like my best pig died just cuz we ain’t doin’ so good.”
—30^th anniversary.

Conan the Barbarian (1982)
“Do you know what horrors lie beyond that wall?
-No
Then you go first.”
—Enjoying my new Arrow 4K (with extended edition).

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
“I thought you said you were a hacker!
-I said I took an HTML course at summer camp.”

Hellboy (2004)
“There are things that go bump in the night. We bump back.”
—20^th anniversary.

[Rifftrax:] Flash Gordon: Purple Death from Outer Space (1940/1966/2019)
“Lucky this mountain was here to break my fall.”

[Rifftrax:] Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1979/2017)
“I don’t understand.
-You don’t have to.
[John Carradine’s ideal arrangement.]”
—I normally restrict myself to no more than one riff movie a week, but my free trial of their Friends streaming service is about to expire and I wanted to get more out of it.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
“You are my home.”

Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
“You honestly think you’re gonna find something more important than every single creature on Earth being led two by two inside a giant rocket ship?”
—20^th anniversary.—20^th anniversary.

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
"As you know, l'm quite keen on comic books."
—20^th anniversary.

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Onward (2020)

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Police Academy (1984)
“They all used to be the right color, the right height, the right weight. And they all had Johnsons, Lassard!
-Johnsons?
You know...
-Oh, yes.
There were Johnsons as far as the eye can see.
-Yes. And what a lovely sight it was.”
—40^th anniversary.

Toy Story 4 (2019)
“Let’s go antiquing!”

Werewolf of Washington (1973)
“The sign of the pentagram.
-Oh, the Pentagon is behind all this?”
—My werewolf pick for the Worm Moon.

Becket (1964)
“Oh Lord, how heavy thy honor is to bear.”
—60^th anniversary.

Clerks (1994)
“It wasn't directed at you. I was making a broad generalization.
-You're making a generalization about broads.
—30^th anniversary.

Blood Simple (1984)
“It's taken care of. The less you know about it, the better.”
—40^th anniversary of the Coens’ first (and most serious, imo) movie. R.I.P. M. Emmett Walsh

Jersey Girl (2004)
“Don’t wash that pan, I got a nice layer of juice built up for the pork roll, and I don’t want you scrubbing it off.
-That 'juice' is called grease, Dad.”
—20^th anniversary. Had to include that quote which is so Jersey.

The Great Gatsby (1974)
“Rich girls don’t marry poor boys.”
—50^th anniversary.

[Rifftrax:] Lady Mobster (1988/2018)
“Having to kiss preppies is the worst part of being in the mob.”

My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1988)
“This blood’s for you.”

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The Towering Inferno (1974)

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Waking Ned Devine (1998)
“The words that are spoken at a funeral are spoken too late for the man who is dead.”
—Early St. Patrick’s Day viewing.

Leprechaun 3 (1995)
“Have you ever blown a rod before?”
—My Saint Patrick’s Day viewing for this year.

Thief of Bagdad (1924)
“Allah hath made thy soul to yearn for happiness, but thou must earn it.”
—Centennial. Fairbanks Sr.’s favorite movie of his and a good one.

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
“I could have two lovers.
-Kinky. But I like my sex the way I play basketball, one on one with as little dribbling as possible.”
—30^th anniversary. Still love it.

The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
“The whole world is a circus if you know how to look at it.”
—60^th anniversary. Alright. Undoubtedly not PC now.

Dawn of the Dead (2004)
“Is everyone there dead?
-Or deadish.”
—20^th anniversary. Still remember taking my mother to see this. Pretty much feel like I did then: not as good as the original. An okay remake with a decent end and a great opening.

Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964)
“Has it occurred to you that nobody has told us what this centennial is all about?”
—60^th anniversary of Herschell Gordon Lewis’schlock classic.

The Intruder (1962)
“You’ve got no room in your head for intelligence. If you were intelligent, you would see you’ve started something you can’t control. You think you’re the boss now? Wake up, boy, that mob is the boss.”
—Early Corman and Shatner flick about a man who comes into a southern town to rouse the locals against state-mandated school integration but loses control (seemingly his only real motive) of the mob. Free on Youtube.

[Rifftrax:] Sunset Strip (1985/2020)
“We’ve been lied to guys. Pimpin’ looks easy as hell.”

Oppenheimer (2023)
"Are you saying that there's a chance that when we push that button we destroy the world?"
—Liked it less than the Nolan fanboys (and the Academy), but more than I expected.

The Public Eye (1992)

I remember having a few videos back in the day with a preview for that movie. I always wanted to see it, but never got around to it. Looks like I can for free on (ad-supported) Youtube.

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The Public Eye (1992)

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The Ref (1993)
“Connecticut is the fifth ring of hell.”
—30^th anniversary.

Splash (1983/1984)
“You know why she left Freddie? Because I didn't love her.
-That b***h!”
—40^th anniversary. It really was an ’84 movie but there was an early release in ’83 apparently. ‘

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
“Did he just throw my cat out of the window?”
—Checked this out from the library for its 10^th anniversary but between realizing I hadn’t seen it and running out of time, I missed the actual day by a few. Still ended up liking it as I do with most Wes Anderson flicks.

Dune: Part II (2024)
“There is a narrow way through.”

[Rifftrax:] Stone Cold (1991/2015)
“An unconventional pet?! I’m starting to think this guy doesn’t play by the rules.”

Guarding Tess (1994)
“Uh, copy that Doug, but I believe we’ve lost in interest in peas, repeat, lost interest in peas.”
—Missed the 30^th anniversary by one day because I ran out of time, but it had been a while and it was still entertaining.

Machine Gun Kelley (1958)
“Tell your old lady to keep her wise cracks behind her teeth or shess gonna be wearing false ones!”
—This week’s Roger Corman flick and an early one starring Charles Bronson. Alright. Free on Youtube and Tubi.

G.I. Joe: Operation Dragonfire (1989)
“G.I. Joe has a pretty good memory too.”
—Serialized miniseries that bridged the Sunbow and DIC animated series. I was stoked to recognize the voice of Jim Byrnes (who played watcher Joe Dawson in Highlander).