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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Corpse Bride


Tim Burton at his best. This movie was (obviously) claymation, as was his "nightmare before Christmas", but this was, in my opinion, an improvement.
It's hilarious; like some sort of spoof on horror/ghost movies.
GHOST MOVIE: in the french door windows, on the balcony, a ghostly figure of a half-rotted woman stands in her wedding dress, partially silloughetted against the moonlight. It moves toward the horrified couple in the room, and begins to wrap its clammy fingers around the neck of...
CORPSE BRIDE:in the french door windows, on the balcony, a ghostly figure of a half-rotted woman stands in her wedding dress, partially silloughetted against the moonlight. It moves toward the horrified couple in the room, and says, "Hi. What's going on?"
Verry funny.

CHURCH MINISTER: (To mob of corpses approaching the Church): "Begone ye (etc.)
CORPSES: Quiet, guys, we're in Church!
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Thursday, March 09, 2006

Arsenic and Old Lace


Carey Grant stars in this hilarious (yet kinda morbid) Comedy.
Mortimer lives with his two, sweet old aunts, and "Teddy"; a man who thinks he's Theodore Roosevelt. His wedding honeymoon is cut short when he discovers a body in his murderous aunts' windowseat! Highlight the rest to read some revealing plot:
Mortimer Baxter, (Cary Grant) has written many books against marriage. And he just got married. At the beginning of the film, he is happily flirting with his new wife, and avoiding the stunned reporters.
He goes home shrouded in glee and bliss, and tells his two, sweet old aunts the happy news. Everything is hugs and kisses until, while both aunts are in the kitchen, he discovers a body in the windowseat. As it turns out, his aunts killed the man out of charity. As a matter of fact, they have killed twelve men who are poor and familyless, and buried them in the cellar.
Suddenly Mortimer's brother Jonathan, a deranged killer, on the run from the law, and wanted in several states, turns up with his assistant (Peter Lorry) in the thick of the confusion to use the little house as a hideout. It turns out that he, too has killed 12 men, but is determined to kill his 13th: Mortimer; the only threat to his safety.
Filled with ridiculous coincidences and hilarious blunders. If you've never seen this movie, go to your library and put it on hold.
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Thursday, March 02, 2006

I Confess


An Alfred Hitchcock film.
A Catholic Priest hears the confession of a murderer, and is bound to silence by Church law, even when interrogated by the police. This is not too difficult, until someone says they saw a priest leave the building. Now all signs point to him.
He must not say who actually did it, he must not say that he knows who did it, he must not say why he cannot speak. He cannot even hint that he ever heard the man's confession. Unfortunately, the murderer is content to let his parish priest be suspected.
If you have never seen this exiting/frustrating depiction of faith, hope and love, I strongly recommend it.
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