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BOBBY YEAH

Jeremy Knox — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 04:36:56 +0000

2012 FANTASTIC FEST SELECTION! Seriously, this is a must see. In fact, I’ll put it in simplest possible terms and come right out and say that no one can consider themselves true film buffs if they’ve never seen one of Robert Morgan’s films...

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THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:07:08 +0000

Miyazaki movies are all about making you feel as if you’re five again for about ninety minutes. They’re the theatrical equivalent of getting a lump in your throat when you find one of your old stuffed toys while looking through some boxes, and remember its name...

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THE INTERVIEW BIZARRE: 6 QUESTIONS FOR 7 FILMMAKERS

Jeremy Knox — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:23:14 +0000

"THE THEATRE BIZARRE" IS CURRENTLY IN LIMITED RELEASE! As I was writing my questions for "The Theatre Bizarre" filmmakers, it occurred to me that I was very interested in what each of them thought about the Grand Guignol itself...

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THE THEATRE BIZARRE

Jeremy Knox — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:01:09 +0000

IN LIMITED RELEASED! The filmmakers of each segment didn’t just toss gore and entrails around in some lame attempt to shock. They thought about their work long and hard, and then they raped our brain...

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REFLECTIONS IN THE FUNHOUSE MIRROR: A CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT MORGAN

Jeremy Knox — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:10:40 +0000

2012 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL SHORT FILMMAKER! I’ve made it no secret that I think Robert Morgan is one of the best independent filmmakers working today. This isn’t empty flattery either. His entire oeuvre, in my opinion, is never less than excellent, or at the very least I feel that you’ll never feel cheated watching one of his films...

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LOVE

Jeremy Knox — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 18:35:12 +0000

2011 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! The film is a grand epitaph to the human race and everything beautiful that sprung from it...

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THE REEF

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 04:01:02 +0000

2011 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! I feel that there’s a distinct difference between a movie that I like and a movie that is good. The Reef could serve as a perfect example of a movie I think is very well made, while not liking it one damn bit...

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RED STATE

Jeremy Knox — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:22:12 +0000

2011 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT FILM! The story is chopped and channeled like a hot rod of prose. It’s genuinely masterful in its ability to cut out all the fat and gristle and get to the point as fast and efficiently as possible...

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THE LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM

Jeremy Knox — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:02:29 +0000

2011 FANTASIA FILM FEST SELECTION! Who is Stumpy Sam? Why, only the rock-and-rollingest, deformed maniac prowling the woods this side of Crystal Lake!

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RETREAT

Jeremy Knox — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:36:45 +0000

Deadly viruses, crazed military people, Cillian Murphy, England... Anyone else getting the feeling that we’ve all seen this before somewhere?

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ANOTHER EARTH

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:27:45 +0000

2011 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! The very last scene before the fade to black is so utterly haunting that I don’t think I’ve ever felt my breath taken away like that before. It was perfect, in fact just about everything in this movie is...

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JEREMY KNOX’S SUPER FANTASTIC 2011 FANTASIA FEST TRAILER REVIEW EXTRAVAGANZA

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:14:43 +0000

Every year I like to kick off the festival by writing a compilation of all the movies I think I’d like and will try to watch when I go. Sometimes I don’t get a chance to see all of them, usually for alcohol related reasons, but I try to catch as many as I can...

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HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:01:30 +0000

"Hobo with a Shotgun" manages to be like a one and a half hour version of its own trailer. Not only is it good, but it miraculously retains the same look, mood and feel from beginning to end...

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RETURN TO BABYLON

Jeremy Knox — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:05:24 +0000

Hollywood hides its ghosts better than anyone else, but that doesn’t mean they’re not out there rattling around in their unquiet graves...

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LEMMY

Jeremy Knox — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 04:01:02 +0000

This is a fast paced, funny romp through Lemmy’s day-to-day life. Even if you’re not a fan of “Motorhead,” or heavy metal for that matter, this will be enjoyable because so much of it has the rhythm and timing of comedy...

