Unlike most of my horror friends, I’ve yet to see The Hills Run Red. The slasher fanatic in me is frothing at the mouth, and each glowing review I read only makes things worse. If you’re going to be at Comic-Con this week, get your ass over to Booth #4329 to get the latest on Dave Parker’s eagerly awaited genre flick.
You’ll see exclusive behind the scenes on Thursday at 2:30 at the Digital Bits DVD producer’s panel in Room 7Ab. On Thursday night you can check out the trailer’s world premier in Ballroom 20 before Trick 'r Treat. Lastly, beginning at 5:30 on Friday, you can meet director Dave Parker and producer Robert Meyer at the Warner Bros. Booth #4329.
This movie is among my most anticipated flicks of the year, and I’m anxiously awaiting its Blu-ray bow. In the meantime for those of you who’ve seen it,...
You’ll see exclusive behind the scenes on Thursday at 2:30 at the Digital Bits DVD producer’s panel in Room 7Ab. On Thursday night you can check out the trailer’s world premier in Ballroom 20 before Trick 'r Treat. Lastly, beginning at 5:30 on Friday, you can meet director Dave Parker and producer Robert Meyer at the Warner Bros. Booth #4329.
This movie is among my most anticipated flicks of the year, and I’m anxiously awaiting its Blu-ray bow. In the meantime for those of you who’ve seen it,...
- 7/22/2009
- by Masked Slasher
- DreadCentral.com
You don't have to be a Trekkie -- or Trekker -- to get a chuckle out of "Free Enterprise", an uneven but admittedly inspired low-budget comedy.
A "Swingers" for geeks, with a little of "My Favorite Year" thrown into the mix courtesy of the delightfully self-parodying presence of William Shatner, the picture could beam up some nice specialty business, particularly with the right kind of handling from novice distributor Regent Entertainment.
Rafer Weigel and Eric McCormack ("Will & Grace") star as Robert and Mark, a pair of self-absorbed, emotionally dysfunctional little boys in grown-up bodies who are experiencing a "Logan's Run" sense of doom on the cusp of their 30th birthdays.
The two lifelong friends share a love of all things "Trek" (the Kirk years), not to mention a fundamental distrust of women -- as a parting shot, Robert's frustrated, soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend takes back her gift of a collectible Enterprise Christmas tree ornament. The guys receive something of a wake-up call when they bump into their beloved mentor in a bookstore, looking decidedly unheroic as he thumbs through a porn magazine.
It turns out that disappointingly down-to-earth Bill has problems just like everybody else, particularly one involving the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Worse, he tries to get Robert and Mark interested in his big dream project: a musical version of "Julius Caesar" with Bill playing all the parts himself except for Calpurnia, which he's reserving for Sharon Stone.
When it's pointed out that the conceit would effectively require him to stab himself in the back, Bill glibly replies that it wouldn't be the first time.
Loosely based on the lives of its collaborators, Mark Altman and Robert Meyer Burnett, the script lays on the post-Quentin Tarantino/Kevin Williamson pop culture references a little too self-consciously, while its occasional attempts at something more purposeful have all the subtlety of a Vulcan death grip.
But when they stick to their light, goofy brand of irreverent comedy, the picture works best, particularly with things like a hysterical, full-costume "Logan's Run" dream sequence; not to mention Bill's closing rap performance of Marc Antony's eulogy ("No Tears For Caesar") during which he gamely gives his infamous rendering of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" a run for its over-the-top money. While Shatner is consistently the best thing about "Free Enterprise", demonstrating an disarmingly off-handed way with self-deprecating wit, the other performers have their moments, including McCormack's opening, intense pitch for his horror movie concept about a serial murderer whose victims are all named Marcia, Jan or Cindy.
FREE ENTERPRISE
Regent Entertainment
Director: Robert Meyer Burnett
Screenwriters: Mark Altman, Robert Meyer Burnett
Executive producers: Mark Gottwald, Ellie Gottwald
Producers: Dan Bates, Mark Altman, Allan Kaufman
Cinematographer: Charles Barbee
Production designer: Cynthia Halligan
Editor: Robert Meyer Burnett
Costume designer: Ann Lambert
Music: Scott Spock
Music supervisors: Spring Aspers, Allan Kaufman
Color/stereo
Cast:
Robert: Rafer Weigel
Mark: Eric McCormack
Claire: Audie England
Bill: William Shatner
Sean: Patrick Van Horn
Dan Vebber: Jonathan Slavin
Eric Wallace: Phil LaMarr
Marlena: Deborah Van Valkenberg
Running time -- 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: R...
A "Swingers" for geeks, with a little of "My Favorite Year" thrown into the mix courtesy of the delightfully self-parodying presence of William Shatner, the picture could beam up some nice specialty business, particularly with the right kind of handling from novice distributor Regent Entertainment.
Rafer Weigel and Eric McCormack ("Will & Grace") star as Robert and Mark, a pair of self-absorbed, emotionally dysfunctional little boys in grown-up bodies who are experiencing a "Logan's Run" sense of doom on the cusp of their 30th birthdays.
The two lifelong friends share a love of all things "Trek" (the Kirk years), not to mention a fundamental distrust of women -- as a parting shot, Robert's frustrated, soon-to-be-ex-girlfriend takes back her gift of a collectible Enterprise Christmas tree ornament. The guys receive something of a wake-up call when they bump into their beloved mentor in a bookstore, looking decidedly unheroic as he thumbs through a porn magazine.
It turns out that disappointingly down-to-earth Bill has problems just like everybody else, particularly one involving the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Worse, he tries to get Robert and Mark interested in his big dream project: a musical version of "Julius Caesar" with Bill playing all the parts himself except for Calpurnia, which he's reserving for Sharon Stone.
When it's pointed out that the conceit would effectively require him to stab himself in the back, Bill glibly replies that it wouldn't be the first time.
Loosely based on the lives of its collaborators, Mark Altman and Robert Meyer Burnett, the script lays on the post-Quentin Tarantino/Kevin Williamson pop culture references a little too self-consciously, while its occasional attempts at something more purposeful have all the subtlety of a Vulcan death grip.
But when they stick to their light, goofy brand of irreverent comedy, the picture works best, particularly with things like a hysterical, full-costume "Logan's Run" dream sequence; not to mention Bill's closing rap performance of Marc Antony's eulogy ("No Tears For Caesar") during which he gamely gives his infamous rendering of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" a run for its over-the-top money. While Shatner is consistently the best thing about "Free Enterprise", demonstrating an disarmingly off-handed way with self-deprecating wit, the other performers have their moments, including McCormack's opening, intense pitch for his horror movie concept about a serial murderer whose victims are all named Marcia, Jan or Cindy.
FREE ENTERPRISE
Regent Entertainment
Director: Robert Meyer Burnett
Screenwriters: Mark Altman, Robert Meyer Burnett
Executive producers: Mark Gottwald, Ellie Gottwald
Producers: Dan Bates, Mark Altman, Allan Kaufman
Cinematographer: Charles Barbee
Production designer: Cynthia Halligan
Editor: Robert Meyer Burnett
Costume designer: Ann Lambert
Music: Scott Spock
Music supervisors: Spring Aspers, Allan Kaufman
Color/stereo
Cast:
Robert: Rafer Weigel
Mark: Eric McCormack
Claire: Audie England
Bill: William Shatner
Sean: Patrick Van Horn
Dan Vebber: Jonathan Slavin
Eric Wallace: Phil LaMarr
Marlena: Deborah Van Valkenberg
Running time -- 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: R...
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