Bumps (and Chumps) in the Night

Written by Simon Abrams on October 28, 2009. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

Arthouses look to fill the schlock void for Halloween cult film fanatics
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The Boondock Saints II: All Saint’s Day

Written by Simon Abrams on October 28, 2009. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

The Boondock Saints II: All Saint’s Day Directed by Troy Duffy Runtime: 117 min. “Pulp Fiction with soul,” was what Boston-born, indie-hack-that-could Troy Duffy’s first screenplay, The Boondock Saints, was crassly dubbed by Hollywood insiders. Duffy, more memorable for the story of his rise and meteoric fall from prominence, is not really interested in the
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Pandorum

Written by Simon Abrams on September 30, 2009. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

Go for the elaborate set pieces, stay for the mess
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I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

Written by Simon Abrams on September 23, 2009. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

Tucker Max wants you to like him for being an unapologetic dickhead
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Harmony and Me

Written by Simon Abrams on September 16, 2009. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

Everything and everyone’s a deadpan punchline waiting to happen in this sneering comedy
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Big Fan

Written by Simon Abrams on August 19, 2009. Posted in Arts & Film, Posts

Big FanDirected by Robert D. SiegelRuntime: 86 min. With Big Fan, screenwriter Robert Siegel’s directorial debut, the schmaltz-meister that wrote The Wrestler shows us that he’s grown leaps and bounds as an artist in the span of just one year. Big Fan tempers the tragic sap of Mickey Rourke’s deadly serious comeback with a healthy
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