Dada, by Craig J. Clark -- Week One Hundred Fifty-Nine

Dada, by Craig J. Clark -- Week One Hundred Fifty-Nine

Comic for 14 February 2005

14 February 2005

Comic for 15 February 2005

15 February 2005

Comic for 16 February 2005

16 February 2005

Comic for 17 February 2005

17 February 2005

Comic for 18 February 2005

18 February 2005

The Beginning The Immediate Past The Past The Immediate Future The Present

Dispatches from one of the Disappointed:

14 February 2005 - Time for a New Feature. I call it Films That Should Be On DVD Already. I was going to inaugurate it with one of my favorite "lost" films, Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, but that's actually coming out on March 22, so instead the first Film That Should Be On DVD Already will be...
Hamlet (dir. Kenneth Branagh, 1996) - With so many versions of the Bard's best-known play available on DVD -- starring the likes of Laurence Olivier, Mel Gibson, Campbell Scott and Ethan Hawke -- where is Branagh's? Sure, the stunt casting goes awry sometimes, but it's the only film version that includes the entire text of the play (as great as Olivier's take on the story is, he actually cuts Rosencrantz and Guildenstern completely out -- unthinkable!). And sure, it's four hours long, but there's an intermission built right in so it can easily be split between two discs (hey, it works for the Lord of the Rings extended editions). Why Branagh's misbegotten Love's Labour's Lost is available on DVD and Hamlet isn't is frankly beyond me.

16 February 2005 - As if it were needed, I have further proof that people with only one name shouldn't be allowed to direct movies. But first some background: First came McG, who wrought both of the Charlie's Angels abominations. Then came Kaos, who summoned up Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever from one of the deeper pits of Hell. Then came Pitof, who coughed up the putrid hairball that was Catwoman. Now...
Steven Seagal has a new direct-to-video vehicle out called Into the Sun. It not only stars but was also co-written by Seagal. And it was directed by someone name mink. Yes, that's right, mink. No, I didn't forget to capitalize it, that's how he likes it. And he's making the next Mortal Kombat movie. Well, it was nice thinking of cinema as an art form...

18 February 2005 - I have just one question -- and it's not an idle question. Why Son of the Mask? Why? Why? Why? Okay, now that's four questions, but I still want to know, damnit.