I enjoyed The Fearless Vampire Killers, but was, at times, caught off guard by the constant shifts in tone, camera work, and editing. One part parody, one part hijinks-fueled slapstick, and one part vampiric tale of terror, Vampire Killers has the attention span of a five year old with Pixy Stix. And while that's not necessarily a bad thing, it does make some of the less cohesive parts of the film all the more glaring. As an actor, Polanski throws…

I'll be honest, I only watched This Must Be The Place for the novelty of seeing Sean Penn's Robert Smith-like portrayal of over the hill rocker-man-child Cheyenne. After all, how many opportunities will you have to see such a dour actor like Penn completely goth out? Answer: not a ton. But you know what? His reedy performance and the film's ponderous pacing create a strangely hypnotic rhythm that I completely surrendered to by the end of the movie. Don't get…

This was my second Repo Man viewing and it was just as crazy, fun, and ridiculous as my first. Estevez and Stanton's weirdly perfect chemistry makes their every minute on screen together absolute bliss. And don't even get me started on Tracy Walter's spacey mechanic Miller, whose stray confessions and observations are either hilarious, thought provoking, or, more often than not, a combination of the two. True, it's not the prettiest of films, but that's kind of the point, isn't…

I had wanted to show Yojimbo to my girlfriend for a while now (ever since we watched A Fistful of Dollars, actually), so when I saw my chance on Friday night I knew I had to take advantage of the opportunity. Yojimbo is a great entrance point into Japanese cinema and the work of Akira Kurosawa, because not only is the film way funnier than it has any right to be, it also features some amazing dialogue and some wonderfully…