list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Black Sheep on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Black_Sheep/290307/default.aspx Title: Black Sheep
Year: 2007
Director: Jonathan King
Plot: A genetic engineering experiment gone horribly awry turns a large flock of docile sheep into unrelenting killing machines in this rural horror comedy directed by Jonathan King and featuring special effects designed by Weta Workshop. When the death of his father and a stress-induced fear of sheep pushes him toward the edge of a nervous breakdown, skilled farmer Henry Oldfield leaves the family farm behind in a desperate bid to achieve inner peace. Upon returning to the farm following a 15-year absence, Henry discovers that his brother Angus has been performing genetic experiments on the sheep. Unfortunately for both the brothers and the rest of the humble farmers who make their living off of the land, these experiments have produced a strain of sheep that crave human flesh and will stop at nothing to satisfy their diabolical hunger. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:07:53 GMTBlack Sheep2007Jonathan KingA genetic engineering experiment gone horribly awry turns a large flock of docile sheep into unrelenting killing machines in this rural horror comedy directed by Jonathan King and featuring special effects designed by Weta Workshop. When the death of his father and a stress-induced fear of sheep pushes him toward the edge of a nervous breakdown, skilled farmer Henry Oldfield leaves the family farm behind in a desperate bid to achieve inner peace. Upon returning to the farm following a 15-year absence, Henry discovers that his brother Angus has been performing genetic experiments on the sheep. Unfortunately for both the brothers and the rest of the humble farmers who make their living off of the land, these experiments have produced a strain of sheep that crave human flesh and will stop at nothing to satisfy their diabolical hunger. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide14Tag Target (>10)9422http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s290307.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Black_Sheep/290307/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/divinemsjunebug/archive/2008/3/23/26519.aspx Post By: divinemsjunebug
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Post Date: 3/23/2008 12:14:16 AM
Body: When I first heard about this movie I thought it was going to be a little stupid and cheesey but I have to say that I REALLY enjoyed it. It was definately a slaughter fest - gore everywhere - sheep everywhere - human sheep everywhere - sheep jokes everywhere; but it was carried out really well. I loved the banter between Henry and the environmental activist, Experience lots of great lines. It was a little gross at times but it was worth seeing a movie with killer attack sheep.
]]>Sun, 23 Mar 2008 04:14:16 GMTdivinemsjunebugdivinemsjunebug Blog3/23/2008 12:14:16 AMWhen I first heard about this movie I thought it was going to be a little stupid and cheesey but I have to say that I REALLY enjoyed it. It was definately a slaughter fest - gore everywhere - sheep everywhere - human sheep everywhere - sheep jokes everywhere; but it was carried out really well. I loved the banter between Henry and the environmental activist, Experience lots of great lines. It was a little gross at times but it was worth seeing a movie with killer attack sheep. http://www.spout.com/groups/Zombie_Obsession/Re_Zombie_Critters/329/25739/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Dr_Gor
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Post Date: 2/29/2008 7:04:30 PM
Body: [quote user="Dr_Gor"][quote user="FroggyBaBe15876"][quote user="Risselada"] Who is Larry Zonka? Cool name.[/quote]Larry Zonka was a football player. I don't know for which team...but I heard his name in a joke on MST3K...yeah. That's how lame I am.[/quote] And you're not 'lame', Froggy, you're just young... enjoy it while you can... (wink and hug and kiss and grope... oh wait... I better stop this because there are women and children here...)
]]>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:04:30 GMTDr_GorZombie Obsession2/29/2008 7:04:30 PM[quote user="Dr_Gor"][quote user="FroggyBaBe15876"][quote user="Risselada"] Who is Larry Zonka? Cool name.[/quote]Larry Zonka was a football player. I don't know for which team...but I heard his name in a joke on MST3K...yeah. That's how lame I am.[/quote] And you're not 'lame', Froggy, you're just young... enjoy it while you can... (wink and hug and kiss and grope... oh wait... I better stop this because there are women and children here...) http://www.spout.com/blogs/pratchettfan/archive/2008/2/5/24733.aspx Post By: pratchettfan
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Post Date: 2/5/2008 2:41:41 AM
Body: A ruthless farmer genetically engineers a new race of sheep to revolutionize farming. However, when environmental activists steal one of the by-products and accidentally set it loose, the sheep suddenly develop a liking for blood and humans start transforming into super-sheep. And Henry, a former farm boy with a sheep-phobia, is the only one who can try to stop them...This is probably the best splatter movie I've seen since Braindead, which incidentally was also shot in New Zealand. In addition to the cool and low-key special effects the movie is full of hilarious scenes and funny lines. Especially the dialogs between Henry and Experience, the environmental activists, are laugh out loud funny.
