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SCHRADER’S EXORCISM (DVD)

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While putting his heart and soul into his prequel to “The Exorcist,” Paul Schrader never expected to have it ripped away and remade by another filmmaker. This documentary shows the unexpected path the movie took and helps explain why Hollywood excels at putting out mediocre movies…

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SCHRADER’S EXORCISM (DVD)

Few hospitals would rip a baby out of its mother’s womb without anesthesia. Fewer still would wait until she passed out and then give her baby to the...

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DIMENSIONALITY

"Dimensionality" features grainy, black and white images of trees and grass at night. A bright flashlight illuminates a female figure among the trees....

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MAX PAYNE

"Max Payne" is a real "eh" endeavor, which is to say that it doesn't do anything that makes me want to praise it, but it also didn't do much to make me...

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THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES

Hollywood has an interesting take on South Carolina. I’m not talking about how it uses the admittedly picturesque state as a scenic backdrop (“The...

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W.

Since I’m finding it fairly impossible to digest the loose, satiric, moving and frustrating film “W.,” I’ll kick off this review with a few words...

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WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

“What Just Happened?” is an industry in-joke between director Barry Levinson and his friends, who just happen to be Hollywood’s heavy weights. Ben...

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BOOTLEG FILES: DON QUIXOTE: THE CINEMA SCENE

BOOTLEG FILES 255 “Don Quixote: The Cinema Scene” (1958-lensed sequence from 0rson Welles’ unfinished film of the Cervantes classic). LAST SEEN:...

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SEX DRIVE

Clark Duke, brown-haired and tubby, is no Jonah Hill. And he's certainly no Michael Cera, though he's best known for co-starring with "Juno"'s baby daddy...

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LOST IN LOVE

“How far would you go for love?” Do you think you would go as far as Guy Orlebar sort of did? You see, Orlebar wrote, directed, edited and produced...

2008 HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUP

The 12th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, co-chaired by Paul Haggis and presented by Starz, have unveiled the line-up of the finalists...

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