Darling Companion, which opens today in limited release, has a trailer which had me laughing loudly and obnoxiously for its entire duration every time I saw it pop up in the theaters over the past month. First watch it, then I’ll give just a few reasons why I think it warrants more ridicule than it’s [...]
Archive for the ‘Dogs’ Category
The Unintentional Comedy of the DARLING COMPANION Trailer.
Posted: April 20, 2012 in Awfulness, Dogs, Movies (D), Trailers.1
31 FLAVORS OF HORROR #14: THE THING (2011).
Posted: October 16, 2011 in 31 Flavors Of Horror, Aliens, Dogs, Movies (T)It’s possible there might be something new, insightful, and complimentary that can be written about John Carpenter’s The Thing, but luckily that’s not the task in front of me today. Here’s what I once wrote in brief about The Thing (1982 edition): ____________________________________________________________________ What can be said, at this point? John Carpenter remade a sci-fi classic [...]
31 FLAVORS OF HORROR #13: BLACK SHEEP (2006).
Posted: October 14, 2011 in 31 Flavors Of Horror, Comedy, Dogs, Monsters, Movies (B), SheepNote: This is the New Zealand horror-comedy from a few years back, not the Chris Farley/ David Spade horror-comedy from the decade prior. To watch Black Sheep all the way through – what’s more, to enjoy it – you need to have been born with or developed a very specific sense of humor. This is a [...]
31 FLAVORS OF HORROR #7: CHAW (2009) v. PIG HUNT (2009).
Posted: October 7, 2011 in 31 Flavors Of Horror, Dogs, Ghosts, Giant Pigs, Guns, Koreans, Movies (C), Movies (P)Movies about giant killer pigs are not a common occurrence, but every continent seems to have one. The best-known feature in the genre is probably 1984′s Razorback, an Australian movie from the director of Highlander. I haven’t seen that one recently enough to confidently write about it, and I’m not sure I can do better [...]
Cult Classics: WHITE DOG (1982).
Posted: March 18, 2011 in Cult Classics, Dogs, Movies (W), ScreeningsEarlier this year, the lesser-known Sam Fuller film, White Dog screened at the Maysles Institute. This weekend, White Dog returns to New York screens courtesy of the IFC Center (click here for showtimes). Once again, I can’t recommend this movie enough. It’s very risky material, and it’s up to each individual viewer to decide whether Fuller & his collaborators [...]
Here’s what I wrote about White Dog when it was recently re-released on DVD by the Criterion Collection: A movie that I saw for the first time in 2008, and would like to recommend, is a rarity that was released by the great Criterion Collection on DVD – White Dog. As you couldn’t [...]
Some reading from the archives: Werewolf Slumber Party! Werewolf Plagiarism! It was a werewolf kind of a day, apparently.
My thoughts about Due Date had as much to do with what happened in the theater as with what happened on screen. Maybe we can all learn something from this: It’s impossible to write a full review of Due Date without mentioning Planes, Trains, And Automobiles, so I’ll just address it up front: It’s essentially [...]
Movie Review: PREDATORS (2010).
Posted: October 20, 2010 in Action., Aliens, Dogs, Horror, Movies (P)Predators is now on DVD. Read what I wrote, because it’s really pretty awesome. What I wrote, that is, a little more than the movie. (What humility?) First things first: The Predators have Predator dogs now. I just want to say that it warms my heart to know that Predators are dog people. If it [...]
Movie Review: CHAW!
Posted: July 10, 2010 in Action., Comedy, Dogs, Ghosts, Giant Pigs, Horror, Koreans, MoviesChaw is a movie about a giant killer pig. Do you really need more?