]]>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:41:41 GMTpratchettfanpratchettfan Blog2/5/2008 2:41:41 AMA ruthless farmer genetically engineers a new race of sheep to revolutionize farming. However, when environmental activists steal one of the by-products and accidentally set it loose, the sheep suddenly develop a liking for blood and humans start transforming into super-sheep. And Henry, a former farm boy with a sheep-phobia, is the only one who can try to stop them...This is probably the best splatter movie I've seen since Braindead, which incidentally was also shot in New Zealand. In addition to the cool and low-key special effects the movie is full of hilarious scenes and funny lines. Especially the dialogs between Henry and Experience, the environmental activists, are laugh out loud funny. http://www.spout.com/blogs/glowbugg/archive/2007/11/29/22346.aspx Post By: glowbugg
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Post Date: 11/29/2007 12:16:59 AM
Body: I love this film! Hilarious and gorey. Well put together and even a bit unique in it's choice of "zombies". I enjoyed the subtle humor and the story was strong enough to carry the silly premise of crazed, mutant sheep. Very gorey and the effects were nicely done without the help of cgi. I wasn't a fan of mutton before this film, but I love it now!
]]>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 05:16:59 GMTglowbuggglowbugg ramblings11/29/2007 12:16:59 AMI love this film! Hilarious and gorey. Well put together and even a bit unique in it's choice of "zombies". I enjoyed the subtle humor and the story was strong enough to carry the silly premise of crazed, mutant sheep. Very gorey and the effects were nicely done without the help of cgi. I wasn't a fan of mutton before this film, but I love it now! http://www.spout.com/groups/HORROR_MOVIES_101/Zombie_Comedy/222/7652/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: quint
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Post Date: 4/26/2007 8:34:19 AM
Body: This movie Black Sheep sounds pretty funny, but has the zombie comedy been played out already? Shaun of the Dead was a hoot and Tokyo Zombie and Stacy certainly prove that Japan gets the Joke. Peter Jackson may be the inventor of the genre. Or was it Bruce Campbell in Evil Dead? What is the comedic appeal of zombies?
]]>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:34:19 GMTquintHORROR MOVIES 1014/26/2007 8:34:19 AMThis movie Black Sheep sounds pretty funny, but has the zombie comedy been played out already? Shaun of the Dead was a hoot and Tokyo Zombie and Stacy certainly prove that Japan gets the Joke. Peter Jackson may be the inventor of the genre. Or was it Bruce Campbell in Evil Dead? What is the comedic appeal of zombies? http://www.spout.com/blogs/thereeler/archive/2007/4/25/7613.aspx Post By: TheReeler
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Post Date: 4/25/2007 1:03:54 AM
Body: One of the artists at work in the Tribeca competition documentary Bomb It By Eric Kohn Now that it’s no longer chic to point out the prevalence of documentaries in virtually every major film festival, audiences can get choosy about their options. Tribeca offers a flurry of nonfiction narratives that deal with similar themes and subject matter, mostly because only certain themes and subject matter are conducive to the documentary form. Bomb It provides a perfect example. An engaging 93-minute overview of the international graffiti art scene, the movie creates a montage-fueled roundtable of the various discussions swirling around the art. From a structural perspective, director Jon Reiss doesn’t offer anything groundbreaking; we get the usual round-up of talking heads and B-roll of the artists at work, all of which is pulled together with tight transitions and a fairly enjoyable soundtrack. Dealing with material that isn’t particularly fresh territory, Reiss eschews the tried-and-true method of following specific characters and chooses instead to focus on a broad history of grafitti (yes, he goes all the way back to cave paintings) and incorporates a global view. With voices of grafitti artists young and old, from Paris to the Bronx and back again, Bomb It serves its purpose as a comprehensive overview. Anyone seeking an “Idiots Guide” introduction to medium—a completely legitimate curiosity—will find the overarching debates about whether or not grafitti constitutes a negative anarchistic force or a beautiful expression of freedom to be constantly provocative. Considering that graffiti tends to get associated with youth culture, its suitability as a documentary shouldn’t surprise anyone. Young people tend to carry the sort of vibrant energy and creative intelligence that lends itself to entertainment. Which isn’t to say that they have to be on the streets in order to create compelling drama. Chops, which traces the trajectories of three high school jazz bands from across the country who compete in the 2006 Essentially Ellington Festival hosted by Jazz at Lincoln Center. A certain amount of the drama comes from where your sympathies lie: Seattle’s Garfield High School presents an impressive orchestral crew, but director Bruce Broder seems to focus his lens primarily on the group from Jacksonville, Florida. While the head-bopping performances really hold everything together, much of the amusement arises from asides during students’ exchanges in between performances, where they jovially mock their instructor and nibble their nails in anticipation of the final results. Like Bomb It, the movie never emphasizes the plight of a single personality over any of the others, but their communal experiences eventually emerge as a unifying character. The most rewarding element arrives in third act, when jazz god Wynton Marsalis shows up to give