Monthly Archives: July 2006

ROUNDING FIRST

By | July 2006

Twelve-year-old Joe and his friends Tiger and Chris are sent to baseball camp for part of the summer. When Joe gets the idea that his parents are taking a trip without him that may somehow involve his older brother, the three boys decide to follow the adults to their destination. Hijinks ensue…

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ROUNDING FIRST

First, I must get one little point of contention off my chest. This movie is set in Allentown, PA in 1980. There are two separate scenes where characters...

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THE PURE EXODUS

Director Shane Ryan does an art film that kind of plays like something people would do in college if they had skills. I won’t even attempt to explain...

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SHIFT

“Shift” is the story of all those late-night shifts across America, of the cleaning women sweeping and vacuuming through an office building, of ovens...

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CHANCE MEETING

Why do two college students, a law major and a theater major, sitting on a park bench matter at all? Why, for a one-joke premise of course in which the...

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SEE JANE DANCE

In all that we’ve learned from the movies, such as how to catch a killer, it’s always been clear that any life can be changed by learning how to dance....

FILM PHONICS: "THE NIGHT PORTER"

* * *.5 Director: Liliana Cavani Writers: Liliana Cavani (screenplay); Barbara Alberti, Italo Moscati, Amedeo Pagani (story) Producer: Esa de Simone &...

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TOUCHED

“Touched” seems like it was adapted from a play. Most of it takes place in a death row prison cell and is a conversation between Reverend Tucker...

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FEEL BETTER ROGER EBERT…

Dear Roger Ebert, This may be late. I'm writing this letter to you in a time of great sadness. On July 3rd, I was sitting at some bar somewhere, and they...

SOMEBODY CALL GUINNESS…

Cause I just saw the biggest piece of shit ever! It’s called Dane Cook’s Tourgasm. The premise of this show is simple enough…four comics go on tour...

RUSS RUSSO: INDIE ACTOR TO WATCH

Russ Russo is shadowing me. Or at least we seem to be moving in similar circles. I’ve acted in three movies and Russ has been in the cast with me – but...

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