Three and Out (459/263)
THREE AND OUT – Along the same lines as the old urban legend in DEAD MAN ON CAMPUS; trying to find someone who’s suicidal to help you out in a sort of ‘you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours’ sort of...
View ArticleThe Garden (472/274)
THE GARDEN – South Central Los Angeles had a huge, 14 acre community garden on city-owned property. Residents formed a real community, working this land, and they helped to heal the neighbourhood in...
View ArticleSaw V, Saw VI (479/278)
SAW V – The press conference by the police, and all the other scenes in the station just scream “MADE FOR TV MOVIE!” It’s like they used up the production budget on all the elaborate traps, set...
View ArticleChinese movie update (509/298)
During our trip to China (October 12-24) I didn’t really track the when and where of each of these films; many were on the flights, some were during hotel downtime. Most of these 22 films were during...
View ArticleThe Lost Boys 2 – The Tribe (592/346)
THE LOST BOYS 2 – THE TRIBE – It seems that they opted to spend their budget on blood effects and sound track rather than waste it on anything passing for a script. There’s a frat boy element to these...
View ArticleSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Halloween 2, Halloween 3, The Echo (602/351)
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS – 7.8, IMDB? Really? I do believe that I watched a different movie entirely. It was entertaining AND boring all at the same time, which is something of a feat. There...
View ArticleThe Children, Spiderhole, Silent Night Deadly Night, Gremlins, Stripes (626/360)
THE CHILDREN – This little family get together includes talk of viruses, traditional Chinese medicine, and home schooling. The hippies talk about “building kids immunity in a natural way instead of all...
View ArticleFutureworld, Death Wish, Lethal Weapon 2, Forgetting Sarah Marshall (18/8)
FUTUREWORLD – This sequel to WESTWORLD moves from seemingly mindless virus infestation of the resort’s mechanical creations and on to a TERMINATOR-style Skynet attack on the human race by machines....
View ArticleArt & Copy, Pineapple Express, Stalker, Moneyball (45/21)
ART & COPY – This almost makes me think that advertising has a higher purpose. I almost leave this documentary wishing there was more advertising that tell such true and honest stories about the...
View ArticleHurt Locker (98/47)
HURT LOCKER – I found this a bit less impressive than I’d expected, given the Oscars it won. Over-rated, with characters that just don’t mean anything; to each other or the viewer.
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