Jul
10
2008
All famous directors started with a super 8 or VHS camcorder in their backyard filming their younger siblings, or maybe even their dog, in costume playing the part of some sort of action hero. For documentarians, the first step to their career goal may take place on youtube. Now I have no idea who Sean [...]
Jul
10
2008
I would never dare muddle your day with a review of a film who’s DVD was released a year ago, but this one is just so good. And if there is someone out there who is unaware, they need to be enlightened.
“Death at a Funeral” starts like any English comedy, where members of an upper [...]
Jul
07
2008
Whenever I went to Chuck E. Cheese’s as a kid, my mission was to play as many arcade games as possible. The pizza was nice too, but one thing I was not fond of, was the show. That fuzzy animatronic band at the Pizza Time Theater just freaked me out, and all i wanted to [...]
Jul
07
2008
Many people have been waiting in bated anticipation for the release of the 90’s throwback film “The Wackness”. We talked about it here on this blog not too long ago, and it has created quite a hype prior to its release. This schedule, which I found over at Firstshowing.net, shows a fairly substantial release. So [...]
Jul
03
2008
The idea of a movie based on a “Magic The Gathering” like card game which deals with alien shaped creatures in a post apocalyptic world, may not sound like your cup of tea. But surely the up-coming indie sci-fi “The Mutant Chronicles” is worth a look, and here is why.
First of all, this pic stars [...]
Jul
02
2008
Many video/music formats have come and gone, laserdiscs, minidiscs, floppy discs. And while you may not be able to buy a new VHS or cassette tape of the newest film or hottest song, I don’t think we have seen the last out of these plastic wonders. You see, for as long as they sell 1978 [...]
Jul
01
2008
I just can’t get enough of free film lately, i.e. Internet musicals and ESPN sports documentaries. It used to be that small art house films premiered at indie festivals and then played their limited engagement out in New York or LA, never to be heard from again. Well it doesn’t get any smaller that Slamdance, [...]