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BEATING HEARTS

Jeremy Knox — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:01:18 +0000

Matthew Garrett’s short film “Beating Hearts” reminds me a little bit of Salinger’s “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” or Hemmingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants.” Both are stories that seem, on a superficial level, not to have much of a story at all, but it’s in the omissions that lurk all their secrets...

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INTO ETERNITY

Jeremy Knox — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:01:09 +0000

...the film transforms itself from a documentary about nuclear disposal into a science fiction movie taking place in the present...

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NEVERMORE: AN EVENING WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE

Jeremy Knox — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:01:49 +0000

I think it’s only natural that Stuart Gordon and Dennis Paoli, the creative team behind "Re-animator" and "From Beyond," have brought Edgar Allen Poe to the stage...

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THE LAND BEFORE TIME

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:01:22 +0000

2010 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! This is a masterpiece. To call it anything less would not do. I finally saw a beautiful and crisp copy of it in a proper theatre at the Fantasia Film Festival when Don Bluth and Gary Goldman were both honoured with a well deserved lifetime achievement award. The room was filled with kids who sat in rapt attention during the showing, as did I...

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T.T. SYNDROME

Jeremy Knox — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:01:38 +0000

2010 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL! Yes, “T.T. Syndrome” is loud and obnoxious, and the characters are beyond dumb, but this is what makes the genre work. This feels like a period correct Giallo film in almost every single significant way...

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ALICE JACOBS IS DEAD

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:31:04 +0000

2010 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Alice Jacobs is Dead” earns the emotions that it wrings from you. It’s a genuine film, one that has a few ideas in its brain and something to say, one that is all too often seldom seen...

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1

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:01:22 +0000

2010 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem, who also wrote the equally existential “Solaris,” the film doesn’t pull punches or try to give easy answers...

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AT WORLD’S END

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:01:47 +0000

2010 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! What I felt most while watching “World’s End” was a warm fuzzy sense of nostalgia for the good old days of action movies. Where nothing too impossible happened and where plot, characters, dialogue and fun were what propelled the film, not CGI, shaky camera work and incoherent editing...

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MAI MAI MIRACLE

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:01:26 +0000

2010 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! At heart, Anime is a stylistic method and one of its trademarks is a profound sense of joy and optimism. Of course, the genre is often about sad things, but it maintains a stoic cheerfulness nonetheless. “Thus is life.” I’m sure it would say if it could.

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KURONEKO

Jeremy Knox — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:01:58 +0000

2010 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Kuroneko” is a must for any fan of Japanese cinema, and especially those of J-horror cinema. It is the humble seed that has spawned a strange bloody forest...

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FATSO

Jeremy Knox — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:01:13 +0000

2010 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Have you ever had someone tell you a joke that you didn’t find funny, but then they start laughing in such a genuine way that it’s infectious and so you start laughing a little too? Foreign comedies are kind of like that...

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TRIPPING FANTASIA 2010 WITH FILM THREAT

Jeremy Knox — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:01:42 +0000

I find it fitting that I’m back at Fantasia after a hiatus last year. This summer marks the 20th anniversary of when I finally realized that films weren't just some pastime for me, but a genuine passion. So I honestly can’t think of anything more appropriate than to celebrate this anniversary here...

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TRICK ‘R TREAT (DVD)

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

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.

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STUCK!

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

A sometimes faithful, sometimes fanciful recreation of the old black-and-white women-in-prison films.

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The FanTasia 2009 Festival wants YOUR Film

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Since its inception in 1996, FanTasia has been an event hell-bent on showcasing the most exciting, innovative and individualistic examples of contemporary international genre cinema, with an emphasis on unveiling films very rarely seen in North America

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WAMEGO ULTIMATUM

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Ultimatum only reinforces my notion that one day we’ll see something about Balderson called “A portrait of the artist as a director.” Because Steve runs his movie set the same way painters run their studios, with a kind of relaxed intense focus.

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THE DARK KNIGHT PROJECT

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Know why else it works? Because it feels real, it feels like what two high school kids living in the actual world of Batman would think and say.

