Monthly Archives: May 2006

THE BOOTLEG FILES: "CHARLEY'S AUNT"

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Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the funky world of rare, classic and hard-to-find films which can only be obtained via bootleg video channels. This week, Phil goes girl with Art Carney in drag…

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: "CHARLEY'S AUNT"

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BOOTLEG FILES 129: "Charley’s Aunt” (1957 TV romp with Art Carney and Jeanette MacDonald). LAST SEEN: In its only broadcast, on March 28,...

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MUD

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I was really impressed with “Mud”. Despite its oddly disjointed film style and its uneven focus, “Mud” is an extraordinarily powerful story,...

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THE GREEN FAERIE

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“The Green Faerie” brings the silent movie back in a very small way. There’s not a WORD of spoken dialogue anywhere, and the plot is advanced via...

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DR. KATZ PROFESSIONAL THERAPIST: SEASON ONE

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When I reviewed “The Critic: The Complete Series” back in 2004, I noted that it and “Dr. Katz Professional Therapist” were the two cult TV shows I...

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PETER BOGDANOVICH AND THE HEARTBREAKERS

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Peter Bogdanovich won't back down from the great wide open film he's doing on Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Bogdanovich admits he's been free falling...

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DONNIE DARKO DIRECTOR PASSPORT CONFUSION

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We're all pretty excited to see how Richard Kelly will follow up "Donnie Darko," especially as details continue to trickle out about his next project...

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NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CLEVER DISTRIBUTION IDEA

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Those wacky cats over at National Lampoon just keep on plugging away. While most of their new films only get a teeny theatrical distribution, they did a...

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CINEMA CPR: "THE WITCH WHO CAME FROM THE SEA"

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What a wild, warped little morsel this is. Like startled beachcombers stumbling onto a bloated whale carcass, viewers of 1976’s “The Witch who came...

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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: SO REAL SURREAL

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The film quality is spotty to say the least. It’s obvious it was done with a cheap camera. The voice of the man on the screen isn’t disguised. His...

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KNIGHT RIDER, THE MOVIE? NO, MICHAEL! DON'T GO THERE!!

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As a kid in the 80's, we liked bad TV. We all loved "B.J. and the Bear," "Diff'rent Strokes," "Riptide" and "The Facts of Life" too, but there's no big...

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