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THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY

By | December 2000

FILM THREAT’S TRIBUTE TO THE MOVIES OF ROCK! “The Buddy Holly Story” plays a little hard and fast with the truth, but it makes for a great myth, and most importantly gets the music absolutely right…

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THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY

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Death does amazing things for a performer's reputation. Had Gary Busey gone by the wayside after his swaggering, confident performance as bespectacled '50s...

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FOURTH WAVE OF MILLION DOLLAR FEST FILMS

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It's officially Week Four of Hypnotic's Million Dollar Film Festival. For the past three weeks, Hypnotic has posted groups of five films, from the big...

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ARE YOU "UNBEARABLE"?

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The nature of a thriller is to taunt and tease but not give it all up from the start. Like a junior prom date, more or less. In that spirit, begin your...

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"THE DAWN OF 2001" PAYS TRIBUTE

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The mysterious ED, otherwise known as the creator of the mellow, futuristic short "The Dawn of 2001," crafted the film as both a tribute to the important...

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PREPARE FOR "SHREK!"

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Sure, some people are buzzing about the voicework of the amazing cast, which includes Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz and others, while the fact that "Shrek!" is...

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A HARD DAY'S NIGHT

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"A Hard Day's Night" begins with the startling, crisp ring of a sustained Gsus4th chord struck from George Harrison's brand new Rickenbacker 360 12-string...

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YI YI (A ONE AND A TWO…)

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Edward Yang's family drama may boast an epic (173 minutes) running time, but its focus is decidedly small-scale and intimate, centering around a single...

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SNATCH

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Fans of Guy Ritchie's 1998 cult fave "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" will be happy to learn that shacking up with Madonna and siring her a son have...

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ENTER THE JOHNS HOPKINS FILM FESTIVAL

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What started out four years ago as the "ultraproductive" magazine and short film production effort of the then-new Johns Hopkins Film Society has grown...

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"THE PRICE IS RIGHT" HOSTESS MOVES ON

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It may be 29 years of non-stop smiling, beige pantyhose, and screaming, jumping contestants, but 29 years with "The Price is Right," the longest-running...

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