THE PYRAMID
What starts off as a run of
the mill found footage horror film albeit with higher production values as it
is set in a pyramid in the Egyptian desert turns into an interesting and
imaginative horror film replete with cool monsters and sinister traps. Enjoyable fluff with quite effective jump
scares in places.
MR DYNAMITE
This excellent documentary
effectively covers every facet of Brown’s career from tough childhood to
musical heyday to the huge reach of his musical influence to his complicated
personality and development of a sometimes contradictory political
consciousness. Lots of great archival
footage. More than makes up for the antiseptic toothless Brown bio pic that came out last year.
CUB
The plot of this Netherlands horror tale is quite simple – A boy scout camping trip in the French
countryside is menaced by a feral boy and a full grown serial killer. In what seems to be a theme in this run of
movies I am writing about, there are some gruesome traps here and it has a
nice dark ending. Much of the rest is
standard horror and no explanation is offered for anything that is
happening. A good timekiller movie with well
paced action.
BEWARE OF MR BAKER
At the beginning of this
documentary about drumming legend Ginger Baker, he swats the filmmaker in the
face with his cane. I can understand why. While this is an interesting movie about an ultimately self-destructive musical genius,
the director fills it full of distractions such as animation and attempted psychoanalysis
of Baker. A lot more music and a lot
less the other stuff (Baker's years in Africa in particular were very interesting and I would have liked to hear more about that) would have made this more than just an entertaining film.
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