The Last Boyscout (1991)

*****

Another one my wife claimed to have not seen, cue the projector being switched on and the tape inserted.

By far my favourite Tony Scott movie and i'm a pretty big fan of his work, I love that we live in an age where a director who bases all his movies around guns and large explosions. I think with this one it's a little different, it benefits from a smart and hilarious script by Shane Black, suited perfectly to Bruce Willis's style of acting.

"Oh shit, we're getting beaten up by the inventor of Scrabble."

I've lost count of the amount of times i've seen this film, it's superb. Highly quotable too, you'll be repeating half of Willis's lines for the next month. I doubt there are many who have yet to see it so i'll just say if you haven't, correct it.

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

*****

I don't really like superhero movies, with the exception of Nolan's Batman franchise and I don't read comics full stop. My expectations going into this one were fairly non-existent to say the least.

All of the above helped me no end. Clearly i'm not going to spoil anything here by giving away too much of the plot, but I was so impressed by the amount of balls this film had. It went in directions you never suspected, based on the superhero theme at least. I couldn't stop smiling all the way through, I literally had no idea that my skin could stretch that far on my face. I felt like a 10 year old kid who had just been given the keys to the candy factory. Chris Evans is amazing the rest of the cast are superb too, especially Weaving.

Needless to say this film is my favourite of 2011 by far. Hanna and Source Code will run it close after repeat screenings but I want to go and see this one again and again. It was fucking amazing, trust me!

3:15 (1986)

****

This is one movie that I knew very little about. I purchased it for a few quid when I was about 13 from my local VHS market stall, it was in the big boxed Virgin release. After sitting on my shelf for the next year or so I decided to take it back down the market and trade it in for something else, little did I know i'd revisit a few years later and find out it was amazing.

This movie is like a mash-up of my favourites. There's the My Bodyguard element, the Three O'Clock High theme and even the gangs from The Warriors. Tie it all together with a great lead in Adam Baldwin, some of the worst gang members you'll ever see and then let the magic happen, with the amazing soundtrack playing throughout. Really though, the Cobra's are the most wimpiest of guys you'll ever come across and the little chubby guy who can't act is really annoying, I wanted to kick his ass. In fact most of the acting is terribly annoying in this but you forgive it because it's awesome.

I loved everything about this film and I can't recommend it highly enough to anyone. I've just got to try and track down that VHS again now.

The Great Outdoors (1988)

****

I've lost count of the amount of times i've seen this film, it could be nearing the 200 mark or even higher. It has seriously high rewatch value.

John Candy is my favourite actor of all time and Dan Aykroyd is hilarious, together they made one of the best comedies and instant feel-good movies of the 80's. Imagine my surprise when my wife dropped yet anohter bombshell on me, she hadn't seen it!
This is a highly quotable and very memorable movie that stays with you forever.

I don't need to recommend it to anyone because I don't know anyone that hasn't seen it (apart form wy wife), let alone dislike it. It's a classic.

Wild Thing (1987)

**

Screening this as part of the #nightdropbox.

This movie is insane. It's basically a modern day (80's at least) retelling of the Tarzan story. A young child witnesses the murder of his parents at the hands of a lunatic and realising that he might be next, jumps into the river. After being raised by a tramp on the streets he has hardly any grasp of the English language and so communicates via TV commercials and radio voices. He falls in love with a woman who was attacked by a local mob boss, the same guy is the one who killed his parents and after realising this... The rest you'll have to see.

The soundtrack for this is pure gold. 80's electro synth at times with the odd classic track thrown in for good measure.

It's a decent film but highly forgettable.

Bridesmaids (2011)

****

I had heard amazing things about this one, The Hangover for women some called it. I always end up going to the cinema for these types of films, missing out on the blockbusters.

I was so happy when all of the buzz turned out to be right, this film is hilarious. The main reason for that is the central and comedic performance from Wiig, she is the reason this film has been such a hit.
There are scenes in this which left me in bits and i'm finding that harder and harder to come by these days, films just aren't that amusing to me anymore. The plane scenes are the ones which tipped this one for me, unbelievably funny. "Stove?" "Are you an appliance?" Genius.

I would put this on a par with The Hangover. I can't speak for the sequel because I couldn't part with my cash for it so i'm waiting for the DVD released but definitely level with the first. I loved this film and I love Wiig even more now, she's also very hot.

Hilarious.

Frankenhooker (1990)

***

The very generous @popmortem on Twitter donated this US tape to my collection, I finally had time to screen it.

This movie is batshit insane, beyond mental. Only in the eyes of Henenlotter could this be made.
First of all let me say how hot I think the final product is, Patty Mullen is unbelievably cute as Elizabeth Shelley. "Wanna date?" "Lonely?" " Got any money?"

I enjoyed the film a lot, never thought I would but it's a riot. Mullen (as well as being hot) is very funny and Lorinz is quirky enough to pull off the lead role, just. The story is beyond belief but blended with the humour element it somehow works, like Jackson's Braindead and Bad Taste.