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Archive for December, 2005

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Saturday, December 31st, 2005

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The Movie Show #24 - LAYER CAKE, DOCTOR WHO XMAS SPECIAL, EXTRAS & DODGEBALL

Friday, December 30th, 2005

The Movie Show #24 (MP3 - 14.6MB - 41min)
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This week:

Layer Cake

Dodgeball

Extras

Doctor Who

RIP Vincent Schiavelli, 1948-2005

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

Picked this sad news up via Boing Boing:
RIP Vincent Schiavelli, 1948-2005One of my favorite character actors, Vincent Schiavelli, died on Mondayof lung cancer. with an unforgettably unique mug, Schiavelli appearedas all manner of misfit in films such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ghost, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. He was also an [...]

The Movie Show #23 - FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! - FINDING NEVERLAND - DOOM

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

The Movie Show #23 (MP3 - 20MB - 56min)
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1:00 First up today, Cam raves about seeing his first Russ Meyer film “Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!” (1965).

10:20 Suw FINALLY cried all the way through “Finding Neverland” (2004).

24:00 Suw also tells us about the non-PC delights of Billy Bob Thornton in “Bad Santa” [...]

Tell us your favourite J-Horror flick!

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005

I just came across the term “J-Horror” in the latest edition of WIRED mag.
J-Horror is a term used to refer to Japanese contributions to horror fiction in popular culture. Whereas American modern day horror films tend to rely heavily on special effects and a multitude of sub-genre (i.e. slashers, demons, extraterrestrials, etc.), J-horror [...]

John Spencer aka Leo McGarry dead at 58

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Wow… shocking news for WEST WING fans like myself. John Spencer, the actor who played Leo McGarry on the series for the last 7 seasons, died from a heart attack on Friday. It would have been his 59th birthday on Dec 20. As WW fans will know, his character suffered a major heart attack and [...]

DEVOT (2003)

Saturday, December 17th, 2005

Tonight on SBS I caught a brilliant German film from 2003 called DEVOT (english translation:
“Devotion”). It’s an absolutely riveting thriller by writer/director Igor Zaritzky. Annett Renneberg in particular is stunning in the lead female role of Anja.
Plot Summary for Devot (from IMDB):
In total despair, Anja is about to throw herself from a bridge. [...]

ELLIE PARKER looks interesting

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

Back in 2001, after appearing in MULHOLLAND DRIVE with Naomi Watts, actor/writer/director Scott Coffey cast her in a short film called ELLIE PARKER. It was shot on DV and received a good reception at the Sundance 2001 film festival. He’s recently shot more footage and extended it out into a feature film.
Here’s the plot [...]

speaking of X3

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

The guys over at Penny Arcade don’t appear to be big fans of the casting of Kelsey Grammar as Beast….

X-MEN 3 trailer

Thursday, December 8th, 2005

X-MEN 3 trailer is out.
Although I enjoyed X2, this trailer doesn’t really do much for me. But Kev & Van rave about it on the latest installment of the Geeks Of Hazzard podcast.