http://filmweviews.com We like movies! Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:54:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Who loves Jack Black? Everyone. Who loves "Nacho Libre" and "School of Rock?" Everyone. Who loves "Be Kind Rewind?" Some. Maybe. How could you go wrong with a movie starring Jack Black as Jerry Gerber, a neighborhood slacker who accidentally erases all the VHS tapes at Elroy Fletcher's (Danny Glover) movie ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/be-kind-rewind/ Jack Black discusses his "mime diet" on "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" - BBC. http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/jack-blacks-mime-diet/ Bela Lugosi's over-the-top performance as mad scientist Dr. Richard Vollin is not to be missed. Lugosi hams it up as a brilliant, egotistical surgeon that has a fanatical obsession with Edgar Allan Poe, keeping a stuffed raven on his desk and devices of torture described in Poe's tales in his ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/the-raven-2/ What girl could help herself from being drawn to the charms of Bela Lugosi in his late 50s? Well, most likely any girl, but that didn't stop anyone from making this movie. Edgar Allan Poe obsessed and "mature" Dr. Richard Vollin (Lugosi) saves the life of Jean Thatcher (Irene Ware) and ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/the-raven/ This is a B-movie in every sense -- brief, low-budget and bad, obviously made to show in theaters as part of a double feature. Secretary Susan Hart (Pamela Blake) takes on a job from a client while her cash-strapped private eye boss and boyfriend Russ Ashton (Tom Neal) is out ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/hatbox-mystery/ Fans of Coen Brothers' movies should check out this early gem. "Blood Simple" was the first commercial film by the brothers and the big-screen debut of Frances McDormand. Club owner and jealous husband Marty (Dan Hedaya) hires a scumball private detective to kill his wife Abby (McDormand) and her lover ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/blood-simple-2/ It's not so simple when tough Texan, Ray (John Getz), starts an affair with Abby (Frances McDormand), the wife of a rowdy honky tonk owner, Marty (Dan Hedaya) -- especially when she's his boss's wife. Bring in a sleazy private eye, Loren Visser (M. Emmet Walsh), and things really turn ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/blood-simple/ The biggest mystery is "what were they thinking?" "Hollywood Mystery" doesn't have a mystery or a murder. What it has is a movie promoter hyping his film by getting press that a real gangster is involved. I hope this doesn't spoil the film, but that doesn't go well. If you're looking ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/hollywood-mystery/ This movie doesn't include a murder -- or a mystery, for that matter. A publicity man for a movie studio (Frank Albertson) hatches a scheme to convince the press that the star of the latest gangster film (José Crespo) is a real gangster. Complications arise when real gangsters come after ... http://filmweviews.com/moviemoll/hollywood-mystery-2/ Back in their salad days, The Coen brothers made a movie called "Raising Arizona" that became an instant classic. It also became the film to which I would compare every movie the brothers made from then on -- and there were some excellent movies to follow -- such as "Fargo," ... http://filmweviews.com/groovymovieguy/raising-arizona/