Revenge of the Attack of Quick Reviews
I decided to poke my head out of my house for a bit to type up some movie reviews. Here's the rundown.
"Crash"- Robert Altman invented the "Rambling ensemble movie" back in the 70s with "Nashville". I've never seen Nashville, but I like the genre, and own other, similiar films such as Altman's own "Short Cuts" and "Gosford Park", as well as PT Anderson's "Magnolia". "Crash" (not the 90s Cronenberg film, but the new one with the same title but a totally different plot) is along this same vein. A large cast of excellent actors crash into one another, not just in a vehicular sense, but in a physical, psychic, and emotional one as well. I'd ramble on and on about how good this movie is and how it actually does live up to the hype, but this column ain't called Quick Reviews for nothin'. Check it out.
"Million Dollar Baby"- Did this one win Best Picture? Can't remember. Anyway, you know the drill, Grizzled boxing manager reluctantly trains a young woman to be a fighter. The cast is excellent, twist ending (read: ultra depressing ending), blahblahblah. Once again, the film more or less lives up to the hype, once again Morgan Freeman (who plays Clint's right hand man again) is God, and, once again, the ending is a hellabummer. Still, recommended.
"Hellraiser: Hellworld"- That's what I love about being me, I can watch two Critically Acclaimed films one day, and a direct to video slashfest the next, and be cool with that. Anyway, anyone who knows me knows I'm a sucker for the Hellraiser franchise. I LOVE Parts 1-3, and I dig "Bloodline" for the most part. Unfortunately, since the series has went straight to video, things have been pretty sucky. "Inferno" and "Hellseeker" were just "Sixth Sense" rip-offs that just happened to feature some cameos by my amigos the Cenobites (although those brief cameos do almost redeem the movies). I haven't even seen "Deader" yet. Now along comes "Hellworld" which is about a group of friends who are into an online game that is a dead ringer for the Hellraiser series. When the friends get invited to a Hellworld party...well, all Hell breaks loose. There's blood, and boobs, and blood, and some sex, and more blood, and the Cenobites make all too quick cameos, then there's a twist ending that almost ruins the entire film, which is followed by another twist ending that completely redeems the film. Oh, and B-Movie God Lance Henrickson is in it too. Only for true Hellraiser DieHards. Hellraiser Purists should avoid like Plague.
"Crash"- Robert Altman invented the "Rambling ensemble movie" back in the 70s with "Nashville". I've never seen Nashville, but I like the genre, and own other, similiar films such as Altman's own "Short Cuts" and "Gosford Park", as well as PT Anderson's "Magnolia". "Crash" (not the 90s Cronenberg film, but the new one with the same title but a totally different plot) is along this same vein. A large cast of excellent actors crash into one another, not just in a vehicular sense, but in a physical, psychic, and emotional one as well. I'd ramble on and on about how good this movie is and how it actually does live up to the hype, but this column ain't called Quick Reviews for nothin'. Check it out.
"Million Dollar Baby"- Did this one win Best Picture? Can't remember. Anyway, you know the drill, Grizzled boxing manager reluctantly trains a young woman to be a fighter. The cast is excellent, twist ending (read: ultra depressing ending), blahblahblah. Once again, the film more or less lives up to the hype, once again Morgan Freeman (who plays Clint's right hand man again) is God, and, once again, the ending is a hellabummer. Still, recommended.
"Hellraiser: Hellworld"- That's what I love about being me, I can watch two Critically Acclaimed films one day, and a direct to video slashfest the next, and be cool with that. Anyway, anyone who knows me knows I'm a sucker for the Hellraiser franchise. I LOVE Parts 1-3, and I dig "Bloodline" for the most part. Unfortunately, since the series has went straight to video, things have been pretty sucky. "Inferno" and "Hellseeker" were just "Sixth Sense" rip-offs that just happened to feature some cameos by my amigos the Cenobites (although those brief cameos do almost redeem the movies). I haven't even seen "Deader" yet. Now along comes "Hellworld" which is about a group of friends who are into an online game that is a dead ringer for the Hellraiser series. When the friends get invited to a Hellworld party...well, all Hell breaks loose. There's blood, and boobs, and blood, and some sex, and more blood, and the Cenobites make all too quick cameos, then there's a twist ending that almost ruins the entire film, which is followed by another twist ending that completely redeems the film. Oh, and B-Movie God Lance Henrickson is in it too. Only for true Hellraiser DieHards. Hellraiser Purists should avoid like Plague.
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