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Twistin 13th Nov 2022		Cinema Sex And Romance (1951) (1951)	Yeah, I use that sometimes too...the clipboard is my friend! My video player of choice is MPC-BE (Media Player Classic: Black Edition), which is the most versatile I have found on the PC (after bailing on VLC...) Capturing screens is easy, but with discs from those three aforementioned studios, the OS will recognize the disc, but when trying to launch them in the player, that process gets (intentionally) bypassed and nothing happens. Probably a simple line of forbid code...which is probably what AnyDVD is able to disable before it executes.
Twistin 12th Nov 2022		Cinema Sex And Romance (1951) (1951)	Thanks for the tip. I used that app many years ago, and it performed very well. Following that link, the site displayed a USA flag in the upper-right corner, yet only listed prices in Euros. But I can tell it is indeed pricey. Most movies have allowed me to cap screens, but nothing from Kino Lorber, Mill Creek or Echo Bridge. On titles from those labels, I can often manage to get title screens anyway, but sometimes not.
Twistin 11th Nov 2022		Cinema Sex And Romance (1951) (1951)	Thank you, Quad5point1. That title screen is a lot cleaner than the one I have on Blu-ray (apparently the disc is locked from loading on a PC, so I was unable to capture it, as well) Cheers, my friend!
Twistin 9th Nov 2022		Cinema Sex And Romance (1951) (1951)	If someone wants to grab the title screen from this YT video and add it to this page, please do...I cannot get Google to allow me into my YouTube account, and recovering that account is more trouble than it's worth.
Twistin 6th Nov 2022		Cinema Sex And Romance (1951) (1951)	[YouTube Video]
Twistin 5th Nov 2022		Cinema The Legend Of Dog Lady Island (Werewolf Island) (2020) (2020)	The only trace of a werewolf in this film is on this title screen. I understand why they dumped the dreadful original title, but why not Zombie Island? Or Chainsaw Island? Or Lucifer Island?
Twistin 20th Sep 2022		Cinema The Stupids (1996) (1996)	Sadly, I'm guessing a renewal of interest in the film is remote, and may NEVER happen. There's no explaining the general public's uncultured palate. :-)
Twistin 19th Sep 2022		Cinema The Stupids (1996) (1996)	Interesting. I searched Blu-ray.com's thorough database and while in USA mode, I found three vendors offering it streaming in HD (!), others in SD, plus two DVDs still in print. But after changing my search flag to UK, I went to the film's overview page and found no link to "Releases" like was on the USA page. So it seems to be unavailable in the UK. Hmm, it must have done bad business there and Warner didn't bother. (Of course, it did bad business here, as well!) Good time to have a region-free player? It will probably never get a 4k release, but I sure wish they'd use those HD masters to at least offer a Blu-ray while physical media is still hanging on. Warner rarely licenses their titles to boutique labels, which would be this film's best bet.
Twistin 18th Aug 2022		Cinema Nope (2022) (2022)	The "new master of horror"?!? For one film? Which, IMHO, was a screed in wolf's clothing. And it's why I wouldn't see this even if you paid me.
Twistin 19th Jun 2022		Cinema Crack In The Mirror (1960) (1960)	Surely this is not any kind of title screen -- certainly not for a 20th Century Fox major release. Or is this just an image file knocked-up in some Photoshop variant that has no bearing on the film itself?
Twistin 6th May 2022		Cinema Beware: Children At Play (1989) (1989)	I agree with all of those choices, Alex, except "The Children", (which I saw in the theatre and again later on home video, expecting to like it better the second time around), but it was just amateur-hour for me, my fresh view a rubber stamp of my first impression. "Mikey" was great, I thought, as well as the noted damned films. Another worthwhile effort, of course, is The Brood. I would also recommend, Bloody Birthday, which is from 1981 (and wearing a lot of that year's stylistic affectations), but it's not contrived and features some nice, creepy performances. Also. the cult classic, Devil Times Five is a low-budget, exploitation treat. Then there's the 2006 kid-zombie film, Wicked Little Things, which I have yet to see.
