29 April 2009
Five Word Film Review: A Tale Of Two Sisters (Janghwa, Hongryeon)
Effectively creepy but confusingly executed.
28 April 2009
Ridiculous And Bizarre Death Scenes
Ridiculous and/or bizarre deaths in horror films (SPOILERS within):
• Psychotic camp counsellor Angela Baker (Pamela Springsteen) killed Ally Burgess (Valerie Hartman) by drowning her in an outhouse full of leeches (among other things) in Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers.
• Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) decapitated a man with just one punch in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.
• Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) replaced Debbie Stevens’ (Brooke Theiss) arms with insect feelers and chased her into a roach motel, she then turned into a giant cockroach and was squashed by Freddy in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.
• A demonically possessed industrial laundry press, fuelled by the blood of virgins, killed workers at the Blue Ribbon Laundry in The Mangler.
• Mary Brady (Alice Krige) killed a police officer by stabbing him in the back with a baked corn on the cob in Sleepwalkers.
• Psychotic camp counsellor Angela Baker (Pamela Springsteen) killed Ally Burgess (Valerie Hartman) by drowning her in an outhouse full of leeches (among other things) in Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers.
• Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder) decapitated a man with just one punch in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.
• Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) replaced Debbie Stevens’ (Brooke Theiss) arms with insect feelers and chased her into a roach motel, she then turned into a giant cockroach and was squashed by Freddy in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master.
• A demonically possessed industrial laundry press, fuelled by the blood of virgins, killed workers at the Blue Ribbon Laundry in The Mangler.
• Mary Brady (Alice Krige) killed a police officer by stabbing him in the back with a baked corn on the cob in Sleepwalkers.
27 April 2009
19 April 2009
15 April 2009
A Different Kind Of Love Story
Unconventional films about love:
Secretary is about an emotionally unstable young woman named Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who is employed by E. Edward Grey (James Spader), an eccentric lawyer who Lee falls in love with after they mix work with pleasure by engaging in an S&M relationship.
Twin Falls Idaho follows the relationship that develops between conjoined twins Blake and Francis Falls (Mark and Michael Polish) and a prostitute named Penny (Michele Hicks), who is hired by Francis as a gift for his brother on their birthday.
Kissed is about a necrophiliac named Sandra Larson (Molly Parker) who begins working at a funeral home. Sandra has always been fascinated by death and feels by touching the dead she is helping them spiritually. When she meets Matt (Peter Outerbridge), he develops feelings for her only to discover he is competing with dead bodies.
Secretary is about an emotionally unstable young woman named Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) who is employed by E. Edward Grey (James Spader), an eccentric lawyer who Lee falls in love with after they mix work with pleasure by engaging in an S&M relationship.
Twin Falls Idaho follows the relationship that develops between conjoined twins Blake and Francis Falls (Mark and Michael Polish) and a prostitute named Penny (Michele Hicks), who is hired by Francis as a gift for his brother on their birthday.
Kissed is about a necrophiliac named Sandra Larson (Molly Parker) who begins working at a funeral home. Sandra has always been fascinated by death and feels by touching the dead she is helping them spiritually. When she meets Matt (Peter Outerbridge), he develops feelings for her only to discover he is competing with dead bodies.
14 April 2009
12 April 2009
Banned Film Posters
The Motion Picture Association of America thought the dismembered fingers on this poster for Saw II were unacceptable under Advertising Administration standards.
This poster for Dying Breed was banned from bus shelters in Australia as it was considered too gruesome.
After it was banned in the UK, the image on this poster for The Devil's Rejects was only used for online promotions.
This poster for Dying Breed was banned from bus shelters in Australia as it was considered too gruesome.
After it was banned in the UK, the image on this poster for The Devil's Rejects was only used for online promotions.
09 April 2009
08 April 2009
Five Reasons To Watch Shaun Of The Dead
1. It's written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and won a British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay in 2004.
2. It also won Best British Film at the 2005 Empire Film Awards.
3. It's a great send-up of zombie films.
4. The "Don't Stop Me Now" scene is brilliant.
5. It's "A romantic comedy. With zombies"!
2. It also won Best British Film at the 2005 Empire Film Awards.
3. It's a great send-up of zombie films.
4. The "Don't Stop Me Now" scene is brilliant.
5. It's "A romantic comedy. With zombies"!
07 April 2009
Partners In Crime
Couples who are good at being bad:
Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) and Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) met while he was trying to steal her mother's car and became America's most infamous criminals after embarking on a violent, bank-robbing crime spree across 1930s America in Bonnie and Clyde.
After being driven insane and sired (turned into a vampire) by Angelus (David Boreanaz), Drusilla (Juliet Landau) sired Spike (James Marsters) and they went on a murderous rampage for over a century before arriving in Sunnydale, where they became enemies of vampire slayer Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) in the second series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Comic book store clerk Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) and call girl Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) met and fell in love after one night. When Clarence killed Alabama's former pimp they planned to start a new life by selling a suitcase full of cocaine that Clarence inadvertently stole from the mob in True Romance.
Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty) and Bonnie Parker (Faye Dunaway) met while he was trying to steal her mother's car and became America's most infamous criminals after embarking on a violent, bank-robbing crime spree across 1930s America in Bonnie and Clyde.
After being driven insane and sired (turned into a vampire) by Angelus (David Boreanaz), Drusilla (Juliet Landau) sired Spike (James Marsters) and they went on a murderous rampage for over a century before arriving in Sunnydale, where they became enemies of vampire slayer Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar) in the second series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Comic book store clerk Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) and call girl Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) met and fell in love after one night. When Clarence killed Alabama's former pimp they planned to start a new life by selling a suitcase full of cocaine that Clarence inadvertently stole from the mob in True Romance.
