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THE 10 BEST URBAN LEGENDS IN FILM HISTORY

By | February 2004

URBAN LEGEND #6. Chaplin leading lady returns as an extra. The legend: Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin’s leading lady in the 1910s and…

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THE 10 BEST URBAN LEGENDS IN FILM HISTORY

URBAN LEGEND #6. Chaplin leading lady returns as an extra. The legend: Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin's leading lady in the 1910s and early 1920s, had...

“THE DIAMOND DEAD” WAR JOURNAL – NOTES FROM THE FRONT

It’s one o’clock in the afternoon, I’m sitting in Atria’s restaurant just outside of Cranberry, PA. To my left is actress Amy Lynn Best. To my...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE IMMORTAL STORY”

BOOTLEG FILES 017: "The Immortal Story" (Orson Welles' 1968 made-for-French-TV feature). LAST SEEN: A rare one-time screening is slated for April at New...

LET’S KILL THE OSCARS: MY VOTE FOR JOHNNY DEPP

Survivor isn’t the greatest reality show of all time. Award shows are, and everybody knows that The Academy Awards, which give out those cherished Oscars...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: ARNOLD THE KILLER

I don’t recall the radio show or the host, but I remember how the conversation went that evening in the mid-nineties. The host, we’ll call him Tom,...

TALKING PICTURES: ROCKY ROAD

Less than 30 seconds into Torque, a loud, rowdy, biker-circus of a movie packed with high-speed, lowbrow motorcycle nonsense, and underscored by plenty of...

CRITIC DOCTOR IS IN: IS IT “MONA LISA SMILE” OR “HILLARY CLINT

CRITIC DOCTOR EXAMINES: Roger Ebert (suntimes.com), Betty Jo Tucker (reeltalkviews.com), Jonathan Foreman (nypost.com), Kevin Carr (filmthreat.com),...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: BEND IT LIKE BENDIS

Fans of the circus known as Hollywood take note: If you haven’t read Brian Michael Bendis’ Fortune and Glory: A True Hollywood Comic Book Story, you...

TALKING PICTURES: BINGO & BOOBS

“Oh my lord! Is that a cockroach?” Pointing in horror, a colorfully attired Earlene, dressed in a tight latex skirt adorned with pictures of primping...

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THE BOOTLEG FILES: “BOOM IN THE MOON”

BOOTLEG FILES 016: "Boom in the Moon" (obscure Mexican sci-fi comedy starring Buster Keaton in his last starring feature film role). LAST SEEN: One-time...

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