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Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
There really isn’t anything to like about Dawn Wiener, the heroine (if you can call her that) of Todd Solondz’s film Welcome to the Dollhouse. She’s rude, mean, selfish and thoughtless. She’s not very...
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Bad Influence (1990)
I mean, Rob Lowe can have cookies in milk in my apartment *any time* Personally, I thought Bad Influence was a strange pick to begin with: a crime/drama/thriller starring Rob Lowe and James Spader...
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No Such Thing (2001)
The lone survivor of a terrible plane crash: lucky us! I don’t know what it is, but I absolutely cannot stand Sarah Polley. So, No Such Thing really didn’t have a prayer in my book. Things got worse...
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Primer (2004)
Every once in a while, I read some article or hear someone talking about Primer, saying it’s a must-see science fiction flick. Given its availability on Netflix instant, we of course took the bait. Who...
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LOL (2012)
We all make mistakes, and perhaps no one understands that more these days than Miley Cyrus. Lucky for me, the biggest mistake I’ve made recently is pretty venial, but horrible all the same: I watched...
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Inserts (1974)
The Boy Wonder lives a life of exasperation… Everybody likes Richard Dreyfuss, right? Heck, my dad loves the guy, and my dad doesn’t like anyone. I have always considered his role as Dr. Leo Marvin in...
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Encounters at the End of the World (2007)
Introspective scientist. In Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog takes on Antarctica. Who would have guessed Antarctica is the perfect place for an introspective German? I guess when you...
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The Last Man on Earth (1964)
What’s worse: dying from the plague, or being the only human on Earth immune to it? Tough question, right? I guess that’s why Richard Matheson’s novel I Am Legend has been filmed more than a few times....
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The Last American Virgin (1982)
Hot dates. I’m no 80′s-teen-sex-comedy connoisseur, but we all have aspirations, right? So as The Last American Virgin came highly recommended, albeit with the caveat that it’s not exactly what one...
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Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)
I can’t help but think Something Wicked This Way Comes would have been more appealing to me if folks would have kept their dirty mitts off of Ray Bradbury’s original screenplay. Unfortunately, they...
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Privilege (1967)
There was a time in my life when I worried that movies would bore me. That, eventually, I’d have read about everything and seen everything and there’d be no surprises left, ever. And what a sad day...
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Dreams of a Life (2011)
Some stories you hear are so strange and unbelievable, you just want to find out more. And, sometimes, there just isn’t more to know unless you do a little digging yourself. That’s how Carol Morley...
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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
She’s written a letter to daddy… There are a lot of movies out there these days that aim to shock and horrify, and they’ll go to drastic measures to do so. Take, for instance, Tom Six’s The Human...
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Eyes Without a Face (1960)
Writing silly blog posts about schlocky b-horror and the like isn’t a hard thing to do; such films don’t necessarily demand quality reviews. The task of writing up a legitimately “Good” movie is much...
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Mr. Arkadin (1955)
Before I start on Orson Welles’ Mr. Arkadin, I have to admit three things. First: Orson Welles never really did it for me. And let’s be fair, I only gave him one chance, all those years ago, when I...
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
When I was younger, I enjoyed Dazed and Confused just as much as the next kid. I remember excitedly watching it on cable, and when my mother asked me what it was about I said something along the lines...
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JCVD (2008)
Jean-Claude listening to his new bosses I’ve never been a huge fan of action films, so I can’t say that my knowledge of Jean-Claude Van Damme films is any good. I’ve known this for a long time, and a...
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Knightriders (1981)
Tom Savini on a bike. And now from the head-curiously-cocked department comes George A. Romero’s Knightriders, a 146-minute long film about jousting bikers, or something. Seriously, there are so many...
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Godzilla (2014)
To say I have a soft spot for Soviet propaganda films isn’t exactly accurate; I’m certainly no authority on the subject, but there is one in particular I consider to be a favorite: Ballad of a Soldier....
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Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
People tend to have strong feelings when it comes to Jim Jarmusch. He’s one of those love-him-or-hate-him guys. For me though, I guess I’ve always found myself somewhere in the middle; I loved Down by...
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