June 20th, 2008
Mike Myers’ latest comic epic, THE LOVE GURU, is getting savaged by critics and has accumulated a whopping 16 percent score at Rotten Tomatoes. (To put things in perspective, that’s less than half the score of YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN, another critical darling.)
Having paid my penance by seeing THE HAPPENING (19 percent, three points higher than GURU) last week, I’m not hiring a babysitter just so I can suffer through another bad movie this weekend. But I’m dying to hear from someone who’s actually seen it. Is it really that bad? I pegged it as a lousy movie weeks ago, and I have the feeling I was right.
But you never know. If you see THE LOVE GURU this weekend, please swing by here and offer your thoughts. And thanks for taking a hit for the team.
June 20th, 2008
It strikes me that I haven’t been doing as much to hype obscure, oddball films on this site as I should, so here’s the trailer for a movie I’m really looking forward to seeing. It’s director Guy Maddin’s latest, MY WINNIPEG, and it looks to be his usual combination of twisted autobiography, surreal images and bits and pieces of old movie traditions. It’s playing the art theater circuit now, so it’s a toss-up whether or not it will actually show in Rockford, but it’s bound to be worth a look, whether on the big screen or DVD. If you’ve never seen a Guy Maddin movie before — and there’s a good chance you haven’t — here’s your introduction to his unique cinematic universe…
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Everything else he’s done is on DVD, so start Netflixing. I’d recommend starting with THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD, then moving onto either ARCHANGELÂ or (my personal favorite) COWARDS BEND THE KNEE. Heck, it’s all good. And it’s all strange. (His most recent movie, BRAND UPON THE BRAIN, arrives on DVD next month.)
