MR. DEEDS
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 96 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Any Adam Sandler fan will more than likely react to “Mr. Deeds” with the same amount of enthusiasm as the excitable recruited audience members at my screening. After all, this movie finds Sandler falling back on old tricks that worked for his public prior to the critical and commercial crash-and-burn that was “Little Nicky.” “Deeds” plays as if it were spat out by a “Make Your Own Adam Sandler Vehicle” computer program…
Posted on June 29, 2002 by Michael Dequina
L.A. SELLS ITS SOUL FOR ROCK N’ ROLL
On Friday and Saturday, July 12th and 13th, 2002, the Egyptian Theatre and American Cinematheque will screen their Tribute to Director Penelope Spheeris, with Spheeris in-person on both days. This two-night tribute will feature the unreleased “We Sold Our Souls For Rock N’ Roll”, her cinematic chronicle of Ozzfest, Ozzy Osbourne’s traveling heavy metal circus…
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
“STAR TREK: NEMESIS” TRAILER ONLINE
Mark your calendar for December 13th, 2002: it’s the official debut date for the next highly-anticipated Star Trek flick, “Star Trek: Nemesis.” In the meantime, check out the official “Nemesis” trailer over at the film’s website. You can also register for the latest word on site updates and visit Romulus, Remus, Kolarus II and The [...]
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
OPENEDGE MEDIA, INC. DEBUTS
Filmmaker William Gazecki, who is best-known for his Academy-Award nominated, Emmy-Award winning doc “WACO: The Rules of Engagement,” has formed a new production company, OpenEdge Media, Inc., based in West Los Angeles. The group is currently in production on three new independent films and has over 12 more in development. “Crop Circles: Quest For Truth,” [...]
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
“THE GATEKEEPER” CROSSES BORDERS
John Carlos Frey’s indie feature “The Gatekeeper” takes on a political and human rights controversy that’s the subject of more than a little heated debate: “The Gatekeeper” is a true-to-life drama depicting the current civil unrest occuring at the U.S./Mexican border. Adam Fields, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent, is vigilant about keeping the flood of [...]
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
“ANCESTORS” TO SCREEN IN DALLAS
The Video Association of Dallas will present a special screening at the Lakewood Theater of Ancestors in the Americas by acclaimed filmmaker Loni Ding on Sunday, June 30th at 7:30 PM as the next piece in our ongoing Texas Documentary Tour series. Ding’s major television series, “Ancestors in the Americas,” is the first to offer [...]
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
READY FOR NOIRDANCE?
This July, Noirdance takes over Dallas in the name of “the dark, mysterious and foreboding”…
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
DOCTOBER FEST COMING SOON
The Sixth Annual International Documentary Association DOCtober film showcase will be held at the Laemmle Monica Four-plex Theatre…
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
THE FIRST $20 MILLION IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 90 minutes |
Watching this loose adaptation of Po Bronson’s novel of the same name, it’s no mystery why Fox wants to fulfill its bare minimum theatrical release obligations before sweeping it under the rug and into video store oblivion…
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Michael Dequina
LOVELY AND AMAZING
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 91 minutes |
IN THEATERS IN LIMITED RELEASE! In this era of fluffy, big-budget Hollywood “chick flicks”, it’s pretty refreshing to find a film that genuinely deals with women, family, self-image and survival…
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Ellen Marshall
MINORITY REPORT
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 127 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Likely to generate post-film discussion are touches such as creepy and morbidly humorous sequences involving Anderton’s eyes–whether it be some scary business with retina-scanning spider-like robots or a “Clockwork Orange”-esque encounter with a black market eye surgeon…
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Michael Dequina
LIVING WITH THE FOSTERS
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Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 113 minutes |
It’s 1999 and the Y2K threat of crashed computers, rampant violence in the streets, a water shortage and the return of a pissed off and bloodthirsty Red Foxx have people shittin’ egg rolls…
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Eric Campos
BECOMING VEX
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Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 76 minutes |
On this tense ride, we witness prostitutes being pimped out of a fast food drive-thru, a private kickboxing match, the ugly nature of adrenalin charged frat boys out on a spree of violence and other situations that will make you cringe just to think that they may be happening right in front of your home…
Posted on June 28, 2002 by Eric Campos
“TATTOO: A LOVE STORY” INKS L.A.
On July 18th, 2002 at 7:30 PM, the American Cinematheque will host the L.A. Premiere of Richard W. Bean’s “Tattoo: A Love Story” (2002, 93 min., USA), a romantic comedy about the “unlikely romance between a sheltered, uptight 3rd grade teacher and a heavily tattooed biker.” The feature will be screened with Michael Faella’s “Ant” [...]
Posted on June 27, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
ACADEMY WELCOMES “THE GREAT ZIEGFELD”
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 75th Anniversary series continue with thier ninth screening next week. Next up is 1936′s “The Great Ziegfeld,” which will be shown on Monday, July 1st at 7:30 p.m. in the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater. The Best Song of 1936, “The Way You Look Tonight” from the film [...]
Posted on June 27, 2002 by Film Threat Staff