So I'm a little late. I'm sorry. Anywho, there's nothing much this week, so don't fret.
Bad(der) Santa: Terry Zwigoff directs this Christmas tale gone awry. Billy Bob plays a petty crook playing santa claus. Bernie Mac is the security chief trying to one-up Billy Bob. The African-American dwarf plays his elf. Combined, these three make for vulgar Christmas fun!
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra: Oh boy. If you like schtick, pretention and unnecessary throw-backs, then this film's for you! If you didn't catch this little creature in the theaters, its now here for you (if you dare!) on DVD. Remember those horrible-yet-somehow-good Ed Wood movies, or even early John Waters? Well, it's kinda like that, only not as good. But that's what they were going for, right?
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance: What on earth you say? Yeah, I said that too when I heard the title. However, don't let it fool you. This gem amongst the new Asian wave of "I have to close my eyes because I can't stand the sight of blood, let alone that much," type of films comes this Korean masterpiece(s). An employee is laid off, all the while his sister needs a kidney transplant. He has no money, so the answer is kidnapping. Everything thereafter is blood, violence and a tender look at humanity. A must for fans of Takeshi Kitano, Battle Royale and Takashi Miike.
Secret Window: Mort Rainey (Depp), a writer just coming off of a troublesome divorce with his ex-wife, Amy (Bello), finds himself stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger (Turturro) who claims Mort stole his best story idea (changing just the ending)... (Hutton plays Bello's new boyfriend; Dutton plays a private investigator hired to make Turturro's character leave Mort alone.) Directed by David Keopp, writer of "Panic Room."
Zatoichi (!): The newly picked-up Miramax flick featuring the said Takeshi Kitano as the blind swordsman. You can call this a remake, but I wouldn't. If you are familiar with the original Japanese series you won't be disappointed, if you don't know what I'm talking about, well no worries my friend, it's great enough for you to sit down to.
and that's it for today. Thanks! videotheque oh yeah!
Lest I forget, we have recently got in some incredibly rare titles, including the unusual Japanese Documentary Godspeed You Black Emperor, Sam Fuller's White Dog and Mr. T's Be Somebody or Somebody's Fool!
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