The only disappointment of The Blob is Dov Hoenig's chintzy electronic score, which does the movie no favors. The filmmakers obviously blew most of the budget on the creature F/X, and there was little left over to hire the services of an orchestra Michael Hoenig actually. (Dov Hoenig is an editor.)...

^^ Strong agreement on The (1988) Blob , which is by far the best of the three incarnations (the less said of Beware The Blob the better!). I liked how the filmmakers made the monster a government experiment gone wrong, as opposed to an unexplained “weird thing from outer space”. I also appreciated ...

Polanski's film remains one of the great psychological pressure-cooker thrillers of all time, showing the audience almost nothing while keeping the gradually increasing tension percolating nicely. Farrow is the key to it all working, selling Rosemary's gradual descent into anxiety-laden mistrust, c...

AndyDursin wrote: ↑Sun Oct 15, 2023 6:34 pm Thank you for that review Paul, I hated DAY OF THE LOCUST!!

One of the most disturbing, gross movies I've ever watched. With almost nil entertainment value to redeem it.

Yeah, at least The Lonely Lady was funny!

Hasn't been a great week for movie choices... Cocaine Bear (2/10) Okay, I wasn't expecting Citizen Kane , but this movie is devoid of virtually any redeeming qualities. It's comedic aspirations are sabotaged by needlessly gut-wrenching violence and gore -- plus the fact none of the humor is actually...

An early effort from Aussie filmmaker Richard Franklin ( Road Games , Psycho II ), Patrick takes a gimmicky, apparently limited idea and wrings a good deal of suspenseful juice out of it, with Hitchcockian camerawork and effective performances giving the claustrophobic settings a sense of palpable ...

This does not instill confidence. Another fast moving Scott production rolling off the assembly line... You have to admire Scott's efficiency as a director -- but I find that movies that are quickly and efficiently made usually lack dramatic tension, and are generally not very immersive experiences...

Shame he'll only mainly be remembered as "The second Dumbledore". :? At least he will be remembered for something ! But I hear you. Gambon played a lot of far-more interesting and complex roles. I was always a big fan of his work -- he was incredible in The Singing Detective , wonderful i...

Women Talking (3/10) You certainly can't accuse this film's title of false advertising. Women Talking is precisely that -- an hour and forty minutes of actresses performing static dialog scenes. It also has all the earmarks of the Academy's current criteria for a Best Picture nominee: it is well-ac...

I haven't actually watched this film since the 90s. I think it's time to revisit it!

Where's Cop Rock?

Crazy Rich Asians (7.5/10) This is a sweet and appealing enough movie, but essentially a retelling of that old chestnut -- the prince who falls in love with the peasant girl and faces disinheritance from disapproving elders unless he gives her up. Transposing it to modern-day Singapore does make fo...

I saw The Legend of Zorro, but I honestly can't remember much about it.

Interesting, but I can see why it was left out. It's a bit too much of a tangent.

Also, Dr. Lesh says "there is nothing on the tape" yet in the earlier staircase scene, the playback on the video monitors clearly display spirits.

Did anyone ever hear that interview Daniel Schweiger did with James Horner about 15 years ago? Horner was extremely unfiltered in that interview when discussing Malick, who he basically thought was nuts. Horner regarded the cut of The New World he was given to score as randomly paced, and essentiall...