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Cutell appeared in hundreds of TV shows and movies, but will always be remembered by genre fans for his starring role in the 1965 sci-fi film "Frankenstein Meets The Space Monster" in which he played a character named Nadir.
He also appeared in many TV shows including "Room 222", "The Blue Knight", "Spin City" and many. many more.
He was 91.
While her film career lasted only 2 years, she made a hell of an impact.
Mary starred with her twin sister Madeleine in the 1972 horror classic "Twins Of Evil". She played the good twin who is almost killed as a vampire.
Beautiful and sexy, this role made her famous with genre fans. She passed away on Nov. 23rd at the young age of 69.
A tribe of Amazons terrorize the countryside and kill the men or take them as worker slaves.
Four men come to a small village and attempt to teach them to defend themselves from the attacks. This takes a lot of patience as some of the villagers don't have the nerve to fight.
However, it eventually comes to pass that the men have trained them well and they prepare for a final attack by the tribe of warrior women. The final battle almost lives up to the expectations of the viewer, but this is where it got very weird for me.
During this final battle all of the Amazons wear white face helmets!! Why?? Well the answer is very simple, they were replaced with male stuntmen!! This is easy to see as the women suddenly have legs and arms that look very masculine.
This didn't work well and the production suffers because it painfully obvious. I did enjoy this obscure gem from Italy that AIP picked up for drive-ins in 1973. It was also a pleasure to see the gorgeous Mirta Miller, but her role is wasted.
If you like sword and sandal movies I think you should see this and determine for yourself if you like it.
Edmond O'Brien stars as Winston Smith, a man whose job in the world of 1984 is to re-write history. He falls in love with a woman named Julia (Jan Sterling) and this is strictly against the law.
Both begin to question the rules of the dystopian world they live in and they have to do everything is secrecy. Both are seeking to find if there is really an "underground" made up of people fighting to regime and Big Brother. This leads them to trust some people and that proves to be the downfall of both.
They are caprtured and Smith is brainwashed into becoming a worshipper of Big Brother. Julia is put thru the same ordeal, but we are not ahown that. The films ends on a very, very bleak note.
The most terrifying thing about this movie and the book by George Orwell it's based on, is that it is happening now. We have people re-writing history everyday in this country as well as numerous "Big Brothers" watching our every move.
In this movie there is no privacy, no laughter, no individualism...and that is being done here in the USA as I write this. This isn't a movie for everyone, but it IS a movie everyone should see.
I enjoyed the film, but all the while I kept thinking about how things are going in this country in 2021, and the comparison is scary as hell. When man sacrifices his freedom for security it always spells disaster.
The cast does an excellent job with the material and also consists of Michael Redgrave, David Kossoff, Mervyn Johns and Donald Pleasence. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
The movie opens with Alice (Milla Jovovich) waking up in bed with her daughter and seemingly living a regular life until out of nowhere some flesh eating zombies attack and kill her husband and try to get her and her daughter.
This is all part of a ploy set up by the Umbrella Corporation and soon Alice meets Ada Wong (Bingbing Li) who worked for the Corporation and Wong tells Alice that Albert Wesker (Shawn Roberts), the new head man at Unbrella is sending some men down to rescue them.
However, The Red Queen which is a computer security system with a mind of its own has sent people down to kill Alice and Wong. Needless to say the action gets hot and heavy and goes everywhere from Moscow to the US, but I really think the writers have run out of ideas.
This is, after all, the fifth in a series and every series runs its course and out of steam eventually. I liked this film, but one has to just quit expecting logic and let thier imagination go.
Seeing Michelle Rodriguez was kind of a surprise but the standout attraction was Li in her sexy little red dress she wears to confront zombies. Yep, it ridiculous, especially when they are out in sub zero temps, but hey, it works. That is just my opinion, of course.
If you're a fan of the series, you will probably enjoy this. I did, but I have to admit it's far from the best.
Alice (Milla Jovovich) continues her fight against the Umbrella Corporation and the world wide plague of the walking dead created by the T virus.
She leaves Alaska after not finding Arcadia, which is a promised land of non infected people and lands in Los Angeles where a group of survivors are trapped in a prison surrounded by the walking dead. They too have received messages from Arcadia which promise safety and security.
While Alice was in Alaska she found Claire Redfield (Ali Larter) with her memory erased. Slowly laire begins to recover while everyone tries to find a way to escape.
They discover that Arcadia is a ship off the coast of California, and when they arrive they are attacked by soldiers belonging to the Umbrella Corporation.
The plot kind of drags a bit and I really don't like the slow motion action sequences made to look like "The Matrix", but it was still an ok movie. It's a small disappointment after the 3rd installment, but as I have always said, the more sequels you make, the worse they become.
The acting is fine despite what some reviews say and Jovovivh is always a pleasure to see as well as Larter, but it seems that the film lost it's way about half way thru and then found it again as the ending sets up for the next film, which will be reviewed here soon.
Resident Evil fans will find this one somewhat enjoyable, but not up to par.
Frank Sinatra stars as Miami private investigator Tony Rome.
While diving in the ocean, Rome discovers a beautiful blonde dead with her feet encased in cement. As if that isn't enough Rome is also hired by a man named Waldo Gronsky (Dan Blocker) to find the womans killer.
Slowly but surely Rome delves into the case and is hampered by Lt. Dave Santini (Richard Conte). There are a lot of red herrings in the film, but the standout is the incredibly beautiful Raquel Welch as Kit Forrest, who is key to solving this crime.
The plot point of involving Waldo hiring Rome is very much like the 1944 film "Murder My Sweet" and it doesn't try to hide it much.
Sinatra is very good in the role of Rome, but I just loved this film because of Welch. We first see her in a bikini which is ALWAYS a good thing. There is no actress today that can hold a candle to the stunning Raquel Welch. I also have to admit that Dan Blocker does a great and sometimes funny job as the huge "Nice Guy" Waldo.
If you like murder mysteries, this is a good bet for you.
