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Watch Zoe Kravitz In Clip From Prep School Comedy "Beware The Gonzo" (On VOD Starting Today!)
The film, a teen comedy, is titled Beware The Gonzo, and is written and directed by Bryan Gobuloff (screenwriter for The Basketball Diaries).
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Oddball Japanese Interracial 60's Buddy Film "Black Sun" Now On Criterion
Japanese director Koreyoshi Kurahara's films are better known by reputation, since they're rarely seen or screened anymore. Considered the leader at the forefront of what was considred in the 1960's as the Japanese "New Wave" film movement which was inspired by the French New Wave films of Francois ...
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DVD Review - "I Will Follow" (A Deeply Personal, Reflective Chamber Drama) + Interviews Galore!
It's out on DVD today, so I'm reposting my early review of the film... (we're giving 5 copies away, so you should be watching for contest posts).
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New On DVD-- "Blitz"; Rising Star Zawe Ashton Shares Screen With Heavyweights Statham, Considine
First off, let me express my surprise at the fact that (what seems to be) a pretty decent Jason Statham (The Transporter, The Bank Job) flick is going straight-to-DVD. I saw the trailer for Blitz last spring, and I was sure that it would be another in his long line of profitable "shoot-em-ups". Ba...
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Should These 11 Censored Warner Bros Cartoons Be Released?
It shouldn't be any surprised that cartoons from the 30's through the early 50's were loaded with all types and variations of offensive racist images and stereotypes. To compile a list of every single cartoon from that era with stereotyped black images would reach from here to the moon. And back. T...
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For You "Law & Order" Freaks Out There...
I understand. You'll still missing S. Epatha Merkerson as Lt Van Buren on Law & Order. Life just hasn't been the same since Jesse Martin left. And there are some who feel that the show seriously lost its groove after Richard Brooks was taken off after the second season.
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(Relatively) New On DVD-- "Take A Giant Step" Finally Gets Its Official Release
You know a b/w film released in 1959 must be something serious when there are bootlegged copies for sale on the internet and numerous on-line petitions begging for its official release floating about.
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The Ultimate "Castor Oil" Movie "The Great Debaters" Finally Gets A U.K. Release
No need to rehash by what I mean by a "Castor Oil" movie. You can read what I wrote (and so brilliantly if I do say so) about that right HERE; but the definitive example of that term will finally make its UK premiere, though not in theaters.
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"I Am Slave", Starring Wunmi Mosaku, Coming to DVD This Month; Trailer
I Am Slave, starring Wunmi Mosaku (Moses Jones, Father and Son, Vera), Isaach De Bankolé (Chocolat, The Keeper, White Material) and Nonso Anozie (Atonement, RocknRolla, Conan The Barbarian) is a film that I've been waiting to see since it's debut in August 2010 on Britain's Channel 4.
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New On DVD/Blu-ray - "Jumping The Broom" & "Battle Of Algiers"
Family/wedding dramedy Jumping The Broom hits the home video market (DVD & Blu-ray) today, so, if you didn't catch it in theaters, you can give it a go as a rental or purchase.
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