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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “SPECIAL BARDOT”

By | December 2003

During the 1960s, French television viewers who did not go out for New Year’s Eve were joined in the homes by an…

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “SPECIAL BARDOT”

During the 1960s, French television viewers who did not go out for New Year's Eve were joined in the homes by an annual musical special starring Brigitte...

CRITIC DOCTOR IS IN: SHOULD “TIMELINE” GO BACK TO ITS WORMHOLE?

CRITIC DOCTOR EXAMINES: Jeff Westhoff (nwhearld.com), Roger Ebert (suntimes.com), Peter Sobczynski (criticdoctor.com), Chris Hewitt (twincities.com),...

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...

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