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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE DESTRUCTION OF NEW YORK

By | June 2004

There really is no business like show business, but that business is really just a business these days. The shock is gone. The art is gone. The thrill is as dead as Princess Di…

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EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: THE DESTRUCTION OF NEW YORK

The very first time I took a trip to New York City I was still in school. Junior high, if memory serves me correctly. One of the first things I remember...

ENTER THE DEN OF SIN: CRAZY ASIAN STAR WARS RIP-OFFS

After last week’s disastrous double bill of mystery screeners (so disastrous that I chose not to report on it) we decided the best antidote was some good...

THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH: A CHILLER RUNS DOWN MY SPINE

By the time I returned to the table, the fans and patrons had swarmed in. Thank god for the chair or I wouldn’t have been able to clear a path. And...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: GETTING SUCKER PUNCHED BY THE CRITICS

Years ago .... "I thought it was vile and far too violent," the female senior citizen was saying into the camera, her equally old female companion nodding...

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS: “THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW”

So Roland Emmerich wants to repeat himself. First by destroying the world (or at least some recognizable American monument) and second by casting a decent...

THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH: A CHILLER RUNS DOWN MY SPINE

As far as conventions go, the Chiller Theatre Toy, Model and Film Expo is big. Huge. And crowded. The first time I went to Chiller, I suffered a...

THE STEPFORD CELEBS

Nobody's perfect. Not even that celebrity you idolize. They all have their blemishes, emotional handicaps and are more than likey very ugly in the...

TALKING PICTURES: ORIGINAL SINNERS

“Alright then,” grins Chris Sawyer, approaching the table with a beer in each hand, sliding one of them over to me as he settles into a chair with his...

THE STEPFORD CELEBS

Nobody's perfect. Not even that celebrity you idolize. They all have their blemishes, emotional handicaps and are more than likey very ugly in the morning....

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS: “SHREK 2”

I have little to no interest in the second Shrek movie. Mike Myers has overstayed his welcome (which ended after "Austin Powers 2") and I never...

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