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July 31, 2002

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DEEP RED Dario Argento, Director Anchor Bay Forget the great Italian locations, the flimsy story line, the bad dubbing, the tricky revelation of the murderer, the only thing that matters in this film is the amazing art direction and the spontaneous shriek-inducing ending. Not to reveal too much, but it is sufficient to say, you will believe a human head can pop right open with enough pressure. This is a must have for Argento fans, and a must see…

TAKING A CHANCE Victor D. Infante interviews Amber Benson

July 17, 2001

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Before all the hullabaloo began about BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER moving to UPN, and the subsequent furor over the titular character's apparent demise (yeah, right) the Internet was alight with discussion over Amber Benson's new independent film, CHANCE. More to the point, fans were abuzz about the fact that she was funding it out of pocket, with a little help from her fans. Little Willow, who runs the Amber Benson fan site THE ESSENCE OF AMBER soon after began promoting the…

Olmsted’s DVD Astro Hell WITCH YOU WERE HERE:

May 21, 2000

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THE WITCHES THE DEVIL RIDES OUT Anchor Bay, distributor LUCINDA'S SPELL A.D. VISION Oh, that editor Carlye! Cut to behind the scenes of Astro-Hell - imagine, if you will, the curious pleasure of getting 3 DVDs to review in the mail without any kind of note and realize what our fearless leader is looking for - in this case a clearly pagan theme which I also realized would actually be featured in the Halloween issue of IRS. So, considering…

SUMMER MOVIE MANIA I’ve Seen Everything So You Don’t Have To. -Jack Sanderson

February 10, 2000

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I realized walking out of a Hollywood multiplex the other day that I had seen everything playing. Searching the paper for another movie to see, I lamented with my movie going buddy, "We've seen everything!" Yup, EVERYTHING. Okay, I'm putting off LOVES LABOUR LOST, cause I just can't imagine watching Alicia Silverstone do Shakespeare. And she would be `doing' him. So let me share the summer fare so far and maybe save you a few bucks. GONE IN SIXTY…