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Olmsted’s DVD Astro Hell

Olmsted’s DVD Astro Hell

October 17, 2000
DVD
ACHTUNG, BABY!: WHITY & WOYZECK WOYZECK Anchor Bay, distributor ย ย ย Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders all began their film-making in the 60's, but the films that brought them critical acclaim arrived almost simultaneously in the early 70's, a trend that film critics took note of as the German New Wave. Since then, Fassbinder has O.D.'d, Wenders has taken the same mediocrity pill that Bertolluci has apparently swallowed, and Herzog is still going strong. Wenders will undoubtedly return…
LINGUISTIC ALCHEMY: AN EVENING WITH LAUREL ANN BOGEN

LINGUISTIC ALCHEMY: AN EVENING WITH LAUREL ANN BOGEN

July 22, 2000
DVD
LINGUISTIC ALCHEMY: AN EVENING WITH LAUREL ANN BOGENLaurel Ann Bogen - poet, mentor, and all-around word witch (Sun in Aries, Moon in Cancer, Sagittarius Rising), is rarely at home, being a creature of multiple tasks and titles. For this reason I became, some three years ago, the nominal guardian of her cat: a large, mild-mannered orange tabby, innocuously christened "Little Guy Bogen". Being Little Guy's adoptive parent entitles me to visit Laurel at regular intervals for dinner, which I…
Olmsted’s DVD Astro Hell THOSE SHIT-SUCKING VAMPIRES

Olmsted’s DVD Astro Hell THOSE SHIT-SUCKING VAMPIRES

June 23, 2000
DVD
MODERN VAMPIRES (Sterling Home Entertainment) RAZOR BLADE SMILE (A-Pix Ent.) Straight to video no longer has the stigma it once had, since distributing a film costs so much now that studio lack of faith hardly means a bad movie. However, in the following two vampire epics, that's exactly what it means. "From the creators of FREEWAY" says the blurb on the cool box for MODERN VAMPIRES. After consulting IMDb, the only two names that are connected with FREEWAY are…
Olmsted’s DVD Astro Hell  WITCH YOU WERE HERE:

Olmsted’s DVD Astro Hell WITCH YOU WERE HERE:

May 21, 2000
CD
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…
D0N’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME Claire Quilty’s Mike Rodi and Jenn Rhubright

D0N’T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME Claire Quilty’s Mike Rodi and Jenn Rhubright

May 14, 2000
DVD
0>Clare Quilty, named for the man who steals Lolita away from her pedophile lover in LOLITA, is a hard band to pin down. With lyrics and music by the introspective Mike Rodi and stage presence by the flighty, yet grounded Jenn Rhubright up front, CQ could be dismissed as an overly academic band with no where to go once the college crowd finds a new shiny object. But CQ seems to have a little something extra. Signed practically sight…