Can we nominate the film version as M. Night Shyamalan finally losing what's left of hs mind (and talent)?
Can we nominate the film version as M. Night Shyamalan finally losing what's left of hs mind (and talent)?
Was just scrolling through to see if anybody had already posted Heavenly Creatures. That is the first film that popped in my mind when I read the topic.
I love this movie! I've been forcing it on my friends for years- glad to see it getting some attention. This movie is often overlooked because it is too weird for mainstream tastes and too sentimental and "soft" for most die-hard Miike fans who got into the director through rougher fare like "Ichi the Killer" and…
I totally agree. There's only two types of movies I will always sit and watch if I stumble into part-way through: movies which I have seen in their entirety so many times that I could recite all the dialog from start to finish (for me, as with many others posting here, this category includes the bulk of the Coen…
It lacks his trademark over-the-top violence and so never seems to get mentioned by the the hardcore Miike fans, but for my money "Happiness of the Katakuris" is Miike's best film, and would have made my top ten easily. Saw it with a an audience who (as I was) were probably expecting something like "Audition", but…
Hobo books, Ray Harryhausen movies and non-standard musicals
Some of my favorite micro-genres, in order from most obscure to least: