Monthly Archives: August 2007

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “DARKTOWN STRUTTERS”

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Phil Hall’s The Bootleg Files explores the wild world of classic and kooky flicks that can only be found on bootlegged videos and DVD. This week, Phil digs up a blaxploitation gem that deserves to be seen again.

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “DARKTOWN STRUTTERS”

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BOOTLEG FILES 195: “Darktown Strutters” (1975 blaxploitation comedy that has to be seen to be believed). LAST SEEN: The entire film is available for...

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SERVING UP “BOBBY DOGS”: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER T.K. REILLY

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A few months ago, I was having dinner at home when the telephone began to ring. I was doubly annoyed because I hate having my meals interrupted by...

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MR. BEAN'S HOLIDAY

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For fans around the world who know and laugh at/with him, one word says it all: Bean (enunciated in a low-bass voice). Rowan Atkinson once again brings...

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THE NANNY DIARIES

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In 2002, St. Martin’s Press published a novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus about an NYU student’s (mis)adventures while baby-sitting the four...

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ROCKET SCIENCE

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A few years back, there was a little indie film that hit big by the name of “Napoleon Dynamite.” I think that the film “Rocket Science”, in a way,...

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SERVING UP "BOBBY DOGS": INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER T.K. REILLY

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A few months ago, I was having dinner at home when the telephone began to ring. I was doubly annoyed because I hate having my meals interrupted by...

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THE BOOTLEGGER’S PLIGHT…

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I thought I'd read it all during Excess Hollywood when Doug often talked of folks who complained that their movies were faulty because it came in...

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THE BOOTLEGGER’S PLIGHT…

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I thought I'd read it all during Excess Hollywood when Doug often talked of folks who complained that their movies were faulty because it came in...

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SNEAKING "ON THE LOT": THE FINALE

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For thirteen weeks, I've watched a ratings dud simply because it had the slightest cinematic relevance and then written about what I'd seen. Finally, Fox's...

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SNEAKING “ON THE LOT”: THE FINALE

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For thirteen weeks, I've watched a ratings dud simply because it had the slightest cinematic relevance and then written about what I'd seen. Finally, Fox's...

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