AltWeeklies Wire
A Trio of Excellent Opportunities to Lose Your Lunchnew
Favoring the artsy side, but unafraid of a little muck, is the pan-Asian horror anthology Three ... Extremes, which ties together three short works by Hong Kong-based Fruit Chan, Korea’s Chan-wook Park, and from Japan, the gleefully disturbed Takashi Miike.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
10-26-2005 |
Reviews
Partly Funny, With a 65 Percent Chance of Redemptionnew
Director Gore Verbinski tells a tale of yet another loner in the long line of hapless American-middle-class movie characters.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
10-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gore Verbinski, The Weather Man
Liplocks and Gunshots in La La Landnew
Lethal Weapon series writer Shane Black presents us with an extra humorous flick about tough guys becoming buddies. Bonus: One of them is gay.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
10-19-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
Homicidal Homos Put Hurt on Hollywoodnew
So when's the last time you've seen a candy-colored gay slasher flick, complete with a snappy homo-esque dialogue? HellBent is the very first gay slasher film, and it goes out of its way to let you know.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
10-12-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: HellBent, Paul Etheredge-Ouzts
Dead Puppets Make Better Loversnew
Tim Burton knows how to tickle eyeballs with rich and playful visuals, but he can't carry an innovative plot to save his life.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
09-21-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tim Burton, The Corpse Bride
Moving Beyond Bug Powder, Car Wrecks and Porking Robotsnew
David Wildman sits down with David Cronenberg to get to the root of the director's extreme debauchery and weirdness.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
09-21-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Scarier than Bewitched, but Only by a Littlenew
What could be scarier than being possessed by the devil? How about a debate of Darwinism vs. intelligent design not so cleverly disguised in a movie that tries way too hard to freak audiences out of their socks.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
09-07-2005 |
Movies
A Long Trip to Nowherenew
The City of God director's latest is a sloppy, preachy -- though visually stunning -- disappointment.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
08-31-2005 |
Reviews
A Musical Journey Through the Dirty Southnew
A great, seedy, alt-country laced roadtrip through the deep south, with Jim White as your guide.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
08-31-2005 |
Reviews
You Will Stand Up and Watch This Movie!new
The World watches as Chinese culture gets eaten by globalization, which then complains of being hungry 20 minutes later.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
08-24-2005 |
Reviews
It Doesn't Get Much Grimmernew
Unlike the original fairytales, this movie utterly fails to spin a creepy or interesting tale.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
08-24-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Grimm
9 Songs and 2046: Kung Fu Porn and Humpin' to Franz Ferdinandnew
Although they seem like exact opposites, Wong Kar-wai's 2046 and Michael Winterbottom's 9 Songs both succeed in making watching sex on screen completely uninteresting.
Dig Boston |
Chris Braiotta |
08-17-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Various Directors, Multiple Titles
Wes Craven Spares Hordes of Teensnew
Wes Craven decides to stop slaughtering adolescents in favor of a more tasteful, Alfred Hitchcock-inspired thriller. And fails miserably.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
08-17-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Wes Craven, Red Eye
So This Family Walks Into a Talent Agency ...new
Bob Saget and some unlikely cohorts make fun of just about every taboo known to mankind in a film that is basically one long filthy joke, but they do it with enough skill that even shit-eating seems hilarious.
Dig Boston |
Joe Keohane |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Provenza, The Aristocrats
Death of a Guy Who Is Not Kurt Cobainnew
Gus Van Sant makes an up-close and personal flick about a blond druggie rocker who lives in the hinterlands of Seattle ... and, wait a second, is not Kurt Cobain?
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
08-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Gus Van Sant, Last Days
