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SHOULD “THE SANTA CLAUSE” COME BACK TO TOWN?

By | December 2002

Initially, it was hard for me to imagine Tim Allen playing Santa Claus before these two movies came out. Granted – he was great on the TV series “Home Improvement,” but “Tool Time” Tim as Santa? This “Santa Clause” movie franchise allowed Tim to prove he has a wonderful gift to entertain children…

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SHOULD “THE SANTA CLAUSE” COME BACK TO TOWN?

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GIRLS GONE WILD

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THE 10 BEST AND WORST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2002

While other media outlets celebrate the obvious and the overplayed motion pictures of the past year, Film Threat would like to take some time to pay its...

THE 10 BEST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2002 (1-5)

1. GETTING OUT OF RHODE ISLAND Christian de Rezendes created this angry, visceral feature about a film project fundraising party bleeding to death due to...

THE 10 BEST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2002 (6-10)

6. STANDING BY YOURSELF ^ Josh Koury's documentary follows two teenagers whose lives are in a downward spiral of narcotized self-abuse; one of the teens is...

THE 10 WORST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2002 (1-5)

And now, from the other end of the entertainment spectrum, we present films that are better left unseen: 1. HARVARD MAN ^ Fans of so-bad-they're-good...

THE 10 WORST UNSEEN FILMS OF 2002 (6-10)

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FOOTAGE FETISHES: “BACHELOR PARTY”

With the holidays approaching, I found myself trying to come up with a suitable genre picture of yore to feature in my criminally underappreciated column. ...

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