First Time Watches - July 2012
The Professionals (1966)
Richard Brooks' western has more in common with a modern piece of revisionism than the genre films of it's time.
New Release Review - Ted
Directed by: Seth MacFarlane
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Joel McHale, Giovanni Ribisi
As a child, Wahlberg's wish that his teddy bear could speak comes true. Now aged thirty-five, he finds himself forced to choose between his lifelong friend and his girlfriend Kunis.
Jurassic July - The Valley of Gwangi (1969)
Directed by: Jim O'Connolly
Starring: James Franciscus, Gila Golan, Richard Carlson, Laurence Naismith
Franciscus travels to Mexico to attempt to purchase a performing circus horse from ex-girlfriend Golan but discovers far more interesting creatures in a nearby valley.
The Liebster Award
The Liebster is an award that's passed from blogger to blogger as a recognition of quality work. We received ours from Alex Jowski from Geek Juice Media. To accept the award there are rules which must be followed however:
Superman Summer - Superman & The Mole Men (1951)
Directed by: Lee Sholem
Starring: George Reeves, Phyllis Coates, Jeff Corey
When the world's deepest oil well unleashes a race of peaceful Mole Men, Superman must save the creatures from angry locals who see them as a threat.
Superman Summer - Atom Man Vs Superman (1950)
Directed by: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Starring: Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Lyle Talbot, Tommy Bond, Pierre Watkin
Superman battles Lex Luthor who has assumed the guise of "Atom Man".
Jurassic July - The Land That Time Forgot (1975)
Directed by: Kevin Connor
Starring: Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron, Anthony Ainley
After capturing a German U-Boat during World War I, the crew of a British ship find themselves stranded in a land inhabited by neanderthals and dinosaurs.
Mid-year Nominations
So we're past the halfway mark of 2012 and though I've watched a serious amount of garbage the year's top ten is looking pretty strong. So here, with the bones of six months to go, are my Golden Waffle nominations.
New Release Review - The Dark Knight Rises
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Liam Neeson, Morgan Freeman, Juno Temple, Aidan Gillen, Matthew Modine, Cillian Murphy, Tom Conti
Bruce Wayne (Bale) is bankrupted by terrorist Bane (Hardy) and exiled to a far off prison whose only previous escapee was Bane himself.
Retro Review - The Quick & The Dead (1995)
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Starring: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pat Hingle, Lance Henriksen, Keith David, Gary Sinise, Tobin Bell, Roberts Blossom, Mark Boone Junior
Stone arrives in the town of Redemption with the aim of killing Hackman but becomes involved in a deadly gunfighting tournament.
Jurassic July - One Million Years B.C (1966)
Directed by: Don Chaffey
Starring: Raquel Welch, John Richardson, Percy Herbert, Martine Beswick
Richardson is a caveman banished from his tribe who is taken in by a more civilised band of coastal dwellers. This leads to a confrontation between the two tribes.
New Release Review - Detachment
Directed by: Tony Kaye
Starring: Adrien Brody, Sami Gayle, Christina Hendricks, Marcia Gay Harden, James Caan, Lucy Liu, William Petersen, Tim Blake Nelson, Blythe Danner, Bryan Cranston
Substitute teacher Brody's desire to live a life of emotional isolation is scuppered by the needs of his dying grandfather, a teenage prostitute and a bullied student.
New Release Review - Margaret
Starring: Anna Paquin, J. Smith Cameron, Jeannie Berlin, Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo, Kenneth Lonergan, Jean Reno, Kieran Culkin, Alison Janney, Olivia Thirlby
Following her involvement in a traffic accident which results in a pedestrian's death, high school student Paquin embarks on a crusade to punish the bus driver she initially covered up for.
New Release Review - The Hunter
Directed by: Daniel Nettheim
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Morgana Davies, Frances O'Connor
Posing as a scientist sent to Tasmania to investigate the existence of the last Tasmanian tiger, Dafoe is actually a mercenary on an assignment to hunt it down for a dubious security firm.
New Release Review - Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Starring: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Adam Brody, Connie Britton
With the planet due to be destroyed by an approaching meteor, Carell sets off with neighbour Knightley to be reunited with the love of his life.
New Release Review - Magic Mike
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn, Cody Horn, Matthew McConaughey
Male stripper Tatum takes Pettyfer under his wing and falls for his disapproving sister.
Jurassic July - The Land Unknown (1957)
Directed by: Virgil W. Vogel
Starring: Jock Mahoney, Shirley Patterson, William Reynolds, Henry Brandon, Douglas Kennedy, Phil Harvey
Four members of an Antarctic expedition are stranded in a volcanic crater, home to creatures long thought extinct.
Jurassic July - Unknown Island (1948)
Directed by: Jack Bernhard
Starring: Virginia Grey, Phillip Reed, Richard Denning, Barton MacLane
Grey and Reed hire gruff ship's captain MacLane to take them to a remote Pacific island rumored to be inhabited by dinosaurs.