Hellraiser III is one of the first “horror” movies I’ve seen where they seemed concerned with action figure tie-ins, with the Cenobites having gimmicks (they shoot CDs, blow fire and so on). It’s also one of those absurd movies set in New York but clearly filmed somewhere else, in this case North Carolina. It gets […]
Entries Tagged as 'Dimension Films'
Mindhunters (2004, Renny Harlin)
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Want to see an amazing, can’t-believe-I-haven’t-heard-of-him performance by Eion Bailey? See Mindhunters. Want to see a goofy, affable Val Kilmer performance (maybe the first of its kind since Real Genius)? See Mindhunters. Want to see Christian Slater’s possibly best performance since Pump Up the Volume? See Mindhunters.
Want to see a terrible Jonny Lee Miller performance, […]
Tagged: Dimension Films· Jonny Lee Miller· Kevin Brodbin· Renny Harlin· Val Kilmer· Wayne Kramer· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
The Mist (2007, Frank Darabont), the director’s version
April 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It’s rare and relatively modern to come across the film where the ending can ruin it. The surprise ending as opposed to the natural narrative progression. They rarely work. I’d read The Mist had a controversial ending, which, watching the last minutes of the film, I assumed referred to the incredibly bold thing Darabont does. […]
Tagged: Dimension Films· Frances Sternhagen· Frank Darabont· Marcia Gay Harden· Stephen King· Thomas Jane· ★
Death Proof (2007, Quentin Tarantino), the extended version
January 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments
The funny thing about Death Proof is the first half is excellent. With the exception of Sydney Poitier, who is awful, it’s a fantastic hour. Tarantino’s got great editing, great shots, great mood, great conversations, great everything. I had planned on going on and on about it–like, for example, how charming and scary Kurt Russell’s […]
Tagged: Dimension Films· Kurt Russell· Quentin Tarantino· Rosario Dawson· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Scream 2 (1997, Wes Craven)
October 7th, 2007 · No Comments
This year (2007), I saw more summer movies than I have in at least five years. I avoid big Hollywood franchises (the modern ones, the revitalization attempts… it’s fifty-fifty), so I really don’t know how bad the acting is in most of those films–from what I saw this summer, it’s probably atrocious. But there’s a […]
Tagged: Dimension Films· Kevin Williamson· Liev Schreiber· Luke Wilson· Neve Campbell· Wes Craven· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Bad Santa (2003, Terry Zwigoff), the uncut version
April 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Bad Santa confused me a little. I’m not sure why I expected it to be something other than a traditional Hollywood redemption story–maybe because of Terry Zwigoff, maybe because I didn’t know (or didn’t remember from trailers and buzz) it was about Santa robbing malls. After seeing Zwigoff’s Ghost World, I avoided Bad Santa because […]
Tagged: Billy Bob Thornton· Dimension Films· Glenn Ficarra· John Requa· John Ritter· Terry Zwigoff· ★★
Men of War (1994, Perry Lang)
August 1st, 2006 · 1 Comment
Given Men of War’s blind earnestness, the daddy issues, and John Sayles being one of the credited screenwriters, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out it was going to be Steven Spielberg’s first war movie. I first read about Men of War when IMDb came around and I looked up Sayles. A John Sayles written […]
Tagged: Cyrus Voris· Dimension Films· Ethan Reiff· John Sayles· Perry Lang· Stan Rogow· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
