BROKEN LIZARD’S CLUB DREAD
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 105 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Will “Club Dread” go down in history as the frat house favorite that “Super Troopers” did? I enjoyed “Club Dread” more, mainly because it’s a goofy slasher flick as much as it is a jiggle-fest screwball comedy…
Posted on February 29, 2004 by Kevin Carr
DADDY AND THEM (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 101 minutes |
Attempted suicide and marital discord on the neighbor’s front lawn, and this is a purported comedy…
Posted on February 29, 2004 by Brad Slager
THE FILM THREAT OSCAR QUIZ, PART 2
ANSWERS 1. James Whitmore’s Best Actor nominated performance in “Give ‘Em Hell, Harry” (1975). The film was shot-on-video but released theatrically on 35mm; its later home video and TV presentation was on video. 2. The Uruguayan film “A Place in the World” had its nomination for 1992 Best Foreign-Language Film revoked when it was determined [...]
Posted on February 28, 2004 by Phil Hall
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2004 WRAP UP
The 2004 Sundance Film Festival has come to pass and the frost bitten Film Threat crew who braved Park City will never be the same again. Good news is that, once again, many excellent films were seen. Better news is that many of these films will be making their way into theaters later in the [...]
Posted on February 28, 2004 by Film Threat Staff
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 126 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Director Mel Gibson chooses the most unenlightened and mundane elements of Jesus’ life to show us. According to Gibson he did. Perhaps the Jews were angry because now they had to sit in chairs at a high table rather than on the floor with a short table…
Posted on February 28, 2004 by Jay Bliznick
SEASON OF YOUTH
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
While there’s no doubt in my mind that this movie could use a trim here and there for pacing, I have a hard time giving it any grief. It may take a while to find its feet, but once it does it kicks, hard and fast…
Posted on February 28, 2004 by Joshua Grover-David Patterson
THE FILM THREAT OSCAR QUIZ, PART 2
With Academy Award season at hand, Oscar trivia buffs are out in full force trying to stump their friends, families and colleagues with their knowledge of Academy history. But here at Film Threat, we take our Oscar trivia very, very seriously. Perhaps too seriously…
Posted on February 27, 2004 by Phil Hall
Oscars LIVE! Chat – Sunday, Feb. 29th at 8PM
http://www.filmthreat.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=667
Posted on February 27, 2004 by Film Threat Staff
PASS THE MIC
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 52 minutes |
By the end of the film you realize this is history of a music scene that deserves some attention, yet seems to thrive in the shadows…
Posted on February 27, 2004 by Doug Brunell
THE ESORT (Mauvaise passe)
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  Year Released: 1999 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
After a nasty incident he befriends sandwich shop manager Tom (Townsend), who moonlights as a male escort. Soon Pierre gets in the business as well, even falling in love with a coworker (Walker) who also has trouble connecting her, er, nightlife with her real-life responsibilities…
Posted on February 27, 2004 by Rich Cline
NITWIT
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
In the course of its 100 minute life, it presents a miserable skein of vomiting, eye-rolling, simulated sex, amateurish Southern accents, panting, kicking, snarling, whining and a tiny space ship floating about to music meant to call up Doctor Who…
Posted on February 27, 2004 by Phil Hall
CUL DE SAC: A SUBURBAN WAR STORY
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 55 minutes |
An unemployed plumber named Shawn Nelson stole a tank from a National Guard compound and drove it wildly through the streets of the suburb of Clairemont, running down light posts, fire hydrants and parked vehicles (but, thankfully, not any people)…
Posted on February 27, 2004 by Phil Hall
TALKING PICTURES: SHORT CUTS
In its ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation, Talking Pix takes interesting people to interesting movies. This week, The RSC’s Reed Martin has a little fun with Tolkien’s big epic…
Posted on February 26, 2004 by David Templeton
THE BOOTLEG FILES: “LIZA WITH A Z”
The other week, syndicated gossip columnist Liz Smith shared this juicy bit of information with her readers: “Don’t ask how I did it, but I recently obtained a copy of Liza Minnelli’s ‘Liza with a Z’ live concert, televised back in 1972. This Bob Fosse-directed special has never been available on VHS or DVD…The condition [...]
Posted on February 26, 2004 by Phil Hall
IT’S A BLOOD FEAST IN PENNSYLVANIA
H.G. Lewis‘s “Blood Feast” will screen at the Endless Mountains Theatre in Scranton, PA on May 1st at 10pm. Get there early for prizes, blood red popcorn and a pre-film spook show. For more info, visit the Spookydudes website.
Posted on February 26, 2004 by Film Threat Staff