Herewith, a belated salute, on the occasion of the sailing of the revamped "Poseidon," to the late, great Shelley Winters. At a party of movie geeks on a rainy Seattle night -- the evening of her death (January 14, 2006)…
"Twister": Bovine poetry in motion. Readers have sent in some choice bits of poetry and prose from the MPAA's Classification and Ratings Administration, which I consider to be the institutional poet laureate of Hollywood. Chris Finke writes: "I work in…
Lucky and Flo, the DVD-sniffing labs. Excerpt from MPAA Press Release (link to .pdf file): [May 9, 2006] United Kingdom, Los Angeles - - The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), express delivery company FedEx and HM Revenue & Customs, has…
Press Release From: www.DadsandDaughters.org
From: Bredon Clay, DeKalb, IL
From: Frank Cecrle, South Bend, IN
From: Mike Casey, Cranston, RI
A disturbing image of frenetic violence and menace -- and some sensuality, if you're into the whole Cronenbergian "Crash" thing. You may not have noticed one of the most exciting blurbs appearing in ads for "Mission: Impossible III." It reads:…
Philip Seymour Hoffman is the bad guy in "M:I:III." "Sure to be one of the best films of the year." -- Jeffrey Lyons (on "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio") "Anthony Hopkins gives one of his finest, most endearing performances…
"Junebug" director (and still photographer!) Phil Morrison at the Overlooked. (Photo by Jim Emerson) At several moments during the Eighth Overlooked Film Festival, I thought I had been transported to a time in which the greatest artists of the movies…
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