"SNATCHERS" - Out on Digital NOW! See Trailer and Video Clip HERE!

"SNATCHERS" 

On Digital January 7
Blu-ray Combo Pack & DVD February 18


SNATCHERS, one of Variety’s “11 Best Movies of the 2019 SXSW Film Festival,” is available to own TODAY - January 7 on Digital, and will arrive on Blu-rayTM Combo Pack and DVD on February 18.

The original horror comedy full-length feature film is described as a cross between ALIENS meets MEAN GIRLS , and was initially released in new media as a successful short-form series that follows a status-obsessed high school teenager who loses her virginity and finds herself pregnant the next day…with an alien!

We have a never before seen clip from the film that we wanted to share in support of today’s Digital release:



In this video, you will find Sara (Mary Nepi) trying to find answers as she questions her ex-boyfriend Skylar (Austin Fryberger) on what happened in Mexico.

But does Skylar reveal everything that happened between pina coladas and pool time? Find out when you download the film on all major platforms today!

WATCH THE TRAILER:

 

Synopsis:
Senior year is going to rule! Thanks to her relationship with clueless hunk Skyler, Sara is totally in with the cool girls. But Skyler contracted an extraterrestrial bug during his summer vacation. After just one night together, Sara discovers she’s Nine. Months. Pregnant. Desperate to keep her condition on the DL, she turns to the only person she can trust: her nerdy ex-bestie, Hayley. The girls soon realize this alien problem is only just the beginning. Aliens had best beware in this hilarious comedy filled with action and tongue-in-cheek teen spirit.

Snatchers stars Mary Nepi (Not Cool) as Sara, Gabrielle Elyse (Nickelodeon’s “Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn,” “The Thundermans”) as Hayley, J.J Nolan (“The Mindy Project,” “Silicon Valley”) as Kate, Austin Fryberger (“Huge In France”) as Skyler, Nick Gomez (“Longmire,” “Dexter”) as Oscar, and Rich Fulcher (“Those Who Can’t”) as Dave.

Written by Stephen Cedars, Benji Kleiman, & Scott Yacyshyn, and directed by Cedars & Kleiman, the film is a Stage 13 presentation with award-winning producer Paul Young for Make Good Content production in association with The Olde Money Boyz.

The Snatchers new media series was an official selection at Sundance 2017, and won the 2018 Cynopsis Short Form Video Festival, as well as a Bronze Telly Award. The Snatchers movie was an official selection at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival and the 2019 Sitges Film Festival.

"SNATCHERS" - Out on Digital NOW! See Trailer and Video Clip HERE!

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Wrong-Way Curly" (video)

When the Stooges are walking down a hallway...

...Curly goes the wrong way at first.

Moe stops and whistles to Curly...

...and Curly walks back over to Moe and Larry.

(threestooges.net)

MEN IN BLACK (1934)
DIZZY DOCTORS (1937)
CRASH GOES THE HASH (1944)


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Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Wrong-Way Curly" (video)

Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "THE MALTESE FALCON" (1941) (video)

Humphrey Bogart stars as detective Sam Spade...

...in John Huston's film noir classic "The Maltese Falcon."

It's one of the finest films ever made.

But how much do you remember about it?


Question: Miles Archer says Brigid's bills are genuine, "and they have ____ in her bag."

A. Friends
B. Cousins
C. Brothers
D. Twins
E. Offspring

Question: Detective Polhaus says Archer got it "right through the..." What?

A. Bean
B. Pump
C. Briscuit
D. Noggin
E. Ticker

Question: After Spade roughs him up, Joel Cairo moans: "Look what you did to my..." What?

A. Hair
B. Shirt
C. Shoes
D. Pride
E. Lapels

Question: Who does Sam Spade choose as their "fall guy"?

A. Cairo
B. Gutman
C. Brigid
D. Wilmer
E. Effie

Question: When the police arrive, Sam does what with Brigid?

A. Turns her in
B. Lets her go
C. Marries her
D. Gives her a job
E. Hides her

Question: Sam Spade refers to the Falcon as the...what?

A. Holy Grail
B. Stuff dreams are made of
C. Answer to a pauper's prayer
D. Treasure of treasures
E. End of the rainbow


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Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "THE MALTESE FALCON" (1941) (video)

Documentary "RED DOG" On Demand 1/7 From Gravitas Ventures -- See Trailer HERE!

