WE ARE NOT GHOSTS
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 52 minutes |
Indeed, the can-do attitude on display here results in a documentary that is provocative and invigorating…
Posted on December 20, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: TRIPLE TROUBLE
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil is not fooled by a faux Charlie Chaplin comedy…
Posted on December 14, 2012 by Phil Hall
HITCHCOCK
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 98 minutes |
Nonetheless, as glossed-over Hollywood biopics go, “Hitchcock” is a pleasant diversion…
Posted on December 12, 2012 by Phil Hall
HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 95 minutes |
Murray’s performance provides the film with an unexpectedly strong emotional anchor…
Posted on December 8, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE FLYING HOUSE PROJECT (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 120 minutes |
McCay’s animation is subversively inventive, and this would seem like a perfect film to preserve…
Posted on December 8, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: DOGARAMA
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil goes to the dogs…
Posted on December 7, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: KING LEAR
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil brushes up his Shakespeare…
Posted on November 30, 2012 by Phil Hall
ANNA KARENINA (2012)
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 130 minutes |
The world wasn’t demanding another film version of “Anna Karenina,” and it certainly wasn’t demanding this bizarre reworking via director Joe Wright and writer Tom Stoppard…
Posted on November 23, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE SECRET DIARY OF DESMOND PFEIFFER
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil gives an infamous TV flop a second chance…
Posted on November 23, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE SON OF THE OLIVE MERCHANT
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 76 minutes |
The painfully serious subject is trivialized in a tiresome and self-indulgent manner.
Posted on November 17, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil checks out what’s playing at Ford’s Theatre…
Posted on November 16, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: COLLECTOR’S ITEM
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil flies with a vintage pilot…
Posted on November 9, 2012 by Phil Hall
RESCUE (DVD)
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 46 minutes |
On the smaller screen, however, much of the power of the IMAX cinematography is lost and the viewer is watching longer-than-necessary shots of roaring ocean waves and sweeping landscapes. And for those watching the 2D DVD version instead of the 3D Blu-ray, the impact is completely lost…
Posted on November 5, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil relies on the kindness of teenage strangers…
Posted on November 2, 2012 by Phil Hall
THE BOOTLEG FILES: THE KOOL-AID COMMERCIALS
Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of memorable films and TV productions that can be found in unauthorized presentations. This week, Phil hits a wall…
Posted on October 26, 2012 by Phil Hall