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FOOTAGE FETISHES: “NEAR DARK”

By | August 2002

Writer Pete Vonder Haar takes us down memory lane for an in-depth look at forgotten films. This week, Pete
examines “Near Dark”, starring Bill Paxton. “Are we as horror fans really missing anything?”

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FOOTAGE FETISHES: “NEAR DARK”

Blood on the Tracks Almost from the dawn of filmmaking, there have been vampires on the big screen. Murnau’s “Nosferatu” gave way to the...

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"STAR WARS Episode III" The Clone Wars are now over two years old. The entire galaxy has been thrown into chaos. On one side of the conflict are...

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Reality and fantasy have been entwined in the films of "Star Wars" from the beginning. The Reagan administration, for example, dubbed a missile air defense...

SHOULD 18 YEAR-OLDS WATCH “XXX?”

CRITIC DOCTOR EXAMINES: Vince Leo (home.earthlink.net/~qwipster/xxx.htm), Lisa Schwarzbaum (ew.com), Roger Ebert (suntimes.com), Tim Cogshell...

JAPANESE CINEMA NOW

Looking over what I’ve written for this site so far, I notice that most of it is Japan-related. This surprises me, since, tragically trendy fellow that I...

FOOTAGE FETISHES: “OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN”

“Of Unknown Origin” is, in a nutshell, the story of one man’s struggle against the terrors of the unknown, represented in this case by a huge,...

FOOTAGE FETISHES: “OF UNKOWN ORIGIN”

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THE BEST AND WORST TV SHOWS MADE INTO MOVIES

The 5 Best TV Shows Made Into Movies 1. "The Untouchables" The script by David Mamet deserves much of the credit, but the casting is phenomenal also....

COMIC-CON 2002: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO

After about an hour of having your nerves fried, you start getting into the flow of things. You’re more relaxed and you realize that you have plenty of...

TOP 10 COMIC-CON SURVIVAL TIPS

1. First and foremost - bring plenty of cash. I don't care if you're saving up to get a new transmission for your car...let the damn thing blow and get a...

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