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MIC AND THE CLAW (DVD)

By | February 2004

Anything about an obnoxious British rocker named Claw (Jon Jacobs) and a singer fresh out of rehab (Michael Kastenbaum as Mic) teaming up so that they can write a hit while at a mountain retreat has got to have some merit…

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MIC AND THE CLAW (DVD)

I really wanted to like this film, which is supposedly based on a “true rock and roll story.” Anything about an obnoxious British rocker named Claw...

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AN OBVIOUS MOMENT OF HAPPINESS

In Richard Paro’s film “An Obvious Moment of Happiness,” a group of middle-class college graduates talk about life, love, and the pursuit of...

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THE AURA

How often does a person imagine how an event, an experience could’ve turned out in a different way? For the Kid in Armen Ohannesian’s film “The...

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THE FRANK SINATRA SHOW – WELCOME HOME ELVIS (DVD)

On May 12, 1960, Elvis Presley made his first TV appearance after his two-year U.S. Army stint concluded. For a princely sum of $125,000, Presley returned...

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CHRIS AND THE DRAGON

"Chris and the Dragon," despite some minor complaints about too many needless scenes, is one more reason why I love the mockumentary genre. It's about...

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Writer/director Jake Mahaffy’s “WAR” is essentially a critic-proof film: if you don’t like it, those who did will inevitably claim you didn’t...

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THE WATERSHED

"The Watershed" tells the story of the Trunk family. The Trunk family consists of seven children and two very disconnected parents. The Trunk saga begins...

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"IPO" tells the tale of a group of San Francisco dot-commers attempting to get rich through their companies' IPO (initial public offering). The problem?...

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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (DVD)

As William Goldman said once: “No one knows anything.” How else do you explain Disney bucking three lousy movie trends—anything involving pirates,...

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MY NAME IS BUTTONS

I once saw Mel Brooks tell a story about a sketch he was writing. He was working for, I think, Sid Caesar, and his sketch didn’t have an ending. So he...

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