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MONSTER FROM BIKINI BEACH

By | December 2008

The spirit of Russ Meyer lives on in “Monster from Bikini Beach,” but Meyer’s unique wit and exuberance are apparently inimitable…

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MONSTER FROM BIKINI BEACH

The spirit of Russ Meyer lives on in “Monster from Bikini Beach,” but Meyer’s unique wit and exuberance are apparently inimitable. Meyer, for those...

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DOUBT

I wonder if there is an ulterior motive to this film: the credits may as well read Hoffman vs. Streep. This is the meeting of two titans of the big...

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"Dragon Hunters" delivers something that is all too rare in cinema today. It has the imagination to show images that we have never seen before. It is a...

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MARLEY & ME

They don’t make dog movies like they used to. To warrant the big screen treatment in the old days, man’s best friends had to do something pretty...

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British Pot Smoking Ninjas!! Actually, the ninjas don’t smoke pot. The heroes do. A very affectionate send up of martial arts flicks, Drunken Master in...

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PUNISHER: WAR ZONE

In this current age of rebooting one comic franchise or horror franchise after another, it is still something of a milestone that we have a single property...

A BIG, MESSY PLACE: ALAN BALL ON “TOWELHEAD”

Originally ran on FilmThreat.com on 09/09/08 SPOILER ALERT! “Towelhead,” the complex and audacious film from director Alan Ball, is already...

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LARRY FLYNT: THE RIGHT TO BE LEFT ALONE (DVD)

"Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone", directed by Joan Brooker-Mark, is a slapdash piece of filmmaking that doesn't do justice to its subject. Without...

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BURN AFTER READING (DVD)

"It's our Tony Scott 'Bourne Identity' movie," Ethan Coen remarks in the all-too-brief bonus features on the "Burn After Reading" DVD. After a perfectly...

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MY NAME IS BRUCE

It seems that the tale of the self-depreciating actor is almost becoming a sub-genre all its own. Granted, the idea of a famous actor spoofing or...

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