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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: TWO FOR THE ROAD
By Brian Lafferty July 9, 2011 (San Diego) – The Trip is a Reader’s Digest condensed version of the hit British TV sitcom of the same name. Normally sitcoms and cinema go as well together as peanut...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: GRAND "TREE"
By Brian Lafferty August 11, 2011 (San Diego) – It can get really eerie when a movie parallels your life. The Tree does so for me, striking a powerful emotional cord. When I lost my mother last...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: "BELLFLOWER" POWER
By Brian Lafferty September 2, 2011 (San Diego) – Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali. David Lynch’s Eraserhead. Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead. Kevin Smith’s Clerks. What does Evan Glodell’s Bellflower have in...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: "SISTER" ACT
By Brian Lafferty September 9, 2011 (San Diego) – Mozart’s Sister is the year’s leading candidate for the year’s dullest film. During the two hour running time I counted only three instances of mental...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: LIFE'S EPIC "MYSTERIES"
By Brian Lafferty September 23, 2011 (San Diego) – A few years ago I watched the 1959 version of Ben-Hur. I sat in my seat mesmerized, so hooked that I did not take a single break during the entire...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: BACKWOODS IN ACTION
By Brian Lafferty Tucker & Dale vs. Evil is playing only at midnight tonight and Saturday night at the Ken Cinema. September 30, 2011 (San Diego) – Although it wasn’t exactly a horror film, John...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: "HAPPY, HAPPY" JOY JOY
By Brian Lafferty September 30, 2011 (San Diego) – There is an old proverb that goes, “Honesty is the best policy.” As a theme it serves Happy, Happy well. It’s refreshing to see a film so honest with...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: GROSS ANATOMY
By Brian Lafferty October 7, 2011 (San Diego) – The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) is a challenging movie not just in content but also in making me think about my response to it. It’s so easy for...
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ON THE SILVER SCREEN: THE GOLD BRUSH
By Brian Lafferty October 7, 2011 (San Diego) – The Mill and the Cross is one of the year’s most original films. That’s not something I’ve been able to say a lot this year…or last year, for that...
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