I SAW THE DEVIL
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  Year Released: 2011 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 141 minutes |
“I Saw the Devil” is a gorgeous film about horrible things. Days after the screening, I still carry its unsettling baggage with me…
Posted on February 27, 2011 by KJ Doughton
FOR COLORED GIRLS
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 134 minutes |
Even as I respect Perry, I loathed “For Colored Girls,” a jarring blend of cringe-worthy domestic violence and over-baked melodrama…
Posted on November 8, 2010 by KJ Doughton
TEN OF THE MOST MONSTROUS MOTHERS IN MOVIES
Halloween’s Grim Reaper will soon come calling. What better time of the year to celebrate the cauldron stirring, broom-riding witches and bitches of cinema history?
Posted on October 21, 2010 by KJ Doughton
ANIMAL KINGDOM
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 112 minutes |
With “Animal Kingdom,” filmmaker Michod suggests that when the chips are down, we’re not here to walk old ladies across the street for merit badges. We’re here to survive. Period.
Posted on October 4, 2010 by KJ Doughton
TWICE BITTEN: “LET ME IN” VS. “LET THE RIGHT ONE IN”
Burned one too many times by lousy American remakes of foreign films? Keep the faith. “Let Me In” is a rare movie miracle that does the job right…
Posted on October 4, 2010 by KJ Doughton
MACHETE
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 105 minutes |
Robert Rodriguez is the Mexican Dr. Frankenstein of film, and “Machete,” a South-of-the-border variation on “Mad Max” with exaggerated, “Mexploitation” politics, is his monster creation…
Posted on September 6, 2010 by KJ Doughton
SEEING DOUBLE MESRINE: INTERVIEW WITH VINCENT CASSEL
As real-life French madman Jacques Mesrine, Vincent Cassel blasts us with both barrels in “Killer Instinct” and “Public Enemy No. 1”…
Posted on August 11, 2010 by KJ Doughton
REFN RISING: INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR NICOLAS WINDING REFN
Our interview has been delayed by four hours, at Refn’s request. Between vocal kids and ringing telephones, a chaotic vibe can be sensed during this fragmented landline discussion. However, once the quirky filmmaker behind “Valhalla Rising” surrenders his time and gets into the “zone,” he’s an honest, generous interview subject…
Posted on July 28, 2010 by KJ Doughton
THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 129 minutes |
Haven’t read Larsson’s books, or seen the first film? Then good luck finding this one more than a puzzling mess…
Posted on July 13, 2010 by KJ Doughton
RUSH: BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 107 minutes |
New on DVD! Enjoy compelling drama and grand adventure? Then fuck “Prince of Persia” and revel in the sight of legendary neon noisemakers pillaging the planet and answering to no-one…
Posted on July 7, 2010 by KJ Doughton
HUGH HEFNER TAKES ALL THE ARROWS: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER BRIGITTE BERMAN
Filmmaker Brigitte Berman reveals the bare truth about “Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist, and Rebel.” Think Hugh Hefner is all silk bathrobes and D-cupped bunnies? Read on…
Posted on June 17, 2010 by KJ Doughton
TWISTED ROOTS
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 97 minutes |
2010 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Twisted Roots” chronicles the seemingly insurmountable odds faced by a family putting out too many fires at once…
Posted on June 3, 2010 by KJ Doughton
CANE TOADS: THE CONQUEST – IN 3D
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
2010 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Secreting toxic ooze and dripping slime, 1.5 billion determined cane toads are hopping across Australia…
Posted on June 2, 2010 by KJ Doughton
HOLY ROLLERS
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 89 minutes |
2010 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Holy Rollers” suggests that beneath our diverse beliefs, clothes, and customs, an internal, eternal war rages between sin and salvation. It’s one helluva ride…
Posted on May 31, 2010 by KJ Doughton
SICK HICK FLICK: DIRECTOR ELI CRAIG AND ACTOR TYLER LABINE ON “TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL”
2010 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil” takes the ill-fated canoe of “Deliverance” and dunks it refreshingly upside-down. Filmmaker Eli Craig and actor Tyler Labine discuss humor, horror, and the creative use of blood super-soakers…
Posted on May 26, 2010 by KJ Doughton