Gravitas Ventures Presents

 "RED DOG "

AVAILABLE ON VOD AND DIGITAL HD: January 7, 2020

Award-winning songwriter Luke Dick spent his childhood in a strip club. During the 1970s oil boom, the Red Dog was the rowdiest and most popular strip club in Oklahoma City, and for five years it was the only home and family Luke and his mom had.

She was a teenage runaway, dope-addicted single mother, stripping with a fake I.D., and he grew up amidst the drugs, the danger, and the never-ending party.

WATCH THE TRAILER:

Now 30 years later, Luke has a toddler and a newborn of his own. As he began asking his mom questions about his own childhood- and what she was thinking letting a kid run around in that place- she turns out to be more hilariously frank than he ever imagined.

So he traveled back to OKC to find these people he thought of as uncles and aunts, cousins and dads, to see who made it out and who never did, and try to figure out how they somehow made a family out of all that madness.


 iTUNES PREORDER LINK  


DIRECTED BY: Luke Dick & Casey Pinkston

CAST: Kim Kassen, Connie Johnson, Janet Cartmill, Jeanne Misleh-Probst, “Tiny” Jackson, Randy Howard, Luke Dick

GENRE: Documentary, Independent

DISTRIBUTOR: Gravitas Ventures

Documentary "RED DOG" On Demand 1/7 From Gravitas Ventures -- See Trailer HERE!

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Talk-Back Radio" (video)

When listening to a special report on a radio...

...a Stooge says something to the radio and to his surprise...

...the announcer actually responds back.

(And other assorted radio stuff.)

(threestooges.net)


HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND DUMB (1938)
WE WANT OUR MUMMY (1939)
DUTIFUL BUT DUMB (1941)
A SNITCH IN TIME (1950)
PARDON MY BACKFIRE (1953)


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Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Talk-Back Radio" (video)

John Wayne's Coolest Scenes #54: Tuckered Out, "THE SHOOTIST" (1976) (video)

John Wayne plays an aging gunfighter coming to town to die in peace.

He runs into a trigger-happy hothead who's aching for a fight.

Duke would oblige him, but he's just too darn tired.


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John Wayne's Coolest Scenes #54: Tuckered Out, "THE SHOOTIST" (1976) (video)

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "That Was ME!" (video)

Larry mistakes either Moe or Curly as an enemy and whacks him on the head with a club.

He then runs away, then runs back and sees Moe/Curly, then tells him that he just knocked out an enemy.

Moe/Curly then describes himself when asking what the enemy was like.

After Larry responds "Yeah!" to all the descriptions, Moe/Curly says "That was me!"

(threestooges.net)

SPOOK LOUDER (1943)
A GEM OF A JAM (1943)
FRIGHT NIGHT (1947)
HAVE ROCKET -- WILL TRAVEL (1959)


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Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "That Was ME!" (video)

DARK ENCOUNTER -- DVD Review by Porfle

From the looks of it, DARK ENCOUNTER (2019) could have gone one of two ways--cool, capably-rendered science fiction thriller, or typical SyFy Channel-level tomfoolery that's perversely fun in spite of itself.

Fortunately, producer-writer-director Carl Strathie (SOLIS) has worked hard to ensure this solid effort takes the high road and stays there till the emotionally resonant ending.

It begins with what we assume is an abduction, when parents Olivia (Laura Fraser, A KNIGHT'S TALE, VANILLA SKY) and Ray (Mel Raido, THE DISAPPOINTMENTS ROOM) return to their rural two-storey home to find that their young daughter Maisie has gone missing.

One year later, a memorial service attended by close family and friends is their first painful step toward accepting the fact that their daughter will never return.

Once these characters are introduced and the setting and situation established, we watch their volatile interactions play out much like a theater play in real-time, rife with blame and recriminations and bitterness, until suddenly something of such utter strangeness occurs that everyone is quickly drawn into the most baffling and mind-warping mystery of their entire lives.

This is where DARK ENCOUNTER takes on some of the feel of Steven Spielberg's UFO classic CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, even to the extent of practically duplicating some of the shots.

But where Spielberg's aliens seemed to grow increasingly benign as his story progressed, this prolonged close encounter within the house and its surrounding woods grows more threatening, more inexplicable, and more downright scary as the family seems to be under siege from forces that can invade at will and instill a frantic sense of sheer terror against which these people are helpless to defend themselves.

