The Shark Film Office

Shark Exorcist (2015) Dir.: Donald Farmer TC4P Rating: 1/9 Species: I suppose it is meant to be a great white shark, but the CGI rendering is not all that great. Plus, the shark attacks in the film are in a lake, so the shark is probably supposed to be a bull, though it is never mentioned. And – not for the first time in one of these films – the type of shark really doesn’t matter… Believe it or not... the best part of the film... Just over one year ago, I went onto Amazon Prime and watched a film called Shark Exorcist . I knew nothing of the filmmakers or the actors involved in Shark Exorcist , nor did I know anything beyond the title Shark Exorcist . It sounded like it could be a fun, stupid time. Was it about a shark that needed to be exorcised of demons? Was it about someone who was possessed by a shark and needed to be exorcised? Or was it about a shark who has been ordained as a priest who swims the world to perform exorcism rites on other fish who have been possess...

Plane Dumb  (1932, Van Beuren Studios)  Dir.: John Foster and George Rufle TC4P Rating: 4/9 So, I spent some time years back on this site heaping light praise upon a much-neglected series like Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry shorts, and then I ran into the film  Plane Dumb . The title  Plane Dumb  could very nearly describe the actions of the filmmakers as they contrived to create this wannabe  Amos N' Andy  homage. Apparently, donning blackface not only helped disguise the very white Tom and Jerry as they roamed about Africa in 1932, but it also lowered their IQs to the negative, changed your speech patterns automatically, and somehow also mad their disarrayed and lighter-colored hair instantly become short, dark and curly. Ah, the magical properties of a common makeup kit! I read a couple of reviews for this cartoon short years ago where each of the writers complained that Tom and Jerry were traveling to Africa "for no good reason". Let m...