The Lovely Bones sucks, made all the worse by HEAVENLY CREATURES (1994)
Dir. Peter Jackson
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 1/19/10, 7:00pm
When I first saw the travesty that is The Lovely Bones, my reaction was one of confusion. Why on Earth did someone as respected as Peter Jackson feel compelled to make this movie? The story is lame, idiotic, and barely worthy of anyone but a lowly schlock-meister. [...]
Late Night Double Post: PAURA NELLA CITTÀ DEI MORTI VIVENTI (1980) and POOR PRETTY EDDIE (1975)
Paura nella città dei morti viventi – Dir. Lucio Fulci
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 1/5/10, 9:45pm
This Italian splatter film was pretty all over the place. The story is about a gate of hell that has been opened by the suicide of a priest. The only way to close it, and to stop the dead from [...]
Herzog is two for two with MY SON, MY SON, WHAT HAVE YE DONE (2009)
Dir. Werner Herzog
IFC Center (New York, NY), 12/20/09, 5:45pm
I went into this film pretty blind and I was so pleased. This is a magnificent film, and Herzog, after his magnificent The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans, is certainly on fire. Both pictures of his double-whammy are in the top films [...]
