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THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH: TRAVELS WITH AMY – THE MIDOHIOCON

By | December 2003

The MidOhioCon is a genre con at heart. Every year, coordinator Roger Price kills himself to put on a terrific convention, filling the roster with fan favorites from science fiction and horror…

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THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH: TRAVELS WITH AMY – THE MIDOHIOCON

Comic book shows are different from horror shows. At horror and SF shows, fans wander around, shake hands with their favorite celebrities and peruse the...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: SQUEAL LIKE A GUINEA PIG

Have you ever seen those movies in the "Guinea Pig" series? They're Japanese gore flicks, some of which look like snuff films, and they are fairly...

GREAT PHILOSOPHERS OF FILM: “ROAD HOUSE” DALTON

For those of you unfamiliar with Road House, it's basically a kung-fu hillbilly flick. But what makes this different from your run of the mill kung-fu...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “SUNFLOWER”

BOOTLEG FILES 013: "Sunflower" (1970 Italian romantic wartime drama from Vittorio de Sica, starring Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni). LAST SEEN:...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “SUNFLOWER

In growing up, one of the films which made a distinct impression on me was the 1970 Italian drama "Sunflower," directed by Vittorio de Sica and starring...

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...

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