MILK CARTON CINEMA: “KRIPPENDORF’S TRIBE”
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS FILM? Brad Slager brings us a deep exploration into films that received a major studio release, with bankable star talent and a significant promotional campaign, and yet failed to receive the public’s attention. This week, Brad takes a look at Dreyfus disaster ““Krippendorf’s Tribe…”
Posted on April 20, 2004 by Brad Slager
THE GREENSKEEPER (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
A homicidal loon, repugnant characters serving as abattoir fodder, blood served by the gross, and breasts put on display when the plot begins to lag…
Posted on April 5, 2004 by Brad Slager
THREE STEP DANCING
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 107 minutes |
About the only time you get to experience a character with anything approaching a personality you will be half way through this film…
Posted on April 1, 2004 by Brad Slager
HARRY AND MAX
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 75 minutes |
I’m quite sure the members of NAMBLA might appreciate this effort, but I do not know that their membership is legion enough to warrant this film being made…
Posted on March 31, 2004 by Brad Slager
FARMINGVILLE
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 78 minutes |
SXSW 2004 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE SELECTION! Hate crimes, racial tensions, economic strife, illegal immigration, and the preservation of white neighborhoods are familiar issues in this nation, but the crux of the documentary “Farmingville” is where these issues play out…
Posted on March 17, 2004 by Brad Slager
DETOUR (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 88 minutes |
Overall, while there is satisfaction in seeing these detestable ravers get systematically eliminated I feel I would have been much happier had I never met them in the first place…
Posted on March 9, 2004 by Brad Slager
STARK RAVING MAD (DVD)
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 103 minutes |
Ben often turns to the camera to address the audience, revealing personal details such as his preference for PBS and The Learning Channel…
Posted on March 2, 2004 by Brad Slager
SWAG HEAP: GRASS ROOTS MARKETING AT SUNDANCE
Once I mention to people that I went to the Sundance Film Festival I know it will be a short time before I hear the question. That question is not the expected “Which stars did you see?” or the popular “What parties did you go to?” and it is not that rare query “What movies did you see?” No, amazingly it’s “What kind of swag did you get?!”
Posted on March 2, 2004 by Brad Slager
DADDY AND THEM (DVD)
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 101 minutes |
Attempted suicide and marital discord on the neighbor’s front lawn, and this is a purported comedy…
Posted on February 29, 2004 by Brad Slager
BLACK POINT (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 107 minutes |
When we first meet Hawkins, he is muttering drunken slurs in a bar…
Posted on February 19, 2004 by Brad Slager
SECOND BEST
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  Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
SUNDANCE 2004 AMERICAN SPECTRUM! In “Second Best” we do have older sorts who lament their status in life, but this is not self-absorbed navel gazing, rather it is a look over the shoulder and a subsequent shaking of the head at what could have been…
Posted on February 11, 2004 by Brad Slager
HARRY THE HAMSTER
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 14 minutes |
Director/Writer Tucker Marolf originates from the Chapman University Film School and shows a talent for crafting a humurous tale…
Posted on February 11, 2004 by Brad Slager
DEVIL’S POND (DVD)
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 92 minutes |
There is plenty about this direct-to-disc title that comes off as inconsistent, starting right away with that title. “Devil’s Pond”?
Posted on February 6, 2004 by Brad Slager
THE BEST THIEF IN THE WORLD
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
SUNDANCE 2004 DRAMATIC COMPETITION SELECTION! Occasionally the movie offers a poignant moment and a dramatic scene here and there, but this is a largely unfulfilling affair…
Posted on January 31, 2004 by Brad Slager
HOME OF THE BRAVE
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 74 minutes |
SUNDANCE 2004 DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION SLEECTION! While “Home of the Brave” showcases a very import event in the civil rights epoch, the film does have all the feel of a news program on PBS…
Posted on January 21, 2004 by Brad Slager
