THE CONNECTICUT KID

Reviews

THE CONNECTICUT KID

Jack Kidd is no Mitch Robbins, Billy Crystal’s character from “City Slickers.” Whereas Mitch and his buddies went to a dude ranch on sort of a...

Features

TALKING PICTURES: SUPER TANKER

If superheroes were real, would they ever read comic books, or would they, rather, avoid them like a Universal nuclear holocaust? On the same note, would...

News

SXSW ANNOUNCES SECOND SEASON OF KLRU SERIES

South by Southwest has announced that the second season of the series, "SXSW Presents," will premiere in Austin on Friday, September 16 on KLRU, channel...

Features

THE BLUES BROTHERS’ HOUSE OF WORSHIP

No matter the venue, whether it’s Mann’s Chinese Theater filled to capacity or the ghostly emptiness of the Edwards Valencia 12 in Valencia,...

Reviews

WITNESS: SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION (DVD)

Like the society where much of its story takes place, “Witness” is a simple tale, almost plain in its telling. That’s not to say it’s a bad story....

Interviews

ARIE POSIN AND BONNIE CURTIS: CHUMSCRUBBER CHUMS

This movie creates a real sense of disconnect between its young characters and its adults. It prompted me to think about parenting, and children wanting to...

Reviews

SPEILBURGH (DVD)

Quick, think of all the clichés you’ve seen in movies from today and years ago. Now try to put them all into one motion picture. That’ll give anyone...

Reviews

TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE

Imagine a satire of a pretentious experimental film out to make a point, made by Harvey Pekar, Jim Jarmusch, and even a small contribution from Weird Al...

FILM IN THE EVIL CITY

Hi-Tide Pictures announces the first annual Evil City Film Fest to take place September 8-12, in four venues. The Evil City Film Fest creates an arena for...

Reviews

THE 24TH DAY (DVD)

Whether it is two males, two females, or one male and one female, when two people’s faces are within a certain proximity, usually a small one, we assume...