INTEGRATION: PART ONE
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  Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 14 minutes |
The crucified machine-man, the apples, and the “Christian Broadcasting Network” satellite all paint a none-too-subtle canvas…
Posted on March 28, 2003 by Pete Vonder Haar
THE ANIMATRIX: FINAL FLIGHT OF THE OSIRIS
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 9 minutes |
Unfortunately, the only way to see “Final Flight of the Orisis” on the big screen is to pay admission to see the dreadful
film “Dreamcatcher…”
Posted on March 28, 2003 by Kevin Carr
SEX: FEMALE
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 74 minutes |
SXSW 2003 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE! Women of all ages, shapes, creeds, religions, nationalities and sexual orientations, gush sex talk the way men talk football…
Posted on March 28, 2003 by Merle Bertrand
DOES “CRADLE 2 THE GRAVE” NEED A TOMBSTONE?
This week, our resident Critic Doctor Herb Kane takes a look at “Cradle 2 the Grave.” “‘Cradle 2 the Grave’ may have a dead plot, but the movie itself is not necessarily ready for a tombstone…”
Posted on March 27, 2003 by Herb Kane
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY MOORE’S OSCAR?
Is Michael Moore’s documentary Bowling for Columbine more fiction than truth? There are many out there that think so and these many are pissed off that the Academy has given the Best Documentary Feature Award to a film allegedly filled with numerous scenes that were fabricated, staged, or taken out of context. Now, this angry [...]
Posted on March 27, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
MALKOVICH OPENS DC FILMFEST
John Malkovich will show his directorial debut, “The Dancer Upstairs,” at the Opening Night Gala of Filmfest DC 2003 on April 23…
Posted on March 27, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
HEAD OF STATE
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 95 minutes |
IN THEATERS! there are screamingly funny gags in the film – like a high-class hooker hired to be the candidate’s full time mistress because the party just got tired of sex scandals…
Posted on March 27, 2003 by Kevin Carr
THE ANIMATRIX: SECOND RENAISSANCE PART 1
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 9 minutes |
“The Animatrix” kicks off with a bang and promises to release a new episode each month, leading up to “The Matrix Reloaded” release…
Posted on March 27, 2003 by Kevin Carr
“DREAMCATCHER”: CATCHING STEPHEN KING
Getting Freeman to come onboard was trickier for Kasdan. “First of all, we changed Morgan’s name in this film from Kurtz to Curtis,” says Kasdan referring to the fact that the Curtis character was named Kurtz in the King novel. “Stephen named Kurtz after the Marlon Brando character from Apocalypse Now and I changed that [...]
Posted on March 26, 2003 by David Grove
“DREAMCATCHER”: CATCHING STEPHEN KING
The cast and crew of “Dreamcatcher” are more than confident that this will be the most successful King film ever, both artistically and commercially. According to Lawrence Kasdan, “Dreamcatcher” has the same basic ingredients that have made Stephen King’s novels so successful…
Posted on March 26, 2003 by David Grove
THE 2003 OSCARS FROM THE STANCE OF THE COUCH VIEWER
Being the good couch Samaritan that I am, I opted to bypass the 30-minute pre-show due to the fact that I was watching the “Inside Dr. No” documentary on my “Dr. No” DVD…
Posted on March 26, 2003 by Rory L. Aronsky
WHO WANTS TO BE A SCREAM QUEEN?
“HYBRID,” the horror film in part spawned by the “I WANT TO BE A SCREAM QUEEN” reality TV show in which aspiring actresses attempt to land a starring role in a monster movie will begin production on March 30, 2003. The project, headed by producers Tony Urban and Chip Hajel, began with a rigorous application [...]
Posted on March 26, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
THE 19TH ANNUAL CHICAGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE AND VENUE CHANGE
The 19th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival is ready to run from April 4-16…
Posted on March 26, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
BASIC
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 95 minutes |
IN THEATERS! John McTiernan has only slightly recovered from his latest flops, “Rollerball” and “The 13th Warrior.” But “Basic” is a far cry from some of his best work in “Die Hard,” “Predator” and “The Hunt for Red October…”
Posted on March 26, 2003 by Kevin Carr
LE DIAMANT DES DAMNES
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 14 minutes |
It starts out as a fairly amusing “Evil Dead” rip-off, then ends up as sort of a post-apocalyptic zombie flick…
Posted on March 26, 2003 by Pete Vonder Haar