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FOOTAGE FETISHES: “THE WARRIORS”

By | November 2003

It’s time for another trip in the Way-Back Machine with Pete Vonder Haar as he takes a look at “The Warriors.” “As a kid – for whom the ultimate personification of evil so far in his life had been a tall asthmatic in a black samurai helmet – the Baseball Furies were hella cool…”

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FOOTAGE FETISHES: “THE WARRIORS”

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When Kill Bill Vol. 1 was released there was some controversy generated by the amount of violence in the film. Granted, the movie's mayhem is so over the...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2003

Power. It's all about perception. But perception is everything in Tinseltown. Hollywood runs on hot air fueled by publicists and the media, which is why...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2003 (1-10)

1. JACK VALENTI Must every failure in Hollywood be elected to run something? Valenti’s ban on screeners is the equivalent of rigging the game in an...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2003 (11-20)

11. THE ACADEMY When the MPAA threatened to ban award season screeners across the board, Oscar voters were as vocal as any organization. When a...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2003 (21-30)

21. M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN & THE BIG SURPRISE TWIST Okay, The Sixth Sense was a good time, but the whole surprise twist thing has gotten totally out of hand...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2003 (31-40)

31. HALEY JOEL OSMENT His arrival into the land of pubic hair and acne is as awkward as Halle Berry’s acting in the X-Men. And we get to watch! It’s...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD 2003 (41-50)

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Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “GOLD RAIDERS”

Bootleg Files 009: "Gold Raiders" (1951 quickie Western starring the Three Stooges--Moe, Larry and Shemp). Last seen: Occasionally turns up at Three...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “GOLD RAIDERS”

Unless you are a foaming-at-the-mouth Three Stooges fanatic, you probably never heard of "Gold Raiders." This 1951 title is the least known of the...

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