Monthly Archives: February 2007

THE GOOD WORKER

By | February 2007

There’s been plenty of movies about young drug addicts. There are plenty better than this one, too. What “The Good Worker” does have going for it, though, is its silence…

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THE GOOD WORKER

A young man (Mark Dew) is addicted to drugs and unable to show up for work on time. His father (David Bannon) rides his ass, and when his son gets fired...

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FIRST SNOW

A while back I was in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. As I started to settle into my condo, I flipped on the TV to catch the news. The lead...

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VENUS

You know what death looks like in most movies. It looks like a fall from a high rooftop, a knife in the back or the red blossoming that follows a gunshot...

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TOM CRUISE AND BEN STILLER ARE THE HARDY BOY…ERR…”HARDY MEN&#8

We heard about the rumor that Tom Cruise and Ben Stiller would be teaming up with craptastic director Shawn Levy ("Cheaper by the Dozen," "A Night at the...

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PICTUREHOUSE TO ADOPT DEL TORO’S “THE ORPHANAGE”

O.K...so Guillermo del Toro didn't direct Spanish thriller "The Orphanage," but he produced it and the guys got great taste. In fact first timer J.A....

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FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA CONTINUES TO GET TO WORK

As he puts the final touches on his comeback film "Youth Without Youth," Francis Ford Coppola took some time off from stomping grapes to talk about the...

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GYPSY (IMPROV)

"Gypsy (Improv)" takes place in what appears to be an empty club – empty except for serious demeanored cellist Brandon Smith and blonde bombshell of the...

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NETFLIX 2007 ACADEMY AWARDS CONTEST!

You deliver the line, Netflix delivers the movies. Be one of the first 500 participants to post your video of a selected Oscar movie quote and get one...

“BUMP”-ING INTO ROBERT KURTZMAN

As most fans know by now, filmmaker/effects master Robert Kurtzman (“Wishmaster”) was one of the original founders of special effects company KNB, Inc....

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“MASTERS OF HORROR,” OR HOW I FUCKED UP A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY…

So, I haven't written up a blog since January, and there's a good reason for that. Life happens. Glasses, a mountain of movies I have to topple, and...

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