Twistin 22nd Apr 2022		Cinema Hotel (2001)	I agree, what a waste of some talented people on this Dogme 95 experimental rubbish. Apparently it was mostly improvised, as well. I'd have hated to be the one funding this mess.
Twistin 19th Apr 2022		Cinema Naked Moonshine (1964) (1964)	An early take on the "three girls and a cup" sensation of the 2000s?
Twistin 30th Sep 2021		Cinema Jubilee (1978) (1978)	Regarding bad punk films, I think Suburbia also missed the mark. Times Square is so highly praised and it was, IMO, the worst of the lot with not a convincing moment in the entire film. Never heard of Jubilee until now, but I want to see it, warts and all.
Twistin 24th Sep 2021		Cinema That'll Be The Day (1973) (1973)	Yeah, that full date is added for this film, but for some reason, the site chooses to only display the year. Maybe it's only there for sorting on filmographies or something, but having to click "Add Missing Info" to see the full date always struck me as odd.
Twistin 22nd Sep 2021		Cinema C'mon, Let's Live A Little (1967) (1967)	Many studios do that and it still happens (I have many a DVD with a copyright date for the DVD itself listed on back, yet it was released early the following year.) That is because they copyright their product well before its actual release date. Usually only happens within the window of end-of-year > early-in-year, although sometimes a film will get shelved for various reasons and released later. (ie, "Billy Jack" was a completed product by 1969, yet never hit the screens until 1971 because it was being passed back and forth between American International, 20th Century Fox, and ultimately, Warner Brothers...no date is seen in the actual film.) The copyright date is actually NOT intended for the first publication, it is for the date the copyright is issued. Otherwise, that intellectual property would not be protected until it's release date. That would be a field day for data thieves.
Twistin 21st Sep 2021		Cinema C'mon, Let's Live A Little (1967) (1967)	You're confusing the copyright date, which is what you see in the film (1966), with the release date, which is what determines the date of a film, its first public exhibition. That was (according to IMDb) March 3, 1967. Unless you have information contradicting that date, it should stand as a 1967 release date. Thanks for the Internet Archive tip, btw!
Twistin 25th Jun 2021		Cinema Pink Flamingos (1972) (1972)	Yes, Criterion has issued so many Waters films, but are missing the most famous one. (And where the hell is "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid"!!!) In time, it surely will happen.
Twistin 3rd May 2021		Cinema People I Know (2002) (2002)	LOL! Yep. Southern accents from Hollywouldn't are almost always wrong, they never reference any Southern tongue except for New Orleans (and even then, only the most overstated extreme.) If it's a cheap TV movie or something, I just roll my eyes, but when the major leaguers go there, I have to call them out. Of course the majority of the critics praised Pacino's performance; I must assume they've never been around a real bona fide Southern person before, either. One review I read stated that the character's accent was a mix of Southern, homosexual and New York. Is there a homosexual accent? And yes, all the examples you noted are one-size-fits-all token accents from an industry that doesn't get out much. ;-)
Twistin 9th Apr 2021		Cinema The Scorpion King 2: Rise Of A Warrior (2008) (2008)	I added the correct title to the DVD as an additional title, so it's here now.
Twistin 8th Apr 2021		Cinema The Scorpion King 2: Rise Of A Warrior (2008) (2008)	Title screen is more reliable than IMDb.
Twistin 5th Apr 2021		Cinema On The Waterfront (1954) (1954)	I'm not a moderator, I submitted a correction stating that I uploaded the upgrade. In fact, I often see upgrades posted by other users which haven't been switched up (including from you) which I then submit corrections for so that they can flip the images because mods don't typically see them unless that is done. I believe they hide the replaced item to avoid that confusion, yet still keep it here rather than deleting it (unless it's replacing a poor quality image.)
Twistin 5th Apr 2021		Cinema On The Waterfront (1954) (1954)	Is it important that the original image uploader know that an upgrade has been added? This was simply an upgrade, just as happens when a trailer title is replaced with the proper title screen. The description need only state what the image is, noting it is an upgrade in the description is meaningless to most users. The fact that it is Blu-ray is only relevant in that the source was higher resolution and thus, clearer (and the slight black bars on the sides are not present in the upgrade). Look, I didn't know that submitting an upgrade was going to be such a source of consternation with the original uploader. I don't understand the possessive attitude about a submitted title screen. I am only trying to share the best source image I can -- not to compete with and one-up any user. In the future, I'll not touch any of your contributions. Who knew an added a title screen could become such a sore spot. All the drama online, I'm spent.
