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 2007 activity
Total Log Entries: 25
- Adam (8)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (0)
- Cullen (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (1)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (0)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (0)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (7)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (1)
- Victoria (1)
Total Comments: 6
- Ratatouille (0)
- Secrets From Another Place (0)
- Black Narcissus (0)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture (2)
- This Is England (0)
- Hail The Conquering Hero (0)
- American Gangster (0)
- Frozen (0)
- Paris Je T’Aime (0)
- Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (0)
- Shake Hands With The Devil (0)
- Fido (0)
- American Gangster (3)
- The Zero Effect (0)
- Trapped in the Closet (0)
- The Big Lebowski (0)
- Begotten (0)
- Saw IV (0)
- Lions for Lambs (0)
- Death of a President (0)
- Stranded (0)
- Evil Dead II (0)
- The Evil Dead (0)
- The Goonies (0)
- Cemetery of Terror (1)
Full Archive
Fido / USA / 2006
If you’ve ever wondered what the Mayfield neighborhood would look as a cloudless Technicolored heaven enclosed by metal Romeroesque fencing, this is the film for you. Billy Connolly is a member of the undead harnessed by the living as a pet—a gray, groaning Benji, complete with matching collar (to protect against unvented zombie rage) and backyard chain. Named “Fido” by his new owner, an adolescent outcast, he threatens to divide the family: Mom, played by Carrie-Anne Moss, exhibits more than just a soft-spot for the decayed former-person, while Dad—the great Dylan Baker, as a cowardly Ward Cleaver—is reminded of his own past experiences with zombies and shuns the family’s new addition. A great little piece of overlooked humor, as well as a highly original commentary on both the zombie subgenre and our culture as a whole.
Still, zombies don’t win Oscars. At least, none have so far. Anybody playing a member of the undead is given a limited character to inhabit—a flat, flesh-eating canvass of rotting cheeks and glowing-black eyes, their libidinous appetites yearning fresh, flowing blood. Dialogue consists of “Errgh” and “Agghh” and, occasionally, “Brains!” With Fido, there are a multitude of surprisingly great performances to complement the storyline, the least of which comes from Tim Blake Nelson as a next-door neighbor and former researcher whose own pet is a young, blonde, scantily-clad female. A refreshing little movie, even with Halloween now two weeks passed.
by Adam Balz | Source: Lionsgate DVD
16 Nov 2007 2:55 PM | Submit Comment
