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TALKING PICTURES: HO HO NOVELLO

By | December 2003

Writer David Templeton takes interesting people to interesting movies in his ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation. This week, the creator of Lazlo Toth and Father Guido Sarducci on fearing Christmas, the joy of action figures, and the difficulty of finding a
good movie close to home…

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TALKING PICTURES: HO HO NOVELLO

Folding open my newspaper to the movie listings, I cradle the telephone against my shoulder and scan the page before me. Thanksgiving has just occurred,...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: A CRITIC FIGHTS BACK

When people find out I review films for Film Threat, they often tell me how much they dislike critics because they slam movies like Kangaroo Jack. Case in...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “I WOKE UP EARLY THE DAY I DIED”

Bootleg Files 012: "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" (disastrous 1999 all-star silent comedy based on an unproduced screenplay by Edward D. Wood Jr.). Last...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “I WOKE UP EARLY THE DAY I DIED”

"I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" holds a special significance for me because I coordinated the PR push for the film's sole American theatrical engagement...

CAN CROWE SAVE “MASTER AND COMMANDER”?

CRITIC DOCTOR EXAMINES: Ella Taylor (laweekly.com), Leonard Maltin (leonardmaltin.com), Chris Barsanti (filmthreat.com), Roger Ebert (suntimes.com), Berge...

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HORROR FILMS?

Being a hardcore horror fan these days is similar to being Howard Beale from "Network": you are constantly mad as hell at the current state of affairs, but...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL”

Bootleg Files 011: "The Star Wars Holiday Special" (the legendary catastrophe that put the Lucas characters into the worst TV variety program...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE ASSHOLE TWO ROWS BACK

Since you are reading articles on this site, it's safe to say you like movies. It's a good bet, too, that you've been in your local theatre several dozen...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL”

The recent death of Art Carney found obituaries citing the beloved actor's triumphant work in films (his Oscar-winning "Harry and Tonto"), theater (as...

THE OTHER CINEMA

When I was a film student in Boston a few years ago, my first short movie--an absurd, 16-millimeter scatology starring my best friend, lasting three...

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