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Monthly Archives: March 2009
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By the film’s end, one feels glad to have made their cinematic acquaintance.
Linda Atkinson and Nick Doob’s documentary “Carmen & Geoffrey” offers a pleasant but sketchy celebration of Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder,...
Like Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone before him, filmmaker Abel Ferrara got his start in the horror genre – well, not exactly, since his...
When a film lands on my desk as a home-burned DVD, with the title of the movie written in Sharpie on the disc, and no other information provided other than...
Set in the decidedly non-tourist friendly environs of North Philadelphia, “Explicit Ills” – the screenwriting and directorial debut of actor Mark...
In these troubled times, political documentaries are popping up in record numbers. Ever since the controversial polemics of Michael Moore started making...
"Watchmen" is a motion picture of uncommon ambition, technical perfectionism, and inspired artistry . It is also based on a beloved story that is not and...
I can think of almost anything better to do than watching “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li,” a wholly inept action experience that works at...
Had I not been stricken with the flu over the last two days, I was planning on catching an early Friday morning screening of "Street Fighter: The Legend Of...
Some people are just made to be enemies. Tom is always going to hate Jerry. Most of America’s going to always hate George W. I’m always going to...
The short opens with beautiful, life-like animation of flowers blooming, birds flying, and butterflies floating around. The title appears, “Our...