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.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Recently Viddied - June 2010

Theatrically:
Terror Tuesday:
Boardinghouse
Race with the Devil
Psycho II

Weird Wednesday: Preacherman

ZZang!!!: Zapped!

AFS: Rocco and His Brothers

At Home:
The Brink's Job
Terror on Tour
Chopping Mall
The Blood Spattered Bride
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains
Dead Man's Shoes
Edge of Darkness
Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Jiminy Glick in LaLawood
The World's Greatest Sinner
True Grit
The Long Riders
Minnie and Moskowitz

Friday, May 21, 2010

Recently Viddied - May 2010

At the Alamo:
IRON MAN 2
Exit Through the Gift Shop
HAUSU
Fear No Evil, aka Lucifer
Undisputed III: Redemption
Mandrill

At Home:
Streets of Fire
Hit!
Brain Smasher ...A Love Story
Abraxas
Night of the Demon 2
Iron Man
Strike Commando
Frazetta: Painting with Fire
Deathmask
Tidal Wave
Times Square
A Serious Man
Hammer
Dr.Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam
First Family
Highway to Hell
Tetro
Undisputed
Undisputed II: Last Man Standing
G-Men From Hell

Collected VHS:
Christmas Evil
The Final Combat / a.k.a. The Last Battle - Luc Besson
Deadfall
Live Wire
Shakedown
Touch and Go
Karate Kids U.S.A.
Little Ninjas
The Bodyguard - Sonny Chiba
Innerspace
"Holy Moses!"
Johnny Dangerously
To Live and Die in L.A.
Manhunter
SnakeEater
Street Asylum
Taffin

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Recently Viddied - April 2010

Theatrically:
The Road Warrior
Let The Reel One In: Miami Connection FTW
Superfuzz
Student Nurses and Group Marriage, with Stephanie Rothman
Greenberg
The Losers
Ninja Turf
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Best Worst Movie
Kick Ass
Alone in the Dark (82)
The Good, The Bad, and The Weird

At Home:
Vulcan
I Sell The Dead
Treasure of the Four Crowns - 3D
Class of 1984
The Mist - Black & White Cut
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Fast Company
Enter The Ninja
The Dungeonmaster / aka RageWar
Death Machines
Straight To Hell
Doctor Mordrid
American Movie
Taxidermia
[REC•] 2
The Prisoner - miniseries 2009
Tales from the Script
The Big Fix
Class of 1999
Ninja Hunt
Action U.S.A.
Dead-End Drive In
The Landlord
The Lovely Bones
44 Inch Chest

Collected VHS:
Orion's Belt
Steele Justice
Escape 2000 / a.k.a. Turkey Shoot

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Recently Viddied - March 2010

Theatrically:
Alice in Wonderland IMAX 3-D
Birdemic: Shock and Terror
The Beast Within
The Ghost Writer
Darker Than Amber

South X SouthWest:
Micmacs
The People vs. George Lucas - Doc
Serbian Film
Red White & Blue
ENTER THE VOID
And Everything is Going Fine - Doc: Spalding Gray
Cold Weather
Monsters
Four Lions

Regrettable Sx Misses:
Amer
Dogtooth
Dirty Pictures - Doc
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Loved Ones
Marwencol
Mr. Nice
Outcast
Saturday Night - Doc: SNL
Skeletons
The Thorn in the Heart
Tiny Furniture
TONY
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
When You're Strange - Doc: The Doors

At Home:
Kill and Kill Again
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (72)
Following
Alice Through the Looking Glass (98)
Up The Academy
Private School
Used Cars
Alice in Wonderland (99)
Elvis - Kurt Russell / John Carpenter TVM
Student Bodies
The Witching
Candleshoe
Midnite Spares
The Park is Mine
Lake Mungo

Collected DVDs:
Mister Scarface
The Cop in Blue Jeans
The Cynic, The Rat, & The Fist
Rome Armed to the Teeth
Violent Naples

Collected VHS:
Aftershock (90)
Highball
Condorman
The World's Greatest Athlete

Recently Viddied - February 2010

Theatrically:
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Cry of a Prostitute
Everything is Terrible
Viva VHS!
The Crazies (2010)
Shutter Island

At Home:
42nd Street Forever: Vol.2
Extract
25th Hour
The Boogens
Pontypool
Death Cheaters
Truck Stop Women
Hamburger: The Motion Picture
L.A. Takedown
Heart and Armour
Trigger Man
Manderlay
Fear No Evil
Kill Or Be Killed
Black Dynamite
Schizoid
Taken
Terror on Tape
Terror in the Aisles
Rooftops
Lost Horizon
Stunts (77)

Collected VHS:
Earthquake
The Warriors
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Pilot Film
Splash

Collected DVDs:
Zodiac - Director's Cut
Heartbeeps
Safe Men
Nothing in Common
The Haunting
Everything is Terrible - The Movie
Viva VHS!

