Really Awful Movies

Looking back at Alligator

Nature run amok horrors have proliferated thanks to CG, but you can’t replace the human touch – at least as far as screenwriting is concerned. That’s what made Jaws so good, with a slew of unforgettable exchanges – something that no doubt influenced Upstate New Yorker John Sayles when he wrote the script for Alligator,Continue reading “Looking back at Alligator”

Tusk

With a premise that’s part Se7en, part Criminal Minds, you’d be forgiven for thinking Tusk is dumb 2000s-style torture p*rn. But you’d be wrong. This is a savvy, talky affair, directed by Kevin Smith (Dogma, Clerks) and starring everyone’s favorite whipping boy Scream King, Justin Long (whose punchability is often polarizing, but who’s used toContinue reading “Tusk”