Monthly Archives: July 2009

500 DAYS OF SUMMER

By | July 2009

IN LIMITED RELEASE! That’s right – Marc Webb, Scott Neustadter, and Michael H. Weber just kicked the hell out of Hollywood their first time up.

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500 DAYS OF SUMMER

You’re going to hear a lot about “500 Days of Summer” over the next few months. All of the good stuff is true. Any bad stuff you hear is not. ...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME

BOOTLEG FILES 293: “Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome” (1947 feature starring Boris Karloff and Ralph Byrd) LAST SEEN: The film can be found on YouTube. ...

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Orphan

From Rhoda in “The Bad Seed” to Damien in the “Omen,” children have been some of the best villains. It’s partly due to the collective anxiety...

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THIRST

One the undisputed stars of the so-called Korean new wave of a few years back, poor Park Chan-wook is experiencing a bit of a critical backlash these days....

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I LOVE YOU, BETH COOPER

Class valedictorian Paul Cooverman (Paul Rust) has some things to say to his graduating class as he takes the podium. He calls out a kid who bullied him...

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WEAK SPECIES

“Weak Species” upturns expectation as if this were its reason for existence. This short concerns a high school youth whom we are likely to call openly...

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DEPARTURES

This year's Oscars broadcast was short on surprises. No one streaked past the host. Roberto Benigni did not clamber over the seat in front of him and...

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WATCHMEN DIRECTOR’S CUT: TWO-DISC SPECIAL EDITION (DVD)

Forewarned is forearmed: an insert in this DVD promises a 5-disc "Watchmen: Ultimate Collector's Edition" coming out this holiday season, so the die-hards...

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MUST LOVE DEATH

The horror-comedy hybrid is already a well established subgenre, and the zom-rom-com is quickly becoming it's own sub-sub-genre, so it shouldn't come as...

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LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS

When it comes to ear catching titles, "Lesbian Vampire Killers" is certainly up there. The question then is whether or not a film could possibly live up to...

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