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FOOTAGE FETISHES: “BACHELOR PARTY”

By | December 2002

Writer Pete Vonder Haar takes us down memory lane for an in-depth look at long forgotten films. This week, Pete
examines “Bachelor Party,” starring Tom Hanks. “We’re supposed to believe that a few ‘ludes and a couple lines can topple a sturdy donkey?”

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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. ...

SILVER SCREEN JACKASSERY

Film has long been an experimental medium. From the days of George Melies making smoke-filled cuts in “Le Voyage Dans La Lune” through Mike Figgis’...

TALKING PICTURES: THE COWBOY CLAUSE

It’s a cold Tuesday in Reno, Nevada; election day in America. Ranger Doug and Joey the Cowpolka King—exactly one-half of the yodeling, slapsticking...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD (1-10)

1. RUSSELL CROWE Our favorite wild boor, whose bad-boy big mouth and Redwood-sized chip-on-the-shoulder easily cost him an Oscar for A Beautiful Mind....

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD (11-19)

11. RICHARD GERE How does he do it? He's not had a single hit film in the past 10 years except for Runaway Bride (and we can thank Julia Roberts for...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD (20-29)

20. GWYNETH PALTROW On a recent "Late Night with Conan O'Brien” appearance, Conan gushed over this Hollywood brat and told her that she does such the...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD (30-39)

30. DISNEY ANIMATED SEQUELS When we were kids, no one even considered a sequel to “Bambi,” “Snow White,” “Sleeping Beauty” and other Disney...

FILM THREAT’S FRIGID 50: THE COLDEST PEOPLE IN HOLLYWOOD (40-50)

40. DIRECTORS THAT INSIST ON PUTTING THEIR OWN “TOUCH” ON SUPERHERO MOVIES Industry players like Tim Burton and Guillermo del Toro need to take the...

TEN OF THE WORLD’S MOST BORING CELEBRITY INTERVIEWEES

A friend of mine is quitting the celeb interviewing biz. Those who know her -- except for me -- think she's nuts. My friend spends a couple of hours a...

LIFE’LL KILL YA

“He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim” I remember the only time I was ever lucky enough to see Warren Zevon live. It was April, 2000 in Houston, TX at a...

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