Saw a Takashi Miike picture called The Great Yokai War. "Yokai" is a Japanese term for monsters from folklore, as opposed to the more familiar kaiju. It's a kids' picture, about a young boy from Tokyo sent out to live in the countryside with his older sister and his intermittently senile grandfather. When a vengeful spirit appears, the boy gets caught up in a war between warring groups of yokai and must find his courage to become the "Kirin Rider", the hero who will set everything to rights. It's not a bad picture - nothing deep, but an amusing story. Some of the yokai are really trippy, Japanese folklore can get pretty "out there", apparently.
Views: 79678
You need to be a member of Captain Comics to add comments!
JD DeLuzio > Jeff of Earth-JAugust 30, 2026 at 6:38pm
To clarify, Carol was in Better Call Saul. I was contrasting her (probable) last performance with Korman's, which may have been this thing. I was in rant mode when I was typing and probably could have been clearer.
Good to know the name of Denny's character. I recall when they were leaning into her to be the Next Big Star from SNL. It didn't happen, and that first season after the original cast all left went south pretty fast. I believe she now teaches drama at a college somewhere.
I remember that first post-original cast season of SNL quite well... too well. I watched every episode from the very beginning until 1987, when ST:TNG debuted. Then I made a choice (perhaps the wrong one?). I didn't watch a single episode since until I started watching it again in season 50. Oh, Denny Dillon... I seen to recall she was on a George Carlin album, one that included skits. It wasn't his best work.
JD DeLuzio > Jeff of Earth-JAugust 30, 2026 at 8:55pm
You could compile one, certainly, if that was something you felt worth doing. But that seems about only slightly more useful than unilaterally renaming geographical features while the world burns.
THE RUTLES (ALL YOU NEED IS CASH): Having grown up in a household in which my older brother and sister were teenagers during the height of Beatlemania, I've pretty much always been aware of the Beatles. Over the years I have seen This is Spinal Tap two or three times, but I haven't seen All You Need is Cash since it first aired on TV in 1978. I was more than passingly familiar with the Beatles when I was 14, but I know so much more about them now. I am very impressed with how well-made this "mock-umentary" is made.
I almost didn't watch this on TCM. It's only 10 mintues, 25 seconds. It stars James Cagney, so how bad could it be? It turns out that it's very meaningful. I found it on YouTube. If you watch it you won't be sorry.
It’s actually both eyes. Corneal transplants bring unexpected extra problems for Jessica Alba’s lead character. She does a good job in this movie. She is in every scene, which I understand is hard work. (I just realized that I’ve only seen Ms Alba in the 2005-07 Fantastic Four movies and the Sin City movies. I have yet to see her as the lead in the Dark Angel series. I recently bought the DVD sets but haven’t watched any of it so far.)
The Eye has a great cast. Most of the actors were new to me, but all turned in wonderful performances. A very young Chloë Grace Moretz, Parker Posey, Rachel Ticotin and Tamlyn Tomita were the ones I knew. There are a lot of layers to the story. Whenever you think you know all of the coming plot points, a new mystery presents itself. I highly recommend it.
This one-hour movie is in the public domain, available on YouTube. It’s set in a circus. A good guy played by Richard Denning, two lady lion tamers (Sheila Ryan and Mary Beth Hughes) and a sneaky killer played by Buster Crabbe! Hijinks ensue.
Replies
To clarify, Carol was in Better Call Saul. I was contrasting her (probable) last performance with Korman's, which may have been this thing. I was in rant mode when I was typing and probably could have been clearer.
Good to know the name of Denny's character. I recall when they were leaning into her to be the Next Big Star from SNL. It didn't happen, and that first season after the original cast all left went south pretty fast. I believe she now teaches drama at a college somewhere.
But I do recommend Downfall.
Oh, yeah, I missed that reference.
I remember that first post-original cast season of SNL quite well... too well. I watched every episode from the very beginning until 1987, when ST:TNG debuted. Then I made a choice (perhaps the wrong one?). I didn't watch a single episode since until I started watching it again in season 50. Oh, Denny Dillon... I seen to recall she was on a George Carlin album, one that included skits. It wasn't his best work.
You could compile one, certainly, if that was something you felt worth doing. But that seems about only slightly more useful than unilaterally renaming geographical features while the world burns.
Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure Soundtrack
I wonder what the proposed Lotta and Little Audrey movies would have looked like?
THE RUTLES (ALL YOU NEED IS CASH): Having grown up in a household in which my older brother and sister were teenagers during the height of Beatlemania, I've pretty much always been aware of the Beatles. Over the years I have seen This is Spinal Tap two or three times, but I haven't seen All You Need is Cash since it first aired on TV in 1978. I was more than passingly familiar with the Beatles when I was 14, but I know so much more about them now. I am very impressed with how well-made this "mock-umentary" is made.
The Supergirl movie is coming to HBOMAX on Sept 10.
I almost didn't watch this on TCM. It's only 10 mintues, 25 seconds. It stars James Cagney, so how bad could it be? It turns out that it's very meaningful. I found it on YouTube. If you watch it you won't be sorry.
You John Jones 1943
I watched it the other day when it aired. (I pretty much watch all the shorts.) "Your baby... your baby..."
Weapons (2025)
This is a very horrifying movie and deserves all the praise it gets.
Today is September 16, 2026. It is available until this time next week for free on Prime Video.
Amy Madigan won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for playing the “big bad” in this movie. And boy, did she earn it.
The Eye (2008)
It’s actually both eyes. Corneal transplants bring unexpected extra problems for Jessica Alba’s lead character. She does a good job in this movie. She is in every scene, which I understand is hard work. (I just realized that I’ve only seen Ms Alba in the 2005-07 Fantastic Four movies and the Sin City movies. I have yet to see her as the lead in the Dark Angel series. I recently bought the DVD sets but haven’t watched any of it so far.)
The Eye has a great cast. Most of the actors were new to me, but all turned in wonderful performances. A very young Chloë Grace Moretz, Parker Posey, Rachel Ticotin and Tamlyn Tomita were the ones I knew. There are a lot of layers to the story. Whenever you think you know all of the coming plot points, a new mystery presents itself. I highly recommend it.
Included with Prime membership.
TRAILER
Caged Fury(1948)
This one-hour movie is in the public domain, available on YouTube. It’s set in a circus. A good guy played by Richard Denning, two lady lion tamers (Sheila Ryan and Mary Beth Hughes) and a sneaky killer played by Buster Crabbe! Hijinks ensue.
-
713
-
714
-
715
-
716
-
717
of 717 Next