SNUFF: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT KILLING ON CAMERA

4 Stars
Year Released: 2008
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 75 minutes

PREMIERES AT THE SEATTLE TRUE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL! The real impact of this doc is that it presents a couple of strong cases that the myth is indeed reality, including a chilling first hand account of a snuff film viewing…


Posted on May 31, 2008 by

THE FOOT FIST WAY

4 Stars
Year Released: 2005
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 90 minutes

IN LIMITED RELEASE! Mix some “Bad Santa,” with a splash of “Napoleon Dynamite” and shake it up with a whole lot of whoop ass and you’ve got one of the funniest martial arts movies since “They Call Me Bruce…”


Posted on May 31, 2008 by

HERE’S TO YOU MEL…

HERE’S TO YOU MEL…

Today is Mel Blanc’s 100th Birthday. Now you’re probably saying “who cares?” but being a hardcore geek of all things animated I’m compelled to pay some respect to the man. I think one of the reasons why I’m such a huge fan of Hank Azaria is that he reminds me of Blanc. He’s multi-talented, very [...]



Posted on May 30, 2008 by

WHO GETS THE POPCORN? PREDICTING THE 2008 MTV MOVIE AWARDS

Award show aficionado Bob Garver tries his hand at predicting the winners of the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, which air this Sunday, June 1st. Is Bob off-base, dead-on or wasting his time?



Posted on May 30, 2008 by

THE BOOTLEG FILES: SMASH-UP – THE STORY OF A WOMAN

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 uncorks an old flick about a boozy babe.



Posted on May 30, 2008 by

SAVAGE GRACE

SAVAGE GRACE
2 Stars
Year Released: 2007
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 96 minutes

IN LIMITED RELEASE! If I never again have to hear Tony Baekeland simper, “I love you, Mommy,” that will be perfectly alright with me…


Posted on May 30, 2008 by

CAPTAIN ABU RAED

4 Stars
Year Released: 2007
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 95 minutes

Donning an airline captain’s hat, Abu Raed plays a sort of Captain Kangaroo character to the kids…minus the puppets and creepy guys in green denim…


Posted on May 30, 2008 by

BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER

4.5 Stars
Year Released: 2008
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 105 minutes

IN LIMITED RELEASE! “Bigger, Stronger, Faster” is a tough pill to swallow, no pun intended…


Posted on May 30, 2008 by

KORMAN PASSES ON…

KORMAN PASSES ON…

Sydney Pollack, Dick Martin and now… Harvey Korman. LOS ANGELES – Harvey Korman, the tall, versatile comedian who won four Emmys for his outrageously funny contributions to “The Carol Burnett Show” and played a conniving politician to hilarious effect in “Blazing Saddles,” died Thursday. He was 81. ADVERTISEMENT Korman died at UCLA Medical Center after [...]



Posted on May 29, 2008 by

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS: BEVERLY HILLS RATNER AND THE TIVO’D CRITIC!

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS: BEVERLY HILLS RATNER AND THE TIVO’D CRITIC!

Brett Ratner to direct “Beverly Hills Cop 4″ Source: Variety You know, this doesn’t bother me so much. Why? Because Brett Ratner can do explosions and action. Think “Rush Hour” without the buddy cop thing, and only Chris Tucker (ok, ok… that’s not convincing or reassuring). Anyway, what does the franchise have to lose? Think [...]



Posted on May 29, 2008 by

IN THE “LOOP” WITH PERICLES LEWNES (PART 2)

Perhaps best well known as the director of the psychedelic horror-comedy classic “Redneck Zombies,” Pericles Lewnes has worn many hats in the film arena. After a long hiatus from feature films, Lewnes is back and ready to answer some questions about his career and his new film “Loop”…



Posted on May 29, 2008 by

IN THE “LOOP” WITH PERICLES LEWNES

Perhaps best well known as the director of the psychedelic horror-comedy classic “Redneck Zombies,” Pericles Lewnes has worn many hats in the film arena. After a long hiatus from feature films, Lewnes is back and ready to answer some questions about his career and his new film “Loop”…



Posted on May 29, 2008 by

THE AMATEURS (DVD)

2 Stars
Year Released: 2007
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 96 minutes

The film isn’t exactly terrible as much as it is a trifle with a high pedigree of actors featured on its box cover…


Posted on May 29, 2008 by

STUCK

4.5 Stars
Year Released: 2008
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Running Time: 94 minutes

IN LIMITED RELEASE! Gordon lays out a contract with his viewers: we must buy into this sketchy character to root for the man who’s trying to escape…


Posted on May 29, 2008 by

“DO WE HAVE PLANS TO INVADE THE MIDDLE EAST?”

“DO WE HAVE PLANS TO INVADE THE MIDDLE EAST?”

Warning: Spoilers to ending ahead. Without a doubt one of my favorite Sydney Pollack movies of all time, “Three Days of the Condor.” And it’s a pretty interesting prophetic finale.



Posted on May 28, 2008 by

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