MONSTER ROAD
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 80 minutes |
SLAMDANCE 2004 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE! Some people say that all artists are weird and moody…
Posted on January 30, 2004 by Stina Chyn
TIPTOES
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
THE GREAT TRAINWRECK OF SUNDANCE 2004? Any amount of affection I have for the people involved in “Tiptoes” couldn’t make me like this ridiculous, sloppy and poorly written film. “Tiptoes” is just baffling in its lameness…
Posted on January 30, 2004 by Chad Bixby
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE: ZENOVA BRAEDEN
How did you get into acting? ^ It was kind of an accident, actually. A director friend of mine had been hired to rework a very bad film (that shall remain nameless) and shot a new opening sequence using me. That was the first thing I actually did. Which film role of yours is your [...]
Posted on January 29, 2004 by Chris Parcellin
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE: ZENOVA BRAEDEN
There’s more to it than just getting nekkid, partner. Braeden says she digs getting into her characters and getting the chance to act real nutty, or as in the case of her role in the film “Nightwalkers,” portraying a character who changes right along with the arc of the story…
Posted on January 29, 2004 by Chris Parcellin
LET’S KILL THE OSCARS: MY VOTE FOR JOHNNY DEPP
So in the sprit of George C., my choice as Best Actor for 2003 is someone who has no chance in hell of winning. Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl…”
Posted on January 29, 2004 by Brad Laidman
SCREAM QUEENS TAKE OVER VIRGIN MEGASTORE
Julie Strain, Brinke Stevens, Felissa Rose, Judith O’Dea, Denice Duff, Debra DeLiso, Ariauna Albright, Jason Paul Collum and J.R. Bookwalter will make an appearance at the Virgin Megastore in Los Angeles on February 13th to promote “Something to Scream About,” a documentary on scream queens being released on DVD by Tempe Video. So if you [...]
Posted on January 29, 2004 by Film Threat Staff
FEARS OF A CLOWN
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 2 minutes |
SUNDANCE 2004 ONLINE FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Kid in bed, not only scared of the dark, but also scared of the doll that he thinks is moving…
Posted on January 29, 2004 by Rory L. Aronsky
THE CREEPEES VERSUS ROBOT MONSTER NUMBER TWO
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 10 minutes |
SLAMDANCE 2004 SHORT FILM SELECTION! “The Creepees Versus Robot Monster Number Two” could best be described as Cheap Trick meets “Johnny Soko and His Giant Robot…”
Posted on January 29, 2004 by Jim Agnew
FREAKY FRIDAY (DVD)
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 100 minutes |
Without a commentary there’s not too much of a reason to get the DVD over the VHS or even for someone outside of the target demographic to watch it…
Posted on January 29, 2004 by Kevin Carr
EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: ARNOLD THE KILLER
I’m not one to defend mainstream Hollywood, but I will defend a person’s right to make art. I will also stand up against stupidity whenever it rears its inbred head. The only way to fight it is through logic, humiliation and humor, and those are my tools…
Posted on January 28, 2004 by Doug Brunell
VISIT MILAN IN WESTWOOD
Starting January 29th, the winners of the 4th annual Milan International Film Festival will have their films screened in the Sala Rossellini at The Italian Cultural Institute in Westwood, California…
Posted on January 28, 2004 by Film Threat Staff
WHALE RIDER (DVD)
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 101 minutes |
“Whale Rider” tells the story of Paikea “Pai” Apirana (Keisha Castle-Hughes), whose mother and twin brother died in childbirth…
Posted on January 28, 2004 by Brad Cook
21 GRAMS
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 125 minutes |
A few years ago, “Amores Perros” exploded onto the big screen, devouring us with three intermingled stories about life, death, and dogs. What tied all three stories together in “Amores Perros” was a life altering car accident. And for director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, making his American debut, that is the same plot device that connects the three lives in “21 Grams…”
Posted on January 28, 2004 by Mark Sells
OLD GLORY
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 7 minutes |
SLAMDANCE 2004 SHORT FILM SELECTION! “Old Glory” ponders if we are getting accustomed to seeing the American flag on clothes, cars, shoes, key chains, and napkins…
Posted on January 28, 2004 by Stina Chyn
IMELDA
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 103 minutes |
SUNDANCE 2004 DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION SELECTION! Imelda Marcos appears to occupy that stratum of total unreality reserved for long-standing political figures, the über-rich, and televangelists…
Posted on January 28, 2004 by Pete Vonder Haar