Film Grouch

Back in my day, films were great. What happened?

film review

The Uninvited

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The Unexpected . . . Much better than I was expecting, this was actually based on the Korean horror Janghwa, Hongryeon by Ji-woon Kim.  I don't mind telling you, I haven't seen the original, and now that I have seen this version - it would ruin it for me.  The story was interesting and the characters were completely believable.  Those Koreans know mind-bending … [Read more...] about The Uninvited

RocknRolla

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I was expecting SLC Punk meets London, but what I got was as disappointing as British cuisine. It was like some kind of homo-erotic Oliver Twist story with limited violence.  I was expecting London to be dripping with blood, and for the most part - all we got was American Crayfish and junkies strewn about with some Russian mobsters and the occasional awkward moments of, … [Read more...] about RocknRolla

Surveillance

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Just to get this out of the way, David Lynch is my favorite filmmaker on the planet. He makes dark, challenging, elliptical films that demand multiple viewings. In an industry full of wanna be auteurs, he is one of the few true artists working in film today. That stated, I was in no hurry to see "Surveillance", the new film directed by his daughter, Jennifer Chambers Lynch. … [Read more...] about Surveillance

JCVD

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Sometimes life can surprise you. Sometimes you think you have it all figured out, then life throws you a curve ball and forces you to rethink your entire belief system. Let's take Jean-Claude Van Damme for example. I thought I had him figured out; shitty actor, washed up martial arts star. Before I saw "JCVD", that basically summed up my feelings of the man. But, "JCVD" turned … [Read more...] about JCVD

Extract

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Will Mila Kunis' hotness outweigh Ben Affleck's Ben Affleckness? . . . No! From the get-go I was expecting a lot from this flick, Mike Judge is a comedic master, serving up Office Space and Idiocracy to the mindless masses about a decade ago now - to say nothing of creating Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill, the latter a vastly successful show in its final season on … [Read more...] about Extract