STAR TREK IX: INSURRECTION – I liked the story here, with Data gone rogue right off the start. Again, it’s basically just a double length episode and could have played just as well on TV. There’s nothing special here, and it’s still not really a stand-alone film; there’s still a lot of issues with the [...]
Read more →ELIZABETH & ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE – Great acting on a strong pair of scripts. LE VENDEUR – For a man who is, professionally, everyone’s friend, Marcel Lévesque (Sicotte) is an extremely lonely man, but he doesn’t have the slightest idea what he’s missing. He lives for his job, and for those small moments with [...]
Read more →MARCAGES – A struggling family-owned dairy farm is having problems, and why not blame it all on the son? He always seemed to be around when bad things happened… Part coming-of-age film, part dysfunctional family, part seething hatred. The director wasn’t able to be in attendance, but he seemed certain, based on a statement that [...]
Read more →DAYBREAKERS – Interesting approach to vampires, and it explores how unsustainable a world full of vampires would be. They’re running out of blood, and the vampires are starting to change into base, unthinking creatures. Vampirism in this world was caused by some sort of plague that came from a bat, and in ten years, they’ve [...]
Read more →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 the over 40 hours of airport and flight time we had during our travels. Thankfully, Cathay Pacific had [...]
Read more →FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS – “We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold.” With those words, begins a two hour film hallucination. I forgot how seriously messed up this film is; not just for depicting the fucked up adventures of Duke and Gonzo. [...]
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