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BEYOND THE NORM

By | July 2005

BEST OF 2005! Norm Hill and Subversive Cinema resurrect exploitation classics onto superlative DVD editions. They also out-class
major studio competitors at their own game…

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BEYOND THE NORM

If Rodney Bingenheimer is the Rock ‘n Roll Mayor of Sunset Strip, Norm Hill is the Obscure Film Ambassador of Seattle. Emerging from the cinema catacombs...

Bootleg Files Features

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BOOTLEG FILES 087: "The Captain Hates the Sea” (1934 comedy starring John Gilbert and the Three Stooges). LAST SEEN: We believe the last public...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA”

Few movie stars experienced as rapid of a fall from grace as John Gilbert. MGM’s reigning star of the mid-to-late 1920s, Gilbert was among the most...

ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: J-HORRIBLE

One of the challenges of hosting a weekly movie night is being able to come up with interesting and engaging programs week after week. Having general...

ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: J-HORRIBLE

Overall, reaction was mixed but generally favorable. We had our traditional break wherein three of our group left, then on with the show. Because...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: BAN THIS FILM

I’m thirty-four years old, and I still find it hard to believe that there are other adults out there who think it is perfectly acceptable to tell me what...

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS: THE ISLAND

Oh my God, Michael Bay is back. We tried exiling him to the island of Elba after Armageddon. We tried spinning three times, throwing a shaker of salt over...

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Once we got there, we realized just how many people 1100 were. Or, in this case, 820 (as some opted out of the more-expensive post-party tickets). Though...

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Spoilage ahead fair readers. First off, I have to say when I heard that Warner Bros. decided to remake “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” I...

ZOMBIES RETURN TO PITTSBURGH: THE “LAND OF THE DEAD” PREMIERE – PART

The theater was rapidly beginning to pack even as we arrived. Reporters and photographers from most of the local television stations, newspapers, etc.,...

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