I'm pleased to say that both BETSY CHILDS and CHARLIE WITTIG have tossed their hats into the ring! So we will be having elections at the next meeting. We'll need to members to serve as vote counters.
Anyone else? There's still time to get your name on the ballot!
Monday, January 3, 2011
ICS - Mini Update January 3, 2011
First off all, thank you to those who sent well wishes in regards to my father. I'm pleased to say he is doing well.
I hope that everyone had a great Christmas, and best wishes for a Happy New Year.
A couple of points I'd like to go over with everyone-
First off, dues are due. People can pay their dues thru Paypal, but make it personal or Paypal takes $1.50 as a fee. It is $20 per person or $40 for a couple.
We will be having elections in January. Anybody wishing to run for the Board should let a Board member know so we can put you on the ballot. We can always use new blood- some of our members have been on since inception, and a changing of the guard every now and then to bring in new ideas never hurts! Well, I don't think it hurts.
In January, we will be trying out our idea of members bringing in movies, and selecting 3. Those 3 will be voted on to see what we watch that evening. So be sure to bring in one, tops two, movies for consideration.
More later!
Hendo
I hope that everyone had a great Christmas, and best wishes for a Happy New Year.
A couple of points I'd like to go over with everyone-
First off, dues are due. People can pay their dues thru Paypal, but make it personal or Paypal takes $1.50 as a fee. It is $20 per person or $40 for a couple.
We will be having elections in January. Anybody wishing to run for the Board should let a Board member know so we can put you on the ballot. We can always use new blood- some of our members have been on since inception, and a changing of the guard every now and then to bring in new ideas never hurts! Well, I don't think it hurts.
In January, we will be trying out our idea of members bringing in movies, and selecting 3. Those 3 will be voted on to see what we watch that evening. So be sure to bring in one, tops two, movies for consideration.
More later!
Hendo
Thursday, December 16, 2010
ICS - Update December 16, 2010
Chilly Holiday Greetings to One and All!
This month's meeting will be held this Saturday, December 18. The presenter will be Jovial Joe Plempel. I'm not sure what the topic is, though!
Last month we had Smiling Sam DiBlasi give a presentation on "Lost in Space". We watched the first season episode, "The Keeper" with Micheal Rennie. Like Irwin Allen's other show on at the time, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", LIS's first season holds up as fairly decent sci-fi. Nobody will ever mistake it for STAR TREK, but hey!
There's still time to bring in items for the "Silent Auction, Evil Auction" that we're holding this meeting.
For January, we're trying something different, that if it's successful, may become permanent. In efforts to respond to comments about the "sameness" of the meetings, we came up with the following idea. For January, anybody can bring in a movie (or two). We will put the movies in a box, or write the titles down or something, and draw 3. The person who brought that movie in will give a short blurb on it.
After that, the club will vote for one to watch. If none get voted on, we draw 3 more. The object is to get a variety of movies that we haven't seen. In this DVD, DVR, Movies on Demand Age, it's so easy to see any movie you want when you want. Not like the old days where we scoured TV Guide to see what movies were coming on. I found a movie I'd been wanting to see on YouTube the other night. Unreal.
We are collecting dues now, if you wish to pay at the next meeting. We also will be having an election in January, for anybody who would like to run for the board.
Hendo
This month's meeting will be held this Saturday, December 18. The presenter will be Jovial Joe Plempel. I'm not sure what the topic is, though!
Last month we had Smiling Sam DiBlasi give a presentation on "Lost in Space". We watched the first season episode, "The Keeper" with Micheal Rennie. Like Irwin Allen's other show on at the time, "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", LIS's first season holds up as fairly decent sci-fi. Nobody will ever mistake it for STAR TREK, but hey!
There's still time to bring in items for the "Silent Auction, Evil Auction" that we're holding this meeting.
For January, we're trying something different, that if it's successful, may become permanent. In efforts to respond to comments about the "sameness" of the meetings, we came up with the following idea. For January, anybody can bring in a movie (or two). We will put the movies in a box, or write the titles down or something, and draw 3. The person who brought that movie in will give a short blurb on it.
After that, the club will vote for one to watch. If none get voted on, we draw 3 more. The object is to get a variety of movies that we haven't seen. In this DVD, DVR, Movies on Demand Age, it's so easy to see any movie you want when you want. Not like the old days where we scoured TV Guide to see what movies were coming on. I found a movie I'd been wanting to see on YouTube the other night. Unreal.
