Hapless Frank has learned that Mia his girlfriend is pregnant, but she is having second thoughts about giving birth, as she seriously doubts Frank’s potential as a father. When he fails the simple test of babysitting Bo his nephew (he leaves him alone in the house when it is being robbed) Frank takes drastic action. … Continue reading
Kumiko a disheveled 29 year old real loner ekes out a living in Tokyo as a lowly office secretary before returning each night to the cramped messy apartment she shares with her pet white rabbit. She has discovered an old VHS tape (in what we assume is a dream sequence) and now spends every waking moment replaying it over and over … Continue reading
In the intro to my Blog I state that my preferred choice of movies are the ones that are ‘as weird as possible’. And I do sit through a lot of them. However I have just come across one that may even stand out as the most bizarre to date. From 1989 comes this movie … Continue reading
This movie starts out with a stunning long visual prologue played out to the sound of Wagner’s Tristan & Isolde that sets the tone of this powerfully dramatic story told in two parts named after two sisters. The first is Justine, who is a severely disturbed and melancholic bride, struggling to get through the lavish … Continue reading
An emotionless Lucy seems bored with her life. She works two dead-end jobs, one as waitress in a cheap restaurant, and the other as a mailroom office temp whose main task is to collate duplicated papers. She also earns money by having a hose shoved down her throat for medical research. Somehow in between all … Continue reading