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OCTOBER 3 - OCTOBER 9, 2006
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ABOMINABLE (dir: Ryan Schifrin,R) – This unabashedly traditional horror flick not only throws in nifty cameos from genre stars like Lance Henrickson, Jeffrey Combs and Dee Wallace-Stone but pays homage to REAR WINDOW. Only this time the wheelchair bound protagonist is witnessing people being ripped apart by a Sasquatch-like creature in an isolated mountain town. |
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^CHANGING TIMES (dir: Andre Techine, Not Rated) – Old pals Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu and director Andre Techine re-team for this top-rated drama in which two former lovers pick up their romance 30 years later. | |||
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LOOSE CHANGE (dir: Dylan Avery, Not Rated) – In the first of two inflammatory 9/11 conspiracy documentaries this week, we are presented with proof that everything we thought we knew about the terrorist attacks is a lie. I’m not saying the Truth isn’t out there, but why do these things have to be marketed like alien autopsy videos? |
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NEXT DOOR (dir: Pal Sletaune, Not Rated) – In this icky Norwegian thriller a young man befriends the two sexy young ladies living in the apartment next to him but quickly learns there is something sinister behind their pretty smiles. For me personally, and I try not to judge, when they answered the door covered in blood I probably would have called it a day. | |||
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9/11: PRESS FOR TRUTH (dir: Ray Nowosielski, Not Rated) – Those pesky troublemakers at Disinformation bring us this documentary about some 9/11 widows seeking answers about that fateful day. These are the same widows Ann Coulter described in her most recent opus as “self-obsessed” and “enjoying their husbands’ deaths.” Oh Ann, you really are a charmer. |
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*ONCE IN A LIFETIME (dir: Paul Crowder / John Dower, PG-13) – Who says Americans don’t like soccer? In the late 70s the New York Cosmos were averaging 50,000 fans per game and the continued proliferation of suburban youth leagues is largely a trickle down from this period. This totally awesome documentary energetically recounts the wild days when Pelé was the king of the Big Apple and America had a fever for the beautiful game. | |||
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THE ROOST (dir: Ti West, Not Rated) – Getting besieged by bloodthirsty vampire bats when your car breaks down is bad. Being bitten by these particular bats and turning into a zombie is worse. Then you have to roam the earth searching for flesh to consume, your hygiene takes a turn for worse, you try to bite your friends. It just gets messy. |
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THANK YOU FOR SMOKING (dir: Jason Reitman, R) – Aaron Eckhart gets the role of his career as a lobbyist for Big Tobacco who is able to lie through his teeth all day and then go home to his kid with a guilt-free conscience. This vicious satire takes on not only the companies that peddle cigarettes but the whole philosophy of lobbying in general, the idea of living in a culture that constantly tries to sell you stuff that makes your life worse. | |||
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THE WOODS (dir: Lucky McKee, R) – You get a really good vibe off a low budget horror movie when it was made about 5 years before its unceremonious dumping on home video, with the most writing about it appearing in the BART & GREG’S DVD EXPLOSION! newsletter. |
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X-MEN: THE LAST STAND (dir: Brett Ratner, PG-13) – Granted, it’s not the masterwork that X2 was, but this has Vinnie “Hardman” Jones as Juggernaut so who’s arguing? | |||
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