http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:55:56 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/26/082222.php#comment-60629 Some of his reviews are gut laughingly funny. A movies merit is usually weighed by the number of breasts,amount of blood and how creatively the crimson jimson is spilled."Bloodsucking Freaks" rates high in the JB pantheon of classics. Nuff said. 60629@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:55:56 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/26/082222.php#comment-60627 HW, i just checked out his website. He has persuaded me to go find Basket Case 2, so he must be doing something right. As for the Eisenstien, well, my box-set of Russia In Revolt (what has Strike, Battleship Potemptkin and October, plus the under-loved Fall Of The Romanov Dynasty) is right next to Ichi The Killer and Island Of Death. Who says communists and cannibals can't get along? 60627@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:46:35 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/26/082222.php#comment-60625 Duke, I think you might enjoy Joe Bob immensely.Your tastes are very similar. Frightening thought,eh ? He was actually the Foreign movie critic for "The Dallas Times Herald" before using his Joe Bob nom to review classics like:" Mad Monkey Kung Fu,Zombie" and what not.Actually he is quite erudite regarding Cinema and he enjoys Eisenstein as much as he does the works of Corman,Meyers et al.Needless to say they go hand in hand......... His best collection is "Joe Bob Goes To The Drive In". Well worth the hunt. 60625@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:34:06 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/26/082222.php#comment-60622 Speaking of movies about the termination of johnson status, I just got the DVD of "Myra Breckinridge" in the post. That's the movie whereas Rex Reed gets his gear removed, turns into Racquel Welsh, who then rapes a dude with a strap-on (oh, that's somewhat of an eats, shoots and leaves construction, so hold tight for the review). 60622@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:10:50 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/26/082222.php#comment-60620 HW, I'm intrigued by what i've heard of Joe Bob, and I have his book Proundly Disturbing, but i'd like to see more. In fact, i might head over to his old slab of web-net right now. I was very, very tempted to buy the "millenium edition" whatever the fuck that is, of I Spit On Your Grave when i saw that Mr. Briggs had a commentary on there. Has anyone heard it? Is it worth the embaressment of saying to your fiancee "oh, hey honey, i just bought i spit on your grave about a woman is raped and then cuts a guys cock off". Is it worth that? 60620@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Apr 2004 20:01:29 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/26/082222.php#comment-60605 "Best Performance By A Lawnmower" LOF'inL!!!!!!!!! Are you fan of Joe Bob Briggs per chance? I must agree it IS Peters best flick,easily. 60605@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:00:03 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/26/082222.php#comment-60601 HW, iwas lambasted quite a bit on a web-net chat room one time for suggesting that to The Duke's eyes, Dead/Alive (or Braindead as we in the U of K regard it) was the best film Peter Jackson made, and was better than his The Adventures Of The Hobbits series. They said i was all clambering for kudos or some shit. I stand by it, though. That film was a masterpiece (it also recieved the Mondo Irlando Lifetime Achievement Award for performance by a lawnmower) 60601@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:46:03 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/26/082222.php#comment-60600 This flick sounds great.It's been some time since I've seen a funny "Zombie" type flick.Actually about a decade ago. 'Twas "Dead/Alive" back in about 93 or so... 60600@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:35:07 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/26/082222.php#comment-60597 Jim, it'll be worth the wait man. It's brilliant. You can see my own review somewhere in my list of posts (its fairly recent), but i agree with everything Maura says. It is incredibly moving at times, which i didn't expect, and also, amazingly, manages to balance the horror-comedy thing by doing both well, like The American Werewolf Visits London or whatever. Also, being that these are the folks behind Spaced, it was pleasing to see that the jokes didn't all rely on one's knowledge of Zombie Flesh Eaters. Movie snobbery is great man, but sometimes real jokes are fun too. Thanks Shaun Of The Dead. 60597@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:20:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/04/26/082222.php#comment-60595 Ghod knows when this is going to appear in NorthAm, but since it features people from "Black Books", and I've seen the trailer on the interweb, it looks just too fucking funny. I loved the argument over which LPs to decapitate zombies with. 60595@blogcritics.org Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:14:27 EDT