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Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead (2006)
Feb 14th
Director: Lloyd Kaufman | Rated: Unrated (extreme gore & nudity) | Review date: 14-Feb-2010
The title says it all. Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is as loony and over-the-top as it sounds. Jason Yachanin hilariously plays Arby, a young man who takes up work at a local fast food chain (which happens to be on top of an indian burial ground) to support his unable parents. Before you can say “Sloppy José,” the restaurant is plagued with possessed chicken carcasses that soon make hosts of those that consume them. The final product is a hysterical chicken flavored zombedy musical topped with More >
Once (2007)
Jan 15th
Director: John Carney | Rated: R (language) | Review date: 15-Jan-2010
Once is one of those simplistic masterpieces that manages to captivate audiences with very little effort. It’s a modern day approach to the musical, replacing the theatrical song and dance routines with honest and heartfelt singer-songwriter ballads. The performances by the guy and girl, played by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, were astounding, so much that I at times forgot that they were acting. The relationship between the two on camera is a far cry from the mushy and unrealistic Hollywood romance most often seen. Instead, this film gives us More >
Amadeus (1984)
Dec 4th
25 Years Later; Still Being Rocked by Amadeus
Rated: R (Director’s Cut; nudity), PG | Review date: 4-Dec-2009
Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus is the dramatization loosely based on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s last 10 years of his life as told through the accounts of the much envious and aging Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham) from an insane asylum. The epic masterpiece spans the better part of 3 hours (director’s cut), which to some might sound like a snooze fest. However, Milos Forman’s scary ability to choose the perfect musical companions to each scene is sure to wake up any dozing viewer. Tom Hulce’s haunting More >
Copying Beethoven (2006)
Nov 28th
Rated: PG-13 | Review date: 28-Nov-2009 | 50th Review!
I was quite excited to find there was a new movie based on my favorite classical composer. My interests were further aroused when I found the movie starred one of my favorite actresses, Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds). Copying Beethoven is a fictitious tale of the last year of Ludwig van Beethoven’s life as he works with a young copyist and aspiring composer named Anna (Kruger). Ed Harris plays the egotistical and genius Beethoven as his deafness worsens and his overall health declines. Anna becomes Beethoven’s muse and confidant, and the two end up More >