Monthly Archives: April 2008

CONFESSION OF PAIN

By | April 2008

2008 PHILADELPHIA FILM FESTIVAL “DANGER AFTER DARK” FEATURE! The film too often skips on suspense and is stuck on a tortured protagonist, which leaves this misfire pondering its own title…

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CONFESSION OF PAIN

Bong's got the P.I. blues, with memories of his pregnant wife's suicide and a drinking problem, to boot. Having left the police force, he assists a...

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SHOW BUSINESS: THE ROAD TO BROADWAY (DVD)

Dori Berinstein’s documentary traces the creation of four musicals during the 2003-2004 Broadway theater season. On the surface, this quartet has little...

EVERYONE HAS TO "DEAL": INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM H. MACY

With such a triumphant career, you'd think things would go easy for William H. Macy. Many of his protagonists are down on their luck, but it's hard to...

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THERE WILL BE BLOOD (DVD)

Sometimes I'll hear people say that they didn't like a particular film because the lead character wasn't likeable. I've never bought into that idea, and I...

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YOUR UNIVERSITY POLICE: ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

If you are planning to engage in acts of criminal mischief on the grounds of Arkansas State University, be warned that there’s an 18-officer police...

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THE LOST (DVD)

“What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done?” It’s a question asked by two characters and it forms the central theme of Chris Silvertson’s...

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[REC]

Found Footage films are becoming the newest trend in horror films and the reason for that is that they’re very reflective of our culture as the genre can...

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RACK 'EM AND PACK 'EM: CLOSING CLOVEY…

So, I never closed out the "Cloverfield" Investigation properly and for many reasons. Mainly it was because I may continue the viral explosion if there...

TOM AND DAVE'S "4TH DIMENSION"

Billed as "a meditative examination into the mind of an introverted genius who obsesses to solve the complexity of time," Philadelphia natives Tom Mattera...

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THE DEAL

The Hollywood satire is as American as any of our genres. Soon after film stock first began to roll, stars and filmmakers turned the camera about-face to...

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