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By Shane Wilson, on June 27th, 2012% AKA Belleville Rendez-vous (UK theatrical release)
“Don’t want to end my days in Acapulco Stiff as a board, dancing the tango. I’d love to be twisted, utterly twisted, Twisted like a triplet from Belleville.
Swinging Belleville rendez-vous, Marathon dancing doop dee doo. Voodoo can can, balais taboo, Au Belleville swinging rendez-vous…” –English lyrics from . . . → Read More: 118. THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE [LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE] (2003)
By Shane Wilson, on June 5th, 2012% DIRECTED BY: Michael Schultz
FEATURING: Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb, George Burns
PLOT: Four loveable lads from Heartland, America form a band, overcome the corrupting influences of the music industry, and save their town from the evil forces that want to steal four prized musical instruments which can guarantee peace and love . . . → Read More: RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (1978)
By Shane Wilson, on April 8th, 2012% DIRECTED BY: Norman Jewison
FEATURING: Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman
PLOT: The last days of Jesus Christ, including the Last Supper, his betrayal by Judas, and his
crucifixion – sung to a propulsive rock score composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: Though the very premise – a rock . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973)
By Shane Wilson, on December 19th, 2011% DIRECTED BY: Clio Barnard
FEATURING: Manjinder Virk, Christine Bottomley, Natalie Gavin
PLOT: A quasi-documentary about the short life of Yorkshire playwright Andrea Dunbar, the
impoverished housing estate she called home, and the troubled family she left behind, told with actors lip-synching to tape recordings of real-life individuals.
WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: The . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: THE ARBOR (2010)
By Shane Wilson, on November 21st, 2011% DIRECTED BY: Sam Irvin
FEATURING: Richard Joseph Paul, Andrew Divoff, Jimmie F. Skaggs, a parade of C-list all-stars
PLOT: Many years from now, on a faraway planet, a one-eyed alien villain comes to the frontier
outpost of Oblivion to raise a ruckus and murder the sheriff in cold blood. It’s up to the sheriff’s . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: OBLIVION (1994)
By Shane Wilson, on August 9th, 2011% Submission for the reader review writing contest #4 by Shane Wilson
“In the final count, I think we must have buzzed 20,000,000 behinds.” – William Castle
DIRECTED BY: William Castle
FEATURING: Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman (the older brother of “Dobie Gillis” star Dwyane Hickman)
PLOT: There are two plots running simultaneously in The . . . → Read More: READER RECOMMENDATION: THE TINGLER (1959)
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