Sunday, October 02, 2005

house fever

House, M.D. (Fox, Tuesday nights) – Hugh Laurie drama about a doctor with a decidedly different approach to live and work. Good stuff. Could do without the CSI guts-cam.

House of D (on DVD) – David Duchovny’s film about growing up in the sixties, or something. Frankly, I don’t care. The best thing I ever saw David Duchovny in was an episode of The Larry Sanders Show.

House of Blues (in a metropolitan center near you) – the Blues Brothers-inspired club chain and commerce center that only slightly bypasses the Hard Rock Café world of cheesy venues.

House of Leaves (possibly in a book store near you, but most likely being discussed right now in a thousand fevered chat rooms) – Mark Danielewski’s twisted novel about strange goings on…nuff said.

House of Flying Daggers (on DVD) – Zhang Yimou’s follow-up to the emotionally superior and more sumptuously designed Hero, but still a great movie, with an ending that blows everything before it away.

House of Sand and Fog (on DVD and cable) – Depressing, depressing, oh dear good lord how depressing.

House of Wax (on DVD) – Stupid twenty-something remake of the classic Vincent Price horror film. Does not completely suck.

House of Games (on DVD) – The film that started it all for me on David Mamet. Dated now, but still priceless.

House of 1000 Corpses (on DVD) – Really awful feature by Rob Zombie which preceded The Devil’s Rejects, also by Mr. Zombie, which is quite good.

House of the Dead (unfortunately surviving on DVD) – Worse than 1000 Corpses? I got two words for ya…Uwe Boll. This stinking adaptation of the videogame of the same name is so bad you’ll slap yourself for not reading more books.



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