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Theatrical release review

Two Thousand Maniacs DVD

2000 severed thumbs up As Two Thousand Maniacs begins, some tourists and a schoolteacher, motoring south to Atlanta, are detoured to Pleasant Valley, where they find themselves guests of honor at the town’s centennial celebration. Although suspicious as to why … Continue reading






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The Dead Hate the Living DVD

Zombie hate crimes In The Dead Hate the Living, a group of young filmmakers sneaks into an abandoned medical research facility to make a low budget horror feature about a scientist who raises the dead to be his zombie slaves. … Continue reading






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Cannibal! The Musical DVD

Good taste gone bad South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut has been admired and even respected as the first real traditional musical film in years. But it wasn’t Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s first musical, their first controversial project, or … Continue reading






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Eye of the Beholder

Eye-yi-yi! Ewan McGregor plays a spy who maintains an aura of mystery so dense that not even his co-workers know him that well. Truth is, he’s shut himself off from the world — viewing it only through surveillance devices, communicating … Continue reading






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The Last Broadcast DVD

More terror in the woods Just as Dan Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez were planning their trip into the Maryland woods to film The Blair Witch Project, Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler were editing their own backwoods mockumentary horror story. Comparison of … Continue reading






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Bluebeard (1944) DVD

Red blood Edgar G. Ulmer reached the height of his career in 1934 when he directed the surrealistic horror classic The Black Cat. He planned to follow with a production of Bluebeard with Boris Karloff, but before he could go … Continue reading






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Miss Werewolf VHS

Furry Femme causes Freakout! David “the Rock” Nelson spells out a warning right on the busy collage cover of his latest video: “…may strip touchy critics of their dignity.” Well, I’ve reviewed more of Nelson’s crazy little monster films than … Continue reading






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Magnolia

Don’t shoot me! This is Paul Thomas Anderson’s take on a Robert Altman kind of film – dozens of characters and plotlines, all running at once, with frequent dizzying crosscuts between them all. Anderson’s grand scheme is all about synchronicity, and … Continue reading






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Galaxy Quest

Tool Time in Space! A mixed cast of TV (Tim Allen, Tony Shalhoub) and film (Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman) stars play the stars of an early 80s sci-fi adventure TV show who are milking their fading fame for all the … Continue reading






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The Good Book VHS

Reality Bites Whoever said the cinema is about ideas? Here we have a film with what is so often the critics best friend: a fresh concept. In this low budget independent effort, the world of the future is presented (via … Continue reading






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