Monthly Archives: June 2009

TURISTAS

By | June 2009

2009 LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW! If you frequent festivals and arthouse cinemas it’s something you’ve seen countless other times.

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TURISTAS

On a road trip to a Chilean national park to do a little jet skiing, Carla tells her husband that she just had an abortion. Instead of grabbin’ some...

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FREEBIE AND THE BEAN (DVD)

Back in 1974, this type of frenetic crud was considered to be popular entertainment. Thirty-five years later, the stupidity of this endeavor is almost...

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POPPY SHAKESPEARE

Welcome to the Nut House. Our guide, known simply as N, is a career outpatient nutter, living off British government-provided “Mad Money” and a happy...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: ARNOLD (1973)

BOOTLEG FILES 288: “Arnold” (1973 dark comedy with Stella Stevens and Roddy McDowall). LAST SEEN: Available on Google Video AMERICAN HOME VIDEO:...

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FOOD, INC.

In 2001, Eric Schlosser's book Fast Food Nation revealed to the world that, when we eat a burger, we are basically eating shit. All mass-produced ground...

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WHAT’S UP, TIGER LILY? (DVD)

Given the fact that most of us have experienced "Rocky Horror Picture Show," the "Mystery Science Theater 3000" TV series, and YouTube re-edits of movie...

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PATRIOTVILLE

I genuinely like Justin Long as an actor. Sure, he’s kind of the poor man’s Jimmy Fallon, but I think the guy can act and time will prove that to be...

MANUFACTURED CONSUMPTION: INTERVIEW WITH FILMMAKER ROBERT KENNER

The opening sentiment to “Food, Inc.” asserts that the way we eat has changed more drastically in the last fifty years than in the last 10,000. This...

SIFF AND SPIN!!! PART THREE

Imagine covering the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival for a magazine, newspaper, or web site. A walk in the park, right? Well, not exactly. More...

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SCRATCH

Forgiveness is hard for some people. It’s especially hard for Joanna, an entomology professor and the daughter of a famous Polish politician from the...

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