“THE CONSTANT GARDENER” GETS WEISZ
OSCAR NOMINEE! Given that she has only been acting in film for a little over a decade, the wide range of talent shown by Rachel Weisz may in fact make her Hollywood’s best kept secret. While she may not be a household name yet, her spitfire performance as the iron willed Tessa in Fernando Meirelles’ “The Constant Gardener” makes the case that she will not remain a secret much longer…
Posted on March 1, 2006 by Greg Bellavia
THE HEART IS DECEITFUL ABOVE ALL THINGS
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 97 minutes |
IN THEATERS MARCH 10TH! While many have tried to tackle the idea that “growing up is hell” few have been as daring, effective or brutal as Asia Argento’s second feature film…
Posted on February 23, 2006 by Greg Bellavia
ALPHA DEAD
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  Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 11 minutes |
Hot college girls? Check. Zombie mayhem? Check. Wisecracking hero? Check. Absolute mayhem? Check, check, check…
Posted on January 4, 2006 by Greg Bellavia
THE FOURTH
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 20 minutes |
The Fourth” is a amusing, humble comedy about a few days in the lives of some dreamers…
Posted on January 3, 2006 by Greg Bellavia
FERNANDO MEIRELLES TAKES UP GARDENING
BEST OF 2005! Following up an international hit and Oscar contender is no easy task, especially one as popular as “City of God”, but director Fernando Meirelles has managed to do so beautifully with the subtle political thriller “The Constant Gardener”, one of the best films to emerge so far in 2005…
Posted on January 2, 2006 by Greg Bellavia
JOHN
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  Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
There’s something appealing about the kind of conversation that takes place amongst friends after three in the morning…
Posted on November 30, 2005 by Greg Bellavia
MY BROTHER’S WAR
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  Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 115 minutes |
“My Brother’s War” is microbudget film worth a look…
Posted on November 30, 2005 by Greg Bellavia
STILL LIFE
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 31 minutes |
Harry Richards uses mood and ambiance to great effect in his unsettling short film “Still Life” chronicling the increasingly macabre day to day life of World War II era crime photographer Oliver Kane…
Posted on November 30, 2005 by Greg Bellavia
THE KING OF PLUTO
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 34 minutes |
Dada artist Marcel Duchamp once stated that “posterity is the judge of genius” and if that is indeed the case then perhaps in five hundred years the digital art of Mike Wrathell will be viewed as the great lost work of the twenty-first century, until then however…
Posted on November 2, 2005 by Greg Bellavia
EVANS AMERICA
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  Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 44 minutes |
How far would a group of twentysomethings go in order to try and change the American government knowing that the odds against them are overwhelming?
Posted on November 2, 2005 by Greg Bellavia
ZOMBIES VS SATAN (DVD)
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 127 minutes |
Embodying many of the qualities that make Troma so endearing and frustrating is the “Zombies VS Satan” collection showcasing both Adam Minarovich’s “Wiseguys VS Zombies” and David Silvio’s “Meat for Satan’s Icebox”…
Posted on October 31, 2005 by Greg Bellavia
LUST FOR DRACULA (DVD)
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
Before being accused of overanalyzing a softcore feature I must point out that the movie goes out of its way to attempt to convey a depth it clearly does not possess…
Posted on October 31, 2005 by Greg Bellavia
REFLECTIONS
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Year Released: 2004 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 63 minutes |
There is so little joy to be found in “Reflections” that the piece frequently comes off as too cold. Reminiscent of Gasper Noe’s “I Stand Alone…”
Posted on October 27, 2005 by Greg Bellavia
TEENAGE SUPERHERO PREGNANCY SCARE
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 12 minutes |
“Teenage Superhero Pregnancy Scare” chronicles the downward spiral of teenage Wonder Woman after she finds out that she has been knocked up by the Man of Steel…
Posted on October 24, 2005 by Greg Bellavia
SERENITY
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Year Released: 2005 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 119 minutes |
IN THEATERS! “Serentity” is one of the all time best series finales…
Posted on September 29, 2005 by Greg Bellavia