Scream if You Want It

RV!: House of 1000 Corpses (2003) Dir: Rob Zombie Date Released: April 11, 2003 Date Seen: September 8, 2012 Rating: 3/5

RV!: The Devil's Rejects (2005) Dir: Rob Zombie Date Released: July 22, 2005 Date Seen: September 14, 2012 Rating: 3.25/5

RV!: Halloween (2007) Dir: Rob Zombie Date Released: August 31, 2007 Date Seen: September 15, 2012 Rating: 3.5/5

I maintain that Zombie's only gotten better as a filmmaker as he goes. Then again, my favorite of his films is still probably his most flawed: House of 1000 Corpses is a hoot, even if it does fall apart at the end. I interviewed Zombie at Toronto for the Village Voice. But I think we're gonna have to wait for The Lords of Salem to come out for that interview to come out. More soon.

The Wachowskis and I...and Tom Tykwer, Too!

285) Cloud Atlas (2012) Dir: Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski Date Released: October 26, 2012 Date Seen: September 8, 2012 Rating: 3/5

RV!: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) Dir: Tom Tykwer Date Released: January 5, 2007 Date Seen: October 5, 2012 Rating: 4.25/5

RV!: The Matrix (1999) Dir: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski Date Released: March 31, 1999 Date Seen: October 6, 2012 Rating: 4.5/5

RV!: The Matrix Reloaded (2003) Dir: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski Date Released: May 15, 2003 Date Seen: October 7, 2012 Rating: 3.5/5

RV!: The Matrix Revolutions (2003) Dir: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski Date Released: November 5, 2003 Date Seen: October 8, 2012 Rating: 3/5

So I may be down in the dumps this week, and with good reason...reasons, actually. But hey, I did do this interview with the Wachowskis for the Village Voice. Cover story, even! Highlight of my year.

Toronto 2012: The Reckoning

Day 1:

275) Looper (2012) Dir: Rian Johnson Date Released: September 28, 2012 Date Seen: September 6, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

276) Motorway (2012) Dir: Pou-Soi Cheang Not Yet Released Date Seen: September 6, 2012 Rating: 3.5/5

277) Anna Karenina (2012) Dir: Joe Wright Date Released: November 16, 2012 Date Seen: September 6, 2012 Rating: 2.75/5

278) Thale (2012) Dir: Aleksander Nordaas Hopefully Never to Be Released Date Seen: September 6, 2012 Rating: 1.75/5

Day 2:

279) Dredd 3D (2012) Dir: Pete Travis Date Released: September 21, 2012 Date Seen: September 7, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

280) Hotel Transylvania (2012) Dir: Genndy Tartakovsky Date Released: September 28, 2012 Date Seen: September 7, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

281) Something in the Air (2012) Dir: Olivier Assayas Not Yet Released Date Seen: September 7, 2012 Rating: 4/5

282) Berberian Sound Studio (2012) Dir: Peter Strickland Not Yet Released Date Seen: September 7, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

283) Seven Psychopaths (2012) Dir: Martin McDonagh Date Released: October 12, 2012 Date Seen: September 7, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

Brian De Palma: Voyeur, Hard Science Fiction Enthusiast

RV!: The Phantom of the Paradise (1974) Dir: Brian De Palma Date Released: October 31, 1974 Date Seen: September 3, 2012 Rating: 4.5/5

RV!: Dressed to Kill (1980) Dir: Brian De Palma Date Released: July 25, 1980 Date Seen: September 4, 2012 Rating: 4.5/5

274) Hi, Mom (1970) Dir: Brian De Palma Date Released: April 27, 1970 Date Seen: September 4, 2012 Rating: 4.25/5

287) Passion (2012) Dir: Brian De Palma Not Yet Released Date Seen: September 9, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

Oh, boy. I got to talk to the cranky man in the safari jacket. Oh, boy. Interviewed him for Press Play and wrote a lil capsule on Phantom, my favorite of Mr. DP's movies, for the L Magazine. Enjoyee!

Just When You Thought it Was Safe to Rent a Shitty Shark Movie

273) Bait 3-D (2012) Dir: Kimble Rendall Date Released: September 9, 2012 Date Seen: August 30, 2012 Rating: 1.25/5

Yup, this is....this is pretty bad. See my review for the Village Voice.

Demme Docs

272) I'm Carolyn Parker (2011) Dir: Jonathan Demme Date Released: September 12, 2012 Date Seen: August 30, 2012 Rating: 2.75/5

275) The Agronomist (2003) Dir: Jonathan Demme Date Released: April 24, 2004 Date Seen: September 4, 2012 Rating: 3.25/5

Glad I got to write this piece as it gave me the opportunity to think about what it is that I don't like about the frustratingly myopic perspective of Demme's political docs. See my review for the Village Voice for more.

Yeah, We're Back.

RV!: The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) Dir: Blake Edwards Date Released: May 21, 1975 Date Seen: August 29, 2012 Rating: 3.75/5

I still laugh like a maniac. See my pro-Edwards piece for Capital New York.