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Predators and Survival - North Coast Journal (opens the original)
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PRIMETIME.In the early 21st century, there was a weird man who created a weird show. He was/is Chris Hansen, and the show was To Catch a Predator, an ethically dubious hidden-camera entrapment program ostensibly designed to apprehend pedophiles but also, as we learn from this fictionalized account, to beat Lost in the Nielsens. The prickly intersection of justice and notoriety is where Primetime, directed by Lance Oppenheim (the upcoming You Can See Everything), with antic, artful curiosity, pla
Reckless Freaks - North Coast Journal (opens the original)
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I WANT YOUR SEX. The milieu of contemporary “fine” art, pinioned as it is to its own ironic self-importance, has always been ripe for satire, with cinema as appropriate a vehicle for it as any. Going back to the olden days of the mid-20th century, when movies were splintering into factions and movements, the outsider arms were as much a part of the art movement as they were critical of it. Uniquely able to both vivify and critique the expansive silliness of post-modernism, with the moving image
Explode, Don’t Tell - North Coast Journal (opens the original)
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FUZE. Given the death of concise action-oriented picture-stories currently on offer, the promise of such a thing, particularly with movie stars in the cast and a reliable director in charge, is even more compelling than it once was. Factoring in the presence of explosives and a daring heist in the middle of a major metropolitan area — well, they had me before the title card. And while Fuze may not emerge as one of the classics of its day (or even its genre), its mere existence, competency and sc
'Idiots' and 'Buddy' - North Coast Journal (opens the original)
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IDIOTS. The promise of an R-rated, “gross-out” comedy, especially one anointed for theatrical release, is especially tempting (if equally risky) in an era of corporate trepidation and hobbled creativity. What was once a proven, often overly relied-on subgenre has become risky, a niche proposition unlikely to yield the sort of box-office windfall upon which studios have come to rely. The mild transgression offered by such movies having become routine, passé or — in a shocking turn toward the prov
You Might Go Home Again - North Coast Journal (opens the original)
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GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS. Wet Hot American Summer (2001) is as much a tenet of my marriage as any of the shared values upon which it is founded. For a quarter century, it has been a source of solace, celebration and common ground unlike any other for my wife and I. It is also, of course, one of the greatest film comedies of all time, a product not just of its moment, but of great, goofy minds coming together under trying circumstances to create something legitimately greater than
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