NAPOLEON DYNAMITE: THE BIG CON
I bought into it. How could I have? Seriously, how? I never buy into hype, I never listen to what critics say even though I am one, and I make sure never to listen to internet surfers who think they know what a good movie is. Mind you, I associate myself with people who love [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
HEATH LEDGER IS THE JOKER IN NEW BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT
Ah, finally some casting news on the next Batman flick! And it ain’t no rumor either! Here’s the official press release from Warner Bros regarding the next Batman in which Bale returns as Bats and Nolan returns to the directors chair: BURBANK, CA, 31 July 2006 – As a follow up to last year’s blockbuster [...]
Posted on July 31, 2006 by Film Threat Staff
WILLIAMSBURG
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 99 minutes |
“Williamsburg” takes place in the hipster Brooklyn neighborhood and its plotlines are populated by artists and artistic poseurs who try (with varying success) to be true to their own creative purposes even if it means destroying themselves…
Posted on July 31, 2006 by Phil Hall
VOODOO RHYTHM: THE GOSPEL OF PRIMITIVE ROCK AND ROLL
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
The music on display here really is something to see and hear. It’s the kind of no frills, bare bones rock that grabs you by the throat and won’t let go…
Posted on July 31, 2006 by Brent Moore
EDMOND
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 82 minutes |
The director Stuart Gordon, who made the classic horror films “Re-Animator” and “From Beyond,” proves effective at the helm…
Posted on July 31, 2006 by Matthew Sorrento
SCOOP
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 96 minutes |
IN THEATERS…“Scoop” is about 50 minutes of plot padded with 40 minutes of Woody being Woody, holding forth on his various neuroses in order to mask the paper-thin story, which would barely flesh out an episode of “Murder, She Wrote…”
Posted on July 30, 2006 by Pete Vonder Haar
YUGO THE NEGOTIATOR VOLUME 1 PAKISTAN – DEPARTURE
A Japanese businessman has been taken hostage in Pakistan. Held by a militant organization, his first negotiator met his maker when the militant group’s leader killed the negotiator, deeming him a pawn of the military industry. With hope fading, the businessman’s daughter, Mayuko Iwasu, pays a visit to Yugo Beppo, a mercenary negotiator famed having [...]
Posted on July 30, 2006 by Daulton Dickey
SHALL WE DANCE (DVD)
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  Year Released: 1937 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 109 minutes |
Who is who and who cares?
Posted on July 30, 2006 by Rory L. Aronsky
IN OLD CHICAGO (DVD)
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Year Released: 1937 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 127 minutes |
In the years preceding “In Old Chicago,” disaster movies were beginning to take a hold on Hollywood and the movie going audience…
Posted on July 30, 2006 by Daulton Dickey
THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (DVD)
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Year Released: 1949 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 108 minutes |
As it is with countless MGM musicals, “The Barkleys of Broadway” benefits from prestigious treatment at the hands of many: producer Arthur Freed, director Charles Walters, art directors Cedric Gibbons and Edward Carfagno (charming background sketches and pantings, most notably for the “My One and Only Highland Fling” number) and set decorator Edwin B. Wallis, whose touch makes homes and stages nearly look like palaces…
Posted on July 30, 2006 by Rory L. Aronsky
MIAMI VICE
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 126 minutes |
IN THEATERS…This updated version, starring Colin Farrell as Crockett and Jamie Foxx as Tubbs, is far from a disaster, but doesn’t rank with Mann’s best work…
Posted on July 29, 2006 by Pete Vonder Haar
“I QUIT!” – HOW I FAILED IN THE FILM INDUSTRY AND LIVED TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY
*Advance Warning: Sorry this entry is so long. I’ll make sure this never happens again.* I guess Fridays are quickly becoming a sort of “Getting to Know Michael Ferraro” day in the blog. The following story is yet another true account of my life that I’d love to forget but will probably never afford to [...]
Posted on July 28, 2006 by Michael Ferraro
THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE BRASHER DOUBLOON”
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 flips a Raymond Chandler coin…
Posted on July 28, 2006 by Phil Hall
MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 110 minutes |
IN THEATERS…So, if you think producers needed a comic book as an excuse to make a superhero movie, then you’re under-estimating producers…
Posted on July 28, 2006 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
ANOTHER GAY MOVIE
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
IN THEATERS! It is summer and a quartet of graduates from San Torum High are in desperate need to lose their virginity…
Posted on July 28, 2006 by Phil Hall
