Mark's Movies

Join Mark D as he clambers down the cliff's edge and commences The Descent. If that's not a whole mood I don't know what is and maybe you're sexists but this is definitely an undercover girl-power chick-flick that absolutely slaps. Check it out streaming on Amazon (US, probably) and don't hit the spoilers because it will 100% change your experience watching the movie. I'm not going to say anything more about it.

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We're right in the thick of spooky Halloween day (because I was literally just too busy yesterday to finish editing this even though it had already been recorded days ago and I had planned for a Halloween release--I'm a complete fuckup) with the 2010 Joe Johnston remake "The Wolfman". It's definitely a movie and there is absolutely a werewolf so be ready to be jumpscared. That's a Drake song, right? Jumpscare Jumpscare Jumpscare Therewolf acting real were (AWOO!)

I'm sure there's some corrections and comments. Hit me up @coolmarkd on twitter and let me know what I did wrong. I'm sure it's plenty. Slash, dismember and impale and don't forget to hit that gore icon for alerts.

Trying to do a YouTube thing but scary? Did it work?

Rip and tear with the Doom-inspired remake of the Doom-inspiring original The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. That stuff about Doom? I made it up. Seems legit, though, right? There's definitely some corrections and things I want to make so I'll make there here. Also, some weird stuff going on so there may be a couple of sound issues. Not sure what that's about just yet but I'll be working those out as I go.

1. Something good The feeling of absolute isolation and a fucked up backwater ass Texas town does work. That type of thing scares the shit out of me. I went to Alaska and that was singularly one of the most remote locations I've ever been to and driving out to see a glacier was terrifying. It was like this movie in some ways but with the addition of the terrain actively being antagonistic and posted signs warning of such antagonism.
2. The editor on the movie was Glen Scantlebury. He was the editor on Dracula ('92), Con Air (this movie makes me laugh every time it's mentioned), and Transformers among other things. Think about that. I didn't even find his name and I was like "this is some Transformers-ass shit". He's done a bunch of other stuff, too.
3. The screenwriter was Scott Kosar. I just couldn't come up with his name. This was his first movie iirc and I'm not trying to shit-talk him I just didn't love the majority of the screenplay and can imagine that there was a lot of "influence" from a certain someone. He was a writer on The Haunting of Hill House which I really liked and really lives in the "horror" space having written on Bates Motel and The Machinist and Amityville Horror ('05) among others.
4. There are some gnarly practical effects in this movie and I would have loved to have seen some special features on them but I have the Blockbuster rental-version of the movie so it's just the movie disc--no special features at all.
5. I'm sure there's something else I forgot to talk about.

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It's a spoOoOOooooOKy Zach Braff-written-and-directed post-coming-of-age pre-having-a-real-life intestitial-liminal-human-space examination. Not going to lie--I didn't prepare at all for this. It was extemporaneous. Spontaneous. Uranus. Check out the podcast though. It was supposed to be a horror movie but, clearly, that didn't happen. That won't stop me from assuming you just have my super badass podcast on auto queue and you forgo looking at the episode title to ensure that you get maximum surprise. Maximum Derek. There is no Derek in this episode. No Dereks were harmed in the making of this episode.

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Please forgive me I forgot how to make a podcast. I'm not listing this as Season 3 it's really too boosted IMO.

Hey, everyone! In this episode I rank things! That's what people like, right? Rankings? Well, I do that here. This is also the Season 2 finale. I didn't really think about that until now but that's what it is. So there you have it. Season 3 coming at some point.

Thanks for listening

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Humor is ALIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEE in 1974's Young Frankenstein written by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks; and directed by Mel Brooks. A bold and controversial choice that maybe cemented both artists in the Hollywood hall of fame (metaphorical--I don't know if there is actually a Hollywood HOF but there is one in my heart).

This is the last movie in the 9-disc 9-movie leather belt Mel Brooks Blu-ray collection. It's been a ride.

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This is a lesser-discussed Mel Brooks movie that centers around the McGuffin of a set of dining room chairs in the early Soviet Union. It's definitely... different.

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Let's just send up Star Wars and science fiction adventures in general in Mel Brooks' 1987 film Spaceballs! That's really it. That's the whole show notes.

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Want to send up anthology movies but unsure how? Maybe History of the World Part 1 can help. Mel Brook's 1981 historical... something is a laugh riot but audiences and critics seem to be split on it. I messed up a little bit on this one too in that I "read the comments". The comments that critics had on this movie.

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Let's forget about robbing from the rich and stealing from the poor and instead go on a bit of a romp in Sherwood Forrest with Mel Brooks in his 1993 Robin Hood: Men In Tights.

I don't remember if I needed to add any links in here... I reserve the right to update this at a later date.

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