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MAKING A SEQUEL TO A CLASSIC: BE VERY AFRAID

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Given the supernatural subject matter in the “Exorcist” series it may seem natural to allude to any problems the production encounters as being the result of “a curse”. However, looking over the course of this film’s creation it appears like a convenient means of explaining away numerous missteps…

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MAKING A SEQUEL TO A CLASSIC: BE VERY AFRAID

Covering the film industry means you often have a front row seat to odd decisions made within it. Look at the puzzling business surrounding the film The...

INTRODUCING THE SUPER BROOKENS BROTHERS

I first ran into Chicago filmmaker Matt Brookens in Georgia last October during the Fright-Fest film festival. Good guy, although a little strange and he...

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TRIBUTE TO REN & STIMPY CREATOR AT THE EGYPTIAN

The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles presents WHAT MAKES A CARTOON CARTOONY: AN IN-PERSON TRIBUTE TO JOHN KRICFALUSI, September...

BREATHLESS (A BOUT DE SOUFFLE)

Godard's classic gets a restored print and new subtitles for this 40th anniversary re-release. "A Bout de Souffle" is perhaps the defining film of the...

ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID

If “Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid,” has anything going for it during these dog days of the summer release season, it would be the...

DUEL (DVD)

Long delayed, Steven Spielberg's feature directorial debut has finally found a home on DVD. The story of an everyman terrorized by a 40-ton truck bent on...

SUSPECT ZERO

MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD A man is sitting in a diner reading a magazine. He's quiet and ordinary looking, rotund and inoffensive, the type of guy who tries to...

THE MEDIUM (DVD)

Gian-Carlo Menotti's 1951 film adaptation of his celebrated opera "The Medium" never achieved classic status and has only rarely been revived. One would...

FROM SPONGEBOB TO MORRISSEY – ANDREW OVERTOOM WORKS WITH THE BEST

Well, Andrew hasn't really worked with Morrissey, you know - the mopey guy from The Smiths, but he has worked with Spongebob. He spent time at Nickelodeon...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “BUSCH ADVERTISING 1967”

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the good folks at Anheuser-Busch decided to oomph up their industrial films with Hollywood star talent. Jack Benny,...

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