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...Just hearing that plot precis must have given parents the cold sweats. Another slasher movie to desensitize their young sons: to demonstrate acts of self-mutilation beyond the dreams of Jackass, and teach them that the world offers only two options: kill...
...Whannel recalls that "James would ask for a third take, and the A.D. [assistant director] would be like, 'What do you think you are - Kubrick?'" Somehow, though, these two kids from an Australian film school, working on their first feature, got it done, and matched the ingenuity of the plot with a slick, sick visual style. (The film's green pallor suggests that Wan, an ethnic Chinese born in Malaysia, had been watching a few of the Hong Kong dramas shot by Christopher Doyle...
...ransacks another horror subgenre, the old-dark-house movie, in which eight or ten people are trapped somewhere and one by one they're killed off. Agatha Christie made this plot famous in her novel Ten Little Niggers, known as Ten Little Indians in the U.S. and filmed in 1944 as And Then There Were None. The second Saw repeats characters and torture implements (the reverse bear trap) from the first one. How many variations on body-piercing and self-puncturing can there be before the audience tires of the repetition, or gets exasperated and shouts, "You've been punk...
...hold before long, due to their repetitive nature. Especially in purely visceral comparison with “Sexy Back”—a video featuring an intricate cat-and-mouse spy game—“My Love” is rather disappointing, lacking the thrilling plot line or steamy make-out scenes. And yet, nonetheless, Timberlake has managed to pull off another video proving that his irresistible dance moves will still keep the girls coming back for more. —Jennifer...
Boston Ballet’s revival of “Don Quixote” is a fluffy, lighthearted romp that forgoes a sense of plot in favor of character, allowing the superb technique and humor of its dancers to shine through. Fortunately, the dancers’ energy and comic bravura compensate for any lack of emotional impact in the ballet. The Boston Ballet opened its 43rd season last weekend with “Don Quixote,” which runs Oct.19-29 at the Wang Theatre. Last performed by the company in 2003, “Don Quixote” boasts...