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THE OSCAR JINX STALKS HOLLYWOOD

By | December 2003

BEST OF 2003! Either you stay at the top of your profession or you work your way down from the dizzy heights of stardom. A surprisingly high number of actors, both major stars and quirky specialty performers, have seen their careers violently fizzle after winning the Academy Award…

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THE OSCAR JINX STALKS HOLLYWOOD

For the acting profession, winning an Academy Award is the ultimate career achievement. Yet as with the conquest of any pinnacle, there is the ultimate...

FROM “BEAT THE GEEKS” STRAIGHT TO “THE CRAPPER”

Death at the hands of Troma is what you get when you “Beat the Geeks.” At least, that’s what filmmaker Paul J. Salamoff (Unbakeable) got when he...

THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH: TRAVELS WITH AMY – DARK X-MAS

God must hate horror conventions. I’ve been to shows where attendance was hindered by hurricanes, a tornado and now the first bad snowstorm of the...

THE 10 BEST AND WORST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2003

A gay couple trying to get married, a Taipei bar hostess allowing her life to crumble, a 19th century artist breaking gender barriers, and a red octopus...

THE 10 BEST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2003 (1-5)

1. SAINTS AND SINNERS The emotional topic of same-sex marriage is given a sensitive focus in this remarkable documentary from Abigail Honor and Yan...

THE 10 BEST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2003 (6-10)

6. GIMME GIMME OCTOPUS The retro discovery of the year (hell, of the century!) is this DVD compilation-feature offering the short films from the...

THE 10 WORST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2003 (1-5)

Of course, sometimes audiences don't know just how lucky they are. This part of the annual list highlights films which are best left unseen. Strangely...

THE 10 WORST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2003 (6-10)

6. SO HAPPY TOGETHER Another non-comedy, this time about a paranoid neat-freak pre-med student who believes his sloppy roommate is trying to destroy is...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “SPECIAL BARDOT”

BOOTLEG FILES 014: "Special Bardot" (1967 French television special starring Brigitte Bardot as a mod rock singer). LAST SEEN: One-time public screening...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “SPECIAL BARDOT”

During the 1960s, French television viewers who did not go out for New Year's Eve were joined in the homes by an annual musical special starring Brigitte...

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