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THE SAGA CONTINUES…

By | August 2001

On Monday, Lucasfilm announced the title for the sequel prequel, the film that fans hope will revive the Star Wars series — “Attack of the Clones.” Senility? Stubbornness? Indifference? Well, it’s either one or all of those…

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THE SAGA CONTINUES…

Things started to smell bad back in September, 1998, when George Lucas announced the title for the first film of the Star Wars prequel trilogy -- "The...

NOT THE SAME OLD SONG-AND-DANCE: HOW THE MUSICAL CAME BACK TO THE MOVIES WITH A

NO TIME TO SING ^ Life happened. The 1960's happened. Hey, for any movie to find success it has to connect with its audience. With the turbulence of the...

NOT THE SAME OLD SONG-AND-DANCE: HOW THE MUSICAL CAME BACK TO THE MOVIES WITH A

DANCER IN THE DARK ^ Whose big idea was it? ^ Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier was one of the co-conspirators behind "Dogme 95" as well as the director of...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INVADES THE NY TIMES (part 2)

What the New York Times is NOT saying is that A.I. is a piece of shit. And while the big devil-worshipping studios can frequently turn pieces of shit...

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INVADES THE NY TIMES

Not long ago, I served on the jury for the prestigious Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in Korea. At one of the press conferences there,...

PARSLEY DAZED: DIRECTOR ANDREA DORFMAN COMES OF AGE

"Parsley Days" is a daring, honest, and heartfelt story set in Halifax, Canada, that juggles bicycling, first love, Polaroids, and herbal birth control. ...

NEVER ON VIDEO: THE TOP 20 "MISSING" MOVIES (12-13)

12. FEAR AND DESIRE (1953) ^ Stanley Kubrick's first feature film was long an embarrassment to the great director and was kept out of circulation for...

NEVER ON VIDEO: THE TOP 20 "MISSING" MOVIES (14-16)

14. BACK DOOR TO HELL (1964) ^ Cult director Monte Hellman shot this low-budget World War II adventure in the Philippines, with the unlikely star pairing...

NEVER ON VIDEO: THE TOP 20 "MISSING" MOVIES (19-21)

19. CATCH MY SOUL (1973) ^ During the late 1960s and early 1970s, rock operas were in vogue on stage and on screen. "Catch My Soul" was Jack Good's rock...

NEVER ON VIDEO: THE TOP 20 "MISSING" MOVIES (1-4)

1. DELIVERANCE (1919) ^ The life of Helen Keller and her rescue from the void of her deafness and blindness was the subject of this silent drama, which...

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