If there is a God in Heaven, there *will* be an Evil Dead Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory movie. I want this on a t-shirt NOW.

Spot on, Lobsters. I was surprised by how full of empathy the film is towards May, and how willing it was to follow its logic to the final scenes, which are very emotionally moving.

Sorry, I was high when I came up with this thing. Everything gets more focused that way. I wound up dancing at the end, too. What I want is Ade's "Gila Monster" theme for my cellphone.

Also, Cynthia Nixon looks amazing in this. Even better than in The Manhattan Project.

Awesome. I haven't listened to it yet. I knew he filmed quickly to keep the studio from catching on and throwing him off the film. Other stuff I've read said he was highly stoned throughout, and some of the better scenes in the film are when he just kept the camera rolling when the actors were either just warming up,…

O.C. & Stiggs
If he hadn't been so stoned filming this one it would be a masterpiece. Certainly, if it had been released when finished — 1984, at Reagan's highest popularity — it would have been recognized as the anti-Reagan, anti- Capitalist, anti-Conservative attack it is. Released at the end of Reagan's presidency,…

Zero Effect should be seen by all. Even with some of its narrative difficulties (due to competing narrations), the damn thing still kicks ass. Bill Pullman plays against type and Ben Stiller plays it straight. One of the better uses of a Nick Cave song, too.

This is what happens when Homer Simpson writes your movie.

Yes and yes and yes. Some of the most pointlessly unemotional boinking ever, which seems to be the point about Coogan's life.

I agree, except I think Strutters is an interesting attempt to do a blaxploitation version of these films. It's certainly not a great film by any stretch, but very visually interesting and blunt in its political observations. So blunt, in fact, that I can't imagine it being made by anyone outside of someone like Gregg…

Corman's Political Films
Corman made a few of these kinds of films in the late 60's-early 70's, almost none of which work completely as films, but which are damned exciting to watch at times, and sometimes very experimental. Gas-s-s-s is like Godard's Weekend done for the drive in, and really does have some nice…

Nice one, Killowat.

True. I'll give exception to the Sea Devils, and that's just because when they do work, they work really damned well. Unless you're talking about the Warriors of the Deep ones, which suck to high heaven. You can see the headpieces leaning to the left and right at times because they don't fit.

Doctor Who Fans
Keep novice viewers the hell away from Time and the Rani, or anything else from Sylvester McCoy's first season. How the show survived it, I'll never understand. His tenure is mighty uneven after that, but at least there are some entertaining ones, and two great ones: Remembrance… and Survival. I am, of…

Heavy Metal is worth it for the last segment alone, with the huntress and her flying ostrich. It's the only one that manages to be a coherent story with some emotion. I mean, besides just terror or just horniness.

Yeah. "Uwe Boll on Line One!"

Savage Seven
I'm telling you — even with the serious political problems it has, the film is still pretty damned good. If you want to know how to make a good low-budget film with plenty of action, watch it. The end fight sequence goes on for about 20 minutes and never gets boring. There are guys jumping off buildings…

Wait until reading tomorrow's entry on Tomb of the Cybermen before making that decision.

Do the BIM!

Go Glove! Point, and having pointed, POUNCE!!!