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New Photos Added: JERRY LEWIS, THE ADDAMS FAMILY, Liv Tyler, CLUTCH CARGO, Goldie Hawn, WHAT’S MY LINE?, Ernest Borgnine, etc.

July 7th, 2008 by Scott Marks

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

THE ADDAMS FAMILY - 5 Photos Added

Jerry Lewis’ THE BELLBOY (1960) - 8 Lobby Cards Added

BORGNINE IN BANLON!!!

BORGNINE IN BANLON!!!

Ernest Borgnine in The Split (1968) - 3 Color Stills Added

CLUTCH CARGO Bobble Heads

CLUTCH CARGO, with his pals Spinner & Paddlefoot! - 5 Photos Added

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Movie Review: THE STRANGERS / Brian Bertino (2008)

May 30th, 2008 by Scott Marks

The Strangers (2008)
Written & Directed by Brian Bertino
Starring: Liv Tyler & Scott Speedman
Running Time: 90 mins.
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Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆

After attending a wedding, Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman plan on spending the night at his families’ remote vacation home. She didn’t foresee a marriage proposal, he didn’t anticipate her rejection and neither of them expected to be terrorized by Mr. Potato Sack Head from The Orphanage and two of Sugar and Spice’s masked cheerleaders.

The Strangers is no stranger to horror film clichés and first time director Brian Bertino doesn’t miss a one. Banality has long since become a trademark of Hollywood horror films, but what’s truly terrifying about The Strangers is its utter lack of originality.

The narrator’s emotionless reading of the opening “based on a true story” crawl showed promise. If only Bertino had his tongue firmly planted in his cheek when he decided to include it. There’s not one intentional laugh line in the entire picture.

After one of the strangers first bangs on their door in the middle of the night, Speedman still deems it safe enough to leave his bride-not-to-be alone in the desolate house as he drives to an all night convenience store to fetch her a pack of cigarettes. (The film earned its R rating: We get to see lovely Liv light up a couple of times.)

For 90 minutes Ms. Tyler is systematic brutalized and degraded at the hands of three masked assailants whose motivation is simply, “because you were home.”

What’s most distressing is watching Liv Tyler’s career trajectory. I adore her. She has an approachable beauty and her coltish behavior perfectly compliments her elongated pout. She smokes, has no tattoos and judging by her baby boy Milo, is good breeding stock. And she’s not just another pretty Hollywood horse-face. In her early films (Heavy, Stealing Beauty. even Empire Records), Liv displayed a tremendous amount of acting talent.

Normally, if I like an actor I’m in it for the long haul. (Hell, I saw S*P*Y*S, W.H.I.F.F.S. and Matilda in memory of Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye!) Her terrible choice of projects made her a very wealthy movie star and actually kept me away from two-and-three-quarters of her films. (I walked out after two reels of Lord of the Rings and never ventured into either of the sequels.)

I don’t begrudge her work in a franchise picture, but when the cycle ends at least have the decency to turn to someone other than Kevin Smith or Adam Sandler! She hasn’t been in a good movie since Cookie’s Fortune.

That was ten years ago and the statute of limitation is quickly running out. Picking up Jamie Lee Curtis’ rejects is not the answer.

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