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EVILMAKER DOUBLE FEATURE (DVD)

By | November 2008

Four women decide to take refuge in an abandoned house. The Evilmaker stalks and kills them. That description actually makes it sound better than what it is…

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EVILMAKER DOUBLE FEATURE (DVD)

The pipe in Pipedream's Entertainment, purveyor of these films, must be a crack pipe that someone was smoking from when he (and it has to be a he) thought...

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O’ HORTEN

With “O’ Horten,” “Factotum” filmmaker Bent Hamer gives us another look at the daily routine of a man at odds with the world around him, except...

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DETROIT METAL CITY

Adapted from the popular cult manga by Kiminori Wakasugi, Toshio Lee's "Detroit Metal City" is a colourful, campy and very funny ode to following your...

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JFK: ULTIMATE COLLECTOR’S EDITION (DVD)

When I first saw "JFK" in college, what jazzed me up was the way the story was told. I loved, and still love, the Machiavellian scheming. The head games....

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SMASHING PUMPKINS: IF ALL GOES WRONG (DVD)

Generally when you hear news of a formally popular band getting back together after years of being slowly marginalized, it feels like a paycheck move. Get...

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LIVEWIRE

Supposedly based on a true story, "Livewire" looks at the world of horse racing, gambling, and the desire of hardcore gamblers everywhere to take luck out...

2008 LONE STAR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES LINEUP

The Lone Star International Film Festival, Fort Worth, in Sundance Square, today announced Christine Jeffs’ SUNSHINE CLEANING will screen on Wednesday,...

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BATMAN: THE COMPLETE ANIMATED SERIES (DVD)

For many Batman fans, there is no comparison. More than the live-action movies, more than the 1960s TV series, more even than the original comic books,...

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STELLET LICHT (SILENT LIGHT)

Carlos Reygadas' "Stellet Licht," seen in festivals around the world and recently screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, is an unqualified...

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CHE

Before getting underway with this review of Steven Soderbergh’s epic “Che,” I should alert readers to two things. First off, this is a review of both...

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