Monthly Archives: July 2005

MUST LOVE DOGS

By | July 2005

IN THEATERS! The movie wastes the talents of its two leads by refusing to take any risks with the material, marching in lockstep to every genre cliché…

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MUST LOVE DOGS

At this point in filmmaking history, I’m surprised screenwriters aren’t constantly inundating their agents with romantic comedy scripts. There are...

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GIVE ‘EM THE BOOT

If you’re a fan of the bands on Hellcat Records, then you are going to love this film, which features many of that label’s bands doing their business...

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BURDEN OF DREAMS (DVD)

Films that document the filmmaking process often suffer from identity crises. Too often eager to present themselves as “documentaries,” they...

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SKY HIGH

Tired of superhero movies yet? In the last year and a half, we’ve already had The Punisher, Spider-Man 2, Blade: Trinity,” Batman Begins, and...

GET SOME ACTION THIS WEEKEND

The Action On Film International Film Festival will take place on July 29-31 at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA. The festival will be...

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FILM ARCHIVIST, ALOIS F. DETTLAFF, PASSES AWAY AT 84

Alois F. Dettlaff, 84, the film archivist responsible for preserving the sole extant print of Thomas Edison’s 1910 film adaptation of Frankenstein, has...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE MAGIC HORSE”

When the subject is a Russian horse, most people can only recall Catherine the Great's final sex partner. Yet within Russia, the folk tale of the Humped...

SCREAMFEST RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES

Horror festival, Screamfest, returns to the Loews Universal Studios Cinemas at Universal CityWalk in Los Angeles, October 14th - 23rd. Full festival...

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STEAMBOY: COLLECTOR’S GIFT SET (DVD)

There is something still so beautiful in hand-drawn animation, even as Hollywood does its damndest to usher us quickly into the computer-animated age, as...

PRETTY-SCARY NEEDS WOMEN

Genghis Con and Pretty-Scary are teaming up to honor outstanding women in the indie horror industry. They are looking for submissions of movies where a...

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