Monthly Archives: June 2008

WANTED

By | June 2008

“Wanted” is a movie so shamelessly derivative of so many other movies that it ought to have a work-cited page at the start of the closing credits…

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WANTED

During Tim Burton’s biopic, "Ed Wood," Johnny Depp places a phone call to a financier who has just screened Wood’s first major motion picture....

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THE WILD MAN OF THE NAVIDAD

Directors Duane Graves and Justin Meeks pretty much reached their “Mission Accomplished” stage within the first five minutes of “Wild Man of the...

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MONTY FOR ENGLAND

Who is Monty Panesar? Why is he for England? Why should you care? I can answer the first two. He's a Sikh who plays for the English cricket team. As...

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CARGO 200

This Russian thriller is a weird one for sure and with a mean streak so cruel it’s belly laugh inducing, it certainly earns its three star rating even if...

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OPERA FANATIC (DVD)

Jan Schmidt-Garre’s 1999 documentary follows Stefan Zucker, the tenor and self-described “opera fanatic,” as he travels about Italy to interview a...

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WANTED

At first glance, “Wanted” would appear to be just another hyper-stylized shoot ‘em up in the style of any of the dozens of similar John Woo rip-offs...

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FAMILIAR STRANGERS

Anyone who says they’re looking forward to yet another movie about an estranged son/daughter returning to spend the holidays with their dysfunctional...

BRUISED AND BATTERED: 2008 CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL WRAP-UP (PART 2)

To start things off, here is the infamous red carpet interview wherein Rainn Wilson first shuns and shrugs off my initial handshake, and then...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: BILL AND COO

BOOTLEG FILES 239: Bill and Coo” (1948 novelty film with an all-bird cast). LAST SEEN: Available for online viewing at several web sites. AMERICAN...

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HENRY MAY LONG

As a rule, low budget indies aren’t period pieces. If I had a nickel for every student/first-time filmmaker flick set in the director’s favorite bar or...

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