EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE SILENCE OF THE AUDIENCE
A friend of mine recently pointed out that people don’t tend to talk about movies anymore. They don’t go into the meaning of the film they just viewed. They don’t debate the merits of its conclusion. They don’t seem to care…
Posted on July 28, 2005 by Doug Brunell
“DOOM” TEASER
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Posted on July 28, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
CRAZED FRUIT (DVD)
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  Year Released: 1956 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
Finally, one of Japan’s most controversial films of the 1950s makes its way to DVD…
Posted on July 28, 2005 by Michael Ferraro
THE PLACE PROMISED IN OUR EARLY DAYS (DVD)
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
This strange and truly fascinating film is set in alternative post-World War II environment where Japan is divided (Korea-style) in half…
Posted on July 28, 2005 by Phil Hall
THE ARISTOCRATS
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 92 minutes |
IN THEATERS, JULY 22ND! Directed by comedian Paul Provenza, “The Aristocrats” is a brilliant solution to the eternal problem of how to discuss the creative process behind comedy without becoming boring…
Posted on July 28, 2005 by Bob Westal
ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: THE IN SOUND FROM WAY OUT
Once we were all sung out, it was time for our usual break, and then on with the show and “The American Astronaut.” Described as a “rock ‘n’ roll-sci-fi-western-musical, the film was conceived and directed by Cory McAbee of the San Francisco band The Billy Nayer Show. He also stars in the film and wrote [...]
Posted on July 27, 2005 by Mariko McDonald
ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: THE IN SOUND FROM WAY OUT
Mariko McDonald and her husband host a weekly film night in their apartment, affectionately known as the Den of Sin. It’s kinda like evil film school and you’re invited to attend. At the Den this week, the Peanut Gallery gets down, gets funky, gets all around…
Posted on July 27, 2005 by Mariko McDonald
KEVIN SMITH’S GOT NO LEGS
Returning from a successful weekend promoting the science-fiction thriller “Southland Tales” at the 2005 Comic-con Convention in San Diego, writer/director Richard Kelly (“Donnie Darko”) today announced that the film’s much anticipated prequel graphic novels will be released within the first quarter of 2006. Kelly’s Darko Entertainment along with Graphitti Designs and Kevin Smith’s View Askew [...]
Posted on July 27, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
THE 80s ARE BACK…AND THEY STILL SUCK!
The year is 2005 and by now you should know how to make love to your television set. If you haven’t yet figured it out then it is time to get your Tape Freak on and head out to Rooftop Films this Friday. The current revival of the 80’s might be weirdly big, but the [...]
Posted on July 27, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
KING KONG PLAYED AT G-PHORIA
“G-Phoria” – The Mother of All Videogame Award Shows has captured the first playable versions of Peter Jackson’s “King Kong,” the official video game based on Universal Pictures’ December 14th film release. Guests at “G-Phoria,” G4 – videogame tv’s signature television event, will have the chance to play through four maps of this exclusive title [...]
Posted on July 27, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
“WALK THE LINE” TRAILER
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Posted on July 27, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW (DVD)
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 119 minutes |
“Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow,” winner of the 1964 Academy Award for best foreign film, is a comedic anthology of three sex related pieces starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in each of the three shorts…
Posted on July 27, 2005 by Daulton Dickey
DIVINE RETRIBUTION
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 10 minutes |
“Divine Retribution” is an overambitious attempt to tell a crime story out of sequence…
Posted on July 27, 2005 by Daniel Bernardi
BRITNEY POUNDS JUSTIN
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  Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 6 minutes |
Britney is a hard working wife of a husband who pays no attention to her whatsoever…
Posted on July 27, 2005 by Daniel Bernardi
BEYOND THE NORM
Obviously, Hill loves movies – in particular, weird, wonderful treks down Exploitation Alley and Low Budget Lane. Perhaps it’s the end result of a paternal instinct to protect and preserve those creative celluloid spurts too odd and unusual for the mainstream. Like a spoiled heir to some tycoon’s billion-dollar estate, “War of the Worlds” and [...]
Posted on July 26, 2005 by KJ Doughton