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The Food of the Gods (1976)
Another late career gem for Pamela Franklin
If you are a Pamela Franklin fan, this is a must! Campy, schlocky, and plain bizarre are words too weak to describe this movie. Check your brain at the door and enjoy Ms. Franklin in her last cult appearance.
You've Got Mail (1998)
Be careful who you see this movie with!!!
YOU'VE GOT MAIL was not the defining film of the late 90's but it was the first time I ever saw the Internet treated so benignly and not as the devil incarnate. There was a joke about how Meg's (aka Shopgirl) cyberpal could be a serial murderer, but that usual "danger" implication associated with the internet was not there. I cannot tell you how refreshing that is. It accepts the internet as a social venue and nothing sinister. Also, not only is this movie a two hour infomercial for AoL (talk about PRODUCT PLACEMENT), it is also a training film on how to use it. It is like how Paul Thomas Anderson's HARD EIGHT (he also did BOOGIE NIGHTS) taught the audience how to professionally gamble. This movie shows America (and the whole world) how to use AoL. Released so close to Christmas. Hmmmm. And this film is not only an infomercial about AoL, but it is also a TRAVELOGUE about New York City. This film is really only ABOUT WALKING AROUND NYC. Everything else is just an excuse to WALK AROUND NYC. In last week's NEW YORKER, there was an article about Tom Hanks in it and in it Hanks mentions, jokingly, that the next Nora Ephrom movie will take place all in her apartment. Hee hee. This woman has the same problem that Woody Allen has...they are both obsessed and enthralled with NYC, and consequently the city becomes the lead character in their movies. Yet, this is not bad. I happen to like NYC and since I am a left coaster, I enjoyed the visit to the other coast.
In closing...I enjoyed YOU'VE GOT MAIL, but I have to warn internetophiles about taking your significant other to the movie. If you met on e-mail or through the internet, then you are safe. But both Shopgirl and NY126 have significant others at the beginning of the film who they eventually have to dump to find true love via the internet. If you are an active interneter and your significant other is not, taking them to this movie might make them even more paranoid about your potential to find aother mate on-line. So, proceed with caution.
Millennium (1989)
A fun and thought-provoking very "B" movie
This movie should be a total piece of ****, but what comes through all the bad acting, cheesy effects, bizarre plot turns, and embarrassing characters, is a lot of heart and an actual dark and dank apocalyptic film which is just as optimistic, NAY MORE OPTIMISTIC, than anything the STAR TREK universe has presented to us viewers to date. Yes, you can have it both in this movie...the end of the world AND the rescue of humankind. It's all in this little grade "B" movie which is filled with so many idiosyncrasies that it's a hoot to watch more than once.