We are collecting dues now, if you wish to pay at the next meeting. We also will be having an election in January, for anybody who would like to run for the board.
Hendo
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
ICS Passings- Hammer Star Ingrid Pitt passes away
At age 73. Jovial John Ward put me on to this story.
Here's an article from the BBC: Ingrid Pitt dies
Thanks to FANEX I got to meet Ms Pitt in person. She was a great guest- unabashedly proud of her time with Hammer.
Here's an article from the BBC: Ingrid Pitt dies
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
ICS - Update November 16, 2010 Odds & Ends
That frankly I forgot last time!
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Don't forbet to bring in items for the SILENT AUCTION, DEADLY AUCTION! We will be having that instead of the Yankee Swap this December.
Midnight Marquee has some new books for sale. Check 'em out at http://www.midmar.com.
Again, Sam DiBlasi will take us "Lost in Space"! Hopefully we'll get to see "The Great Vegetable Rebellion", considered one of the absolute BEST shows EVER (see photo)!!
Again, Sam DiBlasi will take us "Lost in Space"! Hopefully we'll get to see "The Great Vegetable Rebellion", considered one of the absolute BEST shows EVER (see photo)!!
Harlan Ellison has said he wished he had written that script instead of his lame Star Trek episode "City on the Edge of Forever".
I have changed my mind re: the book version v the film version of "Island of Lost Souls". No wonder H.G. Wells didn't like it. They came up with a MUCH better ending!
Put on your thinking caps- I'd like to know what you all like best and least in the ICS. What would you do to improve things? Now, if you're content as it is, that's fine. But here's a chance to make some suggestions since we're coming to the end of another year. I'd like this before Thursday if you can do it. Succinct and short, if you will.
Hendo
I have changed my mind re: the book version v the film version of "Island of Lost Souls". No wonder H.G. Wells didn't like it. They came up with a MUCH better ending!
Put on your thinking caps- I'd like to know what you all like best and least in the ICS. What would you do to improve things? Now, if you're content as it is, that's fine. But here's a chance to make some suggestions since we're coming to the end of another year. I'd like this before Thursday if you can do it. Succinct and short, if you will.
Hendo
Sunday, November 14, 2010
ICS - Update November 14, 2010 (includes Halloween)
Greetings!
Last month we had 26 people turn out to hear Greg Mank talk on the classic film, The Island of Dr. Moreau. I had seen this movie many many years ago on the tube (like back on Channel 20’s Creature Feature or even on House of Horrors). Charles Laughton turns in a truly memorable performance (you may remember he was married to the elfin Elsa Lancaster, although he was gay and they had a very open marriage). Very subtle in many respects, Laughton definitely put on a few more pounds chewing up the scenery. Despite the fact that H.G. Wells, who wrote the novel, didn’t like it, I am now reading the book and find that, for a movie, it hews pretty close to the source material. Not like when I read “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” after I saw Blade Runner and wondered if these were the same frikking story!
There was aLOT of food- kudos to our members for really coming through! Terrific Tom Proveaux and I arrived early to decorate. Turns out Jocular Joe Plempel had a tub full of decorations from Halloweens Past, including thankfully some table cloths for the tables and additional items to hang on the walls. I spent $35 on decorations, and after I put those up it was like, “that’s it?”.
We had our Halloween Costume Contest- the winner was Tom Proveaux as Lord Baltimore. Now I’ve seen Lord Baltimore’s portrait, and I didn’t quite see the resemblance, but I guess the members did and, what? It was Lord Voldemort, notBaltimore
Last month we had 26 people turn out to hear Greg Mank talk on the classic film, The Island of Dr. Moreau. I had seen this movie many many years ago on the tube (like back on Channel 20’s Creature Feature or even on House of Horrors). Charles Laughton turns in a truly memorable performance (you may remember he was married to the elfin Elsa Lancaster, although he was gay and they had a very open marriage). Very subtle in many respects, Laughton definitely put on a few more pounds chewing up the scenery. Despite the fact that H.G. Wells, who wrote the novel, didn’t like it, I am now reading the book and find that, for a movie, it hews pretty close to the source material. Not like when I read “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep” after I saw Blade Runner and wondered if these were the same frikking story!
There was a
We had our Halloween Costume Contest- the winner was Tom Proveaux as Lord Baltimore. Now I’ve seen Lord Baltimore’s portrait, and I didn’t quite see the resemblance, but I guess the members did and, what? It was Lord Voldemort, not
Speaking of Nina, she celebrate her birthday this week! Happy Birthday and many more.
