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Highlander: Endgame (2000, Douglas Aarniokoski)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 27, 2016
For all intents and purposes, there’s nothing nice to say about Highlander: Endgame. Maybe there’s an almost all right moment between Lisa Barbuscia and Adrian Paul. They’re married, but estranged. They’re both immortal, something he didn’t tell her before killing her read more
Creepshow (1982, George A. Romero)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 27, 2016
Creepshow is an homage to 1950s horror comic books. Director Romero and writer Stephen King go out of their way to make it feel like you’re reading one of those comics. It’s about the anticipation. The terror isn’t promised, it’s inevitable. So watching Creepshow is about wa read more
City of the Living Dead (1980, Lucio Fulci)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 22, 2016
City of the Living Dead isn’t really about a city of the living dead, more an unincorporated municipality of the living dead. An unincorporated municipality of the living dead is far less scary than a city of the living dead. Though the film is rarely scary. It’s occasionally gory, even read more
Reservoir Dogs (1992, Quentin Tarantino)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 22, 2016
The least violent part of Reservoir Dogs is the bloodiest. One of the characters is in a pool of blood, slipping on it as he delivers his dialogue. Director Tarantino finds a moment of Shakespearian tragedy and builds a film to it. He uses stylish ultra-violence, Dogs is visceral with the blood, bu read more
[BASP] The Fly (1986, David Cronenberg) / The Fly II (1989, Chris Walas)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 21, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Twenty-seven The Fly (1986, David Cronenberg) / The Fly II (1989, Chris Walas) Originally posted: February 7, 2014 Subscribe via iTunes. read more
Freedomland (2006, Joe Roth)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 21, 2016
I didn’t see Freedomland when it came out because I loved the novel and Richard Price adapting the novel or not, the movie’s cast and crew aren’t encouraging it. No movie directed by Joe Roth should inspire confidence, especially not one about racism. Freedomland is about racism. read more
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956, John Sherwood)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 20, 2016
The Creature Walks Among Us is a surprising disappointment. It never has potential exactly, but it does have something. Arthur A. Ross’s script is rather good for this production. Right off, Ross has decent science dialogue. His character interactions are good. And then it’s clear the c read more
Caged (1950, John Cromwell)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 19, 2016
Max Steiner does the music for Caged, which is strange to think about because Caged barely has any music. Director Cromwell instead emphasizes the silence, especially as the film opens. Right after the opening credits, which do have music, Caged gets very quiet. “Silence” reads all the read more
Highlander: The Final Dimension (1994, Andrew Morahan), the European version
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 19, 2016
About the only complementary thing in Highlander: The Final Dimension is Steven Chivers’s photography. The film’s got a terrible color palette, which isn’t a surprise since all of director Morahan’s decisions are bad, but Chivers never lets the film look cheap. It’s cl read more
Windstruck (2004, Kwak Jae-young)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 19, 2016
Narratively, Windstruck falls apart in the last thirty-five minutes. Director Kwak’s screenplay stops and starts–not vignettes really, but definitely episodic. Leads Jun Ji-hyun and Jang Hyuk have their romantic courtship, which gets off to a rocky start as police officer Jun confuses J read more
The Great Muppet Caper (1981, Jim Henson)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 17, 2016
The Great Muppet Caper is rather easy to describe. It’s joyous spectacle. The film has four screenwriters and not a lot of story. Instead, it’s got some fabulous musical numbers. Director Henson really goes for old Hollywood musical, complete with Miss Piggy doing an aquatic number. It read more
Son of Frankenstein (1939, Rowland V. Lee)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 14, 2016
Son of Frankenstein is a mostly wasted opportunity. For everything good, there’s something significantly wrong with it. The script is good, director Lee doesn’t direct actors well. The German Expressionist-influenced sets are great, Lee shoots it so stagy, the sets go to waste. Lee like read more
House of Frankenstein (1944, Erle C. Kenton)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 14, 2016
Just over half of House of Frankenstein is glorious. Kenton’s direction is outstanding, the sets are imaginative, the actors are doing great. Beautiful photography from George Robinson. House is a scary movie, what with physically but downright evil Boris Karloff running the proceedings. What read more
House of Dracula (1945, Erle C. Kenton)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 14, 2016
House of Dracula is immediately disappointing. The film opens on man of science Onslow Stevens as Dracula (played by a boring John Carradine) comes visiting, hoping for some cure to vampirism. Will Carradine try to seduce Martha O’Driscoll’s fetching nurse? Will something go wrong with read more
Mr. Right (2015, Paco Cabezas)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 14, 2016
Mr. Right has shockingly poor direction. Daniel Aranyó makes the shots look good, though the CG-assisted bullet time thing is bad, and Tom Wilson’s editing is perfectly competent, but director Cabezas is really bad. He shoots the film with a Panavision aspect ratio and does not know what to d read more
Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 14, 2016
Vertigo is a nightmare. It starts with James Stewart recovering from a nightmare only to find himself in another one. Kim Novak finds herself trapped in a similar nightmare. There’s a lot of beauty in the nightmare, but it’s still a nightmare. And nightmares get worse before anyone wake read more
[BASP] Arthur (1981, Steve Gordon) / Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1987, Bud Yorkin)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 13, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Twenty-seven Arthur (1981, Steve Gordon) / Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1987, Bud Yorkin) Originally posted: January 3, 2014 Subscribe via iTunes. read more
Knock on Any Door (1949, Nicholas Ray)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 11, 2016
Knock on Any Door opens with Humphrey Bogart, then heads into a lengthy flashback detailing the life of young thug John Derek. Bogart’s his attorney, defending him on a murder rap; Bogart’s opening statement leads to the flashback. It’s a lengthy flashback, introducing not just De read more
How We Met (2016, Oscar Rene Lozoya II)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 8, 2016
Okay, so co-star Brian Flaccus also co-wrote How We Met, which explains quite a bit in hindsight. In the first two-thirds of Met, Flaccus is a diversion. He’s playing an obnoxious British DJ (with a questionable accent) who helps out ex-girlfriend Christina Marie Moses and her erstwhile love read more
[BASP] Donnie Darko (2001, Richard Kelly) / S. Darko (2009, Chris Fisher)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 7, 2016
The Best of An Alan Smithee Podcast: Episode Twenty-six Donnie Darko (2001, Richard Kelly) / S. Darko (2009, Chris Fisher) Originally posted: September 6, 2013 Subscribe via iTunes. read more