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December 14, 2015

My favorite Christmas films

Ho ho ho who would have thought I have favorite Christmas films? ;)

* A Charlie Brown Christmas

Because it's sweet, cute and...well perfect really.

UFS

*A Muppets Family Christmas
If only for this memorable scene where Kermit realizes he is under the holly ;)

Henson/Disney

* Meet me in Saint Louis
The classic musical by Vincente Minnelli starring Judy Garland. One year in the life of a family at the beginning of the 20th century. You may not be familiar with the film but you must know one its songs, "Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas".
Ultimate nostalgia attack...

MGM

* Scrooged
Starring Bill Murray before he got "trendy". This is a modern take on Dickens A Christmas Carol.
Corny, full of clichés ...but it works...and I always ROTF when one the Christmas ghosts smashes Scrooge's head with a toaster.

Paramount

* A Nightmare before Christmas
A versatile movie if there ever was one. I suppose it'd work for Easter too as the Easter Bunny has a cameo ^_^

Disney

*It's a Wonderful Life
Classic feel good tale by Frank Capra.

RKO

* Gremlins
My absolute favorite...full of references to the It's a Wonderful Life. I make a wonderful singing Gizmo impression, but you'll have to take my word for it!

Warner Bros

So have you got any movies you like to watch around Christmas time?

October 05, 2015

My top 5 scary Halloween movies

Here's another selection to scare yourself out of your wits for Halloween.

While putting this list together, I realized that what scares me the most are claustrophobic huis-clos...as 4 out of 5 movies fit in that category ... no, make that 5 out of 5 ...

5. Poltergeist

©MGM

The 1982 version obviously. Officially directed by Tobe Hooper, many still think that Steven Spielberg (the producer) was at helm. Indeed, other than the final 10 minutes that indeniably have the Hooper gory touch, the rest of the film has the Spielberg's marks all over it.

4. In the mouth of darkness

A generally underrated masterpiece by John Carpenter. Bizarre, unsettling, incongruous, it is a difficult movie to summarize. What is scarier than starting to doubt your own sanity?

3.Signs

I love M. Night Shyamalan's careful and detailed movie making style which reminds me a lot of Hitchcock's. So when he decided to make a movie on a topic I love (ufology), I was thrilled...and not disappointed. Though I have to admit that all the clever references to the ufology field will be lost on anyone not into the topic, the film still works well as a claustrophobic thriller.

2. The Thing

Huh, yes, another John Carpenter's film. A remake of a B movie from the 50's, this huis-clos set in an arctic base is...chilling ;) There are some awesome pre-CGI monsters/creatures too.

1. The Haunting

Directed by Robert Wise in 1963, this is probably the best ghost movie ever. It is also a lesson in movie making. With no special effects, no monsters, no blood...it is a film that will haunt you long after you've watched it.

So, what are your favorite scary movies? I could have added some others to the list like Alien, World War Z, some more Carpenter's films and George Romero's Night of the living dead. I am not much into gory/slasher films, I usually find them gross and not very scary...

June 29, 2015

FACTS 2014

FACTS is the big Belgian film and animé con that is held each year in Gent. Even though I stopped collecting a few years back I still like to attend to see all the cool cosplay. Here are my favs from last year.