Monthly Archives: January 2009

DOLLAR GIRL

By | January 2009

“Dollar Girl” wants to be a hip sex-ploitation flick but comes off like a community theater re-staging of Russ Myers and Quentin Tarantino.

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DOLLAR GIRL

College senior Carla Knight (Regan Deal) learns the scholarship she was counting on has been denied. So she does what any red-blooded American girl would...

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DEAR ZACHARY: A LETTER TO A SON ABOUT HIS FATHER

I’ve said this before, but one of the worst parts of dying in a violent fashion is that the focus of your entire life often becomes the sensationalist...

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DEFIANCE

Just in time for awards season comes “Defiance,” the next entry in the immortal but nebulous genre of the holocaust film. It is odd territory this...

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WALTZ WITH BASHIR

Even in this day and age, the art of animation is still considered something primarily for the amusement of families and children. Even the more...

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THE UNBORN

There is a typical cliché amongst film criticism that is used to describe a writer or director’s career all too often. It’s something you’ve heard...

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THE WAMEGO ULTIMATUM (DVD)

The trilogy is complete. Firecracker and Watch Out filmmaker Steve Balderson is back with the third installment in his Wamego documentary series that...

SAWDENLY STOLEN?

It’s a story like many, many others before it. A director has a vision, and scrapes together whatever cash he can beg, borrow or sell his blood for and...

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$100 AND A T-SHIRT

At first glance you might think the title of director Joe Biel’s documentary, $100 and a T-Shirt, might be describing the film’s budget. The lighting...

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I KICKED LUIS GUZMAN IN THE FACE

Who doesn’t like a good face-kicking movie? Fans of the genre can rest assured that this short is the triumph of boot-between-the-eyes contact they all...

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THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL

"The Day The Earth Stood Still" is the definition of a ‘so-so’ movie. It’s not particularly good, but it’s competent and more or less successful...

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