Leslie Easterbrook

The Devil's Rejects (2005)
$14.80
Just so you guys won't think I don't like anything...I should have written this review earlier, but I didn't get my "director's cut" of Rob Zombie's "The Devil's Rejects" until Christmas and, well, I've had pencils to sharpen.

"The Devil's Rejects" is Rob Zombie's sequel to his debut directorial of "House of 1000 Corpses". I have to say I enjoyed this film much more than the first one. This story picks up where the first one ended. Sheriff Tom Wydell and his deputies are going to bring justice on the Firefly family to avenge his brother's death, which was meted out by the Firefly family in the first film. The Firefly family members, i.e. Otis, Baby, Mamma, and Captain Spaulding, are people you don't want to share a cup of joe with. Sheriff Wydell, played as over-the-top as you can get (but still very enjoyabale) by William Forsythe, sees himself and the rest of his deputies as people on a mission from God to bring the Firefly family to justice--his justice, that is. Sherry Moon Zombie, Rob's wife, is as vicious as they come as "Baby", and Bill Moseley, (he of "Chop-Top" fame in Texas Chainsaw Massacre II) plays Otis. I will not go into any great detail about the movie because you need to see it for yourself. All of the actors in this movie give amazing performances and the SOUNDTRACK is unbelievable.

However, I will STRONGLY CAUTION that this movie is NOT suitable for pre-teens or early teens. It is extremely vicious and violent, and there is one scene that made me so uncomfortable that I thought about leaving the room until it was over. You may ask yourself why I would give this movie a great review. I would answer by simply saying this movie is what it is. The character Otis sums it all up with this simple sentence: "I am the devil and I'm here to do the devil's work." This isn't some dark movie with hidden meanings and everything you see isn't a metaphor.

The movie is available in both R and Uncut editions. The only difference that I found in the two (the theatrical version was rated R)was there seems to be more blood in the unrated version. I highly recommend this one.

Retribution Road
$26.98
I bought the Movie for a good price . I am a fan of good Drama-Actoin flicks but this novie was too slow and the acting was not what I expected leavine me disappointed. I stopped the movie after the first 45 min..

Maniacts
$9.98
This review will be biased, as I have a soft spot in my heart for the mentally handicapped.

Jeff Fahey seems to have a gift for portraying these innocents convincingly. Joseph finds what I can only call his salvation in Beth, who agrees with him on the purpose of killing, and seems a bit more sane, maybe. She grounds him and gives him a purpose. Joseph was not insane, he had a clear reason for doing the things he did, but his handicap saved him from the needle.

The cover art and description led me to believe that the movie was going to be a gore fest. A gore fest for simple gore fest's sake is a waste of time. A bit of "gore with a purpose" comes across quite differently. There are the right ones to kill and the wrong ones. When the right ones get it, it somehow feels good.

Production quality was better than many of Fahey's movies. The humor fit perfectly.

The superhuman strength was one stretch I couldn't make. However, this was not meant to be a true-story-documentary, was it?

In the final analysis, after seeing Joseph's last scene in the movie, you are suddenly stricken to realize that this is, in reality, A CHICK FLICK!

Every woman wants the kind of devotion and adoration Joseph gave Beth. I got the impression that his effect on her was just as profound. A movie "he" and "she" could both enjoy - together.

Murder at the Presidio
$14.94
The movie plot as a whole was very good - with credible acting - have always enjoyed LDP's acting.
Especially as the sniper in Numb3rs --
I didn't get a sense of the Presidio in the film - just references.
I have never seen a movie when the bed scene is ever necessary to the plot - just added to tittilate the male viewers. Fast forwarded and never missed a thing.

The Bootie trap was not necessary unless he was a psychic and was mentally hit with flash.

Too bad I paid money for the parts I didn't need to see. Don't buy, you will get a better sense of the plot when shown [and cleaned up] on TV