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RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND

By | November 2000

MONTE HELLMAN SPECTACULAR! NEW ON DVD! When director Monte Hellman and pal Jack Nicholson set off for Utah in early 1965 to make a pair of movies for producer Roger Corman, “Ride in the Whirlwind”, written by Nicholson, is the only one they had originally intended to make…

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RIDE IN THE WHIRLWIND

When director Monte Hellman and pal Jack Nicholson set off for Utah in early 1965 to make a pair of movies for producer Roger Corman, "Ride in the...

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FLIGHT TO FURY

Much has been made of the pair of low-budget political Westerns director Monte Hellman and Jack Nicholson shot back-to-back in Utah for Roger Corman in...

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COCKFIGHTER

GREATEST COCKFIGHTING MOVIE, EVER! Okay, maybe this is the one I've seen other than Arturo Ripstein's "Nobody Writes to the Colonel", but "Cockfighter" is...

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BILLY ELLIOT

If you're in the mood for a "Rocky" remake channeled through the body of an 11-year old British boy-ballerina, Billy Elliot is the movie for you. It's the...

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CHARLIE'S ANGELS

After that awful "Mod Squad" movie, people were dreading this one. A first-time director from the land of music videos didn't help much either, especially...

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THE WOLVES OF KROMER

Once upon an easier time, on-screen lycanthropy consisted of Lon Chaney Jr. running about a papier mache forest. Over time, however, werewolves took on...

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BILLY ELLIOT

Not to be confused with "Billy Budd," "Billy Bathgate," "Billy Madison," or "Malcolm X". "Billy Elliot" is actually the debut release of Universal's new...

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STORY OF MY LIFE

The "Big Brother" concept was a no-brainer that should have supplied far more voyeuristic thrills than CBS was able to milk out of it. While European...

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PENNYWEIGHT

What's the goofiest thing you would do for a large sum of money? Would you dye your hair purple? Wear a diaper to your sister's wedding? Tattoo "I Love...

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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

In a rural Texas community, a "family" of deranged white trash animals is slaughtering people. Innocent, doe-eyed Sally (Marilyn Burns) and her hippie...

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