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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: I KILLED BAMBI

By | September 2004

We have parents and would-be parents out there who were raised on Disney and have carried that habit into their adult lives. If they don’t already have children, they will, and then they will feed them the same damn thing. I want to break the cycle…

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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. ...

FILM THREAT’S TOP 10 LOST FILMS PART 2

1. THE BETRAYAL (1948). Pioneering African-American film director/producer/distributor Oscar Micheaux created a staggering output of all-black films...

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS: “RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE”

Gaming, as a trend, has completely passed me by. Back in my junior high/high school days, gaming was a term reserved for those who put on their cloaks and...

THEY LOVE THE ’60S!

Ever since about "The Big Chill," countless American films have featured middle-aged folks reminiscing about their idealistic, 1960s youth. Sex, drugs,...

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