Curtis' Recent Reviews
Jennifer's Body
R
This is supposed to be a horror comedy but it fails to meet the requirements of either genre. Megan Fox plays Jennifer, a beautiful high school cheerleader who one night after a close encounter with an evil band becomes a succubus and starts knocking off her horny male classmates in fits of passion. The story is weak and the acting flat. "Mean Girls" Amanda Seyfried does deliver a nice performance as Jennifer's nerdy best friend.
Edgeplay: A Film About The Runaways
Unrated
I know most people wouldn't give this film five stars but I love The Runaways and am a huge fan of this labor of love documentary by band replacement bassist Vicky Tischler-Blue. This film chronicles the rise of the legendary 70's girl group, The Runaways. This film features interviews with band members Currie, Ford, West, Fox, and Blue. It features other perspectives as well like taskmaster manager Kim Fowley who brought the girls from very different backgrounds together that led to their success but whose differences ultimately led to their demise. Fowley took advantage of these girls, lied to their parents, and used a self described boot camp mentality to break the girls emotionally. A couple of the mothers of the girls gave their views on how they were duped by Fowley. This film is peppered with lots of live performance material and home videos. For unknown reasons Joan Jett chose not to participate in this film. My favorite Runaway was original bassist Jackie Fox who still looks beautiful today. Lita Ford who was sort of the unofficial alpha female of the group still comes off as being brash and full of herself but used The Runaways as a springboard to become a rock legend.
Curtis' Favorite Movies
Porky's
R
The holy grail of 80's teen sexploitation films. This is the one that started it all and is the best of them all. I was twelve when this movie first came out and I remember sneaking into the theatre with my friends to see this after paying to see some piece of crap being shown on another screen. This is the movie they didnt want you to see but you were going to see anyway because this movie didnt just have to be watched, it had to be ridden, man!
Heathers
R
One of hte greatest teen movies of all time. This dark comedy uncovered problems always dealt with in high schools but not often shown. Slater is outstanding as J.D. the roaming loner whose psychosis seems to be an inherited trait. He immediately connects with Veronica played by Ryder who is the odd girl out in a popular clique of girls known as the Heathers. J.D.'s final solution to the high school class system sets this odd comedy towards a very dramatic conclusion. Great performances by all.
