The formidable Penelope Spheeris penetrates L.A.'s punk and glam rock scenes, connecting with surly malcontents that would greet a normal docu with flipped fingers and snarled four-letter words. The result is much more than a collection of rare music performances. Things are as loud, as profane and as twisted as ever. The Decline of Western Civilization + The Decline of Western Civilization Part II The Metal Years Blu-ray Shout! Factory Color Street Date March 4, 2016 Sold separately 19.98 Written and Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Unless my memory is completely fried, I remember Penelope Spheeris as a busy Ta in the film department at UCLA around 1974-'75. The upstairs editing area had but one pay telephone, and she was on it constantly, making deals. The active and connected Ms. Spheeris was even then something of a celebrity around the department. Years later her connections with various L.A.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Unless my memory is completely fried, I remember Penelope Spheeris as a busy Ta in the film department at UCLA around 1974-'75. The upstairs editing area had but one pay telephone, and she was on it constantly, making deals. The active and connected Ms. Spheeris was even then something of a celebrity around the department. Years later her connections with various L.A.
- 3/5/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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The Four Horsemen. The New World Order. D-Generation X. Evolution. The Shield. The Authority.
Numerous factions have made impacts on the wrestling industry that could be described as nothing less than absolutely enormous, some even changing the way business is done. These stables are the ones that will forever be etched in the minds of fans the world over, immortalized as part of video games, toy lines, t-shirts, and video packages long after the talent who gave rise to them have moved on.
This list is not about those groups, however. Rather, it’s about those that only exist, at best, in the back of your mind, assuming you ever heard of them to begin with. For many fans, this list may even be the first (and quite possibly the last) time they ever hear of these forgettable factions as we gather here to pay them some sort...
The Four Horsemen. The New World Order. D-Generation X. Evolution. The Shield. The Authority.
Numerous factions have made impacts on the wrestling industry that could be described as nothing less than absolutely enormous, some even changing the way business is done. These stables are the ones that will forever be etched in the minds of fans the world over, immortalized as part of video games, toy lines, t-shirts, and video packages long after the talent who gave rise to them have moved on.
This list is not about those groups, however. Rather, it’s about those that only exist, at best, in the back of your mind, assuming you ever heard of them to begin with. For many fans, this list may even be the first (and quite possibly the last) time they ever hear of these forgettable factions as we gather here to pay them some sort...
- 11/17/2014
- by David Oxford
- Obsessed with Film
United we stand, divided we fall; so goes the old saying, but nowhere is this truer than in the world of professional wrestling. Though individual Superstars will always ultimately be the focus of the company, it’s no accident that the hottest draws in WWE at moment are The Shield and The Wyatt Family.
It’s great timing, then, that this latest release celebrating the greatest factions in wrestling has appeared just as these two groups are setting the WWE on fire, though it is a little surprising that they are both omitted from the main feature and instead only included as Blu-ray extras.
That said, if you accept that the main focus of this set is to celebrate factions that once existed but have long gone then it makes sense and there is plenty else to celebrate and look back upon, even if the inclusion of Evolution is the...
It’s great timing, then, that this latest release celebrating the greatest factions in wrestling has appeared just as these two groups are setting the WWE on fire, though it is a little surprising that they are both omitted from the main feature and instead only included as Blu-ray extras.
That said, if you accept that the main focus of this set is to celebrate factions that once existed but have long gone then it makes sense and there is plenty else to celebrate and look back upon, even if the inclusion of Evolution is the...
- 5/26/2014
- Shadowlocked
Lise Romanoff’s Vision Films has announced that they will be releasing the iconic documentary Sunset Strip directed by Hans Fjellestad (When The World Breaks) today across multiple VOD platforms such as iTunes, Xbox, Playstation, Amazon, Blockbuster, Vimeo and direct to consumers via the Yerka player. The film will debut on DVD on December 10th.
The Special Collectors’ Edition DVD will contain a lot of extraordinary bonus material such as extended interviews with the stars revealing their favorite Sunset Strip memories, an animated tour of the Strip, plus a series of thematic featurettes including “Sex” with Tom Arnold, Dita Von Tese, Pamela Des Barres, Hugh Hefner, Slash, Duff McKagan and Dave Navarro; “Rock ‘N Roll” with Slash, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins,Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Keanu Reeves, Johnny Depp and Len Fagan (rock promoter); “Comedy” with Tom Arnold, Paul Mooney, Richard Lewis, Argus Hamilton, Tim Reid, Bill Knoedelseder, Maz Jobrani,...
