'Same-old' tale that's off target; the razz movie reviews.PARADISE LOST ** 18 STOP me if you've heard this one before. Backpackers in a foreign land, lost in the middle of nowhere, being killed one-by-one by evil locals. Yes, it's teen horror by numbers - the same old stuff in a different setting. Brazil provides a stunning backdrop, but the dialogue is so bad and the characters so obnoxious that you can't help feeling they get what they deserve as they stumble between stupid acts. There's a vicious social message at work - arrogant Westerners are a source of profit as unwilling kidney donors for poorer countries. But, unlike Hostel, this film's gory go·ry adj. go·ri·er, go·ri·est 1. Covered or stained with gore; bloody. 2. Full of or characterized by bloodshed and violence. imagination is rather stunted. JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN **** 15 SELF-STYLED "punk rock warlord warlord, in modern Chinese history, autonomous regional military commander. In the political chaos following the death (1916) of republican China's first president and commander in chief, Yüan Shih-kai, central authority fell to the provincial military governors " Joe Strummer was complicated. The son of a left-wing British diplomat, he went to a boarding school, lived in a squat, formed punk idols The Clash then had a patchy solo career before dying in 2002. Julian Temple - director of The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle swindle v. to cheat through trick, device, false statements or other fraudulent methods with the intent to acquire money or property from another to which the swindler is not entitled. Swindling is a crime as one form of theft. (See: fraud, theft) and The Filth And The Fury - creates a patchwork of home movies, concert clips and interviews to retell re·tell tr.v. re·told , re·tell·ing, re·tells 1. To relate or tell again or in a different form. 2. To count again. Verb 1. Strummer's entire life. Bono, John Cusack and Johnny Depp add their voices to those of Joe's friends. This is cinema gold for old punks - proof The Clash were the best band to ever walk a planet, which is a poorer place now Strummer is no longer among us. CAPTION(S): GET THEM: Deserving victims; IDOL: Strummer |
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