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.
November 2006 activity
Total Log Entries: 86
- Adam (14)
- Andrew (0)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (1)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (19)
- Jenny (9)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (3)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (16)
- Teddy (5)
- Thomas (1)
- Timothy (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 48
- Marie Antoinette (3)
- The Fountain (0)
- An Inconvenient Truth (0)
- Lord of the Flies (1)
- Moments choisis des histoire(s) du cinema (0)
- Climates (0)
- J’entends plus la guitare (0)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan (1)
- Pan’s Labyrinth (0)
- My Super Ex- Girlfriend (1)
- The Departed (0)
- The Prestige (1)
- Wordplay (0)
- Cars (0)
- Trust The Man (0)
- You, Me And Dupree (0)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby (0)
- Old Joy (0)
- Casino Royale (0)
- A Good Year (0)
- For Your Consideration (1)
- Stranger than Fiction (0)
- Love and Death (0)
- Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (0)
- Gabrielle (5)
- The Unforgiven (0)
- Klimt (0)
- Flanders (0)
- Candy (0)
- Tough Enough (0)
- Casino Royale (0)
- Half Nelson (0)
- The Fountain (0)
- Funeral Parade of Roses (0)
- Shake Hands with the Devil (0)
- The Departed (11)
- Volver (0)
- The President’s Last Bang (3)
- Liberte, la nuit (0)
- Emergency Kisses (0)
- Demented (0)
- Paraguayan Hammock (0)
- The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes (0)
- Beckett On Film (1)
- House of Games (0)
- Marie Antoinette (1)
- Hotwire (0)
- The Caiman (0)
- Comedy of Power (0)
- Dry Season (0)
- The Rules of the Game (5)
- Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (1)
- Burden of Dreams (2)
- Wordplay (0)
- A Brief History of Time (0)
- Saw III (0)
- Peking Opera Blues (0)
- Bad Golf My Way (0)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (0)
- The History Boys (0)
- Star Wars: Episode V (1)
- Thank You for Smoking (0)
- Eyes Wide Shut (2)
- Volver (1)
- Aguirre: The Wrath of God (0)
- The Phantom Carriage (0)
- The Stars Look Down (0)
- Homecoming (0)
- Flags Of Our Fathers (0)
- Mr. Death (0)
- Superman (1)
- The Fly (1)
- Wes Craven’s New Nightmare (1)
- Borat (0)
- The Departed (0)
- Saw III (0)
- Borat (1)
- Sophie Scholl – The Final Days (0)
- Meet Me in St. Louis (0)
- Evil Dead II (0)
- In My Skin (0)
- The Woods (0)
- Tideland (0)
- The Wild Blue Yonder (1)
- The Departed (0)
- The Queen (2)
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Hotwire / USA / 1980
Although this mildly entertaining action-comedy offering from Texas legend Frank Q. Dobbs promises “the zaniest sting operation on four wheels,” in truth, Hotwire is a series of middling sting operations interspersed with the tale of a recidivistic car thief, the woman who loves him, and the power-hungry twins out to destroy his life. But yes, we have the great George Kennedy in a challenging dual role; playing both the disgruntled town sheriff and the man’s shady car salesman twin brother. Sadly, however, each of Kennedy’s characters is quite reprehensible, and it is left to Strother Martin as an acerbic, wise-cracking (and metaphorically befuddled) hotwire man, and John Terry as the luckless new kid in town determined to rise above his auto pilfering ways, to save this film from oblivion. Impressively, the pairing of this duo kicks up the pace of the picture considerably, and results in some near-zany moments, including the old pretend-to-be-a-priest-while-your-partner-steals-the-car gag, and the ill-fated theft attempt of a car chained to a tree. Factor in a humorously awkward love affair, an underground prostitute auction, and the late-night quest to rip-off the boss’s coveted Rolls Royce, and the double wasting of George Kennedy is almost forgotten.
by Thomas Scalzo | Source: Paragon Video Productions VHS
14 Nov 2006 11:31 PM | Submit Comment