VISIONS OF WASTED TIME
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 5 minutes |
This very short film manages to show how the drive to be an artist can be motivated by feelings which are at once ugly and inspiring.
Posted on October 31, 2009 by David Finkelstein
ROMA SUB ROSA
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  Year Released: 2006 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 28 minutes |
This minimalist historical drama is well-paced and tightly scripted, but the performances range from merely acceptable to miserable.
Posted on October 31, 2009 by James Teitelbaum
TRICK ‘R TREAT (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 100 minutes |
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! “Trick ‘r Treat” is about the real Halloween – when you can literally smell the fear wafting through the air, where the dead are just a look over your shoulder away, and where superstition and reality begin to blur into the same darkness.
Posted on October 31, 2009 by Jeremy Knox
FEAR(S) OF THE DARK (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2007 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 78 minutes |
BACK IN BLACK FOR HALLOWEEN 2009! “Fear(s) of the Dark” is a visually exhilarating trip through the darker regions of the subconscious.
Posted on October 31, 2009 by Jeremy Mathews
THE BOOTLEG FILES: DHAMAAL
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 uncovers a Bollywood ripoff buried under a big W.
Posted on October 30, 2009 by Phil Hall
AN EDUCATION
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 95 minutes |
Actor Carey Mulligan easily sheds 8 of her 24 years (well, 22 when the film was made) in a gem of a performance as a curious, daring, and, at times, luminous adolescent.
Posted on October 30, 2009 by Elias Savada
THE RISE OF DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING (PART ONE): EXCERPT FROM THE HISTORY OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA
Believe it or not, non-fiction filmmaking’s roots were based in the realm of manipulated reality.
Posted on October 29, 2009 by Phil Hall
THEY CAME TO PLAY
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 91 minutes |
The only thing amateur about the film are the players, though they are all winners. Meanwhile, “They Came to Play” inspires in the best documentary fashion.
Posted on October 29, 2009 by Elias Savada
SHADOW BILLIONAIRE
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 86 minutes |
“Shadow Billionaire” sports many twists and turns, with the intrigue and insight of top-tier journalism.
Posted on October 28, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: THE COMPLETE SERIES (2002) (DVD)
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: G Running Time: 127 minutes |
The producers claimed it was a “fresh take on the retro classic.” But it’s about as fresh as a box of Velveeta.
Posted on October 28, 2009 by Jessica Baxter
NOTHING PERSONAL (RIEN DE PERSONAL)
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! The comedic aspects of “Nothing Personal” take their time to blossom. Events that are tragic and shocking the first time we see them are hilarious the third time around.
Posted on October 27, 2009 by James Teitelbaum
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
It is with heavy heart that I report that “The Plan” can be described in a mere five letters: “a mess.”
Posted on October 27, 2009 by James Teitelbaum
MONTY PYTHON: ALMOST THE TRUTH (THE LAWYER’S CUT) (DVD)
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 127 minutes |
Like a great sports coach whose philosophies reverberate through a league as his assistants move on to their own head coaching jobs, so too has Monty Python’s influence cascaded through the world of popular culture
Posted on October 27, 2009 by Brad Cook
ON GREENING THE CITY: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER IAN CHENEY
In “The Greening of Southie,” filmmaker Ian Cheney documents the excitement and consequences of an environmentally conscious construction movement.
Posted on October 26, 2009 by Matthew Sorrento
SAW VI
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 90 minutes |
Though the same cannot be said of each film in the series, “Saw VI” is visually and narratively solid.
Posted on October 26, 2009 by Stina Chyn