Just when we think the story must surely be approaching its end, suddenly its the next day and a new light shines on the mysteries of the previous night. But even with a trusted local policeman investigating recent events--which now include even more disappearances--and more people witnessing strange sights in the area, the nightmare isn't over for Olivia and Ray and what's left of their family.

Strathie handles it all expertly and keeps the tension high from the very first signs of unidentified lights in the woods all the way to the startling revelations in the film's final minutes. 

He wisely refrains from showing too much, and, except for a couple of shots that are just too on-the-nose (and look like something from one of those SyFy Channel flicks), we're allowed to let our imaginations participate fully in the scariest scenes.

In addition to the CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND references, the latter half of the film features its own version of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY's "stargate" sequence and should satisfy fans of both science fiction and horror.

DARK ENCOUNTER's appeal, however, isn't limited to fans of those genres. Its human qualities are such that most viewers will relate to the plight of these characters and its eventual resolution, which involves some deeply emotional developments capable of tugging the heartstrings even as our minds are being pleasantly warped.





PROGRAM INFORMATION
VOD: Available on Apple iTunes and other Leading Digital Providers
DVD: Available at Amazon and Walmart.com
Directed/Written by: Carl Strathie
Starring: Laura Fraser, Mel Raido, Alice Lowe, Sid Phoenix, Grant Masters, Vincent Regan, Spike White
Produced by: Charlette Kilby, Alan Latham
Distribution: 4Digital Media
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Rating: NR
Genre: SciFi, Supernatural, Thriller
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 (2.39:1)
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo and 5.1 Surround
Language: English
Subtitles: English SDH
Bonus: Trailer

OFFICIAL HASHTAG: #DarkEncounterMovie

Arriving On VOD And Digital HD On Leading Digital Platforms And DVD On January 7, 2020

DARK ENCOUNTER -- DVD Review by Porfle

Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "ALIEN" (1979) (video)

In the summer of 1979 audiences thrilled to the sci-fi blockbuster ALIEN...

...which would become a bonafide classic of the genre...

...and turn director Ridley Scott and star Sigourney Weaver into household names.

But how much do you remember about it?


Question: What does Kane want when he gets back to Earth?

A. Tall cold beer
B. Some hot sex
C. Gallon of coffee
D. Some decent food
E. Box of donuts

Question: What does Ash try to kill Ripley with?

A. Magazine
B. Wrench
C. Ashtray
D. Pillow
E. Pencil

Question: What quality does Ash admire about the alien?

A. Hostility
B. Survival instinct
C. Purity
D. Intelligence
E. Adaptability

Question: At what point does Ripley stop the self-destruct countdown?

A. 20 seconds
B. 15 seconds
C. 10 seconds
D. 5 seconds
E. She doesn't

Question: What song does Ripley sing while attempting to eject the alien?

A. "Swinging On A Star"
B. "Star Light, Star Bright"
C. "You Are My Lucky Star"
D. "Wishing On A Star"
E. "A Star Is Born"


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Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "ALIEN" (1979) (video)

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Is That You, Moe?" (video)

A Stooge unknowingly throws eggs or soot over Moe's eyes.

When Moe walks up to that Stooge...

...the Stooge mistakes Moe for either a burgular or for having sunglasses.

(threestooges.net)


HIGHER THAN A KITE (1943)
BUSY BUDDIES (1944)
SHIVERING SHERLOCKS (1948)
HOKUS POKUS (1949)
OF CASH AND HASH (1955)


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Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Is That You, Moe?" (video)

BIG LITTLE LIES: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON -- DVD Review by Porfle

(Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the DVD reviewed in this Blog Post. The opinions I share are my own.)

I'll get this out of the way first--I didn't expect to like HBO's original series BIG LITTLE LIES: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, 2019). In fact, I fully expected to find it a test of my endurance. What I didn't expect was that I would thoroughly enjoy it, which is exactly what I did.

This 2-disc, seven-episode limited series is pure soap opera, but it's the good stuff, like a sparkling champagne cocktail soap opera. We vicariously experience the trials and tribulations of a group of middle-to-upper-class women in a toney California beach town, each with her own heartrending emotional problems and all drawn inextricably together by a terrible shared tragedy which occurred in the previous season and which we newbies gradually pick up on through numerous references and flashbacks.

