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DIVINE PIXELS OR DEVIL’S PAINTBOX?

By | May 2004

Digital trickery runs rampant throughout most films. Whether that is a good thing or not depends on your perspective…

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DIVINE PIXELS OR DEVIL’S PAINTBOX?

"Ya gotta take the bitter with the sweet." That was a line my granddad was fond of quoting and although he was referring to his unholy mix of bottom-shelf...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “DOWN AMONG THE Z-MEN”

BOOTLEG FILES 030: "Down Among the Z Men" (1952 comedy with the stars of BBC Radio's "Goon Show"). LAST SEEN: One-time screening in New York in...

ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: OLD AND CREEPY, THE HORROR FILMS OF VAL LEWTON

After an extended break where my boyfriend’s mother called and insisted to do our taxes over the phone, a few people left and a few more people showed up...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT CHILDREN’S MOVIES

As a father-to-be (just recently became that father - ed.) I get a lot of people advising me that I will no longer be able to watch the kinds of films I...

MOVIES ON THE BRAIN: “MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD̶

1:01 – It’s not really a sailing movie unless Brian Doyle-Murray is around to insult Chris Elliot and there’s a tobacco-spitting cupcake. 1:03 –...

ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: OLD AND CREEPY, THE HORROR FILMS OF VAL LEWTON

After the success of our Argento fest and the official end of exam season for most of our friends, this week was shaping up to be quite the party. Which...

MOVIES ON THE BRAIN: “MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD̶

I’m more or less looking forward to this one. My opinion of Russell Crowe is that he could be a pretty good actor if he would cut out the would-be epic...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “CHASTITY”

BOOTLEG FILES 029: "Chastity" (1969 debacle with a Sonny-less Cher as a teenage runaway). LAST SEEN: On the Showtime cable channel two years...

MOVIES ON THE BRAIN: “TIMELINE”

I read the Michael Crichton book this is based on a few years ago and was pretty intrigued when I heard it was being made into a movie. That anticipation...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: REDNECK STEW

The soundtrack from "Pulp Fiction" is pumping out of the speakers as I write this, and I have no problem picturing Zed and the gimp. Can't get enough of...

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