Cinecast #3 - Recommendations

In addition to taking a look at one high-profile film each week (which, in thin times like these sometimes means choosing the lesser of two evils), Adam and I want Cinecast to be a platform for sharing the things we do like. After last week's show, we posted "Recommendations," which included "In America" as an alternative to the film we reviewed -- and didn't like -- "Millions."

Coming up with a recommendation for this week proved a bit more difficult. Rather than recommend "The Exorcist" or "Rosemary's Baby" as an alternative to "The Ring Two" -- which is a little like recommending "Citizen Kane" as an alternative to Vin Diesel's "The Pacifier" (kind of obvious, and not very helpful) -- we're assembling a list of great and overlooked horror films with the help of some friends. We'll post that soon. In the meantime, send your recommendations to cinecast@gmail.com.

Something we do like. Naomi Watts in...
Mulholland Drive. Originally filmed as a television pilot -- then re-shot and re-edited as a feature film by director David Lynch when ABC rejected it -- "Mulholland Drive" is far more disturbing than (and equally as confounding as) "The Ring Two," and features Watts in a dual-role that Adam and I agree is among the best performances by an actress in the last several years.

Also. On Thursday, we'll post the Top 5 from last week's show: the official Cinecast list of Top 5 Sequels and Top 5 Most Disappointing Sequels in movie history. It will be worth checking out if for no other reason that to see how Adam and I interpret "movie history" as "last 25 years."