RANT
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 45 minutes |
“Rant” is an experimental film that tries to mix the recitation of provocative poetry with a whirl of found footage and flurries of New Age music. The resulting efforts, however, create a headache…
Posted on December 25, 2006 by Phil Hall
ZOMBIE FLICK BLACK SHEEP HAS A TRAILER
After a big buzz following it’s debut at the Toronto Film Festival, zombie-sheep horror comedy flick “Black Sheep” has a trailer. And it…looks…awesome! Sure, it’s going to be stupid, we’re talking about zombie sheep here. But WETA did the effects and the trailer looks like a cross between “Shaun of the Dead” and “Feast.” So [...]
Posted on December 24, 2006 by Film Threat Staff
WHAT 2007 BRINGS
2006 was surely a year of bad filmmaking, and while there were definitely bright spots, there were more theaters filled with garbage than there were films worth watching. While 2007 is looking up as a year for genre fans, we’ll likely see more cash grabs and pure pieces of feces polluting theaters than films we [...]
Posted on December 23, 2006 by Felix Vasquez Jr.
WE ARE MARSHALL
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 127 minutes |
Any movie that starts with a losing college football team, a rousing locker room speech from the head coach about how “winning is everything” and then follows up with a tragic plane crash killing said head coach and his players has got my attention…
Posted on December 23, 2006 by Mark Bell
LOUDQUIETLOUD: A FILM ABOUT THE PIXIES (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin’s entertaining documentary follows the 2004 reunion tour of The Pixies across North America and Europe. Even those unfamiliar with The Pixies will be enchanted with the raw power and memorable music presented here…
Posted on December 23, 2006 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: “‘TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS”
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can only be found on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil finds Paul Lynde under the mistletoe…
Posted on December 22, 2006 by Phil Hall
SILVER SURFER REVEALED
Here you go, the Silver Surfer from “Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer”…
Posted on December 22, 2006 by Film Threat Staff
“SNAKES ON A PLANE” DVD CONTEST!
Maybe “Snakes on a Plane” didn’t do as well as everyone thought it might do in theaters, but does that mean this b-movie gem should be dismissed? No, and to show our support, Film Threat is giving away 5 “Snakes on a Plane” DVD prize packs…
Posted on December 22, 2006 by Film Threat Staff
CURSE OF THE GOLDEN FLOWER
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 114 minutes |
IN THEATERS! With this film, Zhang seems to be confusing the Tang Dynasty with Aaron Spelling’s “Dynasty”…
Posted on December 22, 2006 by Phil Hall
THE GOOD GERMAN
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Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 105 minutes |
“You never really get out of Berlin.” It’s the type of romantic line only a femme fatale can deliver in a cinema classic, usually within a dimly lit room while she’s looking away from you. Only in this case, we’re not talking about a 1950′s film, we’re talking about Steven Soderbergh’s latest cinema experiment…
Posted on December 21, 2006 by Mark Bell
EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: MS. 45
Recently my friends have been taking me to task whenever I use my column to rip on movies I haven’t seen. Now, if I haven’t seen a film, I don’t say I have, but that’s apparently a moot point. And it doesn’t matter that they routinely confuse a critical piece, where I have to see [...]
Posted on December 20, 2006 by Excess Hollywood
“TRANSFORMERS” TRAILER REALLY IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
Aside from Elias in “Clerks 2,” we don’t really know anyone who’s excited about Michael Bay’s big screen version of “Transformers.” Then today we saw the trailer. Hmm. Hmmmmmm. Could it be that this might not suck?? Surely Bay couldn’t stop being the film geek whipping boy for a film? Maybe the mantle has been [...]
Posted on December 20, 2006 by Film Threat Staff
2007 AFI DALLAS FILM FESTIVAL EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR TEXAS FILMMAKERS
The 2007 AFI Dallas International Film Festival, debuting on March 22, 2007, extends the deadline for submissions from filmmakers and productions from Texas…
Posted on December 20, 2006 by Film Threat Staff
ROCKY BALBOA
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 102 minutes |
“Rocky V,” by and large, was a colossal disappointment and went a long way towards burying the “Rocky” franchise. What “Rocky Balboa” does is dig up the body and re-bury it, properly…
Posted on December 20, 2006 by Mark Bell
REMEMBERING “THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS”
As the holiday season nears its climax, many folks begin talking of “the spirit of Christmas,” and what it means to them. For me, it’ll always be about two short films that wound up changing television, and comedy, history…
Posted on December 19, 2006 by Mark Bell