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Skipping the Rush
Rush Hour 3 is out now. Which means there’s at least one new release this weekend that everyone should avoid at all costs. My advice? See 2 Days in Paris. Or just go see The Simpsons movie, which is what I’ll hopefully be doing. This Weekend: Rush Hour 3 (Slant magazine) Rocket Science (Slant magazine)
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Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006): C
Peddling deconstruction of a cute, unenlightening sort, Scott Glosserman’s mockumentary Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon follows budding broadcast journalist Taylor (Angela Goethals) as she and two cameramen shoot a documentary on the titular lunatic (Nathan Baesel), who’s preparing to follow in the footsteps of legends Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers and Freddy Krueger…
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Incident at Loch Ness (2004): B-
Incident at Loch Ness, a mockumentary directed by screenwriter Zak Penn (X2, Elektra), is mildly comical for those familiar with (and fond of) adventurous German auteur Werner Herzog. But it’s tough to see how anyone else will find it amusing, as Penn’s behind-the-camera debut is inspired only when reverentially poking fun at Herzog’s particular, peculiar…
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Still Unpacking…
…which, in terms of unpleasantness, has few equals. Nonetheless, here’s a quick link dump, with more robust posts to hopefully follow soon. Out Now: No Reservations (Slant magazine) This is England (Slant magazine) Molière (Cinematical) Who’s Your Caddy (Slant magazine) Sunshine (Cinematical) The Sugar Curtain (Slant magazine) Your Mommy Kills Animals (Cinematical) Out Later: Naming…
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Brief Intermission
I’ll be busy moving the family to our new digs next week, so this will be my last blog post until we’re settled and I’ve got Internet service up and running. Nonetheless, two oven-fresh Cinematical reviews will be going live next Friday (for Sunshine and Your Mommy Kills Animals), and I’ll try to link to…
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Werner to the Rescue
Werner Herzog has come to save us from our summer doldrums. The German auteur’s latest, Rescue Dawn, is the best film to hit theaters during this popcorn-overloaded season, and I was fortunate enough to speak to the director for SOMA magazine – in person – about his latest work, Transformers, the state of documentary filmmaking,…
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Joshua (2007): C-
I’m not sure whether Joshua’s campiness outweighs its offensiveness – it’s got both in spades – but there’s no getting around the fact that George Ratliff’s creepy-kid thriller is seriously awful. With his story of the destruction of a hoity-toity Manhattan clan by their 9-year-old weirdo son Joshua (Jacob Kogan), Ratliff seeks to prey upon…
