Monthly Archives: July 2008

TRUFFE

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2008 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! The film is full of deadpan and dark humor, but this deadpan focus actually serves to distance the audience from the proceedings…

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TRUFFE

2008 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! It is the near future. Global warming has had a very strange effect on the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district of Montreal:...

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WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR?

2008 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! For victims of extreme bullying, the advent of the internet has been a both a blessing and a curse. Used in a positive...

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SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO

So, everyone knows that Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" begat "The Magnificent Seven" and that "Yojimbo" was the inspiration for "A Fistful of Dollars." Now,...

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[REC]

2008 FANTASIA FILM FESTIVAL FEATURE! When was the last time you were scared at a movie? I mean really scared? Can't remember, can you? Well for those of...

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FANTASIA 2008 OPENING NIGHT: TRUFFLES AND SUKIYAKI

Went to Fantasia Festival opening night yesterday. Was awesome as always. Watched two great films, the French Canadian "Truffe" and Takashi Miike's...

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THE WACKNESS

Teen movies about finding yourself in the transition between high school and college have been run into the ground, so it was a complete shock for me when...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: CHE!

BOOTLEG FILES 240: Che!” (1969 biopic starring Omar Sharif as Che Guevara and Jack Palance as Fidel Castro). LAST SEEN: We are unable to confirm the...

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HANCOCK

The concept of the angst-ridden superhero is hardly new. Those gloomy Marvel kids have always been alienated from mainstream society, for example, but it...

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DROP BOX (DVD)

I will state this as bluntly as possible: The camera loves Rachel Sehl, and she can act. She drips with bitchy sexuality and makes it desirable, while her...

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NEW "HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE" PICS…

These were forwarded on to me; they apparently ran in USA Today. Check 'em out, let me know what you think of these very non-spoilery shots of...

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