August 2005
The Archives
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08.23.05The Aristocrats Goon | Reviews | (0)The Aristocrats Directed by: Paul Provenza Starring: Approximately 100 comedians including Penn Jillette, Robin Williams, Sarah Silverman, Gilbert Gottfried The Aristocrats is a documentary about a dirty joke with the same beginning and the same end. A family of performers visit a talent agent, say: “We’ve got an amazing act for you”. They perform the most disgusting things you can imagine. The talent agent says: “That’s a hell of an act. What do you call it?” The answer: The Aristocrats. It’s not a funny joke at all, but as Penn Jillette says, “It’s the singer, not the song”. The Aristocrats is 100 comedians’ take ...
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08.02.05Overnight Goon | Reviews | (1)Overnight (DVD) Directed by: Tony Montana and Mark Brian Smith Starring: Troy Duffy, his band, the directors, and a slew of celebrities I first saw “Boondock Saints” on video in 2001. I liked it, and still kind of do. I knew right away though that it was a flawed Tarantino ripoff, but the performances are quite funny, there’s many memorable good moments and action sequences, and its generally fun. It tries to stir up some discussion about vigilantism, and it fails at that, however as an indie film I thought it was certainly above average. I believed the cult status it has accumulated ...
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08.02.05Orwell Rolls In His Grave Sean | Reviews | (0)Orwell Rolls In His Grave (DVD) Written and Directed by: Robert Kane Pappas Anyone who has read George Orwell’s novel 1984 and stopped to think about it recently has probably found themselves somewhat unnerved by how true to life it all seems. What was once a chilling sci-fi warning of things to come has now become reality. Michael Moore referenced some of these parallels in his own film Fahrenheit 9/11, and now filmmaker Robert Kane Pappas brings us an entire documentary devoted to the subject. “Orwell Rolls In His Grave” explores the Orwellian vision of the future, specifically a world where the flow ...
