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Saturday Matinee: Visioneers
Review by Eric D. Snider Source: EricDSnider.com Most of the individual components of “Visioneers” are not new, nor are the film’s ideas particularly deep. Yet somehow the combination, written and directed by brothers Jared and Brandon Drake — in their … Continue reading
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Tagged Brandon Drake, Cult Film, Dystopia, Jared Drake, Judy Greer, Visioneers, Zach Galifianakis
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Saturday Matinee: Valley Girl
80S BITS: VALLEY GIRL By Richard Grey Source: TheRealBits.com With the release of a fourth American Pie film this year, one that largely looks back at the highs and lows of the 1999 original, it is tough to imagine a time when … Continue reading
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Tagged Cult Film, Martha Coolidge, New Wave, Nicolas Cage, Valley Girl
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Saturday Matinee: Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
Review by Jim Tudor Source: Screen Anarchy Having never seen the comedic TV work of Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim (“Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!”), I went into their feature-length variation, “Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie”, braced … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, Cult Film, Eric Wareheim, Erica Durance, Jeff Goldblum, John C. Reilly, Michael Gross, Robert Loggia, Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, Tim and Eric, Tim Heidecker, Will Ferrell, Will Forte, William Atherton, Zach Galifianakis
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Saturday Matinee: Winnebago Man double feature
From Wikipedia: Winnebago Man is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Ben Steinbauer. The film follows the Internet phenomenon created by a series of twenty-year-old outtakes from a Winnebago sales video featuring profane outbursts from the salesperson, Jack Rebney. Originally intended as an inside joke, the video spread across … Continue reading
Saturday Matinee: Chicago Conspiracy Eight
The Real Chicago 8 Movie: R.G. Davis Gets it Right By Jonah Raskin Source: CounterPunch In January 1970, R.G. Davis, the founder of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and one of the fathers of guerrilla theater, filmed a 60-minute video … Continue reading
Saturday Matinee: Dark Star
“Dark Star” (1974) is a science fiction comedy directed and produced by John Carpenter and co-written with Dan O’Bannon. The film originated as a USC film project from 1970 to 1972 and expanded to a feature length project in 1974. … Continue reading
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Tagged comedy, Cult Film, Dan O'Bannon, Dark Star, John Carpenter, Science fiction
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Saturday Matinee: Get Crazy
Review by Donald Guarisco Source: AllMovie.com Though it rarely gets mentioned in round ups of rock and roll movies, Get Crazy is one of that genre’s best outings. The script offers a savvy satire of the rock business, put forth … Continue reading
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Tagged Allan Arkush, comedy, Cult Film, Daniel Stern, Ed Begley Jr., Get Crazy, Lee Ving, Lou Reed, Malcolm McDowell
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