Monthly Archives: December 2000

BACKBEAT

By | December 2000

FILM THREAT’S TRIBUTE TO THE MOVIES OF ROCK! In the end, “Backbeat” is the arty telling of the story. It’s just as interested in the German existential art movement as it is in the Beatles…

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BACKBEAT

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"I'm not angry sister. I'm fucking desperate." It's pretty hard not to be fascinated by the Beatle's Hamburg, Germany period. Lore would have it that it...

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YI YI (A ONE AND A TWO…)

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Edward Yang's family drama may boast an epic (173 minutes) running time, but its focus is decidedly small-scale and intimate, centering around a single...

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SNATCH

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Fans of Guy Ritchie's 1998 cult fave "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" will be happy to learn that shacking up with Madonna and siring her a son have...

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ENTER THE JOHNS HOPKINS FILM FESTIVAL

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What started out four years ago as the "ultraproductive" magazine and short film production effort of the then-new Johns Hopkins Film Society has grown...

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"THE PRICE IS RIGHT" HOSTESS MOVES ON

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It may be 29 years of non-stop smiling, beige pantyhose, and screaming, jumping contestants, but 29 years with "The Price is Right," the longest-running...

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"THE BAGS" ON THE LOOSE

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Hailed as "simply the best movie about evil killer plastic bags, ever!", Anthony Stella's "The Bags" is a story of suffocating horror that begins when an...

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THE ACADEMY DOES IMAX

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On [ Tuesday, December 12th ] beginning at [ 7PM ] , the Academy, with help from UCLA, will present the final installment in their diverse Contemporary...

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DID ANYTHING BREAK IN "UNBREAKABLE?"

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CRITIC DOCTOR EXAMINES: Ron Wells (filmthreat.com), Jay Carr (Boston Globe), Roger Ebert (Chicago Sun Times), Steven Rea (Philadelphia Inquirer), Lou...

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O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?

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If you want to get your typical film geek riled up, an easy method is to bring up the movies of the Coen brothers. Most people can't agree on the merits of...

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THIS IS (MINI) SPINAL TAP

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Rob Reiner's 1984 mockumentary "Spinal Tap" has spawned imitators galore, not to mention enough one-liners to put even "Caddyshack" to the test. Now,...

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