What happened is that Celeste (Nicole Kidman, BMX BANDITS, THE OTHERS) was married to an abusive husband named Perry, and one night when he was being mean to her one of Celeste's friends pushed him down the stairs to his death. The five women present made a pact to swear that Perry had slipped and fallen on his own, a pact that comes back to haunt them in season two in ways that they can barely dream of.

The others are flighty Madeline (Reese Witherspoon, FREEWAY), whose shaky marriage is compounded by a daughter who refuses to go to college; caustic Renata (Laura Dern), a high-powered businesswoman about to be brought down by her husband's criminally bad investments; serious Bonnie (Zoë Kravitz), whose relationship with her mother is rooted in turmoil and abuse; and the sweetly-likable Jane (Shailene Woodley), once raped by Perry and now raising a son by him whom she loves while still too traumatized to have a normal relationship with a new beau.

One thing that surprised me was how easily I started getting interested in all these characters' various subplots and their dramatic and romantic interactions. Performances are fine but realistic--very few "big" acting moments to distract us--and what happens is for the most part very absorbing without getting too complicated and overwrought.

What really ties the whole season together and sells it, though, is the arrival of Perry's mom, Mary Louise, played in expertly subtle and restrained form by Meryl Streep (THE IRON LADY). Gradually insinuating herself into the tightly-knit family of Celeste and her two boys, "Grandma" will reveal her real intentions before long, and they involve taking Celeste to court in order to win full custody of her sons.

This results in some of the season's most potent and riveting scenes as Mary Louise throws everything she can dig up on Celeste at her during the trial--odd sexual activities, dependence on prescription drugs leading to erratic behavior, even occasional violence--while Celeste's friends band together to help. What doesn't help is the lingering memory of how Perry really died, and what such a revelation could do to them all.

Direction, camerawork, and editing flow smoothly enough to never draw attention to themselves, and dialogue is both sharp and natural-sounding, with a wealth of good lines. Kidman, Dern, and Witherspoon are standouts, while their male counterparts hold up their end very well. Streep saves her most effective acting for the scintillating, unpredictable courtroom scenes, yet never overplays. 

BIG LITTLE LIES: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON goes on with what happened last season and explores it in whole new directions. By the final episode, the series doesn't leave us hanging, doesn't disappoint, but gets right to the good stuff, and it is good stuff indeed. It seems like it should be more melodramatic than it is, and yet it somehow transcends melodrama--a potentially-cheesy soap opera story served up as haute cuisine.


DVD BONUS FEATURES

‘The Lies Revealed: A. Conversation with the Cast’ Meryl Streep, Shailene Woodley, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz and Laura Dern share laughs and mimosas as they look back at Season 2.

EPISODES:

1 "What Have They Done?"
2 "Tell-Tale Hearts"    
3 "The End of the World"    
4 "She Knows"    
5 "Kill Me"    
6 "The Bad Mother"    
7 "I Want to Know"

BASICS

Street Date: January 7, 2020
Order Due Date: December 3, 2019
BD and DVD Presented in 16x9 widescreen format
Running Time: Feature: Approx.420min
Enhanced Content: Approx.36min

DVD

Price: $29.98SRP ($34.99in Canada)
2DVD-9s
Audio –English (5.1), French
Subtitles –English, French
Big Little Lies: Season 1 & 2 Twin-Pack Price: $49.99 SRP($57.99 in Canada) 4DVD-9s
Audio –English (5.1), French
Subtitles –English, French

#BigLittleLies

Own BIG LITTLE LIES: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON on Digital NOW, and on Blu-ray and DVD January 7, 2020. Season 1 and 2 Twin-Pack also available.

BIG LITTLE LIES: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON -- DVD Review by Porfle

Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "SCARFACE" (1983) (video)

Brian De Palma's SCARFACE was a remake of the 1932 Howard Hawks classic.

Al Pacino gives a tour de force performance in the title role...

...and this version has become tremendously popular over the years.

But how much do you remember about it?


Question: What is the Colombian woman's name?

A. Santina
B. Maria
C. Arabel
D. Marta
E. Docita

Question: When Omar tells Tony "you're here to watch my back", Tony says...?

A. "I watch what I want"
B. "You're not my boss"
C. "Better than your front"
D. "You can watch my back"
E. "Sosa's watching it"

Question: What does Tony do to Frank's bodyguard, Ernie?

