A Boy and His Dog
1975
Rated R
Directed by: L. Q. Jones
Source: Netflix
Plot: Think Mad Max but with Don Jonson and the dog from Fraggle Rock.
Acting: Quite laughable. Its a very young Don Jonson plus the dog can talk.
Special Effects: Extremely low budget + made in 1975 = muwhahaha!
The Skinny: This flick quickly moves from strange to [...]
The Business of Being Born
2008
Rated NR
Directed by: Abby Epstein
Source: Netflix
Plot: Exploring the dangers of our culture’s hospital driven childbirth methods.
Acting: None here. Just real interviews with real people.
Special Effects: Again none here. Although childbirth is pretty close to a special effect!
The Skinny: Example of how our health care system causes ill health and gives crap care.
The Business [...]
The Last Legion
2007
Rated PG-13
Directed by: Doug Lefler
Source: Netflix
Plot: An interesting tale connecting the fall of Rome to the rise of King Arthur.
Acting: Colin Firth as an action hero. Seriously?
Special Effects: Unfortunately our great and powerful wizard only performs parlor tricks.
The Skinny: Was baited by this interesting take on history but they couldn’t reel me in.
An epic [...]
2046
2004
Rated R
Directed by: Kar Wai Wong
Source: Netflix
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Plot: A womanizing freelance writer’s half-hearted quest to find love.
Acting: A masterful performance from a trio of seductive ladies. The dude is a doosh tho.
Special Effects: Only present during the train sequences. Would be a cool screen saver.
The Skinny: Never did I more want to reach thru the screen and [...]
Oldboy
2003
Rated R
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
Source: Netflix
Plot: Dude is let out after being locked away for 15 years and he is none too happy.
Acting: Even though the dialogue is entirely Korean you feel all the hurt, all the pain.
Special Effects: No fantasy type Kung-Fu here, just straight up hit you with a hammer shit!
The Skinny: Get ready [...]
DOA: Dead or Alive
2006
Rated PG-13
Directed by: Corey Yuen
Source: Netflix
Plot: A tournament for the greatest fighters in the world.
Acting: Surprisingly the world’s greatest fighters are mostly female.
Special Effects: And they fight in bikinis.
The Skinny: In this flick, Kung-Fu is spelled with T and A!
DOA opens promisingly with the introduction of Kasumi, a princess who is informed [...]
Funny Games
2007
Rated R
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Source: Own3d!
Plot: Sort of a yuppie version of The Hills Have Eyes.
Acting: Creepy and awkward. I was uncomfortable throughout.
Special Effects: Not anywhere near Hostel type gore but still. As I said. Uncomfortable.
The Skinny: Don’t let the title fool you. Funny Games is light on the funny.
We open road trip style, [...]
The Last Sin Eater
2007
Rated PG-13
Directed by: Michael Landon Jr.
Source: Netflix
Plot: Old customs like sin-eaters = bad. Jesus = good.
Acting: A bit laughable although the main character, a 10 year old girl is fantastic.
Special Effects: Pretty bad. Looks cut and paste, like my work on photoshop.
The Skinny: I wonder what wine goes best with sin?
Red, I would imagine [...]
The Invasion
2007
Rated PG-13
Directed by: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Source: Own3d
Plot: Think Invasion of the Body Snatchers modernized
Acting: Emotionless and monotoned, imagine if Steven Wright ruled the world.
Special Effects: Not much but the microscopic view of the virus as it takes effect is sick!
The Skinny: An emotionless zombie? This will be right in Nicole Kidman’s wheelhouse!
Play nice Meldiana. But yes, [...]
Cashback
2006
Rated R
Directed by: Sean Ellis
Source: Netflix
Plot: In a strange way this flick is an infomercial for insomnia.
Acting: Uses a narrative format, get ready for lots of British accents.
Special Effects: Our protagonist can freeze time and it’s expressed with uber cool.
The Skinny: Meldiana accuses me of queuing this flick based solely on the dvd cover art.
Hey, that’s not [...]