Another disaster by M. Night Shamalamadingdong.  It's a tag-team of bad direction and a mediocre screenplay that collectively insult the audience while the director puts himself onscreen as the most important character in the film.  This is an ever-escalating trend in movies I wish he'd stop making.

I expected to like this a lot more than I did.  Sure, I'd seen it before (nearly ten years ago), but I thought maybe I'd just forgotten the plot what with all the weirdness going on all the time in the picture.  Nope.  It's pointlessly random and that means it's fun because it's random.  Of course, if you're trying to see it as anything more than that, you'll need drugs.  If you're over-selling it like that, get off the drugs.

Worst movie ever.  I don't throw that kind of dismissive review down lightly either.  I rented it because Alyson Hannigan was in it, and it may well be her last big screen appearance after this potential career-killer.

Sure, I knew this was going to be pretty bad going in, but it lacked the kind of acklowledgement of how bad it was that would elevate it to a movie that was laughing with us.  Huge disappointment.  Watch any parody of it instead.

Another Bukowski adaptation along the same lines as Barfly.  Come to think of it, basically it's exactly the same as Barfly only nowhere as good on any level.  Have you seen Barfly?  'Cause I know you didn't see this one.  Guess what I'm going to suggest you see instead.

There is actually a lot in here to love, even though these episodes are from the deservedly much-maligned season that was such a step down from the first bunch.

Want to see yet another Phillip Seymour Hoffman movie where he gets lost in the role?  Okay, that's most of them, but this one's pretty good.  Also interesting is Minnie Driver similarly hiding out in a character you'd never notice (much like her career these days).

This isn't rocket scienec; it's a formula that's sure to break down at high velocities (like those encountered when catching up on a full season via nearly back to back dvds), but I have to admit that I still like it.  For one thing, I think there are volumes of philosophy that could be written on Earl saying "Hey, Crab man!"

A creepy movie based off Thomas Tryon's most famous book, but it's kind of dated.  I'm sure a good director could update the hell out of this into something compelling.  Until then, just sit tight or find something else to rent.

I think my rule ought to be that my enthusiastic reviews read simply "SEE IT!"  I mean, my favorite movies are almost always the ones with the most interesting premise or twists or something else you'd find out about in a review, and I don't want to spoil things.  As such, all I'm going to say about this one is SEE IT!

Sure, they get on my nerves sometimes when the writers manufacture drama that isn't really there, but the show redeems itself more often than not, especially in the episodes where the mom wears jeans.

Even with only half the band participating, this is still a great "behind the scenes" (or tracks; whatever), and it's a much more interesting album to hear about them making than to listen to, and that's saying a lot.

Another meandering Fellini movie (Yes, that is redundant) about a sort of a lost soul, like most other Fellini movies.  We basically get to tour every side of Rome and then wonder what it was all about when it ended, same as every other Fellini movie.

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