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Recently Viddied - January 2010

Theatrically:
Sherlock Holmes
AVATAR (twice more)
Gates of Hell - aka. City of the Living Dead - Fulci (80)
Poor Pretty Eddie - aka. Black Vengeance (75)
The Book of Eli
Robot Jox - Hecklevision
I Come In Peace
Alamo Trailerthon 2 Test Screening
Daybreakers
King of Beggars
Viva the 'Nam
A Town Called Panic
Lunch Wagon
AVATAR - (4th time, 1st time IMAX 3D)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?

At Home:
Noriko's Dinner Table
Irreversible
Apocalypto
The Outing
Second Skin
Adam's Apples
Charlie Bartlett
Survive Style 5+
Supersonic Man
Riders of the Storm
Big Fan
The Hurt Locker
Happy-Go-Lucky
World Gone Wild
The Ultimate Warrior
Invisible Strangler
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Desert Warrior
Brewster McCloud
Orphan
The Day Time Ended
Slaughterhouse Rock
WALL*E
Come and See
Jekyll & Hyde ...Together Again
Can I Do It... Til I Need Glasses?
Steel Dawn
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Starlog Video Presents CINEMAGIC


Acquisitions:

On DVD:
The Pusher Trilogy
L O S T - Season 5

On VHS:
Rolling Vengeance
Codename: Wild Geese
The Curse (87)
"10"
Used Cars
Blame It On Rio
The New Legend of Shaolin

Dubbed:
Prisoners of the Lost Universe
The Outing
High Crime
Supersonic Man
Riders of the Storm
The Ultimate Warrior
Invisible Strangler
Desert Warrior
The Day Time Ended
Slaughterhouse Rock

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Recommended Comics List for D

Having read:
Watchmen - Alan Moore

Scott Pilgrim - Bryan Lee O'Malley
Batman: Year One - Frank Miller
The Killing Joke - Alan Moore
The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller


Y: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughn - vol.1-10

By writer, with titles in recommended reading order:
T = I have at least the first volume to lend
I = I have it in individual issues
D = Don't own it


Alan Moore:
V For Vendetta - T
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - T √

Promethea - T

Grant Morrison:
We3 - T
Seaguy - T
The Mystery Play - T
Sebastian O - T
The Invisibles - I
The Filth - I

Brian K. Vaughn:
Pride of Baghdad - T √
Ex Machina - (political/superhero) - T √
Runaways - (young adult/teen superhero team) - T

Warren Ellis:
Global Frequency - I
Desolation Jones - I
Planetary - (2 large format "Absolute" vol.s coming soon) - D
Jack Cross - I
Ocean - T
Red - (film in development, haven't read yet) - D

Neil Gaiman:
Stardust - T √
Mr.Punch - T
Signal to Noise - T √
Violent Cases - T
The Sandman - TI
Death - I

Frank Miller:
Give Me Liberty - T
The Dark Knight Strikes Back - T √
Ronin - T
Sin City - T

Darwyn Cooke:
Parker: The Hunter - D √
New Frontier - 2 vol.s (The Justice League/WWII) - D √
The Spirit - I

Terry Moore:
Echo - (ongoing) - I

Mark Millar:
Marvel 1985 - T
Kick Ass - I

Alex Ross:
Justice (The Justice League) - I
Marvels (early history of the Marvel Universe) - T

Chris Ware:
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth - T

James O'Barr:
The Crow - T

Daniel Clowes:
Ghostworld - D
David Boring - T √

David Petersen:
Mouse Guard - I √

Robert Kirkman:
The Walking Dead: Compendium, vol.1
(popular ongoing zombies book, haven't read yet) - D



More suggested titles, if you are interested in these characters,
by character:


Batman :
Arkham Asylum - Grant Morrison - D √
The Long Halloween - Jeph Loeb - D
Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? - Neil Gaiman - I
Batman: Ego and Other Tails - Darwyn Cooke - D
Hush - Jeph Loeb - T
Batman: Year One Hundred - Paul Pope - D
Batman: The Black Glove - Grant Morrison - I
Joker - Brian Azzarello (recently released HC, haven't read yet) - D

Superman :
Superman For All Seasons - Jeph Loeb - T
All Star Superman - Grant Morrison - I

Iron Man :
Extremis - Warren Ellis - I

Doctor Strange :
The Oath - Brian K. Vaughn - T

Iron Fist :
Immortal Iron Fist,
Vol. 1-2 - Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker - I

X-Men :
Astonishing X-men, Vol. 1-2 - Joss Whedon - T
Marvel Masterworks: Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 1 - Chris Claremont - D

Wolverine :

Wolverine - Frank Miller - D
Logan - Brian K. Vaughn - I


Books about comics:
Men of Tomorrow - Gerard Jones (nonfiction/history)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon (novel)