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MONSTERS FROM THE ID

By | March 2009

OFFICIAL SELECTION SXSW FILM FESTIVAL 2009!!! Everyone should know better than to dismiss sci-fi as just silly spaceman and monster movies.

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MONSTERS FROM THE ID

In the 1950s, American popular culture turned to science fiction for a great number of films, books, magazines, and television programs. “Monsters from...

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THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT

Not many movies, whatever the genre, can honestly be referred to as “groundbreaking.” Horror films like “Psycho” and “The Exorcist” and...

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RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN

When he crooked an eyebrow and dropped elbows as “The Rock,” thousands of kids hung onto Dwayne Johnson's every move. A likable hard-body, he seemed...

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It’s a comic book. No, it’s a graphic novel. Hang on, it’s one of the most significant literary works of the 20th century (according to Time...

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During the outtakes featured on the “Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective” DVD, a clapboard is shown between scenes with “Ace Ventura III” printed on it....

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Like Francis Ford Coppola and Oliver Stone before him, filmmaker Abel Ferrara got his start in the horror genre – well, not exactly, since his...

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Linda Atkinson and Nick Doob’s documentary “Carmen & Geoffrey” offers a pleasant but sketchy celebration of Carmen de Lavallade and Geoffrey Holder,...

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Charlie is a bland clerk working in a bland office at the Department of Normality, leading a bland, regimented, mundane life. After a completely...

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EXPLICIT ILLS

Set in the decidedly non-tourist friendly environs of North Philadelphia, “Explicit Ills” – the screenwriting and directorial debut of actor Mark...

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