Monthly Archives: February 2009

FRIDAY THE 13TH

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The question isn’t whether Nispel’s remake is better than the 1980 original (it isn’t) but whether anything original is brought into the mix.

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FRIDAY THE 13TH

We can brace ourselves for the usual diatribes against Michael Bay (and Platinum Dunes) for his incessant exhumation and cloning of late 20th century...

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GOMORRAH

“Gomorrah” comes to U.S. with an impeccable pedigree: it won the Grand Prize at Cannes and the Best Picture honor at the European Film Awards, and it...

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AMATEUR PORN STAR KILLER 3: THE FINAL CHAPTER

If you didn’t like the first two in the “Amateur Porn Star Killer (APSK) series,” you won’t like this one. And keep in mind that the cut of...

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HE’S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU

There’s a point about halfway into “He’s Just Not That Into You” that actually offers a brief glimmer of hope to weary veterans of a thousand...

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MIRACLE AT ST. ANNA (DVD)

There's a phrase you often hear in the film business: the spine of the story. It refers to the through-line of the plot, off which hang the individual...

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SQUEEZEBOX

There was this really great party, it went on every Friday for seven years throughout the 90s, it was very rock-n-roll and very ambi-sexual (with an accent...

BEN OHMART CHANNELS THE VOICE OF FRED FLINTSTONE

In 1977, actor Alan Reed passed away. You may not recognize the name, but you’ll know the voice immediately – he played Fred Flintstone on the...

‘CHICK FLICKS’ THAT AREN’T REALLY ‘CHICK FLICKS’

I've always had a theory that there is no such thing as a good 'chick flick'. In that, I meant that a chick flick was by nature a bad film, made by people...

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FROZEN RIVER (Blu Ray)

The Film: "Frozen River" is one of the best films of 2008... period. Whatever issues I have with the Oscars this year, all will be forgiven if Melissa Leo...

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BACK TO THE FUTURE (DVD)

If you already own the three-disc set released by Universal in 2002, you probably have all the bonus materials that will satisfy a casual "Back to the...

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