The Special Collectors’ Edition DVD will contain a lot of extraordinary bonus material such as extended interviews with the stars revealing their favorite Sunset Strip memories, an animated tour of the Strip, plus a series of thematic featurettes including “Sex” with Tom Arnold, Dita Von Tese, Pamela Des Barres, Hugh Hefner, Slash, Duff McKagan and Dave Navarro; “Rock ‘N Roll” with Slash, Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins,Ozzy Osbourne, Alice Cooper, Keanu Reeves, Johnny Depp and Len Fagan (rock promoter); “Comedy” with Tom Arnold, Paul Mooney, Richard Lewis, Argus Hamilton, Tim Reid, Bill Knoedelseder, Maz Jobrani,...
- 11/6/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
December 22, 2012 has come and gone, but the clamour for a new X-Files movie is gathering serious pace.
Chris Carter has whispered about "putting the band back together" and has promised to "go back to the mythology", and what better way to celebrate than a Friday Fiver rounding up our top five episodes of the classic sci-fi series?
Squeeze
The opening double-header promised aliens and government conspiracy, but the moment we realised The X-Files was really something special came with the introduction of Eugene Victor Tooms (Doug Hutchison) as the stretchy, liver-quaffing, bad guy. With its Hannibal Lecter-leanings and nods to Stephen King's It, 'Squeeze' had us looking uneasily at every vent, pipe and crawlspace for the rest of our lives and earned a return for the character later that series in 'Tooms'.
Anasazi/ The Blessing Way/ Paper Clip
Into the mythology, then. The hints at The Truth in the...
Chris Carter has whispered about "putting the band back together" and has promised to "go back to the mythology", and what better way to celebrate than a Friday Fiver rounding up our top five episodes of the classic sci-fi series?
Squeeze
The opening double-header promised aliens and government conspiracy, but the moment we realised The X-Files was really something special came with the introduction of Eugene Victor Tooms (Doug Hutchison) as the stretchy, liver-quaffing, bad guy. With its Hannibal Lecter-leanings and nods to Stephen King's It, 'Squeeze' had us looking uneasily at every vent, pipe and crawlspace for the rest of our lives and earned a return for the character later that series in 'Tooms'.
Anasazi/ The Blessing Way/ Paper Clip
Into the mythology, then. The hints at The Truth in the...
- 9/13/2013
- Digital Spy
But soft, what link through yonder window breaks, it is the east and this jackhole archeologist wants to dig up Shakespeare's grave to find out if the Bard smoked the reefer. While I disagree with this man's entire project, if it ends up inspiring some stoner Shakespeare plays (The Marijuana Wives Of Windsor? Twelfth Night or What You Roll?), I will be the first in line to see them. (The Mary Sue)
Also, what is the deal with exhuming people? Unless we need the DNA for a some Cold CSI Criminal Minds Case, Rest In Peace should be taken more seriously. Some feller in Tennessee wants to dig up the body of some guy who mistakenly got his dentures at the hospital. He Wants To Dig Up A Body So He Can Get His Dentures Out Of The Corpse And Put Them In His Mouth. There aren't enough Caps Locks...
Also, what is the deal with exhuming people? Unless we need the DNA for a some Cold CSI Criminal Minds Case, Rest In Peace should be taken more seriously. Some feller in Tennessee wants to dig up the body of some guy who mistakenly got his dentures at the hospital. He Wants To Dig Up A Body So He Can Get His Dentures Out Of The Corpse And Put Them In His Mouth. There aren't enough Caps Locks...
- 6/29/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
- Quick Links Complete Film Listing: Premieres Dramatic Comp: Docu Comp: World Dramatic Comp: World Docu Comp: Spectrum: Park City at Midnight: Short Film Programs January 18 to 28, 2007 Counting Down: updateCountdownClock('January 18, 2007'); Artist Spotlight: Pierre Huyghe a collection of short films by the French multimedia artist rarely seen outside of museum or art gallery contexts.The Last Dining Table (South Korea), directed and written by Gyeong-Tae Roh, an evocation of the issues of environmental pollution and family values decay in a minimalist/surrealist style. Offscreen (Denmark), directed by Christoffer Boe and written by Boe and Knud Romer Jorgensen, about an actor making an intensely private home movie about himself. World premiere.Phantom Love (U.S.), directed by Nina Menkes, a surreal tale about the personal liberation of a woman trapped in a family. Shot in Los Angeles and Rishikesh, India. World premiere. Slipstream (U.S.), directed and written by Anthony Hopkins,
- 1/18/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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