Screening Log

This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.

April 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 73

Total Comments: 32

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Scary Movie 4 / USA / 2006

What’s happened to David Zucker? The infamously creative (or is it creatively infamous?) director, who has helped give us some great pieces of cultural satire, has forsaken intelligent parody for half-hearted attempts at unoriginal humor. Anna Faris and Regina Hall still manage to induce laughter as dimwitted Cindy Campbell and forthright Brenda Meeks, respectively, but the storyline is an obvious stretch. Yes, the Saw parody is funny, and Charlie Sheen’s cat-versus-erection fiasco is hilarious, but since when have Million Dollar Baby and Brokeback Mountain fallen under the category of horror? Hopefully Scary Movie 4 is only a mediocre stumble in Zucker’s career, but when you begin relegating the talent of Cloris Leachman and Michael Madsen to forgettable roles, you know something is wrong.

If I had more time, I’d extol the virtues of Leslie Nielsen, who once again drags an overly tedious movie from its sinking self, despite being regulated to less than five minutes of actual screen time. For someone who’s incredibly spry despite turning 80 this year, he isn’t given more responsibility as a comic actor, nude scene aside. A shame, a real shame.

by Adam Balz | Source: 35MM Print
15 Apr 2006 10:13 PM | Submit Comment

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