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THE MOVIE MADHOUSE!
LONDON'S ALTERNATIVE TO BLOCKBUSTER
Hi Everyone! Yes my page is dedicated to movies on video & dvd. It has been an ever increasing passion since 1987, after I decided to collect my favourite Vincent Price movies. I haven't done a recent count, but I expect my collection would put an average Blockbuster to shame - but I don't rent them out (I don't believe in "worn edges")!!COLLECTOR MANIAC
I always have to be collecting something! Between 1985 and 1997 it was Matchbox Superfast miniatures (and again since 2004, I have now become very passionate about this superb series of vehicles once more), between 1979 and 1990 British Commemorative stamps...but from 1987 feature films on video have gradually taken command. I started with classic horror, but soon I expanded to encompass many genres, though I have very few Westerns or Musicals. Since 1997 my collection has doubled with my inclusion of U.S. releases, as England lags way behind in range (though with dvd it's fast catching up!). Other than Vincent Price (my favourite), my other favourite actors are James Mason (the best British actor ever and highly underrated), Paul Newman (the best U.S. actor, who will be very sadly missed) and Sean Connery (the best living British actor), I believe I have every film ever released on video for these four actors! (If you have something really rare you think I may not have, let me know, so I can track one down!!). Also Peter Cushing & Christopher Lee, Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone (four of the five true terror kings along with Vincent Price), Gene Hackman (with the passing of Paul Newman, Gene Hackman becomes the best living U.S. actor, though what a disaster he's retired), Henry Fonda, Charlton Heston, Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Cary Grant, Jack Lemmon, the never less than entertaining James Coburn, the superb Lee Remick, excellent Diana Rigg, and the totally hysterical Margaret Rutherford, though I enjoy the performances of certain modern actors too (particularly Ryan Phillippe, also Colin Farrell, always underrated Tom Cruise, stunningly beautiful Charlize Theron and the truly exceptional & elegant Nicole Kidman). I also enjoy the original "Star Trek" and "Twilight Zone" series. My favourite films, all of which I have reviewed on Amazon, are "Theatre Of Blood" 1973, Vincent Price in scintillating form; "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" 1963, Ethel Merman does an incredible job to steal her scenes from an exceptional on-form cast; "North By Northwest" 1959, the ultimate Hitchcock, where was his Oscar?; "Twelve Angry Men" 1957, an all-round combination of acting, writing and directing brilliance; "The Last Of Sheila" 1973, so entertaining and James Mason is so well utilized. I compete with my brother Paul (and bid on e-Bay on his behalf!!), who also has a large collection, his top actors being William Shatner and Gregory Peck. I am also interested in photography, and in the U.S., where I've been nine times. I particularly love Central Park, and Manhatten in general, and seriously considered moving there in 1998 and again in 2000-but its not easy!  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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