Monthly Archives: June 2005

A JOKER’S CARD

By | June 2005

NEW FAN FILM! When paying tribute doesn’t sufficiently express your love for a book, a movie, or a narrative style, you must resort to emulating it in the spirit of campy fun—which is exactly what writer-director Johnny K. Wu does in his DC Comics parody “A Joker’s Card”…

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A JOKER’S CARD

When paying tribute doesn’t sufficiently express your love for a book, a movie, or a narrative style, you must resort to emulating it in the spirit of...

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THE BEAT THAT MY HEART SKIPPED

Regardless of his or her swimming skills, if you throw a person into a large body of water, self-preservation kicks in and that person will struggle to...

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THE MILK CAN

On the surface, “The Milk Can” is about a war between two small towns, Ferndale (where the original “Salem’s Lot” miniseries was shot) and...

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JIBJAB: THE EARLY YEARS 1999 – 2004 (DVD)

The DVD for “JibJab: The Early Years” features a quote from Jay Leno expressing his love for the fellows at JibJab. When Leno heralds these quote...

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THE DANCER (DVD)

In each art form, there is a process. Filmmakers break down their goals and methods by way of what needs to be done, how they can do each scene, how much...

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MARCH OF THE PENGUINS

Emperor Penguins move so gracefully and uniquely that it only makes sense a film like Luc Jacquet’s “March of the Penguins” should revel in them....

GET YOUR CON-CAN ON

CON-CAN Movie Festival, hosted by CON-CAN Media Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, is an online film festival targeting short films up to 20 min. The entry period of...

DAVID GIARDINA: PULLING “TAFFY”

At a time when so many horror films and thrillers literally clobber the viewer with an excess of CGI trickery and endless violence and gore, the small...

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FILM THREAT DVD PATROLS THE “FRONTIER” WITH “LIGEIA”

Keeping up their roles as distributor to the best undiscovered indie-film gems around, Film Threat DVD announces the release of Frontier by David and...

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MARDI GRAS: MADE IN CHINA

What do mass-produced clothes, electronics, toys, and hair accessories have in common? If you look at their tags, you’ll see that nearly every one of...

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