Jack Frost (1997) **1/2
"Look, Ma! I'm a Picasso!" "Gosh. I only axed you for a smoke." "Well, it ain't fucking Frosty!"
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Cannonball (1976) ***
Tonally all over the place and—mostly divorced of sex, violence, and political satire—nowhere near as good as the previous year's Death Race 2000 ), Paul Bartel 's Cannonball (1976) is nonetheless a fun ride (natch) with a cast of Corman all-stars. A perfect Sunday afternoon movie. Paul Bartel Feature Films Ranked
Youth Without Youth (2007) ***
A Kafkaesque dream of a film, Francis Ford Coppola 's Youth Without Youth (2007) can be difficult to comprehend, jumping from scene to scene with little connective tissue, but it's always beautiful to look at and has a mysterious and stirring score. Francis Ford Coppola Feature Films Ranked
The Dead Don't Hurt (2023) ***1/2
A slow-moving romantic western, The Dead Don't Hurt (2023) is Viggo Mortensen 's sophomore film as director. Handsomely shot by Marcel Zyskind (2010's The Killer Inside Me ( review )) and elegiacally scored by Mortensen (who also wrote the screenplay and stars), the film features fantastic performances by Vicky Krieps and Viggo, and satisfyingly reunites three Deadwood (2004–2006) alumni. The bursts of violence sprinkled throughout the picture hit that much harder due to the languid pace of this tender drama. Despite a non-linear presentation and at times female-centric viewpoint, TDDD doesn't set out to reinvent, but it's quite pleasing for fans of the genre. Recommended for fans of The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford (2007), The Proposition (2005) ( review ), and Killers Of The Flower Moon (2023) ( review ).
Space Truckers (1996) ***
Garish, campy, and filled with low budget CGI and effects (despite a large budget for the film; lots of visible wires), Stuart Gordon 's straight-to-video Space Truckers (1996) is a fun ride with a scrappy charm, a boisterous score, and a great ensemble of wonderful character actors. Stuart Gordon Films Ranked