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GACHI BOY: WRESTLING WITH A MEMORY

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

2008 AFI FEST FEATURE! I think the reason that movies like "Gachi Boy" don’t bug the holy hell out of me, even though equally maudlin stuff from someone like Spielberg would make me want to commit seppuku using Amy Winehouse’s rusty dildo, is that the Japanese are able to be sappy without being manipulative...

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DEADGIRL

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

2008 AFI FEST FEATURE! Apparently this movie’s script has been bouncing around for a decade because the premise is so controversial. I guess some sensitive (read: sissy) people with weak dispositions could maybe be offended, but I didn’t bat an eye...

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TERROR IN THE AISLES

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

While “Terror in the Aisles” isn’t a documentary by any means, it also isn’t just a compilation either. A lot of care went into putting this thing together and it shows...

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WATCH OUT

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Barrows makes for a surprisingly sympathetic character once you understand that his narcissism is not so much fueled by self love but by rugged individualism gone awry...

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LE TUEUR (THE KILLER)

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

2008 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! What I’ve always liked about the French is that their films aren’t as obsessed with story and plot as ours are, instead focusing on the pure joy of storytelling...

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PIG HUNT

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

2008 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! I guess what I’m trying to say is that “Pig Hunt” is a flawed, but really fun, film that you’ll enjoy if you can get past the third act’s flaunting of cinematic rules and the musical score annoyance...

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4BIA

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It’s a shame that probably no one reading this will ever see it with an audience...

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RED

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

2008 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! This movie has a humungous amount of problems, but I think that its absolute worst sin is that it’ll make you think that the Jack Ketchum novel is some sort of Oprah’s book of the month reject...

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ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The one good thing about a movie genre dying off is that, like Westerns or Film Noir, it becomes a rarified commodity; and when one comes out every blue moon it tends to be either be quality work at best or a really interesting failure at worst...

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THE MOTHER OF TEARS (LA TERZA MADRE)

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

2008 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! If nothing else, this film has given me the ability to close the book on Argento. He was my artistic Papa when I was a kid and stayed that way for a long time. And while I still have deep fondness for him, I can’t pretend to like his films anymore...

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LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

IN LIMITED RELEASE! You’d think this would be creepy and uncomfortable to watch as Hell, but it’s not. It’s so sweet and cute and innocent and gentle. "Let The Right One In" reminds me of "Melody," of all things...

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SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

IN LIMITED RELEASE! If you thought Miike had mellowed in the slightest bit, you’ll be happy to know that he still views film much like a sadistic child views his sister’s Barbie dolls...

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FANTASIA FILMS: LA TERZA MADRE, [*REC], LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, WHAT WE DO IS SECRET

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:43:35 +0000

Hung around with Mitch Davis and Doug Buck yesterday, talked movies over food at an outdoor cafe on Crescent street. I like Buck, he’s a really smart, insightful guy. Mitch likewise is always a blast to talk to. What I like best about Mitch is that he ain’t no fanboy, but a proper film buff. Someone who [...]

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FANTASIA 2008 OPENING NIGHT: TRUFFLES AND SUKIYAKI

Jeremy Knox — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:55:16 +0000

Went to Fantasia Festival opening night yesterday. Was awesome as always. Watched two great films, the French Canadian “Truffe” and Takashi Miike’s “Sukiyaki Western Django“. Was surprised at how good Django turned out to be. I figured I’d like it, but only in a so-so “I enjoyed myself but I’m never gonna buy this.” way. Instead, [...]

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“TOP GEAR – SERIES ELEVEN” STARTS JUNE 22ND!

Jeremy Knox — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:04:38 +0000

Tomorrow is going to be like Christmas, St-Jean Baptiste (drinking day in Quebec for the uninitiated), Guy Fawkes Day and Halloween all rolled into one for me because one of my favorite shows on television is coming back for a brand new season of motoring and mayhem. Yes, it’s “Top Gear“, which used to be a [...]

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ANOTHER GREAT HAS PASSED ON.

