I watched Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon in "Mrs. Parkington," quite possibly the strangest of their many pairings. Both play against type in this one, and Greer spends a great deal of the film in age makeup. Not available on NF, but worth hunting down if you can find it on VHS or TCM.
I saw Prom Night (the new version) and it was horrible! Don't waste a spot on your queue for this one...wait 'till comes to cable.
Permalink Reply by YnEoS on September 5, 2008 at 10:14pm
Watched Big Trouble In Little China as well as They Live, wasn't intending to have a John Carpenter day, just an interesting coincidence. Both movies were lots of fun.
I was going to watch Turkish Superman, but the copy I rented had no English subtitles, so I decided to risk a DVD purchase.
Of all the neo-noirs, this one was my least favorite. It was sleazy without the hip vibe. Even though I think Nolte is great in general, I really struggled to get through to the end. I chalked this up as yet another "Vietnam vets get involved with the drug trade" films. You are right about the transfer, it wasn't very good and didn't help make the movie more enjoyable.
Permalink Reply by YnEoS on September 6, 2008 at 12:04am