49 - Tomcats

Connection To CURSED - Shannon Elizabeth.

Misogynistic might be the word to describe this movie, but maybe that word is a touch unfair but it's certainly a film made by men for men and I'm sure if your a man's man you'll find this movie just super...

The story is group of male friends who make a deal to invest in a fund, which would get paid to the last remaining bachelor of the group, cut to somewhere down the line where Jerry O'Connell attempts go get the other remaining bachelor Jake Busey married so he can pay off a gambling debt, he conveniences a policewoman (Shannon Elizabeth) who as some sexual history with Busey, pretty much as expected O'Connell falls for Elizabeth.

All this is just an excuse for a string of scenes involving random situations such as O'Connell getting himself into A BDSM fetish with a quiet librarian and her grandmother and an incident involving Busey's removed testicle (yes really) that ends with the Doctor - played by David Ogden Stiers accidentally biting into at the hospital cafeteria (I must have missed that M*A*S*H episode). Also at least this movie acknowledges that O'Connell and Elizabeth where going to fall for each other so at least the feelings are out there on the screen from the start.

The group of friends have a gay friend, but this didn't stop them having a bit of a homophobic edge also Horatio Sanz is married to Jaime Pressly whose clearly a lesbian and yes it does end in what would be a man's fantasy. Also Jake Busey getting a lot of women can only be because of the wealth his family have, I'd argue there's no reason,  I'm mean he looks like a Busey and he ain't exactly the most charming person in this.

On one last note, I think it's a shame Shannon Elizabeth's career fizzled out somewhere down the line, Hollywood had moved onto the next thing I guess, but she's got a decent enough screen presence in my opinion.

Overall, it's a film for men obsessed with pissing contests, for the sort of man I am everything and everything one in this just felt like a stereotype, but it's not really awful to be fair, it's more harmless and dumb.

48 - Cursed

Connection To HALLOWEEN H20 - writer Kevin Williamson who was a producer on H20.

The first time director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson where together we got... magic, a film that's reinvigorated a dying genre by making fun of it - of course I'm talking about Scream, and teaming up again for Scream 2 they almost recaptured the same magic, the third Scream movie which also as a credited for co-writing was a misstep with the pair (though the film had it's moments) and then came Cursed, a production that seemed well... cursed.

The film was postponed over a year due issues with the script and production, this mean't a number of cast members (some which had filmed scenes), had to be replaced including Skeet Ulrich, Mandy Moore, Heather Langenkamp, Robert Forster and Corey Feldman and it's fair to say the film limped out on release rather then with a bang.

The film's plot is basically a brother and sister (Jesse Eisenberg and Christina Ricci) gets attacked by a werewolf in the Hollywood Hills and it looks like they are becoming werewolves themselves too.

You know what for a film that was rewritten and re-shot it's not really bad, it's maybe because I heard about the negativity of this production that my exceptions where very low - the film is coherent you wouldn't necessary except with a film like this - it's maybe because it stars some people I really like including Ricci and Judy Greer (which reminds me with Portia de Rossi and Scott Baio there is three Arrested Development alumni in this), while I wouldn't go far as to say this film is ripe for rediscovery because it's a film I'm sure I'll forget about in the months to come fairly easily.

The main negative is common with a lot of horror films, it is always obvious who the next victim is going to be, so much they might as have a sign that reads "eat me" on the back

Overall, I'll say it's an average horror that SPOILER (SORT OF) at least gives us a fight between Ricci and Greer END OF SPOILER that works for what it is in spite of all that was against it.