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FOOTAGE FETISHES: “BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA”

By | September 2003

“The check is in the mail.” Russell plays the immortal Jack Burton: truck driver, philosopher, and Real Man…just don’t let the Baja…

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FOOTAGE FETISHES: “BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA”

“The check is in the mail.” Russell plays the immortal Jack Burton: truck driver, philosopher, and Real Man…just don’t let the Baja jacket and...

SUMMER OF STINK 2003

Another summer, another season of misery in the movie theaters. However, despite the shit list we’ve provided you here, this summer turned out to be way...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE FILM THREAT AVENGER STRIKES BACK

If you are a film producer you may have heard of On the Air Publications (OTA), a company which owns MovieObserver.com, CinemaTribune.com,...

PETE JONES’ “DOUBTING RILEY” DIARY III

In last week's entry in PETE JONES' "DOUBTING RILEY" DIARY, the freckle-faced filmmaker found himself without a lead actor. So he cast himself. With...

PETE JONES’ “DOUBTING RILEY” DIARY III (part 2)

For example, when Kyle and Efram sat down to rework a scene. Film is a director’s medium. And it is within their job description to change a scene in any...

TALKING PICTURES: S.W.A.T. SHOTS

“Hey, I went to see your movie last night,” says author David Corbett, with a hint on comic derision, perhaps even a bit of accusation, rumbling in his...

MY LIFE WITH DON REED

"He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people?" -- -- Marlene Dietrich as “Tanya” in Orson Welles’ “Touch of...

THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH: FILMS OF THE DAMNED

To paraphrase Shirley Jackson: “Some movies are just born bad”. Like the cursed and lethal videotape from the popular Japanese film, "The Ring," some...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: ATTENTION DON CHEADLE!

This will be the most self-serving "Excess Hollywood" column I've ever written. You see, this is a personal plea to Don Cheadle and Don Cheadle alone. I...

PETE JONES’ “DOUBTING RILEY” DIARY II

In last week's entry in PETE JONES' "DOUBTING RILEY" DIARY, the freckle-faced filmmaker found himself with a script he felt passionate about, but no...

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