ILLUSION
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 106 minutes |
Kirk Douglas’ roles are very few now and as Donald, he brings urgency to his performance…
Posted on February 27, 2006 by Rory L. Aronsky
GG ALLIN AND THE MURDER JUNKIES: TERROR IN AMERICA (DVD)
“Human beings display a deep and restless violence, which no longer channels itself into wars but has to emerge in road rage, internet porn, contact sports like hyperviolent professional rugby and US football, reality TV, and so on.” – JG Ballard, 2003. Add ‘watching GG Allin DVDs’ to the end of that list. Now. I [...]
Posted on February 27, 2006 by Graham Rae
DOG DAY AFTERNOON: TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 124 minutes |
The centerpiece of disc two is “The Making of Dog Day Afternoon,” a documentary that lasts just under an hour. It features plenty of present-day comments from Lumet, Pierson, producer Martin Bregman and the principal cast members who are still alive…
Posted on February 27, 2006 by Brad Cook
OUR BRAND IS CRISIS
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  Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 87 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Unlike Carville’s first silver screen go-around, in the superior cult classic documentary “The War Room,” however, this is not a race for the White House, but for the presidency of that Latin American basket case of a country, Bolivia…
Posted on February 27, 2006 by Merle Bertrand
TRUDELL
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 80 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Heather Rae’s “Trudell” celebrates the life and art of John Trudell, the Native American writer and activist who was once the spokesman for the American Indian Movement and is now best known for his poetry and recordings…
Posted on February 26, 2006 by Phil Hall
PAUL WALKER, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
Ah, the art of the interview. I love me a good interview. Talking to various film directors, producers, etc., there is nothing better than talking shop. The one thing I totally hate about interviewing someone is actually transferring the dialogue to a word document, by listening to the recording (as I usually record the interviews [...]
Posted on February 25, 2006 by Michael Ferraro
IN DEFENSE OF UWE BOLL
NOTE: Fair’s fair, I reposted an entry I made here on my other blog, now I’m returning the favor, if you want to call it that. There’s a link to an article about director Uwe Boll on the Film Threat message boards that I really can’t bring myself to read. No offense to Terminal_NY, but [...]
Posted on February 25, 2006 by Pete Vonder Haar
RUNNING SCARED
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Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 122 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Not to be confused with the 80’s action-comedy of the same name, starring Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines, “Running Scared” is a gritty gangster flick set in a world where everything that can go wrong will go wrong. It’s an over the top adventure that hits the ground running from the start and never lets up…
Posted on February 25, 2006 by Michael Ferraro
ANOTHER WILMA
When I was in college, I took a writing course taught by one Professor John Joy. I wrote a story for the class called “Another Wilma,” in which Fred Flintstone comes home to discover Professor Joy dressed in drag as Wilma. Wilma, it seemed, had to check into rehab for a drinking and drug problem, and [...]
Posted on February 24, 2006 by Phil Hall
WIPE YOUR ASS WITH THIS!!!
Thanks to Matt Dentler’s blog for the heads-up on this story: MOSS BLUFF, Florida (AP) — A man was arrested and accused of fatally beating his roommate with hammers because there was no toilet paper in their home, police said. Franklin Paul Crow, 56, was charged Monday with homicide, according to a spokesman with the [...]
Posted on February 24, 2006 by Mark Bell
THE BOOTLEG FILES: “POPEYE MEETS THE MAN WHO HATED LAUGHTER”
Unless you were watching Saturday morning television in the early 1970s, there is a good chance you’ve never seen or heard of “Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter.” This animated production was part of “The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie” line-up, which presented a series of one-shot, one-hour cartoons of dubious quality. Two earlier entries [...]
Posted on February 24, 2006 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: “POPEYE MEETS THE MAN WHO HATED LAUGHTER”
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the funky world of rare, classic and hard-to-find films which can only be obtained via bootleg video channels. This week, Phil spikes Popeye’s spinach with crystal meth!
Posted on February 24, 2006 by Phil Hall
‘UNKNOWN WHITE MALE’ PR MACHINE KEEPS ROLLING
If you haven’t heard all the hubbub surrounding the “documentary” “Unknown White Male,” you must not be reading any movie news sites, reading any movie related articles or watching any movie related TV shows. So what’re you doing here? Well, we’re glad you are. No, really. Anyway…the movie is a documentary about a guy who [...]
Posted on February 24, 2006 by Film Threat Staff
JOAQUIN OVER TO THE CIA
Dark Horizons has the scoop that Joaquin Phoenix’s next project will be the John Singleton directed “Without Remorse,” a film about the Mr. Clark character made famous in Tom Clancy’s “Jack Ryan” novels and films. Mr. Clark has appeared onscreen in “A Clear and Present Danger” where he was played by Willem Dafoe and again [...]
Posted on February 24, 2006 by Film Threat Staff
WAYNE KRAMER…YOU SO VERSATILE
Writer/director Wayne Kramer hit big with “The Cooler” and then followed that up with this month’s oh-so-thrilling “Running Scared.” Now, the Weinstein Company has picked up “Evilseek,” a supernatural horror thriller set to star Thomas Jane. Lest we ruin a truly great and snarky little piece on the flick, direct your browser below and… Read [...]
Posted on February 24, 2006 by Film Threat Staff