MEL BROOKS PRESENTS DAVID LYNCH'S ICONIC 'THE ELEPHANT MAN'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-z-YOkkJdTZ9nmgkZ0ZrfHRN6Sqkw1b9Q0ORg2a6dkbOTunWlYiLqzZWpiO5m-Q-Erk2qAzJm3YErGniwUOhZ5gpwhebH7jnga0DzlWeNx_kF_7w8E9X-ftxLvWxtKVpu5UXHB-cP5F-J0S0lDH33YTZN0dHDz-v-c8f6Rv8pqeiQi8Q6locj4tGUxDz/s1786/Screen%20Shot%202025-01-22%20at%201.37.58%20PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-z-YOkkJdTZ9nmgkZ0ZrfHRN6Sqkw1b9Q0ORg2a6dkbOTunWlYiLqzZWpiO5m-Q-Erk2qAzJm3YErGniwUOhZ5gpwhebH7jnga0DzlWeNx_kF_7w8E9X-ftxLvWxtKVpu5UXHB-cP5F-J0S0lDH33YTZN0dHDz-v-c8f6Rv8pqeiQi8Q6locj4tGUxDz/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202025-01-22%20at%201.37.58%20PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Anthony Hopkins in David Lynch's THE ELEPHANT MAN Year: 1980 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After the bleak B&W, nightmarishly bizarre ERASERHEAD, otherwise comedy producer Mel Brooks hired offbeat auteur David Lynch to provide 1880's England the same kind of Industrial-doomed, smokestack-bursting aesthetic...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yet what's expected of Lynch's signature weirdness (before and after), THE ELEPHANT MAN mostly plays out like an against-the-odds high school bully flick... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

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MEL BROOKS PRESENTS DAVID LYNCH'S ICONIC 'THE ELEPHANT MAN'

Anthony Hopkins in David Lynch's THE ELEPHANT MAN Year: 1980 Rating: **** After the bleak B&W, nightmarishly bizarre ERASERHEAD, oth...

REBLOGGED REVIEWS OF THOR ONE & THE DARK WORLD

<br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGKKJPqQ6rI8wCYmgbbSEoP5Wfz4Y5s6GW1azkuG7eLbxJeWPL2QjBBaW19tg5BGRUFRzsvwUF0-IC4LO5lUkeKQppMtLAfyDCrJN2xGHovGKYl8hyphenhyphen2cigWj3X0kTA-CwDb64Gw_bPv8/s1600/thor-dark-world.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGKKJPqQ6rI8wCYmgbbSEoP5Wfz4Y5s6GW1azkuG7eLbxJeWPL2QjBBaW19tg5BGRUFRzsvwUF0-IC4LO5lUkeKQppMtLAfyDCrJN2xGHovGKYl8hyphenhyphen2cigWj3X0kTA-CwDb64Gw_bPv8/s1600/thor-dark-world.jpg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Going Backwards here are THOR 3 in theaters here's going back to the reviews of One and Two now found only here...</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <u>THOR 2: THE DARK WORLD:</u> The first THOR was a hard sell… A demigod with long blond hair and an ancient hammer isn’t your typical brooding comic book hero… And so the earthlings, especially Natalie Portman’s Jane, a beautifully brainy love interest and her colleagues, including sarcastic hipster chick Darcy, who, using a snarky monotone, second-guesses the bizarre situation, helped make the audience believe this was all really happening…<br> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5wbh5LoGfK_1cE8Mz5Rn3Ezwa4Nh4G3fyH3UXq2CvLOFRVR_NwHV99nScDOsBMoeAKCJ-YidOYkgbE7Bey0lPFMnKQjfljE_TM65LGXNkBc16Ywjq4nmRCACtvyimFVqwt_Knhx2RGY/s1600/Thor-Movie-Wallpaper-7-1024x768.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606281579976255602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5wbh5LoGfK_1cE8Mz5Rn3Ezwa4Nh4G3fyH3UXq2CvLOFRVR_NwHV99nScDOsBMoeAKCJ-YidOYkgbE7Bey0lPFMnKQjfljE_TM65LGXNkBc16Ywjq4nmRCACtvyimFVqwt_Knhx2RGY/s200/Thor-Movie-Wallpaper-7-1024x768.jpg" style="float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 152px;"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 2013</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <br> But after THE AVENGERS, we don’t need further confirmation. Thor, played by Chris Hemsworth, is very real and his home-world Asgard is in danger because of a monolithic structure Jane discovers between worlds… Part of which enters her body… And when she quickly travels with Thor to Asgard, the<i> stranger in a strange land </i>concept doesn’t quite work like when Thor came to Earth…<br> <br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwL7Ldt8tF0e266QhEoQmLwrsExa7Lzm2T27bqd0gEzIaq4irbSOpZq0yHhz1UeQtZGUZciqOITtIsWLtWQgeCWz9g7gbGK9SBrTm4gD0P-xdME6P9oKSJicyglfQnoH_zMhQXfILAc3c/s1600/51QqAbB-W2L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwL7Ldt8tF0e266QhEoQmLwrsExa7Lzm2T27bqd0gEzIaq4irbSOpZq0yHhz1UeQtZGUZciqOITtIsWLtWQgeCWz9g7gbGK9SBrTm4gD0P-xdME6P9oKSJicyglfQnoH_zMhQXfILAc3c/s320/51QqAbB-W2L.jpg" width="213"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Thor2Score: **</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> Although a decent actress, Portman's tone/voice sounds more like a valley girl in a local arcade. Meanwhile, <i>back at the ranch</i>, as the scientists gather to figure things out, Darcy’s forced comic relief is annoying, distracting, and downright unfunny… Thankfully there’s Thor’s “brother", that instigative menace from THE AVENGERS who, locked into a permanent glass structure, is freed to help destroy the big bad (and completely uninteresting) villain…<br> <br> The dependable Loki, like Gene Hackman’s Lex Luthor in SUPERMAN 2… after being replaced as the central villain… keeps the dry humor flowing – some lines hit, other miss, but that’s the best thing DARK WORLD has going for it: the camaraderie between two polar opposite brothers in a colorful world where dazzling special effects have an old-school matte painting aesthetic, while space ships zip around like in the STAR WARS (or current STAR TREK) universe: It’s when Thor joins the small band of earthlings to thwart the city-ravaging beast, while strategically jumping from various wormholes into either dimension, that things gets convoluted, ponderous, and with a second AVENGERS already planned, somewhat pointless too…<br>