A. Shoots him
B. Leaves him alone
C. Offers him a job
D. Takes him hostage
E. Tells him to run

Question: What does Tony see on TV that amuses him?

A. Monkeys
B. Pelicans
C. Square dancers
D. Jackrabbits
E. Toucans

Question: What finally kills Tony?

A. Machine gun fire
B. Strangled by wire
C. Grenade launcher
D. Shotgun blast
E. He doesn't die


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Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "SCARFACE" (1983) (video)

Happy New Year From "Big Little Lies: The Complete Second Season" -- Coming to DVD Jan. 7, 2020

You Ever Want It? Did You Want It Bad?

"Big Little Lies: The Complete Second Season"

The Lies Continue To Haunt As the DVD Becomes Available On January 7, 2020

Coming to Blu-rayTM via Warner Archive Collection


BURBANK,  CA(November 7,  2019) –HBO's  smash-hit Big  Little  Lies returns  for more  drama,  secrets,  and seduction  then  ever  before  with  the  release  of Big  Little Lies:   The   Complete   Second   Season on   DVD   from   Warner   Bros.   Home Entertainment on January 7, 2019.

Iconic actress Meryl Streep joins the all-star castin  season  two,  along  with Reese  Witherspoon,  Nicole  Kidman,  Shailene  Woodley, Laura  Dern  and  ZoёKravitz. Fanscan purchase  the DVD with all7 exhilarating episodes from the second season and go behind-the-scenes with an all new featurette titled,“The  Lies  Revealed:  A  Conversation  with  the  Cast.”

Big  Little  Lies:  The Complete  Second  Seasonis  priced  to  own on  DVD at $29.98 SRP ($34.99 in Canada), and is  also  available  to  own  on  Digital  via  purchase  from all  major digital retailers. 
Big  Little  Lies:  The  Complete  Second  Season will  be  available  on  Blu-rayTM courtesy  of Warner  Archive  Collection.  The  Blu-rayTM release  includes  all the  same content on DVD and is also arriving January 7, 2020. Warner Archive Blu-ray releases are found at wb.com/warnerarchive and your favorite online retailer.

Fall in love with the “MontereyFive” again and again, as you relive the whole series, with the Big Littles Lies Season 1 and 2 twin-pack. The DVD set will also be available on January 7 for the low price of $49.99 SRP ($57.99 in Canada). In  season  two,  on  the  surface,  everything  seems  the  same  in  the  seaside  town  of Monterey,  CA:  mothers  continue  to  dote,  husbands  support,  children  are  adorable, houses are beautiful. But the night of the school fundraiser changed all that, leaving the community reeling as the "Monterey Five" bond together to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. Meanwhile, Perry's grieving mother Mary Louise Wright (Streep) comes to town in search of answers after son's death.

“With an all-star cast of this caliber, along with the plot twists and reveals in Season 2, you will be glued to the screen on the edge of yourseat until the very end of the season,”said   Rosemary   Markson,   WBHE   Senior   Vice   President,   Television Marketing. “Like and ocean wave that comes and goes so quickly–so will these DVDs off the shelves–so get your orders in today!”

Big Little Lies is a critical and awards success, garnering 16 Emmy® nominations and eight  wins,  including  Limited  Series,  Lead  Actress  in  a  Limited  Series  or  Movie (Kidman), and Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Dern). The series also garnered four Golden Globes®, including acting wins for Kidman and Dern.

DVD BONUS FEATURES

The Lies Revealed: A. Conversation with the Cast’ Meryl Streep, Shailene Woodley, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Zoe Kravitz and Laura Dern share laughs and mimosas as they look back at Season 2



7 ONE-HOUR EPISODES 

1.What Have They Done?
2.Tell-Tale Hearts
3.The End of The World
4.She Knows
5.Kill Me
6.The Bad Mother
7.I Want To Know


DIGITAL

The secondseason of Big Little Lies is currently available to own on Digital. Digital purchase allows consumers to instantly stream and download to watch anywhere and anytime on their favorite devices. Digital movies and TV shows are available from various digital retailers including Amazon Video, iTunes, Google Play, Vudu and others.



