Last Five Movies

Lust, Caution (2007)
A movie from a new genre I'm liking very much: the WWII Female Spy Softcore Porno Movie. I call it a new genre, as I can only think of one other movie in the genre, that being Paul Verhoeven's Black Book. It's odd that both movies are by well-known directors (Ang Lee and Verhoeven) who returned to their native countries (Taiwan and Holland) to make these movies. Both are great...if you like WWII Female Spy Softcore Porno Movies.

Prom Night (2008)
Not really a remake of the Jamie Lee Curtis movie as much as it's a movie with the same name about a killer on prom night, much the same way Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2 was a sequel of Prom Night because it had a "2" in its title. I don't know what kind of money your typical 16 year old girl makes, but apparently it's enough to take her and a half dozen of her squealing friends to see this movie. I think that also gives you an idea of how terrible this movie is. Go rent the "original" instead.

Dead Heat (1988)
Yet another of the 100,000 crappy horror movies that came out during the '80s (the only good thing about the '80s, really). This one's actually pretty special, because it features the acting talents of Joe Piscopo in one of the three movies he made after leaving SNL. He really doesn't improve the proceedings. I hadn't seen this movie in 20 years, and it hasn't improved with age (although some of the special effects are still pretty gross).

Baby Mama (2008)
One of the funniest movies I've seen in a while. Sure, it's predictable, and the characters aren't fleshed out very well (Tina Fey basically plays her character from 30 Rock), but it's still hilarious. There's a scene where Amy Poehler pretends to be Fey's sister that had me literally in tears. Funny, funny, funny.

It's a tough call, seeing as how funny Baby Mama was, but...

The Orphanage (2007)
From the funniest to the scariest. This Guillermo Del Toro-produced Spanish import is the creepiest thing I've seen in a long time. It's just more proof that no one in the U.S. has any idea to make a scary movie (refer to my comments on Prom Night), as all of the scariest movies are imports. Well worth a look...if you like scary movies.

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