Featured Movies

Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.

Tokyo's in trouble once again, in the only Godzilla film that is a direct sequel to the one before. Last time, Godzilla and Mecha-Godzilla mixed it up, and now they're set for a rematch, with the addition of Mothra and those cute little Mothra Twins. There's some giant larvae, too. And a guy who loves machines instead of hot dewy snatch. If you're expecting mass destruction, you're right!

Haywire

Steven Soderbergh is going to show us poor, moronic cinematic philistines how it's done with his entry in ye olde "super-agent-goes-rogue" genre. Problem is, its star has all the charisma of a rock, and the movie becomes boring halfway through and stays lifeless til the end.

Bully

I love true crime movies. And I love movies that are about today's wayward youth and how they're all a bunch of ADD, drug-addled sociopaths. So a movie about drug-addled teen sociopaths killing one of their own then not knowing what to do about it sounded right up my alley! Only it's by Larry Clark, whose IN!!! YOUR!!! FACE!!! style made me only able to stand it in 20-minute increments.

The Oscar

As surely you know by now, fame has a dark side, and that dark side has spawned numerous films. This one has a cast of luminaries of a certain era and a script co-written by Harlan Ellison, telling the story of Frankie Fane, who walks all over numerous friends and lovers and will stoop to any depth to achieve lasting fame. If you like it campy and overblown, you can't do better.

The Unique CdM Rating System...

...Evaluates a movie's goodness AND badness! OLIVIAS represent GOODNESS, DIVINES represent BADNESS

Scintillating Essay

Best of 2011 Movies / Video

It's that time of year again, where we look back at the year that was. Here's the CdM recap of 2011, with the best movies released in theaters this year, and also the best movies I watched on video.

Enthralling Videocast

The Birds: Explained!

Here you will encounter my answer to the enduring question about this film: Why do the birds attack? I point out that if you pay attention to the non-attack material, you can see that the bird attacks are the physical manifestation of the mother's rage against rival's for her son's affection.

Readers Respond

When I read this line: "Folding one’s corpses can free up space for guest towels and off-season bedding!" I laughed so hard I spit tea all over my computer screen.

-- --Jessica

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