For those of you fortunate enough to not know the Bad Man, there are two films that portray a fairly accurate view into my oozing grey matter when it comes to personality and obsession. One of those films is American director Mary Harron’s 2000 vehicle American Psycho, based on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis [...]
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A.D.D. movie review – Taken (2008)
The other night I watched Taken, Pierre Morel’s 2008 film starring Liam Neeson. I’ve seen a lot of bad movies in my time but this one achieved the honorable achievement of advancing into my top 20 worst films of all time list. I see that Mick LaSalle of our local San Francisco Chronicle gave it [...]
A.D.D. musings about Tarsem Singh’s “The Cell” and “The Fall”
Last month, after waxing poetic about the just viewed movie “MirrorMask” from 2005 (Dave McKean & Neil Gaiman) recommended to me by our very own BadMan, he shot back an emailed list of movies that also fit this theme (and I quote):
“Grotesque post-apocalyptic futurism rooted in baroque-art-deco architecture dripping with film-noir acid-greens following an AIW [...]
A.D.D. film thoughts about Jan Svankmajer’s 1988 “Alice”
This weekend, upon recommendation from the BadMan, I watched the 1988 film “Alice” by Czech director Jan Svankmajer; a surreal, live action/stop motion retelling of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland (AIW). Imagine, if you will, Peter Greenaway, Tim Burton and Veit Helmer co-directing this classic AIW tale, with Hieronymus Bosch and Salvador Dali helming the cameras as [...]
Throbbing Gristle, 20090423, Grand Regency Ballroom, San Francisco
I (Bad Man) am into industrial music, as you all read on my bio. So last night I was in the audience to see the seminal band Throbbing Gristle. What follows is my 2-minute A.D.D. review.
The concert last night was interesting. It was sold out, but a small place (maybe 800 people). It was very [...]
A.D.D. movie review – A Pair of John Lennon Shootings
Back-to-back I watched two docudramas tackling the assassination of John Lennon, a member of the Liverpool (England) rock band The Beatles. The films were JP Schaefer’s 2007 Chapter 27 and Andrew Piddington’s 2006 The Killing of John Lennon.
Supposedly Lindsay Lohan, one of the main actors in Chapter 27, is BFF with Sean Lennon (one of [...]
A.D.D. movie review Razzle Dazzle: A Journey Into Dance 2007
My girlfriend works in a dance studio (yes, I know it is a major surprise to everyone that a) Bad Man (that’s me) has run across a member of the same species that will tolerate extended exposure to him in close proximity, not that members of different species are more willing as it’s fairly equivocal [...]
A.D.D. movie review – Michael Haneke’s 2006 American remake: Funny Games
I’ve been a huge fan of Austrian film director Michael Haneke ever since I first saw his work in his 2002 film La pianiste (The Piano Teacher). The harsh emotionally disturbing characters just oozed from the screen, making it tangibly difficult to suffer through, yet at the same time you’re riveted knowing you’re viewing something [...]
Quicksilver nitrate review – Otis (2008) Tony Krantz, Ashley Johnson
More in the series of quick ADD movie reviews we here at The Royals provide you, our adoring audience.
Let’s add “The Signal” (2007) to Bad Man’s Highly Recommend list. Hard to believe this thing cost $50,000?!? A funny zombie film, far more smartly written, conceived and executed than the limpid drastically overrated British film “Shaun [...]
Tally’s takes on “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” (2008)
It’s only days away from the Autumnal Equinox but “Fall” is already in the air. I awake before 5 a.m. on this quiet Saturday morning and in the drizzly pre-dawn darkness I snuggle into my favorite corner of the sofa with a hot mug of coffee and a cozy throw; remote in hand. The room [...]