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PUNISHER: WAR ZONE

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More so than any of the other movies, The Punisher is directly responsible for the mayhem and chaos that goes down. As the plot unfolds, we quickly realize that if Castle had simply stayed out of the way, pretty much every bad guy that is targeted by Castle would have been arrested on capital charges in a matter of days anyway.

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PUNISHER: WAR ZONE

In this current age of rebooting one comic franchise or horror franchise after another, it is still something of a milestone that we have a single property...

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LARRY FLYNT: THE RIGHT TO BE LEFT ALONE (DVD)

"Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone", directed by Joan Brooker-Mark, is a slapdash piece of filmmaking that doesn't do justice to its subject. Without...

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BURN AFTER READING (DVD)

"It's our Tony Scott 'Bourne Identity' movie," Ethan Coen remarks in the all-too-brief bonus features on the "Burn After Reading" DVD. After a perfectly...

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MY NAME IS BRUCE

It seems that the tale of the self-depreciating actor is almost becoming a sub-genre all its own. Granted, the idea of a famous actor spoofing or...

BRUISED AND BATTERED: 2008 CINEVEGAS FILM FESTIVAL WRAP-UP

Originally ran on FilmThreat.com on 06/27/08 I think I aged a year for every one of my 10 days in Vegas, coincidentally matching up with the CineVegas...

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THE WILD HORSE REDEMPTION (DVD)

John Zaritsky’s documentary focuses on a program at a Colorado correctional facility where inmates are involved in the training of wild mustangs. The...

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CASABLANCA: ULTIMATE COLLECTOR’S EDITION (DVD)

It's "Casablanca." Do I need to say anything else? Maybe you think it's a mushy "chick flick," but all I can say is this: Rent it sometime. You don't have...

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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

Rod Lurie’s "Nothing But The Truth" is the very definition of professionalism. It is a rock-solid entertainment, made by adults, starring adults, and...

DEADCENTER 2008: THE NAKED AND THE DEADCENTER

Originally ran on FilmThreat.com on 06/20/08 Everything was perfect. The end. That’s the gist of the article Kim Haywood, Chief Operations Officer of...

JOHN ANDERSON: BUZZING THE B LIST

Not every classic film is a big budget bonanza, as proven in “The B List: The National Society of Film Critics on the Low Budget Beauties, Genre-Bending...

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