The best actors can own an entire scene without having to once open their mouths. There’s no chance for ridiculous annunciation or offbeat breath draws. There’s less of a chance for, as Jon Lovitz put it on Saturday Night Live, … Continue reading →
I’ll admit it: when I first heard about Tusk, all I could think was, “Jesus, that sounds fucking weird.” I was right – it was very weird. However, it was also a good time. Which made me wonder why more … Continue reading →
Of the three segments from Tales From the Darkside: The Movie, my hands-down favorite is “Lover’s Vow.” In it, stuggling artist Preston (James Remar) witnesses a monster kill a friend; the monster agrees with spare Preston in exchange for his … Continue reading →
By all means, I should have been upset with the adaptation of Sergei Lukyanenko’s Night Watch. I like it when films to follow their book source material; this one did not follow Lukyanenko’s novel of the same name. In fact, … Continue reading →
The Backseat Driver is on Twitter, and we’re going after the Citizen Kane of crappy cinema, Tommy Wiseau’s The Room. Oh hai terrified audience. Follow us on Twitter: @bsdriverreview Stay tuned for dates and times of a live tweet. If … Continue reading →
I’ll cut right to the chase: this movie is fucking funny. It’s edgy, wry and just plain wrong at times. It features the mother from hell in the most humorous way possible. Let’s do this: five reasons to watch Girls … Continue reading →
Films serve many a purpose: social commentary, allegory, whimsical mind-wandering. They also serve as a medium for the expression of various fears, including the fears associated with parenthood, motherhood in particular. There are the usual suspects – The Omen, Rosemary’s … Continue reading →
I used to watch The Blacklist. I had to stop due to the constant head-shaking and disbelief that trained FBI agents could really be that incompetent. It made me too angry. Part of it was the writing, part of it … Continue reading →
The first time I saw the trailer for Suburban Gothic, I full-on laughed and decided that I needed to watch this movie. Fearless, I trekked far and wide to find it (okay, I was lazy and used the Amazon rental … Continue reading →
Bong Joon-Ho’s Snowpiercer is many things: well-acted, well-written, well-directed, well-photographed, well-choreographed. Dirty, bleak, imaginative. At times, it can feel rather long, like we’ve been stuck on that train for the past 18 years. It is relevant in its subject matter, … Continue reading →
