Articles tagged "eric balfour"

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Why Marcus Nispel Should Direct Every Horror Remake

by Bill Gibron

[13.Feb.09] :. Do few genre filmmakers “get it” that when a true artisan comes along, their presence can be initially perplexing - especially when he or she is being asked to reinvent a classic of...

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Hell Ride (2008)

by Bill Gibron

[25.Oct.08] :. Can a DVD alter your perception on a film? Perhaps the bigger question is, should it? When you walk out of a theater, disappointed or elated, should the home theater experience three to several...

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Grindhouse Wannabe More ‘Hell’ than ‘Ride’

by Bill Gibron

[8.Aug.08] :. There is is a big difference between legitimate cool and faked cool. The real thing is hard to define and rather ephemeral. It exudes off the subject - film, album, individual - in ways that...

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The PopMatters Summer 2008 Movie Preview Feature

The Return of the Popcorn Circus: August 2008

by Bill Gibron

[1.May.08] :. Talk about a crowded schedule. There are more offerings scheduled this month than in the previous two combined.

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TV Review

Conviction

by Samantha Bornemann

[2.Mar.06] :. If you wonder whether the rookie lawyer will stick with his grim new gig, you must not know much about TV pilots.

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Film DVD Review

Lie With Me (2006)

by Lesley Trites (Rating: 5; Extras: 4)

[13.Feb.06] :. Like the novella by Tamara Faith Berger on which it's based, Lie With Me blurs the boundaries between pornography and art.

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Sex, Love & Secrets

by Shandy Casteel

[12.Oct.05] :. The atrocious new UPN series Sex, Love & Secrets fails to drum up the slightest distinction even to be a guilty pleasure.

 

Hawaii

by Bobby Simmons

[20.Sep.04] :. Bank robbers gloated that by the time HMPD arrived, they'd be '...halfway to Maui,' as if there are no cops on the Valley Isle.

 

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[16.Oct.03] :. One by one, the kids wander inside the Terrible Place, and all but one can't escape.

 

Secondhand Lions (2003)

by Todd R. Ramlow

[18.Sep.03] :. The phallic imagery of guns as associated with male potency is everywhere in Secondhand Lions.

 

Veritas: The Quest

by Todd R. Ramlow

[4.Feb.03] :. Father-son dynamics are the driving dramatic force of Veritas.