Monthly Archives: October 2009

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN (DVD)

By | October 2009

It is with heavy heart that I report that “The Plan” can be described in a mere five letters: “a mess.”

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN (DVD)

For several years, the opening titles of "Battlestar Galactica" reminded us that the evil Cylons, destroyers of the human race, had a Plan. Although this...

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NOTHING PERSONAL (RIEN DE PERSONAL)

Before introducing the first North American screening of his new film, "Nothing Personal," debut director Mathias Gokalp commented that the film was...

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MONTY PYTHON: ALMOST THE TRUTH (THE LAWYER’S CUT) (DVD)

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...

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JALE

Jale is a short film about the invisible economy of undocumented workers with a decidedly dark twist. Directed by Rafael Flores, it tells the story of...

ON GREENING THE CITY: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER IAN CHENEY

It's no surprise that the construction of a new building requires an even larger portion of resources to be removed from the environment. A building's...

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SAW VI

Watching fictional characters engage in self-mutilation satisfies morbidly curious, voyeuristic tastes. If the desire to observe such spectacle outweighs...

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THE LAST TENANT

Another Eternal Recurrence Ed Hinsley rapes young lovelies and stabs them to death with a screwdriver. He covers their rigid bodies with industrial size...

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THE COMMUNE

I can’t remember the last time the writer/director/producer of a film also went topless on screen, but if that’s what you’re looking for, here it is,...

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COOKING HISTORY

A cook in the Russian army is deployed during the problems in Chechnya. He has to feed an entire army, lest they all get weak and become unable to fight. ...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: BUSTER KEATON IN “LE ROI DES CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES”

BOOTLEG FILES 306: “Le Roi des Champs-Élysées” (1934 French comedy starring Buster Keaton). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the last public...

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