B-MOVIE OF THE MONTH - DEAD END (2003)

Made for less than a million dollars, the slightly obscure Dead End is a chilling little indie you don't want to miss. It might just be the best Christmas horror movie no one ever heard of and every dollar is up there on the screen. It's quirky, weird, funny, bizarre, and scary all at once. Black comedy for sure but much more, this would make a nice double feature with The Perfect Host, another movie we're big on around here. So, grab some eggnog and a snack or two and check out the inimitable Ray Wise with legendary Lin Shaye as they take their family down a wrong turn, what's up with this road? Why doesn't it end? After all, they're just trying to make it to Christmas Eve dessert at Frank's mother's house. Tubi, Plex, Freevee, enjoy! 2.75 stars/2.75

Friday, March 5, 2021

MY REVIEW OF "ALLEN VS FARROW" PTS I & II - SO FAR NONE OF THIS EQUATES TO HIM BEING A CHILD MOLESTER

 

A hatchet job? Let's put it this way- completely one-sided with the filmmakers who happen to be a director duo that has only produced smear job sexual assault docs up to now making it clear from the get-go that Allen is guilty and presenting no witnesses or anyone that supports him. I don't call heavily sprinkled audio clips from Allen's bio a representation of his side of the story. 

If you do your research you'll find that all of this stuff was disproven back in the early nineties by very reputable entities including law enforcement. Several psychologists said the child lived in a complete fantasy land and Allen was out making movies all the time so how could that have come from him. Recurrent themes in his movies dealing with younger women and older men especially capitalizing on the Manhattan movie in no way equates to him being guilty of child molestation.  

He has been with Soon-Yi for twenty-five years now, the woman who was of age when the infamous pictures were discovered. Child molesters usually don't stay with the same person that long nor do they make a movie a year for decades, we all know the amount of time that goes into that. There is just so little to nothing that supports Farrow's story and a whole lot that points to Allen's innocence and certainly not deserving of the damage done to this legendary filmmaker, one of the greatest to ever grace cinema. 

I will end with this. Putting breaking the law aside, if you met half the people you consider influences, idols or muses, trust me, you would not like them very much and easily find a way to pass judgment. We already have enough of that in this world, let's dig the art for what it is- art. 

So far my rating on this series is 1.0 stars/5

Meanwhile...Five Of The Most Underrated Woody Allen Movies
1. Cassandra's Dream (2007)
2. Shadows & Fog (1993)
3. Anything Else (2002)
4. Magic In The Moonlight (2014)
5. Small Time Crooks (2000)

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