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RE: VIEWS (LOOK)

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22 December 2023





 

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I said it in the review of the first collection and I\'ll say it again: I shouldn\'t like watching old episodes of Beavis And Butt-Head, but there is just something both nostalgic and completely charming about them that makes me laugh. This three-disc set collects forty cartoons (seventeen of which were previously unreleased), as well as a bunghole full of extras. You get nearly fifteen music videos (including \"Sabotage\" from the Beastie Boys, and \"Fake Plastic Trees\" from Radiohead), three years worth of Butt Bowl appearances, some promos and parody ads, and even a small featurette. This set may not have reminded me exactly why I loved them, but it does remind me that I do love them. That being said, is there a need for a third set? Probably not, as six discs worth of these two is more than enough. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing. Even if we are talking about Cornholio.

 

THE GRADE: A

 

- Wayne Chinsang

 

OH! CALCUTTA! (New Video Group)

 

Oh! Calcutta! debuted on Broadway in 1969. It was an \"erotic musical\" that confronted sexual taboos through a mixture of dance, skits, and music. Oh, and there\'s nudity. A lot of nudity. Nude, nude, nudies everywhere! I\'m not opposed to being nude. I\'ve even experienced it once or twice. But it\'s hard to look past it on this DVD. I understand that certain biases needed (and still need) to be challenged, but I also get the feeling the creators just like nakedness for its shock value-- like a kid that gets a tattoo on his arm on his eighteenth birthday and wears nothing but sleeveless shirts around just to rub it in to his strict Catholic mother.

 

THE GRADE: C-

 

- Fphatty Lamar

 

KATIEBIRD: CERTIFIABLE CRAZY PERSON (Shoreline Entertainment)

 

Sadly, the number of truly scary horror films are few and far between, which means that the genre of horror is overflowing with films that have little to do with the very genre that defines them. However, the best horror movies are those that are able to blend genuinely tense and scary moments with an old concept that has been twisted and manipulated into becoming its own thing. This is one of those films. KatieBird is the story of a twenty-something young woman (Helene Udy) who is not only fucking her psychiatrist (Todd Gordon), but also confiding in him the fact that she really enjoys killing people. Throughout the session, we learn of KatieBird\'s demented relationship with her father (Lee Perkins), who eventually teaches KatieBird the ropes of what quickly becomes the family business. The film was independently made by director Justin Paul Ritter, but every ounce of the film-- from story to acting to direction to editing-- looks just as good if not better than most big-budget Hollywood horror films. So if you\'re tired of walking into a theater with hopes of being scared, only to walk out pissed-off and disappointed (see: Hostel, The Hills Have Eyes, Silent Hill, etc.), check out KatieBird.

 

THE GRADE: A

 

- Wayne Chinsang

 

MEAT WEED MADNESS! (Troma Films)

 

Hahaha! I loved this movie! It was so nice to see a movie with amateur actors and actresses that pull it off as good as professionals! The drug-addicted farm girlies were my favorite, running around naked poolside, slapping each other with towels. You have to laugh with them and their accents. Meat Weed Madness! is my new favorite Troma film!

 

THE GRADE: A+

 

- Eric Adkison

 

PERIOD PIECE (Troma Films)

 

Giuseppe Andrews is scaring the hell out of the world again with his new films Period Piece and Jacuzzi Rooms. One question I ask myself, though: \"Is Giuseppe Andrews exploiting the elderly?\" I mean, how many people that you know would get naked with a dead piglet and kiss it? But now what about a person over eighty that is about to die? Regardless, this movie was even more disturbing than Touch Me In The Morning. I have to give it some sort of credit for making me feel utterly vomitory and creepy, because I am usually as unphased as a vegetable.

 

THE GRADE: A

 

- Eric Adkison

 


 

An old film from the silver screen that has been upgraded to the wonderful, soon-to-be-obsolete DVD format. This is a movie about family and values and what\'s really important in a \"man\'s\" life (circa the 1930s). Is it family, or success, money, and power? I\'m still wondering what the correct answer is!

 

THE GRADE: B

 

- Eric Adkison

 

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - VENUE SONGS (Idlewild Recordings)

 

Seriously, this Brooklyn-based duo is responsible for more music in their twenty-year history than most record labels can lay claim to over decades of being in business! The Johns write a song for everything! Take their new DVD, for instance: Venue Songs. It features eleven videos that accompany Venue Songs for Dallas, Albany, and Glasgow, among others. What is a Venue Song? It\'s exactly that! In 2004, the Giants decided to create, practice, and play a brand-new song for every venue they played in during that tour! Each video was created by a different visual artist, so you get beautiful visuals in addition to the playful tunes. Add to that list a few extras-- including a video for \"Experimental Film (with Homestar Runner)\"-- and you\'ve got a really great two-disc set. Wait... did I say two discs?!? I did! You know why? Because releasing just one isn\'t enough for these guys. They also have to include a CD that features twenty more Venue Songs, as well as five studio bonus tracks. My God!!! When one of these guys finally croaks, the one that\'s still around is going to write a jingle about it titled \"John In A Box\"! I\'d also like to point out that they sent the media yet another CD of music that features select tracks from TMBG\'s podcast songs. Now, you can\'t buy this disc in stores-- they only collected it for press-- but you can hop on over to their site and download all their podcast shows yourself for free. Lord knows there\'s enough there for you to pick through.

 

THE GRADE: A (for sheer quantity alone)

 

- Wayne Chinsang

 

TOUCH THE SOUND (Docurama)

 

Touch The Sound documents award-winning percussionist Evelyn Glennie as she takes the viewer on a journey of the senses. Even though she has been deaf since she was a child, Glennie became an accomplished musician through her sense of touch. In the documentary, we see her do improvised street performances, recording sessions with other accomplished musicians, and experiments with sound. In a large room, she plays percussion against the echos of her own drum, which is pretty amazing. The disc also features interviews with Glennie, as she tells us about her music and her own life and inspiration. Touch The Sound is a beautifully filmed, inspiring documentary. Watch it (and hear it) now.

 

THE GRADE: A

 

- Sal Swayzo

 

VIDEO VIXENS (Troma Films)

 

A sleazy television channel hosts \"The Stag Movie Awards\". And by \"stag\" I mean \"porn\". This movie was made in the Seventies. There was actually no porn in this movie, and that drove me wild because that\'s all they talked about and insinuated. I just wanted to see someone have sex after awhile to make this movie prove its love to me.

 

THE GRADE: C

 

- Eric Adkison

 

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