Dr. Gangrene's Recommended Movie of the Week #26

It's all monkey business this week as Doc Gangrene recommends his favorite all-time film - Planet of the Apes

animated ZORRO 1981 toon

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William Shatner - Best Death Scene Ever!

William Shatner hams it up in the 1996 made for tv movie "Dead Man's Island". The film featured a great supporting cast: Barbara Eden (I Dream of Jeannie), Traci Lords (!), Roddy McDowell, Morgan Fairchild, the dude who played Bud on "Married With Children", and Ralph from "Happy Days". Someone whip me up some steak and eggs, I'm famished!

"THE MARTIN SHORT SHOW" (1999-2000) - (JIMINY GLICK & PETER BOYLE)

Before "Primetime Glick", there was "The Martin Short Show", (1999-2000), where he started "Jiminy Glick's La La Wood". Here he welcomes Peter Boyle. Martin Short

Return of the Beverly Hillbillies legend

both return of and legend of the beverly hillbillies on dvd on my webpage www.classics2dvd.com

● My life so far ● [ VO ] 10/10 Fin

Drama, Comedia, Biográfico // Desde las nebulosas Highlands de Escocia llega una historia sobre un año lleno de acontecimientos que verá cómo se rompe el encantamiento de la infancia, tanto para un niño de diez años como para su padre, un incurable romántico. Esos recuerdos -divertidos y agridulces- son contados a través de la voz de un joven observador, Fraser, un niño que convierte los misterios y las intrigas sexuales de los adultos que lo rodean en una gran aventura cómica. Fraser pertenece a una familia escocesa de distinguidos excéntricos que vive en una idílica finca familiar, Kiloran House. La casa en este momento está bajo el férreo control de la infatigable Gamma Macintosh (Rosemary Harris). Aunque esta casa, repleta de animales y niños, funciona gracias a los esfuerzos de Gamma y de la madre de Fraser, Moira (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), el líder espiritual es el chiflado del padre de Fraser, Edward (Colin Firth). Edward es un inventor, un genio incomprendido, y el fundador de la única fábrica de musgo de toda Europa. Muchos sólo ven en él a un loco estrafalario. Pero para Fraser es una fuerza que no puede ser comprendida. La vida con este padre en la finca de los Macintosh es un cuento de hadas en el que suceden las aventuras y las anécdotas, llenas de los artilugios más impensables y henchidas de imaginación.

Overboard - 1987 - Part 11

Overboard - 1987 Starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell

Donegore Tradition: Marches

Dance Tunes/Céilí - Marches: O'Donnell Abu / The Mountains Of Pomeroy / Captain Dunn / The Moon Behind The Hill / Roddy McCorley (Sean South). Irish Céilí music at its very best! Lead musician on this great CD is Wilcil McDowell, fantastic Irish accordion player and a member of The Irish Rovers - one of the very best Irish folk bands ever. This great medley is from the CD "Buntus Rince: The Definitive Irish Dancing Collection". Enjoy!

James Gang

James Gang Jesse, Lebron, William, and Etta James. James Brown, Paul Brown, Jim Brown, Marlon Brando, Florida Marlins, Richard Florida, Keith and Renee Richards, Richard Keith, Rene Descartes, Cartes Blanche, Blanche Dubois, WEB Duboise, DW and Andy Griffith. Andi and Roddy McDowell,...

Overboard - 1987 - Part 6

Overboard - 1987 Starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell

Beneath The/Escape From The Planet Of The Apes - Movie Goofs

Copyright recordings, music and lyrics reproduced by kind permission of Take Me To The Hospital / Cooking Vinyl - for original performances by The Prodigy, check-out the official channel at www.youtube.com/prodigychannel .

Coffee and Celluloid: The Black Hole (Part 5)

We continue to continue our continuation of continuing the discussion on the forgotten Disney classic, the Black Hole (1979). This is a work of critical analysis and all clips used are fair use.

Lost Sci Fi Comedy Pilot: Galaxy Beat Part Two

Part two of this galactic space adventure that one network's programmers felt was too offbeat for public consumption.

Space Arm pilot part three

Canadian sci-fi sit-com

Elizabeth Taylor - Blood Brothers

"Blood Brothers" - Elizabeth Taylor There are some songs in life, and there are some people in life who are so wonderful that they defy explanation. This song would not be possible if not for three of them. For dear Richard Currier, who wrote the music, Jim Piazza, who wrote the lyrics, and the melodic voice of Judy Quay. Pure excellence and pure heartfelt emotion. Because of them, "Blood Brothers" is made possible. In viewing these short film clips, please donate to the cause that has become Dame Elizabeth Taylor's life mission for over two decades. The eradication of AIDS in the world. Until such time, "The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation" funds programs and organization that give direct care to the population of millions affected with HIV/AIDS...whether it is direct care or related/ associated services. So many people are now living longer with AIDS/HIV due to advances in viral medication technology, but the impact of living a life with AIDS is far reaching. AIDS affects all of us, in one way or another. Generations of young people are not conscious of the 1980's. The face of AIDS has changed since the time when those who were ill were visibly stigmatized, akin to being lepers. Now, those with HIV/AIDS live life among the general population attempting to cope with the disease. Sometimes, silently. Emotionally, the impact is just the same as those first diagnosed. Fear. The only solution is to rid the world of this disease, therefore opening a technological highway ...