Twistin 4th Apr 2021		Cinema On The Waterfront (1954) (1954)	This title screen is in the theatrical 1.66:1 widescreen (from the Criterion Blu-ray); the previous screen was 1.25:1 (almost 4:3).
Twistin 4th Apr 2021		Cinema Treasure Island (1999)	I realize that, but again, it's not a British production, it's a Canada / UK co-production. It appears to be top-heavy on the Canadian side and since the (North American) DVD and Blu-ray releases frame it at 1.85:1, it seems unlikely that they change that from region to region. I have seen no indication online of this film identified with that aspect ratio. The UK DVD release from ILC Group... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Treasure-Island-DVD-Jack-Palance/dp/B00004T8VM ...says it is "full screen", which means 1.33:1. IMDb doesn't even show a UK release date, so it's possible it never had a theatrical release there. This is just speculation based on what I have found online, but the crumbs do seem to lead in one direction over the other.
Twistin 3rd Apr 2021		Cinema Treasure Island (1999)	Well, it's actually a Canada / UK production. And on this page: https://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Treasure-Island-DVD/136406/ the DVD release is listed as theatrical 1.85:1, DVD 1.78:1 -- a common extension from theatrical aspect ratio to 16:9 home video widescreen (each cropped from 1.33:1 camera A/R.) Likewise for the Blu-ray: https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Treasure-Island-Blu-ray/49350/ Both A/R's used the same 1.33:1 print and an aperture plate on the projector to crop the image (except on hard-matted prints). Anyway, given the theatrical release dates and the fact that two of the three lead cast (and the director) are North American, it seems the primary target audience was North America and an appropriately adapted A/R would have been the default standard.
Twistin 3rd Apr 2021		Cinema Treasure Island (1999)	Almost certainly it was shot in 1.33:1 (4:3) and was masked to 1.85:1 in its theatrical run. A lot of films shot and projected that way were released on home video in 4:3, but if you look at the opening credits, they avoid the top and bottom areas so that when masked, the text is not affected. I watched the first five minutes of this film with the top & bottom area cropped to 16:9 and it seems clear that the film was composed for a 1.85:1 display (or possibly, but less likely, 1.66:1 which most North American theaters were not setup to display properly.)
Twistin 31st Mar 2021		Cinema Cool It (2010) (2010)	Please use IMDb for release date info (on the Release Date page, not the film's main page.)
Twistin 25th Mar 2021		Cinema Devil's Angels (1967) (1967)	"The Checkered Flag", which refers to the flag signifying the end of a car race, has nothing to do with the story in this (or any other biker film I am aware of.) Wikipedia is the only source that claims such an aka and even on that very Wikipedia page, it states (at the top): "This article needs additional citations for verification [...]" None of the three sources on that page suggest any alternate title, and none of those contain links for verification. After countless Google searches, not one reliable site could confirm that aka, almost all being verbatim copy & paste of the text on Wikipedia ("Devil's Angels (also known as The Checkered Flag) is a 1967 American outlaw biker film written by Charles B. Griffith and directed by Daniel Haller.") Hence, that is merely an unsourced error. Furthermore, the Note above which states, "A follow up to "The Wild Angels" is also incorrect, or at the very least, misleading since it suggest "Devil's Angels" (the film) as a follow-up to "The Wild Angels" (film). It was American International Pictures' followup to the biker genre, which is not even noteworthy. Again, the culprit here seems to be rooted in Wikipedia on their page for "The Wild Angels", although it seems more clear there than it is presented on this page. Wikipedia is not the best source for "details" like these, especially if these cannot be verified elsewhere (save sites that harvest data from Wikipedia itself.) :
Twistin 24th Mar 2021		Cinema Devil's Angels (1967) (1967)	"The Checkered Flag"? Where is this listed as an aka for this film?

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