As there seems to be a demand for information and caustic commentary regarding movies which are so bad that they somehow attain a certain level of grandeur, I will employ this ongoing feature to present a selection of the odd, […]
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BMZ: Fifth Entry (7:4)
As there seems to be a demand for information and caustic commentary regarding movies which are so bad or offbeat that they somehow attain a certain level of grandeur, I will employ this ongoing feature to present a selection of […]
Continue reading »BMZ: Fourth Entry (7:2)
As there seems to be a demand for information and caustic commentary regarding movies which are so strange that they somehow attain a certain level of grandeur, I will employ this ongoing feature to present a selection of the odd, […]
Continue reading »BMZ: Third Entry (7:1)
As there seems to be a demand for information and caustic commentary regarding movies which are so bad that they somehow attain a certain level of grandeur, I will employ this ongoing feature to present some of the dopiest and […]
Continue reading »BMZ: Second Entry (6:4)
As there seems to be a demand for information and caustic commentary regarding movies which are so bad that they somehow attain a certain level of grandeur, I will employ this ongoing feature to present some of the dopiest and […]
Continue reading »BMZ: First Entry (6:2)
As there seems to be a demand for information and caustic commentary regarding movies which are so bad that they somehow attain a certain level of grandeur, I will employ this ongoing feature to present some of the dopiest and […]
Continue reading »BMZ Origin: The Joys of Really, Really, Really Bad Movies (5:2)
(The Bizarre Movie Zone had its origin in this one-page article I wrote back in 2003.) I have made a point in Filmbobbery to promote good films often and whenever possible. The whole idea behind this newsletter is to celebrate movies […]
Continue reading »Sarah’s Key (2011) ✰ ✰ ✰ ½
A journalist in France (Kristin Scott-Thomas) in a rocky marriage becomes obsessed with the fate of a child whose family was arrested, along with thousands of others, during the Vel’ d’Hiv roundup of 1942. What the journalist doesn’t realize is […]
Continue reading »Shark Night 3-D (2011) ✰ ✰
Although Jaws made me afraid to go in any body of water larger than a bathtub, I’ve always loved shark movies, despite so many of them being, well, awful. Shark Night 3-D had possibilities, even beginning with an attack reminiscent of Chrissie’s […]
Continue reading »The Debt (2011) ✰ ✰ 1/2
The philosophical mystery thriller The Debt questions whether the quest for truth should trump a nasty situation in which an expedient lie provided easy answers for the world but left lasting psychological repercussions for three people bound together by their actions. […]
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