
Roland Emmerich (Independence Day) is probably the most bankable schlock-meister working. 10,000 B.C. is a snickerfest with some amazing woolly mammoths. On the evolutionary chain of movies, it’s a driect descendant of the campy Raquel Welch star vehicle, One Million Years B.C. (1967). Adam Forrest and I thought it would be fun to watch them both, but didn’t expect One Million to blow us away when it turned more Shakespeare than schlock.
Karina phones in to explain what makes a good musical and why Love Songs–opening tonight–and so many others from the last 30 years don’t make the cut.
FilmCouch 62
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10,000 B.C., One Million Years B.C., Love Songs
The second episode of ReelerTV from Toronto is all about music. Stu talks to Scott Hicks about his polar-opposite follow-up to No Reservations, Glass: A Portrait in 12 Parts. Karina offers micro-reviews of the French musical Love Songs, and the amazing documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad.