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Imagine this: You spend 20 years in prison for a horrific crime that you did not commit. Worse: It’s the kind of crime that makes you the target of other prisoners’ rough justice. (You’re a scary black man with a past criminal record, though for relatively minor offenses. The victim is a nice white woman … more…
Wednesday was the first day of the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival, although calling it the “first day” is a bit of a stretch. It was kinda like the first day of school, when you get your class assignments and teachers hand out books and explain what will be expected of you over the year and … more…
This is how it goes. Someone with major geek cred denies a rumor — bonus points if the rumor sounds more like fannish daydreaming than anything even halfway substantiated as an actual rumor. And the denial gets played and replayed so often that it takes on a life of its own and gets everyone dancing … more…
The Internet has erased borders for us serious cinephiles who get our movie info online — American fans buy DVDs from Hong Kong of movies that won’t open in the States for a year, or never; European fans get the scoop on movies open in the States that they won’t have a chance to see … more…
Nothing on American TV could possibly prepare viewers for the earthy, frank rawness of this British series about a wild, reckless Manchester family and their sexcapades, antisocial antics, and general distracted anxiety over the just keeping their *bleep* together. But without the bleep. The shockiness of The Sopranos perhaps comes closest, but the unambiguous sense … more…
Save this Cartoon Network series, which debuted last fall in the Saturday-night Toonami block and is now being dribbled out on DVD, for the kiddies: only unsophisticated fans of animation, comic books, and superheroes will be captivated by this tired trotting out of the Thing, Mr. Fantastic, and, um, the other two mutated crime fighters … more…
The Jehovah’s Witness protection program. A digital camera so advanced you don’t need it. Fans of the brilliant conceptual mashups of punster Steven Wright have been waiting a loooong time for a new standup concert film — more than a decade and a half — and here it is, recorded at a 2006 Toronto performance … more…
It’s supposed to be making fun of bad sci-fi movies, but really, it’s just an example of same, right down to the broads with huge tits and skimpy wardrobes bouncing around in front of the camera. The only thing that makes this flick and the huge bouncing tits even remotely notable is that two of … more…
I think it’s safe to say that no one has ever expected the classic ’70s sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati to get a DVD release, no matter how fans have been yammering for it. This series has been the poster child for an issue that has been dogging home video since the beginning. See, music rights … more…
I saw Hot Fuzz for the third time this weekend — one of the vaunted Geeks’ Night Outs I’ve mentioned once or twice, and if you’re in the NYC area and might like to join me and some cool geeks for a movie, geeky conversation, food, and booze once in a while, lemme know. We’ll … more…
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