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Once Upon A Time In Mexico

September 21, 2003by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Don’t go see it. It was a shit-ass version of Desperado. Salma Hayek was barely even in it, for chrissakes.

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New CDs

September 19, 2003by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Frankenixon . Depth Perception: I’d never heard of them either. They’re an indie band from, like, Wisconsin or something, but I downloaded a song called “Posers” that blew me away. […]

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Johnny Cash, R.I.P.

September 12, 2003by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Cash and Currency Alone with the Man in Black “My name is Wyclef, my freestyle is homicide I shot a man in Reno, like Johnny Cash, just to watch him […]

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TIFF, day 6

September 10, 2003by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Intermission: 10 out of 10. Funny, aggressive, violent, surprising, mocking, original, well acted…this was the perfect movie to end the festival with. I thought it was going to be a […]

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TIFF, day 4

September 8, 2003by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Young Adam: 5 out of 10. Copious amounts of nudity, water, coal, sex and the colour gray. Welcome to Scotland. Not a terrible movie, but two days from now I […]

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TIFF, day 3

September 8, 2003by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Dogville: 8 out of 10. Lars von Trier’s become one of the big names at Film Festivals worldwide the last few years with Breaking The Waves and Dancer In The […]

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TIFF, day 2

September 6, 2003by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

The Fog Of War: 9 out of 10. Errol Morris, one of the great documentary film makers, made a film featuring conversations with Robert McNamara. McNamara was Secretary of Defense […]

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TIFF, day 1

September 6, 2003by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

I Love Your Work: 8 out of 10. Adam Goldberg’s second movie, with Giovanni Ribisi playing a character who seemed to be modelled on Goldberg himself. Kind of a twisting […]

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Bring on the TIFF

September 1, 2003by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

We just finished the time-honoured tradition of standing in line for two hours to wait for our tickets. Turns out that, even though we were box #8 and box #30 […]

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