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The CFQ Interview: THE TOXIC AVENGER’s Lloyd Kaufman
For close to forty years, the New York-based studio Troma has been a perverse, gory thumb in the eye of all that’s staid and safe in mainstream Hollywood. It’s co-founder Lloyd Kaufman has built a...
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Bill Stone on TRIUMPH OF THE WALL
It's Chris Overing vs. a pile of rocks and the forces of time in TRIUMPH OF THE WALL. Filmmaker Bill Stone’s task couldn’t have been simpler: Document artist Chris Overing as he built a stone wall on a...
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Cinefantastique Spotlight: THE PURGE
Lena Headey and Ethan Hawke play a well-off couple who discover that steel shutters and high-tech surveillance systems are not enough to keep out THE PURGE. THE PURGE had a happy weekend at the...
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The CFQ Interview: BLADE RUNNER’s Joanna Cassidy
Joanna Cassidy’s acting career has been long and diverse, encompassing a bit part in BULLITT, trading barbs with Dabney Coleman on BUFFALO BILL, and presently playing the overbearing mother of Dana...
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Cinefantastique Spotlight: MAN OF STEEL
Superman (Henry Cavill) goes along with our silly earth games in MAN OF STEEL. Like the clash of demigods fallen to earth after the destruction of their home world, it was going to be glorious. Because...
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The CFQ Interview: BLADE RUNNER’s William Sanderson
William Sanderson (right) and Chris Bauer face the brave new, bloodsucking future in TRUE BLOOD. Who among us didn’t watch lonely, trusting J.F. Sebastian take renegade replicant Pris into his digs at...
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Cinefantastique Spotlight: WORLD WAR Z
I Swear, THIS is the Last Year We're Shopping on Black Friday: Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos confront the zombie apocalypse in WORLD WAR Z. In perhaps a revelation more dramatic than anything in the film...
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The CFQ Interview: 100 BLOODY ACRES’ Cameron & Colin Cairnes
Angus Sampson (left) and Damon Herriman discover a new formula for success in 100 BLOODY ACRES. Australian brothers Cameron Cairnes and Colin Cairnes are making their feature film debut with 100 BLOODY...
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Writer Katie Dippold on THE HEAT
Sandra Bullock (left) and Melissa McCarthy are on the opposite sides of the same side of the law in THE HEAT. So in the midst of the interstellar conflicts, zombie plagues, and giant robots, how about...
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The Cinefantastique Spotlight: Tribute to Richard Matheson
Richard Matheson Genre film lost one of its most influential forces last week when author and screenwriter Richard Matheson passed away. Whether writing originally for the screen, as with the STAR TREK...
View ArticleCinefantastique’s Here’s What’s Going On – 07/04/2013: The Man Behind...
Co-Director Pierre Coffin invents his own gibberish… Phoenix keyboardist ROB composes for a MANIAC… From the luxurious Cinefantastique Online studios in NYC, Dan Persons brings you up-to-date on what’s...
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The CFQ Interview: ROBOT CHICKEN’s Kevin Shinick
The Justice League... and Trojan horse... assemble for ROBOT CHICKEN: DC COMICS SPECIAL It’s an old cliche, but worth repeating: Comedy is serious business, even when we’re talking about the nut shots...
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Michael Winterbottom on LOOK OF LOVE
Steve Coogan (right) and Imogen Poots (center) are at the front lines of the sexual revolution in LOOK OF LOVE. Director Michael Winterbottom and star Steve Coogan have reunited for another unique...
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The Cinefantastique Spotlight: DESPICABLE ME 2
Beee-Dooo, Beee-Dooo, Beee-Dooo: Gru (Steve Carell) has to contend with the anarchic forces that are the minions in DESPICABLE ME 2. Here’s what DESPICABLE ME 2 does not do: It does not inflict small...
View ArticleDan Persons’ Appearance During HuffPost Live Coverage of CRYSTAL FAIRY
HuffPost Live had star Michael Cera and director Sebastian Silva on, talking about their film, CRYSTAL FAIRY, and invited me to post a video question for Silva. You can see how it went in the video...
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The Cinefantastique Spotlight: PACIFIC RIM
A Jaeger makes a handsome, albeit destructive, addition to any city in PACIFIC RIM. PACIFIC RIM is Tombstone pizza when you asked for Lombardi’s, McDonald’s when you wanted Shake Shack: A passable...
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The Cinefantastique Spotlight: THE CONJURING
Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson confront the unknown of THE CONJURING (2013) This weekend continued 2013’s trend of diversity in fantastic film debuts: You had your choice of an atmospheric,...
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The Cinefantastique Spotlight: THE WOLVERINE
Handy Tips for Mutants Traveling Through Japan #1: Retract Claws Before Opening Doors: Hugh Jackman unleashes the beast in THE WOLVERINE. Take THE WOLVERINE (Hugh Jackman) out of his standard setting,...
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Fernando Trueba & Aida Folch on THE ARTIST AND THE MODEL
Aida Folch and Jean Rochefort explore the creative spirit in THE ARTIST AND THE MODEL. In occupied France, an aging sculptor (Jean Rochefort) strikes a bargain with a young, Spanish runaway (Aida...
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Temple of Bad: SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE
David Huddleston has lumps of cinematic coal for everybody in SANTA CLAUS: THE MOVIE. Are you hungering for a wonderful, whimsical tale filled with magic and adventure? A story that captures the spirit...
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