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WHAT THE HELL IS A FILMMAKER’S PRIME?

By | November 2003

A lot of people tend to think that around 30 is the darker period of life and the potential of accomplishing something great is bleak…

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WHAT THE HELL IS A FILMMAKER’S PRIME?

"Orson Welles was only 26 when he made Citizen Kane, I'm already 30." -Johnny Depp as Grade-Z auteur Ed Wood in "Ed Wood" (1994) Yes, Orson Welles made...

SHOOT FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER

Remember the scene in “Ed Wood” when no-budget filmmaker Ed (Johnny Depp) and his crew haul ass from a location because the cops are coming and the...

ALTERNATIVE GALAXIES FAR, FAR AWAY

For better or for worse, “Star Wars” fans continue to make their own “Star Wars” themed films, many of which are wildly amusing while others are so...

TALKING PICTURES: SOUL MAN

Charlie Chaplin and Leonard Maltin go way back. According to the famously-amiable movie critic whom most people know from TV (“Entertainment Tonight,”...

IS “HALLOWEEN” STILL SCARY?

CRITIC DOCTOR EXAMINES: MaryAnn Johanson (flickfilosopher.com), Mr Cranky (mrcranky.com), David Ansen (Newsweek), James Berardinelli (reelviews.net), Gator...

Bootleg Files Features

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE PAUL LYNDE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL”

Bootleg Files 008: "The Paul Lynde Halloween Special" (a gay-friendly 1976 TV variety special with special guest stars Florence Henderson and KISS). Last...

THE BOOTLEG FILES: “THE PAUL LYNDE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL”

One normally does not associate Halloween with incoherent homosexual anarchy, yet the tricks and treats from "The Paul Lynde Halloween Special" take the ...

PETE JONES’ “DOUBTING RILEY” DIARY XI

Last week in PETE JONES' "DOUBTING RILEY" DIARY, a test audience sent Pete back into the editing room with a new set of eyes, but now that more of the film...

EXCESS HOLLYWOOD: PORN THEATRE BATHROOMS AND BESTIALITY

Boston. More than a decade ago. I was on a little vacation with a few of my friends. I owed one of them, we'll call him Silky, some money. As we cruised...

INSTANT SCARY MOVIE…JUST ADD WATER

Halloween’s around the corner kiddies, time to dust off the old video chestnuts that used to scare the knickers off you when you were a kid. Yep, I’m...

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