SPIDER-SAM: RAIMI BRINGS A COMIC BOOK LEGEND TO LIFE
A fan of Spider-Man since he was a child, Sam Raimi was eager to bring Peter Parker’s story to life on the big-screen. He went to Columbia Pictures and, while pitching himself as the high profile project’s director, explained his love for the character…
Posted on December 31, 2002 by Heather Wadowski
THE BEST AND WORST TV SHOWS MADE INTO MOVIES
BEST OF 2002! FROM THE MOUTH OF THE OFFICIAL TV GEEK! Sometime back in the 80s, it seems that Hollywood ran out of original ideas for movies. Since television had been borrowing ideas from movies and making successful TV series out of them for years, the movie studios decided what was good for the tube was good for the moviehouse…
Posted on December 31, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
“HAUNTED MANSION” FILM MAY CAUSE DISASTER
And we mean disaster of the highest order. It’s well know that Disney has been making plans to whore out their classic attractions into films, the “Country Bears” being the first. And now, according to Sci-Fi Wire, Disney is thinking of altering the rides to suit the films being made. If anyone’s been to Disneyland [...]
Posted on December 31, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
SUNDANCE NATIVE FORUM DETAILS
The 9th annual Native Forum continues to emphasize the innovations in Native filmmaking and give life to the rich history of artistic expression and storytelling inherent to indigenous life…
Posted on December 31, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
LETTERS TO URANUS: THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TEDD BURR
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  Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 114 minutes |
“Letters to Uranus: The Hidden Life of Tedd Burr” is a strange film about a strange man: 76-year-old Tedd Burr, an actor in Cleveland’s theatrical community who seems to believe he is a larger-than-life icon…
Posted on December 31, 2002 by Phil Hall
COMEDY OF INNOCENCE
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Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
Fantasy collides with reality in a very strange way as everyone tries to figure out who’s crazy here…
Posted on December 31, 2002 by Rich Cline
THE COLOR OF PARADISE
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  Year Released: 1999 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
From the very beginning we see that this is a boy who’s grabbing everything he can out of life, soaking up experiences, thoroughly engaged in his surroundings and not even remotely inhibited by his blindness…
Posted on December 31, 2002 by Rich Cline
COMIC-CON 2002: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO
BEST OF 2002! It doesn’t matter if this is your first time or your tenth, getting back into the Con is a tense experience. The ability to control one’s bodily functions also has the potential to slip a little and this is one of the reasons why I think that the convention hall tends to smell like a sack of dead monkeys…
Posted on December 30, 2002 by Eric Campos
OSCAR GETS TOUGH!
For the 75th Academy Awards the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to clamp down on who exactly is given honorary awards – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Honorary Award. The procedure by which governors vote for honorary awards will now require a vote [...]
Posted on December 30, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
CODE UNKNOWN: INCOMPLETE TALES OF SEVERAL JOURNEYS
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  Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 118 minutes |
A scuffle ensues … and then the film spirals out to show scenes from each person’s life, most of which deal with communication struggles in an increasingly fragmented, culturally isolated society…
Posted on December 30, 2002 by Rich Cline
THE CIRCLE
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Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
This film examines the plight of women in an oppressive society, following a series of stories in a long, sweeping narrative arc starting with the birth of a baby girl (which sends the family into fear and gloom)…
Posted on December 30, 2002 by Rich Cline
WAITING FOR ANAKIN
They’ve spent their 100th day in line waiting for a movie. With five weeks still left to wait, only one film could possibly cause such fan insanity; “Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones”…
Posted on December 29, 2002 by Ross Williams
FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD
BEST OF 2002! Isn’t it strange that those “power” and “hot” lists published in “Entertainment Weekly” and “Premiere” are taken so seriously? No one cares about those lists except for the people that are on them. So, as a way to fight the power, we’ve assembled this “cold” compilation for you…
Posted on December 29, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM “SANTA’S LETTERS”
“Santa’s Letters” is an indie “comedy spectacular” that recently screened at the 2002 Bare Bones International Film Festival. Who says it can’t be Christmas in June, July, whatever: Ten-year-old Edward Krieger doesn’t want Santa Claus to stop by this year. Why not? Because there’s too much yelling at his house. Claus himself writes back: “Ed, [...]
Posted on December 29, 2002 by Film Threat Staff
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 127 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Reportedly filmed on a budget of $10 million, “Nicholas Nickleby” looks like a grand epic…
Posted on December 29, 2002 by Phil Hall