This 1974-taped two-hour concert is a lot of fun. Zappa apparently wanted to sell it as a special to some television programming entity but did not succeed but give the man points for optimism. This is the Brock-Duke-Fowler-Simmons-Thompson-Underwood (Ruth) band and it is indeed mighty. They whip through a set of songs with relatively G-rated lyrics (Zappa really DID want a network to pick it up) with breathtaking precision and brio. It’s funny when Zappa gives Simmons the nod to…

A bit of a disappointment. Although given that I was less than enthusiastic about "The Lighthouse" I'm not sure what gave me high hopes for this. Maybe the source materials, ar ar ar.
Depp isn't the problem. Eggers is. He does a few things right in of scares and atmosphere but he also stretches a thin narrative to little emotional or aesthetic avail. And changing Orlok from a grotesque seducer to a more or less literal parasite, despite yielding…

A flat script, poorly directed. Every frame is all about whatever's in focus, in foreground; there's no background action, no production design; it's like they shot in a series of vacant lots. Jennifer Lopez's Terry Molloy impersonation is kind of funny, but anyone seeing Constance Wu for the first time in this movie might well wonder how she became a working professional actor. Julia Stiles shines as "Concerned Woman." The fact that this is getting so much praise indicates we…