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GHOST WORLD TAKES OVER SAN DIEGO

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SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON SPECIAL EVENT! This Thursday, Daniel Clowes’ “Ghost World” will have its big-screen San Diego debut at the 2001 Comic-Con…

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GHOST WORLD TAKES OVER SAN DIEGO

The San Diego Comic-Con kicks off this [ Thursday, July 19th, ] and a definite opening-day highlight is the San Diego premiere of Terry Zwigoff and Daniel...

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PULP FICTION

The 1995 Academy Awards were a great dividing line in pop culture. Either you were a "Pulp Fiction" man or a "Forrest Gump" supporter. I have to admit that...

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TRUE ROMANCE

God I wish I had written this movie. The ultimate goal of a writer is to pen something snappy and cast himself as the hero, and Quentin Tarantino pulls it...

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RESERVOIR DOGS

"Reservoir Dogs" hit the film community like a small nuclear bomb. I can't remember a movie getting me so excited about what you could do with a little bit...

JP3'S EVOLVING DINOS: AN INTERVIEW WITH STAN WINSTON (part 2)

"Jurassic Park 3" introduces a couple new dinosaurs, one of them being the pteranodon. What exactly was the discussion in making the pteranodons? ^ Each...

VIOLENT KIDS! TERRORISTS! DELUSIONAL INMATES! TARANTINO! (part 5)

Takeshi "Beat" Kitano is a leathery-faced, 53-year-old Japanese filmmaker whose laconic, silent cool makes Clint Eastwood look like Robin Williams on...

VIOLENT KIDS! TERRORISTS! DELUSIONAL INMATES! TARANTINO! (part 6)

Indeed, authority is the name of the game in Battle Royale, a grisly, controversial little slice of sicko cinema that also features Kitano. This time, he's...

VIOLENT KIDS! TERRORISTS! DELUSIONAL INMATES! TARANTINO! (part 2)

"You were found next to a 1953 Ford, hypothermic, unconscious, at a quarry by a cliff," says an iceberg of a psychiatrist (Hope Davis) to confused mental...

VIOLENT KIDS! TERRORISTS! DELUSIONAL INMATES! TARANTINO! (part 3)

An antidote to "Final"'s sleepy pace and drab cinematography is Dead or Alive, a visual smelling salt that's sure to jolt even the most jaded action fans...

VIOLENT KIDS! TERRORISTS! DELUSIONAL INMATES! TARANTINO! (part 4)

Another thriller that takes itself far more seriously is the intense Swedish film, Before the Storm. Directed by Reza Parsa, this surprising and...

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