Nowhere (Gregg Araki, 1997)

2/10
One of those movies I caught late at night on Moviepix and saw a lot of young actors I recognized (Ryan Philippe, Heather Graham, Christina Applegate, Mena Suvari, Guillermo Diaz, etc) so I just had to keep watching till the end to see what it was all about. It could have been a decent commentary on the state of bored, drug- and sex-obsessed teenagers but instead a stupid, inexplicable subplot involving some sort of alien invasion runs throughout and basically undermines any intelligence or "message" the film is trying to convey, especially at the end. Maybe that was the point.

The Omen (Richard Donner, 1976)

7.5/10
The acting was terriffic but I found some of the plot to be more than slightly implausible - where did the priest come from and how did he know all this stuff was going to happen? How could Damien's parents go five years without noticing their son has a "666" birthmark on his head? Anyway I much prefer Rosemary's Baby in the canon of "devil child" films.

Ride in the Whirlwind (Monte Hellman, 1965)

4/10
Early Monte Hellman western featuring Jack Nicholson (who also wrote the movie) wasn't nearly as good as I was hoping. It had a very weird pace, the standoff in the cabin was dragged out far too long and the rest of the movie seemed to have to rush to catch up.

The Wild One (Laszlo Benedek, 1953)

7/10
I didn't like it as much as I hoped I would but it was still entertaining, and I'm coming to enjoy pretty much anything involving Brando.

Cobra Verde (Werner Herzog, 1987)

7/10
Probably my least favorite of all the Herzog/Kinski collaborations. I had a hard time following the plot in this one but admittedly I wasn't paying too much attention. The last scene with Cobra Verde trying to pull the boat into the ocean was great though.