- I love you Tracy Morgan.
In this week’s exhilarating Mercury Film section, you will find:
A Couple of Dicks Cop Out: For the first time, Kevin Smith directs a movie he didn’t write. If Clerks II was Smith’s redux of the ’90s indie comedy he helped pioneer, Cop Out is his take on the ’80s buddy cop flick. I enjoyed it well enough, but you might want to think twice about going unless you’re a hardcore Smith fan or can quote from Lethal Weapon and/or Beverly Hills Cop.
The Crazies: George Romero’s ’70s horror flick gets remade with that goofy guy from Deadwood and Hitman and Live Free or Die Hard. Courtney says it’s pretty good, and I’ve heard from a few other people that it’s damn scary.
Saint John of Las Vegas: In which Steve Buscemi plays Dante Alighieri! In Las Vegas! Also, Sarah Silverman is involved somehow. And there is a 1970 Buick Wildcat. Ned says it’s alright.
The White Ribbon: Need a good date flick for the weekend? Um, The White Ribbon probably isn’t it. Funny Games director Michael Haneke’s latest is a predictably terrifying-sounding drama that Marjorie calls “a smoldering and horrifying masterpiece.”
Meanwhile, PIFF finishes up and the Cascade Festival of African Films continues (more info on both of those can be found in our Film Shorts); the must-see-WTF-awesome House plays for a few days at Cinema 21; Barbarella‘s at the Bagdad; and Slither is at the Fifth Avenue. Slither‘s pretty fun:
More, as ever, in our Film Shorts; Movie Times are here.
Slither is an amazing under-the-radar picture, especially Nathan Fillion. He had some of the best lines I’ve heard in a horror movie for a while.