Adam Rifkin on “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory”
May 31, 2009
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One of the strangest and darkest children's films ever made, this shot-in-Bavaria adaptation of Roald Dahl's book (he hated the movie) features what may be Gene Wilder's greatest performance. Would make a great double bill with Dr. Seuss's The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T (which he hated as well).
Joe on Game of Death
05/24/2013
There's a fascinating essay on the complexities of this film in The American Reader by Tony Tulathimutte which can be accessed here: http://theamericanreader. om/the-curses-the-fates-the-races-the-fakes-the-faces-the-names-of-the-game-of-death-or-the-game-of-death/
Victor Jones on Invasion of the Bee Girls
05/24/2013
I first heard of this movie my first semester in college when my French instructor used her having seen it on TV the previous weekend to form an example sentence. I think I probably saw it on the same show a year or two later (although not uncut) and agreeing it was pretty good for an early '70s low-budget sci-fi movie, certainly a step above something like Track of the Moon Beast or The Blood Waters of Dr...
Phil on Invasion of the Bee Girls
05/24/2013
The link to the full film doesn't work. But this flick was recently on Netflix Instant, and may be...
Victor Jones on Poison Ivy
05/22/2013
I had the fortune of seeing Poison Ivy in the theatre (albeit a second-run dollar theatre) during its original release. I think I saw a trailer for it at a showing of Bill Duke's Deep Cover, and I think Poison Ivy only played for a week first-run...
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