DADDY AND THEM (DVD)

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DADDY AND THEM (DVD)

Miramax is a company with a variety of reputations: A major studio for independents, a perennial Oscar tm contender, experts of the platformed release, a...

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BROKEN LIZARD’S CLUB DREAD

It’s hard to really classify “Club Dread,” although the obvious choice would be comedy. But while the film is funny – bust-a-gut funny at some...

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THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

For some reason, a Roger Ebert review of the film "Backbeat," the film about the formative years of The Beatles, has always stuck with me. In it he starts...

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SEASON OF YOUTH

"What are you going to do, Flint?" That’s the refrain said, oh, five or six times at the end of the "Season of Youth." It’s a trick, really, to drag...

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...

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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...

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NITWIT

"Nitwit" is a small debacle of incoherent puerility. In the course of its 100 minute life, it presents a miserable skein of vomiting, eye-rolling,...

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PASS THE MIC

This documentary about Latino hip-hop shows some interesting parallels to the Latino punk rock scene. Both forms of music are politically charged,...

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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...

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THE ESORT (Mauvaise passe)

With an edgy filmmaking style, French writer-director-sometimes actor Blanc tells a gritty tale of life in London--interesting, but more than a little...