The final leg of my assessment of the lesser Polanskis (and "leg" seems apt, as we were only assessing two) is up at The Auteurs'. It's the Foreign Region DVD Reporton '86s Pirates, which, while not exactly good, is not quite as bad as I recalled.

Hey, anybody know the identity of the cigar-smoking geezer on the right? Hint: there's a biopic of him coming out early next year.