June 2009
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Hey doodz. Today marks the beginning of a beautiful friendship: my first post for platform magazine. I’m going to be reviewing teen movies over there and my first is one of my favorite movies ever: Over the Edge (1979) starring Matt Dillon. Click on the image to read the article and remember “A kid who tells on another kid is a dead kid!”
Many thanks to Lesley! xoxo
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Happy Birthday to me (1981)
Today is my birthday y’all. This poster* is pretty much the best thing ever.
*This is a real a movie and I’m scrambling to find it on dvd because I know it will change my life for the better. UPDATE: I got the dvd, it’s on! Thanks three frames!
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Thriller (1983): The freaks come out at night?!
Listen, I know that people are burning a hole in the internet with Michael Jackson posts but I have to say one thing. It cannot be denied that the man was a musical genius. Forget about his personal struggles, his mysterious transcendence into a white man, calling his child Blanket, the Macaulay Culkin rap in the Black or White video, the clothes, the glove, etc etc etc. FORGET ALL OF THAT SHIT...
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BONUS: The Hideous Sun Demon (1959)
Can someone please write the word “HOT” in this flaming typeface so I can get the guys started on my tattoo?! Thanks in advance.
Alice (1988): Don't come around here no more...
It takes some pretty big balls and a crazy imagination to deliver an amazing yet completely creepy version of a classic like Alice in Wonderland. In Alice, the animals aren’t cute and would rather be left alone. To them Alice is a huge pain in the ass: eating their tarts, disrupting their cookouts (albeit on top of her head) and ruining a perfectly good tea party for two. She’s the...
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976): Is there life on...
This movie made me sad. When I see an alien in a movie my first thought is usually “When the fuck is Will Smith gonna nuke this bastard already?!” or “Damn, Joan Rivers looks rough in HD” But David Bowie as an alien? Depressing and kinda believable. He’s very tall, painfully thin, detached, and has an accent. Done, he’s an alien. Bowie plays Thomas Jerome Newton...
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BONUS: Van Nuys Blvd. (1979)
A hamburger makeout scene?! Dreams really do come true.
Une Femme est Une Femme (1961): Oh baby baby.
Godard is coming closer and closer to sainthood with every film I watch. Even when the plot is silly or non-existent (see: Made in U.S.A.) or the film is boring (see: Masculin Féminin) or pretentious (see: Weekend or Le Mépris), they are always beautiful. The man has an eye for color and for creating inspiring images. This film is Godard’s ode to the American musical comedy. It is not...
BONUS: The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
“Only Hell could breed such an enormous beast. Only God could destroy it.”
Damn, I wish I came up with this ridiculous tagline. Why does the monster have to be black?! Shit. Anyways, love the letter style!
Lady Snowblood (1973): Taking Care of Business.
Being a child born to avenge your parent’s deaths must give you a pretty hefty chip on your shoulder. Forget the normal pressures of adolescence: worrying about being a fat kid, wearing glasses (the horror!), being tempted by drugs and Natty Ice, getting zits, getting to third base in the back of a car…Yuki doesn’t have time for all that noise; She’s too busy being molded...
BONUS: Charlotte et Véronique... ou Tous les...
Jean-Luc Godard’s charming first short film. He also handwrote the titling.
The Pink Angels (1971)
“A different kind of motion picture, about a different kind of motorcycle gang”
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Caged Heat (1974): Breaking the law, Breaking the...
Ah the good ole days of Women in Prison films, they don’t make em like this anymore. Our girl Wilson is fresh fish (!) Dropped in the clinker on drug charges she’s quickly taken under the wing of seasoned inmates Bella and Pandora. Cut to Chaplin style skits, gratuitous breast shot, shower scene, cat fight in the shower, angry frigid warden in a wheelchair, and some more boobies. Get in...
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Bunny Lake is Missing (1965): Baby come back!
Bunny Lake is Missing is a dark mood piece about loss, madness and the sometimes creepy bond between siblings (see: Sisters, Clueless, The Parent Trap with Lindsay Lohan). When single mother Ann finds her daughter Bunny (don’t worry, only a nickname) missing from school at first she’s in disbelief. The school is run by people with shit for brains that are no help at all, nonchalantly...
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
“Monsters of mass destruction!”
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The Holy Mountain (1973): You and I are gonna live...
Your Friend says: “What did you do last night?”
You respond: “Got weird and watched The Holy Mountain.”
Yes, This will be exactly what you tell someone after watching this film. I’ll take a stab at explaining the plot. So, it’s about this Jesus look alike guy known as “the thief” who after falling into some bad luck is befriended by a limbless...