FILMS WATCHED
MARCH - JUNE 2007

.....Highest rating. Deserves to be considered a classic.
½ ...Very good. The movie greatly entertains or greatly moves me on a personal level.

......Good. It is a solid, enjoyable film.

½ ......I like the movie, but can't muster strong feelings for it.

..........I dislike it, but can't muster strong emotions against it.

½ .........Terrible, but not hateful. May have cult appeal.
BOMB ....Lowest rating. The movie is offensive, inept or both.
Titles in bold indicate first time viewing.






3/1 Broken Rainbow (1985, Victoria Mudd, Maria Florio)   ½

3/1 Defcon-4 (1985, Paul Donovan)   ½

3/1 Samurai Rebellion (1967, Masaki Kobayashi)   ½

3/2 The Boatniks (1970, Norman Tokar)  

3/3 Boiling Point (1990, Takeshi Kitano)  

3/4 Fingers (1978, James Tobak)  

3/5 A History of Violence (2005, David Cronenberg)  

3/6 A Scene at the Sea (1991, Takeshi Kitano)   ½

3/7 Kids Return (1996, Takeshi Kitano)   ½

3/8 Fireworks (1997, Takeshi Kitano)  

3/8 The Snow Queen (1957, Lev Atamanov, Phil Patton)   ½

3/9 Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943, Wilhelm Thiele)   ½

3/9 Tulsa (1949, Stuart Heisler)   ½

3/10 Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947, Stuart Heisler)  

3/11 Quicksilver Highway (1997, Mick Garris)  

3/12 Tarzan and the Amazons (1945, Kurt Neumann)   ½

3/13 The Palm Beach Story (1942, Preston Sturges)  

3/14 Brother (2000, Takeshi Kitano)  

3/15 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966, William Beaudine)   ½

3/15 Kikujiro (1999, Takeshi Kitano)   ½

3/16 Violent Cop (1990, Takeshi Kitano)  

3/18 The Mouse and His Child (1977, Charles Swenson, Fred Wolf)  

3/19 A Chinese Ghost Story (1997, Andrew Chan)  

3/21 Dolls (2002, Takeshi Kitano)   ½

3/22 Series 7: The Contenders (2001, Daniel Minahan)   ½

3/23 Milano Odia: La Polizia non Può Sparare (1974, Umberto Lenzi)   ½

3/24 The Living Corpse (1967, Khwaja Sarfraz)   ½

3/24 Sonatine (1993, Takeshi Kitano)   ½

3/25 Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946, Kurt Neumann)  

3/25 Zatôichi (2003, Takeshi Kitano)  

3/25 Stella (1955, Michael Cacoyannis)   ½

3/25 Xanadu (1980, Robert Greenwald)   ½

3/26 Massacre in Rome (1973, George P. Cosmatos)  

3/27 Brenda Starr (1989, Robert Ellis Miller)  

3/29 The Barefoot Executive (1971, Robert Butler)  

3/30 Il Deserto dei Tartari (1976, Valerio Zurlini)   ½

3/31 Roma Città Libera (1946, Marcello Pagliero)   ½

3/31 La Coda Dello Scorpione (1971, Sergio Martino)   ½

4/1 Tarzan and the Huntress (1947, Kurt Neumann)   ½

4/1 The Great Moment (1944, Preston Sturges)  

4/1 Beach Blanket Bingo (1965, William Asher)   ½

4/3 Hoppity Goes to Town (1941, Dave Fleischer)  

4/5 Uno Bianca (2001, Michele Soavi)  

4/6 Virgins from Hell (1987, Ackyl Anwary)   BOMB

4/7 Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue (1953, Harold French)   ½

4/7 Hail the Conquering Hero (1944, Preston Sturges)  

4/8 Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948, Robert Florey)  

4/8 Hercules and the Masked Rider (1964, Piero Pierotti)   ½

4/8 How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965, William Asher)   BOMB

4/8 A Tale of Two Cities (1984, Warwick Gilbert)  

4/9 Wish You Were Here (1987, David Leland)   ½

4/9 Les Week-Ends Maléfiques du Comte Zaroff (1976, Michel Lemoine)   ½

4/10 Un Poliziotto Scomodo (1978, Stelvio Massi)   ½

4/11 Stand-In (1937, Tay Garnett)  

4/12 Torino Violenta (1977, Carlo Ausino)  

4/13 Ski Party (1965, Alan Rafkin)   ½

4/14 Land of the Dead (2005, George A. Romero)  

4/14 Bad Blonde (1953, Reginald Le Borg)   ½

4/15 The Fabulous Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1976, J. Piquer Simon)  

4/15 United 93 (2006, Paul Greengrass)   ½

4/15 Man Bait (1952, Terence Fisher)   ½

4/16 Along Comes the Tiger (1977, Wu Ma)   ½

4/17 La Città Gioca d'Azzardo (1975, Sergio Martino)  

4/18 Quelli Della Calibro 38 (1976, Massimo Dallamano)   ½

4/18 Stolen Face (1952, Terence Fisher)   ½

4/19 Blackout (1954, Terence Fisher)   ½

4/20 Living Doll (1990, George Dugdale, Peter Mackenzie Litten)  

4/20 The Gambler and the Lady (1952, Terence Fisher)   ½

4/21 Tarantula (1955, Jack Arnold)  

4/21 Heat Wave (1954, Ken Hughes)  

4/22 The Mole People (1956, Virgil Vogel)   ½

4/22 The Million Dollar Duck (1971, Vincent McEveety)   ½

4/23 Tarkan vs. the Vikings (1971, Mehmet Aslan)   BOMB

4/25 The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957, Jack Arnold)  

