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FANTASIA 2000

By | December 1999

Well, it only took Disney 59 years to produce a follow-up to “Fantasia.” The 1940 “Fantasia” featured countless moments of brilliance (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, The Age of Dinosaurs, Night on Bald Mountain, The Rite of Spring) along with a few minor moments of boredom…

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FANTASIA 2000

Well, it only took Disney 59 years to produce a follow-up to "Fantasia." The 1940 "Fantasia" featured countless moments of brilliance (Dance of the Sugar...

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THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY

For a lot of directors, this chance comes only once. They slave away, and come out of left field with a big critical and commercial hit. Suddenly golden,...

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GALAXY QUEST

It is with a heavy heart that I must report to you that Star Trek is officially dead. What "Blazing Saddles" did for the Western genre, "Galaxy Quest"...

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TUMBLEWEEDS

In this semi-autobiographical piece from writer Angela Shelton, Janet McTeer plays single mother Mary Jo Walker who is trapped in a continuing cycle of...

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MAN ON THE MOON

If you were legendary comic Andy Kaufman, you would basically divide your audience into two factions: those that got the joke and IDIOTS. Unfortunately,...

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REYNARD THE FOX

Philip Lowe is in prison for killing his sister Nicole and raping her dead body. That one sentence pretty much describes the feel good factor of Todd E....

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THE UGLIEST FOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD (WITHOUT A DOUBT)

This short documentary came with a stack of articles clipped from local papers in and around Humboldt State University all decrying the existence of a...

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HOLY SMOKE!

Filmmaker Jane Campion ("Angel at My Table", "The Piano") has displayed genius, passion, insight, and self-indulgence in her work (but not always at the...

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GIRL, INTERRUPTED

Susanna Kaysen wrote the book, "Girl, Interrupted" about the year she spent in a mental institution after high school graduation in the late 1960's. "A...

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LOST TRIBES

Let's step back into ancient history; back to the dawn of the video revolution when a "Sundance" was a low-end Chrysler product and film festivals, held...

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