Monthly Archives: October 2006

BEAT THE BASTARD DOWN

By | October 2006

Improv can be the cruelest way to reveal inadequate talents. But with “Beat the Bastard Down,” the improv approach taken by Traynor and his company results in a genuinely surprising and thoroughly entertaining commentary on the battle of the sexes…

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BEAT THE BASTARD DOWN

Baltimore filmmaker Jimmy Traynor took a huge risk in creating his new feature “Beat the Bastard Down”: the film would be shot guerrilla-style over a...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE GAYEST, JESUS-IEST HERO EVER

Rarely do you see two polar opposite groups of people embrace one particular thing and claim it as their own... unless that object of worship is none other...

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RUNNING WITH SCISSORS

It’s obviously no picnic to grow up with an insane mother, distant father, and a surrogate family that isn’t quite right in its collective head. ...

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CLIMATES

For those who only know Turkish cinema for the no-budget, ultra-zany ripoffs of Hollywood classics, Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Climates” will come as an...

THIRD SCREEN FILM FESTIVAL PHONES IN THE AWARDS

A very different film festival took place in Los Angeles last night with cinema buffs huddled around cell phones rather than gazing up at the big screen to...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “SUBMISSION”

BOOTLEG FILES 153: “Submission” (2004 short film that resulted in the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh). LAST SEEN: Available for viewing at several...

News

“BORAT” FOLLOW-UP TRIGGERS MARRRVELOUS BIDDING WAR

Fans of HBO's "Da Ali G Show" will be thrilled to hear Sacha Baron Cohens follow-up to the overhyped "Borat" will be none other than "Bruno," his super-gay...

Blogs

RORY DROPS “STUDIO 60,” FELIX BRAVES “30 ROCK”…

While "Saturday Night Live" crawls on like the injured Chihuahua you're about to run over the second time with your jeep, it's spawned two new shows...

News

STALLONE CONTINUES TO BEAT LONG DEAD HORSES

Granted, the trailer for the new "Rocky" movie is intriguing. But does the world really need another "Rambo" movie? Well need it or not, it's currently...

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CLOONEY AND COHENS: BACK IN ACTION

No true surprise here folks. George Clooney and Joel and Ethan Cohen are teaming up for their third film together. "Burn After Reading" is the story of a...

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