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Bitter And Twisted
“...brutally honest and emotionally affecting…”
Uploaded September 15, 2008 15:10
Global Haywire
Right wingers will be arguing with the box. Left wingers will be nodding their heads...
Uploaded September 15, 2008 12:20
Penelope
Christina Ricci is an actress seemingly - and happily - immune to normal, mainstream projects....
Uploaded September 15, 2008 12:15
Rails And Ties
After a considerable but never really truly successful flirtation with acting, Alison Eastwood (36-year-old daughter...
Uploaded September 15, 2008 12:02
The Ten
Made on a shoestring budget and shot in 2006, those scanning the cast list will...
Uploaded September 15, 2008 11:04
Gone Baby Gone
"What I really want to do is direct." It's a missive often heard from Hollywood's...
Uploaded September 15, 2008 10:53
STREET KINGS
The novels of crime fiction figurehead James Ellroy have a wild, sprawling nature that has...
Uploaded September 12, 2008 15:29
TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE
America’s war on terror has wrought violence and horror upon the world, but for every...
Uploaded September 12, 2008 15:26
THE HOLLYWOOD COLLECTION: MONROE, KELLY, HEPBURN
The Hollywood Collection is a box set of documentaries about the three biggest female stars...
Uploaded September 12, 2008 15:08
THE INSATIABLE
The Insatiable might appear to be a shonky horror flick with little to recommend it,...
Uploaded September 12, 2008 15:05
THE LOST CITY
Andy Garcia’s debut film as director is a highly ambitious period drama that’s mostly impressive,...
Uploaded September 12, 2008 15:03
THE NINES
Fans of puzzlers like eXistenZ or A Scanner Darkly should put The Nines high on...
Uploaded September 12, 2008 15:01
THE ROBERT EPSTEIN COLLECTION
When it comes to documentary filmmakers, Robert Epstein (left, with Lily Tomlin and co-director Jeffrey...
Uploaded September 12, 2008 14:56
SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTRE COLLECTION: VOL. 1 & 2
Simon Wiesenthal is a great Jewish hero (though he’s not without his critics), and if...
Uploaded September 12, 2008 14:54
THE TUNNEL
German filmmaker Roland Suso Richter’s political thriller The Tunnel (while originally and lavishly produced for...
Uploaded September 12, 2008 14:47