ON THE ECSTASY OF SKI-FLYING: WERNER HERZOG IN CONVERSATION WITH KAREN BECKMAN (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 63 minutes |
The only lesson Herzog addicts gain from this offering is how not to interview Herzog…
Posted on September 24, 2008 by Phil Hall
PATHS OF GLORY
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  Year Released: 1957 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
War may be hell, but it certainly lit a creative fire under Stanley Kubrick’s ass…
Posted on September 24, 2008 by Rob Gonsalves
“STRAWBERRY FIELDS” FOREVER: INTERVIEW WITH AYELET HELLER
Film Threat caught up with filmmaker Ayelet Heller at her Tel Aviv studio to discuss her unusual and remarkable documentary, “Strawberry Fields”…
Posted on September 23, 2008 by Phil Hall
THE GODFATHER: THE COPPOLA RESTORATION (DVD)
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 127 minutes |
I’m not the sort of DVD viewer who obsesses over things like edge enhancement, but when “The Godfather” films arrived on disc in 2001, the imperfections in the prints stood out like a sore thumb…
Posted on September 23, 2008 by Brad Cook
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL: TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 127 minutes |
Unlike some double-dips, this is a Special Edition worthy of its name…
Posted on September 23, 2008 by Brad Cook
THE MAXWELL MULTIPLE CLIMAX (DVD)
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Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 30 minutes |
Most importantly, though, if someone purchased this video to learn how to achieve multiple male orgasms, I think they’d have a pretty good shot at it…
Posted on September 22, 2008 by Brad Wilke
LAKEVIEW TERRACE
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 110 minutes |
Even though it seriously drops the ball 3/4 of the way through, “Lakeview Terrace” is an intriguing and provocative thriller that manages to find more than one way to make you squirm in your seat…
Posted on September 21, 2008 by Don R. Lewis
WATCH OUT
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
Barrows makes for a surprisingly sympathetic character once you understand that his narcissism is not so much fueled by self love but by rugged individualism gone awry…
Posted on September 21, 2008 by Jeremy Knox
I SAVED THE WORLD FROM GLOBAL WARMING!
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 18 minutes |
To put it bluntly, this movie has no teeth…
Posted on September 20, 2008 by Brad Wilke
THE BOOTLEG FILES: HIS GIRL FRIDAY
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 takes a lonely minority opinion on an old-time classic…
Posted on September 19, 2008 by Phil Hall
IGOR
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 86 minutes |
“Igor” isn’t the epic holiday adventure that “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is, but it certainly has gotten closer than anyone else has. This is what “Nightmare” fans have been waiting fifteen years for…
Posted on September 19, 2008 by Eric Campos
THE UNKNOWN WOMAN
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Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 118 minutes |
It’s the biggest international hit you’ve never heard of…
Posted on September 19, 2008 by Rick Kisonak
HOUNDDOG
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 98 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! If it was a better quality film, the infamous scene might be justified if it served to enhance the whole. In a bad film, however, it just feels exploitative…
Posted on September 19, 2008 by Jamie Tipps
MILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL TURNS 31
The 31st Mill Valley Film Festival kicks off October 2 and runs through October 12, 2008, offering more than 200 films – many of them world premieres – from over 50 countries…
Posted on September 18, 2008 by Film Threat Staff
RADIO CAPE COD
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 70 minutes |
I climbed into “Radio Cape Cod” like it was a warm bath and climbed out clean and refreshed…
Posted on September 18, 2008 by Gerard Quinn