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Before I get started on this review, I have to say “Boys, never ever wear bikini briefs, or speedos.” Of course this also means that g-strings and thongs for guys are strictly verboten. Now I understand that Jockeys, FOTL and Hanes make them, but that does not mean cool guys wear them. Nerds, dorks, “guys” struggling with their own sexuality, guys with overly inflated egos, and just plain ugly guys, wear these type of underwear. Not cool guys who want to get laid. DO NOT fall victim to your sweet side! (You know it’s in there, and so do we.) Go commando if you must - just don’t wear any of the a fore mentioned excuses for underwear.
So, now that proper underwear etiquette is out of the way, let’s move on to the movie review.
Martain Child
- September 27th, 2008
- COMMENTS 6
Martian Child is a romantic drama starring John Cusack (whom I love) as David Gordon, a recently widowed, successful science fiction writer who longs to do something meaningful with his life. What he decides that something is, is to adopt a child.
His sister, played by none other than his real life sister Joan Cusack (whom I also love) is opposed to the idea, being a mother herself, thinking he is taking on more of a task than he realizes. David, not even sure he himself thinks its a good idea, falters, but is eventually won over by the ever allusive Dennis.
I was hesitant to watch the first Hostel, thinking it may be too much like SAW which I had a real problem with. Too real. Too gross. Too twisted. I prefer my horror to be more unrealistic, less believable, so I can sleep at night. I can handle any possible nightmares of zombies and vampires and werewolves. I cannot handle nightmares of sociopaths wanting to sell my innards on the black market.
Or to kill me for the sheer joy of it. That would suck.
B-movies.
Who doesn’t love B-movies? With their D-list actors delivering solid B characters, and a cheese factor that would make any wine lover drool…. Who cares if the story line is unrealistic and downright ridiculous? I for one don’t; I enjoy the hell out of it!
Texas Chainsaw IV (cuz 3 wasn’t enough!)
- August 2nd, 2008
- COMMENTS 2
Back in 1994 a couple of no names decided to hook up with an equally no name low budget writer (Kim Henkel) who decided to make his directorial debut with yet another installment in the Chainsaw series. I might also add that this debut was his ONLY directorial effort.
Never heard of him? Neither have I. But I have heard of the two no name actors in this installment: Matthew McConaughey and Renee Zellweger. Talk about a weird combination!
Typically I am not a fan of movies that provide gore just for the sake of shock effect. Usually in these cases the gore is lamely executed or the story line is exceptionally weak.
It’s also in these cases that I find myself annoyed or disgusted, all too aware that the movie is trying to make up for an extremely poor plot by providing mass quantities of blood and innards and gore (think Cabin Fever.)
Set in the American Southwest with a romantic feel of the western days of yore, Kathryn Bigelow’s yarn of vampire angst is anything but elegant when youthful Caleb falls for a cute little chippy of the night named Mae.
The only problem is that this cowboy has never met the likes of his new girlfriends “friends” and soon he begins to think that perhaps he has “bitten” off more than he can chew….
The original Prom Night, filmed from start to finish on one whooping month, stars Jamie Lee Curtis in another role that helped earn her status of being one of Hollywood’s “scream queens.” Only in this movie, Jamie doesn’t play so much of a damsel in distress as she does a damsel who takes action.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, I’m willing to bet you’ve heard the name “Troma” - a name that is synonymous with B-film. Some might even dare to say Troma Entertainment is the king of B. Would they be right? Well - as my mother likes to say, “that’s why they have chocolate AND vanilla [...]
Rosemary’s Baby
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Rosemary’s Baby = Roman Polanski’s first American feature film, released the year of my birth (an event all in itself that would make the year go down in history) that was based on Ira Levin’s book of the same title released in 1967.
This psychological horror flick features Mia Farrow as Rosemary, who along with [...]
