What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[bizarre_eye@Cult Labs]

Now we're starting the scrape the bottom of the barrel a bit...

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

Or Con Air.

That's one of his run-of-the-mill performances – nothing great.

[Vampix]

Watched the Jason Statham flick, Homefront. The screenplay was by Sly Stallone, he also has production credits. I thought it was pretty good.

[gag]

Gold 6082

Naked Lunch.

I love Cronenberg especially The Fly & Rabid,so I checked out this title on Criterion Blu as it's the only Cronenberg I haven't seen. As always the quality of the Disc is beautiful as Criterion never fails to be,But I can't say I thought a great deal about the film,It made little sense and seemed to be much longer than needed.



Well its hardly surprising when William s Burroughs who wrote it was high on drugs,
Become clean and had a problem understanding the book himself. so just played by ear what they did understand and even toned it down

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Naked Lunch is a non-linear narrative that is difficult to describe in terms of plot. The following is a summary of some of the events in the book that could be considered the most relevant.
The book then becomes increasingly disjointed and impressionistic, and finally simply stops.
scenes jump around that its easy to get lost
n 1991, Canadian director David Cronenberg took up the challenge. Rather than attempting a straight adaptation, Cronenberg took a few elements from the book and combined them with elements of Burroughs' life, creating a hybrid film about the writing of the book rather than the book itself. Peter Weller starred as William Lee, the pseudonym Burroughs used when he wrote Junkie.

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And if the did make the film according to the book and all its perversion and sexual context it would be the most censored film or most banned film ever made

[ReversedBible]

I just watched Forbidden World for the first time. An allright movie i'd say. But then again I'm kinda drunk so I really didn't follow it too well.

[Handyman Joe]

American Mary - Here's a frustrating experience for the horror fan - an original concept, one tailor made for the younger Cronenberg - is somewhat squandered in a glossy, entertaining but ultimately superficial fashion. A horror body modification movie is a great idea, the tired torture porn tropes can be revisited in a cerebral way - instead of butchering people, how about changing them? At what point does the body become so altered that the person no longer exists? how about swapping body parts, a contemporary Frankenstein myth? This movie skims over these ideas but sadly settles for a straightforward rape revenge narrative. Katherine Isabelle is OK but she can't do much with a script that takes her from A (stressed, ambitious medical student) to B (raving dominatrix style nutcase) in one jump. The owner of the night club which specialises in back room torture and the policeman on the trail are dreadfully written and acted characters that go nowhere. The Betty boo lookalike is better - genuinely creepy looking. Overall a better than average horror which nowadays is damning with faint praise I'm afraid.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

RAZE. 48 women are kidnapped and forced to fight to the death against each other or their loved ones will be killed. Utterly fantastic slice of exploitation hokum that doesn't have a slice of post "Grindhouse" irony or cleverness in it's body. Recommended.

[nosferatu42]

Originally Posted by Handyman Joe

American Mary - Here's a frustrating experience for the horror fan - an original concept, one tailor made for the younger Cronenberg - is somewhat squandered in a glossy, entertaining but ultimately superficial fashion. A horror body modification movie is a great idea, the tired torture porn tropes can be revisited in a cerebral way - instead of butchering people, how about changing them? At what point does the body become so altered that the person no longer exists? how about swapping body parts, a contemporary Frankenstein myth? This movie skims over these ideas but sadly settles for a straightforward rape revenge narrative. Katherine Isabelle is OK but she can't do much with a script that takes her from A (stressed, ambitious medical student) to B (raving dominatrix style nutcase) in one jump.

Thats pretty much what i thought.
Really wanted to like it.

[SShaw]

Just returned from seeing Midsummers Night Tango which is a documentary film that follows three Tango musicians from Argentina's capital city as they go on a road trip to explore the truth behind Aki Kaurismaki's assertion that Tango was invented by the Finnish.

The film is a light hearted exploration of Tango and is recommended.

[Make Them Die Slowly]

REPO MAN. I've not seen this for over twenty years and was surprised how well it still stands up, in fact it seems fresher and more contemporary than when it was originally released.