CARNAGE – Penelope (Foster) and Nancy (Winslet) go through some pretty impressive range in this film, from restrained politeness to raging. I don’t see nearly as much change in Michael (Reilly) and Alan (Waltz), though. Maybe they don’t feel the need to bottle their emotions and reactions in daily life as much as their wives [...]
Read more →HOPSCOTCH – Miles Kendig (Matthau) decides that he’s had enough of the political bullshit from his clueless CIA minders. Rather than passively accept an assignment to a desk in the basement file room, Kendig has a more interesting idea – he’s going to write a book, and threaten to publish it. Naming names, he sends [...]
Read more →INTERPLANETARY (Netflix) – This film isn’t really clear on what it wants to be. It could be a satire about overly bureaucratic organizations or a science-fiction monster movie. I enjoy low budget films, but not when they’re boring. AAAH! ZOMBIES!! (WASTED AWAY) (Netflix) – Another extremely low budget zombie movie where the zombie epidemic is [...]
Read more →Today I complete TWO trilogies in one day. The question is, what trilogy should I work on next? I might have to import the DVDs of LORD OF THE RINGS or maybe The MATRIX films don’t suck as much the second time around? I’m sure that’s unlikely… THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET’S NEST (Carlton) [...]
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