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REBLOGGED REVIEWS OF THOR ONE & THE DARK WORLD

Going Backwards here are THOR 3 in theaters here's going back to the reviews of One and Two now found only here... THOR 2: THE DARK...

HITCHCOCK

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0pVB4UHm9cLaNyKr0hRfuwv2OdrZcFzZDp4VSR-S3AHNomNwMfycN7D6VYBZw6QgZaGESaBuHSm_29Eog50nRL7Q9kC_1E7oGphL0HW8Hup0oyEny5aLUXIUWcAZwrfygJPIBTTC0_8/s1600/hitchcock+movie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG0pVB4UHm9cLaNyKr0hRfuwv2OdrZcFzZDp4VSR-S3AHNomNwMfycN7D6VYBZw6QgZaGESaBuHSm_29Eog50nRL7Q9kC_1E7oGphL0HW8Hup0oyEny5aLUXIUWcAZwrfygJPIBTTC0_8/s640/hitchcock+movie.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>year:</b> 2012 <b>cast:</b> Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren <b>rating:</b> ***</td></tr> </tbody></table> Although it's about a sixty year old Alfred Hitchcock who, after the release of NORTH BY NORTHWEST, was an established, revered veteran film director, this is really a story of humble beginnings... Having done everything of the suspense genre, he decides to take on something entirely new: a project that could have been a schlocky b-picture with a less capable auteur. <br /> <br /> The best aspects have Hitchcock fighting to get PSYCHO made – and then fighting to make it good. Problems arise sporadically but are handled quickly: the opening love scene between leading lady Janet Leigh and "wooden" John Gavin didn’t have the essential sparks, and a risque shower sequence might not pass rating board muster. <br /> <br /> While we learn about the making of the classic film, most of the time is spent on Hitchcock pining away for his wife Alma, played with assertive confidence by Helen Mirren. Possibly having an affair with a mediocre screenwriter, her daily absence drives Alfred to put more darkness into the risky venture he financed himself. One scene where he takes over for Anthony Perkins's stunt double during the knife-slashing shower scene – to get a better performance from Leigh – is intense yet borders on ridiculous. <br /> <br /> Certain aspects of this "biopic" seem bent on stretching or playing with the truth, especially scenes with Hitchcock all alone. And then there are dreamlike sequences where he converses with serial killer/mama’s boy Ed Gein, the inspiration of Norman Bates. These teach us little about Hitchcock’s fascination with the serial killer but attempt to delve into his own psychosis: hinted at without being fully materialized. <br /> <br /> Bordering on a <i>behind the scenes biopic</i> and stylistic soap opera, Anthony Hopkins makes everything work ala subtle prosthetic makeup and a down-to-earth charm, giving the familiar icon his own person... without seeming like an imitation. 

