Category Archives: Film

The Incredibles

Went to see The Incredibles today. Let’s just say I owe Disney an apology. Great characters, amazing animation. I’d bitch about the somewhat underdeveloped, predictable storyline but the wife would kick my butt. Superpowers indeed! ;)

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Derailroaded

Wild Man Fischer, cult-phenomenon whose “An Evening With…“ was produced by FZ, is the subject of a soon to be released documentary called Derailroaded (watch the trailer). This one should be very interesting: “We visit him at home, follow him … Continue reading

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Fahrenheit 911 Download

Crikey! Grab your free download of Fahrenheit 911 right over here, it’s available in just about any format.

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Les Triplettes

Surreal, funny, subversive, no dialogue, outstanding drawings. Down with Disney junk — “Les Triplettes De Belleville“ has to be the best animated movie I’ve seen in many years.

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Down Monster Road

Next Wednesday 13 the Doctor and I will be attending the annual Filmfestival of Ghent for a screening of “Monster Road” (the Bruce Bickford docu). Should you be looking for us, we’ll be the ones wearing the fake Groucho Marx … Continue reading

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Moore And The Oscars

Filmmaker Michael Moore says he is willing to give up a chance to compete in the Oscar race for best documentary with his anti-Bush movie “Fahrenheit 9/11” in order to have it shown on television before the U.S. presidential election … Continue reading

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Silencio!

Anyone seen David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive? I have a couple of days ago, and now I’m needing to peruse this site in order to get what the hell it was all about.

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I Coulda Been Somebody

Marlon Brando is no more. Zeldman: “No actor since has possessed such talent and no actor ever threw so much talent away.”

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Another Brick

wherein Barry introduces “The Thursday Superfluous Classic Movie Review” while risking to get lynched by a mob of angry PinkFloydians. We watched Pink Floyd’s The Wall on DVD last weekend. I’d seen the film before but that was in the … Continue reading

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Bananas Revisited

“Woody Allen,” a radio interviewer says into his microphone, “You’re a film director, a musician, a scriptwriter, an actor, and a comedian… which of these roles do you prefer?”“Yes,” Woody says succinctly. — 7 (early 70’s) Interviews with Woody Allen

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Monster Road Hits LA

Those of you who live close to Los Angeles (as opposed to, oh, say Asscrack Belgium) may be interested to know that “Monster Road”, the Bruce Bickford docu, will be screening at the LA Film Festival on June 22 & … Continue reading

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Medium Cool

Tonight, at 23:50 GMT, BBC2 is broadcasting Medium Cool (’69), a movie which may ring a bell with FZ-fans as it features quite a few Zappa songs (Oh No, Are You Hung Up, Who Needs The Peace Corps, to name … Continue reading

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Miguel Milanos

The 100 Worst Porn Movie Titles, too funny: “Willie Wanker and The Fudge Packing Factory”, “All Anal On the Western Front” and “Beyond The Valley of The Ultra Milkmaids”, among other linguistic gems. (Kudos to the person who can tell … Continue reading

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Movie Characters

For those who like completely arbitrary lists: The 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time. Sadly, Fielding Mellish has been overlooked. Not to mention Derek Smalls!

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Moore vs Mickey

Michael Moore may not have been made to shut up quite this drastically but Disney forbidding the distribution of Fahrenheit 911 to please Brother Jeb B. is just as ludicrous – and effective. Un-effin’ believable. Luckily the film will be … Continue reading

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