Just saw Hostel and Bloodrayne today, and Wolf Creek the other day.

Hostel: After being disappointed by Cabin Fever, I should have known better, but the Quentin Tarantino name was attached so I took a chance. Talk about coincidences. Ay caramba! Kill Bill Volume I had more gore BTW. But Eli Roth is a name to keep an eye on.

Bloodrayne: What the hell are Michael Madsen, Billy Zane, and Ben Kingsley doing in this b-level movie? Some movies, like The Boogeyman, play out like video games, whereas movies based on video games are never as good as the games themselves. Some nice gore here and there though; although it doesn't add anything to the plot.

Wolf Creek: Paul Hogan has gone feral, but you have to wait for the last 30 minutes to see it. Meanwhile, enjoy the nice hour-long travelogue on the Outback till you see the slight splash of gore.

Okay, I'm a gore geek. Have been since "Blood Feast," my first gore flick. "Night of the Living Dead" took gore to the next level, followed by "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and "The Hills Have Eyes," but gore flicks have really become tame recently; instead we now get the loud music "boo, gotchas." Hostel should have been that next level. Sigh! Shame on you, QT.

AC

The spirit of a samurai/assassin is Hell bent on revenge of those who killed him.

In a word - WEIRD!!!!!! Definitely bloody and very violent. The problem is following this film. One minute he's in a building, next second in a field of flowers, then outta nowhere he's in a battle with a small freakin' army. As if it was a crazy dream that made no sense but with occasional patches of sanity. An interpretive dance of a rage-crazed mind. Leaves you begging the question - What the hell did I just see???? :confused:

Jean Reno!!

A.K.A. Empire des loups,L'

The wife of a ministry official starts having terrible hallucinations and bouts of amnesia and believes her husband is responsible. With the help of a shrink she tries to find her lost memories and search for the truth about her husband. Meanwhile, a detective is called in to investigate possible serial killings in the Turkish area of France. In order to gain info from the Turks he has to enlist the help of a notorious cop (Reno). Any more info would be a spoiler.

Maybe the reason I liked this film so much is because I was expecting a B flick at best. Anyway, I thought it was pretty damn good. Definitely worth watching!

Question for FPW...
How do you keep all the cross references of your books in order? You have woven quite a collection of books and keeping all that "linked" has got to be a mind boggling experience. When I look at the map on the Cross Ref. html I am astounded at what you have done. Of course, this all gives us a thrill in finding the links.
Are you a super genius? or just mad?

thanks again for your books.

I've tried to google this up, but with no luck. Does anybody remember a TV movie starring Art Linkletter around 1960? Plot was, a little kid and his uncle are in a small plane. The pilot/uncle dies of a heart attack in the air. Linkletter, as some kind of air-traffic controller, calms the little guy and tells him how to bring the plane down... talks him in every step of the way. Anybody see it?

Saw "DOA" with Edmund O'Brien last night. Actually, he starred in the movie; I watched the movie alone. Anyway--this is one great movie of the film noir genre. I also watched "Detour", a film with the ultimate femme fatale. And Neville Brand played the psycho in DOA to the hilt. As much as I love Humphrey Bogart as Phillip Marlowe, I prefer Robert Mitchum's take on the role, but that old black and white style of the Bogart version works better for me because it distinguishes the noir in the film as much as the actors and actresses.

I know you have your classic color noir like "Chinatown" and "L.A. Confidential", but the b + w noir adds that touch of mystery and atmosphere. Also, the film locales become charactors in the films. How many times have you seen the Bradbury Building in classic movies or tv shows (Outer Limits: The Man with the Glass Hand--if memory serves me--starring Robert Culp). That building with its old style elevator adds charactor to any noir scene.

Tonight I'm watching the classics "The Maltese Falcon" and "Laura."

Do you have any film noir you can recommend to me. I keep finding new ones all the time (like Detour), but I'd love to find more.

Thanks ahead of time.

AC

"The Matador" is an enjoyable, slightly twisted take on buddy movies. It's an off-beat comedy that provides an image of Pierce Brosnan that I will carry for a long time. It's not a particularly flattering one, either, and that's why I enjoyed his performance. He poked fun at his shiny Bond-ness with this less-than-sterling character whose interests border on the ... shall we say, tasteless.

Greg Kinnear was terrific, as always, and so was the always dependable Hope Davis.

The story does wander some, but it held my interest, made me laugh, and I didn't know where it was going. And that is always a treat, not being able to see what's going to happen 3 scenes before it does.

Just came across this:

Something about that black pool raised the hackles on the back of his neck.

Anybody know what's wrong?

Now...time is 1:27am. Just now finished Sims!

Great story, and very thick book! This book reminded me why I like F. Paul Wilson so much. And I got why Brian Lumley said "Sims is...disquieting, and I'm gald it's only fiction.....This is must-read". Yes, this story is a fiction, but really it is? I'm not sure..Maybe some company somewhere in the world is toying with the chimp genome! :eek: ......Anyway, I loved this book. I enjoyed it a lot. This is a best science thriller I read lately. Sometimes I used dictionary(a lot of difficult words!), but I could read it. Characters were also fascinating! Patrick Sullivan, Romy Cadman, Zero, Tome, Kek, and Meerm. Especially Zero was cool.

I have a few questions. Maybe those are spoilers.

*****Spoilers*****

1, Has "Kaze Group" relations with Black Wind?

2, Tome, Meerm, Beece, Una...ect, what is the origin of Sim's names?

3, At the last, Voss said "At least they don't live too long". Why? Their life is short? Or because they can't live without a company?

4, After I read it, I really thought Fusosha should publish Japanese edition. Have they plan to publish? I wish Japanese readers get this Japanese edition and read.

Okay, I just started reading Infernal..... I am so upset!! I cannot believe Jack's dad is dead!! Did this bother anyone else as much as it did me?