Grindhouse

Grindhouse was written by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. The film's title derives from the U.S. film industry term "grindhouse," which refers to a movie theater specializing in "B Movies," often exploitation films, shown in a multiple-feature format. Grindhouse consists of two films, Planet Terror and Death Proof. Both are very entertaining and not for those with weak stomachs. Both feature excellent Tarantinoesque dialogue, adventure and weirdness. I liked Death Proof better than Planet Terror. Kurt Russell is awseome as a twisted stunt man in Death Proof. Death Proof is a 4 and Planet Terror a 3.999. Both made my "tied for 11th," aka Honorable Mention category. Joe

Feast of Love

I like Morgan Freeman a lot. He was adequate in this movie about a college professor who is also a back yard psychologist/philosopher of sorts. Greg Kinnear, who set his mark in stone as the ultimate male victim years ago in As Good As It Gets, plays a great victim again who gets dumped by his wife who falls in love with another woman, then gets dumped by a real estate agent who is also a tramp, and then falls in love with a woman doctor who stitches up his hand after he stabs himself because he wanted to feel in his body the same degree of pain he felt in his heart, bla bla bla. Certain parts of this flick had potential but it was a disjointed mess in other places. Harold gave it a 1.5 I think. I give it a 2.5. Joe

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

In a year of bleak and bloody movies, this was the bleakest, bloodiest, and not even close to the best. The story of Sweeney Todd has been around for a long time, so it is not clever or original. 5 songs into the movie, I felt like pulling what little hair I have left out of my head. Johnny Depp remains, in my humble opinion, overrated and undertalented. This is at most a 3 out of 5, doesn't make my top 10 list, and isn't even tied for 11th. Joe