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 investigate life on their own terms. Bonnie has worked with Steven Spielberg for a number of years, but “The Chumscrubber” is not a ‘Spielbergian’ movie. Is this film Bonnie’s [...]
Posted on August 31, 2005 by KJ Doughton
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, California, “The Blues Brothers” is not a film to miss on the big screen…
Posted on August 31, 2005 by Rory L. Aronsky
TALKING PICTURES: SUPER TANKER
David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This week, a superhero consultant delves below the surface of Disney’s rapidly fading ‘Sky High…’
Posted on August 31, 2005 by David Templeton
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 18, cable channel 9 at 10 p.m.. SXSW has once again worked with Austin-based Beef & Pie Productions to produce twelve, 90-minute episodes. “For this second season of the show, [...]
Posted on August 31, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
FILM IN THE EVIL CITY
UPDATED! Hi-Tide Pictures announces the first annual Evil City Film Fest to take place September 8-12…
Posted on August 31, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
SPEILBURGH (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 89 minutes |
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 the shakes, and it happens in “Speilburgh…”
Posted on August 31, 2005 by Rory L. Aronsky
THE CONNECTICUT KID
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 87 minutes |
Jack Kidd is no Mitch Robbins, Billy Crystal’s character from “City Slickers…”
Posted on August 31, 2005 by Merle Bertrand
TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 9 minutes |
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 Yankovic…
Posted on August 31, 2005 by Rory L. Aronsky
WITNESS: SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION (DVD)
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  Year Released: 1985 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 112 minutes |
Shorn of the events in Amish country, “Witness” would be just another bland cop movie…
Posted on August 31, 2005 by Brad Cook
ARIE POSIN AND BONNIE CURTIS: CHUMSCRUBBER CHUMS
“The Chumscrubber” inhabits a suburban wasteland that might as well belong to George Romero. Arie Posin’s surreal critique of contemporary disconnect between overmedicated teenagers and their needy, self-involved parents brings to mind a sort of “Dawn of the Half-Dead…”
Posted on August 30, 2005 by KJ Doughton
FILM PHONICS: “PERSONAL VELOCITY”
Every week, Stina Chyn puts her viewing habits in your hands. Readers vote on five random words posted at Back Talk every Tuesday. The winning word dictates what she will have to watch and review the following week as that word must appear in the title of the movie. Choose wisely!
Posted on August 30, 2005 by Stina Chyn
FILM PHONICS POLL – AUGUST 30, 2005
http://www.filmthreat.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3167
Posted on August 30, 2005 by Film Threat Staff
BENNY HILL: THE NAUGHTY YEARS, COMPLETE AND UNADULTERATED, SET THREE 1975-1977 (DVD)
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  Year Released: 1975 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 127 minutes |
The funniest Benny Hill moments from his peak TV years…
Posted on August 30, 2005 by Phil Hall
JU-REI: THE UNCANNY (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 76 minutes |
“Ju-Rei: The Uncanny” is one more Japanese ghost story to add to the pantheon…
Posted on August 30, 2005 by Steve Anderson
THE MUPPETS’ WIZARD OF OZ (DVD)
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 100 minutes |
“The Muppets’ Wizard of Oz” is such an inert misfire of a movie that one can make a strong argument of permanently retiring Jim Henson’s characters from future presentation…
Posted on August 30, 2005 by Phil Hall