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:26:28 +0000

When I was a kid, the first thing I ever wanted to be was a special effects artist like Dick Smith or Tom Savini. However, the timing was kind of rotten because by the time I had turned sixteen a little movie called “”The Abyss” had come out and shown that CGI could be a [...]

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BO DIDDLEY WILL BE MISSED

Jeremy Knox — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:48:07 +0000

I hate to follow a funny, jokey thread with such a gloomy one, but Bo Diddley died today at the age of 79. He was without question one of the greatest Rock N’ Rollers to ever walk the Earth. I easily consider him superior to guys like Chuck Berry and Little Richard. Yeah, they did their share of great [...]

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FROM THE “WHAT THE FUCK?” FILE…

Jeremy Knox — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:24:22 +0000

Sometimes I’ll be reading the news and come across something so utterly fucking retarded that it makes my blood come to an immediate boil. Get this, apparently Rachael Ray (Who’s Sicilian and not at all Muslim and/or a Terrorist as Wikipedia so kindly informs me.) has had her Dunkin Donuts ad pulled from TV because apparently [...]

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POSTAL

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"Postal" is so ballsy and unconcerned with playing touchy-feely that you have to admire the sheer joyful fearlessness that went in its making...

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…AND SOMETIMES YOU BREAK EVEN.

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:18:29 +0000

On May 6th “The Car” was re-released on DVD and even though it’s not as well made as other satanically themed 70′s films like “”The Exorcist” or “”The Omen” it does have something they don’t: Satan coming to Earth in the guise of a black two door coupe and terrorizing a small desert town in [...]

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THE SPEED RACER MOVIE DOESN’T MAKE MONEY, AND PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED?

Jeremy Knox — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:51:23 +0000

Jesus, sometimes I think the studio people and investors are as retarded as some filmgoers. Did anyone REALLY think Speed Racer was going to make money? Anyone here? Anyone in Hollywood? Anyone in the WORLD?????? It’s an overly bright, noisy film that looks like it was edited by a masturbating chimp on meth. I’ve only seen [...]

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YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME…

Jeremy Knox — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:31:56 +0000

Film fans won a great victory on April 21st when Code Red DVD finally released one of the greatest horror movies of all time: “”Sole Survivor“. It was directed by Thom Eberhardt, who did the very cool “”Night of the Comet“, a teen horror comedy that shares nothing of the dark nihilistic Survivor except that [...]

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APRIL… FOOLS?

Jeremy Knox — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:10:02 +0000

There’s something really wrong with the state of film when a gag trailer actually seems more promising than most real trailers. There is no “Legend of Zelda” movie on the way, but I’d be hard pressed to see how they could improve on this fake. Well… maybe slightly less hokey monsters and crap, but it’s still [...]

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HINTETY HINT HINT FOR AMY CRACKHOUSE’S MANAGER…

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:31:04 +0000

Here’s an idea that hasn’t been tried: Amy? Ammmmmmy? *whistle* Come on girl! Want a ride? Wanna go for a ride? Come on! Hop in the car. Your favorite squeaktoy is in there! Yes it is! Yes it is! Good girl! Your nose ish so wet! I mush your big slobbery face! Nawwwwwww, I’m not [...]

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THE DISTRICT! (DVD)

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

The best compliment I can give "The District" is that I was immediately reminded of the old “Flying Circus” animated sketches that Terry Gilliam directed...

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RESIDENT EVIL JUST GOT PWNED

Jeremy Knox — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:37:12 +0000

I’m actually a fan of the Resident Evil movies. (I know, it’s a shock to me too.) They’ve never blown me away or anything, but they’re always good for a laugh on a rainy afternoon. However, this short film managed to entertain me more during it’s less than eight minute running time than all three of the Paul W.S. [...]

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“FRIDAY THE 13TH”: A SERIES RETROSPECTIVE (PART 3)

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Since a new "Friday the 13th" film has been announced for production in April, and a release in theaters a year from now, Film Threat writer Jeremy Knox shares the sum total of everything he's ever thought about the "Friday the 13th" films, in order...