the teens a reason to salivate. Speaking of bodily fluids, there’s plenty talk of bloodletting in the discomfiting expose Taxi to the Dark Side, which focuses on another regular area of documentary dissection: prison abuse. Alex Gibney, whose name may be familiar since he directed the popular business scandal overview Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, focuses on the underreported case of an Afghani taxi driver who was arrested by the United States military under false pretenses in 2002 and essentially tortured to death. Having seen a seemingly innumerable amount of documentaries that explore the insanity of prison abuse (and pin the blame squarely on Donald Rumsfeld), I can attest that Taxi doesn’t bring anything particularly new to the conversation, except that it reminds us that this stuff went down in other places besides Iraq. Gibney unnecessarily includes incredibly lengthy close-ups on still photographs that show records of abuse, which is something that doesn’t do anything beyond making viewers uncomfortable. Of course, it’s always fascinating to watch soldiers, in a barrage of interviews, discuss how their allegiance to orders from back home led them to behave like savages. But something tells me that this isn’t the last opportunity to hear these people speak their part. Fortunately, the festival offers a better option for anyone interested in experiencing the rabid confusion currently plaguing the middle east: Making Of, an original narrative that explores the mindset that leads suicide bombing while simultaneously critiquing the pretentiousness implied by cinematic representation of the phenomenon. Talented breakdancer Bahta (Lotfi Abdelli) lives a comfortable life in Tunisia until he falls prey to the teachings of a local fundamentalist, causing him to question his beliefs. As it turns out, the actor playing Bahta questions the motives of his character, as we learn in a fake behind-the-scenes documented that supposedly shows the director (actual helmer Nouri Bouzid) squabbling with his radical lead on a movie set. It’s a terrific gimmick, and probably the first time that a mockumentary never becomes explicitly funny. Instead, Making Of provides us with a treasure trove of insight into the way that a real taxi to the dark side is quite the strenuous affair. That’s a complaint you could also level at West 32nd, a reasonably vapid genre movie whose greatest appeal is that it stars John Cho (Harold from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle). Sadly, there’s no semblance here of the goofy energy Cho demonstrated in that classic stoner comedy. Cho plays a lawyer who tries to help a New York-based Korean family with a homicide case in order to find his big break. The big mob boss catches wind, and some violence occurs. The whole thing unfolds as much by-the-numbers as it sounds. This isn’t the direction that I had hoped Michael Kang would take; the director’s debut, a sweet character study called The Motel, indicated that he understands how to throw his plot into turmoil without exploiting his characters. But West 32nd exploits the intelligence of its audience. At least Black Sheep isn’t trying to be exceptionally smart. An impressive offering of horror schlock from debuting New Zealand director Johnathan King, the movie (already set with a U.S. distribution deal through IFC) follows a band of survivors who struggle to combat an outbreak of sheep zombies. All the implied absurdity does indeed unfold -- but King shows remarkable restraint when it comes to the gory silliness. Echoing the early efforts of Peter Jackson, Black Sheep takes time building a credible scenario before injecting it with insanity. Great fun, all the way through: The argument put forth by a lot of today’s young horror auteurs (particularly Eli Roth) that the genre gives people a refreshing escape from the frustrations of disturbing newspaper headlines never made more sense to me until I considered it in light of Abu Ghraib -- something that, having read about prison scandals just a few paragraphs earlier, you’ll have to do, too. Discuss these and other Tribeca titles at Spout: Bomb It Chops Taxi to the Dark Side Making Of West 32nd Black Sheep Syndicated Feed From:The Reeler
]]>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:03:54 GMTTheReelerThe Reeler on Spout4/25/2007 1:03:54 AMOne of the artists at work in the Tribeca competition documentary Bomb It By Eric Kohn Now that it’s no longer chic to point out the prevalence of documentaries in virtually every major film festival, audiences can get choosy about their options. Tribeca offers a flurry of nonfiction narratives that deal with similar themes and subject matter, mostly because only certain themes and subject matter are conducive to the documentary form. Bomb It provides a perfect example. An engaging 93-minute overview of the international graffiti art scene, the movie creates a montage-fueled roundtable of the various discussions swirling around the art. From a structural perspective, director Jon Reiss doesn’t offer anything groundbreaking; we get the usual round-up of talking heads and B-roll of the artists at work, all of which is pulled together with tight transitions and a fairly enjoyable soundtrack. Dealing with material that isn’t particularly fresh territory, Reiss eschews the tried-and-true method of following specific characters and chooses instead to focus on a broad history of grafitti (yes, he goes all the way back to cave paintings) and incorporates a global view. With voices of grafitti artists young and old, from Paris to the Bronx and back again, Bomb It serves its purpose as a comprehensive overview. Anyone seeking an “Idiots Guide” introduction to medium—a completely legitimate curiosity—will find the overarching debates about