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SIFF AND SPIN!!! PART TWO

By | June 2009

SIFF 2009 COVERAGE! Week Two of the Seattle International Film Festival brings Black Dynamite, Undead Babies, and Dandelion Dust…

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SIFF AND SPIN!!! PART TWO

“The smoothest, baddest brother to hit the big screen! Ice cold never felt so good!” Who is this funktastic badass at Seattle International Film...

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LAND OF THE LOST

While I’m unsure if every Will Ferrell comedy vehicle launches in the summertime, it sure as hell feels like it. And by my personal logic, since it’s...

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PRESSURE COOKER

The teacher film is as big a curse as any other crowd-pleasing genre. The format's build-up to the characters' success is nothing more than the...

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BILLIE HOLIDAY: THE LIFE AND ARTISTRY OF LADY DAY (DVD)

This documentary, which is being released without any credits (did it direct itself?) and with an unidentified British male narrator, covers the brilliant...

DOUBLE “BILL”

David Carradine has opened an industrial-sized vat of whoop-ass over his long and checkered career, so it’s not surprising that a tinge of anxiety would...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: POPEYE IN “YOU’RE A SAP, MR. JAP”

BOOTLEG FILES 286: “You’re a Sap, Mr. Jap” (1942 cartoon starring Popeye the Sailor). LAST SEEN: Available on several Web sites. AMERICAN HOME...

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THE WAY WE GET BY

The Iraq War is without a doubt the most filmed ongoing military engagement in history, with Wikipedia listing no less than 34 entries for the query "Iraq...

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WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY? (DVD)

The documentary “What Would Jesus Buy?” focuses on Reverend Billy and his Church of Stop Shopping. You may have seen him on the news. You may have...

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EVIL THINGS (DVD)

The “found footage” horror subgenre has grown in popularity since "The Blair Witch Project" made box office predictors rethink their careers. The...

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WONDERFUL WORLD

My stance on the films of Matthew Broderick has long been a controversial one. I particularly dislike the much beloved “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.”...

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