Sunday, May 31, 2009

Cat People (1982)

Rating: **

Stylish, but nowhere near as good as the original.

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Friday, May 29, 2009

Drag Me to Hell

Rating: ***

Similar in tone to Evil Dead II, but not as humorous.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

La Ronde (1950)

Rating: ***

Visually impressive

Monday, May 25, 2009

Il Generale Della Rovere (1959)

Rating: *** 1/2

Good performance by Vittorio De Sica

Monday, May 18, 2009

Strip Nude for Your Killer (1975)

Rating: ** 1/2

Very appropriately titled.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Nuts in May

Rating: ***

Star Trek

Rating: ***

Starts off strong, then becomes only decent.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

The Barefoot Contessa (1954)

Rating: ***

Andrei Rublev (1966)

Rating: ***1/2, or *** (depending on whether one expects to be entertained by a movie).

Friday, May 8, 2009

Anvil: The Story of Anvil

Rating: ***

Burial Ground: Nights of Terror (1986)

Rating: **1/2

This movie aims to please. No story, just wall-to-wall zombies.
Firmly in the bad/good category.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The Earrings of Madame de . . . (1953)

Rating: ***1/2

A classic, but the first half is definitely more inventive and interesting than the remainder.

Monday, May 4, 2009

Year of the Dragon (1985)

Rating: **1/2

An entertaining mess. Some laughably-bad dialogue and acting, but some good carnage.

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Observe and Report

Rating: ***

Not for all tastes.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Timecrimes (2007)

Rating: ***1/2

Very cool.