‘The Magus’ (1968): A high-profile failure, but with much to enjoy
Back in college, a buddy gave me John Fowles’ novel, The Magus, as a birthday gift, with the express purpose of seeing if I saw what he saw in it.
Tag: drama
‘Seasons of the Heart’ (1994): Awful people attempt good deeds in TV movie
Sometimes you just need some soap-opera suds to kick off the holidays.
‘The Net’ (1995): Sandra Bullock finds danger & intrigue online
Her driver’s license. Her credit cards. Her bank accounts. Her identity. DELETED.
‘Kansas City Bomber’ (1972): Misunderstood action-drama an effective, evocative melodrama
Grimy, relentlessly downbeat actioner/drama, incisive and intriguingly hazy—and far better than its rep indicates—with Raquel Welch’s first really accomplished performance.
‘Corky’ (1972): A dour nightmare about an irredeemable loser
One long, downbeat descent into the void.
‘Lolly-Madonna XXX’ (1973): Atmospheric, violent & senseless Southern cult classic
Strange, hypnotic doom and gloom Southern cult classic, a modern-day Hatfield and McCoy feud underpinned by a violent, fatalistic melancholy.
‘Cool Hand Luke’ (1967): Rugged individualist’s counterculture tale, underpinned by religion
“Some men…you just can’t reach.”
‘Harriet Craig’ (1950): A creepy exercise in sublimated hysteria
Take that, Mrs. June Cleaver!
‘Jacqueline Susann’s The Love Machine’ (1971): Aggressively inept, trashy schlock (thank god)
Awfulness like this is rare—it needs to be acknowledged and celebrated.
‘Billy Jack Goes to Washington’ (1977): Senator Billy Jack – a crusader against corrupt government!?
It’s the end of the line for Billy Jack.