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HITCHCOCK

year: 2012 cast: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren rating: *** Although it's about a sixty year old Alfred Hitchcock who, after the r...

THE FIRST THOR HAS BEEN RELOCATED

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5wbh5LoGfK_1cE8Mz5Rn3Ezwa4Nh4G3fyH3UXq2CvLOFRVR_NwHV99nScDOsBMoeAKCJ-YidOYkgbE7Bey0lPFMnKQjfljE_TM65LGXNkBc16Ywjq4nmRCACtvyimFVqwt_Knhx2RGY/s1600/Thor-Movie-Wallpaper-7-1024x768.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606281579976255602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb5wbh5LoGfK_1cE8Mz5Rn3Ezwa4Nh4G3fyH3UXq2CvLOFRVR_NwHV99nScDOsBMoeAKCJ-YidOYkgbE7Bey0lPFMnKQjfljE_TM65LGXNkBc16Ywjq4nmRCACtvyimFVqwt_Knhx2RGY/s200/Thor-Movie-Wallpaper-7-1024x768.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 152px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title: </span>THOR<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">year:</span> 2011<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">cast:</span> Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> ***1/2<br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17pDAwLV8wzkQcEtV54kj8Yojzu1Ay7L0QM8WOqxC5S4AbS3Eth2iCJRPdosRbKU1ToQplABt_9vSS_RnlD_JItt_tuEviLuM0d9eSDqCp0MCPFV1hA0-YM8UJCj54GNKm-CgRUBncpQ/s1600/0002-thor-movie-image.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5606281655842004434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh17pDAwLV8wzkQcEtV54kj8Yojzu1Ay7L0QM8WOqxC5S4AbS3Eth2iCJRPdosRbKU1ToQplABt_9vSS_RnlD_JItt_tuEviLuM0d9eSDqCp0MCPFV1hA0-YM8UJCj54GNKm-CgRUBncpQ/s200/0002-thor-movie-image.jpg" style="float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 189px;" /></a>THOR ONE REVIEW HAS <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2017/11/thors.html">MOVED HERE</a>

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THE FIRST THOR HAS BEEN RELOCATED

title: THOR year: 2011 cast: Chris Hemsworth, Anthony Hopkins, Natalie Portman rating: ***1/2 THOR ONE REVIEW HAS MOVED HERE

YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSnWNB6oDP94Xug8TjRcK_TqSmC-Yceh5WpOczPoq3k_e1I2uZIdC2jzUXVB-oukPP2jWYaJeKEISE5c38RGSw9pe0LOOVMqsnufWIUhDvyXQMxaQM_WMp_vxTqgFHFqLNxVNR5ec-3c/s1600/meet_a_tall_dark_stranger08.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574473491202763682" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSnWNB6oDP94Xug8TjRcK_TqSmC-Yceh5WpOczPoq3k_e1I2uZIdC2jzUXVB-oukPP2jWYaJeKEISE5c38RGSw9pe0LOOVMqsnufWIUhDvyXQMxaQM_WMp_vxTqgFHFqLNxVNR5ec-3c/s200/meet_a_tall_dark_stranger08.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 160px; float: right; height: 200px; cursor: pointer;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">title: </span>YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">year: </span>2010<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">cast: </span>Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones, Naomi Watts<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">rating:</span> **<br /><br />Anthony Hopkins, despite his unique and usually capable talent, seems awkward channeling the staple Woody Allen timid flake (much like Michael Caine from "Hannah and her Sisters") going through a belated mid-life crisis. Josh Brolin, as an existential writer with a dullard's charm, romances a gorgeous female guitarist while passion<span style="font-style: italic;"> almost</span> erupts between Antonio Bandares and Brolin's wife: all taking place in England where Woody's worked so much, the scenery's become commonplace. Gemma Jones, as Hopkin's ex, provides an essential base: making everyone else seem more than puppets in an all too familiar stage. But beware: just as the other character's stories get interesting... including a May/December relationship from hell and an original twist on plagiarism, the film ends suddenly, giving no closure, which is can be very

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YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER

title: YOU WILL MEET A TALL DARK STRANGER year: 2010 cast: Anthony Hopkins, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones, Naomi Watts rating: ** Anthony Hopkin...