Peter Berg (Chicago Hope) bursts onto the silver screen with his sick directorial/writing debut about a bachelor party gone horribly awry. Christian Slater leads the company of men down a road of murder, lies and deceit so that his pal’s (Jon Favreau) wedding can go off without a hitch. A character study in how far the average person will go to cover their own ass. Berg’s demented and depraved script elicits surprisingly strong, if not career performances from every actor in this fine ensemble cast. The murder cleanup scene ranks second only to the "brain detail" incident in Pulp Fiction. (1:42 – for violence, nudity, language…and lots of it)

Todd Haynes’ ode to ‘70s glam rock goes out of its way to say that it isn’t really supposed to be about David Bowie (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and Iggy Pop (Ewan McGregor), but the similarities are too strikingly apparent. On the plus side, the two stars sing the majority of the songs. On the other plus side, McGregor does an amazing Iggy. But the down side – the film is a bloody mess – is way to powerful to ignore. Christian Bale (Little Women) and Toni Collette (Muriel’s Wedding) co-star. (2:00 – for nudity, language and violence)