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“FRIDAY THE 13TH”: A SERIES RETROSPECTIVE (PART 2)

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“FRIDAY THE 13TH”: A SERIES RETROSPECTIVE

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FOR YOU ACTORS OUT THERE…

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:30:31 +0000

Here’s a really good site I found on English dialects: International Dialects of English Archive. You got everything there from South African to Yorkshire accents, to the oral histories of 80+ year old Holocaust survivors. If you’ve been looking for something to teach you the various english accents of the world, you can do a whole [...]

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THE SIGNAL

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

IN LIMITED RELEASE! Everyone always says “The world’s a crazy place,” but what if it was literally true? What if the whole world did go crazy one night?

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CNSORH*P

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:59:36 +0000

If there’s one thing I was never been able to understand in my whole entire life, it’s how a large majority of the public can still be squeamish about language or nudity. What confuses me further is that the ONE thing I feel people may have a right to be squeamish about, violence, is the [...]

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MELODY

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

“Melody” is an honest, uncensored and painfully joyful view of first love. You couldn’t make a film like this today...

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SEAN YOUNG SHOWS THE KIDS HOW TO DO IT.

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:03:11 +0000

From the iMDB news for 2008-01-29: Actress Sean Young was escorted from the Directors Guild Of America Awards show on Saturday for heckling filmmaker Julian Schnabel, nominated for his film The Diving Bell And The Butterfly. Schnabel was the last of the five Best Director nominees to take the stage to make a speech at [...]

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RUNNING THE MONSTER MILE

Jeremy Knox — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:26:32 +0000

I’m not sure how I feel about Cloverfield. I just went to see it as a spur of the moment thing. To be honest, I was going wait until it came out on DVD. But my cousin and I were heading to Montreal, it was early in the day before the crowds, and we decided that a [...]

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KLINGONS OFF THE PORT BOW CAPTAIN! J.J. ABRAMS’ STAR TREK TEASER ONLINE.

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:53:06 +0000

I’m not a really big Star Trek fan. I think some of the more rabid fans are socially retarded freaks who are borderline mentally ill, and that a lot of the later shows are soft sci-fi on the level of Knight Rider masquerading as intellectual discussion. Don’t get me wrong, I like Star Trek, but for every [...]

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PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTERS… FOR FILM

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:18:17 +0000

I’m watching “The Great Outdoors” with John Candy and Dan Akroyd on DVD right now, and I just noticed that there are scratches and hairs and little imperfections on some of the negative. Nothing really serious, but in the era of the newer-than-new transfers onto DVD it feels almost nostalgic to see a slightly imperfect [...]

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THE BLADE RUNNER SET IS WORTH EVERY PENNY.

Jeremy Knox — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:52:55 +0000

Quick review: This thing rocks. There’s just no other way to put it. 5 versions of the film: The 1982 US theatrical cut which was last seen in 1982, the 1982 international theatrical cut which was released on VHS throughout the 80′s, the 1992 director’s cut which replaced the latter in subsequent releases, the “Final Cut” which is [...]

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CHRISTMAS!!!

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:16:16 +0000

Look what I got in the mail today! A Christmas present from myself. The Blade Runner (Five-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition) Box Set. I was expecting this to come much later so it was a real surprise. Externally, this totally lives up to the hype. It’s a nice sized little briefcase that somewhat replicates the Voight-Kampff [...]

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JACKASS 2.5 ONLINE FROM DECEMBER 19TH TO DECEMBER 31ST

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:28:25 +0000

I wouldn’t be any kind of a fan of reckless anarchy and perpetual adolescence if I didn’t make a post about this. Seems that you Yanks can watch the semi-new Jackass film for free online at: http://blockbuster.jackassworld.com/ Since I’m Canuckistan (the movie will only play for people in the United-States) I can’t confirm the video/audio quality of the link, so I’d be [...]

