It’s not really in my (to paraphrase) “lying, yellow, no-good keister” nature to withhold The Special Edition from pumping your guts full of lead. Although it does happen. Unfortunately, due to my day (and now night and soon-to-be weekend) job foisting its necessary (and joyous) wonders upon my neophyte cellulite, this week you’ll get no … Continue reading
Honestly, man, I can’t afford the ticket. Suffragette City I make no bones about my veritable dislike of Brett Ratner’s X-Men: The Last Stand (read Devin’s so-so review), particularly because it’s moderately maddening. Evidentially, he’s a charming guy, but I’d rather not jump onto the “Hackner” train, since I’ll cop to enjoying a film or … Continue reading
Here we go. A while back, my friend and I used to play around in a giant factory, jumping into a rousing game of tag, throwing fists at one another, being generally belligerent. That was, until I threw him into a vat of Toxic Waste. When he returned, scared, intelligible, and completely mental, he did … Continue reading
Welcome back. You’re all just a bunch of hooligans, anyway. Misanthropes It’s irresponsible to not sink your cinematic houndstooth into The Proposition (read Russ’ Toronto Coverage) – a western fable scripted by Nick Cave. From the bravura opening to the play on modernity wrought forth by Cave’s westernization of Cain & Able, The Proposition is … Continue reading
As Amazon.com starts the future with their digital downloading service (and Apple too), I guess the future of movies continues in a question mark. I’m all for watching movies on your computer. I sat hunched over it through college before I purchased my television. Those were fun times, filled with discovery. Now, ipods I’m not … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Universal StudiosMSRP: $12.73RATED: PGRUNNING TIME: 100 mins.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Goose EggThe Pitches “It’s for kids. And padding our obscenely large bank accounts.”“It’s also like Videodrome, but without David Cronenberg.” The Humans Fred (“that dude from TV”) Savage. Jenny (“that girl from Rilo Kiley who I saw in the bank once”) … Continue reading
Well, we all have to return to work tomorrow. In the meantime, check out what you can pick up afterwards. Like A Good Neighbor Much is made of Akira Kurosawa’s towering masterpiece Shichinin no samurai, aka Seven Samurai. It’s been said that a DVD collection isn’t fully complete without it (check), it’s been called one … Continue reading
This week comes flying at you in multiple shapes, colors, and sizes. Including some very special ones. Proudfeet! Everyone loves the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but I don’t give it slobbery kisses before going to sleep with it at night. An ass pinch, maybe. I do appreciate Peter Jackson’s films (Two Towers being my … Continue reading
Let’s ease back into things. Let’s do it with the lights turned low. Medication will clear that up Like the dirtiest little whorehouse in all of Texas, Poseidon (read Devin’s negative review) is filled with cheap thrills and no redeeming social values. Masquerading as an overblown epic, Wolfgang Petersen’s film manages to be incessantly ringing … Continue reading
What’s the general rule of thumb? Grab them all in the first couple of minutes? I can’t seem to recall in my present stupor, but maybe I can keep everything cool with my fashionably flashy articles. Jimmy’s Hat It’d odd to see Spike Lee dive right into conventional genre filmmaking, but he does so brimming … Continue reading