Nobody could have predicted in the innocent days of 1995 that Showgirls would be the cult classic and everlasting moneymaker that it became, but Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert's two thumbs down review and discussion reveal their reluctant fascination with the film. Ebert's review, particularly, just makes me want to see the movie again as soon as possible. He admits he laughed, was entertained, and wasn't bored, though the two critics were (hilariously) "disappointed" by the lack of "new ground" broken by the camp masterpiece. Hindsight is 20/20:
I can't help but think of the pool scene when Ebert describes the movie's "fairly routine sex."
Despite repeated nomination, the film widely considered to be the worst movie ever made, 1990's Troll 2, is not in the running to win The Hunt For The Worst Movie Of All Time, because it has no A- or B-list stars. But I think anyone who has seen the movie knows it's a classic of bad movie making, beginning with the fact that it's a sequel to a movie it has absolutely nothing to do with. The makers and stars of Troll 2 have long gotten over their embarrassment and embraced the film's cult status, and on June 27--29 "every conceivable person, film, and creature in the entire Troll 2 universe will converge on Nilbog itself" (Morgan, Utah, where the movie was filmed) for what looks like a spectacularly put together festival involving a bologna-eating contest, a "probably illegal Molotov cocktail toss," and a guitar hero competition (because those are fun).
Via Defamer, the movie channel Starz is advertising its premiere of I Know Who Killed Me this Saturday (Flag Day desecration!) by skipping the pretension that anyone might enjoy the movie on its merits and focusing squarely on the vibrant Hate-watching demographic:
What's funny about this, besides the obvious "Oh, screw it!" marketing meeting behind it, is the fact that even in finding negative bad quotes about the movie, they had to resort to the oldest movie marketing trick in the book -- random outlets like "efilmcritic.com". (Though most crappy movie marketers would love to be able to include such heard-of-before sources as Variety and the Daily News.) I haven't seen IKWKM, but I allowed a friend to verbally spoil it a few weeks ago and was like "Really? No. Really? What?" Spoiler alert: Moviespoiler.com, cut to the chase!
God bless Rich Juzwiak of Fourfour.com. When nobody else even remembered the Willa Ford Anna Nicole Smith movie, Rich went and found it leaked on the internet last week, watched it, and distilled it down to a 7.5 minute video (arranged by theme!) that you won't need a "subscription" to pain pills to watch. As Rich mentions, the movie has no release date, but lines like "You like my boobs? I bought them." and "Spunk's a fun word!" deserve catchphrase status. And I love the filmmakers' decision to pull an American Beauty (complete with AB ripoff music, natch), and have Anna rise to view her dead body and provide analysis of what it's like to be dead at the end. I just know that three years from now I'll be watching this movie on USA and a friend will call and ask what I'm doing and I'll tell them I'm reading Vanity Fair, "the book not the magazine." But until then, this video will more than do. Watch it at FourFour.
"Marriage is like a fire, but when you pull the alarm ... see, you can pull the alarm but help isn't on the way, because ... fire will burn ... marriage will burn you ... and ... So, when you get married your going to be in a fire and you need to sound the fire alarm but it can't be put out because love can't be put out."
I showed this to Max and he said "Is this a porno? I'm 40 seconds into this trailer, and I still think it might be a porno." Nope, not a porno, just that wonderful porno production quality but without all the devil's sex.
They really shouldn't release soundtrack listings for hotly anticipated movies. It just gives everything away. Here are the plot details clearly indicated by the Sex And The City: The Movie official soundtrack listing released today:
1. Labels or Love - Fergie - Sucky montage. 2. All Dressed in Love - Jennifer Hudson - Sucky Montage. 3. The Look of Love (Madison Park vs. Lenny B remix) - Nina Simone - Sucky Montage. 4. New York Girls - Morningwood - Sucky montage on a street. 5. All This Beauty - The Weepies - Sucky montage. 6. I Like The Way - Kaskade - Big dies. 7. It's Amazing - Jem - Sucky montage. 8. How Deep Is Your Love - The Bird & The Bee - Sucky montage. 9. The Heart Of The Matter - India.Arie - Shoegasm. 10. Auld Lang Syne - Mairi Campbell & Dave Francis - Sucky montage on New Year's Eve where Carrie meets Big's replacement.* 11. Kissing - Bliss - Sucky montage. 12. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart - Al Green (featuring Joss Stone) - Shoegasm. 13. Walk This Way- Run-D.M.C. (featuring Steve Tyler and Joe Perry) - Steve is gay. 14. Sex and the City Movie Theme - The Pfeifer Broz. Orchestra - Sucky montage about the importance of shallow friendships.
I hope this week has convinced you to check out The Amazing Cult Phenomenon That Is The Room, the worst movie ever made that's also 100% worth watching. If you're a Room fan already, you've probably subconsciously incorporated lines from The Room into your pop-culture-phrase vocabulary (I find myself saying "bye-bye" and "Oh, hi Mark" all the time, forgetting that most people probably don't know what I'm talking about.)
But arguably the #1 quote from The Room is to be found in this final clip (for this week, anyway), in which Lisa torments Johnny until he utters the fateful line all Room fans know: "You are tearing me apart, Lisa!"
Yesterday I wrote about The Amazing Cult Phenomenon That Is The Room, the little worst movie in the world that could. It's hard to find a first clip from The Room to share, because, really, the entire movie is a clip, but new initiates to The Room Fan Club can't go wrong with this scene, a rooftop guy-to-guy chat that includes some of The Room's most classic elements.
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