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STARK RAVING MAD

By | October 2002

The ensemble works nicely, with decent performances around the edges that keep us laughing nervously, even though nothing in the script is remotely funny…

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STARK RAVING MAD

Besides being edgy and energetic, there's little reason for this film to exist, as it's just a second-rate American Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...

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SLAP HER, SHE’S FRENCH!

In the wacky vein of Bring it On or Drop Dead Gorgeous, actor-turned-director Melanie Mayron's colourful high school comedy centres on the ingrown...

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FRIDA

The Portrait of the Artist genre is not an easy one. The prosaic demands of screen storytelling dictate that epically messy life stories be smoothed and...

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MODERN TRIBALISM (DVD)

Carl Jung published "Modern Man in Search of a Soul" in 1933. 68 years later, modern man is still looking. To fill the void left by our materialistic...

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NINE THROUGH TWELVE

This scary, visceral, black and white film begins in almost total darkness, through which the viewer faintly senses unpredictable movement through unknown...

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MY LITTLE EYE

Combining "Big Brother" with The Blair Witch Project, Welsh filmmaker Marc Evans ("Resurrection Man") comes up with far superior horror movie that could...

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ALL OR NOTHING

After his sparkling foray into period drama (Topsy-Turvy) British writer-director Mike Leigh is back with yet another brilliantly observed examination of...

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DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND

"The Devil's Playground" is the term the Amish (that is, those who chose to stay with the faith) use to describe the "outside English world." At age 16,...

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WE WUZ ROBBED

"We Wuz Robbed" is Spike Lee's 10 minute short featuring several members of Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign talking about the dubious loss of the...

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PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE

Memo to Adam Sandler: Don't start clearing out shelf space for an Oscar just yet. Or even a Golden Globe. Okay, maybe an American Comedy Award is...

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