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.

August 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 61

Total Comments: 60

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The Descent / UK / 2005

Originally released overseas, this horror film from the UK has been cleansed and given a “happy” new ending for American audiences. Led to believe this was more psychological than visceral, I was disappointed when the possibility of an all-female mental breakdown, psychotic paranoia and all, was dashed by the usual horde of carnivorous, cave-dwelling monsters. There’s violence, gore, and frantic brawls that hover on ridiculousness, plus enough dyed corn syrup to transform actress Shauna Macdonald into Stephen King’s blood-soaked prom queen. The allusions to animalistic cavemen are sometimes overdone (a shot of Macdonald crouching, a bone in her hand, reeks of transparency), though those scenes tend to be the most beautiful. The Descent is enjoyable, with an ending that’s actually good, but not very scary.

Nonetheless, my mother loved it.

by Adam Balz | Source: 35MM Print
06 Aug 2006 8:10 PM | Submit Comment

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