Monthly Archives: October 2008

FRONTRUNNERS

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IN LIMITED RELEASE! The beauty of the film is seeing where the politicians of tomorrow come from, and seeing the democratic process at its most disturbingly pure…

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FRONTRUNNERS

Detailing the 2006 campaign for Student Union President of ultra-competitive, elite Stuyvesant High School in New York City, Caroline Suh's documentary...

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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INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL: 2-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)

Over the past decade-plus, I've heard plenty of people say that Lucas and Spielberg have ruined their childhoods, between the "Star Wars" Special Editions,...

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CHAPLIN: 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (DVD)

I'm not surprised that Lionsgate timed this DVD's release with the home video debut of Robert Downey, Jr.'s "Iron Man." They obviously wanted to capitalize...

2008 AFI FEST ADDS “LAST CHANCE HARVEY” AT LAST MINUTE

AFI FEST 2008 presented by Audi: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival has announced that Joel Hopkins’s LAST CHANCE HARVEY will be a late addition...

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QUARANTINE

It is somewhat ironic that a week before seeing this film, my wife and I found ourselves walking through the "Quarantine" maze at Knott's Scary Farm...

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THE NIGHT OF THE WHITE PANTS (DVD)

"The Night of the White Pants" is predominantly that: the tale of a single life-changing evening in the life of the Hagen family. Patriarch Max Hagen...

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ELEGY

Philip Roth is the poet laureate of the modern male id so I was curious to see what a female director might do with The Dying Animal, the author’s 2001...

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COWARDS BEND THE KNEE (DVD)

The physicality of a contact sport seeps deep into an athlete's memory. With the hits and movements repeated during gameplay, a player's mind soon falls...

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THE EXPRESS

Every year since 1935, the Heisman Trophy has been given to a college football player (usually an upperclassman) whose athletic abilities and achievements...

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