Marshall Bell

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part II: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
Rating: ★
Jul 15, 2002Dream-Invading Boogey Man
The first and worst of the A Nightmare on Elm Street sequels. The dream logic becomes incoherent, while the film is twisted out of shape to become a bizarre gay Coming Out parable
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Total Recall (1990)

Total Recall (1990)
Rating: ★★
Jun 18, 2005Virtual Memories/Reality Bender/Action
Adaptation of a Philip K. Dick story is killed by being turned into an Arnold Schwarzenegger action vehicle and by director Paul Verhoeven's burying the reality bending subtleties of the story under bludgeoning ultra-violence
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Northfork (2003)

Northfork (2003)
Rating: ★★
May 29, 2014Strange Film About Angels
The Polish Brothers, two of the most underrated creative teams in the US today, make a rather puzzling film about angels that feels like muted Coen Brothers. The film is cool, measured, has often striking imagery but leaves you scratching your head trying to figure out what it is about
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Sex and Death 101 (2007)

Sex and Death 101 (2007)
Rating: ★★★
Jan 1, 2010Man Receives a List of All the Women He Will Ever Have Sex With
What starts out seeming like a frat boy comedy about a guy receiving a list of all the women he will sleep with turns into an intriguingly different beast altogether
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Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)

Scream Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (2019)
Rating: ★★½
Jun 21, 2020Documentary About the Gay Subtext in A Nightmare on Elm Street II
A documentary that discusses the gay subtext in A Nightmare on Elm Street Part II: Freddy's Revenge and how lead actor Mark Patton claims it ruined his career
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