BASICS

Street Date: January 7, 2020
Order Due Date: December 3, 2019
BD and DVD Presented in 16x9 widescreen format
Running Time: Feature: Approx.420min
Enhanced Content: Approx.36min


DVD

Price: $29.98SRP ($34.99in Canada)
2DVD-9s
Audio –English (5.1), French
Subtitles –English, French
Big Little Lies: Season 1 & 2 Twin-Pack Price: $49.99 SRP($57.99 in Canada) 4DVD-9s
Audio –English (5.1), French
Subtitles –English, French

© Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.All Rights Reserved.
Golden Globes® Copyright © Hollywood Foreign Press Association. All Rights Reserved.


#BigLittleLies


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Happy New Year From "Big Little Lies: The Complete Second Season" -- Coming to DVD Jan. 7, 2020

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Are You Gonna Eat That Alone?" (video)

During dinner when Larry greedily takes an entire chicken for himself...

...Moe asks him "Are you gonna eat that alone?"

Larry responds something like "No, if I wait, maybe I'll get potatoes!"

(threestooges.net)


IN THE SWEET PIE AND PIE (1941)
PEST MAN WINS (1951)
PARDON MY BACKFIRE (1953)


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Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Are You Gonna Eat That Alone?" (video)

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Slapped Silly" (video)

Curly gets into an argument with woman (usually while dancing)...

...and he and the woman slap each other in the face repeatedly.

Sometimes this ends with them suddenly smiling at each other and continuing to dance like nothing happened.

(threestooges.net)


HOI POLLOI (1935)
FALSE ALARMS (1936)
AN ACHE IN EVERY STAKE (1941)


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Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "Slapped Silly" (video)

Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD" (1968) (video)

George Romero's ground-breaking horror epic...

...of reanimated corpses feasting on the flesh of the living...

...remains one of the most horrifying films ever made.

But how much do you remember about it?


Question: Barbara says the day the time changes should be the first day of...?

A. Spring
B. Summer
C. Autumn
D. Winter
E. August

Question: The first person Barbara encounters in the farmhouse is...?

A. Harry
B. Ben
C. Judy
D. Tom
E. Helen

Question: Tom fumbles their escape attempt by doing what?

A. Forgetting the rifle
B. Running over Ben
C. Shooting out a truck tire
D. Driving into a tree
E. Setting fire to the truck

Question: The police chief says of the ghouls, "Well, they're dead--they're... " What?

A. "Beyond our help"
B. "All messed up"
C. "Out to lunch"
D. "Good for nothing"
E. "Dumb as a doorknob"

Question: Who kills Helen Cooper?

A. Her husband
B. Her daughter
C. The cemetery ghoul
D. Johnny
E. Ben

Question: What happens to Ben?

A. Escapes to a rescue station
B. Survives the night, then joins posse
C. Survives the night, is then killed by posse
D. Killed trying to save Barbara
E. Shot by Harry Cooper


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Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD" (1968) (video)

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "What A Lifelike Picture!" (video)

The Stooges may not know art, but they do know...

...that when a picture on the wall looks really lifelike...

...sometimes it really is alive!

(threestooges.net)


I'LL NEVER HEIL AGAIN (1941)
THEY STOOGE TO CONGA (1943)
THREE LITTLE PIRATES (1946)
HOT SCOTS (1948)
HEAVENLY DAZE (1948)
LOOSE LOOT (1953)


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Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "What A Lifelike Picture!" (video)

Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "FORBIDDEN PLANET" (1956) (video)

Released in 1956, "Forbidden Planet" was a science fiction epic far ahead of its time.

It still has the ability to amaze viewers to this day.

Gene Roddenberry cited it as a major inspiration for "Star Trek."

How much do you remember about it?


Question: What is the strange musical score by Louis and Bebe Barron called in the titles?

A. "Synthetic Soundwaves"
B. "Electronic Tonalities"
C. "Theramusic"
D. "Melodic Pulsations"
E. "Vibraphonics"

Question: How much bourbon does Robby promise to make for Cookie?

A. 15 pints
B. 30 Pints
C. 20 gallons
D. 40 gallons
E. 60 gallons

Question: Which of Altaira's former animal friends attacks her?

A. Lion
B. Tiger
C. Bear
D. Ocelot
E. Wolf

Question: Which future TV western star plays a crewman?

A. Chuck Connors, "The Rifleman"
B. Steve McQueen, "Wanted: Dead or Alive"
C. James Drury, "The Virginian"
D. Nick Adams, "The Rebel"
E. John Russell, "Lawman"

Question: Which major character is killed when the monster attacks the ship?

