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Read the following in your best Don LaFontaine voice: "After meeting at a nightclub in a Mediterranean resort, seven young adults decide to continue partying aboard a luxury yacht in the middle of the ocean. but when one of them dies in a freak accident, the others argue about what to do, leading to a ruthless fight for survival." That's the description of British film Donkey Punch, and it sounds kinda boss when you give it the LaFointaine treatment. But Stephen Holden at the Times sarcastically wonders, "Will anyone finally escape this floating slaughterhouse? Do you even care?"
On the other hand, Nick Pinkerton at the Village Voice seems to "get it": "The personnel behind Donkey Punch could've released anything with such a "No way" title—if you haven't been on the Internet since 1999, well, ask around—and probably recouped their costs off titillated adolescents trying to slip one past the 'rents. But they made a workmanlike thriller that works as an (unconscious?) auto-critique of mainstreamed Internet-age hedonism."
Click on the images above for more details and reviews on each of this weekend's rather modest batch of new releases. Or you can catch up on watching some Oscar-nominated films—details on nominations here.
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cleveland steamer was taken?
I think Dirty Sanchez was the runner up.
love the graphic on the wikipedia page for donkey punch
what a sweet honey lying on the sand.
Re: Time review headline "Underworld 3: Me No Lycan"—that is the headline of the year!
how could anyone even watch the first underworld? Try saying "I AM A DEATH DEALER!" without laughing.
I saw it with friends when it opened, and heckled the crap out of it. I made it more entertaining for everyone. One of my happier moments in a movie theater.
"After meeting at a nightclub in a Mediterranean resort, seven young adults simultaneously decide to use the toilet facilities aboard a luxury yacht in the middle of the ocean. but when one of them craps himself in a freak accident, the others argue about what to do, leading to a ruthless fight for the john."