IN SEARCH OF MARION DAVIES: INTERVIEW WITH NICK LANGDON
Film historian Nick Langdon details the efforts to bring back the long-unseen pre-Code comedy “It’s a Wise Child,” starring Marion Davies.
Posted on August 18, 2009 by Phil Hall
HOW BRUCE LEE CHANGED THE WORLD (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 94 minutes |
Regretfully one of the sloppiest biographical documentaries ever put on camera.
Posted on August 18, 2009 by Phil Hall
HICK TREK/STAR WARP’D (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: G Running Time: 92 minutes |
It’s as if Mad Magazine penned an extra long episode of “Hee-Haw.”
Posted on August 17, 2009 by Jessica Baxter
TELEVISION UNDER THE SWASTIKA (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 52 minutes |
Even cooking and gardening shows somehow found time to pay tribute to the inane Nazi leadership.
Posted on August 16, 2009 by Phil Hall
MUTANTS
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
An infuriatingly far from unique zombie film.
Posted on August 16, 2009 by Mariko McDonald
I SELL THE DEAD
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
All in all “I Sell the Dead” is a good old fashioned horror movie for fans of classic monster movies and things that go bump in the night.
Posted on August 15, 2009 by Don R. Lewis
THE BOOTLEG FILES: TWO WOMEN
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can be found only on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil celebrates Sophia Loren’s Oscar-winning triumph.
Posted on August 14, 2009 by Phil Hall
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 127 minutes |
As much as I wish Tarantino were still making movies about human beings instead of cartoons, I can’t deny that he makes movies about movies better than any other director around.
Posted on August 13, 2009 by Nick Antosca
“GRACE” BORN UNTO SCREENS IN N.Y. AND L.A.
Meet Star Jordan Ladd, Producer Adam Green and director Paul Solet this Friday the 14th, at both the 7:40pm and 9:55pm shows at the Sunset 5 in L.A.
Posted on August 12, 2009 by Don R. Lewis
DISTRICT 9
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 112 minutes |
The humanity of “District 9” adds another dimension to this multilayered, rewarding work – one of the best of the summer, and undoubtedly the most inventive from the multiplex this year.
Posted on August 12, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
THE 2009 FEEL GOOD FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS
“Dance of the Dragon” receives the jury prize for “Best Feel Good Feature” while “Lucy: A Period Piece” snags “Best Feel Good Short Film” honors
Posted on August 11, 2009 by Don R. Lewis
THE COLLECTOR
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 88 minutes |
I can appreciate watching the exploits of an enigmatic, masked and seemingly motive-less psychokiller as much as the next slasher fan, but not this time around.
Posted on August 11, 2009 by Stina Chyn
SINGLE (DVD)
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 97 minutes |
Sloppy, repetitive, and dull.
Posted on August 11, 2009 by Phil Hall
SAVAGE “GRACE”: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER PAUL SOLET
Paul Solet talks about his new zombie baby film “Grace,” its influences, and the culture of horror.
Posted on August 10, 2009 by KJ Doughton
THE WILD AND WONDERFUL WHITES OF WEST VIRGINIA
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
A shockingly candid look at a lifestyle most of us would consider unimaginable, the film works very hard at riding the line between judgment and ridicule.
Posted on August 8, 2009 by Mariko McDonald