Viddy Well

This is meant to be a site where I can keep an up-to-date catalog of the films I have seen and collected, and chronicle some thoughts about them, and other tangential minutia.
Enjoin.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Recently Viddied - Oct. 09

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Some essential Halloween horror movies.

John Carpenter's Halloween
and Halloween II
and The Fog
George Romero's Night of the Living Dead
Wes Craven's Nightmare on Elm Street
Lady in White
Watcher in the Woods
Fright Night
The Gate
Silver Bullet
Poltergeist
An American Werewolf in London
Evil Dead II
Creepshow
Phantasm 1 & 2
House
The Amityville Horror
Robert Wise's The Haunting
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
Night of the Demon
Drag Me To Hell
Trick 'R Treat

Theatrically:

Paranormal Activity
Zombieland
Where the Wild Things Are

At Home:
Anvil : The Story of Anvil
Trick Or Treat (86)
Trick 'R Treat
Superman / Batman: Public Enemies
Even Dwarfs Started Small
Curse of the Demon / Night of the Demon
Torso
3 Extremes
Stir of Echoes
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible
Black Roses
The Roost
Alien Warrior
Pusher
Rock 'N' Roll Nightmare
Slaughterhouse Rock
Eyeball
The Sender
Sole Survivor
Drag Me To Hell
Night of the Demons (87)
Halloween

Monday, October 5, 2009

Fantastic Fest 2009

Day One:
Van Diemen's Land
Gentlemen Broncos
Solomon Kane

Day Two:
Tokyo Onlypics 2008
Krabat
Antichrist
Men Who Stare At Goats

Day Three:
K-20: The Fiend with 20 Faces
Under the Mountain
Survival of the Dead
Fantastic Feud

Day Four:
Town Called Panic
Down Terrace
Rampage
District 13: Ultimatum

Day Five:
Bronson
House of the Devil
Terribly Happy
The Fantastic Debates

Day Six:
Private Eye
Breathless
Crazy Racer
100 Best Kills

Day Seven:
Fish Story
Kenny Begins
Fireball

Day Eight:
Merantau
Dirty Mind
The Revenant
Kamogawa Horumo: Battle League
Closing Night Party

Favorites:
Antichrist
Breathless
Private Eye
House of the Devil
K-20
Dirty Mind
Merantau

Monday, September 7, 2009

Fantastic Fest 2008

Day One:
Animated Shorts
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Fanboys

Day Two:
Tokyo!
Surveillance
JCVD
Tokyo Gore Police

Day Three:
Fear(s) of the Dark
Ex Drummer
Santos
Sauna

Day Four:
Fighter
Not Quite Hollywood
South of Heaven
Short Fuse Collection
Alien Raiders

Day Five:
Man From Hong Kong
I Think We're Alone Now
Nacho Vigalondo Shorts
Blue Film Woman - Pinku Series
Repo! The Genetic Opera

Day Six:
The Good, The Bad, and The Weird
Secret Screening #1 - The Brothers Bloom
Chaser
Chocolate

Day Seven:
Let the Right One In
Astropia
Secret Screening #2 - Appaloosa
Gachi Boy: Wrestling With A Memory
Secret Screening #3 - Role Models

Day Eight:
How to Get Rid of the Others
Secret Screening #4 - RocknRolla
The Tingler
(Hovered around Bill Murray in the lobby for a while.)
Martyrs

Favorites of the Fest:
Tokyo!
JCVD
Ex Drummer
Not Quite Hollywood
Man From Hong Kong
The Good, The Bad, and The Weird
The Brothers Bloom
Let the Right One In
Martyrs


Saturday, September 5, 2009

Recently Viddied - Sept. 09

Theatrically:
Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince
Coraline (in 3D)

At Home:
Operation Crossbow
I'm A Cyborg, But That's O.K.
Dr. Strange
Smooth Talk
Battle Royale
Defiance
Hickey and Boggs
Golgo 13 - Sonny Chiba
Dust Devil
Adventureland
Smile
Supervan
Truck Turner
Strange Circus
The Mack
Sorcerer
Black Dog

Monday, August 17, 2009

WWII Films

Inspired by the greatness of Inglourious Basterds, I've decided I need to fill in the blanks in my World War II film knowledge.

My Favorite WWII Films:
Kelly's Heroes
The Dirty Dozen
The Great Escape
Where Eagles Dare
The Guns Of Navarone
Force 10 From Navarone
Von Ryan's Express
Inglorious Bastards (Castellari)
Catch 22
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
The Pianist
The Black Book (Verhoeven)
Operation Crossbow (Michael Anderson)

Band Of Brothers -
HBO Series

Need to see:
The Desert Rats (Wise)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (Concini)
The Eagle Has Landed (Sturges)
From Hell to Victory (Lenzi)
The Misfit Brigade (Hessler)
Hell is for Heroes
The Battle of the Bulge
None But The Brave (Sinatra only direction)
Patton
A Bridge Too Far
Hanover Street (Hyams, w/Harrison Ford)
Soldier Of Orange (Verhoeven)
The Big Red One (Fuller)(giving it a 2nd chance)
Escape To Victory (Huston)
The Eye of the Needle (Marquand)
Enemy at the Gates
Man Hunt (Lang)
Five Graves to Cairo (Wilder)
Castle Keep
Play Dirty
Ilsa: She-Wolf of the SS
Five for Hell

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Recently Viddied

Theatrically:
Away We Go
Public Enemies
Bruno
Paper Heart
The Collector
O.C. & Stiggs
THIRST - Park Chan-wook
District 9
The Thick of It - Series 1
In The Loop
The Mystery Team
World's Greatest Dad

CINEMAPOCALYPSE:
Inglourious Basterds
The Losers
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
Vigilante
The Black Gestapo
Ip Man

At Home:
The Visitor
The Andromeda Strain
Prisoners of the Lost Universe
Outlaw of GOR
The Magic Christian
Starship Invasions

The Trip
Psych-Out
[*REC]
New Legend of Shaolin - Jet Li

The Asphyx
The Island (80)
Quatermass 2 / Enemy from Space
Quatermass and The Pit
Quatermass: The Conclusion
The Challenge - Frankenheimer
Outlander
High Crime (73) - Castellari
The Prophecy - Frankenheimer
SHARK! (69) - Sam Fuller, starring Burt Reynolds
Europa - Von Trier
2020 Texas Gladiators
The Mutant Chronicles
The Venture Bros. - Season 3
Green Lantern : First Light
Gigantic
The Stabilizer
Billy Jack
Black Book
Cross Of Iron

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Recent Acquisitions

DVD

Freebie and The Bean
Thunder Run
Baffled
Wacko
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
Bad Ronald
The Warrior


VHS


Born of Fire (87)
Demonoid : Messenger of Death! (83) - M
Jack The Ripper (76)
Jar, The (84)
Johnny Got His Gun (82) - M
Outland (81)
Trancers 4: Jack of Swords (83)
Trick or Treat (87)
Shaolin Wooden Men & Best Fights/Greatest Stunts - Jackie Chan
Bury Me An Angel (85)
Crawlspace (86)
Hot Potato (75)
Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (79)
The Secret of N.I.M.H.
A Charlie Brown Christmas
The Lord of the Rings - Animated - Bakshi
Airplane II: The Sequel
Billy Jack
Death Code: Ninja
Nightmare at Noon
Shakes The Clown
Venom
Dr. Strange
"Fuzz"
Trilogy Of Terror
Schizo