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PLEASE LEAVE THE THEATER: WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD GIMMICKS GONE?

By | March 2005

Hollywood was not one to leave the nose out in the cold and eventually Aroma-rama was born. They put this new method…

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PLEASE LEAVE THE THEATER: WHERE HAVE ALL THE GOOD GIMMICKS GONE?

Hollywood was not one to leave the nose out in the cold and eventually Aroma-rama was born. They put this new method of exploitation to work in a...

CINEMA CPR: THE FILMS OF STUART GORDON

I’m sitting in the basement lounge of Tacoma’s Grand Theatre, next to the man who brought green glow-stick fluid and headless zombie lust to horror...

CINEMA CPR: THE FILMS OF STUART GORDON

Many of your films remain easy to find, such as “Re-Animator” (1985), which was released last year as a New Millennium special edition DVD by Elite...

MOVIE MARKETING MADNESS: MISS CONGENIALITY 2

Sandra Bullock is done. Has been since about five minutes after "Speed 2" opened. Her career since then reminds me of that old Borscht-belt joke: This...

DAN HARRIS: IMAGINARY HERO

I really thought "Imaginary Heroes" was very touching, but there is very sharp humor throughout. What is your approach to writing comedy? Well, it was the...

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Best known for his violent films about Japanese mafia (a.k.a. yakuza), director/actor Takeshi Kitano is now showing his softer, more interpretive side....

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THE LUNAR PACK (DVD)

“The Lunar Pack” is composed of three tales of terror that all wrap around the enduring and fascinating werewolf legend. Jason liquori has created a...

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It was one of those ancient Greek geometrists who first stated centuries ago that the shortest distance between two points was a straight line. Hell, I...

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Making a low-budget film about a major disaster hitting Los Angeles takes some courage. Making it a good movie takes some talent. “Waterborne,” the...

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PUCKER UP

Whatever happened to the fine art of whistling? That’s a question filmmakers Kate Davis and David Heilbroner start off asking in their fun documentary...

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