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Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast: Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
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- Parent Category: Film and the Arts
- Category: Reviews
- Published on Monday, 02 May 2011 04:04
- Written by Daniel Persons
Much like the denizens of the night that its title character is purported to protect, the horror-comedy Dylan Dog: Dead of Night has stealthily crept onto our mortal plane, sneaking into a handful of theaters for the consumption of a small (very small) audience. But are those who witness this Buffy-like mash-up of zombies, vampires, werewolves, and Roger Rabbit discovering a rare, cinematic gem appreciated by a select few, or does distributor Freestyle Releasing have another motivation for giving this film the kind of release that draws as little attention as possible? Join Cinefantastique Online's Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons as they search for the answer.
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Kevin's April '11 Digital Week IV
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- Parent Category: Film and the Arts
- Category: Reviews
- Published on Thursday, 28 April 2011 15:00
- Written by Kevin Filipski
Blu-rays of the Week
Gulliver’s Travels
(Fox)
Jack Black’s goofily good-natured persona keeps this routine update of Jonathan Swift’s classic from completely foundering. At one point, Black trades in Gulliver for Cyrano, helping one of the Lilliputian men woo the fair princess, which gives an idea of the movie’s paucity of clever ideas. The CGI-heavy special effects of Black as a giant with the Lilliputians and a dwarf when he meets the Brobdingnagians are cute but are too often fake-looking to be effective.
Theater Review: Riotous Rylance in "Jerusalem"
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- Parent Category: Film and the Arts
- Category: Reviews
- Published on Monday, 25 April 2011 15:00
- Written by Kevin Filipski
Jerusalem
Written by Jez Butterworth
Starring Mark Rylance, Mackenzie Crook, John Gallagher, Jr., Max Baker, Geraldine Hughes, Molly Ranson, Alan David, Aimeé-Ffion Edwards, Danny Kirrane, Charlotte Mills, Sarah Moyle, Harvey Robinson, Barry Sloane, Aiden Eyrick, Mark Page
Directed by Ian Rickson
William Blake’s 18th century poem Jerusalem, beloved by the English as a patriotic hymn since Hubert Parry set it to music during World War I, extols the eternal beauties of the mother country. Jez Butterworth’sJerusalem ironically references that heavenly hymn in its satirical portrait of a 21st century England filled with disaffected souls not interested in a long-past bucolic era.
CFQ Black Hole Ultra Lounge: Confirmed Film Genius & Video on D-Box
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- Parent Category: Film and the Arts
- Category: Reviews
- Published on Sunday, 24 April 2011 20:48
- Written by Daniel Persons
It's time for another trip into the depths of the Black Hole -- the Black Hole Ultra Lounge Podcast, that is, this time brought to you with all the excitement of D-Box motion simulation. So strap yourself in and get ready for a bumpy ride as Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski ruminate on the philosophical questions plaguing sophisticated aficionados of horror, fantasy, and science fiction cinema.
To wit: How high a batting average does a genre filmmaker need to maintain in order to be considered a power hitter? Are the twin titanic terrors of of type-casting and sequels to blame for career slumps of otherwise stellar talents?
Is the D-Box motion-simulator chair the only way to truly enjoy Inception? Does the premise of J.J. Abrams' Super 8 (kids filming a movie encounter real-life monsters) suggest a pint-sized version of George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead?
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