The Welcome Mat

:6510: 597 - The Dinner Game / Le Diner de Cons (1998) - 6.5/10 - Once a week, a group of men gather for dinner with each of them bringing an unsuspecting idiot to amuse them. One of the members happens across a man on a train who is an enthusiast for building models out of matchsticks and invites h...

35 - M*A*S*H Season 8 (1979) - This was a lot of fun as expected.

:510: 596 - The Ladies Man (1961) - 5/10 - Jerry Lewis gets a job at a big rooming house where most residents are attractive young women. I'm not much of a Lewis fan, but this had decent sets and use of color. There were also a few good gags mixed in with the usual Lewis schtick. :610: 597 - Best in...

595 - Godzilla -1.0 (2023) - 8.5/10 - This prequel to the original Godzilla movie has a very nice story, good characters, and good special effects.

:510: 592 - The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) - 5/10 - A number of videotapes are found in an abandoned home which turn out to be the work of a serial killer who has operated in the area for some time. It's sort of an interesting idea, but the film itself isn't that great. :910: 593 - Birth Certificate ...

:710: 586 - The Specialists (1969) - 7/10 - Hud is a loner with a big reputation as a gunslinger. He returns to the town of Blackstone to find out who killed his brother. His brother was lynched after being accused of stealing a fortune from the town bank. He also has to contend with a sheriff who b...

:610: 578 - Aunt Tula / La tía Tula (1964) - 6/10 - Tula is a single woman in her 30s who likes her independence and has no plans to marry. When her sister dies, she keeps a promise to her sister that she will look after the brother-in-law and two children left behind. The brother-in-law is a scumba...

:810: 576 - Main Street / Calle Mayor (1956) - 8/10 - Federico travels from Madrid to visit his friend Juan. He finds that his friend is hanging out with a group of men who are loud and obnoxious. They also like to play cruel pranks and after Federico returns home, they decide to have Juan pretend t...

:710: 569 - Ace High (1968) - 7/10 - A man named Cacopoulos escapes the noose and teams up with a pair of bounty hunters to exact his revenge on the people who set him up and put him in jail 15 years earlier. I enjoyed the parts with the two bounty hunters more than those with Cacopoulos. The film i...

:7510: 561 - Five Days, Five Nights / Cinco Dias, Cinco Noites (1996) - 7.5/10 - In the late 1940s, a political prisoner has escaped from prison and needs to leave the country. He hires a guide to lead him cross country to Spain, but isn't sure if he can trust him. He meets a few people during the j...

:710: 553 - Sunday Afternoon / Domingo à Tarde (1966) - 7/10 - A doctor reflects back on his relationship with a dying patient. The film is pretty melancholy and I didn't always care for the narration, but it was decent. :710: 554 - Acto da Primavera (1963) - 7/10 - Portuguese villagers reenact a pa...

:810: 545 - Gentleman Jim (1942) - 8/10 - Errol Flynn stars as James "Gentleman Jim" Corbett, a boxing champion from the 19th Century. Corbett is a bank clerk in San Francisco who comes from a relatively poor family, but certainly isn't shy. His forward manner helps him gain entrance to a ...

:710: 537 - The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) - 7/10 - In 1547, an Englishman travels to his brother-in-law's castle in Spain to try and find out more information about his sister's mysterious death. He is met with evasive answers in this Roger Corman gothic horror film. The movie lags at time, but it...

:6510: 533 - Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) - 6.5/10 - This documentary features interviews with Jodorowsky and many others who were involved in his Dune project. We also get a look at some of the storyboards and Jodorowsky explains his vision for the film. If the film had been made, I think it would have...

:5510: 526 - Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl (2009) - 5.5/10 - A man on a train relates his story to the stranger seated next to him. As a young man working as an accountant for his uncle, he fell in love with a young woman he spotted on a balcony across the street. He eventually gets to know...