TWISTED ROOTS
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  Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 97 minutes |
2010 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Twisted Roots” chronicles the seemingly insurmountable odds faced by a family putting out too many fires at once…
Posted on June 3, 2010 by KJ Doughton
CANE TOADS: THE CONQUEST – IN 3D
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
2010 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! Secreting toxic ooze and dripping slime, 1.5 billion determined cane toads are hopping across Australia…
Posted on June 2, 2010 by KJ Doughton
HOLY ROLLERS
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  Year Released: 2010 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 89 minutes |
2010 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Holy Rollers” suggests that beneath our diverse beliefs, clothes, and customs, an internal, eternal war rages between sin and salvation. It’s one helluva ride…
Posted on May 31, 2010 by KJ Doughton
SICK HICK FLICK: DIRECTOR ELI CRAIG AND ACTOR TYLER LABINE ON “TUCKER & DALE VS. EVIL”
2010 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! “Tucker & Dale vs. Evil” takes the ill-fated canoe of “Deliverance” and dunks it refreshingly upside-down. Filmmaker Eli Craig and actor Tyler Labine discuss humor, horror, and the creative use of blood super-soakers…
Posted on May 26, 2010 by KJ Doughton
MOONSTRUCK: EXPLORING THE UNSTOPPABLE VAMPIRE VIRUS OF “NEW MOON”
While I have little use for the series, the “Twilight Experience” – with its thunderous marketing campaign, religious fan base, and unique, emotional tug-of-war between repression and desire – is oddly fascinating.
Posted on November 22, 2009 by KJ Doughton
GOOD EVENING FOLKS, WE’RE THE PINE BOX BOYS
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 88 minutes |
If Sergio Leone hosted a backyard barbecue, the Pine Box Boys would be tailor made to serenade any crusty cusses in attendance.
Posted on November 14, 2009 by KJ Doughton
ONG BAK 2
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Year Released: 2008 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 98 minutes |
“Ong Bak 2” is a staggering symphony of physical mayhem, with Tony Jaa its masterful conductor. You’ll leave the theater dazed, exhausted, and exhilarated.
Posted on October 20, 2009 by KJ Doughton
GHETTO BLASTER: MICHAEL JAI WHITE AND SCOTT SANDERS ON “BLACK DYNAMITE”
“Black Dynamite” director and star elaborate on how society has changed since the ultramasculine age of pimpmobiles, afros, and chest hair.
Posted on October 5, 2009 by KJ Doughton
ZMD: ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
Set in quaint little Port Gamble, Seattle, the paranoia-borne “Zombies of Mass Destruction” sports the most amazing small-town transformation since “Blue Velvet.”
Posted on September 12, 2009 by KJ Doughton
‘NET LOSS: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER ONDI TIMONER ON “WE LIVE IN PUBLIC”
Has physical connection become obsolete? With “We Live In Public,”
Ondi Timoner ponders the reality of our virtual age.
Posted on September 7, 2009 by KJ Doughton
IT MIGHT GET LOUD
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Year Released: 2009 MPAA Rating: PG Running Time: 97 minutes |
Page rolls out the welcome mat, but the other two string-pickers seem reluctant to come inside.
Posted on September 3, 2009 by KJ Doughton
SAVAGE “GRACE”: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER PAUL SOLET
Paul Solet talks about his new zombie baby film “Grace,” its influences, and the culture of horror.
Posted on August 10, 2009 by KJ Doughton
“SOUL” TO SOUL: INTERVIEW WITH PAUL GIAMATTI
Considering the dreamlike themes that define “Cold Souls,” it’s fitting that Barthes’ landing of Giamatti for her film is straight out of a fairy tale.
Posted on July 27, 2009 by KJ Doughton
SIFF AND SPIN!!! PART THREE
In his third, final installment of 2009 Seattle International Film Festival coverage, KJ Doughton finds a Danish “Blood Simple,” a birthday party in Palestine, and Paul Giamatti in “Cold Souls”…
Posted on June 17, 2009 by KJ Doughton
SIFF AND SPIN!!! PART TWO
SIFF 2009 COVERAGE! Week Two of the Seattle International Film Festival brings Black Dynamite, Undead Babies, and Dandelion Dust…
Posted on June 8, 2009 by KJ Doughton