4/26 The Last Round (1976, Stelvio Massi)  

4/27 The Monolith Monsters (1957, John Sherwood)  

4/27 Monster on the Campus (1958, Jack Arnold)   ½

4/28 Squadra Volante (1974, Stelvio Massi)  

4/29 La Morte Accarezza a Mezzanotte (1972, Luciano Ercoli)   ½

4/29 Choi Lee Fut Kung Fu (1979, Chan Siu Pang)  

4/29 Laura (1944, Otto Preminger)   ½

4/30 Blackboard Jungle (1955, Richard Brooks)   ½

5/1 The Agronomist (2003, Jonathan Demme)  

5/2 Bad Day at Black Rock (1955, John Sturges)   ½

5/3 Twinky (1969, Richard Donner)  

5/5 Dark Waters (1994, Mariano Baino)  

5/5 Cold Sweat (1970, Terence Young)   ½

5/6 Napoli si Ribella (1977, Michele Massimo Tarantini)  

5/6 King Dinosaur (1955, Bert I. Gordon)   ½

5/6 The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966, Michael O'Herlihy)  

5/6 Au Pair Girls (1972, Val Guest)  

5/7 Aswang (1994, Wrye Martin, Barry Poltermann)  

5/8 A Force of One (1979, Paul Aaron)  

5/10 Il Ferroviere (1956, Pietro Germi)  

5/10 Night of a Thousand Cats (1972, René Cardona Jr.)   BOMB

5/11 Dan Candy's Law (1974, Claude Fournier)  

5/12 Partner. (1968, Bernardo Bertolucci)   ½

5/12 Call Northside 777 (1948, Henry Hathaway)   ½

5/13 The Biscuit Eater (1972, Vincent McEveety)   ½

5/15 Lady Terminator (1988, H. Tjut Djalil)   BOMB

5/16 Dangerous Seductress (1992, H. Tjut Djalil)   BOMB

5/17 The Americanization of Emily (1964, Arthur Hiller)   ½

5/17 Chicken Little (2005, Mark Dindal)  

5/19 Storia di una Monaca di Clausura (1973, Domenico Paolella)   ½

5/20 The Children of Sanchez (1978, Hall Bartlett)  

5/21 Advise & Consent (1962, Otto Preminger)  

5/22 Crazy Love (1987, Dominique Deruddere)  

5/23 Doc Hooker's Bunch (1976, Zack Belcher)   ½

5/24 Anna, Quel Particolare Piacere (1973, Giuliano Carnimeo)   ½

5/24 Up in Mabel's Room (1944, Allan Dwan)   ½

5/25 La Morte Cammina Con i Tacchi Alti (1971, Luciano Ercoli)   ½

5/26 Black Jesus (1968, Valerio Zurlini)   ½

5/27 I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932, Mervyn LeRoy)  

5/28 Guadalcanal Diary (1943, Lewis Seiler)   ½

5/29 Marathon Man (1976, John Schlesinger)   ½

5/31 A Whisper in the Dark (1976, Marcello Aliprandi)  

6/1 Estate Violenta (1959, Valerio Zurlini)  

6/2 The Great Smokey Roadblock (1977, John Leone)   ½

6/2 Thunder in the Pines (1948, Robert Edwards)  

6/3 The Devil's Sword (1984, Ratno Timoer)   ½

6/3 Jungle Goddess (1948, Lewis D. Collins)   ½

6/4 Charms (1973, Leo Garen)   ½

6/5 The Brothers Grimm (2005, Terry Gilliam)   ½

6/5 Terror Street (1953, Montgomery Tully)   ½

6/6 From Hell to Victory (1979, Umberto Lenzi)  

6/8 Mais ne Nous Délivrez Pas du Mal (1971, Joël Séria)  

6/9 Ieri, Oggi, Domani (1963, Vittorio De Sica)  

6/10 For Y'ur Height Only (1981, Eddie Nicart)   ½

6/12 Challenge of the Tiger (1980, Bruce Le)   ½

6/13 The Jungle (1952, William A. Berke)   ½

6/14 Treasure Island (1999, Scott King)  

6/14 Cage (1989, Lang Elliott)  

6/14 Wings of Danger (1952, Terence Fisher)   ½

6/15 Ultraviolet (2006, Kurt Wimmer)   ½

6/15 Suburbia (1984, Penelope Spheeris)  

6/16 Lifespan (1974, Sandy Whitelaw)   ½

6/16 The Boys Next Door (1985, Penelope Spheeris)   ½

6/17 Hollywood Vice Squad (1986, Penelope Spheeris)  

6/17 Treasure of Matecumbe (1976, Vincent McEveety)  

6/17 The Glass Tomb (1955, Montgomery Tully)  

6/18 Waltz of the Toreadors (1962, John Guillermin)   ½

6/19 Latidos de Pánico (1983, Jacinto Molina)   ½

6/20 Renegade Gun (1971, Giuseppe Vari)  

6/21 Glenda (1976, Dirk DeVilliers)   ½

6/24 I Pugni in Tasca (1965, Marco Bellocchio)   ½

6/24 Sex and the Other Woman (1972, Stanley A. Long)   ½

6/25 Paid to Kill (1954, Montgomery Tully)   ½

6/26 Nobody Knows (2004, Hirokazu Koreeda)  

6/28 Maborisi (1995, Hirokazu Koreeda)  

6/29 Sword of the Beast (1965, Hideo Gosha)  

6/30 King Kong (2005, Peter Jackson)