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Review: Battle In Seattle Worth Fighting For!

Thu, 22 May 2008 22:17:00 PDT

Editor's Note: While we work on our play by play of the Seattle International Film Festival's opening night please enjoy our feature review of the opening night film: Battle in Seattle.

Walking into a film with no buzz on it is a particularly worrisome thing. When I first read about Battle In Seattle in the online guide, I’ll admit, I yawned. Great, I thought, another version of Crash or Bobby with an overly political message to be rammed down my throat. But man, look at that cast. Charlize…

The Seattle International Film Festival Kicks Off

Fri, 23 May 2008 07:04:00 PDT

As a boy growing up in Olive Branch, Mississippi I never imagined there was a place that felt the same way I did about film. Sure, I had inclinations that there were pockets out there that shared a similar love. For instance, I took in a grand showing of Gone With the Wind (complete with intermissions!) in Memphis, TN. However, I never put together that a whole city of people who absolutely adored cinema might exist somewhere out there. Websites weren't even invented yet. So if I could go back…

On DVD: 'The Cry' Made Us Weep Tears ... of Agony

Wed, 28 May 2008 08:55:00 PDT

On rare occasions in this business you get handed a direct-to-video film that exceeds your every expectation. It breaks the mold of convention and clearly found itself abandoned by the studios because they just didn't get it. Whether ahead of its time, too extreme for even the most bloodthirsty of houses or just mistakenly falling through the cracks unnoticed by most, these films are the reason us cinephiles sift through stacks and stacks of unwatchable crap. We hope to find that rare, elusive…

Movie of the Week: Dinner and Driving

Wed, 28 May 2008 12:30:00 PDT

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Dinner and Driving (1997)
Director: Lawrence Trilling
Starring: Lawrence Trilling, Joey Slotnick, Brigitte Bako, Nadia Dajani, Molly Shannon
Studio: Vanguard Cinema
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 89m

Synopsis
Does the thought of being with one person for the rest of your life frighten you? It sure frightens Jason, a twenty-something writer trying to make it…

Q&A: 'Darfur Now' Star Adam Sterling Talks the Cost of Genocide

Wed, 28 May 2008 10:05:00 PDT

Usually, when a critic receives a screener for a film prior to theatrical release, the DVD comes with a long list of restrictions. The distribution company maintains an extensive database of who's received it and when, often by serial number, just so someone's legally liable in case pirated copies makes it onto the black market. The DVDs themselves are usually imprinted with warnings that the company has the right to request its return at any whim. Being the responsible reviewers that we are,…

New on DVD: Murder Party

Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:25:00 PDT

One of my very favorite undistributed films of the year, Murder Party, indeed found a distributor with my new hero Magnolia Pictures. Released as the freshman title of the new brand, Magnet Films, this charming little indie hits stores this week and folks can take a gander at it for the first time without having to run on the festival circuit to catch it.

Murder Party is the story of a social misfit who finds an invitation on the ground to a Halloween party, and having nothing better to do,…

Pathfinder Now Available on DVD

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:58:00 PDT

Pathfinder is available on DVD this last week of July 2007. MaryAnn took a look at Pathfinder back in April, and while she was a bit annoyed with a jarring anachronism that didn't jibe with the Viking-era film, she still thought it was a must-see:

I'm looking for any excuse to talk about Pathfinder, which is so much more intriguing than I ever expected it would be, given the disdain with which the film has been treated by 20th Century Fox, and I want folks to know that if you like movies like

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From Fanboy to Fanboi: The Evolution of the Obsessed

Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:04:00 PDT

Are you excited about an as yet unreleased film or video game? So excited that you already have the poster, toys or T-Shirt? Have you walked out of films disappointed because "That's not the way Rogue's Powers were described in Avengers Giant Sized Annual 10" or because "They made Boramir into a sissy"? And do you think there's nothing at all wrong with this kind of behavior? If you do, then odds are you're a fanboy.

Fanboy is a term getting a lot of play these days. Here's a little primer to…

Things We Lost in the Fire Clips Page

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:34:00 PDT

Check out the trailer and nine clips for Things We Lost in the Fire starring Halle Berry and Benicio del Toro.

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Rating: PG-13
Running Time: 119 minutes

Clip - Electrical Fire

Clip - Brian Used to Say

Clip - See How He's Spinning?

Clip - It Wasn't Meant for You

Clip - I Liked Your Show

Clip - Are You Going to Die?

Clip - Do You Want to Run?

Clip - Your Dad Was My Best Friend

Clip - Chickens are Animals

Things We Lost in the Fire Trailer

Movie of the Week: Rabbit Hash

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:07:00 PDT

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Rabbit hash (2004)
Director: Jude Gerard Prest
Writer: Jude Gerard Prest
Producers: Don Clare, Wynonna Judd, Clifford Pottorf, Louis Scott, David Thies
Production Company: LifeLike Productions Inc.
Genre: Documentary

Synopsis
What kind of people, in what kind of town would elect a DOG as…