Dweebs Do Movies
Two Journalism students discuss their favourite indie flicks
Alleluia! The Devil’s Carnival – The Perfect Sequel
The Devil’s Carnival was a much less controversial film for Bousman and Zdunich, ironic given the material of the film. Reviewers described both it and Repo! as a “weird musicals for weird people” but praised them for this reason, in particular enjoying the soundtrack and the atmosphere that mostly came about from the low budget.…
Sing Street, or the antidote to the continuing exploitation of 1980’s nostalgia
So with there being an inclination towards musicals on this blog, I’m doing a musical too. It’s Sing Street, one of the very few musicals that I like. It’s a completely Irish film, which is nice. It’s directed and written John Carney, who directed another musicky rom-com film starring Glen Hansard, called Once. Your mam…
The Devil’s Carnival – A Fable about Power
With Repo!, Zdunich and Bousman had acquired a sizable cult following and were eager to build on the success. However, “cult” is really the only word to describe it – the film made back a fraction of its budget and the only “award” it gained was the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress to…
Clerks – D.I.Y
It would be the height of buffoonery to have an independent movie blog without a post about Clerks. It was written, directed, funded and acted in by Kevin Smith, the dweeb of dweebs, who went on to make a demi-franchise out of his stoner characters Jay and Silent Bob. It’s a requirement to talk about,…
Repo! The Genetic Opera – Our Generation’s Rocky Horror?
The concept of the rock opera is nothing new to music. The likes of Pink Floyd’s The Wall and MCR’s The Black Parade(my heritage is showing, isn’t it) all follow this same basic concept: an album where all the songs relate to a common theme or story. As concept albums go it’s quite a basic…
Ex Machina – from the machine
I have seen a lot of movies once. Some I wish I had never seen at all, like The Fast and The Furious 8. There’s also a handful of movies I’ve watched 3 times or more. Then there’s some movies that I have watched twice, and are begging to be watched again, because they stick…
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