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[14 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

The Coen Brothers (Ethan and Joel) have long since been respected by many for their unique vision, off-beat sense of humor, and subtle story telling style. Their films–no matter how recent–always seem to ring with a certain feeling of familiarity…

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[10 Nov 2003 | No Comment | ]

A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of meeting Bruce Campbell. No, it wasn’t any sort of great story or anything, I merely stood in line for two hours to have him sign my copy of his autobiography If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B-Movie Actor and then had a friend snap a picture of us so I could show it off to my coworkers…

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[30 Oct 2003 | 8 Comments | ]

You just can’t go wrong with a combination like this: A movie starring Family Ties ubernerd Skippy as a mullet-sporting metalhead, with special appearances by rock and roll legends Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne, an original soundtrack by Fastway, and directed by Terry The Toad from AMERICAN GRAFFITI…

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[28 Oct 2003 | One Comment | ]

For those of you not familiar with MTV’s “Jackass” stunt-and-gross-out show, then I wonder just exactly where you’ve been for the last three or four years…

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[28 Oct 2003 | One Comment | ]

Take one part Italian splatterhouse flick, one part low-budget American slasher movie, and one part Japanese thriller. Add goofy soundtrack and lots of bad foleywork. Stir and Simmer for 110 minutes…

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[24 Oct 2003 | One Comment | ]

Using all conceivable laws of the known universe, I should despise THE LOST BOYS…

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[21 Oct 2003 | 2 Comments | ]

You could say that one mark of a truly great Rock and Roll band is the existence of a movie centered around them. The Beatles and The Who have had several each. Pink Floyd, The Band, and The Ramones all have films that they’ve taken part in…

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[15 Oct 2003 | One Comment | ]

When our illustrious publisher (the Grassy Gnoll) asked for contributions in time for Halloween, he played to my strengths. He asked for the weird, the obscene, the over-the-top and the gory…

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[7 Oct 2003 | One Comment | ]

I’ve been putting off writing a review of LOST IN TRANSLATION for a few days now. It’s one of the few films I’ve seen in a long time that I just can’t really think of how to even start talking about…

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[6 Oct 2003 | No Comment | ]

The first thing I did when I walked out of the theater after seeing THE SCHOOL OF ROCK (well, besides standing in line to use a urinal, but that’s a given) was look for the movie poster to find out what the movie was rated…