Mind Control Double Feature #30: Typecast
Today is Valentine’s Day and what could be more romantic than being pigeonholed? Now that I’ve written that sentence, I feel the need to clarify: ‘being pigeonholed’ isn’t, to my […]
Sightseers: The English Countryside, Romance, A Few Murders, And The World’s Biggest Pencil
Sightseers is the pleasant tale of a couple, Tina and Chris (Alice Lowe and Steve Oram, also the movie’s writers), who embark on a weeklong, romantic roadtrip across the English […]
The First Third of the Legend of Kaspar Hauser
I walked out of a film last night. The last time I did that was 1994. According to festival reviewers (SF Indie Fest and others), The Legend of Kaspar Hauser combines the […]
John Dies at the End and That’s Just the Beginning
Right now there is a completely avoidable tragedy afflicting untold millions of Americans. They do not have the chance to see Don Coscarelli’s John Dies at the End in a proper […]
Pootie Tang: Worst Movie Ever, Or Stealth Work Of Genius?
Pootie Tang (’01), written and directed by then mostly unknown and now hugely beloved and respected Louis C.K., was widely ignored and/or despised when it came out. Here’s a sampling […]
Animal House: The Good, The Bad, and the Otter
Do you know who is really funny? John Landis, that’s who. I was lucky enough to watch Animal House—Landis’ first studio film—last night with the man himself in attendance. (Thank […]
Mind Control Double Feature #29: Post-Apocalyptic Tragedy And Comedy
The future. We’re all going to be living in it any moment now. And we know exactly what to expect of it. No, not hover cars, teleportation, sleek rocketships, Moon […]
A New Monty Python (Sort Of) Movie On The Horizon
News of hope for the future: there’s a new Monty Pythonesque movie in the works, or so says Variety. With a script by Terry Jones that he’s been kicking around […]
Whatever’s On: In Like Flint
Today, my friends, was a rough day. The Hound of Evil hurt her foot and so I had to take her to the vet. The vet installed her with a […]
The Best 3-D Movie You Haven’t Seen
I am not at all fond of 3-D movies. They don’t look more “real” to me. They don’t make me feel like I’m more immersed in the action. They tire […]
Mind Control Double Feature #28: Get Out Of the House!
I know; it’s easy to get trapped on the couch. You’ve got your blanky, and the dog curled up beside you, and your giant television playing a non-stop A-Team marathon. In […]
Shallow Thoughts On The Top Grossing Movies of 2012
January is Hollywood’s morgue. They wheel in the corpses of movies they wish they’d never made, bloated and bleeding, limbs missing, faces unrecognizable, and hope nobody notices the stink. […]
The 5 Most Insane Actor/Director Disasters
Some things cannot be contained. Frequently, this is hilarious. I’m talking about the ego of the shameless actor/director. You know who I mean. The guy (and yes, it’s usually a […]
The Side Effects of Steven Soderbergh
This week I was lucky enough to catch an early screening of Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, Side Effects. As regular readers will know, I’m a big fan of his. But going […]