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METROPOLIS 4: THE LAST STAND (I PROMISE)

By | June 2006

*This letter contains spoilage. If you have not seen the new Superman flick, skip this until you do.* Dear Clark Kent, This…

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METROPOLIS 4: THE LAST STAND (I PROMISE)

*This letter contains spoilage. If you have not seen the new Superman flick, skip this until you do.* Dear Clark Kent, This is my last letter to you. I...

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THE NIGHT THE WHOLE WORLD CAUGHT ON FIRE

This lovely music video is an abstract setting of the eponymous song by The Feverfew. The visual design, more or less steady throughout, is an 8 by 8 grid...

CHONG'S BONGS, DANISH PUSHERS AND ADAM'S APPLES: 2006 SIFF PART TWO

Maybe there’s a reason Chong rhymes with bong. When early seventies doper humor ruled on record and in theaters, Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong waved the...

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THE WOODEN GUN (DVD)

As I was rifling through the stack of DVD’s I was going to review I came upon this title and at first glance I was sure that it must be some 70’s era...

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THE LAKE HOUSE

Felix 2006: Felix of the past, this is Felix of the future, I’ve sent this note in your mailbox to warn you about this new movie called “The Lake...

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THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW (DVD)

“Show me a way to get away when I want to get my way!” – Lyric from the opening song For what would become Pee-Wee’s Playhouse in the mid 1980s,...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: "VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET"

BOOTLEG FILES 136: "Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet” (1965 recycling of a 1962 Soviet sci-fi romp). LAST SEEN: Available online at Public Domain...

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SUPERMAN RETURNS

About five minutes before I was headed out the door, I so happened to find something on cable that was playing at the same moment I was preparing to leave...

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WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?: TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)

It’s no surprise that Robert Aldrich’s “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?” caused an immediate sensation back in 1962. The 1930s Lugosi/Karloff...

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MEMOIRS OF A PADAWAN

To be a Star Wars fanatic is to have the universe infinitely open to all that may not exist, but exists to us not only in the movies, but also in debates...

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