COOKERS (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 109 minutes |
I won’t forget “Cookers” any time soon, an amazing exploration of the horrors of Methamphetamines, or Crystal Meth…
Posted on October 20, 2005 by Ron Wells
HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
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  Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 95 minutes |
SXSW NARRATIVE FEATURE 2005 REVIEW! And they said the movie musical was dead. This is an astonishing achievement…
Posted on March 14, 2005 by Ron Wells
THE AMERICAN ASTRONAUT (DVD)
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Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 91 minutes |
Words may not do this film justice, but that’s not going to stop me from trying…
Posted on February 22, 2005 by Ron Wells
HOW’S YOUR NEWS? (DVD)
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  Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
Many folks won’t have a problem chuckling at the antics of “God’s little clowns”…
Posted on July 15, 2004 by Ron Wells
ACTS OF WORSHIP
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Year Released: 2000 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 94 minutes |
OPENS IN NEW YORK CITY, NOVEMBER 21ST! Hey, “Acts of Worship” may not be the most accomplished film, but for the right people, it could be a very important one…
Posted on November 17, 2003 by Ron Wells
MANIC
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 100 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! In reality, troubled people never really get rid of their demons. The best you can hope for is to find a way to control them. In the end, that’s what “Manic” is really about: a glimmer of hope…
Posted on April 28, 2003 by Ron Wells
BORN RICH
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 75 minutes |
SUNDANCE 2003 AMERICAN SPECTRUM SELECTION! Surprisingly, even though the film pissed me off, I liked it…
Posted on February 10, 2003 by Ron Wells
SHANGHAI KNIGHTS
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Year Released: 2003 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 107 minutes |
IN THEATERS! Jackie Chan is back as Chinese expatriate Chon Wang, and this time it’s PERSONAL! Wang picks up his old ne’er-do-well gringo bullshit artist partner, Roy O’Bannon (Owen Wilson). Much wacky hijinx ensue. It just could have been so much more…
Posted on February 9, 2003 by Ron Wells
NARC
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 105 minutes |
Writer/director Joe Carnahan made a splash with his indie debut, “Blood, Guts, Bullets, and Octane”, a little too drunk on his own style. This time around he not only has it right, but has taken a decisive step away from all the Tarantino wannabes toward being his own man…
Posted on January 4, 2003 by Ron Wells
TWEEKED
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Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
DARLING NARITA, WINNER OF THE BEST ACTRESS AWARD AT THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR INDEPENDENT FILM IN BRUSSELS! Drug culture has been a favorite setting and subject for movies for over three decades…
Posted on November 19, 2002 by Ron Wells
TEKNOLUST
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  Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 85 minutes |
IN THEATERS IN NEW YORK, OCTOBER 18TH AND LOS ANGELES, OCTOBER 25TH! Apparently SEX is the most efficient way of procuring these required nutrients…
Posted on October 14, 2002 by Ron Wells
CHILDREN UNDERGROUND
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Year Released: 2001 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 103 minutes |
SCREENING AT UCLA’S JAMES BRIDGES THEATER, OCTOBER 1ST! Romania leader Nicolæ Ceaucescu wanted to increase his nation’s work force. His solution: outlaw contraception and abortion while requiring more stringent physical examinations for women to ensure pregnancies went to term…
Posted on September 30, 2002 by Ron Wells
ONE HOUR PHOTO
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 98 minutes |
IN THEATERS IN NEW YORK AND LA! Damn! Is Robin Williams really starring in a little independent movie? If he’s trying to prove his acting chops, mission accomplished. He brings the depth the part needs, while never pandering or making him too likable. If this is the direction he’s headed in his career, fantastic. For auteur Romanek, it was at least a good first try…
Posted on August 21, 2002 by Ron Wells
BLUE CRUSH
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 103 minutes |
IN THEATERS AUGUST 16TH! Something like this was probably pitched as “extreme sports” featuring young chicks in bikinis. With this bland cast of nobodies and its PG-13 rating, the picture fails to work on even that level. Too bad. I’m sure that an interesting film could easily be made about girl surfers, this just ain’t it…
Posted on August 10, 2002 by Ron Wells
THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE
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Year Released: 2002 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 97 minutes |
IN THEATERS IN LIMITED RELEASE! Damn, what can you say to adequately describe the charmed life and troubled times of Hollywood producer/gambler/mogul/legend Bob Evans? Describing his influence on American film and culture is like relating Abraham Lincoln’s influence on American history…
Posted on July 29, 2002 by Ron Wells