Newport Beach Film Festival: Suck Review Dan Koelsch, April 27, 2010June 6, 2010 Rob Stefaniuk’s Suck is not your average (noticing our NBFF trend?) vampire flick. Sure, the vampires kill people, drink blood, and hate the sunlight, but they also rock. This Canadian horror rock musical follows a band as it slowly chooses the dark side in order to make it big. Does film deliver the goods, or does it…well, suck? Find out after the break. Joey (Stefaniuk) leads a band ironically called “The Winners”. What’s ironic about it is that they aren’t winning anything. Their manager Jeff (Dave Foley) is planning to quit, Joey is constantly having to ask for money from his girlfriend, and they just lost a big gig in front of music executives. Just when Joey begins to think he’s a hack, luck comes their way. Jennifer (Jessica ParĂ©), the band’s bassist and ex-girlfriend to Joey, becomes a vampire, and audiences love it. Eventually she turns the rest of the band into vampires as well, and Joey is forced to make a choice: Lose his soul or lose his dream. As deep as that may sound, Suck is a very superficial film. As to be expected, it is also a comedy. The film is very tongue-and-cheek, and let’s you know it from the start. Maybe appropiately, the film has no soul, and when characters are forced to make decisions, you really don’t care. Even the jokes aren’t that great, because there’s no real drama. There’s very little talk about the mythology of vampires, which helps keep the foot on the pedal, but leaves something lacking. That being said, there are definitely some positives (insert blood joke here) to enjoy in Suck. The music is really good, though the film constantly goes away from the “musical” part of its premise. The smaller roles and cameos are probably the highlights of the film. Foley, of course, is hilarious, but so is Malcolm McDowell as Van Helsing’s decendent. The rock cameos of Alice Cooper, Moby, Henry Rollins, and especially Iggy Pop made this movie worth watching. Sure, this may be a throwaway movie that won’t move you or change the landscape of filmmaking, but it’s a lot of fun despite its flaws. Isn’t that what really matters? Suck premiered in September 2009 at the Toronto International Film Festival and is currently awaiting distribution after Alliance Films bought the rights. See the trailer below. Events Reviews Alice CooperIggy PopNewport Beach Film FestivalReviewReviewsSuck
Top 10 Best Movies Of 2014 (So Far) – Mike’s List July 9, 2014July 14, 2014It’s already July, which means half of the year is already behind us. You’ve already seen what I was disappointed with this year, so let’s finish off our top ten of the year so far on a positive note. Unfortunately there were no real stand outs this year, and half…Pages: 1 2 3 Read More
New York Comic-Con Report: Universal Panels for “Your Highness” and “The Thing” October 10, 2010I just returned from my experience New York Comic-Con yesterday, and I have some really cool things I’d like to tell you guys about from my time there. This is the first of a set of articles for both MovieViral and our sister site GamingViral, so keep your eyes peeled… Read More
Tron Legacy To Have Exclusive Toys For Comic-Con June 10, 2010With San Diego Comic-Con just over a month away, we are sure to get more and more news about the convention. Such is the case with toy company Spin Masters having limited edition exclusive figure sets from Tron Legacy. See the photos and get the details after the break. Read More