you are what you eat

04/07/2014 by alaundre

Doubling up on some cannibal flicks in the battle of Most Appetizing Adaptations. Do you prefer originals or remakes? Hardline anti-remake? Not aware that there is an original foreign version, or not care at all? Spoilerfic breakdown comparison on what’s the same and what has changed in both versions after the break (along with many pictures of food I’ve been gobbling up the past few months)

Categories: materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: adaptations, blu ray, cinema, flicks, food, foodie, foodporn, foreign film, movies, original vs remake

Repo Man

04/05/2014 by alaundre

Criterion Collection Blu Ray Edition   A quintessential cult film of the 1980s, Alex Cox’s singular sci-fi comedy stars the always captivating Harry Dean Stanton (Paris, Texas) as a weathered repo man in desolate downtown Los Angeles, and Emilio Estevez (The Breakfast Club) as the nihilistic middle-class punk he takes under his wing. The job becomes more than either of them bargained for when they get involved in reclaiming a mysterious—and otherworldly—Chevy Malibu with a hefty reward attached to it. […]

Categories: listen, materialism, seen • Tags: blu ray, cinema, criterion collection, cult classic, cult films, cult flicks, films, i love the 80's, movies, punk, punk films

for your halloween viewing consideration : [rec] yo self, [rec] series

10/31/2013 by alaundre

Spanish horror series. The first one is better known in the US as Quarantine (The dvd cover for REC says “the movie that inspired Quarantine”, but is it really inspired when it’s a direct English language remake?). Now, if you’ve seen Quarantine, then REC is virtually the same…except better in a lot of ways (pacing, visually more realistic, a more claustrophobic feel etc). REC2 is the direct sequel, happening immediately after the end of the first REC, it’s best if […]

Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: cinema, cult movies, dvd, foreign film, halloween, horror films, horror movies, movies, popcorn night, video

eyes without a face

06/17/2013 by alaundre

“Les Yeux Sans Visage … your eyes without a face…” Couldn’t wait for the blu ray version to be released so I tracked down the old Criterion dvd instead. There is still a creepy overall feel to it for a film made in 1960, even if it is rather tame by today’s standards. . Included in the disc is a documentary by the same director, George Franju, titled Blood of the Beasts (Le Sang des bêtes) contrasting between a “typical […]

Categories: materialism, random / life, seen • Tags: art house film, black and white, cinema, criterion, cult films, documentary, dvd, film, foreign film, movies

delicatessen

05/07/2013 by alaundre

Picked up an old, quirky French Cannibal Hotel movie 😉 . I remember watching this on Bravo back in the 90’s…only saw it once though. Really playful use of sounds. Sadly, the only other movie that I’ve seen of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s is Alien Ressurection (I’ve seen that one a lot lol). No, I have not seen Amelie…but I might go get City of Los Children one of these days… can’t find a good trailer of it, but i do […]

Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: art house film, art movie, blu ray, cinema, cult classics, cult films, foreign film, movies

i wanted repulsion for xmas

01/02/2013 by alaundre

– and got my wish! also really love the cover design by Steve Chow

Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: bluray, cinema, criterion, cult film, design, film, graphic design, horror films, movies, packaging design

Cronos

12/31/2012 by alaundre

Got this from my christmas wishlist. I only remember seeing a few parts of it back when it first came out when my aunt rented it. Very nice take on the vampire genre. This is Guillermo Del Toro‘s very first feature film. Cover and liner art by Hellboy creator, Mike Mignola . The blu ray also included Del Toro’s giallo-style student short film “Geometria”. Since i’m a fan of giallo/euro horror/suspense/thrillers, it’s a very fun send off of the genre. […]

Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: bluray, cinema, criterion, foreign film, horror films, horror movies, movies, vampires

bluray haul

12/09/2012 by alaundre

everybody’s already seen the top 2 movies, so here’s the trailer to The Wild Bunch: . got this for 50 bucks:

Categories: materialism, seen • Tags: cinema, classic movies, film, movies, westerns

Alien Anthology

11/25/2012 by alaundre

– 20 bucks blu ray set? hellz yes!

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: blu ray, cinema, classics, cult classics, cult films, cult movies, film, movies, sci fi movies, science fiction

watching these later

11/18/2012 by alaundre

Categories: random / life, seen • Tags: blu ray, cinema, cult flicks, cult movies, film, foreign film, home video, movies, video