Buddy

 

I love Casper Kelly. His work with Cartoon Network, particularly Adult Swim is legendary. Too Many Cooks is one of the greatest works ever conceived. His Yule Log films are worthy of his bonkers style. Now he has his theatrical release with Buddy. Here we get a Barney style childs TV host that lures kids into the television and forces them to clean, dance and other goofy shit. The kids become aware and escape. In classic Kelly fashion the film stock changes when we enter the real world and find a family with a mom possibly grieving. Then the stories cross paths. This film is insane, it's dark, it's funny and it's bloody. It honestly is probably his most tame work but also his bleakest. Just remember you can never have Too Many Buddies. 

Butthole Surfers. The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt

 

Butthole Surfers became a band I truly loved in my teens. Their music was weird, punk and psychedelic, their stage antics were just that but on steroids......or acid.....and shrooms. Their real life however.....was also that but not in a fun way. I lived an insane life so I can relate but pushing weirdness and drugs can really hold you back, for the Surfers it just kind of imploded the band. This group of outcasts found kinship and love but it kept falling apart, their entire run. It showcases dual sides of indie and corporate labels but truly embraces creative freedom and individuality. The use of cartoons and puppets adds a layer that makes this possibly the best rock doc since Moonage Daydream but also one of the best docs period in quite some time. This is how docs should be, experimental just like the Butthole Surfers.

King of the Hill

 When King of the Hill was brought back, it was very welcomed even if it felt unneeded. The latest season is more of the same. I feel 14 was a nice gift to fans, 15 however just felt like a comic adaptation. That's a good thing for those of us that read Simpson s comics. The final episode could and should be the final episode as it gives Hank a happy ending. 

Match of August

                                       

 Roman vs Seth

Gable vs Penta

Ospreay vs Omega 

CM Punk vs Kevin Owens 

Waller vs Montana vs Fatu vs D'Angelo

Okada vs Fletcher vs Takeashita 

Moxley vs Nigel 

Cope & Cage vs Young Bucks 

Casino Trios Gauntlet 

Men's Casino Gauntlet 

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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

 

Jane Schoenbrun hit the film world a few years ago with We're All Going to the World's Fair. It's a film that didn't do much for me. Two years ago Jane unleased I Saw the TV Glow and it was great. Now comes Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. This might be the tightest of the three yet also the most chaotic. The acting is great and the 80s slashers vibe is perfectly elevated.  With that said I feel I might have gone in with over hype cause when the film wrapped I just it was okay, which is fine. This film is dividing people yet no one seems to get, you can just like a film without love or hate. Then again I want to promote this film to piss off the anti woke crowd. 

Buffet Infinity

 

Buffet Infinity played here last month but I missed it, it in now hit Shudder and I had a couple of friends raving about it. Knowing I love WNUF this was right up my alley, but while that series aims for a faux authentic commercial wrapped around a news program, Buffet Infinity goes head on into commercial land but it is in a self aware self contained place. Characters go missing, they have break downs, they commit crimes and they feud, all within various ads. What starts off with sandwiches, buffets, car dealerships, lawyers and pawn shops turns into a weird Lovecraftian trip of the mind. It tackles religion and has some serious dark humor. This feels very late 00 early 10 Adult Swim and I am here for a second trip to the buffet. 

This is Not a Test

 

This is Not a Test starts off pretty wicked. Very Dawn of the Dead 04. We meet a family, and then running zombies take over. From there our lead meets up with classmates of hers and they take shelter at school. At times this could have felt like a series having flashbacks for the characters but the film does a good job of letting you know who these kids are. It was built as Breakfast Club meets zombies, and it kind of is, only this isn't very light hearted, it's pretty bleak at times. It's not as in your face with the intensity as it was the first 5 minutes but this is a refreshing zombie film. At the end I guess the kids were just saying Don't You....Outrun Me....don't don't don't don't.