A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…
IN THEATERS (WIDE RELEASE):
Season of the Witch (2010): Two medieval warriors (Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman) encounter supernatural obstacles as they escort an accused witch to her date with the Inquisition. A weak-looking entertainment choice that has an outside shot at [...]
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WEIRD HORIZON FOR 1/7/2010
– January 7, 2011
CAPSULE: MIRRORMASK (2005)
DIRECTED BY: Dave McKean
FEATURING: Stephanie Leonidas, Jason Barry, Gina McKee, Rob Brydon
PLOT: A bratty teenager who works as a juggler in her parents’ circus is transported to a
devious world of her own imagination after her mother falls ill. With the help of a cowardly juggler, she navigates a crumbling [...]
– September 26, 2010
WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 9/10/2010
A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…
There’s nothing of even moderate weird interest debuting in theaters this week. Maybe we should all go outside and enjoy the last days of fading summer. Or, stay inside and enjoy the bonanza of cult Blu-ray releases this week [...]
– September 10, 2010
2009 ACADEMY AWARDS: THE ONLY WEIRD THING ABOUT THEM IS THAT PEOPLE WILL WATCH THE 8 HOUR BROADCAST
The 2009 Academy Awards nominations are out, and they are every bit as tepid and conventional as we would have predicted. The small sliver of hope is that, by expanding the field to 10 nominations, one mildly weird film did manage to worm it’s way into Best Picture contention: the Coen brothers’ A Serious Man, [...]
– February 4, 2010
WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 12/11/09
A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…
Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links.
IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):
The Lovely Bones: Visionary, and sentimental looking, tale about a little murdered girl who watches over her family from the afterlife. Once weird Peter (Meet the [...]
– December 11, 2009
CAPSULE: 9 (2009)
DIRECTED BY: Shane Acker
FEATURING: Voices of Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer
PLOT: Nine robotic ragdolls fight killer machines in a post-human, post-apocalyptic
world.
WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: 9 is a visually thrilling movie set in a unique, humanless universe; with a more careful and detailed exploration of that world, the flick could have struck a mildly weird [...]
– October 7, 2009
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE
Just a reminder of what’s going on with the site…
First, we hope you liked the first in what we hope will be a long-running feature… the Saturday Short, where we plan to feature a new short film (usually by an up and coming filmmaker) weekly! Please welcome Cameron Jorgensen, who has graciously agreed to [...]
– August 23, 2009
WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 7/24/09
A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…
Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links.
IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):
Loren Cass (2006): Merely going off the film’s own press release, it’s difficult to discern what this movie is, although we learn a lot about how [...]
– July 24, 2009
The List Thus Far
Here is an alphabetical listing of all the movies (so far) that have been certified as among the 366 weirdest ever made, along with links to films reviewed in capsule form only.
(Note that the numbers that appear beside the original entries don’t indicate any sort of rank, but refer solely to order of publication).
THE LIST OF [...]
– May 12, 2009
CAPSULE: CORALINE (2009)
DIRECTED BY: Henry Selick
FEATURING: Dakota Fanning (voice), Teri Hatcher (voice)
PLOT: A petulant little girl finds a parallel universe behind a hidden door in an
old house, a world where her parents are more attentive, her neighbors more fascinating, and the entire universe seems set up to pamper and delight her; she can stay there forever, but [...]
– March 2, 2009
WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 2/6/09
A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…
IN THEATERS (WIDE RELEASE):
Coraline: An animated fantasy film about a little girl who discovers a parallel universe in which her childish desires are satisfied, but at a price. Previews look “visually stunning.” Also showing in 3-D in some venues. From Henry Selick, the [...]
– February 6, 2009
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