Queue Query: Pervs and “Entourage” Fans Edition
We stole this idea from Slate because we think it’s fun. Sue us. (Please don’t sue us.) Without any advance reordering to save face, we present to you the first five entries* in Kimberly’s (and, to a lesser extent, Brian’s) Netflix queue, along with some brief commentary utilizing the royal “we.” Judge if you must.
1. Dark City: Director’s Cut (1998). Sometimes Brian rearranges the queue—we strongly discourage this. We vaguely remember seeing Dark City in the theater and nodding off, although the stills are very creepy! The director’s cut features a commentary by Roger Ebert, American Hero, which may explain its inclusion. Though Jennifer Connelly is always a pleasure to watch and we have new love for Rufus Sewell after seeing “Père-Lachaise,” the Wes Craven–directed segment of Paris, je t’aime, we will not be watching this. You can’t make us.
2. The Company (2003). We had forgotten about this Altman film until an Over/Under segment on the late, very lamented “At the Movies.” (Sadly, these are not archived online. Buena Vista, you gargle our mayo.) It stars Neve Campbell (who also co-wrote/produced—knock us over with a feather) as a member of Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet. James Franco is also in it because James Franco is in everything now. Sometimes he just stands in the background of CW shows and winks.
3. Divine Trash (1998). SML’s love of John Waters is profound and infinite. His movies? Well, not so much. We’re excited to check out this documentary about his early work because it features his parents, who, we can only assume, are the greatest parents of all time.
4. The Girlfriend Experience (2009). To tell you the truth, we’re not really sure if this is just high class porn. We don’t put anything past Soderbergh. Do you think just typing the lead’s name (real-life porn star who we are afraid to Google, Sasha Grey) will increase SML’s hits? Welcome, perverts and “Entourage” fans (one in the same)!
5. Inside Deep Throat (2005). If we’re going to critique LiLo’s latest foray into serious acting (Side note: She was quite good in Machete! More on this soon!), we must prepare ourselves by watching the source material. Also featuring John Waters!
*Disqualified for being—gasp—television shows: “I’m Alan Partridge,” “Shameless,” “Tell Me You Love Me.”
Maybe Black Swan will inspire renewed interest in The Company…..possible double bill in the future??
Dark City has already come and gone, sucka! And I was a bit underwhelmed with this film by Alex “The Crow” Proyas, and left confused as to what Ebert saw in this ambitiously creepy (yo, Nosferatu called–he wants his overcoat/sillhouette back!) but often seriously clunky (sloppy green screen work, one particular scene that is among the worst looped/dubbed scenes ever) dark sci-fi/fantasy that hooked him enough to want to record a (surprisingly pretty boring) dvd commentary. Ebert’s commentary is only one of three, however, the others being split between Proyas and the film’s writers. ALL SNOOZERS. Seriously. I felt Proyas pulled off later efforts with a much steadier hand–I, Robot, while lambasted for basically shucking the novel it was supposed to be based on, was actually (sorry, Kimberly) a pretty fun ride, and his most recent film, last year’s Nic Cage end of the world yarn Knowing, was (I shit you not) an exciting and cleverly executed piece of filmmaking.
And, back on topic, who the hell is/was Rufus Sewell? That dude is less appealing than Chris O’Donnell. (That = saying a lot.) I’m surprised Hollyweird never found a place for him in one of those Fantastic Four movies.
Wait until you get to see Waters’ mom. You will die. She is so great.
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