And speaking of Tom, ask him to tell you his Tony Curtis story and how he held Jamie Lee Curtis in his arms!
Next meeting will be November 20, this upcoming Saturday, under the old way of moving the day away from the Thanksgiving weekend. Next year it will be Thanksgiving Weekend when we have the meeting. Well, for now...
Glad to say that Little John Ward is feeling better. Turns out his condition was NOT as serious as thought.
THE PSYCHO WARD
Speaking of John Ward, he looked into his crystal ball and put together an interesting report on what’s going on in
WHAT’S AHEAD IN 2011
I chuckled at a recent online quote from Iron Man director Jon Favreau about next summer’s movie prospects. Favreau is prepping a new popcorn epic called Cowboys and Aliens, with Harrison Ford. I give Favreau credit for not jumping on the sequel bandwagon, which happens every summer. Anyway, Favreau is worried about his film’s chances in the middle of next summer’s genre avalanche. Favreau said, “It’s gonna be Omaha Beach
So I was inspired to take an early look at what’s ahead in 2011. I usually save this column for January, but this time I couldn’t resist. I found a lot of retreads, a lot of superheroes, and some interesting gems in the mess. See what you think:
JANUARY
THE GREEN HORNET. Seth Rogen lost some serious weight to get this role, so husky guys like me should probably give him the benefit of the doubt.
THE RITE. Did you know there’s a real exorcism school lodged within the Vatican
FEBRUARY
SANCTUM. I saw the trailer for this one, and it looked nice. Producer James Cameron supplied the same 3D technology he used for Avatarto make the film, about a deep-trench expedition (I think) trapped far underground.
DRIVE ANGRY 3D. Nicolas Cage plays a dead guy who escapes from Hell to get revenge on the cultists who murdered his daughter. Evidently he drives really, really fast to do this. Hence the title.
MARCH
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU. Yet another film based on a Philip K. Dick property (Blade Runner, Total Recall, Minority Report, you name it) with Matt Damon as a Senate hopeful who bucks Fate by falling in love. No, seriously, Fate is majorly pissed; Fate is actually a bunch of men in dark suits who chase you down if you don’t turn the right corner, push the right button, etc, etc.
SUCKER PUNCH. Zack Snyder, who made Dawn of the Dead andWatchmen, ramps it up again with this live action comic book about hot-looking babes fighting monsters, ninjas, giant robots, indoor plumbing...okay, I made that last one up.
APRIL
SCREAM 4. After ten years, Ghostface is back. Maybe this time it’ll be Courtney Cox under the mask, and she’ll go after her ex. Fool around on me, huh? We’ll see about that! Eat THIS! Slash...slash...
THE THING. This is a prequel to the John Carpenter classic, relating the events at the Norwegian outpost. I predict the dog gets away at the end.
MAY
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN : ON STRANGER TIDES. Johnny Depp is back as Jack Sparrow, looking for the Fountain of Youth with Penelope Cruz. Wouldn’t we all.
THOR. Marvel Comics is back with another superhero, and Anthony Hopkins plays Odin. No-name Chris Hemsworth sure looks the part in the pictures.
KUNG FU PANDA: THE KABOOM OF DOOM. I only listed this one because I love the title.
JUNE
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. The Marvel onslaught continues with this prequel to the earlier X-Men movies. We get James McEvoy as a young Charles Xavier and Michael “Inglourious Basterds” Fassbinder as a young Magneto. I’m still cheesed they didn’t sign McEvoy to play Bilbo in The Hobbit, but you can’t have everything, I guess.
GREEN LANTERN. Ryan Reynolds fills the emerald tights as one of DC Comics’ most popular heroes. What, you thought it was all about the Bat at DC?
RISE OF THE APES. Yet another prequel, this one from Fox, in a loose remake of the long-ago Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, with James Franco as a present-day scientist working with highly-evolved monkeys, or something like that. Isn’t it cool how I can get away with such long sentence fragments? Just keep adding commas!
CARS 2. I only mention it because it’s Pixar’s 2011 model. No car pun intended.
JULY
TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON. Which is where I wish all those big-ass robots would just go away to live, and leave the rest of us alone. And take Shia LeBoeuf with you, please.
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 2. Remember Favreau’s comment about Omaha Beach
CAPTAIN AMERICA
COWBOYS AND ALIENS. Guess what, Favreau? You’re probably right; those are your teeth on the floor.