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FINALLY! 2 GIRLS 1 CUP EXPLAINED

Jeremy Knox — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:13:38 +0000

A little late, I know, but I love how logical and sensible this explanation is and thought you’d all get a kick out of it. Click on the image for more toons by this author. He’s awesome. Oh, and while we’re on the subject, here’s my reaction to the 2G1C video. I’d never heard of [...]

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UNDERBELLY

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I like Steve Balderson, I really do. He's a textbook example of the purest kind of filmmaker. He experiments and has fun with the medium. There's no pretense behind what he does at all, just love...

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OH… CANADA?

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:22:54 +0000

Prevent-it Canada has released these television commercials to educate people on workplace dangers. On the one hand, you have to admire commercials that are this screwed up. None of that poofy “The more you know!” crap like on American TV. So part of me really admires this. I love how my government knows that, although they can’t balance [...]

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I WAS SKIMMING THE IMDB TODAY AND…

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:56:59 +0000

I saw this bit of trivia from the entry on Beowulf: Angelina Jolie admitted in an interview that when she saw how her character looked, she was shocked to see how nude she really was, to the point that she said she was reluctant to allow Brad Pitt and her children to see the movie. Uh… [...]

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I CAN’T GIVE YOU ALL CANDY, SO THIS WILL HAVE TO DO

Jeremy Knox — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:11:14 +0000

Since Halloween is tomorrow, I thought I’d talk about two of my favorite old school slasher movies that don’t involve Freddy, Michael, Jason, Bubba Sawyer or the dreadful Ghostface. Most of you will have almost certainly never seen (or even heard of for that matter) either of these, but to be a proper horror movie [...]

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A TRIP TO THE “INLAND EMPIRE”

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

If you ever play a film you've never seen while you sleep for as long as I did with "Inland Empire" (almost a month on and off), it makes the actual viewing beyond surreal and worth recounting, hence this story...

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ONE LAST WORD ABOUT INLAND EMPIRE

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:58:42 +0000

Well here it FINALLY is folks: Click right here and you’ll be whisked away to the review for INLAND EMPIRE. And it’s about flippin’ time. I’m all Lynched out. I’m done, fini, over. No more rabbits and gangsters and dreams and Emerald Cities. As much as I admire the man, I think a month and a [...]

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ASS MONSTER: THE MAKING OF A HORROR FILM

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

2007 HOLLYWOOD HORROR, SCI-FI AND FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! Forget the title, forget the box art (which is awful), and forget every single promo picture since I can’t find one worth a fuck. This is one of the most mis-marketed films I've ever seen. You really cannot judge this film without seeing it, and it is SO worth seeing...

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PREPARATIONS FOR INLAND EMPIRE

Jeremy Knox — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:02:26 +0000

David Lynch is a man of habit and routine. He likes things jusssssst so. That’s why he forces you to watch his movies from the beginning, without the usual privilege of chapter breaks. Because otherwise you’d be doing it wrong. And wrong is no way to watch a movie. Gotta do it right; or not [...]

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THE MOST DESERVED TRIBUTE OF ALL TIME

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:48:49 +0000

If any young up and coming filmmaker deserves a tribute, it’s certainly Steve Balderson. Even Balderson’s goofy B-movie Pep Squad is so beautifully done that it’s like watching a new Kubrick film that just happened to have been written by John Waters. Brilliant. I reccomend that anyone in the area go. Firecracker got a rave review [...]

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SPEAKING OF DAVID LYNCH…

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:09:58 +0000

I promised you all a review of INLAND EMPIRE that hasn’t come yet, and I just wanted to inform everyone that I wasn’t dilly dallying. Nope, I was waiting… Waiting, for this: What is it? Why… only the greatest thing imaginable! Coffee! I’ve been watching INLAND EMPIRE in my sleep, and once you wake up, you need coffee. But not [...]

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NO PEAKS, BUT A LOT OF RAIN AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF WOOD

Jeremy Knox — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 20:22:59 +0000

Welcome to the town of Rainy Woods. I can hear David Lynch yelling about copyright laws to the producers of this game from way the hell over here. Clumsy deputy, Sheriff with a cowboy hat, dwarves, a dead blond girl. Holy shit, I hope nobody talks backwards because they might have to change the [...]

