TALES OF MERE EXISTENCE (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 7 minutes |
Lev is one artist, both in comic-book style and in filmmaking whose brutal honesty about life and the ability to look inward when examining the craziness and the sometimes shallowness of life is something to admire…
Posted on November 27, 2003 by Rory L. Aronsky
THE FUSE
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 24 minutes |
There’s nothing in this documentary that evokes the slightest sympathy for these guys or prompts any interest in their “band”…
Posted on November 27, 2003 by Pete Vonder Haar
BAD MOVIE POLICE (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 0 minutes |
“Bad Movie Police” should be an inspiration – and a warning – to bad filmmakers everywhere…
Posted on November 27, 2003 by Mike Watt
THE HEADHUNTER
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 75 minutes |
If Troy McGatlin makes a couple more movies, he might find the voice he unfortunately lacks…
Posted on November 27, 2003 by Rogan Marshall
THE COOLER
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 103 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! It’s tempting to say that this is the performance of William H. Macy’s career. It’s certainly the edgiest, sexiest, and, er, most revealing role of Macy’s career and he absolutely nails it here…
Posted on November 27, 2003 by Merle Bertrand
LAIR OF THE SCHLOCK WORM
How did you feel about watching someone else direct your script? ^ Not so hot. The Hillenbrands got the tone we were hoping for, so that was good. It could have gone really wrong if someone thought it was supposed to be like “American Pie,” but they saw that the script was an homage to [...]
Posted on November 26, 2003 by Joshua Grover-David Patterson
GET TO FILMMAKING YOU DUMMIES
Bryan Michael Stoller will be signing copies of his book “Filmmaking for Dummies” at the Border’s in Westwood (1360 Westwood Blvd.) on December 10th at 7:30pm. Be there or be…well…a dummy. For more info, visit Bryan’s website.
Posted on November 26, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
INDIES TAKE THE MPAA TO COURT
Instead of sitting around and bitching and moaning like everyone else, a group of pissed off indie filmmakers and production companies, including Christine Vachon and Robert Altman, have banded together to sue the MPAA. That’s right, Jack. This shit isn’t over yet. Everyone wants to watch screeners at home in their underwear. A lawsuit was [...]
Posted on November 26, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
WHISTLER’S PROGRAM
The Whistler Film Festival has announced that it will screen over 40 films at its third annual event December 4 to 7…
Posted on November 26, 2003 by Film Threat Staff
TIMELINE
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 116 minutes |
There’s a lot of things that are left unexplained in this story. I haven’t read the original book, but I’d venture to guess, considering Crichton’s fondness of explanation and lecturing, that much was explained better and left out of the screenplay…
Posted on November 26, 2003 by Kevin Carr
IN AMERICA
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 103 minutes |
It’s stories like this one that keep the dream alive, reassuring us that the ideals that we hold so close to our hearts can apply to anyone, no matter the race, sex, ethnicity, or culture…
Posted on November 26, 2003 by Mark Sells
FAMILY VALUES
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Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 25 minutes |
“Family Matters” seems like a teaser reel for a larger feature, and one I wouldn’t have minded seeing…
Posted on November 26, 2003 by Pete Vonder Haar
THE CRITIC
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  Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 0 minutes |
Remember the wonderful, horrible life of Jay Prescott Sherman?
Posted on November 26, 2003 by Rory L. Aronsky
BAD SANTA
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 93 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Why would Dimension Films, the Coens, Zwigoff, and Thornton be attracted to “Bad Santa”? I smell a quick, lucrative payday at the stinky bottom of this career-squelching cinematic landfill…
Posted on November 26, 2003 by KJ Doughton
CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES (DVD)
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 85 minutes |
If the subtleties of Byler’s film escaped some of you, then here’s your chance to play catch up with the rest of the class through the special features found on this disc…
Posted on November 26, 2003 by Eric Campos