Book + Movie List

Vampyros Lesbos
Steven Krise My Basement (TiVoed off of Sundance Channel) 13 June 2007

To quote Alan Cummings, "It manages to defy all categories it could easily be pigeonholed into and has a tone and atmosphere all its own. Oh, and did I mention there's loads of tits in it?"

Van Helsing
Ray Hunley Netflix DVD 15 April 2005

Of course there were lame plot devices and ridiculous dialog, but it worked great as what it was. Quite entertaining, if you allow it to be.

Vanilla Sky
Steve Gadd DVD 23 February 2005

The "what is dream and what is reality" has been done before (see Cronenberg) but this remake has nice production values, and I really like the finale.

Veronica Guerin
A Bennett Hollywood Video DVD 04 August 2005

Somehow Jerry Bruckheimer was attached to this production. The violence is so real it’s upsetting, the story is dark (and allegedly true) and the bad men are truly, unredeemably bad. After all, it’s an Irish story. Cate Blanchett should be given a small kingdom (I’m thinking Monaco, or even Vatican City) in recognition of her performance here. Is there nothing she can’t do? I’d pay to watch her portray an African tribesman in Shaka Zulu’s time.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Steve Gadd Regal Countryside Cinema 12 September 2008

A love-tetrahedron that is anything but Platonic. For my date, the most dramatic moment in the movie occurred early on, when the director's name appeared onscreen. I thought she was going to break down in tears. I was more optimistic -- after seeing "Match Point" I held out hope for another European story with Woody Allen behind the camera. We were both pleased in the end.

Volcano High (Whasango)
Julie Gephart Basic cable 07 February 2004

This movie would have been way better with drugs a bit stronger than my chosen cold medicine. Apparently this was a specialized MTV dub wherein the soundtrack was hip-hop and all of the characters were voiced by rappers, giving it quite a surreal feeling against the Korean kung-fu visuals. The visual effects and fights were remarkably good.

Voyage of the Rock Aliens
Tony Pisarenkov Dr. Dremo's Taphouse, Arlington, VA 22 May 2007

How do you even rate something like this?!