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PFF: WAGES OF SPIN
The early days of rock and roll are often depicted as nothing more than innocent fun. Teens gathered in each other’s homes for listening parties or went out to sock hops to dance to their [click for more]
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Review: LAKE TAHOE
The film Lake Tahoe acts as a very good lesson in no-budget filmmaking, but it also demonstrates that if your cinematic style does not jibe with your subject matter, it doesn’t matter how frugally you [click for more]
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PFF Review: 9 To 5: DAYS IN PORN
There is not that much titillation to be found in the German documentary 9 To 5: Days In Porn. Sure, there’s an occasional flash of nudity, but that’s part and parcel of the fact that [click for more]
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PFF Review: MOON
Sam Bell is going a little bit stir crazy. Coming up on the end of a three year stint stationed on the dark side of the moon, Sam (Sam Rockwell) has been the only human [click for more]
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PFF Review: 500 Days Of Summer
This is a thoroughly delightful romantic comedy that is actually romantic and above all funny. Joseph Gordon Levitt is just getting better with each passing year. If this film does not mark some kind of [click for more]
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PFF Review: ALEXANDRA
In the comedy Love And Death, Woody Allen finds himself conscripted into the Russian Army about to fight Napoleon’s invading French forces. While in basic training, a stern drill sergeant tries to explain the reality [click for more]
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PFF Review: BAGHEAD
The two favorite subjects of ultra low budget filmmakers seems to be the relationship drama and the slasher film, both due to the low cost involved in producing either. All the relationship piece needs is [click for more]
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PFF Review: THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM
It seems almost inconceivable that fans of Hong Kong action cinema have had to wait nearly two decades for its biggest stars, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, to appear on screen together. It is just [click for more]
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PFF Review: STORM
The Wachowski Brother’s Matrix trilogy has many cinematic sins to atone for. The Swedish movie Storm is one of those sins. Donny (Eric Ericson) is a writer who suddenly finds himself caught up in events [click for more]
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PFF Review: MONGUL
The first in a proposed trilogy of films charting the life of the warlord Genghis Khan, Sergei Bodrov’s film Mongol feels like an echo of the great historical epics from Hollywood’s Golden Age. Mongol strips [click for more]