| Little Miss Sunshine STARING Steve Carrel, Greg Kinnear & Toni Collete WRITTEN BY Michael Arndt DIRECTED BY Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Farris 4.0 |
Mom (Toni Collette),who is trying to keep
everything together without freaking out
herself. Also along for the ride is Frank
(Steve Carrel), Mom's brother, a cynical
Proust scholar who after his boyfriend has
dumped him had his suicidal tendencies
have land him in the hospital.
First time directors Jonathan Dayon &
Valerie Farris (Music Videos such as
"Tonight, Tonight," by the Smashing
Pumpkins and Korn's "Freak on a Leash")
have a real gem here. They opened up the
heart and showed that there's a few scars
are there, but those scars are what make
us feel alive, what makes us feel real.
-Justin Lee Amidon
everything together without freaking out
herself. Also along for the ride is Frank
(Steve Carrel), Mom's brother, a cynical
Proust scholar who after his boyfriend has
dumped him had his suicidal tendencies
have land him in the hospital.
First time directors Jonathan Dayon &
Valerie Farris (Music Videos such as
"Tonight, Tonight," by the Smashing
Pumpkins and Korn's "Freak on a Leash")
have a real gem here. They opened up the
heart and showed that there's a few scars
are there, but those scars are what make
us feel alive, what makes us feel real.
-Justin Lee Amidon
It sounds very campy, Little Miss
Sunshine, but it is anything but campy.
Little Miss Sunshine, this summer's
runaway hit, is getting rave reviews at
Sundance. LMS is a film about a New
Mexico based highly dysfunctional family
that reluctantly piles into a beat up 1964
piss yellow VW bus, which is on the
verge of spontaneous combustion, to
travel to California to where Olive
(Abagail Breslin), the loveable randomly
dressed 7 year old, will enter the Little
Miss Sunshine beauty pageant.
We get something unsuspected from
modern cinema, a story about real people
with real feelings and real conflicts. The
gangs all here, you have Grandpa (Alan
Arkin), who trains with little Olive for the
contest, and in between his coke binges
he makes enough time to show some
"moves". Then there's Dwayne (Paul
Dano), the alienated, Nietzsche reading,
mute- well he's not really mute, it' just a
vow of silence; Dad (Greg Kinnear), the
narcissistic, motivational speaker on the
verge of a nervous breakdown, who
can't seem to stop quoting his lectures
"there's winners and there's losers..."
Sunshine, but it is anything but campy.
Little Miss Sunshine, this summer's
runaway hit, is getting rave reviews at
Sundance. LMS is a film about a New
Mexico based highly dysfunctional family
that reluctantly piles into a beat up 1964
piss yellow VW bus, which is on the
verge of spontaneous combustion, to
travel to California to where Olive
(Abagail Breslin), the loveable randomly
dressed 7 year old, will enter the Little
Miss Sunshine beauty pageant.
We get something unsuspected from
modern cinema, a story about real people
with real feelings and real conflicts. The
gangs all here, you have Grandpa (Alan
Arkin), who trains with little Olive for the
contest, and in between his coke binges
he makes enough time to show some
"moves". Then there's Dwayne (Paul
Dano), the alienated, Nietzsche reading,
mute- well he's not really mute, it' just a
vow of silence; Dad (Greg Kinnear), the
narcissistic, motivational speaker on the
verge of a nervous breakdown, who
can't seem to stop quoting his lectures
"there's winners and there's losers..."
| The Lost Boys Starring: Keifer Sutherland, Alex Winter, Corey Haim, and Corey Feldman Written By: Janice Fischer and James Jermias Directed By: Joel Schumacher 4.0 |
Although nearly 20 years old, The Lost
Boys remain a steeple in the occult movie
genre, spawning off more wanna-be
vampires than most Hollywood flicks
combined. The Lost Boys take place in
Santa Carla, California that is deemed the
Murder capital of the world, and for good
reason. The town is plagued by the
undead, ripping away loved ones without
remorse, running amuck on the peer,
doing what they please as they please,
and ever trying to widen their little family.
Boys remain a steeple in the occult movie
genre, spawning off more wanna-be
vampires than most Hollywood flicks
combined. The Lost Boys take place in
Santa Carla, California that is deemed the
Murder capital of the world, and for good
reason. The town is plagued by the
undead, ripping away loved ones without
remorse, running amuck on the peer,
doing what they please as they please,
and ever trying to widen their little family.
Vampires? How cool is that?! Yeah,
well, this delectable breed comes
stocked with mullets and gnarly
toenails, as seen in the unforgettable
scene where Marko (Alex Winter) gets
a wicked splinter through the heart.
This is preceded by Michael (Jason
Patric), the eldest of the brothers, being
tricked into becoming immortal after he
chases Star (Jami Gertz), a member of
the damned, into the blood sucking
coven. Sam (Corey Haim) and his goon
squad the Frog Brothers (Corey
Feldman and Jamison Newlander)
decide to rescue Michael by destroying
the one's that turned him.
The Lost Boys is action packed, and
although it takes place within a mythic
realm, it offers a touch of reality by
playing up the average teenager in a
boring town aspect. Comedy is
provided by Grandpa (Bernard Hughes),
who surprisingly resembles Willy
Nelson and knows of the vampire
infestation. With plenty of gore,
sarcastic remarks, and the hope that the
damned really do exist, it's not hard to
see why this movie is a landmark film
that just brushes up against a B rating.
-HmH
well, this delectable breed comes
stocked with mullets and gnarly
toenails, as seen in the unforgettable
scene where Marko (Alex Winter) gets
a wicked splinter through the heart.
This is preceded by Michael (Jason
Patric), the eldest of the brothers, being
tricked into becoming immortal after he
chases Star (Jami Gertz), a member of
the damned, into the blood sucking
coven. Sam (Corey Haim) and his goon
squad the Frog Brothers (Corey
Feldman and Jamison Newlander)
decide to rescue Michael by destroying
the one's that turned him.
The Lost Boys is action packed, and
although it takes place within a mythic
realm, it offers a touch of reality by
playing up the average teenager in a
boring town aspect. Comedy is
provided by Grandpa (Bernard Hughes),
who surprisingly resembles Willy
Nelson and knows of the vampire
infestation. With plenty of gore,
sarcastic remarks, and the hope that the
damned really do exist, it's not hard to
see why this movie is a landmark film
that just brushes up against a B rating.
-HmH
