LIFERS
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  Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 50 minutes |
There is no shortage of documentaries about life in prison, but few are as bewildering and goofy as “Lifers….”
Posted on August 29, 2002 by Phil Hall
“CICADAS” IN DALLAS
The Video Association of Dallas is back at the Angelika Film Center and screening in their medium of choice – video – with the next feature in the Texas Filmmaker’s Series, “cicadas” by Kat Candler. The Austin-based filmmaker has won acclaim for her shorts “The Bathroom,” “Avenue K,” and “Trophies” at festivals all over the [...]
Posted on August 28, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
“FRONTIER LIFE” ON THE ROAD
“Frontier Life”, a documentary about the Tijuana border culture, begins its West Coast tour. A city that rejects entropy, Tijuana constructs its own rules and “Frontier Life”, a new feature-length documentary directed by Hans Fjellestad, captures the region’s chaotic character and ingenious resilience through a spirited visual exploration driven by original music and interviews. Check [...]
Posted on August 28, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
22ND ATLANTIC FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINE-UP
Opening the Festival is locally co-produced “Bowling for Columbine” by controversial filmmaker Michael Moore…
Posted on August 28, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
BITTERSWEET LIES
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
The basic premise is a sorta manic-depressive “Breakfast Club…”
Posted on August 28, 2002 by Dan Fienberg
THE BAGMAN
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 83 minutes |
This is bad like “Oh, lordy please come and smack me over the head with a steel, blunt object so I don’t have to endure this jackassery anymore…”
Posted on August 28, 2002 by Eric Campos
SPECIAL DELIVERY: “EPISODE III” STORY REVEALED?
Obi-Wan continues to fight in various Clone War battles. Count Dooku’s agents leak false information to Republic spies concerning a “Time Detonator” weapon being developed by Count Dooku’s scientists on Geonosis. The fictitious “Time Detonator” is a weapon which temporarily freezes time. When it is set off in a star system, time freezes for everyone [...]
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Anonymous
SPECIAL DELIVERY: “EPISODE III” STORY REVEALED?
“STAR WARS Episode III” The Clone Wars are now over two years old. The entire galaxy has been thrown into chaos. On one side of the conflict are hundreds of wayward star systems, led by Count Dooku, who are rebelling against the Republic led by the scheming-in-secret Chancellor Palpatine. The inhabitants of the galaxy are [...]
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Anonymous
HOLY MULLET!
Mulletmania has gotten out of control. First the “Fear the Mullet” t-shirts, then the calendar, then the websites and then people everywhere were actually taking the risk of looking like a complete fucking moron on purpose. Now, Palm Pictures has picked up the feature “American Mullet”, a film exploring the reason why anyone would do [...]
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
BEETLEJUICE WANTS A STAR TO CHEW ON
Everyone wants a piece of the Hollywood Walk of Fame, including Beetlejuice, Howard Stern’s favorite retarded dwarf. So to help him out, an online petition has been started to help Beetlejuice get immortalized on Hollywood Blvd. Now, you and I know this is a joke and I hope that the people behind this petition think [...]
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
UNDERGROUND FILM IN DC
The film community in Washington, DC has had enough of bland, big-budget nonsense from Hollywood…
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
UNDISPUTED
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 91 minutes |
IN THEATERS! A decently done boxing match does not a movie make. As with any boxing movie or fight card, the main event doesn’t come until the very end, and like too many pay-per-view packages the undercard is underwhelming. The lead-up consists of tedious and unsuspenseful “will-they-or-won’t-they-fight?” drama…
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Michael Dequina
SIMONE
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 117 minutes |
ANOTHER FT WRITER’S OPINION! Niccol makes what seems like a preposterous idea not only fresh and entertaining, but most of all reveals said idea to be not at all far removed from reality–as any good satire should…
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Michael Dequina
INTERSTATE 60
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 117 minutes |
BACK TO THE FUTURE.COM’S RANDY ATAMANIUK LENDS US HIS REVIEW OF BOB GALE’S UPCOMING FEATURE! What I really liked most about “I-60″, was that it felt like a movie that hasn t been made in over a decade; a picture with a 1980 s fantasy-feel to it…
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Randy Atamaniuk
BUMFIGHTS VOL. 1: CAUSE FOR CONCERN (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 56 minutes |
You will believe a bum can fight…
Posted on August 27, 2002 by Pete Vonder Haar