03 April 2009
02 April 2009
Five Reasons To Watch The Exorcist
1. The screenplay is written by William Peter Blatty, adapted from his best-selling novel.
2. It's often referred to as one of the scariest films of all time.
3. When it was released there were reports of audience members fainting and vomiting during screenings.
4. The cast are impressive, especially Linda Blair as 12-year-old Regan MacNeil.
5. The power of Christ compels you (to watch it)!
2. It's often referred to as one of the scariest films of all time.
3. When it was released there were reports of audience members fainting and vomiting during screenings.
4. The cast are impressive, especially Linda Blair as 12-year-old Regan MacNeil.
5. The power of Christ compels you (to watch it)!
01 April 2009
31 March 2009
Film Poster Comparisons
Film posters that reference, parody or borrow from other films:
The tagline A Different Set Of Jaws, used on this poster for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, was a reference to Jaws which was released in the same year.
This Fanboys poster is a parody of the poster for The 40-Year-Old Virgin, with a Darth Vader helmet replacing Steve Carell's head.
This poster for American Teen is almost identical to The Breakfast Club poster, highlighting the similarities between the documentary and the film.
The tagline A Different Set Of Jaws, used on this poster for The Rocky Horror Picture Show, was a reference to Jaws which was released in the same year.
This Fanboys poster is a parody of the poster for The 40-Year-Old Virgin, with a Darth Vader helmet replacing Steve Carell's head.
This poster for American Teen is almost identical to The Breakfast Club poster, highlighting the similarities between the documentary and the film.
24 March 2009
A Roaring Rampage Of Revenge
If a woman's place is in the kitchen, the dishes these women are preparing must be ones that are best served cold (SPOILERS within):
• Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) sought bloody revenge after Warren Meers (Adam Busch) shot and killed her girlfriend Tara Maclay (Amber Benson) in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She got it too when she became Dark Willow and a showdown in the woods resulted in Warren being tortured and flayed alive.
• Beatrix Kiddo aka The Bride (Uma Thurman) awoke from a coma seeking vengeance after being shot and left for dead by the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad on her wedding day four years earlier in Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2.
• Hayley Stark (Ellen Page) proved she wasn't as innocent as she seemed when she turned the tables on paedophile Jeff Kohlver (Patrick Wilson) after striking up an online friendship with him in Hard Candy.
• The men who tried to take advantage of Dawn O'Keefe (Jess Weixler) in Teeth were taught a lesson they'd never forget after an intimate encounter with Dawn left them physically altered and with decidedly more room in their trousers!
• Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) used her telekinetic powers to extract revenge on the classmates who bullied her when a practical joke at the prom left her humiliated and covered in pig's blood in Carrie.
• Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) sought bloody revenge after Warren Meers (Adam Busch) shot and killed her girlfriend Tara Maclay (Amber Benson) in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She got it too when she became Dark Willow and a showdown in the woods resulted in Warren being tortured and flayed alive.
• Beatrix Kiddo aka The Bride (Uma Thurman) awoke from a coma seeking vengeance after being shot and left for dead by the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad on her wedding day four years earlier in Kill Bill Vol. 1 and Kill Bill Vol. 2.
• Hayley Stark (Ellen Page) proved she wasn't as innocent as she seemed when she turned the tables on paedophile Jeff Kohlver (Patrick Wilson) after striking up an online friendship with him in Hard Candy.
• The men who tried to take advantage of Dawn O'Keefe (Jess Weixler) in Teeth were taught a lesson they'd never forget after an intimate encounter with Dawn left them physically altered and with decidedly more room in their trousers!
• Carrie White (Sissy Spacek) used her telekinetic powers to extract revenge on the classmates who bullied her when a practical joke at the prom left her humiliated and covered in pig's blood in Carrie.
22 March 2009
Five Reasons To Watch Freeway
1. It's a twisted retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
2. Reese Witherspoon plays a juvenile delinquent!
3. It’s darkly comic.
4. It's trashy, but in a good way.
5. It's so much better than the sequel, Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby.
2. Reese Witherspoon plays a juvenile delinquent!
3. It’s darkly comic.
4. It's trashy, but in a good way.
5. It's so much better than the sequel, Freeway 2: Confessions of a Trickbaby.
18 March 2009
17 March 2009
Guys And Dolls
Boy meets girl doll:
Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) fell for Bianca, a life-sized doll he ordered through the Internet in Lars and the Real Girl.
Kenneth Winslow (Desmond Harrington) ended up in a bizarre love triangle with Lisa Bellmer (Melissa Sagemiller) and a custom-crafted silicone doll named Nikki in Love Object.
Jerry Espenson (Christian Clemenson) had a relationship with Patty, a life-sized sex doll in Boston Legal. He later began a real relationship with Leigh Swift (Mary Gross), an objectaphile who subsequently left Jerry for an iPhone!
Jake Train (Alex House) developed romantic fantasies around Tani, a Barbie-like doll owned by his younger sister in The Safety of Objects.
Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) fell for Bianca, a life-sized doll he ordered through the Internet in Lars and the Real Girl.
Kenneth Winslow (Desmond Harrington) ended up in a bizarre love triangle with Lisa Bellmer (Melissa Sagemiller) and a custom-crafted silicone doll named Nikki in Love Object.
Jerry Espenson (Christian Clemenson) had a relationship with Patty, a life-sized sex doll in Boston Legal. He later began a real relationship with Leigh Swift (Mary Gross), an objectaphile who subsequently left Jerry for an iPhone!
Jake Train (Alex House) developed romantic fantasies around Tani, a Barbie-like doll owned by his younger sister in The Safety of Objects.
16 March 2009
15 March 2009
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