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CHEF SAYS: I WISH I COULD QUIT YOU, CHIRREN

By | March 2006

So after all the hubbub over Isaac Hayes quitting “South Park,” we find out it’s not true at all. According to Fox…

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CHEF SAYS: I WISH I COULD QUIT YOU, CHIRREN

So after all the hubbub over Isaac Hayes quitting "South Park," we find out it's not true at all. According to Fox News (so it must be true) Hayes is still...

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NETWORK: TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)

Watching “Network” three decades after it was first released (“Still mad as hell after 30 years,” the DVD cover proclaims), I was amazed at Paddy...

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TYLER PERRY'S MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION

As a playwright, Tyler Perry delivers an innovative form of light entertainment. His stage version of “Madea’s Family Reunion” features himself as...

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ULTRAVIOLET

A survey of Milla Jovovich’s film career turns up action films like “The Fifth Element” (Luc Besson, 1997), “The Messenger” (Luc Besson, 1999),...

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GOLDSTEIN (DVD)

You have to, you just have to appreciate a film company that’s willing to distribute rare films to the film buffs of America, and one of the prime...

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THANK YOU FOR SMOKING

[Note: For some reason that supposedly involves a problem with the reels, the Sundance U.S. premiere screening on which this review is based was missing...

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GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK (DVD)

When George Clooney gave his acceptance speech at the Oscars this year and proclaimed that he was glad Hollywood is out of touch—bringing up the...

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BLEAK HOUSE (DVD)

There are many authors I haven’t yet read extensively, chief among them Charles Dickens, by curiosity built up from years of watching movie adaptations...

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EXORCISM: THE POSSESSION OF GAIL BOWERS (DVD)

I’ve heard good things about Asylum Entertainment and up until now, they seemed to be really heading in a good direction creative-wise, but lately, all...

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HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE: TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)

It was always possible that despite Chris Columbus’ missteps in the opening films of the “Harry Potter” series, greatness in magical filmmaking could...

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