BUCKET OF BLOOD – Stupid hipster jazz fans and spoken word poets love anything non-artistic that’s called art; lucky for abused busboy Walter Paisley who mashes corpses into clay and joins the elite artistic pretenders for just a little while. THE ARTIST – Two films about unappreciated artists today; though I much prefer George Valentin [...]
Read more →SOLARIS (2002) – The central story changes significantly from the Russian version to this one. While cutting about an hour from the run time, it doesn’t make the film any better. While there’s less brooding, I found there was much less connection with the characters. LAST WOMAN ON EARTH – Interesting end of the world [...]
Read more →THE INNKEEPERS – The plot itself is basically a throwaway, but lead actors Sara Paxton and Pat Healy work really nicely off each other. There are a number of problems with the script; the ghost-hunter angle gets the most basic ideas so wrong that this film is likely not going to be well-received among the [...]
Read more →WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE – Incredibly absurd film from 1960s Czechoslovakia sees Jessie, a buxom blonde scientist pulled off the comic pages and into the real world. Her comic book foes; a cowboy and a low rent caped superhero follow as well. It’s a farce dealing quite literally with adult wish fulfillment and some [...]
Read more →VIDEODROME – Come up to Toronto and James Woods will show you some torture porn and then pierce your ears. Watch out for his Six Pack Dentata. Emissions from the Cathode Ray Tube setup in a mission to help cure the homeless… and perhaps carry something more sinister. I’m more than a little surprised to [...]
Read more →TEENS IN SPACE – They arrive on the distant planet, and head down to see who had sent the signal that was received on Earth. What do they find? pinheaded disco aliens in bell-bottoms. These disco creatures are capitalist robots; actual robots, seeking self-centered bliss without any personal reponsibility! During one of the rescue missions, [...]
Read more →MARGIN CALL – With Kevin Spacey managing a team of traders, MARGIN CALL feels something like a modern day retelling of GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS salesmen… There may be more blame laid on the top levels of the firm in MARGIN CALL, but the same smell of desperation is on all the characters – even the [...]
Read more →LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS – This version feels like a goofy stage play, where the 1980s version felt maybe a bit less erratic. Still, I think this version is more in keeping with the general plot. Silly film, but an odd script and decent acting make it a fun show. Det. Sgt .Joe Fink: How’s [...]
Read more →THE HELP – I think the tagline shown on the altered poster (below) may be more correct; “White people solve racism. You’re welcome, black people.” There’s nothing really wrong here, but this is a film that seems made for The Oscars. It has simple characters and simple solutions. – found in the story “If 2012′s [...]
Read more →I have apparently been added to some email list in Rogers Communications, likely because some customer gave them the wrong email address, and it’s ending up sending their crap to me. Clicking on the “unsubscribe” link in the email takes me to what Rogers considers an adequate form for unsubscribing. Note the required fields for [...]
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