One of my notes reads, “Zoomer Inland Empire” and that is honestly not far off from the sensation you get from watching Prisoner of Love.
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James’ next pick: The VH1 original movie Man in the Mirror: a biopic about the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson. I say “sort of” because the film did not have the rights to any of Jackson’s music.
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The average person would be primed, after three musicals in a row, for James to have continued on that track. And arguably he did, with Kenneth Anger’s short film Mouse Heaven.
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As a critic, as a movie watcher, as even just a guy whose livelihood depends in some capacity on my ability to communicate why a piece of art fascinates me, I don’t really know what to say.
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Homocula begins by establishing, first, that Dracula is real and lives in the Shetland Islands, and that Homoculas are a unique type of gay Dracula that drink cum instead of blood.
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On Saturday, February 21st, local tastemaker James McDonald held his annual Butt-Numb-A-Thon, an event in which he assembles a marathon of truly deranged movies at his home with an open door policy and “anyone is welcome” mentality. For this, the 10th iteration, James rented out the Hyperreal Clubhouse for a slightly more official-feeling film fest. The movies were still deranged.
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Following the Mormon musical Saturday’s Warrior, James programmed the 1978 made-for-TV 40 minute musical aptly titled Junior High School — a movie perhaps only notable for featuring a small appearance by American Idol host Paula Abdul.
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The Ultimate Masturbation opens with a beautiful, serene forest and meadowy hills. Five men climb to the top of the hill, drop their trousers, and begin masturbating.
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