Movie Review: Tusk (2014)

It is interesting to watch Kevin Smith attempt to recreate himself as some sort of quasi-horror director. Through his first two attempts he has not been successful; however, this does not make his output bad by any stretch. There is certainly something of interest to be found in these films, if not the films themselves in their entirety. His latest, Tusk, brings to mind such body horror films as Human Centipede, American Mary, and perhaps even May, Frankenhooker, and Videodrome. While I prefer all of those to this, there is something to be said about Smith's take on body and surgical horror. Of course, the first word to enter my mind leaving the theater was: “meh.”

Movie Review: Red State

Well, I finally got around to watching Red State and while I give credit to Kevin Smith for reaching and trying for something a little ambitious and drastically different than his career so far has delivered, I cannot help but respond with a resounding: “meh.” I know, that doesn't sound all that good, but the movie is not great either. It is certainly a step up from Cop Out, but it feels lacking in many areas. It is kind of like taking a couple of different films and smashing them together in an effort to shuffle them (similar to Green Lantern). The end result is a movie that has no consistent tone or interesting character. It is certainly watchable, but for how long?