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Comedy
Tuesday, 19 October 2004 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
Ed Wood
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studio:
Touchstone
Home Video
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Johnny
Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette, Jeffrey
Jones, G.D. Spradlin, Vincent D’Onofrio, Bill Murray, Mike Starr, Lisa
Marie, George “The Animal” Steele
director:
Tim Burton
film release year:
1994
DVD release year:
2004
film rating:
Four-and-a-Half Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
“Ed Wood” has been teetering on the brink of DVD release for a couple
of years. It was originally set to be released earlier this year—review
copies were mailed out—but then a documentary (really unnecessary) had
to be removed, and the disc was rescheduled. But it’s out there now.
Tuesday, 28 September 2004 |
Written by
Paul Lingas
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title:
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
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studio:
Universal Studios Home Video
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Kirsten Dunst, Tom Wilkinson
film release year:
2004
DVD release year:
2005
film rating:
Four-and-a-Half Stars
sound/picture:
Three-and-a-Half Stars
reviewed by:
Paul Lingas
“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is a remarkably interesting and
enjoyable film from director Michael Gondry and wacky and talented
screenwriter Charlie Kaufman that assaults the mind, senses and heart
with its look at one man trying to erase something painful from his
past and the discovery that with pain comes joy, especially when it
comes to relationships.
Tuesday, 21 September 2004 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
Coffee And Cigarettes
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studio:
United Artists
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Roberto
Benigni, Stephen Wright, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits, Cate
Blanchett, Jack White, Alfred Molina, Steve Coogan, GZA, RZA, Bill
Murray, Taylor Mead
director:
Jim Jarmusch
film release year:
2003
DVD release year:
2004
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture rating:
Three Stars
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
Back in 1986, Jim Jarmusch shot a brief, black and white film with
Steven Wright and Roberto Benigni (before Benigni’s fame in the U.S.);
two guys meet for coffee and cigarettes in a small coffee shop. They’re
a little nervous about each other, but Benigni grows so excited over
the encounter that he goes to the dentist for Wright.
Tuesday, 07 September 2004 |
Written by
Paul Lingas
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title:
Soul Plane
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studio:
MGM Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Tom Arnold, Kevin Hart, Method Man, Snoop Dogg
theatrical release year:
2004
DVD release year:
2004
film rating:
Half Star
sound/picture:
Two Stars
reviewed by:
Paul Lingas
The quirky thing about comedy is that if you don’t set things up or
give any sort of context within which things can be funny, they’re not.
Such is the case with the utterly flat “Soul Plane.” While there are
many comedians in the movie who are funny by themselves, almost nothing
draws laughs in this tired exercise in how to blow comedic timing.
Tuesday, 20 July 2004 |
Written by
Paul Lingas
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title:
Beetle Uncensored
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studio:
Boo’s Jolly Dwarf Productions
MPAA rating:
Unrated
starring:
Lester Green, aka Beetlejuice
theatrical release year:
2003
DVD release year:
2004
film rating:
Half Star
sound/picture:
Zero Stars
reviewed by:
Paul Lingas
Even though I was an English major in college, consider myself
something of a writer and am definitely an educated person, I can’t
even begin to think of the ways to describe just how utterly awful this
program is. It mainly consists of watching a crass, loud-mouthed and
often naked four-foot-something man walking around doing things so
foolish and unimaginative that there is absolutely no chance for humor.
Originally appearing on the Howard Stern show, Beetlejuice became well
known for his lowbrow antics. Unfortunately, over an hour of those
antics are available, uncensored, on this DVD. What a travesty of
American entertainment. The ostensible “skits” aren’t even true skits.
In many of them, Beetle is simply walking around naked doing various
things, anywhere from sitting in a dunk tank at ...
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