Monthly Archives: February 2002

SHIRI

By | February 2002

IN THEATERS IN LIMITED RELEASE IN NY & LA! It would seem that filmmaker Kang Je-Gyu overdosed on endless Stallone/Schwarzenegger/Van Damme capers…

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SHIRI

"Shiri" is a thoroughly awful Korean production which vainly attempts to recast the slam-bang conventions of American action-adventure flicks into the...

FREE WINONA!

AN OPEN LETTER TO WINONA RYDER: ^ In one of my pettier moments, I said that Winona Ryder couldn't get arrested in Hollywood these days. Well, you proved...

SXSW GETS POLITICAL

Given the current national climate, it is no surprise that South by Southwest Film Festival, which has grown in importance and impact over the last half...

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BEAUTIFUL

Here's a film you won't find on The Fishing Channel any time soon. (Okay, maybe cable TV doesn't have a Fishing Channel yet, but given the existence of the...

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DOWN TO THE BONE

There's something inherently creepy about being buried and becoming "worm food." Natural though the process may be, after spending a lifetime trying to...

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NAMING PRAIRIE

"Naming Prairie" is one of those films that's tough to review because one gets the sense that what we're seeing isn't the whole film. Instead, director...

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WHOA

The only thing worse than looking just like someone else is when that someone else has a group of punks hanging around, waiting to beat the crap out of...

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TOUCHED BY A BURGER

"Oh, THAT'S what's going on!" Such was my palm-to-the-forehead reaction upon reading what director Henry Rivero's bizarre and puzzling short film "Touched...

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THE PITCH

Warning lights inevitably flash when coming across any film that has to do with filmmaking and "The Pitch" was no exception. After all, how entertainng...

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POPULI

Every now and then, a film comes along that simply defies description. "Populi" is just such a film. Director David Russo's mini-masterpiece is all about...

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