BEWARE THE GONZO
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 94 minutes |
2010 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Without further ado, let’s welcome “Beware The Gonzo” to this fun category when it comes to marrying the terse world of journalism to the equally unstable idea of raging hormones and social pecking order…
Posted on April 30, 2010 by John Lichman
A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (2010)
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 95 minutes |
It almost feels like a fan film, or, at best, a Sy-Fy Original Movie. Haley, talented as he is, just can’t nail the role. No one can, because it already belongs to Englund…
Posted on April 30, 2010 by Jessica Baxter
THE BOOTLEG FILES: VINNI-PUKH
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 visits Moscow’s alternative to the Hundred Acre Wood…
Posted on April 30, 2010 by Phil Hall
FLEURE BLEU (THE APPRENTICE)
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Year Released: 1971 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 81 minutes |
Yeah, you get to view her breasts (and a few others’, too), but Sarandon fans like to watch her act…
Posted on April 30, 2010 by Doug Brunell
2010 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS
The awards for the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival have been presented, and the winners are…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by Mark Bell
2010 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUP
The 2010 Seattle International Film Festival, running May 20-June 13, 2010, has announced the lineup for its 36th annual event…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by Mark Bell
SEAN CHRISTENSEN’S “SHAVE”
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 6 minutes |
Christensen’s short film, “Shave,” is a brilliant, experimental documentary drama. It is a joyous yet disturbing autobiographical disconnect of a toddler’s violent clash with the adult world…
Posted on April 29, 2010 by Amy R. Handler
ZONAD
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 78 minutes |
2010 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Zonad” has a place if you’re a fan of sci-fi b-films and sneaking a few pints of black beer into a theater with you. But don’t bother trying to convert anyone to your kitsch clause with this, because they’ll just come for the beer and piss on the screen within a half hour…
Posted on April 28, 2010 by John Lichman
RUSH: BEYOND THE LIGHTED STAGE
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 106 minutes |
2010 TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! If ushering in a new decade means foregoing the “Behind The Music” cliché that VH1 made popular in lieu of nerdier, more music-based films handled by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn, then thank goodness…
Posted on April 28, 2010 by John Lichman
FOOTPRINTS
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 80 minutes |
Billing itself as a Fairy Tale, “Footprints” is just that: something whimsical and innocent, and therefore not wholly believable…
Posted on April 28, 2010 by Mark Bell
GO TO THE “AMERICAN GRINDHOUSE” IN PHILLY FOR FREE
The Philadelphia Underground Film Forum (PUFF) returns to the Piazza at Schmidts in Philadelphia, PA at 8:30pm this Friday, April 30, 2010, for the Philadelphia premiere of “American Grindhouse.” The screening is FREE to all…
Posted on April 28, 2010 by Mark Bell
FASHION BOY
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 9 minutes |
It is easy to laugh at the guy’s problem, but you can’t help but ache for him…
Posted on April 28, 2010 by Phil Hall
THE LOSERS
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Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 98 minutes |
What is it that causes so many people who make movies based on comic books to take themselves so seriously? Is it a matter of overcompensating? Whatever the source of the phenomenon, I’m pleased to report it does not afflict this film…
Posted on April 28, 2010 by Rick Kisonak
THE BACK-UP PLAN
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 106 minutes |
“The Back-Up Plan” is a stupid, unfunny, gross and annoying film. Let’s just get that out of the way right now…
Posted on April 27, 2010 by Don R. Lewis
2010 TEXAS FRIGHTMARE WEEKEND IS UPON US
Rolling out this Friday, April 30, and continuing on through May 2nd, 2010, the 2010 Texas Frightmare Weekend returns to bring the horror to Irving, Texas…
Posted on April 27, 2010 by Mark Bell
