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Late to the party
The calendar reads mid-January and I haven’t written a review since my shattering disappointment in Skyfall back in November. I could list a variety of excuses for this but that wouldn’t preclude them...
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Digital Devolution
Gangster Squad‘s likely contribution to film history will be to further the ongoing debate over film or digital as the preferred medium for movies. Director Ruben Fleischer, who to this point has...
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Are the Holidays Over for 80s Action Heroes?
There’s a saying that in Hollywood there are only two seasons: summer and not summer. This is only partially true. While summer is still the brass ring every budding film production aspires to, of...
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Point of view with little point
A killer’s point of view. Remakes are nothing new, though it may seem in recent years as if the cinema has hosted little else. While historically they may have been made because the director had a...
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Unsound design
Director Peter Strickland brings the often under-appreciated art of sound design to the fore with Berberian Sound Studio, a richly photographed horror movie that cuts to the heart of female...
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Inattention grabber
Irish director Jon Wright’s Grabbers is an inconsequential monster movie that seeks to be part horror, part comedy, and succeeds at neither. The supposed humor hinges on the inhabitants of a small...
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Off Topic: Armond White, Professionalism and the Amateur Film Critic [PODCAST]
Ousted film critic and alleged contrarian, Armond White. So I conned a group of friends to get together and discuss the rise of amateur film criticism and the fall of Armond White from the New York...
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The Name Game [PODCAST]
Cracked.com Beth, Dante, Miguel and I continue our assault on the absurdity of the medium we love, hate, and love to hate. In this podcast we tackle the bizarre, infuriating, and hilarious practice of...
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Remakes and Reboots and Sequels, oh my! [PODCAST]
Wikipedia The Off Topic gang is back with a takedown on movie remakes, reboots and sequels in disguise. Listen in as Dante, Miguel, Beth and I unleash our frustration, rage, and appreciation for the...
View ArticleHorrible Imaginings Film Festival [PODCAST]
I sat down with Miguel Rodriguez to discuss the 6th Annual Horrible Imaginings Film Festival. To order tickets, visit the website at http://www.hifilmfest.com.Read more →
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