I saw Canniabl Hollocaust. I've seen many a shocking movies....all the sick, depraved films ...Pink Flamingos....Salo, anyone?

I watch Rescue Me when I'm not working Tuesday night. I generally can't get into dramas, especially on television, but I find the show often quite compelling. There's some dark humor, the occasional action scene and an incredible commitment to just treat everything as realistically as possible - flaws and all. Plus, I appreciate FX's borderwalking when it comes to controversial content, at least for basic cable TV.

Re: Batman Begins. No they are not going to remake the other Batman movies. There will be more, but probably in the same style of Batman Begins - i.e. through the originals out the window and start from scratch. Let's be realistic here, movies like Batman and Robin are completely unsalvagable.

Movies I've seen recently:

I, Robot - Don't bother watching this. Your standard futuristic popcorn action movie with the most gratiously nauseating camera movement I've ever seen. The phrase "roller coaster ride of a movie" is supposed to be metaphorical.

Fantastic Four - They took what is arguably Marvel's cheesiest comic book and made what is inarguably Marvel's cheesiest movie. I thought they showed adroitness with regard to the use of special effects, but the script is wretched, the plot holier than the Shroud of Turin, and Dr. Doom... just no. Dr. Doom worked on about zero levels. Not only was the actor about as good as a damp tablecloth, but there was no ultimate goal for this character other than to destroy the Fantastic Four. At the end of the movie, all the FF had truly accomplished was saving their own asses. I don't think a single innocent bystander was ever threatened by this disappointment of a nemesis.

The Island - Let me preface this by saying I have no love for Michael Bay. That said, I thought all in all this was a very good movie. Not a classic, and a few overly stupid action sequences (the falling "R" in particular), but most of the chases were very well shot, there was a substantial, engaging plot and the cast pulled out all the stops. Ewan MacGregor gets about five accolades for terrific job with his double role. There were a few wincing product placements: the Michelob Light, X-Box, Aquafina - the bottled water of choice for morally reprehensible totalitarian regimes. A few terrific actors seemed out of the movie a bit too quickly, but I left the theater fully impressed from what I thought would be a complete waste of my money. Oh, and Scarlett Johannson is hot.