Really Awful Movies

Martin

There have been movies about the Antichrist, but Martin is basically the anti-Dracula. Gone is the sophistication, the suave, debonair worldliness, the verbosity, the overarching confidence, the charm with the ladies. In its stead: a socially awkward, slight, poorly-dressed, laconic, kvetching, virgin. Leave it to the late (and undeniably great) George Romero, to grace usContinue reading “Martin”

The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini

“You’ll box oranges, apples Ray.” That’s the kind of fatherly ball-busting Ray Mancini got growing up in Youngstown, Ohio, a dilapidated, crime-ridden mill town. But box he did. The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini is a heartbreaking documentary about a man trying to please his father (also a pro boxer, Lenny) andContinue reading “The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini”