Reviews

The problem that I have with larry Clark and with his new film "Ken Park" is not the extreme sexuality and violence, that I can tolerate just fine, but his absolute embellishment of the truth, which he often claims that he is capturing. For some reason Clark, who is in late fifties, has the diluted sense of having his finger on the pulse of what young kids are doing today. He has some romantic idea about kids being so messed up and morally currupt that they are liable to do anything, including having sex with their girlfriends mom, brutaly killing their grandparents and themselves, and having wild orgies with anyone who cares to join in. This is all very tragic and sad, and Old man Clark would have you believe that this pattern is repeating itself in every small town from NY to LA, but the only problem is that it is a complete distortion of the truth. His first film, "Kids," was much more realistic and acurate because it was freshly written by a then nineteen year old Harmony Korine, but this new movie just feels like left overs from that shoot so many years ago. Clark has taken one good idea, which he used in "Kids," and tried to squeeze two more movies out of it, but unfortunatly for him and for anyone unlucky enough to sit through this garbage, his films have become little more than cliche ridden kiddie-porn. To top it off the film is just plain boring! Unless you get off on watching some guy jerk-off to female tennis players, maybe you should skip this one.

No one could ever deny the hilarity of "Weekend at Bernies," but I know that many of you were wondering, "How can they duplicate the magic?" I won't lie, I was briefly--just briefly--concerned that making a sequal to the original would be a mistake. It took me exactly one minute to realize that my earlier fears were completely unfounded. Seeing Bernie, who again was played beautifully by Terry kiser, brought me near tears with his absolutley on-the-mark timeing. Ladies and gentlemen, this man is a genius. I don't think that I'm spoiling anything by saying that, yes, Bernie is still dead. And that's what makes mister Kiser's performance that much greater (playing a dead man who is under a voodoo curse is no walk in the park!) Bernie dances. Bernie waterskis. Bernie flirts with gorgeous women. ALL WHILE BEING A CORPSE! I could go on and on about Mr. Kiser's performance, but I will let you experience it on your own. Adrew Mcarthy and Jonathen Silverman are both back and are funnier than ever as well. Those two play so well off of each other that I would be surprised if a sitcom was not in the works. I'll end here by saying that this movie will change your life, it's really that fantastic. And please, for your own sake, find the director's cut, you wont be dissapointed.

Q: Could this be the best film ever made? A: Yes, yes indeed it might be. The film, as you have probably already read, follows one mister donald darko, a troubled man child held captive by his own twisted mind. Donnie has been told some awefully scary news by a large bunny named frank and is struggling to deal with it. Now, if that sentence alone doesn't make you rush to the video store than listen to this: not only are there talking bunnies, there are also elements of time travel, an indepth analysis of papa smufs sexuality, and some of the best dialog since "Heathers." If you dont like this movie you are old!