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Here’s a quick recap of the films I managed to watch over the weekend

Farce Of The Penguins – Any film that is as popular as March Of The Penguins is bound to be parodied. Leave it to potty mouth everyman Bob Saget to bring together some of his comedian friends (including Lewis Black, Dane Cook, Carlos Mencina, Christina Applegate , Monique, Gilbert Gottfried and Penn Gillette) to poke a little fun at nature films. Using actual penguin footage with voiceovers and narrated by Samuel L Jackson instead of uber-narrator Morgan Freeman (which means the narrator says fuck a lot). The talent assembled is pretty staggering and will have you laughing even if the penguin footage used seemed a bit forced at times.

Catch And Release – The Only reason I went to see this was the fact that Kevin Smith is in it. I was pleasantly surprised. Instead of a cheesy romantic comedy Catch And Release was more of Zach Braff-esque drama. Well developed characters that you care about and a hip indie rock soundtrack. A date movie that won’t have men wanting to puke.

The Gathering – A low budget horror flick starring Christina Ricci. She plays an American tourist who winds up in a small English village and starts having visions where she sees townspeople dying in horrible ways. More atmospheric than most Hollywood schlock horror, but still not great. Probably would have worked better as a novel.

Dead Man’s Shoes – A revenge tale. A mans’ retarded brother is killed and he’s back to see his sibling avenged. More of a reflection on revenge than visceral (although there were some pretty violent scenes) fantasy, this is still a sobering look at the consequences of our actions. Probably the best of the films I saw this weekend

Dante’s Inferno – This was a submission to the GenArt film festival which I help to program (checkout www.genart.org). A primitively animated film that shows Dante what hell would look like now. Lots of pot shots at the Bush administration and current society in general. If you can get past the primitive style there’s lots to like about this film.

All Is Normal – Another GenArt submission. All Is Normal tells the story of a young woman who agrees to house sit a secluded Appalachian lake house to escape an abusive boyfriend. She slowly goes a little loopy and hilarity ensues in the form of knuckle bracing paranoia. Not flashy like a lot of modern horror flicks (see also my blurb about The Gathering) and was ten times creepier because of it. A well executed little thriller.

Last Modified : February 5th, 2007
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