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WE ARE THE STRANGE

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re reading Film Threat it's because you're a fan of cinema that doesn't quite follow the rules. "We Are The Strange" embodies this completely...

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AND THE LONG LEGGED MAN PLAYS THE 50′S KIND OF TUNES.

Jeremy Knox — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:23:09 +0000

I reread my last blog, especially the part about my dream, and umm… I don’t like it. I editorialized the shit out of my dream. Tried to find context and plot and all of that bad stuff. I didn’t change anything, but I turned it into a “story” and a story isn’t a dream. They’re [...]

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MULBERRY STREET

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Off the top of my head, I can’t really think of another recent example of filmmaking in its purest form that tops "Mulberry Street"...

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THE DESCENDANT

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I love these types of films. Nice quiet ghost stories like the ones Henry James or Nathaniel Hawthorne used to cook up. This is the type of stuff that old men tell each other in dark libraries over cigars and cognac while sitting in overstuffed chairs...

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A DREAM FROM INLAND EMPIRE

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:37:33 +0000

Well, I finally got my copy of Inland Empire on Tuesday. Box is kinda plain, although the little card inside the case advertising David Lynch Gourmet Coffee made me smile like it was my birthday, and the DVD menus and extras are pure Lynch. Haven’t seen the extras because I don’t want to know anything about [...]

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I LOVE JACK PALANCE

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:45:47 +0000

I don’t know how authentic these are, and I don’t care. Jack Palance just went up about a million points in my esteem. He’s not just cool, he’s legendary. You always have to love a touch of insanity in artists. Especially when they’re always as classy as Jack seemed to be. Even in the first [...]

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IN DREAMS: MY FUTURE”INLAND EMPIRE” REVIEW

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:44:36 +0000

I rented Inland Empire yesterday, never seen it before. I’m a big Lynch fan since the Twin Peaks days. Not as big of a fan of his surreal stuff like Eraserhead, but I can appreciate it. He’s a genius, no if/ands/buts. However, as usual, one thing led to another and I had NO time at all [...]

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CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY THIS YEAR…

Jeremy Knox — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:32:19 +0000

I have in my hands, the DVD for the absolute GREATEST cinematic disaster of all time. “Exorcist II: The Heretic”. A movie that isn’t just bad, or badly made, but laughable and completely incomprehensible to an extent that has to be seen to be believed. I saw it as a wee lad when it played [...]

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HATCHET

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

"Hatchet" delivers on all points. It is an expertly executed slasher film done by someone who genuinely loves the genre...

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WOMAN TRANSFORMATION

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It’s slow, boring, meandering and pointless. Even the music absolutely sucks...

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WE’RE GONNA HAVE A MURDER PARTY TONIGHT!

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:18:57 +0000

Ever hear politicians talk about the solution to the country’s problems? Every single time they drag out “”education” as a viable idea. They do this because it’s the one solution that both Liberals and Conservatives like to get behind in a show of pseudo-bipartisanship. It strongly appeals to those types of people because both sides [...]

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THE TRIPPER

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

It stands as a great tribute to the values of a great man. Every time that axe fell and took one of those commie pinko bastards off the face of the Earth I knew that the ghost of Reagan was smiling down from Heaven...

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13 BELOVED

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

When they work, films like "13 Beloved" are a joy to watch because the writing is such an intricate marvel...

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FANTASIA 2007 ““ FINIS

Jeremy Knox — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:58:40 +0000

Well, it was the last night of the fest for me and cool evening by anyone’s standards. I went with the full intention of seeing the last film “”Pars Vite et Reviens Tard” but got a little sidetracked when Phillipe Spurrell said he was heading towards the bar (It’s the Irish Embassy btw, finally managed [...]

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FANTASIA 2007 – DAY 7

Jeremy Knox — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:35:12 +0000

I missed Murder Party. Sorry about that. I had the stupidest thing happen to my car the other day. Some sort of rodent ate through one of the spark plug wires and now it’s working all funky. I thought I was okay for tonight since I fixed the problem but the check engine light came on about ten [...]

