MIDNIGHT
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
In “Midnight”, we wait and wait as the parallel stories of a screenwriter, Addison (Tim Rouhana) and an emotionally perplexed woman, Scarlett (Erika Stone) happen on the same floors of the hotel…
Posted on June 29, 2006 by Rory L. Aronsky
SUPERMAN RETURNS
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 127 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Singer is so intent on making a worthwhile sequel to the Richard Donner movies – right down to duplicating the opening titles, musical score, and a number of shots from the 1978 original – that he sacrifices both script and plot…
Posted on June 29, 2006 by Pete Vonder Haar
I KNOW WHO KILLED CHRIS FARLEY.
“Dude, have you ever seen Tommy Boy?” asked Fat Steve. “Unfortunately,” I reply. “What, you didn’t think that movie was funny?” “No, I sure didn’t.” Fat Steve then goes into a brief description of everything that was supposed to be funny about that film. I just stood there, not laughing at anything he described, and [...]
Posted on June 28, 2006 by Michael Ferraro
CINEMA SUPERMAN
Ever since my inception as a Superman aficionado at the age of five, Superman’s been more than just a comic book character dressed in tights and underwear on the outside…
Posted on June 28, 2006 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
THE DATING SHOW
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Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 3 minutes |
STAR WARS FAN FILM AWARDS REVIEW 2006! I’m guessing that filmmaker Deborah Abbott wanted to not only be Princess Leia, but also dig deeply into what teed her off about Han Solo…
Posted on June 28, 2006 by Rory L. Aronsky
TWEEK CITY
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  Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
“Tweek City” is a slice of life look at a speed freak and part time dealer named Bill as he tries to make some money, has some treacherous affairs, pines for his old girlfriend, or more often than not just walks around looking depressed…
Posted on June 28, 2006 by Brent Moore
JACK BAXTER’S BROTHER MINISTER: THE ASSASSINATION OF MALCOLM X
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Year Released: 1994 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 115 minutes |
“Brother Minister” is not only an examination behind the murder of Malcolm X, but also a scrutinizing of the origins and methods of the Nation of Islam from its formation to its inevitable association with radical Malcolm X…
Posted on June 28, 2006 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
EDGE OF OUTSIDE
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Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 63 minutes |
Turner Classic Movies’s first in-house produced documentary, “Edge of Outside”, feels like the last class session before a big test in a cinema course…
Posted on June 28, 2006 by Rory L. Aronsky
TWELVE AND HOLDING
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 94 minutes |
Director Michael Cuesta (“L.I.E.”) and writer Anthony Cipriano risk over-dramatizing in their multi-narrative film, “Twelve and Holding,” which bravely offers a canvas to each of the film’s preteen characters…
Posted on June 28, 2006 by Matthew Sorrento
BROTHERS OF THE HEAD
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL 2006 REVIEW! Did Tom and Barry Howe, adhered twins-come-pioneering punk rockers, really exist? According to the twisted history of co-directors Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe (“Lost in La Mancha”), the Howe brothers’ conflicted-yet-codependent personalities found release through the purging spirit of early seventies rebel rock…
Posted on June 28, 2006 by KJ Doughton
ELI ROTH: THE DEEP VOID
Thanks for the inspiration, Lillian. I remember my first time seeing “Cabin Fever”. It was 2003. I remember that year being a particularly awful one, and I was anxious to see it in hopes it would provide fleeting entertainment. I didn’t know who Eli Roth was then, and personally I didn’t care, all I knew [...]
Posted on June 27, 2006 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
FRAN SOLOMITA: STANDING OUT WITH COMEDY
At the beginning of “When Stand Up Stood Out”, filmmaker Fran Solomita supposes that those of you watching don’t have a clue who he is. I aim to remedy that…
Posted on June 27, 2006 by Rory L. Aronsky
LEVEL 24 FAN FILMMAKERS NEEDED
Wizards of the Coast, the Seattle-based company behind DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, today announced its first-ever D&D® FAN FILM CONTEST. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS fansFans of the game have been exploring extraordinary worlds, encountering mystical adversaries, and developing incredible characters for more than 30 years. Now the boundless creativity and imaginations of its players are being called [...]
Posted on June 27, 2006 by Film Threat Staff
TWISTED NIGHTMARE WEEKEND IS COMING!
Horror fans are gearing up to head out to Ohio for one of the summer’s most anticipated genre events, Twisted Nightmare Weekend. The three day convention will take place August 4-6 with special guests of honor Lloyd Kaufman and Jeremy “Boba Fett” Bulloch in attendance. So don’t let the post-ComicCon blues get you down. Keep [...]
Posted on June 27, 2006 by Film Threat Staff
LIP SERVICE: THE 2006 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Inflated, swollen, sexy, and silent. Am I describing the 2006 Seattle International Film Festival? Nah. I’m describing Jessica Biel’s lips…
Posted on June 27, 2006 by KJ Doughton