A. "Cookie" (Earl Holliman)
B. "Doc" (Warren Stevens)
C. "Jerry" (Jack Kelly)
D. "Robby the Robot"
E. "Altaira" (Anne Francis)


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Porfle's Trivia Quiz: "FORBIDDEN PLANET" (1956) (video)

Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "I'm Losing My Mind!" (video)

After something painful happens to somebody's behind...

...(usually Moe)...

...they yell "I'm losing my mind!!"

(threestooges.net)


CORNY CASANOVAS (1952)
BOOTY AND THE BEAST (1953)
TRICKY DICKS (1953)
SPOOKS! (1953)
PARDON MY BACKFIRE (1953)
RUSTY ROMEOS (1957)


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Great 3 Stooges Running Gag: "I'm Losing My Mind!" (video)

THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT -- Blu-ray Review by Porfle

In 1953 England's Ealing Studios, specialists in folksy feelgood comedies, released their first Technicolor film THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT (Film Movement Classics). And in keeping with that colorful milestone, it's one of their most cheerful, exhilarating comedies ever.

Titfield is one of those small English villages that's right out of a storybook, with an easygoing, tightly-knit citizenry to match.  When the powers-that-be threaten to close down their little railroad between Titfield and an adjacent town, leaving the transport business wide open for an unscrupulous pair of bus operators, some of the plucky leading citizens of the town get together to acquire the railway themselves and keep it running.

These include the railway founder's grandson, Gordon (John Gregson, THE LONGEST DAY, SOS PACIFIC) and elderly vicar Sam (George Relph), a die-hard train enthusiast, who persuade well-to-do pub owner Mr. Valentine (Stanley Holloway, PASSPORT TO PIMLICO, IN HARM'S WAY) to finance the endeavor with the promise that he can operate a traveling bar on the train that can stay open all hours of the day and night.

But even with the financing and resources all settled, there's still the matter of getting approval from the railway authorities, who will be sending an inspector in one month's time to assess the train's worthiness.

This gives bus owners Alec Pearce (Ewan Roberts) and Vernon Crump (Jack MacGowran) time to pull every dastardly trick in the book to wreck the budding railway's chances, even if it means wrecking the train itself.

Thus, the stage is set for one of the liveliest and most action-packed comedies to come out of England in the 50s.  Some of the bits of business in and around the Thunderbolt are worthy of Buster Keaton, at least in terms of cinematic enthusiasm and a sense of unbridled ebullience. 

We get some good old "will they make it there in time" suspense during the exciting climax in which everything seems to go wrong while the inspector is aboard, thanks to the never-ending attempts at sabotage from Pearce and Crump.

Not only that, but we're also treated to a few stunning setpieces including a runaway locomotive steaming through the streets of town and a thrilling derailment in which the model work is first class.

Enriching the experience even more is a top-notch cast giving very likable performances, including Hugh Griffith (WHAT?, BEN-HUR, EXODUS) as a crusty old former engineer constantly jostling with vicar Sam to see who gets to drive the train. 

The lush, verdant, pastoral setting and relaxed atmosphere of Titfield mirrors that of John Ford's similar-looking THE QUIET MAN, released a year earlier, with happy villagers evincing a sense of solidarity and togetherness which extends to their cooperative efforts to help keep their beloved railway going themselves.

The presence of Jack MacGowran playing yet another simpering toady is an even further tie to Ford's film, in which he served the same role (as "Ignatius Feeney") to Victor McLaglen's blustery bully. 

And the direction by Charles Crichton (A FISH CALLED WANDA, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB) and script by T.E.B. Clarke (PASSPORT TO PIMLICO, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB) suffer not a bit in comparison.

Most of all, THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT is an endearingly optimistic, benignly human story whose warmth and genuine humor are matched by a gorgeous, almost fairytale setting. And it will henceforth be on my short list of movies to reach for whenever I need a bit of cheering up.


Buy it from Film Movement


Tech Specs

1953
84 Minutes
United Kingdom
English
Comedy, Classics
Not Rated
Sound: Mono
Discs: 1

Blu-ray Features

Making The Titfield Thunderbolt featurette
Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe Home Movie Footage
The Lion Locomotive featurette
Locations featurette
Douglas Slocombe on Charles Crichton audio interview
The Titfield Thunderbolt original trailer
Stills gallery

THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT -- Blu-ray Review by Porfle