Dennis Hopper Documentary.mp4

A Mash up documentary of the famed actor/director Dennis Hopper. From his earliest appearances to his more recent works, a great look at into his career and achievements....

Lassie Come Home (1943) trailer Elizabeth Taylor

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PLANET OF THE APES - TV SERIES

Now here's a blast from childhood! If you haven't seen any Planet Of The Apes episodes for a few years, these images are just what you may need to jogg a few memories. Surprising how fresh the images still are. Trouble with this series was - they never made enough of them. Curiously, the 'apes' TV series seems to have a bit of cowboy-style Western in them, lots of horses and rifles and so forth. I love Roddy McDowell as Galen - a class act altogether!

The Lobster Quadrille: Mad Hatter

The story of a fictional fanboy-turned-psychotic-kidnapper set to the music of the Four Postmen. Thank you to MsHarlyQuin, chobits743, reevespotswood, KaizokuShojo, dinosquirrel, and vonfrog1 for their comments on the earlier, not-quite-as-spiffy version of this video and to the 2008 of you that watched it!

TEARAWAY aka QUEEN CITY ROCKER 1986 tear away

on dvd on my webpage www.classics2dvd.com

Overboard - 1987 - Part 9

Overboard - 1987 Starring Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell

Doomsday Review And Spoiler

It's easy to say that "Doomsday" is simply a mish-mash of "The Road Warrior", "Escape from New York", "Aliens", and "28 Days Later" and leave it at that. But doing so leaves out the birth of a new hero that should grace the screen for hopefully a couple more installments.

In "Doomsday", Eden Sinclair (Rhona Mitra) and a small group of British commandos must find the source of a possible cure to save an infected Britain from the Reaper virus. The virus is thought to have been contained 20 years ago, but is now resurfacing to wreak havoc once again. The contamination zone happens to be the entire country of Scotland, where the original outbreak occurred. Scotland is now a waste land and has been since it was locked down behind high tech walls for the past 20 years. Scotland is also thought to be devoid of life by the world population. However, the British government, for reasons of its own, kept secret the existence of some civilization within the ruins.

Our hero, Eden Sinclair is a survivor of the original holocaust when she was but a little girl. Her mother begged a group of fleeing soldiers to take her before Scotland was completely shutdown from the rest of the world. Over twenty years later, she's an elite, tough-as-nails soldier of the British military. Sinclair must track down a research doctor left inside Scotland who would have been capable of finding a cure all those times from within.

That set the stage for an unapologetic gritty sci-fi action movie not afraid to be grizzly when necessary. Although the scenes and segment plots are familiar, some even argue "lifted" from the aforementioned movies, "Doomsday" is a worthy throwback to 80's style action films we enjoy. The car chases are furious. The fights are bloody. And the bad guys, for lack of better words, are highly entertaining.

Sol (Craig Conway), the Mohawk-ed leader of the city savages, voraciously drives his hordes with hate and fear. At times, his antics are clownish and over-the-top, making me chuckle. However, for all the cruelty and raw brutality that Sol and his band exhibit, Sinclair is even crazier, not afraid to drive headlong into a bus risking harm to herself and her companions.

Malcolm McDowell portrays the bitter Kane, the leader of a small village adopting a medieval, low technology lifestyle to deliberately avoid satellite detection. Kane was a research doctor working with the military before the lockdown and the object of Sinclair's search. But since he lost his family and everything he cared for during the lockdown, Kane detests everything and anything outside the walls of Scotland and refuses to cooperate with Sinclair. Once again, the actions within Kane's village, specifically, the arena fight pits a modern-day tactical warrior (Sinclair) against a heavily-armored knight (Kane's champion and executioner) in close combat. The fight is enjoyable showcasing Sinclair's better training, skills and resourcefulness in beating the knight.

All in all, "Doomsday" is a great first movie that ought to have sequels and a cult following. The action-packed sequences usually with gruesome outcomes are not for children. And the movie ending certainly calls for more as it alluded that Sinclair is going to be the new leader of the savage hoard.

RL Aguirre runs a tribute blog to 80's movies, 80s Films, and is the movie editor for Nuvein Magazine.