AUGUST
FRIGHT NIGHT. Colin Farrell plays the vampire next door in this remake of the ‘80s classic. Anton Yelchin, who I believe played Chekov in the new STAR TREK, plays the kid here. CONAN 3D. Are you kidding? Doe John Milius know about this? It looks like August is truly turning into Remake Hell. FINAL
DESTINATION 5. Okay, I won’t lie. I plan to see this. I love the demented Rube Goldberg-style deathtrap set-ups. The guiltiest of guilty pleasures. SPY KIDS 4: ARMAGEDDON. It’s Jessica Alba in a tight black leather catsuit. What else do you need to know?
SEPTEMBER
STRAW DOGS. Remake Hell trickles over into September, although this time they’re going after Sam Peckinpah. Sacrilege! Sacrilege! The action moves from the English countryside to the deep South. Rod Lurie directs.
OCTOBER
CONTAGION. Not much has been revealed about this, but check out the details: directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Marian Cotillard, about a viral epidemic thats leapfrogs around the globe. IMAX and 3D screens are being reserved for it. Who knows?
NOVEMBER
THE TWILIGHT SAGA - BREAKING DAWN PART I. I didn’t realize the book was big enough to warrant a Part 2. Then again, I haven’t read any of the books or seen any of the movies. And finally, check out this final month. Unbelievable!
DECEMBER
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. David Fincher, the director of this year’s best film (so far)
THE SOCIAL NETWORK, is directing the English-language version of the worldwide best-seller, starring Daniel Craig. MISSION
HOLMES 2. All the principals are back—Robert Downey, Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, director Guy Ritchie. I wish they’d gotten Depp to play Moriarty. I keep forgetting you can’t have everything.
HUGO CABRET. Last year’s Caldecott winner for Best Children’s Picture Book, about a young French lad who lives in the Paris
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN. Steven Spielberg directs Daniel Craig, Andy Serkis, Jamie Bell, and Simon Pegg in this motion capture extravaganza, with Peter Jackson’s assistance. Check EmpireMagazine.com for early pictures. They look good. And that’s it. December looks fantastic, and the rest of the year ain’t bad, either.
Allow me to add that if you’re a Sherlock Holmes fan, and haven’t seen SHERLOCK, you should! Holmes gets updated to the present day- Dr. Watson keeps an online blog- but it is faithful to the flavor of Doyle.
And AMC’s Walking Dead continues to shamble along. The Zombie-fest has been given the green light for a second season. We’ll see if there’s enough life in this concept to go a second season!
See you- at the movies!
Hendo
Thursday, October 7, 2010
ICS - Update October 7, 2010
Greetings ICSers! We went from Summer to Fall overnight, eh? TThe frost is definitely on the pumpkin.
Last month's meeting went Ok, with Norman Prentiss doing the presentation. Norman did a reading from one of his short stories- "Storybook Forest", a tale based on his recollections of the "Enchanted Forest". That was one of my favorite get-aways with the parents. So simple- nowadays kids would be bored in no time flat. But danged if it wasn't pretty cool to me.
We didn't have much of a business meeting. When we started, we only had 10 people, and 4 of them were board members. By the end of the evening attendance had crawled up to 15.
As you hopefully know- October is our ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY. Once again we'll be having Greg Mank as guest speaker, talking on the original "Island of Lost Souls". Bring along a dish for the potluck supper. Tom P and I will handle the decorations, Dave W will be bringing festive table cloths and we hope to have our usual nice spread! And of course- movies from dusk to dawn!
October also brings a lot of horror movies on TCM. Mike Schilling was nice enough to send this list to me. A lot of Hammer in this list! Get out your popcorn, crawl into your snuggie, and watch some cook ghoul flicks!