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HAZARD

Jeremy Knox — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

2007 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! It’s not a perfect film, it’s not to everyone’s liking, the zero dollar budget is apparent throughout and it’s not as multi-layered as Sono’s other work, but that doesn’t matter...

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BOBBY YEAH

THE SECRET WORLD OF ARRIETTY

THE INTERVIEW BIZARRE: 6 QUESTIONS FOR 7 FILMMAKERS

THE THEATRE BIZARRE

REFLECTIONS IN THE FUNHOUSE MIRROR: A CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT MORGAN

LOVE

THE REEF

RED STATE

THE LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM

RETREAT

ANOTHER EARTH

JEREMY KNOX’S SUPER FANTASTIC 2011 FANTASIA FEST TRAILER REVIEW EXTRAVAGANZA

HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN

RETURN TO BABYLON

LEMMY

BEATING HEARTS

INTO ETERNITY

NEVERMORE: AN EVENING WITH EDGAR ALLAN POE

THE LAND BEFORE TIME

T.T. SYNDROME

ALICE JACOBS IS DEAD

1

AT WORLD’S END

MAI MAI MIRACLE

KURONEKO

FATSO

TRIPPING FANTASIA 2010 WITH FILM THREAT

TRICK ‘R TREAT (DVD)

STUCK!

The FanTasia 2009 Festival wants YOUR Film

WAMEGO ULTIMATUM

THE DARK KNIGHT PROJECT

GACHI BOY: WRESTLING WITH A MEMORY

DEADGIRL

TERROR IN THE AISLES

WATCH OUT

LE TUEUR (THE KILLER)

PIG HUNT

4BIA

RED

ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE

THE MOTHER OF TEARS (LA TERZA MADRE)

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN

SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO

FANTASIA FILMS: LA TERZA MADRE, [*REC], LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, WHAT WE DO IS SECRET

FANTASIA 2008 OPENING NIGHT: TRUFFLES AND SUKIYAKI

“TOP GEAR – SERIES ELEVEN” STARTS JUNE 22ND!

ANOTHER GREAT HAS PASSED ON.

BO DIDDLEY WILL BE MISSED

FROM THE “WHAT THE FUCK?” FILE…

POSTAL

…AND SOMETIMES YOU BREAK EVEN.

THE SPEED RACER MOVIE DOESN’T MAKE MONEY, AND PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED?

YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME…

APRIL… FOOLS?

HINTETY HINT HINT FOR AMY CRACKHOUSE’S MANAGER…

THE DISTRICT! (DVD)

RESIDENT EVIL JUST GOT PWNED

“FRIDAY THE 13TH”: A SERIES RETROSPECTIVE (PART 3)

“FRIDAY THE 13TH”: A SERIES RETROSPECTIVE (PART 2)

“FRIDAY THE 13TH”: A SERIES RETROSPECTIVE

FOR YOU ACTORS OUT THERE…

THE SIGNAL

C*NSOR*H*P

MELODY

SEAN YOUNG SHOWS THE KIDS HOW TO DO IT.

RUNNING THE MONSTER MILE

KLINGONS OFF THE PORT BOW CAPTAIN! J.J. ABRAMS’ STAR TREK TEASER ONLINE.

PLASTIC SURGERY DISASTERS… FOR FILM

THE BLADE RUNNER SET IS WORTH EVERY PENNY.

CHRISTMAS!!!

JACKASS 2.5 ONLINE FROM DECEMBER 19TH TO DECEMBER 31ST

FINALLY! 2 GIRLS 1 CUP EXPLAINED

UNDERBELLY

OH… CANADA?

I WAS SKIMMING THE IMDB TODAY AND…

I CAN’T GIVE YOU ALL CANDY, SO THIS WILL HAVE TO DO

A TRIP TO THE “INLAND EMPIRE”

ONE LAST WORD ABOUT INLAND EMPIRE

CNSORH*P