Tag Archives: John Carpenter
THE THING (1982)
The Unenthusiastic Critic #5
My girlfriend offers her critical commentary on John Carpenter's 1982 classic The Thing: "Um… Oh…. …OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH……… OH, IT’S AN INSIDE-OUT GOAT!…. OHHH, NO……. OH, FUCK THAT SHIT! …..OHHHHHHHHHHH, JUST TELL ME WHEN IT’S OVER…" Continue reading
Filed under MOVIE REVIEWS, Older Films, The Unenthusiastic Critic
ATTACK THE BLOCK (2011)
By dropping its monsters down in a South London council estate, and by finding its unlikely heroes in a multi-racial group of teen-age delinquents, "Attack the Block" achieves something remarkable: it makes what could have been a formulaic, low-budget monster movie feel like a story we've never seen before. Continue reading
Filed under 2011 Films, MOVIE REVIEWS
