Tuesday, October 11 2005
Over the Edge (1979)
Revisiting Over the Edge is always an education, especially if you grew up watching it repeatedly, as I did.
Monday, April 18 2005
Reform School Girl (1994)
Reform School Girl is a tepid straight-to-cable remake of a tepid 1957 drive-in flick.
Sunday, January 1 1995
Brokedown Palace (1999)
High school movies tend to end with graduation. It's at the prom that the primary couple finally achieves their much-anticipated clinch (with camera circling and trendy pop song resounding) while their adversaries - treacherous teachers, jealous fellow students, ridiculous parents - back off or smile approvingly, showing that they have indeed learned whatever lessons they're supposed to have learned.
