Repossessed One subgenre of comedy that has completely gone south in recent years is of course the spoof movie, that which mocks a certain movie or type of movie with allegedly hilarious results. Now of course those films are little more than bad, unappealing actors mugging for a silent (and empty) theatre, but back in […]
Requiem For A Dream In many ways, Darren Aronofsky’s much praised 2000 film is the most potent anti-drug work ever made, showing how quickly and how easily heavy drug use and addiction can turn you into a rock bottom loser with no chance of climbing back up. The story depicts the spiritual and physical downfalls […]
Rescue Dawn Vietnam has long been a staple of anti-war filmmakers, as we’ve seen nearly every conceivable cinematic concept put to use, and once again in 2006 we get the (true) story of a downed pilot’s time in a POW camp, in a film so poorly paced it probably should be called “Endless Dawn”. Christian […]
Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino’s major directorial debut in 1992 made an impact like few others in the history of cinema. Buoyed by a tremendous word of mouth buzz in The United States which made it a cult sensation, and an outright box office smash in England, where it’s credited with singlehandedly inspiring the British gangster […]
Resident Evil No doubt about it: Milla Jovovich has got the action heroine persona down cold. Gorgeous with her stunning green eyes, yet able to bring that physicality to the table while showing off her perfect legs. Unfortunately, this 2002 release directed by her future husband Paul W.S. Anderson (which kicked off a franchise of […]
Return Of The Killer Tomatoes The all out slapstick, anything goes for a laugh style of movie comedy was invented and just about perfected by Mel Brooks and The ZAZ Gang with such comedy masterpieces as Blazing Saddles and Airplane!. The at least partial strategy for these types of films was to always have a […]
Return Of The Living Dead A Cult Masterpiece that, in terms of sheer outrageousness, very nearly tops anything that George Romero ever came up with, all while having the balls to actually use Romero’s original movie as a jumping off point, making several references to it in the dialogue (“It worked in the movie!” “You […]
Return Of The Pink Panther Sometimes a popular movie franchise can hit its peak at the most inopportune times for both an actor and director. The year was 1975. It had been over 10 years since A Shot In The Dark had come out and solidified Inspector Jacques Clouseau as a veritable legendary comedy character. […]
Revenge Of The Nerds Call it luck, call it what you will, but sometimes on the unlikeliest of projects everything comes together to produce a modern classic that never outlives its popularity. With it’s near seamless ensemble, crackerjack writing and gags (which grow mostly out of the characters and their development), and semi-cool soundtrack of […]