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The Islamic radical accused of killing Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh [story here], THEN slitting his throat before leaving two knives in his body, one pinning a note to his chest (symbolism is everything to these sick scum – note beheadings in Iraq), will be tried as a terrorist, putting …
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Controversial Dutch Filmmaker Murdered
How absolutely, depressingly fitting — and neither shocking nor any less tragic for its familiarity — that on the day Americans are expressing their political opinions in the collective polling booth, that a Dutch filmmaker was murdered for creating a film critical of Islam: Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, …
Read More »SNL Presidential Bash Tonight on NBC
By 10pm tonight pretty much everything that is going to be said about tomorrow’s election will have been said, and it will be time for a little condensed levity to clear the air before the tension ratchets up throughout the day tomorrow (and likely beyond). (click on the pic to …
Read More »Elvira – It’s Her Time of Year
It’s hard not to love the attitude, verve, humor, longevity and physical attributes of Cassandra Peterson, a.k.a., Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. Beginning as a local horror movie hostess on KHJ TV in Los Angeles in 1981, the former Vegas showgirl and Groundlings company member has gone on to become …
Read More »DVD Review: Procol Harum Live at the Union Chapel
This concert DVD will be a real treat for fans of Procol Harum and classic rock in general. It presents the band in all its glory, playing the final show of a world tour that ended in December 2003 at the beautiful and majestic Union Chapel in Islington, London. The …
Read More »The Incredibles: Interviews, Remixed Tunes, More
We’re only a week away from the opening of Pixar’s latest animated extravaganza, The Incredibles [trailers: WM, Real, QuickTime]. Writer-director Brad Bird (The Iron Giant) and the Academy Award winning team behind Toy Story, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo bring the story of an unusual family: Once one of the …
Read More »Eyes Without A Face (1959)
Directed by Georges Franju Screenplay by Pierre Boileau & Thomas Narcejac and Jean Rendon and Claude Sautet Based on the novel by Jean Rendon I don’t understand why all the film companies don’t just hand over all their film libraries to the Criterion Collection. Starting in 1984 with laserdiscs and …
Read More »De Niro Wins Greatest Living Actor Poll
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino sit atop British film magazine Empire’s poll of the greatest living movie stars over the age of 50. The co-stars of the Godfather saga took the top two places in the vote of 10,000 readers. The magazine writes: They are the pinnacle of the …
Read More »Brothers in Arms (2004)
Directed by Paul Alexander Brothers in Arms is a documentary that tells the story of the crew of Patrol Craft Fast 94 as they worked the Mekong Delta in early 1969, and the reason their story is being told is because John Kerry was their commander. Alexander says he came …
Read More »For Halloween: The Rich and the Dead, and Vice Versa
It takes a special kind of star to remain in the limelight after passing to the Great Beyond, and Elvis is still the King when it comes to generating big bucks from the grave. While moldering for 27 years now, Elvis managed to crank out $40m last year alone for …
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