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THE TWELVE HOLLYWOOD COMMANDMENTS

By | September 2004

OR HOW TO RUN A MOVIE STUDIO WITHOUT MAKING A COMPLETE A*S OF YOURSELF! What I’ve come up with are twelve simple rules that if followed religiously, will have people thinking you’re a genius…

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THE TWELVE HOLLYWOOD COMMANDMENTS

Okay, here’s a hypothetical situation. Through some fluke of luck, fate, kismet, or having a rich uncle die, you have become the CEO of a major...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “1984”

BOOTLEG FILES 047: "1984" (the 1954 BBC production and the 1956 British feature film versions of the Orwell novel). LAST SEEN: The 1954 version was...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “1984”

In the past half-century, there have been four adaptations of George Orwell's landmark novel "1984." Strangely, none of them is currently available for...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: I KILLED BAMBI

As if Disney didn’t have enough money, now its fans are insisting I see its movies so that I can “get them” and stop “wrecking their image.” As...

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS: “SKY CAPTAIN & THE WORLD OF TOMORROW”

As it says below, one of my favorite posters, as well as one of my favorite films, is "The Rocketeer". I love the art-deco look of the poster, with the...

SUMMER OF STINK 2004

15. Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid ^ It offers audiences a chance to get out of the August heat for 90 minutes. 14. Shrek 2 ^ Anyone wanting to...

SUMMER OF STINK 2004

Another summer, another stench circling U.S. movie theaters. As stinky as many of last year's films were, it still gave us one of the most solid summer...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA”

BOOTLEG FILES 046: "Mourning Becomes Electra" (three hours of Eugene O'Neill's Americanized Greek tragedy). LAST SEEN: Broadcast on Turner Classic Movies...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA”

This week in The Bootleg Files, we take a look at an infamous Americanized Greek tragedy. No, it is not the films of Nia Vardalos - it is the 1947 version...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: LATEX DREAMS AND CGI NIGHTMARES

When I was a teen it wasn’t directors or actors who got me to go see a horror film. It was the people behind the special effects. Savini. Baker. ...

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