October 7'th-8:00 PM on TCM
Forbidden Planet, Alien, Countdown, Marooned, From the Earth to the Moon
October 8th-8:00 PM on
The Plague of the Zombies, The Devil's Bride, The Reptile, The Gorgon
FRI OCTOBER 15th-8:00 PM on
The Mummy (1959), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, The Mummy's Shroud (1967), Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
SUN OCTOBER 17th
12:30 Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers
2:00 The TIme Machine (1960)
12:00Midnite The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
MON OCTOBER 18th
6:00 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
FRI OCTOBER 22nd 8:00 PM-on
X The Unknown, Five Million Years to Earth, These are the Damned, The Stranglers of Bombay, The Boogens, NIght of the Lepus
SUN OCTOBER 24th 12 MIDNITE ONWARD
Nosferatu (1922), Vampyr, The Return of the Vampire, Count Yorga-Vampire
THU OCTOBER 28th 8:00 PM Onward
Dead of Night, Rebecca, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, The Other, Dragonwyck
FRI OCTOBER 29th 6:00 AM onwards all day
Doctor X, The Mystery of the Wax Museum, The Vampire Bat, The Ape, Isle of the Dead, The Corpse Vanishes, The Devil Bat, White Zombie, I Walked with a Zombie, Curse of the Demon, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Revenge of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Created Woman, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed!, Carnival Magic, Berserk
SAT OCTOBER 30th 6:15 AM onwards all day
The Devil Commands, The Ghoul, The Walking Dead, The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters, The Old Dark House (1963), 13 Ghosts (1960), Homicidal, Mr. Sardonicus, Strait-Jacket, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), WhatEver Happened to Baby Jane?, Mad Love, Cat People (1942), Martin Scorsese Presents Val Lewton:The Man in the Shadows, The Leopard Man
SUN OCTOBER 31st 6:15 AM onwards all day
Freaks, Mark of the Vampire, The Devil Doll, The Terror, A Bucket of Blood, Tower of London, The Tingler, The Mad Magician, House of Wax (1953), House on Haunted Hill (1959), The Haunting (1963), Poltergeist, The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Last month's meeting went Ok, with Norman Prentiss doing the presentation. Norman did a reading from one of his short stories- "Storybook Forest", a tale based on his recollections of the "Enchanted Forest". That was one of my favorite get-aways with the parents. So simple- nowadays kids would be bored in no time flat. But danged if it wasn't pretty cool to me.
We didn't have much of a business meeting. When we started, we only had 10 people, and 4 of them were board members. By the end of the evening attendance had crawled up to 15.
As you hopefully know- October is our ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY. Once again we'll be having Greg Mank as guest speaker, talking on the original "Island of Lost Souls". Bring along a dish for the potluck supper. Tom P and I will handle the decorations, Dave W will be bringing festive table cloths and we hope to have our usual nice spread! And of course- movies from dusk to dawn!
October also brings a lot of horror movies on TCM. Mike Schilling was nice enough to send this list to me. A lot of Hammer in this list! Get out your popcorn, crawl into your snuggie, and watch some cook ghoul flicks!
October 7'th-8:00 PM on TCM
Forbidden Planet, Alien, Countdown, Marooned, From the Earth to the Moon
October 8th-8:00 PM on
The Plague of the Zombies, The Devil's Bride, The Reptile, The Gorgon
FRI OCTOBER 15th-8:00 PM on
The Mummy (1959), The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, The Mummy's Shroud (1967), Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
SUN OCTOBER 17th
12:30 Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers
2:00 The TIme Machine (1960)
12:00Midnite The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
MON OCTOBER 18th
6:00 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
FRI OCTOBER 22nd 8:00 PM-on
X The Unknown, Five Million Years to Earth, These are the Damned, The Stranglers of Bombay, The Boogens, NIght of the Lepus
SUN OCTOBER 24th 12 MIDNITE ONWARD
Nosferatu (1922), Vampyr, The Return of the Vampire, Count Yorga-Vampire
THU OCTOBER 28th 8:00 PM Onward
Dead of Night, Rebecca, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, The Other, Dragonwyck
FRI OCTOBER 29th 6:00 AM onwards all day
Doctor X, The Mystery of the Wax Museum, The Vampire Bat, The Ape, Isle of the Dead, The Corpse Vanishes, The Devil Bat, White Zombie, I Walked with a Zombie, Curse of the Demon, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Revenge of Frankenstein, Frankenstein Created Woman, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed!, Carnival Magic, Berserk
SAT OCTOBER 30th 6:15 AM onwards all day
The Devil Commands, The Ghoul, The Walking Dead, The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters, The Old Dark House (1963), 13 Ghosts (1960), Homicidal, Mr. Sardonicus, Strait-Jacket, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), WhatEver Happened to Baby Jane?, Mad Love, Cat People (1942), Martin Scorsese Presents Val Lewton:The Man in the Shadows, The Leopard Man
SUN OCTOBER 31st 6:15 AM onwards all day
Freaks, Mark of the Vampire, The Devil Doll, The Terror, A Bucket of Blood, Tower of London, The Tingler, The Mad Magician, House of Wax (1953), House on Haunted Hill (1959), The Haunting (1963), Poltergeist, The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
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