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Blog Entries by Dan Persons from 06/2010

Mighty Movie Podcast: Tougher Than You: Mark Hopkins on Living in Emergency

| Posted 06.05.2010
Read More: Doctors Without Borders, Earth, Documentary, Debut Feature, Democratic Republic of Congo, Emotion, Gritty, Activism, War, Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders, Drama, Liberia, Congo, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Indie, Success, News

It's getting to be that my fortitude is being tested on a weekly basis. I've witnessed the psychotic outrages of The Human Centipede (and liked it), t...

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ReelzChannel: Top Ten "Hazardous Cargo" Movies

| Posted 06.06.2010
Read More: Samuel L. Jackson, Katherine Hepburn, Jonah Hill, Humor, Hayao Miyazaki, Get HIm to the Greek, Judd Apatow, Film, Agatha Christie, Cary Grant, Movies, Christopher Nolan, Howard Hawks, Russell Brand, Alfred Hitchcock, Ridley Scott, Joss Whedon, Yves Montand, Charles Grodin, Comedy, Robert De Niro, News

For the ambitious music industry intern Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) in Get Him to the Greek, the task was supposedly easy: Escort a musician from London ...

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Cinefantastique Podcast: Not Quite Human - Splice

| Posted 06.07.2010
Read More: Violence, Film Criticism, Murder, Horror, Emotion, Cube, Sex, Drama, Suspense, Controversy, Death, Vincenzo Natali, Indie, Cloning, Success, Movie Reviews, Sarah Polley, Gore, Social Drama, Fantasy, Off Beat, Science Fiction, Splice, Genetics, Adrien Brody, Love, Cinefantastique, Cinefantastique Podcast, Cfq, News

In Volume 1, Episode 17 of the Cinefantastique Podcast, Dan Persons Lawrence French, and Steve Biodrowski delve into the worlds of science fiction, fa...

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Cinefantastique Podcast: Clowntime Is Over -- Micmacs

| Posted 06.13.2010
Read More: Dominique Pinon, Justice, Murder, Emotion, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Activism, War, Suspense, Controversy, Death, Indie, Success, Comedy, Satire, Fantasy, Off Beat, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Explosions, Middle East, Art, Dany Boon, Micmacs, Amelie, Love, Cinefantastique, Cinefantastique Podcast, Cfq, News

The premiere audio review of science fiction, fantasy, and horror is back with another exciting episode! This time, Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and ...

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Pauly Shore on Adopted

| Posted 06.15.2010
Read More: Comedy, Pauly Shore, Movies, Adopted, News

Pauly Shore is back at it and, as with his previous mockumentary, Pauly Shore is Dead, still on a quest to see if there's life after the Weasel.

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Mighty Movie Podcast Interviews: Cyrus and Let It Rain

| Posted 06.18.2010
Read More: Jay and Mark Duplass, Let It Rain, Emotion, Jonah Hill, John C. Reilly, Humor, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Sex, Romantic Comedy, The Duplass Brothers, Romance, Film, Marisa Tomei, Agnes Jaoui, Indie, Mark Duplass, Success, Comedy, Social Drama, Acting Legend, Off Beat, Jay Duplass, Art, Mark and Jay Duplass, Love, News

Wow. Four films worth talking about, all opening in the same week, and I've got interviews for all of them. I'm also pretty strung out to begin with, ...

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Cinefantastique Podcast: Playtime Begins - Toy Story 3 and Jonah Hex

| Posted 06.21.2010
Read More: Joan Cusack, Violence, Action-Adventure, Megan Fox, Josh Brolin, Don Rickles, Justice, Ned Beatty, Bonnie Hunt, Jonah Hex, Buzz Lightyear, Drama, Controversy, Death, Pixar, Tom Hanks, Comedy, Toy Story 3, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Racism, Satire, Science Fiction, Explosions, Art, Animation, Michael Keaton, Disney, Tim Allen, Cinefantastique Podcast, Cinefantastique, CFQ, Woody, News

This week, the podcast review of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror takes you from the sublime to the ridiculous, as Dan Persons, Lawrence French, and ...

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Liberation's Forge: Kate Davis & David Heilbroner on Stonewall Uprising

| Posted 06.22.2010
Read More: Violence, Justice, Proposition 8, Repression, Emotion, Sex, Gay Pride Weekend, Howard Smith, Activism, Court System, Drama, Greenwich Village, Controversy, Gay Pride Week, New York City, New York, Success, Homosexuality, Documentary, Gay Rights Movement, Stonewall Riots, Gay Rights, Racism, Justice System, Homophobia, Pride Week, Christopher-Street, Stonewall, Love, News

Davis and Heilbroner rally some great eyewitness interviews and manage to put the story in context with considerable footage from news shows and "educational" films.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Luca Guadignino on I am Love

| Posted 06.25.2010
Read More: Repression, Emotion, Sex, Romance, Drama, Italy, Controversy, Death, Italian Cinema, Tilda Swinton, Indie, Success, I AM LOVE, Acting Legend, Italian Film, Art, Love, Luca Guadagnino, News

Before going on a brief hiatus (explained further in the show; we'll be back at the end of July, latest), we were lucky enough to get some time with L...

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Cinefantastique Podcast: 50th Anniversary Special - Psycho; House of Usher and Peeping Tom

| Posted 06.28.2010
Read More: Edgar Allan Poe, Violence, Repression, Psycho, Murder, Horror, Emotion, Karl Bohm, Drama, Suspense, Controversy, Death, House of Usher, Roger Corman, Vincent Price, Anthony Perkins, Alfred Hitchcock, Acting Legend, Off Beat, Peeping Tom, Gritty, Michael Powell, Janet Leigh, Richard Matheson, Moira Shearer, British, Art, News

With no new horror, fantasy, and science fiction films opening nationwide this week, the Cinefantastique Podcast turns its eye on the 50th anniversary...

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