I'm sure anyone who would be visiting this site is familiar with the story of Diablo Cody: the stripper/phone sex operator who became a screenwriting wunderkind who won an Oscar her first time out the gate with "Juno". She has a writing style full of witty catchphrases that can be mildly amusing at best and mildly irritating at worst. Her dialogue doesn't at all reflect the way … [Read more...] about Jennifer’s Body
Sorority Row
Damn. For me there is nothing better than going into a film you have low-to-no expectations for, then being pleasantly surprised when you actually like it. My expectations for "Sorority Row" were less than low. The previews for it had my lame-o-meter ringing off the charts, and the whole thing just looked like another shitty post-modern teen hack 'n slash flick. From what I … [Read more...] about Sorority Row
Surveillance
Just to get this out of the way, David Lynch is my favorite filmmaker on the planet. He makes dark, challenging, elliptical films that demand multiple viewings. In an industry full of wanna be auteurs, he is one of the few true artists working in film today. That stated, I was in no hurry to see "Surveillance", the new film directed by his daughter, Jennifer Chambers Lynch. … [Read more...] about Surveillance
JCVD
Sometimes life can surprise you. Sometimes you think you have it all figured out, then life throws you a curve ball and forces you to rethink your entire belief system. Let's take Jean-Claude Van Damme for example. I thought I had him figured out; shitty actor, washed up martial arts star. Before I saw "JCVD", that basically summed up my feelings of the man. But, "JCVD" turned … [Read more...] about JCVD
Halloween II
I'm one of the few (closeted) horror fanboys out there who didn't hate Rob Zombie's gritty, grimy, foul mouthed remake of John Carpenter's classic "Halloween". I didn't love it, but I actually thought the first half of the movie, that showed Michael Myer's messed up childhood, was pretty strong. However, in the second half, where it basically became a summarized version of … [Read more...] about Halloween II