The Criterion Collection

[Scottie]

Predictions

A Face in the Crowd
Happy Together
The Silence of the Lambs
Spellbound
Tom Jones

[MifuneFan]

Oh, it's the 15th, I'll guess:

Silence of the Lambs
Roman Holiday
Dead Man
The Other Side of Hope
A Face in the Crowd

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Predictions

A Face in the Crowd
Happy Together
The Silence of the Lambs
Spellbound
Tom Jones

haha, I also predicted A Face in the Crowd without having seen your post . I forgot about Tom Jones too, that's probably more likely than Dead Man.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by BarnDoor

I'd kill for a Criterion Marked for Death.

"Marked for Death" is awesome. My favorite Seagal.

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by mja345

"Marked for Death" is awesome. My favorite Seagal.

Mine's still "Under Siege" (narrowly beating out "Above The Law", and mostly because of Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey), but Screwface is definitely a great Seagal movie villain.

We've gone from director's amazing runs to Seagal films. Criterion should probably make their announcements soon for the sake of this thread.

[Reddington]

Not a lot of B&N sales talk - either here, or in the dedicated thread. I know the coupon situation has tempered enthusiasm in certain quarters, but 50% off is still a great deal.

After saying I was sitting this one out, I've picked up The Magician, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, and Le Samouraï. Far fewer than usual, but I've got a stack of unwatched, and feel good about taking it easy for a change.

[mja345]

Speaking of great runs, how about Jim Jarmusch's career? Only film of his that isn't great IMO is "The Limits of Control", but I even like that film.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by BagheeraMcGee

Mine's still "Under Siege" (narrowly beating out "Above The Law", and mostly because of Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey)

Better early-90s pair of crazed villains: Lance Henriksen and William Forsythe in Stone Cold or Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey in Under Siege?

I go with the former because the movie's more badass

[koberulz]

Originally Posted by Reddington

Not a lot of B&N sales talk - either here, or in the dedicated thread. I know the coupon situation has tempered enthusiasm in certain quarters, but 50% off is still a great deal.

Not when you have to deal with their *&*&##*^ shipping.

[mja345]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Better early-90s pair of crazed villains: Lance Henriksen and William Forsythe in Stone Cold or Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey in Under Siege?

I go with the former because the movie's more badass

Definitely "Stone Cold". That movie is classic. Way more over the top than anything Seagal did.

My favorite line from "Stone Cold" is when Forsythe is talking to Brian Bosworth about getting out of prison and says in his ridiculous Southern accent, "A pretty boy like you must have served some real painful time."

[BagheeraMcGee]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Better early-90s pair of crazed villains: Lance Henriksen and William Forsythe in Stone Cold or Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey in Under Siege?

I go with the former because the movie's more badass

I take the easy way out and call it a win-win either way (I think "Stone Cold" gets a bum rap because of Bosworth, but overall it's a damn good action film). With that said, Forsythe gets bonus points for also being a Seagal villain in "Out For Justice".

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by mja345

Definitely "Stone Cold". That movie is classic. Way more over the top than anything Seagal did.

My favorite line from "Stone Cold" is when Forsythe is talking to Brian Bosworth about getting out of prison and says in his ridiculous Southern accent, "A pretty boy like you must have served some real painful time."

Stone Cold is a top action movie of the 90s for me. It's like glorious carry-over from the 80s; it has everything you want from that genre.

It culminated that glorious mini-streak (hey, somewhat pertinent to our discussion early) of stuntman-turned director Craig R. Baxley's B-movie goodness: Action Jackson, I Come in Peace, and Stone Cold.

Nowhere to go from there but down (though he had some success with television, most notably his miniseries adaptation of King's "Storm of the Century".)

[mja345]

Originally Posted by SeanJoyce

Stone Cold is a top action movie of the 90s for me. It's like glorious carry-over from the 80s; it has everything you want from that genre.

It culminated that glorious mini-streak (hey, somewhat pertinent to our discussion early) of stuntman-turned director Craig R. Baxley's B-movie goodness: Action Jackson, I Come in Peace, and Stone Cold.

Nowhere to go from there but down (though he had some success with television, most notably his miniseries adaptation of King's "Storm of the Century".)

Check out "One Man's Justice" AKA "One Tough Bastard" with Bosworth if you haven't seen it. It came out in '95, but has a very 80s feel to it. Bruce Payne is absolutely incredible as the villain in that. He makes Henriksen and Forsythe in "Stone Cold" seem like nice guys.

[demonknight]

Hopes for today:
Dead Man
Polyester
The Silence of the Lambs
Sixteen Candles
True Stories

[theater dreamer]

Tell me about it. I have a wing of the house dedicated to his film collection. I don't think any two directors, possibly Spielberg and Scorsese, combine to have as many films represented in my collection as Hitchcock.

Originally Posted by Reddington

Well, Hitchcock for me had the greatest run. I enjoy his films perhaps more than any other director, and he made so many superb ones.

[theater dreamer]

Agreed. I have it, too. Bought a used copy through Amazon, and it was in pristine shape.

Jamaica Inn



I also imported the MoC Lifeboat before it was recently released here by Kino.

Originally Posted by Reddington

There are two very good Jamaica Inn releases on BD - Cohen in the US and Arrow in the UK. I have the Cohen and it looks great.

[BarnDoor]

Many say the 80s offered the best action flicks, and while I love them too, for me the early 90s was a special period, largely for the reasons outlined in the above posts. On top of those, there's the sublime Hard Target, Chuck had one of his best in The Hitman, and we also had the likes of Ricochet, Fifty/Fifty, The Taking of Beverly Hills and even Excessive Force. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Bruce Payne is amazing in One Tough Bastard, would love to see a Blu of that one. Bosworth might not have made many films but he made two classics of the genre in my book.

[Jobla]

No predictions, but this is what I'd like to see:

M (1951)
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
A FACE IN THE CROWD
WISE BLOOD upgrade
SISTERS upgrade
BLAST OF SILENCE upgrade
PRIVATE PARTS (1972, Paul Bartel)

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by 20th Century Boy

Depalma has made some fantastic films. That said I find The Untouchables to easily be one of the worst films I've ever seen. Absolutely NOTHING in that film works for me. Nothing.

It's funny, its one of his only films that seems to work on all cylinders for me. Probably because, for once, he had a coherent script from a great writer. Most of his films feel like a few "cool" sequences strung together by nothing. But I love Untouchables.

[SeanJoyce]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

It's funny, its one of his only films that seems to work on all cylinders for me. Probably because, for once, he had a coherent script from a great writer. Most of his films feel like a few "cool" sequences strung together by nothing. But I love Untouchables.

Funny, I could see opponents of De Palma using The Untouchables as the most damning example of that criticism (bridge, train station.)

I too like The Untouchables but Costner's awfulness and the ending's hokiness bring it down several notches for me. And while I love De Niro and appreciate the lengths he went to for Capone (enlisting Capone's tailors for his suits), I'll always wish we got Hoskins as originally intended.