--Uh-Oh. "The Wicker Man" received no press screenings. What's that saying about the only movie I'm excited to watch this weekend? I don't have high hopes exactly but I'm really curious to see how Neil La Bute handles his matriarchy spin on the horror cult classic. The one review I found (on Rotten Tomatoes) came from Johnny Butane of The Horror Channel. He hated it: "The pacing of 'The Wicker Man' never escapes the velocity of a trotting horse. Think of an old man making his way across the room, on a walker, to get at the Jello cups." Well that can work sometimes...
--Meantime, "Crank" sounds like another version of "D.O.A." I only hope it more resembles the masterful 1950 Edmond O' Brien "D.O.A." and not the 1988 Dennis Quaid "D.O.A." I hope for too much.