Monthly Archives: October 2008

ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO

By | October 2008

Miri isn’t as bad as Alyssa the Light Switch Lesbian from “Chasing Amy,” but the premise – that she somehow experiences sexual and romantic awakening while f*****g her best friend on camera in front of strangers, for money – is almost as insultingly unrealistic…

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ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO

There’s no denying it, the economy is in the shitter. And if things are tough for a $250K a year wannabe entrepreneur like “Joe the Plumber,” think...

9TH ANNUAL ATLANTA JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED FOR 2009

The Atlanta Jewish Film Festival (AJFF) is a 12-day cinematic examination of Jewish life, culture and history. The 2009 edition will take place from...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: KATHERINE

BOOTLEG FILES 257 “Katherine” (1975 TV movie with Sissy Spacek, Henry Winkler and Art Carney). LAST SEEN: We cannot confirm the film’s last public...

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SWAMP DEVIL

Though not fully successful, "Jack Brooks" hit that nerve – the one that recalls our monster tales of the past, now repressed under a pile of “Saw”...

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TERROR IN THE AISLES

Here’s one you’ll never, and I do mean never, see on DVD. Even the greediest blood sucker of a lawyer would age by about a million years trying to...

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CABINET

Todd Herman's "Cabinet" begins with a with a shot of a woman giving birth. We hear the mother's labor screams. Immediately we cut to a funeral and the...

1ST ANNUAL BEL AIR FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUP

The first annual Bel Air Film Festival™, presented by Gem Shopping Network, has unveiled its lineup of films to be screened in Bel Air and Beverly Hills...

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THE ROCK-AFIRE EXPLOSION

Pizza for me has always been synonymous with fun. Nowadays, it’s pizza and beer. Thenadays, it was pizza and weird fuckin’ animatronic creatures...

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THE ACHIEVERS: THE STORY OF THE LEBOWSKI FANS

“Yeah, well, that’s just like, your opinion, man.” – The Dude (Jeff Bridges) in “The Big Lebowski” In writer/director Eddie Chung’s amusing...

THE WORD OF GOD: THE REVEREND BEAT-MAN INTERVIEW

You may be wondering what an interview with a musician is doing in the Film Threat fold. After all, Film Threat is movies and music is... the stuff in...

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