MARTY AND LEO…TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE FOURTH TIME…OR FIFTH…OR SIXTH
A few weeks back it was announced that Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese would team up to make “The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt” with Leo as Teddy. Neat. Then today we see that the two will team up instead to make “The Wolf of Wallstreet” which is based on the impending autobiography of the same [...]
Posted on March 26, 2007 by Film Threat Staff
SORKIN TO BATTLE THE PINK ROBOTS…ON BROADWAY
Fans of those wild and zany Flaming Lips are going to have a hard time comprehending the latest development for the band: A broadway musical based on the amazing Lips album “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots.” What’s even weirder is drug loving, banter happy prime time demigod Aaron Sorkin is writing it. We can just [...]
Posted on March 26, 2007 by Film Threat Staff
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 87 minutes |
This is definitely a departure from the live-action Turtle films, yes, no Vanilla Ice in this one, but, and I never thought I would say this, I miss him and Corey Feldman and the rest of the cheese pizza-in-cheekery that made the old Turtles movies so darn wacky…
Posted on March 26, 2007 by Zack Haddad
SHOWY AND 5’2
If you ever wondered whether burlesque divas are made, or born, Rebecca Shapiro’s documentary “Showy and 5’2” will give you a glimpse…
Posted on March 26, 2007 by Ellen Marshall
THE LIVES OF OTHERS (DAS LEBEN DER ANDEREN)
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 127 minutes |
Von Donnersmarck’s seamless script and direction are never preachy or heavy-handed, and show that the large number of the GDR’s citizens struggled just to survive…
Posted on March 26, 2007 by Matthew Sorrento
REIGN OVER ME
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 124 minutes |
“Reign Over Me” has some nice touches. Cheadle is capable as always, and Paula Newsome kills as his acerbic receptionist, but the only thing distinguishing it from comparable efforts is the September 11 backdrop…
Posted on March 25, 2007 by Pete Vonder Haar
THE PRISONER, OR: HOW I PLANNED TO KILL TONY BLAIR
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 72 minutes |
War is chaos and confusion even under the best of circumstances, of which this current fiasco clearly ain’t…
Posted on March 24, 2007 by Merle Bertrand
THE BOYS AND GIRLS GUIDE TO GETTING DOWN
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Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 88 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! These staged scenes create a spot-on depiction of modern hipster party life, not only in Los Angeles, but around the country, fuck, around the world – everyone wants to get loaded and have their ding dings and hoo haas blown on, right?
Posted on March 24, 2007 by Eric Campos
THE BOOTLEG FILES: “CRUSADER RABBIT”
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 celebrates one of his childhood heroes…
Posted on March 23, 2007 by Phil Hall
CARNIVORE 2006: “JESUS HITLER”
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 4 minutes |
And many thought that another towering frontman, Marilyn Manson, was the only act in heavy music to own such hyperbolically ironic titles…
Posted on March 23, 2007 by Matthew Sorrento
SINNER
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
WORLD PREMIERE AT THE GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL, MARCH 25TH! Beaten down by near-bankruptcy, Father Anthony Romano finds himself in a tug of war with his partner Father Stephen, who at first appears to have the church’s best interests in focus, but it’s his brutal treatment of a female flesh hustler blowing through town that makes us realize that perhaps Father Stephen doesn’t have all of his marbles gathered properly…
Posted on March 23, 2007 by Eric Campos
SCOTT WALKER: 30 CENTURY MAN
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
Considering the abstract nature of its subject, “Scott Walker: 30 Century Man” is a surprisingly straightforward look at a man who’s been at the cutting edge of music’s avant garde for decades…
Posted on March 23, 2007 by Merle Bertrand
FINAL FOUR FILM FESTIVALS OF MARCH MADNESS 2007
The month of March has only ten days left, but that doesn’t stop the film festivals from rolling out. Here’s a profile of four final film festivals to check out before the end of March is heralded by April fools…
Posted on March 22, 2007 by Mark Bell
BLOOD CAR
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 75 minutes |
The future according to Orr is neither utopian nor dystopian. The world two weeks from now is a little absurd, and it must be seen to be understood…
Posted on March 22, 2007 by Stina Chyn
BOY CULTURE
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Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 112 minutes |
IN THEATERS! “Boy Culture” can be described as a guilty pleasure. It is not a great film, by any stretch of the imagination, and the story has lapses of logic that inspire endless waves of incredulity…
Posted on March 22, 2007 by Phil Hall