whether or not grafitti constitutes a negative anarchistic force or a beautiful expression of freedom to be constantly provocative. Considering that graffiti tends to get associated with youth culture, its suitability as a documentary shouldn’t surprise anyone. Young people tend to carry the sort of vibrant energy and creative intelligence that lends itself to entertainment. Which isn’t to say that they have to be on the streets in order to create compelling drama. Chops, which traces the trajectories of three high school jazz bands from across the country who compete in the 2006 Essentially Ellington Festival hosted by Jazz at Lincoln Center. A certain amount of the drama comes from where your sympathies lie: Seattle’s Garfield High School presents an impressive orchestral crew, but director Bruce Broder seems to focus his lens primarily on the group from Jacksonville, Florida. While the head-bopping performances really hold everything together, much of the amusement arises from asides during students’ exchanges in between performances, where they jovially mock their instructor and nibble their nails in anticipation of the final results. Like Bomb It, the movie never emphasizes the plight of a single personality over any of the others, but their communal experiences eventually emerge as a unifying character. The most rewarding element arrives in third act, when jazz god Wynton Marsalis shows up to give the teens a reason to salivate. Speaking of bodily fluids, there’s plenty talk of bloodletting in the discomfiting expose Taxi to the Dark Side, which focuses on another regular area of documentary dissection: prison abuse. Alex Gibney, whose name may be familiar since he directed the popular business scandal overview Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, focuses on the underreported case of an Afghani taxi driver who was arrested by the United States military under false pretenses in 2002 and essentially tortured to death. Having seen a seemingly innumerable amount of documentaries that explore the insanity of prison abuse (and pin the blame squarely on Donald Rumsfeld), I can attest that Taxi doesn’t bring anything particularly new to the conversation, except that it reminds us that this stuff went down in other places besides Iraq. Gibney unnecessarily includes incredibly lengthy close-ups on still photographs that show records of abuse, which is something that doesn’t do anything beyond making viewers uncomfortable. Of course, it’s always fascinating to watch soldiers, in a barrage of interviews, discuss how their allegiance to orders from back home led them to behave like savages. But something tells me that this isn’t the last opportunity to hear these people speak their part. Fortunately, the festival offers a better option for anyone interested in experiencing the rabid confusion currently plaguing the middle east: Making Of, an original narrative that explores the mindset that leads suicide bombing while simultaneously critiquing the pretentiousness implied by cinematic representation of the phenomenon. Talented breakdancer Bahta (Lotfi Abdelli) lives a comfortable life in Tunisia until he falls prey to the teachings of a local fundamentalist, causing him to question his beliefs. As it turns out, the actor playing Bahta questions the motives of his character, as we learn in a fake behind-the-scenes documented that supposedly shows the director (actual helmer Nouri Bouzid) squabbling with his radical lead on a movie set. It’s a terrific gimmick, and probably the first time that a mockumentary never becomes explicitly funny. Instead, Making Of provides us with a treasure trove of insight into the way that a real taxi to the dark side is quite the strenuous affair. That’s a complaint you could also level at West 32nd, a reasonably vapid genre movie whose greatest appeal is that it stars John Cho (Harold from Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle). Sadly, there’s no semblance here of the goofy energy Cho demonstrated in that classic stoner comedy. Cho plays a lawyer who tries to help a New York-based Korean family with a homicide case in order to find his big break. The big mob boss catches wind, and some violence occurs. The whole thing unfolds as much by-the-numbers as it sounds. This isn’t the direction that I had hoped Michael Kang would take; the director’s debut, a sweet character study called The Motel, indicated that he understands how to throw his plot into turmoil without exploiting his characters. But West 32nd exploits the intelligence of its audience. At least Black Sheep isn’t trying to be exceptionally smart. An impressive offering of horror schlock from debuting New Zealand director Johnathan King, the movie (already set with a U.S. distribution deal through IFC) follows a band of survivors who struggle to combat an outbreak of sheep zombies. All the implied absurdity does indeed unfold -- but King shows remarkable restraint when it comes to the gory silliness. Echoing the early efforts of Peter Jackson, Black Sheep takes time building a credible scenario before injecting it with insanity. Great fun, all the way through: The argument put forth by a lot of today’s young horror auteurs (particularly Eli Roth) that the genre gives people a refreshing escape from the frustrations of disturbing newspaper headlines never made more sense to me until I considered it in light of Abu Ghraib -- something that, having read about prison scandals just a few paragraphs earlier, you’ll have to do, too. Discuss these and other Tribeca titles at Spout: Bomb It Chops Taxi to the Dark Side Making Of West 32nd Black Sheep Syndicated Feed From:The Reeler http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/funny/MemberTagFilms.aspxfunny
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