Month: March 2006
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Heartbreak Ridge
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Read more: Heartbreak RidgeThe Marines: Fight. Kill. Chug Cock
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Derailed (2005)
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Read more: Derailed (2005)Whenever I hear that Hollywood is hopelessly liberal, I cite reactionary claptrap like Derailed…
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Held Up
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Read more: Held Up“North Butt”
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The Devil’s Rain (1975)
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Read more: The Devil’s Rain (1975)A very young Tom Skerrit, a jacked-up muscle-car driving Keenen Wynn and the high priest of the Church of Satan–Anton LaVey–are all present.
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Die Another Day (2002)
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Read more: Die Another Day (2002)My final complaint is Madonna. To make matters worse, she’s in this movie.
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Dirty Pretty Things
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Read more: Dirty Pretty ThingsDirty Pretty Things, the new film from director Stephen Frears, is, in fact, the best film I have seen so far this year.
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Hidden Fortress (Kakushi-toride no san-akunin)
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Read more: Hidden Fortress (Kakushi-toride no san-akunin)We see the emotions and behavior of individuals–courage, fear, rage–but the flow and outcome of the combat are mechanical.
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Highway 61 (1991)
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Read more: Highway 61 (1991)In fact, the movie is actually quite influential, which I’ll get into in a bit, and it has some fantastic scenes.
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A History of Violence (2005)
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Read more: A History of Violence (2005)David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence is undoubtedly the most wildly overpraised film of the year.
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Hollywood Ending (2002)
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Read more: Hollywood Ending (2002)Perhaps his better days are behind him, and perhaps he no longer has the courage to make a straight drama…