Monthly Archives: March 2004

DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS

By | March 2004

IN THEATERS! The portrayal of the Cuban people in this film is one of the most glaring stereotypes I’ve seen in a long time. Shown as happy, singing paupers in the street, their only escape is dancing in clubs…

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DIRTY DANCING: HAVANA NIGHTS

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“Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights” is really a philosophical film. It challenges its audience to ask questions, namely, “Why?” Why was this movie even...

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THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST

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It's a subject that has no bounds. Everyone is fully aware of what this story is about because we've all heard the tale at one time or another, and now...

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THE DREAMERS

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To most American moviegoers, especially those under 25, the world evoked in Bernardo Bertolucci's latest may seem as fantastic as those in which Tim...

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GHOST OF THE NEEDLE (DVD)

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I used to have a rule. I had always been nervous, when I looked at a DVD box and noticed that the writer and the director were the same person. It had...

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BLOOD REAPER (DVD)

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Behold...the power of cheese--y movies filmed on a camcorder with someone's allowance money and on the strength of a script so ridiculous that I wouldn't...

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THE 22ND SFIAAFF ROLLS OUT

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With more than 121 films and videos the 22nd San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival goes down March 4-11 at the AMC Kabuki 8 Theatres and...

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FILMMAKERS SLING DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS ON EBAY

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And we thought the F-18s and haunted paintings were a little peculiar. Now someone, a pair of filmmakers, are auctioning distribution rights to their...

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AMERICAN “INNOCENCE” THIS FALL

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Looks like Innocence, the sequel to "Ghost in the Shell," will get an American theatrical release this fall, limited to ten cities. Let the anticipation...

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“FREDDY VS. THE GHOSTBUSTERS” IS COMING

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It's in the commentary on the "Freddy vs. Jason" DVD that someone makes a crack about a possible Freddy and Ghostbusters tangling. Looks like someone took...

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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE SOUND OF FILM

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Film Threat's forum section recently ran a thread on movie soundtracks. Ironically, I was actually working on this column when that first appeared, so...

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