Monthly Archives: August 2009

FEVER NIGHT

By | August 2009

The film has a great “Blair Witch”-style vibe going for it during its initial half, then substitutes the Val Lewton-style suggestion of horror with an anvil approach of in-your-face violence.

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FEVER NIGHT

There is a great film in the first half of Jordan Harris and Andrew Schrader’s "Fever Night". Unfortunately, there is a not-so-great film occupying the...

REUNION

This is the sort of movie review that makes people think I have a big black hole of hate where my heart should be. I promise I don’t. What happened at...

EL SEGUNDO

I am usually skeptical of people who wear too many hats during a film production, since a good actor is not necessarily a good director, and a good...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: WIZARD OF OZ (1925)

BOOTLEG FILES 298: “Wizard of Oz” (Larry Semon’s 1925 slapstick feature version of the L. Frank Baum classic). LAST SEEN: It can be downloaded from...

THE END OF ALL THINGS

In this short film by J.C. Schroder, we glimpse a rather large cast of college students waking up in the morning, meeting at school, and beginning their...

RUN! BITCH RUN!

There’s no question about what director Joseph Guzman was going for with “Run! Bitch Run!” He aimed to make a 70’s-style sexploitation film and...

ART OF WAR (DVD)

David W. Padrusch and Gabriel Gornell’s documentary, which was originally broadcast on The History Channel, attempts to transplant the lessons put forth...

ZEBRA CROSSINGS

Director Sam Holland has done a bang-up job with his debut feature "Zebra Crossings," a story about four disenchanted UK youths and their hardscrabble...

DEAD SNOW (DOD SNO)

Inglourious Deathterds Two events in recent history have divested the human race of any dearly-held illusions about itself: the invention of the internet,...

BREAKING THE BANK (DVD)

This documentary, which was originally broadcast on the PBS program “Frontline,” takes a very casual approach to recalling the facts of the 2008...

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