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I like some Pixar, but a number of their films seem just to be maudlin.

GORDON'S ALIVE?!?!????!!!!

You can't go wrong with Cary Grant most of the time. Well, maybe hold off on WALK, DON'T RUN. I also should mention John Barry's wonderful THE BLACK HOLE soundtrack, another reason to love the film.

My biggest guilty pleasure is probably Disney's THE BLACK HOLE. Yes, the science is wrong. Yes characters walk through space without space suits (apparently some were built, but like Alien the suits fogged up and made it impossible to see so they ditched them), yes its clear that they hadn't planned the end, yes no one was fooled by not putting Roddy McDowall and Slim Pickens' name in the credits and yes Yvette Mimieux looked ridiculous in the perm given to her so they didn't have to worry about her hair in weightlessness... ...and yet I love the initial mystery. The ships, the Cygnus and Palomino are great (the Cygnus may be my favorite movie spaceship of all time). The take on the robots is great, with a whole robotic subsociety hinted at. The idea of robotic-human telepathy is a proto-cyberpunk idea (and was Reinhardt driven mad by trying to forge his own connection with Maxmillian?) The cast is top notch late 70s casting - Maxmillian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Mimieux, Earnest Borgnine, McDowall and Pickens, Robert Forster and Joseph Bottoms. I've probably watched the film every 2-3 years since it came out on home media.

You also get a great bunch of supporting actors - Rebecca Hall, Piper Perabo, W. Morgan Sheppard, Andy Serkis, Roger Rees and even a bit for the late magician Ricky Jay.

I'd probably give The Prestige the nod for favorite Nolan. Kurosawa is a filmmaker who I really I need to watch more of his work. I have some of his films I haven't seen in my watch queue I haven't gotten to. EDIT: Porco Rosso is more on Miyazaki's whimsical side; Mononoke was more on his serious, if that matters.

Mad Max Fury Road and Dredd were almost on my list. I prefer Porco Rosso for Miyazaki films, but Mononoke was the first I saw (and in the theater to boot, but I had to travel to an independent cinema to see it). I saw Inception for the first time a few weeks ago and was kind of disappointed. Maybe I'd like it better if I saw it in 2010...?

Pan's Labrynth is good, I also liked The Devil's Backbone from Del Toro (and the two Hellboy films) It was a bit of a toss-up, they're both really good. I could have went for either as well. Looking forward to The Northman from Eggers. I also could have included a bunch of Terry Gilliam's films (in particular Brazil and The Brother's Grimm, but also Tideland, 12 Monkeys, Baron Munchausen and Dr. Parnasus) or Hitch**** films. Or David Lynch for that matter.

Oooo, top 10 lists. Okay, in release date order my list based on how I feel would be... The Trouble with Harry (1955) The Big Country (1958) Charade (1963) Planet of the Apes (1968) Onna banchō nora-neko rokku (1970 aka Alleycat Rock: Female Boss aka Straycat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss aka Female Juvenile Delinquent Leader: Alleycat Rock aka Wildcat Rock) The Warriors (1979) Alien (1979) Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) La Cité des enfants perdus (1995 aka The City of Lost Children) The VVitch (2015) Obviously if you ask me tomorrow it'd be a different list entirely.

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Sounds more Megaforce than Delta Force...

Or did it?

I've heard Malignant is a bit like Italian horror films (particularly Lucio Fulci's). If true, it'd not be for everyone. Anyhow...

The prequel Thing had potential but it got botched. Wasn't it originally supposed to be practical effect but the producers forced digital?

TNG Suspicions Okay episode. Nice to see a focus on Dr. Crusher. Weird that it's a theoretical science episode though.

I liked Ghosts of Mars, but it wore its production problems on its sleeve. But I liked the pulpy nonsense of it. I haven't seen ItMoM since I rented it on vhs so my mom could watch it (she loved horror films). I had already seen it in theaters. They Live and Prince of Darkness are fun but have their own issues.

Any concerns over the departures of Toshihiro Nagoshi and Daisuke Sato from RGG? I think Nagoshi was a known departure not sure about Sato. Haven't heard much from Yakuza fans if this is big or not.

Most people I know can slide their fingers over the keyboard and be coherent. When I try, it either doesn't start or gives me something ùnineties