Lollipop Magazine

Cine-Trash Field Report – Column

December 1, 1997

Empire Records lie waiting for me, the “brain”child of one Allan Moyle, a man responsible for foisting some of the most heavy-handed teensploitation tales ever.

Cine-Trash – Column

November 1, 1997

Even angels fear to tread here, unless of course they’re portrayed by Kim Cattrall.

Cine-Trash – The Scarlet Letter – Column

April 1, 1997

Who better than Demi Moore to portray American literature’s most legendary Impuritan, Hester Prynne? Well, try every other actress this side of Sybil Danning.

Cine-Trash – Head – Column

February 1, 1997

With the tenth annual Monkees reunion tour in full swing, I thought it apropos to assay the Prefab Four’s sole cinematic effort.

Cine-Trash – Showgirls – Column

December 1, 1996

To call Showgirls “bad” is like calling Ted Bundy “moody.”

Cine-Trash – St. Elmo’s Fire – Column

November 1, 1996

I were asked to choose the one film that best summed up the 1980s, I’d choose, not Wall Street nor Blue Velvet, but St. Elmo’s Fire.

Cine-Trash – Moreau – Column

October 1, 1996

In his topsail-sized kimono, and fey, lisping voice, Brando’s Moreau comes off less like a reclusive madman than a gay sumo wrestler dabbling in Kabuki.

Cine-Trash – Gift – Column

September 1, 1996

Whatever you may think of Perry Farrell’s musical endeavors, Gift suggests that movie cameras should be regulated just as stringently as handguns.

Cine-Trash – Myra Breckinridge – Column

June 1, 1996

Loosely based on Gore Vidal’s novel, it’s often cited as one of the worst movies ever made. Rex Reed as a milquetoast becomes Raquel Welch after a sex-change.

Cine-Trash – Color of Night – Column

May 1, 1996

Ruben Blades knocks his detective role way into left field, every neurotic in Willis’ group (including Lesley Ann Warren and Brad Dourif) overacts hilariously.