Top 10 Comedy Films

So what is it exactly that distinguishes the good comedy films from the great? Is it their ability to endure, the way their humor creeps up on you or takes you by surprise? Maybe it's a great script, perfect timing or one-liners that hit the mark every time? Whatever it is, great comedy films leave a lasting impression and have an ability to engage us. They allow us to lower our defenses and share in the joy and the pain of the characters, as we identify with their situations. Ultimately, truly great comedy allows us to laugh at ourselves.

10. There's Something About Mary

Arguably the best Farrelly brothers movie to date, they take a story about stalkers and turn it into a comedy. Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) still longs for his prom date Mary Jensen (Cameron Diaz) years after losing track of her following an unfortunate accident on prom night. He eventually decides to hire a private detective to track her down, the only problem being, that the private detective falls in love with her too. Seems like Mary is every man's dream girl. This movie produced many classic scenes, some you have to see to believe.

9. Airplane!

Considered by many to be the classic slapstick comedy. Airplane! tells the story of Ted Striker, who has never been able to fly a plane since an "incident" in the war. Striker is forced into action when a mysterious disease (don't order the fish) knocks out the crew. Airplane! is so jam-packed with jokes you'll need to see it a few times to catch them all.

8. Meet the Parents

This movie takes a potentially awkward situation that most people can relate to and takes it to the extreme. Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) tries to impress his girlfriends parents, but the father-in-law to be (played by Robert De Niro) is an ex CIA agent and is very mistrusting of Greg. Everything Greg tries to do ends up with disastrous consequences from losing the families cat, to giving his future sister-in-law a black eye. You can't help but cringe and laugh at the same time at Greg's misfortunes.

7. Blades of Glory

Following a fight at a medal awards ceremony, champion skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) are banned from competitive skating for life. Years pass and circumstances bring them together for another chance at the podium, but this time in the "men's doubles". The story follows their hilarious preparations for the event; all-the-while dogged by attempts from the brother/sister pairs team of the Van Waldenbergs to sabotage their efforts.

6. Coming to America

One of the last great Eddie Murphy movies before his return in the late 90s. Coming to America tells the story of Prince Akeem (Murphy) coming to America to find himself a wife who will love him for who he is after rejecting the idea of an arranged marriage. A fish out of water story, Akeem can't help but act with dignity even when working at the local fast food restaurant. He soon finds the women of his dreams but will she love him when she discovers he is a Prince from a far away land? A great story with very funny scenes and lots of cameos to look out for.

5. Borat

The story centers on Borat, the Kazakhstani reporter sent to the US to prepare a report for the benefit of his countrymen back home. Things don't quite go according to plan as Borat falls madly in love with Pamela Anderson after seeing her in Baywatch. Borat decides to go to California to meet and marry her and encountering all sorts of people and situations along the way. Told in classic road trip style, the many adventures of Borat are sometimes crude, but often hilarious at the same time. The most amazing thing is that Borat is taken at face value by virtually everyone he meets with hilarious and sometimes jaw-dropping results.

4. This is Spinal Tap

This is the classic "rockumentary" - a spoof of so many other on-the-road, rock 'n roll documentaries. It tells the story of Spinal Tap, a washed up British rock band returning to the US for another tour. What we end up with is a hilarious send-up and sometimes a biting commentary on the rock 'n roll world. The band goes through inevitable ups and downs through their tour after their latest album cover is deemed too racy and is completely blacked out. The band breaks up only to reform (in typical rock and roll fashion) and to make more money on yet another tour.

3. Groundhog Day

Phil Conners (Bill Murray) somehow gets stuck replaying the same day over and over again... Groundhog Day.  Like most people, at first it seems like fun, but after reliving the same day 100s of times, Phil becomes suicidal and tries to take his own life. After finding out he can't die, he tries every conceivable way to kill himself. He eventually realizes this is pointless and starts to learn about the people and the town he's stuck in and falls in love with his producer, Rita (Andie McDowell).

2. Sleeper

During a routine operation Miles Monroe (Woody Allen) is cryogenically frozen and then brought back to life 200 years later. The future looks bleak and is controlled by a big brother like government headed by "the Leader". Monroe ends up joining the underground resistance with hilarious consequences. Perhaps the most memorable scene in the movie is when Miles "disguises" himself as an android. This film is noted for its more visual and slapstick gags than many of Woody Allens's later movies.

1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Considered by many to be Monty Python's finest work, the Holy Grail retells the classic story of King Arthur, but does away with most of the classic story. Instead, the king searches for knights to come to Camelot with him; along the way God appears to tell them to search for the Holy Grail. Their noble quest sees the majority of the knights killed off in funny ways until only two make it to the end. What happens there is one of the funniest and most absurd scenes ever filmed.

Noel Byrne is a web developer and article author. For comedy films at rock bottom prices visit http://www.pennydvds.com/uk-comedy.php

POSEIDON ADVENTURE: Another little Parody part 2 0f 2

The saga continues, as the entire cast of "The Poseidon Adventure" finds themselves in miniature, struggling in the post-New Year's detritus of my living room.