Movies....again

RECENTLY RE/WATCHED

Blood Beat  (1983)
As the Americans like to say this movie is 'batshit crazy'. Fucking strange Christmas slasher/rural horror with a sexual samurai ghost. Probably best watched under the influence of something.

There Will Be Blood (2007)
Pretty Amazing. Surprisingly compelling for such a long movie. Probably not enough jokes though. Does Daniel Day Lewis have to be slightly unhinged to be able to portray such an awful character?

Prime Cut (1972)
Mental Irish mob gangster flick. Drugs, prostitutes, meat packing and a whole lotta wrongness. Stars legends Sissy Spacek, Lee Marvin and Gene Hackman. Look out for crazy chase scene involving a homicidal maniac on a grain harvester, wow!

Race With The Devil (1975)
Mid 70s American classic of Satanic rural horror/action. Peter Fonda, Warren Oates & Loretta Swit star in this genre hybrid. Camping, car chases, boozing and a chilling ending. How could you go wrong?

Atlantic City (1980)
Neo-noir crime/romance. Burt Lancaster and Susan Sarandon star. Directed by French bloke Louis Malle. Really good little story. One of the best movies of the 80s which is really a 70s film innit?

Jurassic Park (1993)
Bad script, horrible music and cheesy acting nearly destroy this movie but it's saved just by the horrifying nail-bitting action. Oh...It's got Dinosaurs.

Freebie & The Bean (1974)
Pioneering buddy cop action car crash extravaganza comedy movie set in the always scenic San Fransisco. James Caan and Alan Arkin are the two bantering dickhead cops while Loretta Swit and Valerie Harper play their girlfriends. Some of the most iconic 70s car chases, shoot outs and er...racist dialogue, hey it was 1974.

Lost In America (1985)
Albert Brooks comedy co-written with Monica Johnson. A yuppie (ha I got to use the word yuppie) married couple played by Brooks and Julie Hagerty quit the rat race to travel America in a motor home. Guess what? Things don't turn out so good. You would have to think that one Larry David was a big fan of Brooks.

Death Wish 2 (1982)
Can't say much about this except that it makes the first one look like a masterpiece. I must have fallen asleep in it as I don't know what happened in the end. Apparently Death Wish III is  highly rated by the VHS nerds but I don't think I can go any further.

Paris Is Burning (1990)
Fascinating doco that chronicles the ultra underground drag and transvestite scene in mid/late 80s New York. This is quite a time capsule that explores the intricate social detail of drag balls as well as AIDS, poverty, prostitution, voguing, race and murder.

Into The Night (1985)
Like a companion piece to After Hours & Something Wild only not quite as good as those two. Directed by John Landis and starring Jeff Goldblum & Michelle Pfeiffer. Oh so quirky like only 80s so called comedies can be. Worth watching though for David Bowie in menacing supporting role. Never saw this in the 80s.

Party Monster (1998)
Doco about a bunch of degenerate (not in a good way) fuckwit empty vessels with no talent called the 'party kids'. If this wasn't real you'd swear it was a mockumentary written by Bret Easton Ellis.

10 To Midnight (1983)
Stop the presses! I liked a Charles Bronson movie. To elevate a police procedural movie above the standard tv fare they have added more blood, boobs and bent cops. How entertainment. Excellent electronic score too. The sort of thing you'd wish would be on telly in the middle of the night when you can't sleep instead of reruns of fucking Walker Texas Ranger.

The Devil's Honey (1986)
Unforgettable opening sex scene involving a saxophone, followed by an unforgettable sex scene with lipstick then one on a motorbike. Lucio Fulci's unknown 1986 film surprised everyone last year when it got a blu-ray release. Funny how some people (podcasters) say 'I'm a big Fulci fan' yet many were not even aware of this film. Do you reckon 'a big Bob Dylan fan' isn't aware of every recording he did in 1986?

NEVER SEEN
Texas Chainsaw Massacre II & III
Poltergeist II & III
Exorcist II & III 

PODCASTERS/CRITICS/COMMENTATORS I CAN'T STAND
(ie. Why does film criticism attract such wankers and try hards?)
Mark Kermode
Nick Pinkerton
Violet ??? from film comment