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05.20.03 by ScottC @ 7:02 pm   Film: Written by: John Gay, based on the novel by William Goldman Features:Released by: Paramount My Advice: Rent it. Christopher Gill (Steiger), while a successful theater manager, has never achieved much success as an actor, especially when compared to his famous mother. But he’s going to show them all. With accents and disguises, he will perform to lonely, middle-age women with roles that imply trust and safety: a priest, a plumber, and a cop among others. These women will never suspect his performance until he gets his hands around their throats, choking the life out of them. As an actor, Gill always likes good reviews and when he gets an unintentional one from Det. Morris Brummel (Segal), he makes the cop his confidante. Brummel would rather be spending time with his new girlfriend Kate Palmer (Remick), but Gill has already made plans for one hell of a curtain call. Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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05.18.03 by ScottC @ 10:31 pm  Film: Written and Directed by: Peter Jaysen and Rich Tackenberg Features:
Released by: Goldhil My Advice: Rent it. When television first came out, a lot of people weren't sure what to do with it. It was kinda like radio, it was kinda like the movies, and it was kinda like the stage. But it was its own unique creature. While others went with what they’d done before, Sid Caesar and a group of talented actors and writers created something new. Your Show of Shows (later to be Caesar’s Hour) created the playbook that many shows based themselves on. Its history and impact on entertainment is detailed in Hail Sid Caesar! Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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04.29.03 by ScottC @ 7:21 pm  Film: Written by: Bryan Johnson Features:
Released by: Lions Gate My Advice: Don't bother. Will Carlson (O'Halloran) is living proof that nice guys finish last. All he wants is to entertain children as Flappy the Clown. Since being a party clown doesn't pay well, he lives in a crappy apartment and drives a crappy car. He gets nothing from grief from the bums outside his place, his hateful bitch of a mother, and his best friend Syd (Johnson). In a bid to make more money, Will decides to try being a "clown stripper" to provide some laughs at bachelor parties. The joke being instead of a regular stripper, you get this male clown stripper and the attendants get a good laugh at the expense of the man of honor. His first job is nothing to laugh at when he is brutally beaten and raped by a sadistic father (Lewkowitz) and his two moronic sons (Suplee, Maher). Because of the shame and disgust one would normally feel and being dressed as a stripper clown to boot, Will is reluctant to go to the police. While he's limping along, he happens to save a little girl from being held hostage by her gun-toting, soon-to-be divorced father. Now he's a media darling with his own successful kids' show, but a disturbing phone call starts events that can only end in tragedy. Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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04.14.03 by ScottC @ 6:49 pm  Film: Written by: Carl Dupre and Tim Day Features:
Released by: Buena Vista Home Video My Advice: Rent the original. Surviving a major accident can be a bewildering experience. Especially when you live, but a loved one doesn’t. Trevor (Winters) for example, survived his car crashing and sinking into the river, but his dear wife Kirsty (Laurence) wasn’t found. He is naturally confused and emotional. His confusion is deepened when Detective Lange (Taylor) keeps asking questions about the accident since Kirsty had a big inheritance. Smacking your head against the steering wheel doesn’t help either. This could explain his memory loss (while seemingly in love with his wife, he keeps having hot, nasty, kinky sex with his boss, his neighbor, and his acupuncturist). But can it explain choking up a gigantic eel, having visions of graphic, bloody murder, and seeing a certain person in black leather with pins in his head with a highly decorated box? Is it all in Trevor’s head, are Pinhead (Bradley) and his loyal Cenobites after his soul, or is there another agenda in the works? Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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04.01.03 by ScottC @ 10:14 pm  Film: Directed by: Edet Belzberg Features:
Released by: Docurama My Advice: Rent it with some Kleenex handy. Even though communism is nearly gone from Europe, its aftermath of political and economic disruption still lingers. As is usually the case, the most vulnerable group, children, suffer the most. Romanian children suffer even more since there are so many and so few resources to help them. This situation was caused when the former communist ruler, Nicolae Ceausescu, outlawed contraception and abortion supposedly to increase the workforce. As one of the poorest countries of Europe, Romania now has over 20,000 children on the streets of the city of Bucharest. Many of these children run away from badly managed orphanages and abusive families. Even worse, families who can't support another mouth to feed throw them out. So they are reduced to odd jobs, begging, or worse. Categorized as: DVD and Reviews
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