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Reviews 9/28 - 10/4
a couple weeks ago


The Henry Rollins Show (Season 2, 2006, ifc) - 5
I pretty much like Rollins, but his interviews are often kinda boring. His questions all feel pre-written as opposed to conversational; there's never any real transition from one question to the next. He also makes a huge deal about "uncensored" music performances, and I fucking hate when things are advertised as "uncensored" when there isn't anything actually worth censoring. The only time on the show this seemed to make a difference was when Mars Volta was on, and their song was like 16 minutes. That's cool, I guess, whatever, but it happened to be the episode where the interview was with John Waters, so in order to let Mars Volta play for an "uncensored" time period of way too long, the far more entertaining John Waters interview was cut way short.

9/28


High School Musical (2006, Kenny Ortega, dvd) - 6
I was a little disappointed that this was pretty much just a standard kids movie. I expected a lot more. A lot of it is really kind of terrible, but there's plenty to like, too. I'm seeing it On Ice in a couple weeks.


Monkey Business (1931, Norman Z. McLeod, dvd) - 4.5
Groucho is actually fairly tolerable here, and even Zeppo is given more to do than his regular schtick of being excruciatingly boring. It's pretty close to not being a shitty movie, and it's just about entertaining enough to be mediocre. But even so, I've seen enough now, and it's the final Marx Brothers movie I will probably ever watch.
Here are my general ratings for their films (of which I watched 4):
Groucho: 0
Harpo: 7
Chico: 5
Zeppo: 1
Plots: 1

9/29


Planet of the Apes (rewatch, 1968, Franklin J. Schaffner, really scratched 35mm) - 10


When Television Attacks (2000, TV Carnage, dvd) - 7

9/30


Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003, Jonathan Mostow, dvd) - 9
Arnold's acting is not what it used to be, and his attempts to camp it up here didn't always work, but it's a minor complaint in an otherwise fucking awesome movie. Everyone who didn't like it is retarded.

10/1


The Lie Chair (short, 1975, David Cronenberg, download) - 8
Short TV film Croney did in his early years. It's creepy and weird, and very enjoyable.


Eastern Promises (2007, David Cronenberg, 35mm) - 7.5


Resident Evil: Extinction (2007, Russell Mulcahy, 35mm) - 7.5


Clownhouse (1989, Victor Salva, dvd, digital projection) - 7

10/3


Camille 2000 (1969, Radley Metzger, dvd) - 1.5

10/4


Cemetery Man (aka Dellamorte Dellamore) (1994, Michele Soavi, dvd) - 8.5



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Blacula/Sugar Hill (Castro)
The Darjeeling Limited
The Game Plan
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (Castro, seen tonight)
Matinee/Gremlins 2 (Castro, Joe Dante in attendance)
Night of the Creeps (Clay)